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LEGISLATURE __of NEBRASKA A Synopsis of Proceedings of the Twenty /Ninth Gen/ eral Session. SEXATE—The senate on the 28th was busy with passage of bills, among; them being the following: S. F. 95,j providing that judgments shall becom’ dormant in five years. S. F. 36, pro-j Tiding that railroads shall keen open1 ^ for the convenience of the public suit-i able waiting rooms at stations. S. F.j 155. providing that it is unlawful to! kill squirrels. S. F. 133. providing for appeals to the-district court from the decision of a board of equalization. S. F. 55, providing that banks in towns of 400 shall have a capital stock of *5.000. S. F. 139, providing that the number of pounds contained in a sack; of fkurr or cereals shall be stamped t on the outside of the sack. S. F. 181. allows road districts to vote a 25 mill levy for the improvement of roads. S. F. 76, Bresee's bill to divide the Four teenth judicial district. H. R. 14. al lows villages to buy land for parks. In the committee of the whole, with Ep person in the chair, the senate killed H. R. 29, the bill to pay for the bond of former Attorney General Prout. H. R. 118. the' object of which is to do, away with professional jurors, was re-1 commended for passage. The bill to; create a stat? board of pardons was indefinitely postponed. * : 1 HOUSE]—The house on the 28th. j the fortieth day of the session, passed ; these bills: H. R. 174. by Andersen of Douglas—A joint memorial to deter mine the true status of the Nebraska territorial militia. H. R. 179, by Doug las of Rock—Providing for salary of j school superintendents in certain; counties. H. R. 122. by McClay of Lan caster—Providing for burial of inmates of state institutions in the state ceme tery at Lincoln. H. R. 129. by Dodge of Douglas—Providing for the detach ment of unplatted land from corpor ate limits to exempt it from local taxes. Emergency. H. R. 194. by Rouse of Hall—Providing for the payment by counties of the premium on the bonds of the county treasurer where such bonds are executed by a surety com pany authorized by the laws of Ne braska to execute such bonds, such premium not in any instance to ex ceed of 1 per cent per annum of the penalty stated in the bond. H. R. 224, by Peabody of Nemaha—Providing for the organization and government of drainage districts. H. R. 191, bv Mc Clay of Lancaster—To print all bien nial state officers’ reports in one com pilation. A large number of bills were introduced, it being the last day for such opportunity. Among them were the following: S. F. 24S. by Thomas of Douglas—To create a county comp troller. S. F. 249. by Shrec-k of York— To compel railroads to pay shrinkage on freight shipments. S. F. 253. by I^averty of Sounders—To amend game laws. S. F. 251, by Sheldon of Cass— Regulating tax sales. S. F. 252. by Sheldon—To abolish the Newbery maximum freight rate act. SENATE—Members of the senate on the 1st took advantage of their last chance to introduce bills except through a personal message of the governor and handed in twenty meas ures, several of which will affect the corporations of the state. The South Omaha Stock Yards will have two measures to contend with, the one by Sheldon of Cass to make it unlawful for the company to charge more than 25 per cent above the market price for hay and corn and the other by Gould to compel the company to un load stock within one hour after re ceiving it or to pay damages to the amount of $5 for each car for every hour or fraction of an hour over the stipulated time in which it has to be unloaded. The senate passed these bills: H. R. 97. 98, 99 and 100, by Clark of Douglas—Curative acts re ferring to costs, juyies and changes of venue in justice courts. H. R. 118. to provide for the drawing of grand juries in Gage county. H. R. 204. to allow mutual insurance companies to withdraw’ securities deposited with the state auditor and deposit cash instead. Tn the K-ommittfee-of• the whole with Epperson in the chair this movhing S. F. 122 and 157 were recommended for passage. The former authorizes the canvass of the vote on constitu tional amendments by the legislature and the latter is a measure which seeks to make the drainage law' con form to the decision of the supreme court, which recently declared that a portion of.it was invalid. At the after noon session, with Beghtol in the chair in committee of the whole, the bill by Cady of Howard, which inter prets the constitution in its reference to property which is exempt from taxation was discussed at length, and finally passed over for further discus sion. HOUSE—The house on the 1st spent almost the entire day in com mittee of the whole on the salaries ap propriation bill. It cut but of the bill the appropriation of $5,000 to main tain the state architect's office