Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTHWESTERN,
BENSCHOTER A GIBSON. Eds and Pub*.
LOUP CITY, - .NEB.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
Some cases of scarlet fever prevail
at Dlller, and fears are expressed that
the disease may spread.
At a farmers’ Institute In Loekridge
township, York county, a vote was
taken as to t' e condition of winter
wheat. One-half the farmers present
voted tliut wheat was damaged 50 per
cent.
Henry Lowmyre, a prosperous farm
er living a few miles south of Dlller.
had his left hand accidentally caught
in a corn sheller and three fingers
were mashed so bady that amputation
was necessary.
IJartha Stehlik, a domestic employed
In‘the family of L. IJredla of Crete,
committed suicide bv taking poison!
The girl was only 19 years old. No
cause cun be given for the act. Her
parents are farmers.
Paxton & CJallaghcr of Omaha are
preparing to open a branch house in
Hastings and have already secured a
lease on the Shedd block at 817-819
West Second street, one of the best
locations in the city.
Jefferson county mortgage record for
February is as follows: Farm mort
gages—Forty-two filed, amounting to
$57,585; fifty released, amounting to
$69,067. City mortgages—Eleven filed,
amounting to $3,794; seven released,
amounting to $3,200. Chattel mort
gages—Ninety-six filed, amounting to
$23,618; 125 released, amounting to
$17,449.
Professor Sehwenk’s theory of the
effect of the warlike spirit in the land
upon sex in birth has received some
new apostles in this country, occa
sioned by the rather unusual occur
rence of the birth of four grandsons
in one month. Mrs. .Julius Peters, Mrs.
Fred Stolley, Mrs. Sherman Lassen
and Mrs. Ed. Schleichert, all daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Seier, gave
birth during February, each to a fin*
bouncing boy.
Within a few days it is expected that
Senator Thurston will recommend a
postmaster for Omaha. This place,
which is the last of the big positions
which the senior senator from Ne
braska will be called upon to fill dur
ing the present administration, has
been on the books sine e the middle of
Februa^, pregent postmast^jCu
. _>.<^*T!TnT'Martin. having expressed"a desire
to be relieved of his position as scon
as ronvenient.
A supper was given for the benefit
of VV’ymore's destitute, and as a result
about $50 was Obtained, which will I
he expended for the necessities of life,
to be distributed among these unfor
tunates. The long, hard winter has
been severe on many people thefe and
a recent visit to a number of destitute
homes by a committee of young ladies
led to the discovery that there were
many homes in the city which were
in need of immediate aid.
The residence of Hev. A. F. Mor
gan of Grand Island was burglarize 1
last week, several suits of clothing
and underwear being taken. Mrs.
Morgan was absent on a visit and Mr.
Morgan was stopping at the Koehler.
This appears io have been known by
the thieves, as they called early and
were not at all careful as to whether
they attracted attention or not. The
police have no clue, though it appears
certain that local talent was at work.
Burglars gained admittance to the
clothing store of J. H. Galley at Co
lumbus between 10 and 11 o'clock by
forcing the front door open. About
$100 worth of goods was taken, of
which sixty-five gold rings was the
orincipal bulk. The clerks noticed
three strangers in the store the pre
vious day and have a good descrln
tion of each, which is now in th»
hands of the officers. An attempt was
made to force an entrance to the house
of Charles Stillman, hut the maraud
ers were frightened awav before their
object was accomplished.
Among the indications that a new
tide of immigration is setting in to
ward Nebraska, says the Omaha Bee,
is a trainload of immigrants and their
effects that passed through Omaha the
other day on their way to Knox county,
where they have purchased 2,500 acres
of land on which to make their future
homes. The enterprise was promoted
by R. C. Peters & Co., who secured a
special train for the immigrants from
Omaha to their destination This con
sisted of one day coach and fifteen
cars for household goods and other
personal effects lielonging to the new
arrivals. The immigrants consisted of
forty Germans from Clay and O’Brien
counties, Iowa, anil they carried $20,
000 in cash, besides their implements
and effects.'
Representatives of a Topeka hos
pital have been doing business with
the farmers in this vicinity for Mine
time, says a Pawnee City disnatch
taking their notes for several months
treatment and giving a contract f r
speedy recovery under treatinen1.
