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THE NORTHWESTERN. BENSCHOTER * GIBSON, EiU and Pub*. LOUP CITY, - • NEB. ^ NEBRASKA NEWS. Five deaths, all women, occurred near Burwell last week. Hon. George W. Cross, the new post master at Falrbury, Iibb entered upon his duties. There is a strong effort being made in Knox county to relocate the county seat. A petition Is now being circulat ed throughout the county for that pur pose. George Berlinghoff, an architect of Beatrice, has been awarded the con tract for furnishing the planB for Wayne county’s new $10,000 court house. There Is great rejoicing in Norfolk over the passage of the bill by tha senate making an appropriation to purchase a site for a government build ing there, Mrs. W. O. Townsend of Franklin met with a serious accident a few days ago which may prove fatal. She slipped and fell on the lee, breaking her hip and hurting her Internally. G. E. Malcom dropped dead while hanging up a set of harness in his barn. As he had been In the habit of taking chloral, It Is thought his death was caused by an overdose of the drag. There is a mad dog scare in Chase county. Several head of cattle have been killed on account of rabies and two persons have been bitten. All the dogs without muzzles are killed on sight. Ia*e Norris, an old and highly re spected citizen of Crete, died suddenly at his home. He had been a sufferer for several years, but was not very sick until but a few moments before his death. Feed, especially hay. in tills section, says a Monroe dispatch, is scarce o-i account of the feeders coming in here and buying It all for feeding purposes. There is a large amount of stock in and around Monroe. By the accidental discharge of a shotgun in the hands of her husband, Mrs. James Black of Beaver City re ceived a severe wound in the leg and amputation was necessary. The Illakcs live five miles north of that town. A. Knollln & Co. of Kansas City have secured a three-year lease of eighty acres of land south of Norfolk, to where their sheep yards will be re moved. The present yards have facili ties to handle 20.000 head of sheep, but the new quarters will be so arranged as to double the capacity. The cry of smallpox is the “White Man’s Burden’’ here just now, says a Falls City dispatch. The reported case at Verdon, a small town eight mll-j north of this place, compelled officers to place guards on all roads in that direction. Mr. Treadway, the man sus pected of having the disease at Ver don. appeared near this city on horse back and was promptly ordered back to his home. The efTort of this man with smallpox to ride eight miles 0:1 a cold night is considered singular. The Nebraska Encampmen? Sons of Veterans In session at Osceola, elected officers for the ensuing years as fol lows: Commander. J. Howard Heine; senior vice, I. E. Young; Junior vice, A. V. Baker; counsel, A. H. Rawitzer, u' ° Katon- chaplain, R. B. Kellogg; udjutant, (}. W. Heine quartermaster. A. E. Hecker; Inspec tor. M. P. O'Brien: M. O., W. E Kin nney; surgeon, E. P. Dussell; Judge advocate, S. M. True; delegates to na tional encampment, W. K. Jacobs and O. L. Saulsbury; alternates. C. C Stull and H. W. Rogers. Samuel A. Kinney, one of the prom inent farmers of Cage county has brought suit against the Farmers’ Mu tual Insurance company of Lincoln for $700, the amount for which his house was insured when it was burned in No vember. An assessment for $10 was made against Kinney the week before his house burned, which allowed him until the following Thursday to set tle it, but Mr. Kinney preferred to wait until Saturday to pay it. On Friday, however, the house burned, and all at tempts since then to settle with the company have been In vain. “For nearly a month 1 have been traveling through North and North western Nebraska.'' said H. I.lewelyn Jones of Anthony, lias., "on a tour investigating the outlook and present condition of things in the state. I am delighted with the prospects ahead of Nebraska. I find several very en couraging things, one of these Wing the settled condition noted every where. Farmers and business meu are satisfied. They are located perma nently and mean to stay. I talked with numbers in many counties, and note a marked absence of a desire to aell out and get out. Heretofore farmers Were »U the sell; wauled to go some where else; were tired of the country. I hat la not the case today. J. N. Ilrooks, postmaster at flush vllle. was assaulted and severely In jured by W. L. Jacobs, a mall currier tad ween Fine Itidge agency aud Hush vllle. On the night u( ihe allerra linn Jamhe arrived with the mail from I’ltte lodge considerably after the ** heduled time and I'ostmastrr Itrooks * omplalned of the delay. Jacobs gave as au excuse that the roads had been difficult to travel over. The alterca tion was renewed later at the depot and the