in creased the salary of the pathologist at the Lincoln asylum from $1,200 to $1,500. raised the salary of the su perintendent of the feeble-minded in stitute at Beatrice from $2,000 to $2,500, and increased the salaries of the two bookkeepers in the land com missioner's office from $1,200 to $1,500 each. Many bills were introduced, in cluding the following: To repeal sec tion 3 of tae valued policy insurance law allowing attorney’s fees to plain tiffs when they have recovered against an insurance company there under. To amend the law relating to the proceedings of commissioner with respect to drainage improvements. To provide for the appointment of coun ty attorneys in counties of less than 2,500 population./To provide for the appointment and the payment of as sistants for clerks of the district court in counties having over 30,000 and less than 60.000 inhabitants. To pro vide an appropriation of $3,000 for a library for the officers And crew and marines of the battleship Nebraska. Relating to the procedure for collec lion o^ taxes on personal property un der seizure by officers. A joint resolu tion to amend article 10 of the con stitution of the state of Nebraska by adding thereto section 6. relating to munieipa, charters; gives cities of 5.000 or more the right to make their own charters. To regulate and fix the price of electric arc lights for the lighting of streets and alleys in metro politan cities in Nebraska; limits cost of 2.000 candle power arc lights to $'0 a year. To provide means of warning public sffiiool teachers and owners of live stock in this state against approaching severe storms through co-operation of the state de partment of public instruction with the United States weather bureau; appropriates $500. To abolish slot ma chines in Nebraska and to provide a penalty of imprisonment not less than one or more than three years. To re quire public officers to report all in terest received upon public funds, and requiring detailed reports of fees. SENATE—In the senate on the 2nd. the following bills were passed: H. R. 30. by Douglass of Rock—A bill to per mit fraternal orders to incorporate. H. R. 56. by Burns—A bill codifying certain sections of the insurance statutes relating to filing securities j with the auditor. H. R. 17. bv Case * j beer—A bill to authorize the use of the State university cash fund for the general uses of the university. H. R. | 45, by Knox—A bill authorizing the j rein ;\uiuiai 10 ouy norary uooks wun matriculation fees. H. R. 27. which ex empts cemeteries owned by private parties from taxation, was recom mended for passage. H. R. 90—The bill provides that inheritance tax. now paid into the s*ate treasury shall be paid to the counties in which money is collected and used in the improve- i ment o. the public highways. Recom mended for passage. The senate inde finitely postponed Tucker’s bill for a joint resolution calling for a consti- j tutional convention. The vote was ’2 to 9. S. F. 108—Providing for the se lection of grand and petit jurors, was ordered presented for third reading. H. R. 61—To provide an appropria tion for the burial of indigent soldiers was recommended for passage. The senate concurred in the action of the house in killing the emergency clause on S. F. 8. the county engineer bill, and also on the house amendments to S. F. 6. the juvenile court bill. . HOUSE—These bills were passed in the house on the 2d: Authorizing the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings to sell a section of school land to Daniel L. Johnson now oc cupied by him. The juvenile court bill. Appropriating $35,000 for rebuilding the old wing of the Norfolk insane asylum. Appropriating $32,000 for a fireproof library building at the Pent Normal school and a heating appara tus, sewer and steam tunnel connec tions. Giving the right of eminent do main to electric and interurban rail way companies. To protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies and to prohibit the giving cr receiving of rebates on the transportation of property. To pro hibit shooting of English. China or Mongolian pheasants. English and Bel gian partridges. English black cocks or any other imported bird. To permit owners of contracts for lease of edu cational lands to perfect their titles under the law in force prior to 1879. To give warehouses a lien on goods 'eft with them. Authorizing appeals from county levies to the district court and emergency clause. To per mit drainage by tiled or open ditch into national water courses. Changing the offering or giving of a bribe in jury <ases from a misdemeanor to a felony. A recalled anti-policy and lot tery bill, said to be directed against suit clubs and emergency clause. bb.NAih—in tne committee of the whole on the 3rd Cady of Howard succeeded in having recommended for passage S. F. 