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I THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE!
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v A Synopsis of Proceedings in Both Branches of m
J the Twenty-Eighth GeneraJ J
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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.
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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.
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