However, they have overlooked to put
a condition in the note. One man .<
verliaea in a haul paper that his note
was obtained under false represents
iton and wants all persons against
buying the note, as lie will uo’ wuv
the same A substantial farmer . anto
to town the other morning and had
an Interview with the donor an- ir.na
a check which he had given him the
evening before, and told him the test
thing he could do Was to terry* town
at once, as he was going 'o he onrt
house to have him arrest d ihi«
was the last seen of the lie tor and
his assistants arc waiting l.ls *p;.< r
an<e at the hotel, and «|o not know
wbnt to do
The Uaarrult rreaairty at* entirely
■ tin*timed by lr*
Joseph Klhlna, one u( I ha Dm »et
ilnn ul Harlan ruuniy, died at VkiUot
Inal »Mk at ihr humr ul hi* sou Inti*
Klhlna. aged 73 y*nr» Mr Klhln*
liuwaaUadrd Ian a< tea ul land lu the
tiurlhraat part ul llarlnn »minty about
twrnty lire yrara ago when nrtilrr*
• are a»ar<r and buialu were plenty
Ha rammed to Wllto* aeternl ymi*
ago Hla alia died about a )ear agu
Kour vhlldreu aut«lte him One m>n
I4 van n( Creed#, Colo, uar at Wtho*
an don* la with tha third Nebraeha
in Cuba. Ill* only daughter, Mr*
llanrjr Wlleoi. la n resident #» l*atar
The Week in
The Legislature.
Be Date.
Prseldent pro tern Talbot occupied
the chair at the session of the senate
on the Cth. Several petitions were re
ceived endorsing the pure food bill.
H. R. 137, the Pollard revenue bill,
was given its first reading.
8. F. 312, 311. 309, 307 and 306 were
recommended to pass. They are the
the badge of Insignia of certain orders
If not a member.
8. K. 68, 138 and 169 were passed.
8. F. 68 repeals section 1 of chapter
68, 1897 statutes
8. F. 138 repeals sections 39, 40 and
41 of chapter 28.
8. F. 169 repeals section 17 of chap
ter 86.
H. R. 106 and S F 317 were Indefi
nitely postponed. H. R. 106, by Clark,
related to the forfeiture of Insurance
policies upon change of ownership of
the property Insured.
8. F. 317 is one of the numerous In
surance bills. Other bills cover the
ground.
In commute of the whole C. F. 105,
the Schaal resolution relating to the
“Anglo-American" alliance, received
considerable attention. His resolution
was as follows:
13e It resolved by the senate and
house, That we as representatives of
the state of Nebraska, do, in Justice
to and in defense of the ancestral be
quest of liberty we now enjoy, ask our
congress at Washington not to detract
or depreciate the glory of our national
freedom by forming any foreign alli
ance with a nation such as Oreat Brit
ain, whose only evidence of power is
the starvation aud robbery of her own
subjects and the oppression, plunder
ing and murdering of the weak and
unwarlike, who by bribery, betrayal
and Invasion unfortunately come in
her power.
statutes of the legislature. The vot*
upon passage was 26 to 4.
S. F. 161, by Fowler, Is the bill pro
viding for the transfer of the funds
collected under the provisions of the
1895 free high school act Into the
county high school fund. Before th*
act of 1895 was declared unconstitu
tional by the supreme court a consid
erable amount of money had been col
lected under Its provisions. This bill
places the funds thus raised at the
disposal of school boards to carry out
the provisions of the new free high
school bill that has passed the senate.
S. F. 165, by Dunn, provides that
road overseers shall see that the
weeds are mowed upon the public
highways.
8. F. 195, by Front, reducei the max
imum interest to be allowed upon
bonds voted for school building pur
poses to 6 per cent Instead of 7 per
cent as the law now stands.
8. F. 223, by Crow, relates to par
ing in Omaha.
A call of the house was nccssary
to get enough votes to pass S. F. 39,
which came up on third reading In
the nfternoon. After considerable de
lay the absent members were brought
In and the bill passed by a vote of 23
to 9. Tills Is the bill Introduced t’m.