196. proposing a con stitutional amendment for the election of a railroad commission of three members to be paid a salary of $3,000 a year each. The committee recom mended these bills for passage, includ ing Cady’s constitutional amendment providing for a railroad commission: S. F. 1 SO—Making State Historical so ciety custodian of records lying dor mant for twenty years. S. F. 165—The veterinary surgeon bill. These bills were read a third time and passed: H. R. 27—Authorizing cemetery asso ciations to buy land and exempting the same from taxation. H. R. 90— Providing the inheritance tax shall be paid into the counties where the tax was collected, instead of being turned into the state treasury as at present. The money is to be used for the im provement of roads. H. R. 61—Appro priating money for the burial of indi gent soldiers. The senate voted to re consider its action on H. R. 175. w hich it had previously indefinitely post poned. This bill provides that twenty people can organize a county agricul tural association, hold a fair and se cure an appropriation of 3 cents for each inhabitant. It applies to counties of over 40.000 and will be a great thing for the present Douglas County Agricultural Fair association and any other association which exhibits a few pumpkins or such like and calls the occasion a fair. H. R. 137, to allow townships in counties under township organization to vote a levy of 10 mills for road purposes was recommended for passage. S. F. 137, an amendment to the anti-trust law’ allowing individ uals to bring suit in their own names, when aggrieved, instead of the attor ney general or county attorney bring ing the suit, was recommended for passage. S. F. 87, providing for pay ment of costs in misdemeanor cases, was recommended for passage. — HOUSE—The following bills were passed on the 3rd: H. R. 240. by the Lancaster delegation and Lee and Foster of Douglas, tc prohibit the “oriental and muscular dance’’ known as hooehee-koochee; vote 62 to 30. H. R. 104. by Lee of Douglas, to prevent the sale or donation of opium, cocaine or morphine except on a physician's prescription. Emergency clause. H. R. 177. by Burgess of Lancaster, to pro vide for the funding of the outstand ing school district bonds, rate of in terest not to exceed 6 per cent. H. R. 221, by Muxen of Douglas, to regulate baby farms and provide a license. Emergency. S. F. 66. bv Jones of Otoe exempting boundary streams from game and fish laws and permits seining in the Missouri river. Emer gency clause s. F. 62, by Meserve of Dixon, regulating the admission to practice of attorneys-at-law. H. R. 156, by McMullen of Gage, providing for the organization, government and compensation of the state militia; in creases adjutant general's salary to $1.80<» a year; quartermaster general's to $1,000; gives each armory $250 in stead of $100 a year rental, allows the men 25 cents for each drill, requiring them to drill at least twice a month and brings the law into conformance with the Dick law. Emergency clause. S. F. 9, by tThomas of Douglas, ex empting from embezzlement an attor ney or collector who may retain the amount of his fee or commission on a collection. S. F. 46. by Shreck of York, requiring railroads to give one round trip pass to a shipper of one car of horses or cattle, two cars of hogs or mixed stock. At 1:30, when the house convened after noon recess, it went into committee of the whole’ with Jackson of Antelope in the chair. S. F. 1. by Thomas of Douglas, came up. It is the hill providing for two shifts of twelve hours each for the firemen. Clarke of Douglas offered an amendment to have the bill take effect only when ratified at the polls by a majority of the voters of Omaha after it had been submitted by a petition or _<• per cent or the voters. The amendment was adopted by 40 to 41. After considerable discussion. MeClay of 1-ancaster moved to recommend the bill for passage as amended. Barnes said it might as well be killed, since the citizens of Omaha had no voice in these matters, as the gover nor appointed the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, which controll ed the affairs of the firemen. Clarke disputed this. McClay’s motion pre vailed. and the house adjourned until Monday. Use of Arbalest Once Forbidden. During the twelfth century the early arbalest or cross-bow. was con sidered such a deadly weapon when it was first introduced in warfare that its employment in war was for bidden among Christian nations, and it was not until the fourteenth cen tury that it came into general use. Wrong-Foot- Foremost. ‘‘I got out of bed this morning wrong-foot-foremost, and so every thing has gone badly with me the whole day through!” Common enough it is to hear a man or woman say this, and believe it well nigh as liter ally as if. in thus doing it. either of the two had stepped on a tack—point up and head down—and so gone limping ever since, not to speak of dire apprehensions of lockjaw. Every Day Celebrated as Sunday. Few people know that other days of the week than the first are being observed as Sunday by some nation or other. The Greeks observe Mon day; the Persians. Tuesday; the As syrians. Wednesday; the Egyptians, Thursday; the Turks. Friday; the Jews, Saturday; and the Christians, Sunday. Thus a perpetual Sababth is being celebrated on earth.