postmaster, aim is an old man, was struck with a Hub ||,. f,u irum the platform upon the rails of the tra.k amt was •eriuody hurt It was at llrst feared that his Injuries migiii prove taia. bu* ' .. . i ,, i Is now aide to dt< barge his duties. The W v morv school hoard has in tde arrange nir tils whereby |*rof J<miyn Will hf ir »ir* *t I0 HI! <hn u| -Utant I'rlueipal ttmglisrt. who re ■iyxrd last week to accept a better p wit tlifi la the (‘me sc tirade I bolus - IIiixxuk. an employ of th» Columbia brewery in Columbus, was < severely burned about the fate and ! uead. lie went into oits ut the large tabha wtih a light and had marvely 1 Passed the mat.tod* when somethtag I • aught It* The lank ha«l levy re really aewly pit bed and It Is believed that a ga* gee* rated wh!<h < aught frvm the lamp |i. », I, i* aid up fwr several days The Week in The Legislature. ImiK. The senate was called to order on the 27th by President Talbot at 11 o'clock. 8. F. 132, to fix the fees to he charg ed by county surveyors and also that all fees ove~ $2,000 In Douglas coun ty and $1,500 iu Lancaster county be turned into the treasury, was passed. 8. F. 87, allowing mutual hull in surance companies to insure crops at all stages, whether growing or ma tined, against hail, was pasted. 8. F. 97. a curative act, was nassed. 8. F. 22, the hill to elect county com missioners by a vote of the entire county where the population exceeds 70,000, which was recommitted to cor rect some numerical errors, wa3 again recommended »o rr.ss, 8. F. 39, the bill introduced by Glf fert of Cuming, enac ting a new law to regulate the business und formation of insurance companies working on the “stipulated premium'' plan, was the first, hill considered, two being passed because the introducers were abseat. The bill defines the “stipulated pre mium'' plan os follows: Definition of Stipulated Premium company. Any corporation, company or association issuing policies or cer tificates promising money or other benefits io a member or policy holder, or upon his decease to his legal repre sentatives or to benefic iaries designat ed by him wiiich money or benefit la derived wholly from stipulated pre miums collected in advance from Its members or policy holders, an i from interest and other accumulations and wherein the money or other benefits so realized is applied to or accumu lated solely for the use und purpose of the corporation as herein specified, and for the necessary expenses of the corporation and the nroBccution and enlargement of Its business, und shall comply with all the provisions of this act, shall tie deemed to be engaged in the business of life insurance upon the stipulated premium plan and shall be subject only to the provisions of this | act. It shall he unlawful for any cor poration, company or association not having complied with the provisions of this act to use the term stipulated premium in its application or con tracts or to print or write the same In its policies or literature. I he supporters or the MU say It conforms to the New York law and is is similar to acts in other states. They j say that: "This bill if passed will give Nebraska a law as good as that of New York. Ohio, Massachusetts, Penn sylvania, Illinois, Iowa or that of any other state. It will insure the build ing up of strong insurance companies in this state, the reason why other states have built up largo insurance ; companies, that bring a large amount of money for premiums for disburse ment and investments in these states being that the legislatures enacted laws providing for the organization of good companies and for the pro tection of the investments and policy holders.” After amending the bill to their satisfaction and striking out section 12, relating to personal liability. It was recommended to passage. This discussion consumed the entire after noon. As soon as the roll call wus complet ed in the senate on the 28th and the Invocation given Van Dusen moved that the senate resolve Itself into a committee of the whole, with Currie of Custer at the helm. His motion prevailed S. l'\ 136 was recommended to pasB. It is Senator Crow's bill and may be of interest to owners of pet canines. It provides as follows: "That dogs are hereby declared to be personal property for all intents and purposes and the owner or owners of anydog or dogs shall he liable for any and all damage that may accrue to any persons, firm, or corporation by reason ol such dog or dogs killing, wounding, worrying or chasing any sheep or other domestic animals be longing to such person, firm or cor poration and such damage be recover ed from any court having Jurisdiction of the amount claimed.” S. F. 135, by Holbrook, amending the mutual Insurance laws of the state to include the following risks, “coun try school houses and contents, coun try churches and coutents, country pai