THE HEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches
of the Twenty-Eighth General
Assembly.
SENATE.
When the senate met on the 26th no
committees were ready to report and con
sequently very little work was done. Sen
ator O'Neill of Lancaster called the atten
tion of the senate to the slow progress of
the committees. O'Neill's bill to prevent
the employment of elevator conductors
under IS years of age passed the commit
tee of the whole after the lengthy discus
sion Hall of Douglas moved to amend to
make the age limit 14, but this amend
ment was lost. 8. E. 34, a joint resolu
tion to memorallae congress to establish
the status of the First Nebraska militia,
passed the committee of the whole. Hills
on lirst reading Included: To amend sec
tion 1032b, chapter x, title 30, Code of
Civil Procedure, tenants to be responsible
for reasonable dangers during the pen
dency of action. To provide for establish
ing a public road to and from lands sur
rounded or shut out from a public road In
certain ses.
In the senate on the 2/in the committee
on live stock and grazing, to which was
referred Senator Dietrich's land leasing
bill, reported unfavorably on the hill and
recommended that It he not passed. The
committee introduced the following Joint
resolution:
Whereas, A hill Is now penning in con
gress, known as S. F. CSSS, Introduced bi
llon. Charles H. Dietrich, contemplating
the leasing of the public lands within
the state of Nebraska, as are In their
natural condition valuable only for live
stock, grazing purposes, and are not sus
ceptible of Irrigation; und.
Whereas. The congreslonal delegation of
Nebraska now In Washington has peti
tioned Ills excellency. Governor J, H,
Mickey, to call the attention of the legis
lature of Nebraska to this proposed na
tional legislation, and requesting that
such action be taken as will indicate to
our senators and representatives In con
gress the wishes of the people of the state
of Nebraska; and.
Whereas, His excellency, the governor,
has presented to this body such request
with a recommendation that a Joint res
olution he adopted disclosing to our sen
ators and representatives in congress the
attitude of the people of the state of
Nebraska toward said land leasing bill;
therefore, lie It
Resolved by the house of representa
tives of the state of Nebraska, That we
oppose the leasing of the public domain
In Nebraska as proposed In S. F. CKSfi.
now pending in Congress, for the reason
that such legislation is Inimical, in our
Judgment, to the best development of the
atate by actual settlers; be it further
Resolved. That we favor and petition
congress to amend the present homestead
law so that the public lands within this
state, valuable solely for live stock pur
poses. and not susceptible to irrigation,
be opened to homestead entry, allowing
each actual resident a homestead of 640
acres. Instead of ISO, as now provided;
and. be it further
Resolved, That we favor the appoint
ment of a commission, as recommended
by his excellency. President Roosevelt,
to Investigate and report as to the quallty
of said lands and the conditions that
exist In said territory.
In the senate on the 28th the following
bills were reported favorably by the com
mittees and placed on general file: S. F.
26 for the appointing of an Insurance
diputy. 8. F. 61, fixing fees to be paid
b> foreign corporations to do business
In the state. 8. F. 34, a bill to memorial
ize congress to establish the status of
the First Nebraska militia, was reported
favorably engrossed and later passed. 8.
F. 40. to prohibit the employment of ele
vator conductors under IS years of age,
was reported properly engrossed and
passed. A motion was carried to allow
all senate employes pay for six days a
week except the postmaster, mall carrier
and custodian, who are allowed six and
a half days. Warner's resolution to have
a committee of five appointed to investi
gate the differences In rates charged by
telephone companies In different towns
carried without debate and the chair ap
pointed Warner of Dakota. Meredith of
Sounders, O'Neill of Lancaster, Giffin of
Dawson and Brown of Keya Paha on the
committee.
* The following bills were placed on sen
atorial tile on the 29th: II. It. 60, appro
priating $4,800 lo pay Incidental expenses
of the legislature. It was amended to
read $28,000. 8. F. 3S. entitled guardians
and wards. 8. F. 117. In regard to the
Dietrich land leasing bill. The rules were
suspended and the bill was placed at the
head of the list. The following bills were
reported back to the senate with the rec
ommendation that they be passed: 8 F.
