THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE
A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of
the Twenty-Eighth GenereJ ;
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Assembly. •
SENATE.
H. It. 40, providing that a lease to bo
valid must be made in writing, came up
on third reading In the senate on the
2d and failed to pass. This is the first
bill which has failed of passage on the
final vote since the senate has been In
session. In committee of the whole H. It.
16, giving township officers authority to
provide cemeteries, was recommended for
passage, S. F. 34, memorializing congress
to establish the true military status of
the First Nebraska militia, has been sign
ed by the governor. Senator O'Neill is In
receipt of a petition over fifty feet in
length and carrying over 1,090 signatures,
asking for the passage of S. F. 52, the
Hen law. The petition Is signed princi
pally by contractors and carpenters. It
has been circulated in the following cit
ies: Lincoln. Teenmseh. York, Craig, Os
ceola, Greeley, Flattsmouth and several
others. Senator Hall has a bill prepared
which provides that female laborers ma>
work more than sixty hours per week
If an agreement is made with the em
ployer to that effect. As the law stands
sixty hours Is the limit of time which
can be put In by female laborers In one
week, and It Is claimed this works a
hardship In many cases. Where girls are
employed on piecework, and where they
can put In overtime for pay, the law pre
vents them from doing so and thus re
duces their wages quite materially. Sen
ator Hall asks that laboring women cor
respond with him and express their opin
ion of such a revision of the law. The
following bills were Introduced and read
for the first time: A memorial and joint
resolution requesting that the federal for
est reserve be Increased. To provide for
the establl: hmont and regulation of tele
phone rates and service in cities of the
metropolitan class.
In the senate on the 3d senate file No.
179 W’as placed on the general file, with
the recommendation that it be passed.
This bill provides for the regulation,
treatment and control of dependent, neg
lected and delinquent children. The dis
trict and probate courts of all counties
of the state will have original jurisdic
tion In all cases coming within the terms
of this act. H. R. 167, requesting eon
gres to amend the constitution so that
senators may be elected by a direct vote
of the people, was referred back by the
committee, with the recommendation
that It be passed. S. F. 111. requesting
the Nebraska delegation In congress to
support an appropriation for a larger
navy; S. F. 105. requiring Insurance com
panies to tile semi-annual statements of
their financial condition with the state
auditor, and S. F. 123, providing a decree
of divorce shall not be operative until
six months after trial and decision, were
referred back by committees for passage.
H. R. 16, empowering township boards
to establish and maintain cemeteries,
was read the third time and passed. In
committee of the whole S. F. 72, provid
ing for the election of certain county
officers for a period of four years, was
Indefinitely postponed. H. R. 40, which
was voted on yesterday and failed to re
ceive a majority of the votes east, was
taken up again on a motion to recon
sider and was passed. The bill provides
that a lease to he valid must be In
writing. 8. F. 11. providing for the ten
ure of office of the commissioners anil
stenographers of the supreme court, was
read the third time and passed.
Eholdon of Cass Introduced In the sen
ate on the 4th two. hills to ubolish the
board of visitors to the Soldiers' homes
at Grand Island and Milford. The law |
ut present provides that the governor
appoint a board of five, who shall make
rules and regulations regarding the
homes and have general supervision over
the commandants. The bills introduced
grant this power to the governor, and
he shall have power to name the amount
of compensation to be paid the employ
es anil commandants of the homes; and
to provide rules by which they shall he
conducted. The governor Is also re
quired to visit the homes once every
three months. The office of quartermas
ter Is abolished, and the duties of the
office devolve upon the adjutant. H. F.
8. providing for the nomination of coun
ty commissioners by districts ami elec
tion by county vote, occasioned much
debate. The bill was ordered engrossed.
Hall of Douglas introduced a hill pro
viding that the standard of time through
out the state shall he thnt of the 90th
meridian of longitude west from Green
wich, the central standard of time, by
which all legal business shall be regu
lated. Mr. Hall Introduced the bill be
cause in different parts of the state
different standards of time are used.
The county officers' bill by Sloan of
Fillmore, to Increase the tenure of office
to four years, was killed in rotation
like clock-work. There were five or six
of them, and after three had been Indef
initely postponed O’Neill of Lancaster
moved, in order to save time, to indefi
nitely postpone every hill Introduced by
Blonu. This, however, was not put. and
the hills died the regulation death. H.
