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¥¥¥¥#¥¥¥¥¥^'¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥v¥¥¥¥¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥♦¥¥ I THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE! *■ * i , __ * 3- .-1- - .. * * f v A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of m J the Twenty-Eighth GeneraJ J * . , , + * Assembly. * l I A**************-***********' HOUSE. Consideration of H. R. 70—the Ramsey elevator bill—was taken up In committee of the whole on the 17th. The bill re quires railroads to furnlst^ equal futilities to all ele\ ators. Including sidetracks, cars, switch connections, terminal hand ling and Interchange. The amendment of fered by the railroad committee, to which the bill was referred, cut out the provi sions for terminal handling and Inter change, and required elevator.; to which It should be applicable to cost at least $2,000. Robbins .if Gage o: cred a substi tute to the amendment, which left the hill unchanged save for a proviso fixing the cost of the elevator at not less than $2,000. The Robbins substitute amendment was adopted by a rising vote of SI to 2. and the bill was then recommended for passage as amended. The following bill were rend for the third time and passed: Remedying minor defects In charters gov erning cities of from 5,000 to 25.000 popula tion. Ayes, 87; nays. 0, To authorise corporations, associations and societies to transact upon the assessment plan, the business of accident or slckneaor ac cident and sickness Insurance and to pay a funeral benefit not exceeding $200. To define the nature and scone of the Ne braska state library, the University of Nebraska library and the Nebraska state historical society ll&brary and to regu late the purchase of books by them. Makes state library exclusively one of law books and public documents; tho state historical library exclusively one of United Slates and Nebraska history, and the University library one of general ref- : erenoe. Provides for the transfer of books from one to another of these libraries In conformity with this classification. Re- 1 pealing proviso In law governing schools In metropolitan cities which forbids the school board to expend more than $200 ex I eept In accordance with the terms of a written contract. Appropriating $781 for the relief of General Victor Vlfqualn. Providing that appeals to » e supreme court, including petitions I", error, shall go up on appeal procedure, thereby se curing uniformity In appeals. To prevent the spread of contagious and Infectious diseases and providing for a state health Inspector by the state board of health at a salary of *1.800. Carrie* an appropri ation of *10,000. As soon as the house convened on the ISth the revenue measure was considered. Mtkesell of Dixon offered an amendment to the personal property schedule, so as to exempt live stock under six months old from taxation. This led to an amendment by Soars of Burt to strike out the whole schedule and leave the list of this property to the state board of equalization. Many members urged that the schedule be left Intact, contend ing that It would be better than letting a few men make the schedule. The Sears amendment was adopted by a vote of 56 to 24. Jones of Otoe offered an amendment to change debits to non-in terest bearing ‘‘open uecounts,'' to be de ducted from the aggregate. Nelson then amended Hogrefe’s amendment to make it all bona fide debts. Hogrefe accepted this amendment and withdrew his. The Hogrefe amendment as changed by Nel son was then defeated Bouse of Hall at 11 o'clock moved that the committee arise and report the revenue bill for pas sage. At this time Burgess of Lancas ter sprung the anticipated amendment to let the street railways, gas, water works and electric companies in under section 76. having their gross earnings taxed us franchise, as In the case of the tele phone, telegraph, express and pipe line companies. The proposition was defeat ed. 66 to 23. The report of the commit tee of the whole that the revenue hill be recommended for passage as amended was. on motion of McAllister, adopted at 2:35 p. m. As the amendments must first he printed, the hill probably cannot ctme to a third reading this week. The house passed H. R. 271. the ltlggs hill, reorganizing the South Omaha school board. H. R. 210. by McClay of Lancas ter. a Lincoln city tax bill to allow Lin coln to buy the postoffiee building for a city hall. H. R. 31, by Koetter of Douglas, to increase rate of interest on state warrants from 4 io 5 per cent and reducing rate of interest on county, city, township, precinct and school district lands from 6 to 4 per cent. The house began operations on the 19th by concurring in senate amendments to If. R. 46. by Frederlch of Cass, requiring due advertisement of school board meet tngs before the board can vote bonds. These hills were passed: H. R. 440. by Rouse of Hall, appropriating $4,164 from the penitentiary fund to aid in the con struction of the addition to the state pen itentiary. H. R. 104, by Junkln of Gos per, providing for a department In one of the state insane hospitals for the treat ment of dipsomaniacs. Inebriates, and those addicted to excessive use of liquors and drugs. H. R. 43. by Nelson of Doug las, providing a uniform bond In appeals to the distr'et court. II. R. 21, by Nelson of Douglas, providing a uniform bond In appeals to the district court. 