25. giving villages the same right to is
sue bonds for heating and lighting pur
poses as cities of the first and second
classes. To compel the placing of planks
on bridges and culverts before crossing
with engines. Amended that one person
go 100 yards ahead of engines on the road
to prevent accidents. Authorizing county
boards to appropriate money for county
fairs. To provide for the appointment of
an insurance deputy. Fixing fees charged
insurance company and others for filing
papers. To appropriate $1,800 for Inci
dental expenses of the legislature was
amended to read $28,000. An act relating
to township organisation was referred
back to the committee. Hasty of Furnas
Introduced a resolution to have a com
mittee of three appointed to investigate
the reason of the difference in taxes paid
by Insurance companies in Nebraska and
In Iowa.
In the senate on the 30th Secretary
Allen to the governor announced that
Governor Mickey had signed 8. F. 10.
to legalize Issue of bond by cities of first
ami second class. Lieutenant Governor
MeGUtOn signed 8. F. 37, reducing school
Investments to $70.(88), to give school priv
ileges of normal schools. H. ft. 67. com
pelling the city council of Omaha to pur
chase Omaha water works, was read a
third time and passed. S. F. &2, entitled
"An act to create a food commission.”
aiul 8. F. 83, providing penalties for adul
terating food, were recommended to be
placed on general file. Hasting s resolu
tion to have a committee appointed to
Investigate insurance companies' taxes
was called up and adopted. Bills were
Introduced: To establish a military code
for the state of Nebraska and to provide
for the organization, government and
compensation of the militia and to pro
vide for the enrollment of the unorgan
ized militia, to conform with an act of
the Vnlted States congress "to provide
the efficiency of the militia and for other
purposes." S. F. !3ti, h> Hastings—To pro
mote the Independence of voters ut pub
lic elections, to enforce the secrecy of
the ballot, to provide for the selecting
and nominating of all candidates for elec
tive offices, except candidates to he chosen
at any special election, or township or
precinct offices or members of school
hoards not members of the boards of ed
ucation, by popular vote at primary elec
tions, and to provide for the manner of
so doing: to provide what qualifications
are necessary to entitle a person to vote
at such primary elections, to provide for
the placing of the names of candidates
for nomination upon the primary election
ballot of their political party and the
manner of so doing, and to provide for
the seelctlng and appointment of Judges
and clerks to serve at such primary elec
tion, to provide for the notification to
candidates at such primary elections of
their nomination, and to provide the man
ner of nomlna.iitg candidates for offices
to he filled at any special election and for
township and precinct offices, and to pro
vide for the order of placing tickets of
political parties upon the ballot for pub
lic elections, and to provide for the print
ing and distribution of ballots to be used
at public elections ami primary elections
for nominating candidates for office to
be voted on at public election at public
expenses: to regulate the formation of
new parties and prevent in public elections
or primary elections, and to provide for
the punishment for the violation of the
same.
HOl’SE.
The house, on convening on the 2Cth, Im
mediately took up Governor Mickey's
message on the Dietrich land leasing bill
as the special order. After the reading of
the governor’s message the resolution sub
mitted Saturday by McAllister of Deuel
was read and a number of resolutions
on the subject Introduced. Hut on motion
of Sweezy of Adams, consideration of the
entire subject went over one day. The
committee on public printing reported. In
compliance with previous Instructions of
the hou'**-. that the contract for printing
house documents was let by Auditor Wes
ton. Treasurer Stueffer and Secretary of
Stale Marsh, as the State Printing Board,
to the State Journal company at $1.34 a
page of 5W) copies, as compared with $1.18
last term, providing for the return of
bills In thetr order and within three days
after their delivery and a penalty of $25
for each breach of contract. The judi
ciary committee was inatructed to exam
ine the coctrar-t let by the State Print
ing Board to the State Journal company
and report as to its legality and binding
effect. H. R's. from 116 to 119 inclusive,
by Gregg of Wayne, relating to schools,
were recommended for passage. H. R. 26,
by llathorn of Red Willow, for the relief
of Bussell F. Loomis, was also recom
mended to pass. S. F. 35. by Fries of Val
ley. substituted f>>r II B. 5, by Gregg of
Wayne, at latter’s request, reducing from
$K)0,ii00 to $50,000 the Investment of normal
schools before they shall be authorized
to Issue teachers' certificates, was passed.