F. 8. providing that county commission
ers he elected by vote of the county
Instead of by vote of districts, ordered
engrossed. S. F. 54, that hereafter no
claim for subscription for newspaper,
magazine or other periodical shall be
vulld for more than the time actually
subscribed for; indefinitely postponed.
S. F. yd, to provide for the supersedeas
of cases appealed to the supreme court;
ordered engrossed.
The last day but one on which bills
could be introduced was taken advan
tage of and there was a deluge in the
senate on the 5th. Hall of Dougins in
troduced an even dozen to amend the
state constitution. H. It. is. allowing
county treasurers a seal, was recom
mended for passage by the committee
of the whole, 'file bill lias been before
many legislatures and Is now in a fair
way to become a law. S. F. ST. the ex
emption lifw, took up most of the after
noon and was amended so frequently
that its maker could not recognize it.
The bill provides that *5.’. per month of
n wage earner is exempt from garnish
ment. With the exception of that change
' the bill is the same as upon the statutes
at present. 8. F. 85, the bulk sale law,
had rough sailing, but was finally rec
ommended for passage. Marshall of Otoe
sprung a sensation at the end of the
last round of the day's proceedings by
moving It take a recess until 7 o'clock
at night. Anderson of Saline seconded
the motion. The motion was lost in a
deluge of noes. Standing committees re
ported the following bills for general file:
S. F. 175, defining where it shall be law
ful for mutual insurance company to
Insure property. S. F. 174, providing
when railroad companies may sell goods
not railed for. S. F. 124, an act for the
relief of Daniel L. Johnson. S. F. 57.
compelling railroud companies to provide
suitable waiting rooms and accommoda
tions for the public. H. K. 136. relating
to deposits of county treasurers. S. F.
36, providing for payment of costs In
misdemeanor cases.
SENATE.
At the morning session of the senate
on the 6th the following bills were pass
ed: S. F. 118, limiting the time in which
to revive a dormant judgment. S. F.
119. providing for a time when injunc
tions may be brought. 8. F. 8, pro
viding that In counties of 125.000 popu
lation commissioners shall be elected by
vote of county. S. F. 152. providing for
the destruction of weeds along the high
ways. 8. F. 216, 218, 219, repealing law
relating to salary of deputies for treas
urer and secretary of state and seere
tary to governor. S. F. 85. brick sale
law. H. K. 18, providing for a county
treasurer's seal. S. F, 90, providing for
the supersedeas In cases appealed to the
supreme court. The senate went into
committee of the whole to consider bills
on general tile. 8. F. 155, taxing the
costs in criminal cases upon t'.ie defend
ant if he Is guilty, and if the prosecution
be malicious, the prosecuting witness;
ordered engrossed. S. F. - .—If there are
remonstrances against granting of sa
loon licenses, appeal may be had to the
courts, providing that remonstrator give
bond for $5C9 for cost; indefinitely post
poned. S. F. 148, providing for the an
nexing of territory to cities and villages
situated In two or more counties; or
dered engrossed. S. F. 160, providing
for the appointment of a truant officer
by school boards; ordered engrossed. H.
n. 167, favoring the election of United
States senators by popular vote; recom
mended for passage. A large number of
bills were introduced.
HOUSE.
The house entered upon the thirty
sixth legislative day on the 2d. The at
tt ndance was irregular, some members
being excused for sickness, others be
cause of detention by the severe storm
In their part of the state. The entire
two hours was devoted to bills on sec
ond reading. No other order of business
was reached.