—Success Magazine. Celery Culture in Florida. A few years back the low. wet lands of the state that now produce thou sands of dollars annually for the planters of celery, were deemed ut terly worthless and could have been bought for a song—no sane man would have paid $5 an acre for it, while at the present time the im proved land, peculiarly adapted to celery culture, will bring from $300 to $1,000 an acre, the unimproved $25 to $125 an acre.—Florida Times Union. Seriousness of Bridge Whist. The uoor stood open as I passed and therein I beheld silent groups of women sitting around tables, their hands before their faces, their eyes rivited upon a sheaf of cards which they seemed about to devour. ‘‘What is this?” I asked. "Why this appalling silence and intense demeanor?” "Oh, that is a bridge whist dub.” was the response. ‘‘It's a matter of life or death with all ‘the players.”—Ex change. Working for Success. Every tnan who tries to jump im mediately into the flowery time of success will find himself truly in the air. and will sooner or later suffer col lapse. He must begin at the bottom and grow naturally, putting out stem and leaf, and branch as conditions warrant. Thus only can the plant be hardy and in time put forth real blos soms of success, fed and nourished by the sap of soundness and healthy vitality. Longest Straight Railway. The longest straight piece of rail way line in the world is from Nyngan to Mourke. in New South Wales. This railway runs 136 miles on a level in a perfectly straight line. Black Tupil in Luzon. A black lily, or tulip, with a flower eight inches in diameter, has been found on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Coveteous Engineers. The civil engineer often wishes with a sigh that he were really mon arch of all that he surveys.—Somer ville Journal. Japanese Marry Young. It is, stated that not one bride was over twenty-two years old in the 346, 590 marriages in Japan last year. It is easy to preach contentment *hen you have all the cake. BEGINS NEWTERM IMPOSING INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. GREAT CROWDS WITNESS AFFAIR The Whole City a Garden of Blos soms.—Fully Two Hundred Thou sand Visitors View the Parade and Other Exercises. _ WASHINGTON—The most bril liant and imposing inauguration which the citizens of Washington have ever prepared has passed into the history ot the republic. Theodore Roosevelt did not ride to the capitol, hitch his horse to a shade tree, enter the building and take the oath of office hooted and spurred. The tradi tional Jeffersonian simplicity was re placed by a pageant which has not been surpassed in the annals of the nation. For a week the District of Colum bia has been the host of the union. Term after presidential term its citi zens without regard to party have united with enthusiasm in preparing an inauguration that shall fittingly show forth the national respect for the executive office. For the unpara lelled demonstration of Saturday the sole credit is due to these citizens, the officials of the War and Navy de partments and the officers of the army and navy. It was the first national inaugura tion since the civil war that the south sent up its warriors and its state offi cials. Men who fought each other for years under different flags; men who fought together in the war with Spain under one flag; executive officers of the states who upheld the stars and bars, and those who stood for the flag : or the muon marched together in re view before their common president, 1 a soldier of the republic. Fully 200.000 visitors gazed with wonder and unbounded enthusiasm at the district's handiwork for honoring the president. The whole city was a garden blos : seining with flags. For a week ever advancing waves of color have been I sweeping through all i’s streets. Not only was the line of march artistical ly decorated to a de^ee never before attained, but no street in the city was without its national colors. Acting un der a suggestion from the inaugura- j j tion committee, the board of eduea- j ; tion had requested it? 50.000 school children to see that each one of their j homes displayed the flag. It was a re quest responded to by an army of chil dren. This apotheosis of the .colors was one of the most striking elements i of a gigantic scheme for expressing the national