NEW LAWS OF NEBRASKA
Complete List of Bills Passed by the Recent
Session of the Legislature.
(Continued From Last Week.)
^ Senate file No. 31, by Jackson of Gage, I
•t bill providing regulations for the forma- :
tion of sewer districts in cities of frbm
6,000 to 25,000 and allowing a majority of
the residents to sign the petitions to
create said districts. Signed March 50.
Senate die No. 20, by Fries of Valley,
ft bill permitting farmers to organize lr
f%aium districts under the government
Senate file No. 220. by Sheldon of Cass,
ft biii limiting the state levy to 6 mills
ftnd the school levy at not more than
mills.
SENATE BILLS
ipenate file No. 43, by Senator Meserve
Knox, a joint resolution authorizing
governor of Nebraska to enter into
id sign a compact with the governor of
iutti Dakota, as agreed upon by a com
Ission appointed by the governors to fix
it boundaries between the states. Emer
mcy clause. Signed February 3.
Senate file No. 3, by Senator Good of
enialia. a bill classifying property under
the revenue law and authorizing the state
jjgpDard of equalization to raise or lower the
Hlpaluation by classes. Under the revenue
law property could not be so classified and
t raise in valuation by the state board of
equalization had to be applied to all
roperty, pro rata, within the county,
‘mergency clause. Signed February 23.
Senate file No. 14. by Senator Jennings
9t Thayer, a bill allowing school districts
ving 150 pupiis to erect school houses
orth $5.00o and to vote bonds therefor.
tJndei the old law the limit was So,(Ml for
Ifuch 200 pupils. Emergency clause. Signed
•bruary 23.
gj§f Senate file No. 57, by Senator Cadv of
'■..Howard, a bill for the relief of Daniel K.
Johnson. The bill allows the board of edu
utional lands and funds to surrender to
ohnson a lease and issue a certificate of
urchase for the southeast quarter of
Action 36. township 13, north of range 12,
west of the sixth P. M., at the appraised
alue of $2,60o. Johnson was the victim
f a clerical error in the lease. Signed
larch s.
Senate file No. 6, by Senator Mockett of
^Lancaster, the juvenile court law. This
J taw auplies to all children under 16 years
gt' pf age, who are inmates of any state in
stitution or any training school for boys
Dr girls, organized under the laws of the
state. A dependent or neglected child is
| flefined as any destitute or abandoned
phild under 1C. Parents are declared to
t>e negligent when th-y allow their chil
k ilren to be surrounded by vicious or im
moral influences. Children under the age
Df S who sing, play or peddle on tne
streets may be taken from their parents
Hid placed under the care of a guardian.
District courts of the counties of the state
Shall have jurisdiction in all eases aris
ing under the provisions of the bill. Where
Ihere is no district judge the county' judge
shall have jurisdiction In counties of
more than 50,800 the probation officer shall
have two deputies. Probation officers shall
receive $3 per day for the time actually
employed. Children under 12 years of age
are not to be committed to jail nor con
fined in any building with adult prison
ers. Parents are responsible for the sur
roundings of their children and may' be
runished for neglect. The state board of
harities shall have jurisdiction over the
state institutions arid shall visit all chil
flren confined therein. The probation of
ficer is the executive official of the court
and it is his duty to visit, prosecute and
report on all delinquent children in the
jurisdiction of the court. Emergency
clause. Signed March 8.
Senate tile No. 9, by Senator Thomas of
Douglas. A bill exempting from the pen
alties of embezzlement any agent or at
torney who shall retain the amount due
him for fees, commissions or charges on
collections. It shall be no defense to a
prosecution for embezzlement that the of
fender was entitled to a commission out
Of the moneys appropriated. The bill
amends section 121 of the criminal code.
Signed March 9.
Senate file No. 62. by' Meserve of Knox.
A. bill forbidding attorneys to practice in
the state without being admitted to the
Dar. A fine of $100 is provided, or imp’-is
rmment in the county jail not exceeding
thirty days, or both, at the discretion of
the court. Signed March 9.