Shortly after convening on the 3d the
house took up consideration of H. R. 330
through the reports of the committee on
cities and towns. The majority of that
committee, McClay of Lancaster, Crop
sey of Jefferson, Ferrar of Hall, Cassell
of Otoe and Roberts of Dodge, recom
mended the bill for indefinite postpone
ment. and the minority, consisting of
Gilbert and Nelson of Douglas. Sweezy
of Adams and Ileecher of Platte, recom
mended It for passage. A good deal of
discussion took place. Loomis of Dodge
vigorously pleaded for the bill. The prin
ciple involved In it he declared to be of
tin' most vital concern to every taxpayer
of Nebraska and added that It was of
more importance than anything that
would come before this legislature. For
that reason he thought the house would
seriously err If it summarily killed the
Hill. He said the opponents of the hill
were not lacking in ability to discuss the
measure in committee of the whole nor
were Its friends unable to hold up their
end of tiie argument. No harm, there
fore, could lie done by placing the bill on
general file. The vote to concur In the
majority report was 53; against 38; thus
the bill was killed. II. R. 26, by Gilbert
of Douglas, the South Omaha charter
bill, came back from the committee on
cities and towns, by majority and minor
ity reports. It was amended in a num
ber of ways, tiie point of difference being
the amendment providing for direct taxa
tion of railroad terminals. The major
ity was against the clause and the
minority, Gilbert, Nelson of Douglas and
Sweezy of Adams, were for it. The ma
jority report, that the bill, as amended,
knocking out the taxation clause, was
srstatned. Among other amendments to
the bill is one providing that the rail
roads keep up repairs on the viaducts,
vs I ieh clause was left out of the original
bill. The Shelly bill, providing for a
governor-appointed board of lire and po
lice commissioners, was Incorporated in
the bill, as a compromise for the exten
sion of the time of city election in South
Omaha to the spring of l!M)i, instead of
having it come off this year. A petition
was read from the citizens of Frunklln
county, praying for an amendment to
the revenue bill so as to elect county
assessors for four years and employ su
bordinate assessors.
Iii the house on the 4th the Judiciary
commute reported for passage II. It. 4,
by N Ison of Douglas, the measure pro
viding a negotiable instrument law un
lfcrm with that of twenty-one other
states. The bill was held up by the com
mittee to hear from lawyers, the ma
i jorlty of whom are said to be in favor
of It, while some hankers are said to
he opposed to It, as It imposes more
stringent regulations on the bankers in
making out their protest papers. A res
olution by Knox of IluCfulo was adopted
providing for the printing of 1,000 more
copies of the general revenue bill, 1,000
copies already having been printed.
These bills were passed: H. ft. 112, by
j Deles Dernier of Cass, the famous
' “bridge bill." that lias occasioned more
: debate In the house than tiny single
l measure, without the emergency clause.
! IT. R. 131. by Gregg of Wayne, lncreas
| ing salaries of county superintendents
In thirty-seven counties of the state. H.
I R. is', by Robbins of Sage, providing
j for appointment of election officers by
county commissioners. H. R. 127, by
Meredith of York, prohibiting the sale
of Intoxicating liquors within two miles
of an army post, excluding It front oper
ation in Douglas county. S. F. 29. by
Warner of Dakota, providing for pay
ment of fees to the commissioner of pub
lic lands and buildings. Hills on first
reading Included the following: To
amend section 6 of the Code of Civil
Procedure so os to allow action of re
covery against trespasser after expira
tion of ten-year limit. To provide for
the government, regulation, examination,
reporting and winding up of the business
of tontine Investment associations. To
declare the place of delivery of Intoxicat
ing lfquor to be the place of sale. To
require persons sentenced to the peniten
tiary to be taken thereto within five
days. Appropriating $2,000 for the relief
of the people suffering from famine in
northern Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Kmorgeney clause. To ereet and equip
at the Institute for the Blind at Ne
braska City a plant for furnishing water,
light and refrigeration. Appropriates
$6,000.
The first debate on the revenue bill
occurred In the house on the 5th. It was
reported by the revenue committee fifty
amendments. Sweezy moved that the bill
be placed at the head of general file,
to be considered In committee of the
whole and that the amendments he print
ed. Disagreed to. A motion by Gregg
that the house work through the (lays of
next week on other matters and on the
revenue bill at night prevailed. The
house passed H. R. 128, by Jouvenat of
Boone, providing for gathering, compiling
and publishing agricultural and indus
trial statistics; H. R. 113, by Warner of
Lancaster, providing for indictment, In
formation. complaint and summons
against and service upon’corporations in
criminal cases. A report from the Ju
diciary committee was read and adopted,
recommending the resolution by Knox of
Buffalo, providing for the appointment
of a committee of five to investigate the
so-called Bartley cigar box and the of
ficial conduct of ex-State Treasurer Me
serve. Insofar as it is said to have been
involved in the matter. The house In
committee of the whole recommended for
passage II. R. :123. by Hathorn of Red
Willow, granting to Russel F. Loomis
a certain quarter section of land In Red
Willow county. The bill has been the
subject of a series of fierce debates and
Dr. Hathorn. in gaining Its recommenda
tion, has scored a signal victory as the
result of a most persistent fight. Loomis
tiled on the land as a homestead in 1872.