respect for a president. The committee on street, decora ! tions, street illumination and parks ; and reviewing stands worked together i with artistic taste and transformed ! two miles and a half of the city's noted avenue into a fitting highway for the nation in its countless repre ; sentative bodies to march as an es cort to its president. The hall in the evening was a grand ! affair. In deference to the Sabbath, all ceremonies stopped at midnight, but j it was well toward morning before the lights wore turned down on the most ■ brilliant spectacle that Washington j had seen in its long line of notable occasions. Till long after midnight | the gathered thousands walked, won dering and enthusiastically, on Penn sylvania avenue, through long reaches of fairyland. With the small hours the lights faded and the citizens rested from their months' of labor. CZAR ISSUES A RESCRIPT. Representative of People to Be Given an Advisory Voice in Government. ST. PETERSBURG—The emperor ; has issued a rescript to the minister | of the interior, stating that he has decided to convene an assembly of elected representatives of the people to elaborate and consider legislative ! measures. In the Alexandra palace at Tsars koe Selo. surrounded by the ministers and a few.members of the court and j with the empress at "his side. Emperor Nicholas affixed his signature to a re- i script, containing his majesty's de cree to give elected representatives of the people an opportunity to express their views in the preparation of the laws of the empire. This is the auto cracy's final response to the agitation in favor of participation by the people in government which has brought Russia in the last few months almost to the brink of revolution. No change in the regime of autocracy is involved for the present and it means neither a constitution nor a national assem bly. At the same time it recognizes the principle of the people’s right to be heard regarding laws under which I they must live. Whatever the result may be the document is sure to mark an epoch in Russian history as im portant as the signing of the emanci pation manifesto, the twenty-fourth anniversary of which it was intended to signalize. Panama Bill Declared Off. WASHINGTON—At a final meeting ! of the conferees on the Panama canal l bill after the senate conferees had re | ported verbally the inability of the representatives of the two houses to get together and were sent back to try again the futility of attempting compromise was admitted and the conferees decided to ask for their dis ! charge. If this decision is accepted by i the two h'ouses. and it is the general impression that it will be. the effect will be to kill the canal bill entirely. Is Suing the Subscribers. ST. LOUIS. Mo.—The Louisians Purchase Exposition company filed suit in justice courts against 122 sub scribers to its stock, claiming that | part or all of the amounts subscribed ! remain unpaid. The amounts deirand ! ed in the litigation aggregate more than $7,500. An official of the exposi tion company stated that since the first suit against a delinquent sub scriber was filed, in May, 1904, the company had collected $150,000 of these subscriptions to stock. “We 1 have not,” he said, lost a case.” IN THR REVIEWING STAND. Official and Persona! Associate- Join President in Sightseeing. WASHINGTON — The president, with Chairman Cortelyoti of the re : publican national committee, the members of the cabinet' and the con t ! gressional inaugural committee, with General Chaffee and staff and Gen eral Wilson with the same escort that accompanied them to the capital, re- j ; turned to the Wh:te House at 2 ! o'clock on Saturday 2nd through the I 1 northeast gate joined the ladies and \ children of the family and the invited ! guests at luncheon, which was served 1 immediately. Promptly at 2:45 o'clock the presidential party left the White j House, and. walking across the lawn, ! took their assigned places in the re viewing stand, where 1.000 or more ; specially favored ones had preceded j them. Occupying the most desirable j seats were the members of the diplo matic corps in court dress, resplen- I dent with gold lace and jeweled or ders. Seated near the president in ! his box near the center of the stand j were Mrs. Roosevelt, the vice presi- | dent and Mrs. Fairbanks, Miss Alice j Roosevelt, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Master Ker- j m t Roosevelt, the secretary to the i president and Mrs. Loeb. General ! John M. Wilson, chairman of the in- 1 augural committee; Hon. and Mrs. George B. Cortelyou, Mrs. W. S. Cowles, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rob inson. Mr. and Mrs. W. Emlen Roose velt. Colonel Charles S. Broomwell, military aide of the president; Com mander C. MoR. Winslow, naval aide to the president. The end of