Olffert of Cuming to provide cor tiro
organization of "stipulated premium
plan” Insurance companies In this
state. The friends of this bill say
ttoaf under strict Insurance laws solid
and substantial insurance companies
can be built up In Nebraska, as baa
been the case In Iowa and other states.
Other bills passed during tne after
noon were as follows: 8. Fs. 197, 61
and IKS
8. F. 197, by Halderman, provides
for the laying of permanent sidewalks
in titles of the second class.
S. F, 61, by Fowler, relates to re
moving state bank receivers by the
court upon the request of the state
board of hanking.
8. F. 189, by Reynolds, relates to the
management of school lands, the prin
cipal amendment to the present law
relating to leasing lands to the high
est bidder.
In the senate on the 9th 11. It. 118
was Indefinitely postponed. Senator
Fowler said this bill was useless with
out H. R. 157, which was killed yester
day. The bills required all city, town,
precinct and school district officers to
notify the auditor of all payments
made on bonds and coupons so that
he could keep an accurate record of
the same. The auditor was also re
quired each year to notify all such offi
cers of the bonds falling due the cur
rent year so that they might levy a
tax to meet the same.
8. F. 177, by Farrell, requiring the net
quantity contained in auy box, cask,
keg, barrel, etc., to be stamped on
the package, and providing penalties
for failure to do so or to misrepresent
the quantity, was recommended for
passage.
8. F. 202, by Rocke, was recommend
ed to pass. This bill seeks to remove
the 3 per cent minimum limit that
county treasurers may receive from
the banks for use of the county’s
money. It provides that interest may
be paid upon deposits in such amount
as the treasurer aud (tank inay agree
upon subject to the county board. In
support of his bill Mr. Rocke said it
was impossible for the county treas
urers to get any interest upon county
funds, as the banks would not pay 3
per cent.
8. F. 239, by Allen, was indefinitely
postponed, although he made a nard
fight to have ids bill favorably re
ceived. The bill sought to amend the
law relating to the normal school to
permit the school to issue the same
kind of certificates to graduates of the
kindegarten course as other couress,
and Included the giving of life certifi
cates to teach. Mr. Allen said th'd
bill was unanimously endorsed by the
State Teachers' association and he be
lieved the seuate should heed tbelr de
sires upon educational matters. Sena
tor Currie opposed giving life certifi
cates to teach. He believed the beat
interests of education demanded fre
quent examinations of teachers.
Van Dusen of Douglas made an
"omnibus" motion that 8. Fs. 153, 163,
184. 187. 177, 179. 180. 181, 182 and 207
lie recommended to pass under suspen
sion of the rules. He explained that
he hud examined nil these bills care
fully aud that they were curative meas
ures. His motion prevailed.
8. P, 139 was indefinitely postponed
upon motion of its Introducer, Senator
Front. He had discovered that the bill
would repeal a section reluting to vol
unteer fire companies, which he be
lieved ought not to be repealed.
Before taking the noon recess the j
committee on public lands aud build
ings asked to lie excused for the after I
noon, as they desired to visit the pen
itentiary. A meeting of Hie revenue
and municipal affairs committee was j
announced for 2 p. m.
Senator Allen endeavored lo amend j
the committee of the whole tcport to
recommend 8. F. 239 for passage, but j
his motion was defeated by a vote of
II to 16
8. F. 2.'i<i hy Spoilti. relating to utate
liahk reports, was recommended to i
in committee of the whole
I he senate adjourned at 4 o cits k 1
till Tuesday at It o'clock.
The substitute reported by tho min
ing committee" wus as follows :
Be it resolved by the senate and
house, That we as representatives of
the state of Nebraska, do, In Justice fo
and in defense of the ancestral bequest
of liberty we now enjoy, ask our con
gress at Washington not to detract Or
depreciate the gride and glory of our
national freedom by forming an alli
ance, offensive or defensive, with Great
Britain or any other foreign nation.
Farrel of Merrick moved that when
the committee arise it report this sub
stitute resolution for passage. Currie
of Custer, ns an amendment, moved
that the resolution be indefinitely
postponed.