11. R. 157. by Perry of Furnas, curative, relating to fees of county court officers. S. F. 147. by Sheldon of Cass, providing for opening, maintaining and vacating county .roads: emergency clause. S. F. 117. for a Joint resolution memorializing congr< -s to ap prove the Dietrich land leasing bill. Sen ate amendments to the salaries appropri ations hill were considered. 8. F. 217 pro posing the repeal of the old territorial law providing that the deputy treasurer shall receive no salary ‘‘fr m the territory.” Iaiornis offered an amendment to the sal aries hill fixing the deputy's salary at $1,800. the amount previous legislatures have been appropriating. The amendment was carried. Amendments by Cropsey of Jefferson were adopted raising the secre tary of the state hanking hoard from $1,500 to $2,000 a year and his chief clerk from $1,000 to $1,200. Wilson of Pawnee, chairman of the finance, ways and means committee, offered an amendment appro priating an annual salary of $840 for the secretary of the tlsli commission, not now provided for. The amendment carried. The amendment offered some days ago adding an assistant librarian or tne su preme ceurt at $001 a year and a deputy at $1,800, a deputy clerk at Jl.SOO an t three assistant clerks at $SW each were adopted. Likewise the amendment to raise the sal ary of the steward of the Lincoln hos pital for insane from $1,200 to $1,500 a year carried. Tin- house on the 20th, In committee of the whole resumed consideration of H. R. 371. the salaries appropriation bill. It adopted an amendment reducing the salary of the superintendent of the Girls’ Industrial home of Geneva from $1,500 to $1,200. The committee on public lands and buildings recommended a matron for this institution at $000 u year. This commit tee argued the necessity of tills func tionary, hut tin- finance, ways and means committee and others denied It and held that the superintendent needed no such assistant. It whs claimed that the reduc tion of the superintendent's salary .and tlie effort to appoint a matron was spite work against the superintendent. The amendment was Inst. During the pro ceedings Nelson of Pierce remarked Unit this was tlie most expensive institution in the state, the cost of maintenance a year being $25S per capita. An amend ment was adopted reducing the salaries of the two family managers from $800 to $800. The salary of the engineer at the Industrial home at Milford was rais ed from $800 to $n,H> on an amendment by Gilbert of Douglas. The committee had recommended a cut to $800. The farm manager at the Grand Island Soldiers' heme was placed at $180 instead of $400. II. R. 70. the Ramsey elevator bill, was taken up as a special order on Its third reading. The bill passed unanimously. The measure provides that railroads shall accord equal terminal and transfer fa cilities to all paties operating grain ele vators, and that furmers' elevators shall cost at least $2,000. H. R. 314, the reve nue bill, was read for the third time. Douglas of Rock moved that the bill be returned to the engrossing committee to be properly engrossed. It being discov ered that the personal property tax schedule was not stricken from the bill as ordered by the committee of the whole. The bill was then re-read and placed on Its final passage. It passed hv a vote of 70 to 21. Three fusionlsts voted In the affirmative and two republicans in the negative. Fourteen members sent up ex planations with their votes. A number voted differently than they had talked. The bill went to the senate and was given Its first reading. Senate. In the senate on the 17th ttie following bills were passed: S. F. 304. providing for fees to be paid the treasurer for work done by land commissioner. S. F. 1G, pro viding that compilers of abstracts file bond and providing a penalty for viola tion. 8. F. 223, providing for certificate of satisfaction In case of foreclosures. S. F. 151, granting light of way for construction of electric roads. 8. F. 143. providing for the appointment of a state surveyor by the land commissioner. S. F. 133, provid ing for ihe election of a tax commissioner In cities of from 10,000 to 25,000. II. R. 123, the Northewestern security bill, supposed to he In the Interest of the railroad merger, was indefinitely postponed. 