He was given his first and second papers
by the governorment. But after obtain
ing his second papers the government
notified him that the land had been
turned over to the state of Nebraska as
school land. Loomis began suit against
the government and after years was ad
vised that he would have to look to the
state for relief. He has been striving
ever since to get his claim. The bill as
recommended for pasage ;s amended so
as to reimburse the school fund for the
price of the unimproved land which Is
to go to Mr. Loomis.
Instead of taking up hills on first read
ing on the fith. the house, on the forti
eth day of the session, immediately went
into committee of the whole and launch
ed Into the ocean of bills on general file.
The first two measures on general file
ware H. R. 1 and H. R. 2, both of which
were, at the author’s requests, passed
for the day. A spirited debate ensued on
a bill by Nelson of Douglas between
Nelson and Loomis of Dodge. The bill
compels a mortgagee appealing from a
decree of foreclosure by a lower court
to furnish bond for the rent of the land
ppnding the continuance of the action in
the appellate court. Loomis attacked
the bill as a measure calculated to work
serious hardship upon property owners
and should not be allowed to pass. The
discussion resolved Itself into a heated
controversy between the two debaters.
Loomis secured the adoption of amend
ments destroying the effect of the bill.
Sixty-five bills were Introduced during
the day, but very few were read. It was
the la*t day on which bills could be reg
ularly introduced.
APPORTIONMENT MEASURE.
The apportionment bill introduced in
the senate by Al len of Pierce thus gives
the districts and numbers of judges:
First—Johnson, Pawnee, Richardson,
Nemaha.
Second—Otoe, Cass.
Third—Eamaster—two judges.
Fourth—Sarpy, Douglas, Washington,
Burt—s ix judges.
Fifth—Jefferson. Gage.
Sixth—Platte. Colfax, Dodge. Saunders.
Seventh—Antelope. Madison, Stanton,
Cuming, Thurston, Dakota. Pierce, Ce
dar, Knox, Dixon, Wayne, Boone—two
Judges.
Eighth—Hamilton, York, Seward, Polk,
Butler.
Ninth—Clay, Fillmore, Saline Nuckolls,
Thayer.
Tenth—Webster, Phelps, Kearney, Ad
ams.
Eleventh—Hall, Howard. Greeley. Val
ley. Wheeler. Garfield, Nance, Merrick.
Twelfth—Buffalo. Dawson, Custer,
Sherman, Loup, Blaine.
Thirteenth—Elneoln. Bogan, Thomas,
Giant, Hooker, McPherson, Keith,
Franklin. Deuel, Cheyenne, Scotts Bluff,
Banner, Kimball.
Fourteenth—Harlan, Furnas, Gosper,
Red Willow. Frontier, Hitchcock, Hayes.
Chase, Dundy—two judges,
Fifteenth—Holt. Boyd. Rock, Brown.
Keya, Paha. Cherry, Sheridan, Box
Butte, Dawes, Sioux.
Whore not otherwise Indicated the dis
trict:: shall have one judge each. The
judges shall serve four years from the
general election In 1903.
ENFORCING MAXIMUM 1ATES.
Kennedy of Douglas, author of the
house resolution providing f. r the en
forcement of the maximum f "Ighl rate
law. Introduced a bill const: .ting the
governor, commissioner ot public lands
and the state treasurer a boa. 1 to have
charge of these rates. They ' all raise
and lower them as provided b; law. At
present this function Is vested in no liv
ing body. The law vests the duty In the
board of transportation, which Is a mis
nomer, since this board has teased to
exist, Mr. Kennedy’s object Is to secure
every means and facility of strengthen
ing his movement to insure the en
forcement of the maximum freight rates,
which he contends have not been en
forced.
Some few birds, notably the blue
throat, accomplish the whole of their
migratory journey in one stupendous
effort.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
A new bank has begun business al
Barnes ton.
There Is unusual demand for farm
lands in York county.
The contract for the new depot at
Fremont has been let.
The Y. M. C. A. of Beatrice are plan
ning a $20,000 building.
John Crone, a prominent citizen of
Ainsworth died last week.
A lodge of Ancient Order of United
Workmen has been organized at Bur
well.
Schools at Papillion have been tem
porarily closed on account of scarlet
fever.
Farm lands in Lincoln county have
of late been changing hands quite
rapidly.
Richardson county wiil hold its fair
this year September 29 and 30 and Oc
tober 1 and 2.
Almond McHenry of Dodge county,
aged eighty-two years, was killed by a
fall from a load of hay, his neck being
uroken.