Newell of Cass offered the following
gubetttute:
Resolved by the senate aau nouse of
represeuAaM.'*** of the state of Nebras
ka. That we have the utmost confi
dence in the patriotism and ability of
President McKinley and his cabinet, in
our senators and representatives in
congress and believe they will act
wisely; that we will leave the matter
of a foreign alliance with them to dis
pose of as in their judgment they
think will be for the Lest interest of
the American people.
Farrell made the point of order tnat
the substitute was not germane, but
was overruled. The resolution was in
definitely postponed.
In the senate on the Ttb 0. F. 281.
by Prout, to provide medalB for all
members of the three Nebraska volun
teer regiments and Troop K of the
cavalry, was reported upon favorably
by the commltttee. This Is General
Barry's mlltary reorganization bill.
The following bills passed the sen
ate: 8. F.'s 203 110, 89. 170 and 22.
8. F. 203, by Newell, adds the offices
of city marshal and attorney to the
elective list In cities of the second
class.
S. F. 110, by Noyes, relates to the
creation of new school districts. It
provides for the consolidation of two
or more districts upon petition of one
third of the legal voters.
8. F. 89. by Noyes, allows school dis
trict boards until the third Monday in
July to report to the county superin
tendent the amount of taxes levied by
them for the current year
8. F. 170, by Fowler, amends section
189 of the civil code to conform with
recent court decisions. It relates to
objections being filed to surety under
takings.
8. F. 2, by Noyes, provides that
county commissioners shall be elected
by a vote of the entire county in coun
ties having over 70,000 Inhabitants.
The Dill relates especially to the elec
tion of commissioners in Douglas
county. The fuslonists voted solidly
against the bill, la was passed by a
vote of 20 to 10.
8 F. 127, the amendment tw th-* 7/a
coln ( barter pertaining to paviug, wus
recommitted. The bill was amended
to leave the choice of paving material
to the property owners The bill was
reported back to pass us amended.
11 R, ITi7 requiring the officers of
comities, cities, precincts, villages and
school districts to report to the auditor
all payments of bonds und coupons,
was Indefinitely postponed
Hot ke of luiio aster moved that the
senate adjourn after the joint ballot,
lie said it was impossible to get < urn
(iiltlees together Itta motion prevailed
iMl no afternoon session was held
In Hi# M-uat# un Hi# Hilt tb# fol
! luwiug ttlllw w#r* reported fur pit#
»agr >« V 301. 14. 253, 147 303. 344.
I 75. 333. II H CM. 45 54. III. 43. Itt.
113. for «*nerol gl». H V 354. lul 314;
II It 45. fur Ittdellnltv |K«l|KiHr||irtl.
K K 2*3, 254. 3U4. 211. 312; II It 44.
40, 13*
i'urti# uf t'uaivr muinl IMi lb#
lontiulll## r#|Mirt u« M K. 5*2 li* out
• untuned lo ib# bill plaied un gan
«rol Rl*. Tk« bill pruvtden fur "troe
#llog llbmrl#* ' K f*u* ium* dlooiM*
•tun hi# Million piviailrd bp o rut*
uf 15 tu 13 and tba bill • aa td*t«d
un g#a#iol 01* it p* 332, r#« umtuei* •*
#d In poaa lo lb# bill i utllog d >W0
ib# iiiioib#r uf #mpb>v#a m both
branib#a uf lb# Ivginlaiitf*. Tb*
• uuanilii## ail.it.i i*. t iwr uf lb*
Oallrri la Ib* Itnl uf dr<apHol#l ,«
nllludo
Tb* fulluvlhg bill* •#»# p—#d ip
Ib* n*»ol* it lio 141 14.3. |>7
aod 233 ood II M 114
3. ¥ 140 I* tb* nub uiliiwn bill,
rr*o(log o lunMiMlun lu r#»tt* tb*
H»»M,
Weeding liHuwHMM lb ih* Iicum
ou ih* Tin reported a* follow*;
M It III, repealing ihu atatut# re
quiring •lurtbif* BBtl county ofb
to rolupile Industrial •iBtlalltB. II H
i><o lo git* the secretary of the Halo
trank lag hoar*! a aalary of I.'.wm). II.