New bills introduced Included the fol
lowing Making It a penal offense to re
ceive- con< eal or buy any horse, live stock,
mule, cow, steer, bull, heifer or calf,
of any value, or any other personal prop
erty of the value of tXi or more, which
has been stolen In another state or ter
ritory of the United States, knowing the
same to have been stolen. To provide for
the participation by the state of Nebraska
In the Ixjulsiana Purchase exposition, for
the appointment of a state board of com
missioners by the governor; to provide for
a notification by the governor; to provide
for the reimbursement of each member
of said board, for hotel, traveling and In
cidental expenses; to provide for a state
exhibit at said exposition; to define the
duties of the board of commissioners in
relation thereto; for the payment of sal
aries to employes and for the appropria
tion of $75.0d).
This resolution was Introduced in the
house on the 27th;
Resolved. That all professional lobbyists
he excluded from the floor of this house,
and all that part of the capitol building
over which the house has'jurisdiction;
that It Is hereby made the duty of the
sergeant-at-arms and his assistants to
enforce this resolution: Provided. that
representatives of corporations may be
heard In public committee meetings upon
request the same as citizens of Nebraska
or their representatives.
Consideration was had of Governor
Mickey's message on the Dietrich bill. A
half dozen resolutions, all opposed to the
Dietrich hill, but differing In minor de
tails. were submitted anil precipitated a
long debate as to the best means of dis
posing of this matter. Finally the house
adopted the substitute of Jones of Otoe
to the McAllister resolution, openly and
simply declaring against the Dietrich bill,
without recommending the adoption of
President Roosevelt's plan as urged by
Governor Mickey. McAllister's resolution
provided that the president's plan be rcc
ommmended, having a commission of ex
perts appointed to investigate and report
to congress on the conditions of leasing
and fencing grazing lands. This finally
and declsivily settles the matter so fur
as the house Is concerned. The following
were Introduced; To provide for the better
protection of life and property by estab
lishing a board of examining engineers
to Inspect s’eam boilers, and providing for
the licensing of persons to operate steam
a tors. and 10 provide for lines and pen
alties for violations of this act. To ex
tend the power of the mayor and oounoll
of titles of 5,400 to 25,640 population that
they can extend the corporate limits ao
as to Include additional territory, and to
decrease the corporate limits by excluding
lands not laid off Into lots of five acres
and less.
The Perry resolution to exclude profes
sional lobbyists from the house was alld
on the table In the house on the 28th.
There bills were parsed; 8. F. 10, by
Marshall, to legalize the Issuance of
bonds for the establishment and main
tenance of heating and lighting systems
by villages and cities of less than 5,000
Inhabitants; H. R. 67. by Gilbert of Doug
las, the Omaha water works bill; H. R.
64. by Douglas of Rock, fixing penalties
rollfor carrying concealed weapons. H.
R. 4, by Nelson of Douglas, the measure
providing for a new codilleatlon of the
laws regulating negotiable instruments to
be uniform with the laws of other states,
has created more Interest In the house
than any other similar hill, f.awyers of
the house take Ihe position thate It con
tains more legal questions than any other
hill yet Introduced or likely to he In
troduced, and will affect the laws of Ne
braska In the most vital manner. It has
been referred back to the judiciary com
mittee. Among new bills Introduced were:
Relating to the contracts for repairing
bridges, culverts, etc. To compel annual
statement of the condition of joint stock
legal reserve life Insurance companies.
To prevent the organizing of credit guar
anty Insurance companies. To provide
foi Ihe funding of county Indebtedness.
H. R. 18, by Douglas of Rock, to entitle
county treasurers to maintain official
soils that would enable them to validate
tax titles occasioned a heated and pro
tracted debate ill tile house on the Kith.
The bill was placed on general file. H.
R 103. by Jones of Otoe, providing for the
election of county commissioners by an
entire vote of the county in counties not
under township organization, was vigor
ously assailed as a political measure.