The executive committee of the Ne
braska Corn Improvers’ association
met in Lincoln on February 25 and
adopted a premium list for the winter
corn show to be held in January, 1904.
Charles W. Barkley, cashier of the
State bank of Seward, fell in the yard
at his residence and broke one of his
legs in the same place it was broken
a few years ago by a fall from his bi
cycle.
C. G. Ellwanger, who was superin
tendent of the schools of Otoe county
for eight years, and one of the be3t
known educators of that section, died
at his home in Nebraska City after a
brief illness.
As the result of a school children's
quarrel near Harbine, Mrs. Mary
Schroeder was arrested, charged with
assault on the child of a neighbor.
The case was tried before a jury,
which, after being out all night, re
turned a verdic t of not guilty.
Jim Davis, the Winnebago Indian
who in December last killed Little
Jim, another Winnebago Indian, in a
drunken brawl, will serve four years
in the penitentiary for his act, this
sentence being passed upon him by
District Judge Guy T. Graves at Da
kota City.
Frank Ford, a farm hand, in the
employ of his brother, Jared P. Ford,
who resides in the south edge of Val
ley county, shot, himself with suicidal
Intent, the bullet ranging from the
chest through his body, near his heart
and lodging just under the neck in his
back. There is a possibility of his re
covery.
The grand jury at Tecumseh sent
a recommendation to the district court
that the commissioners of Johnson
county offer $1,500 reward for Charles
M. Chamberlain, the defaulting Te
cumseh banker. It is believed that
the board will act in the matter and
offer not less than $1,000. The offi
cers are of the opinion that the reward
will get the man.
Frank Howarth, a young farmer who
lives near Cook, suffered an accident
that will In all probability cost him his
life. He was at work on the power
of a buzz saw, when the machinery
got out of shapp in some way and
the tumbling rod, a steel liar about an
inch in thickness and some eight feet
long, was hurled around with terrible
force, cracking his skull.
Doleful tales are coming irito Long
Pine regarding stock losses from the
recent snow storm. At Colonel Tor
rey's ranch in Rock county, it is said
that 150 cattle were found in a pocket
in the sand hills, all dead. At Hutton
& Lamb's ranch twenty-five head were
buried and at Buell’s ranch seventy
five head were buried under the shed3,
which collapsed with the weight of the
damp snow.
A $5,0«»0 damage suit was filed in the
district court at Beatrice by F. J. Syp
herd against Alonzo Adams. Recently
Sypherd’s wife secured a divorce from
him and soon after the divorce was
granted, Alonzo Adams, Mrs. Syp
herd’s father, came to Beatrice from
Iowa to take his daughter home. In
his petition the plaintiff alleges that
Adams alienated his wife's affections
by inducing her to return home with
him.
John Palmes, a general prisoner,
serving sentence for desertion, escap
ed from the guard house at Fort Crook.
Palmes and the sentry over him were
Tn the basement attending to the heat
er, when Palmes suddenly leaped
through a coal window and disappear
ed in the darkness. Palmes was also
charged with assisting in stealing and
rifling registered mail from the post
mail carrier, for which he would have
been tried by the federal authorities
upon the expiration of his sentence.
A telephone exchange lias been or
ganized at Silver Creek.
Jennie Thomas, who shot and killed
Fred Broderson at Lincoln and then
shot herself, died from her wounds.
For a while it was thought Miss Thom
as would recover.
Several head of horses belonging to
Ambrose Jacob, a prominent farmer
residing near Wymore, died suddenly.
At first it was supposed they had boon
poisoned, but the supposition now is
that they were fed hay which was
J mixed with a poisonous weed.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOT’TH OMAHA.
CATTLE—The receipts of cattle were
about normal and the market showed no
great changes. About the usual propor
tion of the receipts consisted of beef
steeTs, and buyers took hold fairly well
and paid just about steady prices for
everything offered. The better the qual
ity the easier the cattle were to dispose
of, but still even the haTf fat stuff sold
to about as good advantage as It did
yesterday. The cow market seemed to
be rather uneven. Some salesmen were
well satisfied with the market, and were
quoting It steady, while others thought
they did not do quite as well as yester
day. Taking the average, there was
very little change from yesterday In the
prices paid. Bulls, veal carves and stags
also sold without material change, the
demand apparently being fully equal to
the supply. Stockers and feeders were
scarce, and as speculators carried over
very few from yesterday, anything at
all desirable sold at just about steady
prices. Common kinds, though, were
slow sale, as not much demand from
the country was expected for the re
mainder of this week.