It MT, In anahla rouatlea tu untie ipata
the parnieat of bond#, II It >•!, to
n-qutre the dlenuraeiurat of fundt lo 14
hy county treaaarera ua4*r ih* ft**
high a«hool law of li»t and tvi »»■
tiding that a uiajo.it> of the reaide.it
freeholder* In an Irritation dUMUl
way, by petition tall a aprvial »!**•
linn.
In* mh» ia>t*Aalt*ty po*ip.‘a*4
were It It tt. creating an arnnluy*
went bureau la connection with the
state la two bureau. II It 4*1 aa If ft*
■allow bill id«nii«-et * iib 4 » II H.
i.3* requiring tb* contractor* of ca
nal* and 4H-h** tu fc**n autiabto
bridge* la repair, It It pint Idlng
(bat to call on election in an irrigation
district a majority of tbe number of
acres must be represented on tbe pe
tition.
After tbe reports of the standing
committees tbe house went into the
committee of the whole, with iMnco
of Hall in the chair, to consider bills
on general file.
8. F. 33, by Talbot, another curative
bill, was indefinitely postponed.
H. It. 306, by Fisher of Dawes, an act
to amend section 7 of chapter xxvl. of
the compiled statutes of 1897, was
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment. Tbe hill changed the elections
of the county officials, makin.r the
ierm four years instead of two.
In the afternoon the house went Inlo
Committee of the whole, with Prince
of Hall in the chair, to consider the
salary appropriation hill.
A motion to Increase the Mlary of
the deputy land commissioner from
$1,600 to $1,600 was defeated.
About one-half of the hill having
been considered, Pollard of Cass mov
ed that the bill be recommcndo.1 fcr
passage as so far amended. This mo
tion was defeated.
A motion to reduce the amount al
lowed the judges of the suprems
court for stenographic assistants was
defeated.
A motion to Increase the salary al
lowed the bailiffs of the supreme court
to $1,000 each, the same rate as al
lowed two years ago, was adopted, and
a motion to reduce the salary of the
supreme court stenographer to $800
was defeated.
A motion to strike out the salaries
of the supreme court commissioners,
as well us many other motion*', -elat
ing to the supreme court and state
library, was defeated.
The bill as prepared by the commit
tee provided for a salary for one sec
retary of the state board of transoor
tatlon, Fisher of Dawes moved to
amend and allow salaries for three
secretaries.
The amendment was defeated and
the section providing salary for but
one secretary wuh left unchanged. The
committee arose without finishing lue
bill and the house adiourned.
Four ballots were taken for United
States senator, all without definite re
sult.
When the house met on the 7Mi It
went Into committee of the whole, with
Milbourn in the chair, to consider H.
K. 441, the general salary bill.
The item of salaries of teachers and
employes of the state normul school
was placed in the hill at $40,000 and
the committee increased it to $41800.
At the Hastings asylum a female
physician was added with a salary oi
$1,200 per year.
When that part of the bill relating
lo tlie State university was reached
Kasterling of Buffalo moved that the
Item of $242,000 for instructors and
employe s be reduced to $200,000. The
motion was supported by Taylor of
Custer and Cunningham of Harlan,
who w ith Kasterling made a persistent
tight against what they termed an ex
travagant appropriation. Clark of ;
Lancaster and Pollard of Cass spoke at
some length in opposition to the mo
tion, hut the amendment was adopted
by a vote of 55 to 15.
A motion by Wyman of Buffalo, to i
increase the salary of the physician j
of the Kearney school from $000 to j
$800, was defeated. A similar motion
to Increase the salary of the matron
at Geneva was defeated. At this point
the committee arose.
A petition came in favoring the pas
sage of H. It. 451, the food commission
hill; also a report from the standing
committee placing on general file ii. K.
511, the bill appropriating $8,000 to
build a wagon bridge across the Nio
brara river between Holt and Boyd
counties.
After recess, on motion of Milbourn,
H. It. 330, 363 and 501 were made a
special order for tomorrow afternoon.
Of these bills, 530 appropriates $50,000
for two normal schools, the location
of which is to be left to the selection
of the state normal board; H. it. 363
is by Myers, being a general amend
ment of the school laws; H. R. 501
is the general appropriation bill.