nonages and contents, town halls and contents,'” was recommended to | pass. S. F. til, by Fowler, to amend the law relating to receivers, was warmly discussed. Senator Fowler thought that receiverships under the present law only furnished men a fat Job for an Indefinite period, and that at the close of the receivership they had all the assets, while the hanks’ creditor* held the sack. He was informed that a receiver to an Omaha hank wa* j drawing $2.S«o a year and he so man aged the hank's affuirs that hia annual receipts were Just sufficient to meet 1 his salary and necessary expense* The receiver act as amended by this hill Is as follows: "Provided, however, that It rhall be j the duty of such receiver to make to ! the state hanking hoard, consisting of 1 the auditor of public accounts, the state treasurer and attorney genetal. detailed reports of the sftwlre of such 1 bank at such times and In such matin *r , a* may !«■ directed by *uh| state tuta. ing board, and said receiver ahall sub mtt the affairs of such hank to .he Inspet t hoi of * he state examiner when so required hv the state banking hoard and If the said state hanking boner shall at any time ttnd that sail re ceiver Is to winding up th* iff d t of si* h bunk in a MtUfuiiary manner and in tlolr opinion It is for Fv« in terests of the i it dll,it* and wlwhtt-dd- , t rs of am It bank that the receivership of such i • f -* i shall r, min.i'e, It shall he the tin; v of »*l-l state banking I ‘turd, nr any two of them, hi iRttpirl Ike attorney i-sh-iI to kte with ike Judge or court app,bating such itselv er a written request for the h m, v >1 of sit. h recetter and the termination of kls reset vei skip, and It skwll be i h duly of th« Judge or toud which sp p baud hint to at f>nce and without <ih neveaagry delav iv««t« suck w,»l»<t aad appoint In hi* piece eut»tb»r pet sou la the mswnet w» r»tof«,»e pt>,vl !• ed, unless It shall be made clearly to appear that the opinion of the banking board Is unfounded." The bill was recommended to pass. March 1 was the forty-fourth day of the senate. Senate file No. 231, Senator Cana day's anti trust bill, was recommend ed for indefinite postponement by the committee on manufactures and com merce. Senate file No. 120. by Senator Spohn, was read for the third time and put upon its passage. Tbe pur* pose of ttie 1)111 Is to empower cities of the second class to purchase, own, Improve, maintain and control lands for public parks amt public grounds and to Issue bonds, when voted by the electors, for the purchase and improve ment of such parks and public grounds. The 1)111 was passed by a unanimous vote. Senate file No. 15, Senator Van Du* sen's bill to protect primary elections and to punish offenses committed thereat, was read for the third time and put upon Its passage. The bill provides that party primaries ure to he held In the same form and man ner as arc regular state elections. Notice of tlie holding of a primary must lie given at least twenty days In advance. Only such persons may vote at any party primary as have at the last general election, registered their names In a hook kept for that pur pose at the polling place, as adherents of the party In question. No person not so registering and declaring him self shall lie allowed to vote at any party primary. Any person desiring to submit his name to any primary as a candidate for office or delegate to a convention must given ten days' notice thereof to the central committee. The provi sions of the 1)111 shall he compulsory only in counties having over 100,000 population. In other counties they inuy lie adopted at the option of the party central committee. The bill was passed by u vote of 22 yeas to 11 nays, a strict party vote, save that Senator Smith Ifus., Ante lope) voted with the republicans In the affirmative. senate me no. mi, extending the term of office of village trustees from one year to two years, was read for the third time and passed with the en.ergency clause, Senators Hale and Knepper alone voting In the negative. Senate file No. 136, to allow mutual fire insurance comimnlcs to insure country school houses, churches, par sonages and town halls, was read for the third time and passed by u vote of 30 yeas to 2 nays. Senate file No. 136, declaring dogs to be personal property and making owners thereof liable for damages done by them, was passed by a vote of 31 to 1. Standing committees reported as follows: Senate file No. 162, to prohibit the selling of beef and veal carcassess without exhibiting the hides to the purchaser to the general file. Senate file No. 260, to amend the law relating to reports of state banks to the state banking hoard, to the gener al file. Senate file No. 106, to amend the school laws, was indefinitely post, poned. In the senate on the 2nd S. F. 264, by Smith of Antelope, was indefinitely postponed on