the parade passed the reviewing stand at G: 13 p. m. The president then returned to the White House with his party. SENATE EXTRA SESSION. Many dominations Will Have to Be Considered. WASHINGTON*—The extra session of the senate, which adjourned Sat urday, will meet at noon Monday. At that time the expectation is that the president will send in a number of nominations, the most important be ing members of his cabinet. It is be lieved that with the exception of Post master General Wynne, these will be present incumbents. For the postmas ter generalship the president will nominate George B. Cortelyou, the head of the republican national com mittee. Mr. Wynne will be nominated for the office of consul general to l>ondon, now filled by Hon. H. Clay Evans. Another matter which will en gage the attention of the senate dur ing the extra session will be the con sideration of the Santo Domingo treaty. GRAIN RATE WAR SETTLED __ Railroads to Restore Normal Tariffs | April 1. CHICAGO—The western grain rate war was settled by an agreement to restore normal tariffs April 1. In ad dition to returning to the old rates, the lines agreed that if at any time any one became dissatisfied with con ditions or rates thev would not take action wtihout notification. The rates in cents per one hundred pounds agreed on are: Omaha to St. Louis 8, to Chicago 11c. to Gulf lSj to Baltimore 22U>c. Kansas City to St. Louis 8. to Chi cago 11c, to Gulf 17c, to Baltimore 22iJ>c. MANIFESTO IS DISAPPOINTING But It Is Still Believed the Emperor Will Yield. ST. PETERSBURG—Emperor Nich olas' manifesto reiterating Russia’s aspirations in the far east and appeal ing to the loyalty of the people to turn awa” from sedition and support the government in order that the project ed reforms may be carried out. has proved profoundly disappointing to the liberals. A Quiet Day at Home. WASHINGTON— President Roose velt passed the fPst Sunday after his inauguration quietly at the white house, except for a horseback ride through the suburbs during the after noon. He was alone and took his mount at the outskirts of the city. Surrounded by the members of his family and his house guests, he spent the day in recuperation from the fatigue incident to tK'» ’'-"--v ™ and physical strain which he under went during the inaugural ceremonies. He did not attend religious services. Secret Service Man Dodges Japs. NEW CHWA.NG—M. Bonhoven. the Russian censor, arrived at Tien Tsin. Last week he was in hiding at Hsin mingtun. where he succeeded in es caping attempts made to capture him. M. Bonhoven is considered one of the cleverest of the Russian secret service officials and the Japanese arc anxiously searching for him at Hsin mingtun When he left the place he was accompanied by several Russian officers, who. it is believed, avoided the vig’lant Japanaese raiders and re gained the Russian lines Control of Big Trees. SACRAMENTO. Cal.—Final sfeps in the recession to the federal govern ment of the Yosemite valley and the Mariposa big trees, so far as Cali fornia is concerned, was taken by Gov ernor Pardee when he signed the bill providing for the regrant. Specially prepared pens were made from quills taken from the eagle mounted in the assembly chamber. At conclusion of the ceremony only one of the pens was retained by the governor and the other was presented to Senator Bel- j shaw. author of the recession bill. Many After Dakota Land. SIOUX FALLS, S. D.—Doubtless because of the fine springlike weath er. the influx of new settlers to the farm lands of South Dakoti has com menced unusually early this year. In addition to coming in small numbers, the new’ settlers are arriving by the trainload. A train of twenty-five cars of these new settlers and their ef fects passed through Sioux FaJls. on the Milwaukee road, having come from Wisconsin. Twenty-four of the cars were loaded with farm machin ery, etc ARENEARMUKOEH JAPS ADVANCE NEAR THE RUS SIAN STRONGHOLD. CREAT CONFUSION iN THE CITY Many Wounded Arrive arid Booming of Guns Becomes More Distinct.— Stubborn Fighting in Progress All Day Long. MUKDEN—A ceaseless artillery fire is heard ten miles southward. The roaring of the guns is becoming more distinct every hour. The Russian losses during the last five days have been heavy. The wounded are streaming through Mukden northward, the hospital train service being infinitely better than at the time of the battle of the Shakhe river. Great confusion prevails in this city, every means of transport out of Muk den being used. Night attacks are again the feature of the Japanese tactics. During last night almost a corps of infantry was hurled against General Bielderiing’s right flank and for hours the men fought in darkness, the Japanese using hand grenades with terrible ef feet. The butchery on both sides was frightful. General Rennenkamp's