The house went Into committee of
the whole to consider H. It. 444. Rouse
of Hall was in the chair.
A motion was made to strike out
the item providing for the salary of
the steward of the Institute for the
Feeble-Minded at Beatrice. It was
explained that this was at (he request
of the superintendent of the institu
tion. The idea was to make provision
in the general appropriation bill of
all the salaries of emoloyes. leaving
the selection of the employes to the
superintendent.
Some of the mem tiers spoke against
this amendment. They were in favor J
of keeping the appointing power in
the hands of the governor or the state ;
board. The motion was defeated.
An addition was made to the hill
by providing for a matron at the Gen- '
eva institution nt $600 per year.
The salary of the surgeon nt the I
Milford Soldiers' home was raised from
$300 to $400. Wright of Nuckolls
moved that the Item of $400 per year i
for a matron of the home be stricken
out. The motion was defeated.
Without opposition the hill as
amended was recommended for pas- J
sage.
fl R J64. by Armstrong of Nemaha. !
n bill to appropriate $35.poo to build I
a chattel an«i library building coin- i
Pined for the normal st (mol at I'eru, i
was ret unintended to pass
II K lot*, by Flyun of Pouglan. an
act providing for a board of arhiira-.l
tIon to settle differentes hetweeen lab- I
orets and their employers and defining
the duties and powers thereof, was
recon*Blended to pass
In tuiumllt** of Iba nbuia ib* Itoua*
on Ik* kilt mumiurndrd tu pa» II II. |
33V, b> klilbourn of k««mt» an ml
to It** air and r*taldl*h l»o additional
not mat a» bool* and tu plot Ida for tba
rirtllua of buildinga and tor lb* ra
truing uf dona I Iona fur Ikr aaiua
II H 3i3. bt llnri uf iMuga*, an!
atl r*nuirlng all p«rauaa b*i«**a Iba
agr# of • and 14 »#ara and all potauna
otar Iba aga of 14 and undtr Ik tram
ttbti taunol nad and nritr ih* Kng
II*b Inngttaga tu alland n«» uut.li. or
prnatr at bool M M h*t*l* In Iba atat*.
and lu prut Id* paaalilaa fur iba tluin
lion uf Iba protlalona of tbta ml. »aa
rafariad tank lu iba standing <uw- ,
■IIIMk
II H lot k) l»****l> of liutiglaa. an
ail lu ragnlaia and limit Iba bourn uf
nmpluMnrnl uf frmaian in utannfa* lur
ing m*> h.tnii> al and wartaallla raiab
Hartman!*, bwlala raaiaurania and lu
prutlda fur Ilk »afuft»mabl and a pan
alty for Its violation, was recom
mended to pass.
H. R. 89, by Weaver of Richardson,
a curative act, was indefinitely post
poned.
8. F. 65, by Prout of Oage a curative
act, was Indefinitely postponed.
S. F, 72, by Talbot of l.ancaster, a
curative act, was Indefinitely post
poned.
8. F. 52, by Talboi of Lancaster, a
curative act, was indefinitely post
poned.
J! R. 308. by Wilcox of Lincoln, an
act to prohibit the selling of beef and
veal carcasses without exhibiting the
hides to the purchaser and providing
for tne preserving of said hides tor
Inspection of any person on demand,
and providing penalties for the viola
tion thereof, was recommitted hack to
the standing committee.
The special committee appointed to
confer with the like committee of tne
senate reported In favor of an adjourn
ment from Thursday until Tuesday at
11 o’clock.
The report was not adopted, the
members showing a disposition to put
In every day.
The house had a protractea squabble
over tne question of adjournment and
half a dozen motions were made.
Finally a motion by Prince was
adopted which provided when adjourn
ment Is taken next Friday it be till
the following Tuesday.
In the house on the 9th the stand
ing committees reported to the gen
eral Hie H. H. 336. 374, 410, 533, 543.
516, 557, 577, 581. 585. 592, 504, 598, 60!,
605. 610, 613, 406, 135. 587, 483. 557.
597, 540, 541, 349. 553, 547, 548. 134.