Reuse of Hall Insisted that It was an at
tempt on the part of cities of the class
of Nebraska Oily to obtain control ol
the county board. Kennedy of Douglas
said that from observation he was con
vinced that regardless of the purpose, the
praetleai effect of this sort of bill is poli
tical, as suggested by Rouse. The com
mittee on boundaries, county seats and
township organization brought in an ad-‘
verse report on the bill, which was voted
down, allowing the bill to go on general
tile. H. R. 32, by Koetter of Douglas,
compelling Omaha school board to buy
Its own books and H. R. 42, tlxing salaries
of secretary of school boards were
passed. Bills introduced for first time
were: To establish a military code for
the state of Nebraska, and to provide for
ihe organization, government and com
pensation of the militia, and to provide
for the enrollment of the unorganized
militia, to conform with an act of the
I'nlted Sfates congress “To promote the
efficiency of the militia and for other
purposes.” To punish the stealing o' do
mestic fowls and to punish perons re
ceiving or buying stolen domestic fows,
making the offense felony.
In the house on the 30th Speaker Mock
ett signed H. R. i>7. by Gilbert of Doug
las, the Omaha waterworks bill, which
had passed both house and senate. The
senate at this time sent in a communica
tion that it had voted to adjourn to next
Thursday, the house concurring. The
house voted to refuse to concur in the
senate s action. These resolutions were
Introduced by Christy of Nemaha:
We, the undersigned residents, voter#,
citizens, taxpayers and merchants resid
ing and doing business in Otoe county,
realizing that our present laws regard
ing exempllons are unjust and detri
mental to tlte merchants’ interests and
to the best interests of society, aiding
and abetting dishonest debts, forcing
merchants Into bankruptcy and causing
hardship to the people by an increase of
cost in their supplies, petition your hon
orable body to amend, modify or repeal
our exemtption laws to such an extent
at least that the merchants may have
equal protection under the. laws to any
other class of citizens.
Whereas. We Iihvc heard continued re
ports of extortionate telephone charges,
and as tly* senate has appointed a com
mittee to investigate such charges and
complaints.
Therefore. I move" you that the speaker
of the house appoint a committee of three
to investigate and report on such charges
to this house.
Ni-w bills were Introduced: To amend
section 13 of chatter lxxxlla of the Com
piled Statutes, entitled ‘‘Soldiers and sail
ors." Provides for honorable burial of
ex-soldiers and sailors by county hoard
at cost not exceeding $K0. Authorizing
the construction on tlie state fair grounds
of one fish building and one public com
fort building with water closet arrange
ments. and to appropriate for such pur
pose the sum of $15,000. To provide for
the erection of a fireproof building In the
city of Lincoln to be used as a museum
and library building by the Nebraska
Historical society. Appropriates ISo.OOO.
BILL FOR GREATER OMAHA.
Senator Howell of Douglas In the sen
ate laid the llrst stone In paving a way
for greater Omaha. S. F. 130. Introduced
by Senator Howell, provides for a bill for
a Joint resolution to amend article x of
the constitution. The amendment ottered
by the Douglas senator Is as follows:
"That where more than one-half of the
inhabitants of any county shall reside
within the corporate limits of some or
ganized city the legislature may by law
provide for the creation of such territory
as may be designated within said county
Into one political organization to be
known as the city and county of -
and to be governed by one set of officers,
and the outlying territory. If r:iy there
be, of such county may by legi:-i:i live act
be attached to the adjacent county or
counties without the vote of the inhabit
ants. and to such now municipal organiz
ation the right to make Us own charter
by a vote of the people within inch city
may he granted and regulated by law.
1'pon the division of any county under
this provision the sections so separated
shall each pay Its just proportion of the
general indebtedness, to lie ascertained
and provided for. as may by law be de
termined.
Sudden Death of Sporting Editor.
NEW YORK -George Stackhouse,
I sporting editor of the New York T'it.v
! une, died suddenly on Saturday.
NEBRASKA BRIETS.
It costs all the way from $1 to JlO
0 spit on the sidewalk in Fremont.
The Zeller Stock Food company Is
1 new industry for Hooper.
Organized labor of Nebraska City
ras perfected the Central l.abor un
on.
Pastor Jones of Nebraska City has
•esigned and will remove to Okla
homa.
Farm land in Saunders county is
reaching the highest figure known for
years.
A telephone exchange lias been es
abllshed at Old with about fifty cus
Jomers.
An elevator with 100.000 bushels ca
I lcity is being agitated at Ellis, Gage
ounty.
Callaway has effected a brass band
organization. New instruments have
been received.
The Central Nebraska Teachers’ as
sociation will meet in Grand Island
April 1, 2 and 3.
Of two tramps arrested in Fairbury,
one of them proved to be a convict
from Kansas, to which state he was
returned.