HOGS—There was not an excessive
supply of hogs, but as all other mar
kets were quoted lower prices here also
took a tumble. The decline amounted
to Just about 54/10c. Trading was not
exactly brisk, but still the bulk of the
offerings were disposed of In good sea
son. Good heavy hogs sold largely from
$7.00 to $7.10 and prime heavyweights
sold up to $7.17*4. The medium weights
went largely from $6.95 to $7.00 and the
light stuff from $6.95 down. The last
end of the market was If anything a
shade easier, as packers filled their more
urgent orders ami- were not as anx
ious for supplies.
8HEBP- Quotations: Choice lambs,
$0.60416.75; fair to good lambs. $5.50@6.25I
choice Colorado lambs, $6.504?>C.75; choice
lightweight yearlings, $5,054(0.00; choice
heavy yearlings. $5.404(5.65; fair to good
yearlings, $5,004(5.50; choice wethers, $5.25
(ft 5.50; fair to good, J4.754i5.2a; choice
ewes, $4,604(5.10: fair to good ewes, $4.00
4/4.50; feeder lambs, $4,754(5.25: feeder
yearlings, $4.254i4.75: feedpr wethers, $4.00
4)4.65; feeder ewes, $3,004)3.50.
KANSAS CITY.
CATTLE—Best corn cattle steady; oth
ers 10620c lower than best prices of
week; cows and heifers steady; bulls
weak; choice export and dressed beef
steers, $4,506:5.40; fair to good. $3.0064.50;
stockers and feeders, $2.0064.40; western
fed steers, $2.8565.00; Texas and Indian
steers. $3.2564.40; Texas cows. $1.906 4.25;
native cows, $2.0064.25; native heifers.
$1006-4.50; caners. $1.0062.50; bulls, $2,756
4.00; calves, $3.0067.00.
HOGS—Market 5610c lower; top, $7.30;
bulk of sales, $7,156*7.25; heavy, $7,07%
67.30; mixed packers. $6.9067.27%; light,
$6.7567.12%; yorkers, $7.066 7.12%; pigs,
$0.1566.55.
SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market steady;
native lanihs. $4.656 5.00; western lambs,
$1.5066.90; fed ewes, $3.0064.00; native
wethers. $3.7565.75: western wethers. $3.6fl
65.70; stockers and feeders, $2.5063.80,
BIG PAY AIDS AMERICA.
Drives Goods from Market and Sends
Clerks to Competitive Stores.
BERLIN,—Export, a trade paper de
voted to extending German foreign
trade, publishes a series of articles on
the methods by which American goods
are supplanting German goods In for
eign markets. The articles consist
largely of letters from Germans liv
ing in Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and
Australia.
The writers explain that German
houses are being beaten because they
are unwilling to guarantee agents
fixed salaries, as Americans do, and
also because they depend upon send
out catalogues, whereas Americans
keep stocks of goods in established
agencies, where buyers are able to
purchase after seeing the goods. Ger
man agents, it is added, are largely
taking service with American houses
because of the better terms offered
them.
Export urges the German manufac
turers to abandon their “penny wise,
pound foolish policy” and give their
agents decent fixed salaries so as to
enable them to withstand the flatter
ing offers of the American competi
tors, adding:
‘‘This is all the more important since
American competition in the world's
market will evidently grow keener
during the next ten years.”
Injunction Judge Denounced.
Paducah, Ky.—At the western Ken
tuck district miner's convention W.
P. Farley of Birmingham, Ala., de
nounced Judge Adams of St. Louis
for granting an injunction to prevent
the Wabash employes striking. He
said if Judge Adams was within the
lav/ American workmen were in a
worse condition of slavery than the
negroes before the civil war.
TOPEKA, Kan.—The state senate
passed resolutions providing that a
$1,500 silver service should be purchas
ed for the new battleship Kansas.
The house will concur in the resolu
tion.
Earthquakes in Saxony.
Berlin. — Earthquake shocks have
been felt for two days in the district
of Voigtland, Saxony, in the Erzebirgo
(Ore) mountains.s Yesterday’s shack
slight, but those of today were vio
lent. The inhabitants of Grazlitz left
their houses and passed the day in the
streets. The tremors vere felt so far
as Plouan, Relchenbach and Zekicka.