troops ac quitted themselves brilliantly, contest ing the passes southeast for three days. They fought continuously, the Japanese pressing them on all sides with heavy odds in favor of the Jap anese. On Thursday night the corps lost about 1.800 men. of which num ber fourteen were officers. Over 1.000 wounded men have al ready arrived here. The brunt of the fighting fell on General Danieloff's division and Gen eral Lubauin's division, which held the heights of Tomous mountain. They were attacked last night and the posi tion twice changed hands, but morn ing found it still in possession of the Russians. Thus far General Rennenkampff has successfully barred the way of General Kuroki’s column. SAKHETUN, Manchuria—Stubborn fighting has been in progress all uay long. Four Japanese divisions are about eleven miles west of Mukden. The Japanese today made two in fantry attacks on PouiilofF hill, hut were repulsed. Th°y have resumed the bombardment of the hill. The Japanese attacked the Russian extreme lefr wing at two points as well as Gauto pass, where during the morning the fortifications previously abandoned were recaptured by the Russians. Signs First Biq Bill. WASHINGTON—President Roose velt signed the army appropriation bill, the second of the big supply measures to reach him in complete form. It is expected that most of the remainder of the appropriation meas ures will reach the president, how ever, by tomorrow night. THAT QUARANTINE MEASURE Sa'd to Be a Menace to Live Stock Interests. WASHINGTON—W. G. Comstock of Ellsworth. Neb., in a telegram to Senator Millard says that the presi dent's message to congress on the quarantine bill is a menace to the live stock interests of the country. In con nection with this matter, which is ex citing the liveliest kind of interest among live stock men of Nebraska. Senator Millard has received a letter from S. P. Deiatour of Llewellyn, complaining against the quarantine regulation with respect to cattle ex posed to mange. He makes the broad statement that not 2 per cent of the cattle on the ranges had heen known to have mange: that out of 4.000 head of cattle he handled in recent years he had lost but four head from mange. Mr. Comstock, in addition to his statement that the bill would be a menace to the live stock interests if passed, said that he was in favor of federal control of quarantine rather than state control. ^Mr. Deiatour says that what is most needed is an in spection for feeders at the point of destination and not at the point of embarkation. KINDLY TO UNITED STATES. Members cf Italian Senate Praise This Country. ROME—The whole sitting of the senate Friday was taken up with the discussion of an interpellation of Sen ator Prince Odalesehi on the subject of the relations between Italy and the United States. The senator spoke lightly about immigrations in Ameri ca. which he described as thoroughly “imperialistic.” This “imperialism.'’ he said, “does not mean conquest, but emergence from political isolation which is only possible by emerging from economic isolation.” “Let Italy.” he added, “profit by this situation.” Officer’s Wife Suicides. OMAHA—Mrs. IjouIs B. Chandler whose husband is a lieutenant in the Twenty-fifth United States infantry located at Fort Niobrara, Neb., com mitted suicide at the Paxton hotel bj shooting herself through the breast Sh° had arked a chambermaid to pre pare a bath for her. which the maid was doing when she heard a shot fired. She foun i Mrs. Chandler lying on tho floor of her room with a pistol in her hand and a bullet in her breast. She died an hour later at Clarkson hospital. Nebraska Members Work Hard. WASHINGTON—Every member of the house from Nebraska was on the floor Friday night awaiting an oppor tunity to rush bills through under surpension of the rules. The senate put a paragraph in the deficiency ap propriation bill to continue the salary of Miss Cora B. Thomas, the treasury department clerk who was so fright ful’y mangled in an elevator at the treasury department building. An ap propriation for her relief was stricken out of the bill in the house on a point of order. 