The only hotel in the town of West
ern was destroyed by fire a few days
ago. The owner will rebuild bigger
and better.
Mrs. Sarah Kerns of Pawnee county
celebrated her 88th birthday with
fifty-eight of her descendants seated
about the festive board.
Rudolph Wilke, aged about 2fi years,
and single, was thrown from his horse
and fatally iujured whil'1 returning
home from a neighbor's four milet
southeast of Crete.
1 he vast acreage of wheat sown in
territory tributary to St. Edward the
last few years and the success in
growing this grain justifies the owner
of the flouring mill there in extend
ing the capacity of the mill.
A team of valuable saddle horses be
longing to B. F. Heftlefinger. who re
sides a few miles south of Beatrice,
was stolen. Two saddles were also
taken. The theft is believed to be
tne work of local talent.
Food Commissioner Bassett has had?
a test made of the brands of vanilla
sold by dealers generally throughout
the state and of the tests made h-3
has found that three of the brands la
belled vanilla were adulterated.
A new telephone line is being con
structed from Taylor to Brewster, the
county seat of Blaine county. In ad
dition to the Bell and Adamson com
panies at Taylor, there are five lines
operated by farmers and ranchmen
entering Taylor, thus giving the coun
ty seat of Loup county communication
with the farmer as well as the outside
-vorld.
Senator Hasty of Furnas is very
anxious that Nebraska should get
more money out of the insurance com
panies doing business in the state, in
the nature of taxes, and to find out
the reason that Nebraska is not get
ting as much as its sister states he
introduce^ a resolution that a com
mittee of three be appointed to in
vestigate.
Captain F. M. Dorrington, register
of the t'nited States land office at Al
liance. died last week, death being
caused by congestion, the small intes
tines becoming knotted, lie was ill
only four days. Captain Dorrington
came to Nebraska in I860 end located
where Falls City now stands. He
owned and operated the first staj^e line
between Lincoln and Falls City and
prominently figured In the settling of
western Nebraska.
Farm land in Saunders county
north and west of Ashland is reach
ing the highest figures known In many
years. David Wilson has sold his
farm of 240 acres in Green precinct to
Joel Miller for $19,00, or about $79.17
per acre. S. L. Will purchased a farm
of 160 acres from E. I). Laughlln for
$65 per acre. Land that would not
command $30 per acre six years ago
now sells for not less than $50, and
one farm west of town recently
brought $100 per acre.
Warden Davis of the Nebraska state
penitentiary has filed Ills report with
the governor. From this it is gath
ered that there are eight, females—two
white and six negro—and 278 males ini
prison. The total negro population is
34. There are 24 life men in the pris
on. This state has one convict fof
every 3,816 of its inhabitants, and \i
is confidently believed that no othei
commonwealth in the union can make
so good a showing. Certainly, Nebras
ka sets its immediate next door neigh
bors too fast a moral pare. Iowa has
a convict to every 1,937 inhabitants;
South Dakota has one to every 2,769;
Kansas, one to every 1.556. while Colo
rado has one man in stripes to every
1,050 of its population.
George B. Haynes, a prominent far
mer In Butler county, dropped dead
from heart disease.
Fifty trade slot machines doing bus
iness in Nebraska City must here
after pay a tax or quit their opera
tions. .
Hon. John Barsby ot Fairmont has
been grantrd a franchise by the city
of Geneva for an independent tele
phone exchange and a good subscriiv
lion list lias been secured. Work will
begin as soon as all preliminaries cau
he settled.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOl'TH OMAHA.
OATTI.E.—There were only * few
bunches of beef steers In the yards, and
the market was quite active and fully
steady. As Is apt to he the case under
such circumstances, some of the more
desirable grades sold at prices that rooked
a little higher. There was also more ftfe
to the cow trade than was noted yester
day. The market was fully steady, and
In some spots was a little higher. Al
though the bfg end of the receipts con
sisted of cow stuff there did not seem
to be any too many to fill packers orders,
and an early clearance was made. The
bull market showed no Improvement so
far the better grades were concerned,
and In fact the trade was very dull and
buyers did not seem to care whether they
got any or not. Packers claim that the
demand for bull meal is the poorest it
has been for a good many years, and
that they have to sell the best grades
at little better than cannrr prices. There
were only a few Stockers anil feeders In
the yards, so that the better grades held
about steady, but owing to the close of
the week being at hand the commoner
grades were even harder than usual to
dispose of.