8. F. 291. authorizing corporations to act as re. celvors, etc.: general file. II. It. 113. pro viding for filing indictment or Informa tion against corporations; general file. S. F. 292, amending the constitution to pro vide lor biennial elections; general fllo On motion of Wall of Sherman this res olution was unanimously adopted: Re solved. That the senate of the stale of Nebraska hereby desiring to commemor ate this the llTh day of March. A. D. 1903, do hereby commend that policy of the present .king of Great Britain, which has for Its purpose the relief of the peas ant class of Ireland, and we do hereby tender to the Irish people, wherever they are to l>e found, our most profound con gratulations on the seeming bright pros pects of the Immediate dawning of a gold, en era In the history of these unfortunate but noble people. The fight in the senate on the 13th was the landlord lien bill introduced by 1'in stead of Nance by request. After much discussion the bill was ordered engrossed for a third reading, with the amendments offered by the committee. The section over which the light occurred and which was ordered engrosed Is us folows: Sec tion 1. A landlord shall have a first lien for his rent upon one-half the crop grown upon the demised premises from the planting of said crops until one year after the term of tile lease expires, or until the rent is paid, by filing in the office of tile county clerk, ns chattel mort gages are filed, a notice that such lien is claimed and stating the amount thereof and when due. Said lien may lie enforced by foreclosure in the same manner as chattel mortgages are foreclosed, at any time after satd rent or any part thereof is due. Standing committees reported for general file S. F. 212 and S. F. G3. The former Is an act providing for the filing of reports of insurance companies with the state auditor before they are allowed to do business In the slate. S. F. 63 is an act granting additional power to fra ternal beneficiary societies. The bill was Introduced at the request of the Ancient Order of I'nlted Workmen lodge. The committee of the whole, with Harrison ot Hall In the chair, ordered the following engrossed for a third reading: 8. F. 170, naming number of employes to he em ployed by the senate and house. S. F. 43, the local land lien bill. 8. F. 63. pro viding for the purchase of cemeteries by towns. 8. F, 67, providing for the \erifl cation of pleadings. S. F. 123, relating to divorce. S. F. 145. an act providing for the digging of ditches to drain land. 8. F. 14. the compulsory school attendance act. Several hills from the house were read a first time, and H. R. 236 was put on Its third reading. Tills Is the Gllbprt pri mary election hill, which provides that at all primaries the election hoard shall have authority to compel the voter to swear whether he has generally supported the | ticket of the party holding the primary at the preceding election. The bill passed. The following bills were passed In the | senate on the 18th: M. F. 201, providing for placing constitutional amendments at the head of the ticket. H. R. 132, provid ing that the Lincoln school board shall consist of live members. The senate went Into committee of the whole with Day of Nuckolls in the chair, with H. K. 236, tlie Gllhert primary election bill, a spe cial order. The committee recommended it for passage. Standing committees re j ported as follows: S. K. 32. mechanics’ : lien law; Indefinitely postponed. S. F. 2SS, providing for the qualification of teachers; indefinitely postponed. S. F. 202, providing that before school levy Is j voted boards must make an Itemized es I tlmate of expenses: general file. S. F. .!0::, providing that when a conviction is secured against a licensed seller of liquor one-fourth of the money shall be paid to the complaining witneses; indefinitely postponed. S. F. 21.3. providing for regis tration books ami u form of registration, was passed. The senate went into com mittee of the whole and made the fol lowing disposition of bills: if. R. 132, provding that the school board of Lin coln shall lie composed of five members; recommended for third reading and later passed. H. It. 132, providing the Ne braska experimental station fund be turn ed into the university fund: roeommend | ed for third reading and later passed. 11. H. 202, providing for purchase of books for library of State Normal school out of fees of matriculation: recommended for third reading and passed. S. F. 134. pro viding that sellers of liquors under li cense shall fine a $.3,000 bond; ordered en grossed. The senate on Insane hospitals reported on the 20th and recommended that $150.