417, 561, 550 and S. F. 15, 120., 133,
136, 87, 20, 100 and 132. S. F. 103 was
ordered engrossed for a third reading.
The lollowlng bills were Indefinite*
ly postponed: 11. H. 547, 612, 556, 395,
549, 208, 616, 226, 440, 451. 463. 427.
476, 569, 529, 552, and S. F. 80 and 101.
These reports added forty-three ad
ditional bills to the general file run
ning the full number up to 251 that
must be considered or otherwise dis
posed of.
After recess >he house took tip bills
on third reading and passed the fol
lowing:
H, It. 20, the bill by Mann of Saline,
requiring mortgage companies to
maintain agencies within the state to
whom payments might be made; H. 11.
264, the bill appropriating $35,000 for
an addition to the state normal school
at Peru.
g. F. 103, by Steele ot jru«i«uu, an
act to amend section 16 and section
19 of chapter vll of the comoiled
statutes of 1897 was passed by a vote
of 78 to 1, The bill requires county
attorney to follow the case where
change of venue is taken and provides
for payment of expenses.
H. it. 270, by Wilcox of Lin: oln. a
bill to permit cities to appeal from
judgment without giving bond, was
passed by a vote of 75 to 1.
H. It. 168, by Fisher of Dawes, an
act to require public officers having
charge of public funds to publish an
nual financial statement, was defeat
ed by a vote of 25 to 50.
H. It. 240, by Detweller of Douglas,
an act to amend section 21 of subdivis
ion 17, chapter Ixxlx, of the compiled
statutes of 1897, relating: to schools,
was passed by a vote of 68 to 4.
H. H. 155, by Wilcox of Lincoln, an
act to amend section 19 and section
24, chapter veil!, article 3, of th<* com
piled statutes of 1897, was passed by a
vote of 74 to 4.
H. ft. 109, by Flynn of Douglas, pro
vided for a board of arbitration to set
tle and grievance or disputes of any
nature that may arise between any
employe and his employer. A call of
the house was ordered, but the bill
was lost by a vote of 39 to 33.
At this time, with the unanimous
consent of the house, Houck's motion
that the committee on public lands
and buildings visit the differet slate
institutions during the vacation was
laid on the table.
At 5 o’clock the house adjourned
till Tuesday at 11 o'clock.
LKUIILATIVg NOTES,
Among the measures that are reach
ing the top of the Hie is the concur
rent resolution of Senator Crow, which
provides for submitting to the people
at the next general election the fol
lowing amendment to our state con
stitution: Section 1. Kit her branch
of the legislature may propose amend
ments to this constitution and if the
same be agreed to by three fifths of
the members elected to each house
such proposed amendment shall be
entered on the journales with the yeas
and nays and published at least once
each week In at least one newspaper
in each county where a newspaper is
published for three months Immedi
ately preceding the next general slut.*
election, at which election the same
shall be submitted to tin electors for
approval or rejection If a two-thlrdA
majority of electors voting at su h
* !»'« t Iona for or against the same adopt
such amendments, the same ►ball be
come a part of the constitution. When
more than one amendment is submit
let) at the Maine election they shall be
so submitted as to enable the eledota
to vote on each amendment sep
arately, "
'Ihere was a meeting of the defici
encies committee of the house on the
7th, lulled for the purpose of consid
ering house roll No. l'67. the hill pro
viding for the appropriation of |l/,
o«7-45 to pay the two beet sugar fac
tories the amount of iMiuuty «laino-d
by them for sugar made from beets
In lsii.t and January, Isbh. It, It
Hr hnrtder, chairman of the republican
state ceatral rommltiee appeared Ire
fore the cominlttee and argued In
favor of the favorable ronsideration
of the bill The motion to report the
bill with the recommendation that It
tie passed was voted down la the tom
milter, and the matter was dropped
for the 11 me The bill thus remains
in the hands of the standing tomanl
lee unacted upon
In his eulogy of the late Mr IHitg
ley ttepreeeatritlve I Pickery spoke of
Ike gryat changes in Ike in,one slate
it met at the opening of the forty
eighth congress. Of the Mg men who
were then sworn only seventeen are
still there wad in the nest session
there will he . ul) gflten
The government has accepted the
It ret gun carriage mate by (be t'oium
bus Mac hine compaav
I “Udun s pul ire fierce members 11,441,
or double that of New York,
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Judge Ambrose A. Ranney, former
congressman from the Third Massa
chusetts district and a member of the
law firm of Ranney St Clark, Is dead
In liOHton, aged 77 years. He serv< d
as a member of the Forty-seventh.
