Nebraska Newspapers

    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. * :
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.