<:oi) he appropriated for the rebuilding of the Norfolk Asylum for the Insane. The committee said that 1109,000 worth o' prop erty had been sent to other asylums and 3-■ 1.000 In salvage had been saved out of the wreck of the tire. The following hills were read a third time and passed: 8. F. MO. allowing cemetery associations to re ceive money and act .as trustee for dec oration and improvements of cemeteries. S. F. providing when pupils of one school district may attend school In an other. j>. F. r>7. compelling railroads to provide suitable waiting rooms and to stop trains for the accommodation of passengers. 8. F. 67, providing for the perfection of pleadings. S. F. 17. chang ing name of deaf and mute Institute at Omaha and blind asvlum at Nebraska Flty. 8 ,F. 222. providing for the wind up of the affairs of Installment compan ies and placing them under the control of the state hanking board. 8. F. 117. a joint resolution memorializing congress to oppose the Dietrich la”d-leaslng bill: fav oring the allowance of 640 "cres of land to each settler. Senate went Into eom mniittee of the whole and reported as fol lows on these bills: 8. F. 243. limiting county commissioners to 13 per day; or dere engrossed. This bill affects counties having 60.000 Inhabitants and less. S. F. 240, regarding cultivated lands on high ways; ordered engrossed. 8. F. 145, pro viding for the formation of drainage dis tricts, for the reclamation of swamp lands and to prescribe course of proced ure to he followed to accomplish such subject; was passed. 8. F. 210, providing that cultivated lands shall include forest trees, fruit trees and hedge rows planted on such land all land surrounded by a plowed strip not less than one rod In width at least once a year; was passed. 8. F. 124, for the relief of I>. I.. Johnson; ordered engrossed. 11. It. 323. relief of H. I* lajomis; engrossed; 8. F. 103. finding of fact on appeal to supreme court; ordered engrossed; S. F. 160. providing for the formation of new school districts; ordered engrossed. S. F. 205. extending the open season for lish fifteen days; ordered en grossed. 8. F. 74, providing for bonds to be furnished by officials; ordered en grossed. Pure Food Bill Agreed To. The pure food bills will be reported to the house at the earliest opportu nity for passage with a few amend ments. The bills provided for a re peal of the law providing for a sys tem of fees and permits to sell cer tain goods in the slate. This provi sion made the board almost self-sup porting. Under the proposed hill, these sections were to be repealed and the law left as it was drafted in other particulars. Before the committee acted on the measure a delegation of wholesale grocers and manufacturers of Lincoln were given a hearing. They strongly obpeeted to the measure on the ground that it worked a hardship on the home manufacturer. It would permit the outside manufacturers who make adulterated goods toman ufacture them still and sell them in the stale, while the home manufac turer would not have the privilege of manufacturing even unless he sold I all his goods outside of Nebraska. This argument was strongly urged j against, the rigorous provision of the measure. Time Is Passing. In a few days the legislators will he wishing they had been more ac tive early in the session. Friday, March 13, was tlie forty-sixth day. In the fourteen remaining days all the appropriation bills must he consider ed and other measures that are de sired must be rushed through unless a long time is spent here without pay. It is quite a task, especially as the aprpopriations loom up with mon umental height before the members. With the new revenue law in pros pect they will feel more free, how ever. in passing these bills. The state normal school lull is at the head of the general file read'1 for an early resurrection. With if is th bill ap propriating money for a new chapel | at the state normal at Peru. The I bill appropriating $100,000 for new buildings at the stale farm under the Sears resolution, 1 hough avorahly acted upon in committee of the whole in the house, mtiv not he read and put on passage till the revalue bill is disposed of. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Union Typewriter company, capitalized at $20,000,000, was held in Jersey City. The annual report show ed that the profits of last year exceed ed those of 1901. The directors re served $600,000 for dividends. A wise man never sets himself up i as the hero of his stories. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. Springfield suffered a fire loss of 140,000. A case of smallpox has appeared at Spalding. In a shooting scrape at North Platte three men were wounded. Location of the library site in Hast ings has stirred up quite a fight. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Miller of Richardson county last week cele brated their golden wedding. Thomas Jennison, the brakeman injured in the B. & M.wreck south of Nebraska City, died at the Nebraska City hospital. The Great Western Cereal mills closed its plant in Nebraska City pending the settlement of the wage 3cale demand. Columbus is soon to have a brick ami tile manufactory guaranteed to cost not loss than $10,000 and to turn out at least two million brick the first year. The nurserymen of York report that the spring deliveries of nursery stock litis year will be the largest they have ever had. York has three nurseries. Paul Schindler, a German bachelor about 35 years of age. and living on a farm alone near Hoag, Gage county, was found dead in his home. Belief is that ho suicided. The park commissioners of Nebras ka City are going to organize the school children for the purpose of keping the parks and streets supplied with flower beds during the summer. As a southbound freight on the Union Pacific was pulling out of Blue Springs the engine struck a man who was walking on the track, killing him instantly. The man was not identified. H. E. Warrell. principal of schools! at Ogalalla, has resigned his position to engage in other business. Prof. Clinton M. Barr of Cozad has been employed as principal to complete the school year. The depot at Riverton was robbed while Frank Birdnell and Russell Rutherford, the agent and assistant, were at dinner. The thief secured $7.87. He entered through the win dow and rifled the till. John Wilson was arrested and confessed to the theft. An eighteen hundred dollars pipe organ was installed in the Methodist church at Yayne the gift of Mrs. J. H. Pingry of Wayne. The presentation was made by the donor’s son-in-law, E. T. Renneck, in her behalf, and the response by J. D. King in behalf of the church. Omaha passenger No. 12 ran into the rear end of an extra freight about three miles west of Minden severely injuring Traveling Engineer C. A. Dixon. The way car and one freight car were consumed by fire. The freight train had broken in two. A dense fog prevailed. By the will of John Collins, a Da kota county, Nebraska farmer, three of his sons are disinherited and the third his favorite, John C. Collins, of Hubbard, Nebraska, receives the en tire estate of $20,000. John C. is thus* rewarded because he remained with his father in his old age. Lake Ericson. in Greeley county, which has afforded the pleasure seek ers for miles around such a fascinat ing hunting and fishing resort, is now wiped off the map. A break in the dam relieved it entirely of its water and the cost to repair it will probably be more than the owners will care to expend. Arrangements have been completed Whereby the teachers of Cass and Sarpy counties will unite and hold their regular annual institute in Plaltsmouth beginning August 17. A strong corps of instructors has been selected and the indications now are that the meting will be a most suc cessful one. The four men charged with shop lifting in connection with Tames Carr and George Niles and who escaped from arrest by skipping to town were caught at Gothenburg by Chief Mal colm, assisted by the Gothenburg po lice. They were brought back and had a hearing, and were sentenced to jail for three months. Settlers are coming and going in in northeastern Nebraska at an un usual rate this spring. The cheap lands toward the middle of the state are being bought more readily. But there are many owners of good land in the northeastern corner that want to go to other states. Within a fort night eight y-ono cars of emigrants pased through Sioux City in a single day, and many of these came from Nebraska. Six cars loaded with coal attached to a Union Pacific freight en route from Manhattan, Kan. to Beatrice, jumped the track at Taylor’s siding, a few miles south of Blue Springs and were badly damaged. The track was torn up for fifty yartls. The Platte Valley Telephone com pany was organized at a meeting held at the Anderson school house south east of Buda. This company will start with about twenty-five subscrib ers and will cover a territory of about ten miles. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. Latest Quotations from South Omaha and Kansas City. SOI'TIf OMAHA. CATTLE—Receipts of eat tie were not ns heavy as they were yesterday, but there was a fair run. The demand, though, was In good shape, so that prices held fully steady on desirable grades. Trad ing was quite brisk nnd an early clear ance was made. Buyers took hold of the beef steers in good shape and the market was artive and firm on practically all kinds. As high as $.