recommendation of the railroad committee. The bill sought to amend the laws relating to suits against railway corporations for al leged discriminations and unreasonable rates, and provided that when any suit is brought at law to recover unjust and unreasonable charges in any court of competent jurisdiction the burden of proof that the charges in contro versy are just and reasonable shall rest upon the common carrier or car riers. The same committee also reported S. F. 289 for indefinite postponement This is the "anti-pass” bill Introduced by President Gilbert with the consent of the senate. As will be remembered4 it provides stringent laws against the giving or receiving of passes and goes so fur as to prohibit railway corpora tions and newspapers from entering into contracts to exchange advertising for tutelage, although the constitution ality of such a provision has been doubted. farreii of Merrick moved that the committee report he not concurred In, and the hill placed on general tile for consideration In committee of the whole. Ills motion prevailed and the bill was placed on general file,eighteen senators having voted to sustalu his motion and twelve against. tf. P. 18, by Talbot, was passed. This bill provides that “Any number of persons not less than ten, a majority of whom shall re side in this state, may associate them selves together for the purpose of or ganising a mutual lamd company, and after securing Urn no-miters, may form an incorporated company to Insure the fidelity of its member* holding places of trust and responsibility In, to or under any state, county, city, corpora thoi, iiiiupauy person or |«>rsona whatsoever. and uiay become security fur its members fur teh faithful per formance of any trust, ottt e, duty, contract or agreement, and may super sede any judginee* , y go upon any appeal or other bond, and may become BM. h surety fee Its Iiioulert In #11 I rase# slo ie by law two or more sur •<iu# are required for the faithful p#r foniiaioe of any tiust or ein,.. guch company shall embedy th* wuid mu tual' ia It# name ** Other sc. turn* of the bill d. it with the Mrtua y pruvlBloHs |Mr guarding the formation of tow h a* ok t#li..„, * substitute tar « p U*l to re mended to pass. * K. i*» was lernmuienJf,| to na#a, |i is senator Iteyawlda' bill i* < utsg the p<**eft laws c.ut* arniug the man* I asHMcM |,f |he pul,ill * ‘uni lands, the aunt iwjMitUti addition to tha i U« if, ifltf did# til !***# lilt) 1*14 #t 4ik *t*H»H*i iif i if'l tbi % 41144 tlon, the commissioner is unable to do so, he may offer the same for lease at less than the appraised valuation and lease it to the person or persons who will pay 6 per cent on the highest of fered valuation, as annual rental. If, In his judgment, it is to the beRt In terests of the state to accept such bid." Standing committees In the senate on the 3d reported 8. Fs. 234 and 238 to general file, H. Its. 183 and 116 to pass and 8. F. 248 Indefinitely post poned. The latter bill enacts a Hen upon grain for threshing the same. Another bill more fully covers the ground. H. K. 24, by Lane, relating to guard ians, requiring them to take an In ventory of ull property coming into their bunds and file same In probute court, was passed, H. R. 31 wbh also nliiced upon Its passage and received the required ma jority. In committee of the whole 8. F, 160, by Prout, was amended and recom mended to pass. This is the bill pro viding for a commission to revise the Nebraska statutes. Section 1 provided that J. K. Cobbey, 8. A. Holcomb and C, 8. Lobingler should be the commis sioners. Canaday of Kearney offered the following amendment to the first section, which was adopted: "The governor Is hereby authorized to appoint, immediately after the pas sage of this act, three commissioners for the purpose of revising the general statutes and the civil criminal code of Nebraska, subject to the upproval of the legislature of IPO I. In manner here inafter provide. The commission herein created shall be nonpartisan and the members thereof appointed with reference to their skill and abil ity to perform acceptably the work herein contemplated.’’ Another amendment reducing the compensation of each commissioner from $3,500 to $2,000 prevailed. H. L 22, by lame, relating to the removal of guardians proven unfit for their trust, was recommended for pas sage. 8. F. 203, by Newell, adding city marshal and attorney to the list of elective offices In cities of the second c lass, wuh recommended to pass, also 8. F. 130, by Prout, repealing section 10, c hapter xxx, of the statutes. 8. Fs 122 and 161 and H. R 37 were recommended for passage. 