HOGS—There was a moderate run of
hogs and the market onened 5010c high
er. Trading was not very brisk, however,
as packers were slow to hid the advance
and a good many salesmen were unable
to get satisfactory otters on their droves.
The situation, however, got worse In
stead of better as the day advanced and
by the time about 60 loads had changed
hands the rnarke* flattened out and closed
extremely dull, with the advance of the
morning practically all lost. The hulk of
the early sales went from $6.70 to $6.71,2.
The light stuff sold largely from $6.7?
down, medium weights from $6.70 to $6.
77H and the prime heavy hogs from $6.77
to $6.85.
SHEEP—Quotations: Choice western
lambs, $5.5005.73; fair to good lambs. $4.71
05.40: choice native lambs, $5.7506.OO
choice yearlings, $4.18)05.15; fair to good
yearlings. $4.250 4.75; choice wethers. $4,500
5.00; fair to good, $4.0004.50; choice ewes,
$4.0004.25; fair to good. $8.2504.00; feedet
lambs. $8.000 4.00: feeder yearlings, $8.74)0
3.65; feeder wethers, $8.000 8 27; feeder ewes
$1.500 2.25.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Corn cattle, steady to strong:
cows, slow and weak: good feeders,
strong; common, steady, slow; quarantine,
steady. Choice export and dressed beef
steers. tt.K5go.30r fair to good, $3.904i4.S0;
Stockers and feeders, S2.754t4.50; wtstern
fed steers, S2.504i4.C0; Texas and Indian
stPers, |3.004i4,10: Texas cows. S2.004j2.00;
native cows, S1.754tt.CO; native heifers. $2.
T04/3.75: canpers, S1.OO4j2.0O; bulls, $2.25©3.
25; calves, $3.004i 7.00.
HOCIS—Market opened 10c higher and
closed weak. Top. J0.97H; bulk of sales,
S6.75g6.90: heavy, IC.804ffl.97H; mixed pack
ers. S6.704jfl.95: light. SC.50g6.K2H; yorkers,
SC.704fC.82H; pigs. J6.104ifl.35.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market strong
to 10c higher. Native lamia, J4.0O4ifl.25;
western lambs, S3.854ifl.10; fed ewes, 13.00®!
5.10; native withers. S3.504f4.85: western
wethers. S3.oo4j4.85; Stockers and feeders,
J2.50@3.50.
WIRELESS NEWS FOR SHIPS.
First Attemot Made to Supply Incom
ing Steamer with Service.
LONDON—The first attempt to sup
ply in coming steamers with a news
service was made, when Reuter's Tele
gram company filed with the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph company 100
words of news for the Cunard line
steamer Lu< ania, which left New York
Saturday last, and which is due to
arrive at Queenstown today or to
morrow.
The wireless company thus far will
only engage to attempt to transmit
twenty to thirty miles from Brow
Head, so the news will only reaeh
the steamer a few hours before its
arrival at Queenstown. The company
will have a better chance with the
Atlantic Transport line Bteamer Min
netonka. which also left New York
Saturday, to which a news message
will be transmitted.
The Minnetonka passes twenty
miles from the Scilly islands, but only
reaches London forty-eight hours later.
Land Swalls Half House.
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah—An acci
dent occurred in one of the slopes of
the Old Telegraph mine at Bingham
Saturday, wrecking the residence of
James Johnson, a miner, and instnt
ly killing two of Johnson s sons, aged
3 and 5. The sudden sinking of the
ground split the Johnson house in
twain. One half, in which the two
children were playing, was completely
swallowed up.
Goes to the Philippines.
MOBILE, Ala.—Captain Spencer
Cosby, United States engineer in
charge of harbor and river improve
ments in the Mobile district, has been
ordered to the Philippines. He will
be succceeded here by Captain W. F.
Craigill, now in charge of Ohio rivet
improvements.
Goebel Suspect Gives Up.
FRANKFORT. Ky.—Frank Cecil of
Bell county, under indictment as an
accessory before the fact to the mur
der of William Goebel, has surrender
ed. He was immediately presented in
court, pleaded not guilty, and, by
agreement, released on $3,000 bail
Cecil came Into Frankfort secretly, by
agreement with the commonwealth’s
attorney, and not more than a dozen
persons saw him here, as he was spin
ited away; after examination.