->.r> was paid for a prime load of six teen head averaging 1.5X3 pounds. Tills Is the highest price of the year fur a full load of cattle nnd were boueht for ex porting. There was not a very large sup ply of beef steers on sale, so that prac tically everything was disposed of in good season. The cow market opened fairly active and Just about steady. Along toward the close, however, trading was not quite ns brisk, and some salesmen found It n little hunt to get steady prices on the close. Rolls, veal calves nnd sta"\! sold with out much trouble In Just about yester day's notches. There were scarcely enough Stockers and feeders in the yards to make a market. The few that ar rived, though, sold readily at steady prices If tin- quality was at all satisfac tory. In spite of the fact that the end of tlu> week Is at hand. HOHS—There was a very light run of hogs, owing probably to the bail condition of the country roads. The local demand was brisk and reports from other points were favorable to the selling Interests, so that prices improved. The advance amounted to Just about a dime. The bulk of the good heavy hogs sold largely from *••30 to $7.35 and as high as 17.40 was paid. Medium weights went largely from $7.23 to $7.30 and the 1'ghter weights from $7.23 down. SHEEP—Quotations: Choice western lambs, $6.50®0.75; fair to good lambs, $>.50®«.25; choice Colorado lambs, $6.73® i.lo; choice light weight yearling.!. $6.00® 6.23; choice heavy yearlings. $5.50®5.T5; fair to good yearlings, $5.00®5.50; choice weth eis. X.t.MVu u.7,1; fair to good yearlings, $5.00®5.50; choice wethers, $5.5»®o.75; fair to good, $,i.00®-3.50; choice ewes, $5.00® 5.25; fair to good ewes. $4.25®4.73- feeder lambs, $t. 15®5.25; feeder yearlings, $1.25® 4.75; feeder wethers, $4.0o®4.65; feeder ewes, $3.00®.5.30. KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Beef steers lo oentn lower than yesterday; quarantine stuff steady; cows steady to 10c lower; stockers and feeders slow; choice export and dressed beef steers. *4.3005.20; fair to good, *4.00® 4.50; stockers and feeders. *3.0004.50; west ern fed steers, *3.0003.50; Texas and In dian steers, *3.7504.55; Texas cows. *3.250) 3.15; native cows. *1.5004.25; native heifers, 114004.35; canners, *2.0002.25; bulls, *2.75® 4-25; calves. *1.7307.00. HODS Market 10015c higher and active; top, *7.45; bulk of sales, *7.230 7.40; heavy. *7.300 7.40; mixed packers, *7.150 7.40; light, *7.000 7.25; yorkers, J7.2O07.25; pigs, *6.50® >.90. SHEEP AND I, A MBS—Sheep steady; lambs strong; native lambs. *1.0007.00; western lambs. *4.500 7.00; fed ewes, *3.40 86.00; native wethers, *3.8005.90; western wethers, *3.700 5.90; stockers and feeders, *2.9504.10. GOOD FAITH OF THIS COUNTRY. President and Cabinet Gratified with Work of Congress. WASHINGTON, D. C.—At Friday's cabinet meeting the president and members of the cabinet expressed sat isfaction with the result accomplished by congress at the regular session and by the senate extra session, which ad journed Thursday. Both the president and members of the cabinet are sat isfied that the Cuban reciprocity treaty will be ratified by the Cuban congress as it was ratified by the senate. President Roosevelt is particularly gratified because the American senate has demonstrated what he regards as the good faith of the United States in extending, so far as it may, the relief sf this country to Cuba. TANNERY COMPANIES FAIL. Receivers Asked For—Capital of Over $2,0C0,000. BUFFALO. N. Y.—C. Moensch Sons company and Moensch, Fisher & Gaen sien of Goanda, two of the biggest tannery concerns in this part of the country, are insolvent. Applications for the appointment of receivers for both companies were made Friday. The capital stock of C. Moensch & Sons company is $1,500,000 and that of Moensch. Fischer & Gaensien is $600, 000. The motion for the dissolution of the companies was made in behalf of the majority of the directors. It was stated in the petition that the apparent assets of Moensch & Sons company are $1,248,000. Actual liabilities were given at $634,000 and contingent lia bilities at $500,000. Swung Off for Murder. LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—James Ruflin and Jay Green, both negroes, were hanged at. Star City Friday for the murder of Don McGhee in January, 1902. Bonded Warehouse Burns. DNEY, N. S. W.—Hentseh’s bond ed warehouse, containing 10,000 tons of merchandise, was gutted by fire Fri day. The loss is estimated at $2, o00,000. Intercollegiate Gymnastic Meet. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.—The annual western intercollegiate gymnastic meet, which was originally scheduled to be held at Champaign, III., will ba held at the University of Minnesota, April 30. Finding that the meet would be unprofitable there, Illinois offered it to Wisconsin, who in turn offered it to Minnesota. Teams from Chicago, Wisconsin. Grinnell, Northwestern and Illinois universities Will attend this year’s meet. 5 THE NEWS IN BRIEF. | { <•> <i $$*$$$(.'