1 CHINESE COOK SUSPECTED Secretary of Mrs. Stanford Tal«s of Probability of Murder. SAN FRANCISCO—The Call pub lishes a dispatch from Honolulu wh'rh says that Miss Bertha Berner, who was Mrs. Stanford's secretary has named Ah Wing, a Chinese cook who has been employed at Mrs. Stanford's home for over twenty years, a? the person whom she suspects of placing the strychnine in the bicarbonate of : soda. Ah Wing, with the other sonants | in the employ of Mrs. Stanford, is now | confined in the Stanford mansion on | California street, by private detectives ; under orders, it is said, from the per i sonal attorney of Mrs. Stanford. They are not allowed to leave the house and a watchman is on guard at the gate day and night with orders to pro hibit all persons from approaching the dwelling. Besides Ah Wing there are two i other Chinese servants and the house keeper at present in the house. Since the announcement was re ceived that strychnine had b«en found in the bottle of bicarbonate detectives have made careful search of Mrs. Stanford's California street home and her place in Palo Alto. At both they have found a one-pound can of im ported bicarbonate of soda. The can at the Palo Alto home had no: been jopened, but from the one discovered | in the California street mansion there* i had been taken a small portion, pre I sumably the amount needed to fill the small bottle that Mrs. Stanford car ried with her to Honolulu. Both of these cans have been ana | lyzed by a local chemist, who has pro , nounced their contests absolutely free : from any kind of poison. OMAHA GETS HEACGUARTEF3 Postmaster General Wynne S'g^s Or der for Rural Delivery D'vis on. WASHINGTON—Among the last official acts of Postmaster Gen«-ral Wynne, which will endear him to the people of Omaha and Nebraska, was his official signature to the order re establishing a headquarters of the rural free delivery service at Omaha When it became known a movement was on foot to re-establish the west ern division of rural free delivery at Omaha a mighty protest went up from St. Paul and a still hunt was com menced by Des Moines to have the headquarters located at the Iowa cap ■ ital. Postmaster General Wynne. I v ! ever, realizing the fact that Or. ha j had been treated shabbily by th® :*■ rnoval of the office after offices ha I been especially fitted for the super intendent and his working force, de cided that it was but justice to re establish the western division at Omaha, as the postoffice appropriation bill provided for six divisions. A=- now constituted. under ti e r w order or : Postmaster General Wynne th® we-t | ern division includes ail the western i states with the exception of M nne j sota and North and South T>ak -a. wnich are retained in The jurisdiction of St. Paul. JUDGE SWAYNE NOT GUILTY Senate Decides Every Point in Favoi of Impeached Florida Jurist WASHINGTON—The senate, sitbng as a court of impeachment for the j trial of Charles Swayn®, district judge ; for the northern district of Florida, on Monday acquitted him on all of the | twelve articles of impeachment i brought by the house of represent* j fives. On none of the article? was 1 there even a majority for conviction, although it required two-thirds to con vict. The closest vote was on the last article, the contempt case of W. C. O'Neal. when thirty-five senators voted guilty and forty-seven not guilty, while on two articles only thirteen senators voted for conviction. Th® voting for the most part was on party lines, though there was not a strict alignment on any article. At the con clusion of the voting the presiding officer directed the secretary to enter | an acquittal upon the records and the ; court then adjourned without delay. NO STATEHOOD AGREEMENT Conferees Talk All Day, but Accom plish Nothing. WASHINGTON—Numerou s con f er ences on the statehood bill asain fail ed to bring about an agreement by which legislation for either one or two states msy be made at the present session. The conferees adjourned un til today at 11a. m. without any prop osition having been advanced during the day that even approaches prom ‘ of ultimately compromising ihe diffi culties. For several days the senate con ferees have been proceeding on the j idea that it might be possible to get an agreement for this acceptance or the house bill for two states with the amendment by Senator Foraker. which makes it possible for either Arizona nr New Mexico to reject the consti tution. Now this plan has been mao tically abandoned, owing to opposition in both houses. Will May Reveal Motive STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal — President Jordan of Stanford univer sity still has hope that Mrs. Stanford met her death by accident and not by wilful poisoning. He asserted on Fri day that he had absolutely no theory as to who could have a motive for killing Mrs. Stanford and that he did not believe that any of the servants would do the deed. "The poisoned drug must have come from the same bottle that poisoned the mineral water in San Francisco in January last. -&_ Whisky Trust Cuts Price. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.—The Term Haute Distilling company announce!! a cut of 2 cents in whisky and made the lowest quotation in years. Si.21 to wholesale trade. The Majestic, an other trust plant, has been ready for operation for several months. To Prohibit Polygamy. WASHINGTON—Senator Dubots introduced in the senate a joint re*t> lution providing for a constitutional amendment prohibiting polygamy and polygamous cohabitation.