8. F. 122, by Barton, provides that funds for library boards may be drawn directly by the board from the treas ury. At present all bills must pass through the city council in cities and towns having public libraries. S. F. 161 by Fowler. Is a bill to transfer funds collected under pro visions of chapter lx of thp 1895 laws to the county free high school fund. H. R. 37, by Eaterllng, relates to obtaining money, goods, ete., tinder false pretenses. In the afternoon II. Rs. 22 and 37 were passed. Home. In the house on the 27th standing committees reported to the general file H. It. 431, 210, 510, 465, 404, 398, 403, 249, 348, 301 and senate file 66, 41 and 98. The following house rolls were In definitely postponed: 335, 227, 228, 286, 619, 479 255, 52, 110, 480, 486 and 488. Of the hills indefinitely postponed 335 was the Burns express bill; 227 was by Fisher, also taxing express eompanles; 228 was a new regulation for the Insane hospital, being a dupli cate of 8. F. 66; 286 was by Dorby, amending the compulsory education law so as to allow the attendance of private schools; 519 was to define and establish legal holidays; 479 prohibited the employment of relatives of mem bers of school boards as teachers; 255 related to changes of boundary lines of school districts; 52 was the Orosvenor bill for the free attendance at high schools, being a duplicate of 8. F. 41, which was placed on file; 110 related to the manner of granting teachers’ certificates; 480, 486 and 488 were to locate normal schools at O’Neill, Hastings and Holdrege. The secretary of the governor ap peared and announced that the gov ernor had approved and signed H. R. 18, the bill to prevent the plowing up of public highways. Mr. Dltmar of Otoe offered the fol lowing resolution and moved its adop tion: Be It resolved by this legislature. That the chief clerk of the supreme court of Nebraska Is hereby ordered to make an accurate report of all re ceipts and expenditures of his office for the year ending January 1, 1899, and report same to this legislature within forty-eight hours after the passage of this resolution. Pollard offered a substitute for the pending resolution, that the clerk of the Bupreme court be required to re port the receipts of bis office for the eight years ending January 1, 1899, and that the report be made to the committee on fees and salaries within forty-eight hours. The substitute was adopted. H. It. 69. Eastman’s initiative and referendum bill was indefinitely post poned. H. It. 270, by Wilcox to amend the civil code so as to permit cities to appeal from Judgments without giving bond, was recommend for passage. 8. F. 28. repealing sections 917, 918. 919. 921. 922. 923 and 921 of the stat utes, relating to arrest In case of debt, was recommended for pa sage. II It 20. by Mann of Haline, compel ling the holders of real estate mortga ge! on property within the stale to designate some agent resident of the state to whom moment n ay be made, | wa< rc> mu mend foi pu-u^ I lit Joint ballot fur senator re-ulted: j Alien, to, Hayward. 25, I tuuni sou, i II, iVatisler, 9. Field &, Weston, l; I I.mu leitson, 1, Adams, 1. n« h* l!v- r, uar con Tea id uu the 3»ita that# nan ad alUntpi lu fa cMuldtr I ha atllud Ukrd )«*trnla) *bM»h> Hi. llutdH ripr«*a kill, II U. 3Ji, *a* id.l<nuit»l> poaipuuad. Ib« •kHIoii Utlvd lu rarry. Hl4k.hu* i i imt.lll. i » date MW* lib* • f«l Ibau iii'i*! ihi* Mi«ddid* all kill* i.ptirud balug It*r *• natal Ala Ika ftiiUidtlt* art* Us*- u nuktu II li '* ifcT, Ml ."Ui, l*n, 3*3 4*«. 1*1. IVY 4||, I 41, 31 411 m.» A V a I add a* 3<m«l dual* km# d«i* r**d »« Aral aud WiiW-l iratllhl, and id. ut«|«r ut im»m 1 uf kill* «*a lab** up II |l II t»**>dtd*l*t| a uli ib* I'arUi* util i« wui id* fur ib# tdanaar ul appi.lHitug )*d*i« »«4 . Ink* ul *l*» la u da* |>aii»Mi by • lull vl M Id A H. R. 53, the Zellers bill, was passed by a strictly partisan vote of 51 to 45. The provision of the new act is to do away with the blanket ballot and go buck to substantially the same form as was in use prior to 1897. This prevented a name from appearing in the ballot more than once and fusionlsts referred to the bill as "an act to prevent fusion.” H. R. 65, Hurman’s bill defining and regulating pawnbrokers and imposing a license tux, was passed by a vote of 81 to 9. H. It. 106, Clark s bill defining and determining the effect of conditions in fire insurance policies, making void the contract of Insurance In case of change in the title, ownership, inter est or possession of the Insured In the property which Is the subject of Insur ance, or liens created thereow, and likewise conditions providing for a forfeiture of the contract of Insurance in case notice of contract is not fur nished within a time certain, or in a prescribed manner, wus passed by a vote of 87 to 0. H. R. 162. the bill by Sandall to com pel railroads to maintain fences, was passed. H. R. 136. the trill for the relief of certain residents of Pawnee county who purchased tracts of the David Butler land from the state and after ward had to pay buck taxes, waa passed. H. R. 