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BRIIiF TELEGRAMS. t
Congressman Littlefield says pub
licity Is the real trust remedy.
The Chinese rebellion is spreading \
and may excel in importance the Box
•r uprising.
The L. S. Smith & Bros. Typewriter
company, capitalized at >5,000,000, waa
incorporated at Albany, N. Y.
David Vandolac, widely known as a
breeder and importer of French draft
horses, died at his home at Lexing
ton, 111.
The Utah senate passed a joint reso
lution memorialising congress to take
favorable action on the territorial om
nibus bill.
Rev. W. P. Washington, colored, has
been sentenced to an indetermlnata
term in the Chester, 111., penitentiary
for forgery.
Afro-Americans havfc issued an ad
dress and appeal for the confirmation
of Dr. Crum as collector of customs at
Charlestown.
Edmund W. Pettus was nominated
as United States senator from Ala
bama by the legislature of that statT,
in joint session.
The president has nominated Nelson
E. Nelson of North Dakota to be col
lector of customs for the district of
North and South Dakota.
Judge James Fentress, for twenty
five years connected with the legal de
partment of the Illinois Central rail
way, died at his home in Chicago.
The Minnesota senate adopted a
joint resolution requesting the sena
tors and congressmen from Minnesota
to favor the entire removal of the tar
iff on lumber.
The Jamaican papers express de
light at the signing of the treaty be
tween the United States and Colombia
providing for the completion of the
Panama canal.
Miss Ophelia Odell, the older sister
of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Jr.,
of New York, died at the home of her
father in Newburgh from oedema of
the lungs, following the grip.
The tenth anniversary of the death
of Phillips Brooks, who for a brief pe
riod was Episcopal bishop of Massa
chusetts. was celebrated in Boston
with Impressive ceremonies at Trinity
church.
Attorney General Miller has given
an opiiron that the election of Henry
M. Teller as United States senator
from Colorado is legal and Governor
Peabody will sign the certificate of
ms election.
The name of C. Inman Barnard,
Paris correspondent of the New York
Tribune, has been added to those pre- j
viously announced as having received
the rank of chevalier of the Legion
of Honor.
President Roosevelt has contributed
5100 to the Christian Herald’s famine
fund for the relief of the suffering
peasantry of Finland, 400,000 of whom
are reported to be on the verge of
starvation.
H. Cannon, who has been superin
tendent of the car service of the
Great Northern railroad for several
years, has resigned to accept the same
office with the Rock Island road with
headquarters at Chicago.
The Birmingham Post says that the
Japanese government is about to make
a rigorous test of British, American
and Japanese built locomotives, with
the idea of placing extensive orders ^
for the class most satisfactory.
The house of representatives has
inaugurated the experiment of hold
ing memorial services for deceased
members upon the Sabbath. It will be
followed hereafter during this session
and probably will become the gen
eral practice in the house in the fu- \
ture. ▼
Count von Ballestrom has resigned
the presidency of the German reichs
tag in consequence of disapproval of
his attitude during the attempt, Jan
uary 20, of Herr Vollmer, socialist, to
raise a debate in the house on the
charges brought against the late Herr
Krupp.
At Copenhagen there is a report to
the effect that American mining spec
ulators have made large purchases of
iron and copper mines in northern
Sweden and northern Norway, and that
the great Scandinavian companies are
likely to be incorporated in the Ameri
can copper trust.
Colonel Henry S. Osgoode. friend
and campaign manager of James G.
Blaine, died at Portland, Me. Colonel
Osgoode had been manager for the
American Express company in that
city for nearly a quarter of a century. £
He also was principal owner of the
Portland Evening Express.
County Attorney Boardman of Min
neapolis has brought suit for fifty
thousand dollars against the McClure
Publishing company of New York City
for alleged libelous statements pub
lished in the January issue of Mc
Clure's Magazine under the caption.
“The Fall and Redemption of Minne- *
apolis.”
Ninety-eight officials in the city of
Rock Island, 111., including Chief of
Police Darnell, have been indicted for
wilfully permitting gambling houses,
wine rooms, disorderly houses and slot
machines to operate in violation of
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