Houses at Unter Sachsenburg and at
Asch shook for several seconds. Ex
citement prevails in the district.
! THE MEWS !N BRIEF.
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The1 republican city convention at
Cincinnati, Ohio, renominated Mayor
Julius Fleischmann.
It is aagin stated by the authorities
at Washington that there is no pres
ent intention of moving from Cuba
the American troops now stationed
there.
A strike involving every union work
man in Spokane, Wash., is threatened
as the result of trouble between tho
unions and the Spokane Falls Gas
Light company.
A syndicate headed by Chas. Swift
of Detroit and including the Westing
house company and White & Co., were
the only bidders for the Manila street
railway franchise.
Secretary Chamberlain is distressed
over the cordiality of his reception by
the Boers and has requested them to
cut out toe social functions, the brass
bands and the resolutions.
Thomas Ryan, first assistant secre
tary of the interior, has left Washing
ton to visit relatives throughout Penn
sylvania. He is expected to be absent
about ten days.
The Lake Shore railroad will ad
vance the wages of station agents
and other employes who have not been
included in previous wage concessions.
About 600 men will be affected.
John Muir, the inventor of the pa
per car wheels now in use on rail
roads, died at Morristown, N. Y., at
the age of 91 years. He was formerly
a large manufacturer of paper and
pasteboard.
Henry Freese, 19 years old, was
stabbed twice in the throat in a fight
In Harlem, N. Y. He died soon after
ward in the Lincoln Hospital. The
police say Freese was stabbed by
George Frank.
The Koran government is negotiat
ing with Belgian bankers for a loan of
$30,000, secured on the import duties.
Several important railway concessions
in Korea will also be granted to the
Belgian bankers.
The famous Ward McAllister farm,
near Newport, R. I„ where McAllister
wrote the edition de luxe of "What
I Know of Society,” has been rented
to Morgan Barry, an Irish farmer, for
farming purposes.
The strike of the Italian quarrymen
at Hilltown, Pa., was practically
broken when the Lake Erie Limestone
company announced that it would hire
no more laborers, having sufficient to
operate the quarry until fall.
There were 214,800 bushels of coal
started south from the Pittsburg har
bor. The fleet contained twenty-six
coal boats, eighty-six barges, twenty
flats, six model barges of rails and two
model barges of iron produce.
The board of regents of the Univer
sity of Michigan has decided to estab
lish at the university a Pasteur insti
tute for the treatment of hydrophobia.
It is expected that everything will be
ready for receiving patients by April 1.
A bill was introduced in the Wiscon
sin senate to make the teaching of
the doctrines of criminal anarchy a
felony and punishment by imprison
ment for not more than ten years or
a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.
The secretary of the interior has
issued rules and regulations govern
ing the iseue and sale of 4 per cent
bonds of the territory of Hawaii un
der the act of January 26 last for the
payment of claims for property de
stroyed in suppressing the bubonic
plague.
It was announced by the trustees
of Barnard college that a gift of
$1,000,000 has been made to that in
stitution by a person known only to
President Butler and Treasurer
Plimpton. The money is to be used
for the purchase of land adjoining the
present college.
The thirty-fltth annual lowa confer
ence of the Evangelical Lutheran
synod, at Burlington, elected these of
ficers: President, Rev. A. Noorbaum,
Swedensburg; vice president, Rev.
Joseph A. Anderson, Boone; secretary,
Rev. B. Maddin, Bethesda; treasurer,
C. O. Nelson, Olds.
The steamer J. W. Taylor arrived in
New York after an absence of about
three years. The J. W. Taylor is the
steamer that brought the bubonic
plague to New York on November 18,
1899. She was then running between
New York and Brazil for the Lamport
& Holt line.
Otto Croelus, editor of the Swedish
Courier, Chicago, died suddenly of
heart disease.
Alfred Pelldram, the newly appoint
ed German minister to Venezuela, ar
rived at New' York on the Kaiser Wil
helm Der Grosse.
An international conference on the
subject of good roads will be opened
in Detroit, Mich. •
John Firth shot and killed Witten
Height and Frank Williams and
wounded two persons at. Eckman, W.
Va., Thursday.
The German military administration
has begun exhaustive experiments
with wireless telegraphy. The bal
loon battalion Is establishing stations
between Berlin and the Maroh moun
tains. An apparatus mounted on
wheels is easily moved by four horses.