184, Olmsted’s bill to prevent corruption at elections, limiting the expenditures of candidates and com pelling them to file statements of ex penses, was passed. S. F. 46, the Alexander amendment to the game law, was passed by a vote of 67 to 21. H. R. 68, by Beverly to regulate the employment of children in factories, manufacturing and mercantile estab lishments, was passed by a vote of 84 to 0. H. R. 204, by Jensen, requiring car casses of Bwine dead from cholera to be burled or burned within twenty four hours after death, was passed by a vote of 73 to 0. S. F. 28, to repeal sections 917 to 924 of the civil code, was puosed by u vote of V3 to 2. The sections repealed re late to arrest for debt. S. F. 8, by Farrell, to require school boards to keep in repair suitable water closets in connection with all public buildings, was passed by u vote of 77 to 0. II. II. 1C3, by I^emar, was passed. It provides that banks shall pay an incorporation foe to (he state graded according to the capita) stock. The Joint vote for senator resulted as follows : Allen 55; Hayward, 38; Thompson, 13; Webster, 9; Field, 5; Lambertson, 1; Adams, 1; Weston’ l; Halner, 1. In the house March I petitions unk ing for the passage of the Jansen pure food commission bill from Knox, Hurt and Thayer counties were read. The following was Introduced by Chambers and adopted: ‘‘Whereas, It has come to the knowl edge of this house that there are a number of bills for hair brushes, combs, blacking brushes, shoe bluck Ing. mirrors, etc., and as these and similar goods have been procured by order of employes of this house; now, therefore, be it Kesolved, That this house notify ail employes and clerks that this house does not furnish goods for private use, and to noUfy the committee to rej*ct all bills of this nature.” A communication from the governor was received transmitting a number of letters relative to the White C/caa society’s work at Manila, and a reso lution by Prince was Introduced, pro viding that $260 be appropriated and transmitted to the president of that society, who Is on the eve of sailing for the Philippines. After discussion the whole matter was referred to a com mittee to be presented to the governor for his consideration, as it will re quire a special message from him be fore an appropriation can be made. The following w’ere read the third time and placed on their final passage: House roll No. 271, the barber’s ex aminers' bill, was passed without the emergency clause. House roll No. 196, to allow growers of grapes to sell wine of their own manufacture in small quantities with out license, failed to pass. House roll No. Ill, relating to con tracts by school boards for supplies and permitting members of the board to bid on contracts for school supplies was passed. House roll No. 363 and senate file 41, school bills recommended by the state association, were called up, and a motion to make the consideration of them by the committee of the whole a special order was defeated. When the house was cauud to order at 2:30 by Speaker Clark it resolved Itself Into committee of the whole for the consideration of house roll No. 171,, the Weaver insurance bill, llark Hon In the chair. Before the consideration of the bill waH completed the committee arose and asked leave to sit again. The re port was adopted. The governor's private secretary de livered the following special message from the governor which was read by the clerk: To the Honorable Members of the House of Representatives—Gentle men: I would most respectfully call your attention to the propriety of making some provision fur the welfare and comfort of the btave boys In the First and Third Nebraska volunteer regiments, now stationed at Manila and Cuba respeelively, As the raluy season Is fast approaching in these latitudes and the possibility of our »<ddlers being ufMil led more or I *ss | with disease* prevalent in these rli- ; mates, and the further fad that many ■onmera nave w»n wmtmieil in r<e lit halites, ami still morn tuay Im* k11 U.l ami Injured In aklrmlshea ami I.allies kbit'll a ill (aka plae In Ihi* fulur* Ilia While I’roa* Society ul I he t*ntt< «1 Hialea la luiemllng I . Miabllah a immanent hospital In Manila aa «mn aa t>.MMMble fur lb- puryua* of provid ing better a. romnoMlailuna fur th« »b k an I wounded (li her alalea hay* lug volunteer* In the wpyltm have m-'le provisions for iba special rare I of ik»!r sick and wounded by appro priating sum* fur ikv pur t line of bitapllal supp'les ami dell a • le* SO NMSilsI to (hi Welfare un | tow foil of »H* boy a In that far nR ..