• <£*$>?“•■•"f>=.<i>SxS>®'? Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma has signed the cattle quarantine b.ll, pass- 1 ed by the recent legislature. *■ Three men were killed and several seriously injured by the explosion of dynamite at Bluefield. W. Va. A cablegram from Florence, Italy, announces the death In that city of Charles Godfrey l.cland. the author and journalist. The Chicago Junction Railway has raised its switching charges, the in crease amounting In all cases to at least 25 per cent. News has been received from T.a Vega, Santo Domingo, of the <i?ath of General Manuel Caeerez, governor of the province of Mora. The twenty-second session of the leg islature of Arizona has closed. Gov ernor Brodie vetoed the bill for grant ing suffrage to women. President Roosevelt has agreed to participate in the laying of the corner stone of the Lewis and Clark exposi tion, May 21. at Portland. Dr. Samuel W. McLean, 56 years old. superintendent of the Illinois asy lum for feeble minded children at Lin coln, died of cancer of the stomach. Hubert C. Mfnard referee in the pe tition of the directors of the Buffalo, / N. Y„ Racing association for dissolu tion, finds the institution insolvent. The annual meeting of the Federa tion of the Alliance Franeaise in ttio United States, held in New York, was attended by delegates from all parts of the United States. The yearly wage adjustment confer ence between the Stove Founders Na tional Defense association and the Iron Molders’ Union of North America is on at Cincinnati, O. k The correspondent for the London . Times at Montevideo says in a dis patch that great hopes are entertained for a peaceful settlement of the revo lution in Uruguay. In the English house of commons. Postmaster General Austin Chamber lain said the postofflce had long de sired to conclude a parcel post agree ment with the United states. | The president sent to the senate tho *" nomination of Hamilton Fish of New York to be assistant treasurer of the United States at New York the nomi nation of William Pimley having been withdrawn. The Caribbean squadron, command ed by Rear Admiral Coghlan, now cruising in the vicinity of Honduras, will be reinforced shortly by the crui sers San Francisco and Raleign. which recently have undergone an overhaul- a ing. W The Western Passenger association meeting in Chicago adjourned after reaching an agreement regarding the Elkins law. One of the railroads, it is said, w'll institute a test ease for tho sole purpose of obtaining a decision on the law. Joseph Bradley, a farm hand at Bear Lake, Mich., supposed to lie unsound mentally, killed Mrs. F. PL Bowertnan. dangerously wounded her daughter and attempted to kill his son. He then turned the weapon upon himself and committed suicide. Four hundred glove cutters at Glov ersville and Johnstown. N. Y., have voted to strike unless the Manufactur ers’ association increases their wages. The manufacturers declare that under the present conditions they cannot ad- ^ vance wages. A strike would throw ' out of w’ork nearly 2,000 persons. News from San Salvador is to the effect that the town of Pespre in Hon duras has been captured by forces un der General Bonilla, president-elect of Honduras. General Sierra, the retir ing president of the country, is sur rounded at Naocome and unable to ‘ leave for Tegucigalpa, the capital. W. Seaman, president of the Ozark & Cherokee Central, confirmed the statement that the company have un der construction a 100 mile line from Muskogee, I. T.. to F'ort Smith, Ark., and that another extension Is contem plated from P'ayetteville, Ark., the eastern terminus at present, to Mem phis, Tenn. Governor l’eabody ot Colorado issu ed a statement in which lie calls at tention to the threatening aspect of the labor troubles now centering in the Cripple Creek district, and an nounces the appointment by him of an advisory board to visit the scenes of these troubles to thoroughly investi gate the causes which have led to tha recent condition of affairs. The steamer Melamosa, running on the Ocklawha river, Florida, sunk four * miles above the mouth of the river. ''4^| The passengers were all asleep, but Rufus King and Walter Watson, col ored residents of Palatka, were the only persons to lose their lives. The house and senate of Missouri adopted a resolution submitting an amendment to the constitution, requir ing the Missouri railroads to grant free transportation over their lines in Missouri to state officials and legis lators during their official terms. At Delton, Wis., while John Murray, William Truman, Moses Crane, G. E. Adams and Mathew Ritter, old sol diers, were playing a game of cards in the Grand Army of the Republic hall the structure was struck bv lightning and badly wrecked. J