Forty-eight and Forty-ninth congress
es.
The officials of the navy department
are feeling grateful for the small treas
ure of relief extended by eongress In
the Increase of the force of enlisted
men, though the total is still Inade
quate under sound practice for the
needs of the navy. Congress author
ized the Inc rease of the force to 17,500
men.
A cablegram from General Otis, at
Manila, received In Washington. Indi
cates the satisfactory and agreeable
reception accorded to the American
troops which recently landed at the
Island of Negros. They were sent
there Icy General Miller, at Ioilo, in
command of Colonel Smith to take
formal possession for the t'nif-'d
Stales, whic h they did without trouble.
The welcome announcement was
made by tie* financial secretary of the
treasury, Mr. R. W. Hanbury, in the
house of commons, that the govern
ment has decided to introduce compe
tition In the telephonic service of the
country. He asked for a credit of $10,
000,000 as a starter in order to enable
the postofllce department to deveolp
the telephonic communication of Lon
don.
Mins Mary pooner, of Aeushnet,
Mass., who has Just celebrated her
105th birthday. Is probably the oldest ,
woman in Massachusetts. She is on- ^
titled to tiie distinction of having lived
in three different towns without hav
ing changed her residence. By al
terations In tiie boundary lines of the
towns the Spooner homestead lias been
first in New Bedford, then In Fatrhaf/
en, and finally in Aeushnet.
The British Hallway association has
arranged to send five prominent rail
way officials to tiie United States to
investigate the facts upon which the
government liases the bill compelling
the adoption of automatic couplings—
a measure which would give the Ixiard
of trade power, five years from its
adoption, to compel Britsh railroads
to supply tiie whole of their rolling
stock with this device at an estimated
cost of £ 10.000,000.
A statement compiled In the adju
tant general’s office shows tiie number
of deaths from disease at Camp Thom
as. Tiie figures are taken from the
muster rolls of each regiment or bat
tery. Upon these every death and its
cause Is entered. The total deaths
from disease, from tiie first occupation
of the camp, the middle of April, to
Its abandonment, the middle of Sep
tember, and including the four battal
ions which remained to January 1.
were 341, the percentage being a little
less than of 1 per eent.
The plans for the three battleships
authorized by the naval appropriation
hill just passed are being worked out.
The battleships will he a thousand
tons larger than tiie Maine and Mis
souri class, though laid on almost tiie
same basis as the former, with a total*4
displacement of 13,500 tons, making
them by far the largest ships in the
American navy and about equal in di
mensions to the best type of battle
ships now being constructed abroad
under the new practice. They will
carry four twelve-inch guns in turrets.
Although General Wade Hampton
is more than 80 yers old. he performed
a feat the other morning that proved
him to lie still active ami vigorous.
Discovering that the roof of his house
in Columbia, 8. C„ was on fire, witti
out permitting any of the household
to be awakened, he hastened out and
himself proceeded to elitnb to the roof.
Reaching the blaze, ho managed to ex
tinguish the flames. It wus not until
the breakfast hour iliat members of
the household were awrare of the firo
or of the aged soldier’s, risky but ef
fective climb upon the roof.
Chief Justice Fuller rendered an
opinion sustaining the validity of the
state law of Arkansas, requiring rail
road companies operating in the state
to pay employes when discharge and
fixing a penalty for failure. The law
allows the amount of wages for sixty
days as such penalty. In the present
case Charles Haul, a discharged day
laborer on the St. Louis, Iron Moun
tain & Southern railway, brought suit
for 321, a part of which was on account
of penalty earned under tiie law. Tho
railroad company resisted the suit in
the state courts and in this court on
the ground that the law provided for
taking property without due process
of l"w and was therefore repugnant
to the constitution The supreme
court of the stute declined to accept
this view of the case and held the law
to be valid.
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