•unity It ...i... In nit lbi' II • mid t* eft Urelv pr< p». ft.. Ibe Uynlali.r. n» re member «.ur gallant settlers at this lime fey an approyrlaib which .uuld few in c-as* of need for t ub su Dose, as well as to care fa? and re turn home the bodies of deceased sol diers. The rote for senator today resulted: First ballot: Hayward 39, Thompson 16, Field 6, Webster 9, Halner 1, Lam bertson 1, Adams 1, Talbot 1, Reese l. Second ballot: Hayward 37, Thomp san 16. Field 6, Webster 9, Halner 1, Lambert son 1. Adams 1, Talbot t, Reese 1. In the house on the 3d the following bills were placed on general file ; H. R. 632 is the Ueverly bill to nro hlbit the inanutacture of harness aud cooperage in the stute penitentiary. H. R. 482, by lllbbert, is u bill to de fine and regulate bucket shops. H. R. 502 is Dltmar's bill asking for |5,000 for the relief of Nebraska City on account of the smullpox quarantine. Eusterling moved that the action of the bouse which yesterday indefinite ly postponed H. R. 34 be reconsidered and the bill be placed on general file. The motion prevailed. The one sec tion in the bill Is as follows: "Section 1. That a railroad com pany receiving for shipment goods, chattels or merchandise consigned to a point on the line of a connecting carrier under an agreement to trans port them to the terminus of Its own road and to deliver them to connecting carrier named in the hill of lading, or contract of shipment, is answerable therefor for their safe delivery to the place of their destination, notwith standing any contract, stipulation or agreement to the contract made be tween the original consignee and con signor.” H. R. 7 was passed by a vote of 70 to 11. The bill Is by Evans to provide -- for the submitting to the electors of * the Btate In the year 1900 the question of holding a constitutional convention. The house went into committee of the whole with Smlthberger In the chair. H. R. 54, the Zellers voting ma chine bill, wus first taken up. This bill bad been considered once before and recommended for amendment. When taken up today the objection was urged that the bill would compel the counties to purchase some special make of machine, out a motion to In definitely postpone the bill carried by a large majority. In committee of the whole H. R. 191, the Weaver Insurance commission bill, was taken up. There was little discus sion on the provisions of the bill until the taxation feature was reached. Tho original bill provided a 4 per cent tax against foreign companies doing busi ness In the state. The committee re duced this to 3^ per cent. When this was reached today Weaver moved that the rate be lixed at 3 ner rent. An amendment by (Jrosvenor making It 2Vi per cent was defeated and the Weaver amendment was adopted. The bill as adopted Drovides a 2 per cent discriminating tax against In surance companies of states other than Nebraska, and 3 per cent against com panies from foreign countries. It was this latter tax that caused the debate. The vote for senator was without re sult, standing as follow3: Hayward 40 Thompson 13, Webster 10, Field C, Adams 1, I.ambertson 1, Hainer 1. A motion by Sturgess that when ths -4 house adjourns on the 4th it be to meet Monday at 11 a. m. prevailed by a vote of 52 to 43. House roll No 137, the Pollard rev enue bill, for an act to provide a «vs tern of revenue, assessment of proper ty for taxation, levy and colleetion of taxes and to provide penalties for vio lations thereof passed by a vote of 51 to 39. Chairman Thompson reported from the committee on accounts and ex penditures the bill for the volunteers at Manila. The bill is as follows: That the sum of |2,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in tho treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the relief, aid and comfort of tho sick and wounded soldiers now mem bers of the First and Third regiments of the Nebraska volunteer Infantry in the Philippine islands and in tho island of Cuba, respectively. Section 2. The money mentioned in section 1 of this act shall be expended under the direction of the governor of the state of Nebraska, as in his iudg ment may be best to carry into offact the objects and purposes expressed :n section 1 of this act. Sec. 3 Whenever said governor shall need said sum of money or any o*rt thereof for the purposes hereinbefore in this act expressed, he shall make a requisition upon the auditor of pub lic accounts therefor, who Hhall there upon forthwith issue to the governor or his order a warrant upon the stale treasury for the amount so demanded, not exceeding the sum of 12.000. Sec. 4. The governor in his message in 1901 shall give a full and comnlete statement of ail the moneys by him ex pended out of the said atim of S2.000 hereby appropriated. The fifth section of the bill contained the emergency clause It was read the first time. The house resolved itself into a com mittee of the whole for the considera tion of the Weaver insurance bill, with Tanner In the chair. When the committee arose the report recommending the bill for passage waa adopted. 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