Senate file No. 66. by Senator Jones of
Otoe. A bill exempting boundary streams,
with the exception of such portions as are
within 100 feet from the mouth of any
Stream tributary thereto, from the oper
ation of the fish laws of the state. Emer
gency clause. Signed March 9.
Senate file No. 69. by Senator Jones of
Otoe. Requires the county board of equali
sation to hold a session on the first Tues
flay after the second Monday of June in
each year to equalize the valuation of per
sonal property. Every four years, begin
ning In 1904, the valuation of real prop
erty must be equalized. This affords re
lief, particularly to certain counties where
whole precincts had been over assessed by
error of the assessor. Provision is also
made that in case of division of real es
tate assessed as entities the board shall
epportion to each parcel its just propor
tion of assessed valuation. Signed March 9.
Senate file No. 46. by Senator Shreck of
Fork. A bill requiring railroad companies
to issue return transportation to shippers
Df live stock. One man may accompany
two cars; two men may accompany six
ears. Signed March 9.
Senate file No. 200, by Senator Cady.
franting graduates of osteopathy schools
uthority to practice osteopathy' in Ne
braska. Signed March 11.
Senate file No. 44. by Senator Gibson of
Douglas, the South Omaha charter bill.
Emergency clause. Signed March 17.
Senate tile No. 125, by Thomas of
Douglas, a bill prescribing penalties for
the neglect of children. Parents or
guardians may be fined not to exceed
J1.000 or imprisoned for not more than
one year.. Emergency clause. Signed
March 21.
Senate file No. 34. by Giffen of Dawson,
Authorizing publication of the biennial re
ports of the state board of irrigation.
Signed March 28.
Senate file No. 107. by Cady of Howard,
transferring $2,346.15 from the peniten
tiary special labor fund to the general
fund. Emergency clause. Signed March 28.
Senate file No. 128. by Epperson of Clay,
permitting the wife to be a witness
against the husband in desertion cases.
Signed March 28.
Senate file No. 129. by Epperson of Clay,
providing for remitting the sentences in
desertion cases when the husband pro
vides for the support of the wife. Signed
March 28.
Senate file No. 19. by Epperson of Clay,
a bill to confine inebriates, dipsomaniacs
and narcotic fiends in the asylums of the
state. Commissioners of insanity in each
county to hear the application, which
must be made in writing by a relative or
person who knows the dipsomaniac. The
bibulous habits of the erring one must
be proven and the dipsomaniac is con
fined in the asylum until cured. He may
be paroled on promise of good behavior,
but must be instantly returned to the
asylum should he lapse into drunkenness.
Signed March 28.
Senate file No. 63. by Jackson, a bill pro
viding for the redemption of tax sale
certificates and applying only to Gage
county. Signed March 25*.
Senate files Nos. 64 and 66 open the
Missouri river to fishing at all seasons
bv the use of seines or other legal meth
ods. but except so much of the river as
is within 100 feet of its tributaries. There
fishing is prohibited during the closed
season. Unconstitutionalitv is avoided by
terming the Missouri "all boundary
Btreams.” Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 78. by Laverty of
Baunders. a bill allowing the fish commis
sioner to have charge of spawn. Emerg
ency clause. Signed March 28.
Senate file No. 111. by Meserve, a hill
m&Kmg adultery" a teiony" and providing
a penaltv of imprisonment for a term of
two years in the penitentiary. Signed
March 28.
Senate file No. 123, by Thomas, a bill
repealing section 4465 of Cobbey's statutes.
This section authorized country attorneys
to employ legal help in tax litigation.
Kmergencv clause. Signed March 29.
Senate file No. 11, by Sheldon of Cass,
revising the Jist of fees for the Justices
of the peace. Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 13, by Laverty, a bill
prohibiting the illegal expenditure of
public funds. Boards in villages, cities
and counties are forbidden to let con
tracts when the funds for. the payment
of the expenses are not available or au
thorized. Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 15, by Gibson of Doug
las. a bill providing penalties for jurors
or referees who receive bribes. Imprison
ment from one to five years in prison is
provided. Emergency clause. Signed
Senate file No. 143, by Thomas of Doug
las, a bill allowing the secretary of the
Omaha board of education to be elected
for a three-year term. Emergency clause.
Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 152, by Gould of Greeley,
fixing a speed of eighteen miles an hour
for the transportation of live stock to
market. Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 42. bv Senator Thomas,
the Omaha primary bill. This measure
places the primaries under the direction
or the county officials, prescribes pen
alties tor tne violation ot tne rules ana
regulations and in addition pledges eacn
°ne who participates in the primary to
abide by the results. Each candidate
must at least thirty days before the pri
mary file a written application with the
proper authority, requesting that his
name be placed upon the official primary
ballot and pledging hfhiself to abide by
the results of the primary. These appli
cations shall be filed in the office of the
city cierk, for city offices and for mem
bers of boards of education. Fbr offices
whoiry elective in one county, except city
offices, the papers shall be filed in the
office of the county clerk. The filing
fees shall be computed at 1 per cent of
the emoluments authorized by law for
utri-ueu oince aunng me term ior
which the candidate would serve if elected
and must he paid at the time of filing the
petition. No films fee shall be less than
Sid, except for offices without emolument,
in which case no filing fc»e is required.
Delegates to a convention shall pay a
filing fee of 50 cents for each delegate.
Nomination papers my be filed for non
partisan candidates. Separate primary
election tickets may he had by any poli
tical organization represented on the of
ficial l.allct t!/ last preceding general
election, if anv of its candidates receive
1 per cent of the total vote cast at the
last general election in the state. On the
sample ballot the names of the candi
dates for each office shall be arranged
alphabetically, according to surname, no
name appearing more than once on the
same ballot. When printing, the fornx
shall be set up with the names in th«
order in which they are placed upon th€^
sample ballot. In printing each set of
tickets for the various election districts
tile positions of the names shall he
changed in each office division as many
times as there are candidates in the of
fice division in which there are the most
names, as nearly possible an equal num
ber of tickets being printed after each
change. The primary election shall be
held in each district at the place where
the registration of voters occurs for the
election next ensuing. All primary ex
penses shall be paid out of the treasury
of the city or county, by the s ime officers
as in the case of elections. Penalties for
committing any fraud or wrong tending
to defeat, the result of a primary election
are fixed at fines of r.ot less than $M0
nor more than $.100, or imprisonment in
the county jail for not less than sixty
days nor more than one year, os both ;.t
the discretion of the court. At all pri
mary elections the polls shall be open in
cities at 8 o'clock in the morning and
close at 9 o’clock in the evening of the
same day; in all other places from noon
until 9 o'clock in the evening. In cities
where a registration of the voters is -
quired by law the city authorities in
whom by law is vested the power to ap
point registrars, shall appoint two resi
dent electors in each precinct to serve as
clerks of the primary, one of whom shall
be appointed from the party casting the
largest vote at the last general election
in the state, and the other from the party
casting the second largest vote. The reg
istrars shall act as judges, but shall re
ceive no additional compensation for
their services. Any person desiring to
vote at a primary election must first
state to the judges what political partv
he affiliates with and whose candidates
he supported at the last election. A first
voter need not state his past political af
filiations. Emergency clause. Signed
March 31.
Senate file No. 155, by Jones of Otoe—
A bill forbidding the killing of red fox
! or gray timber squirrels or for maiming
or wounding them between the season of
January 1 and August 31 of each year.
The penalty for the violation of the act
is a fine of $5. Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 168. by Epperson of
Clay—A bill abolishing the office of state
architect. Emergency clause. Signed
March 30.
Senate file No. 184. by Gilligan of Holt
—Forbidding horse racing. l»all plav
make estimates of school district ex
penses when the school districts fail to do
so. Emergency clause. Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 181. by Gould—Allowing
a tax of twenty-five miles for a road
fund In townships where the freehold
ers desire it. Signed March 30.
Senate file No. 233, by Hughes of Platte
—oFrbidding horse racing, ball play
ing or any game or sport on Decoration
day. The penalty may he a lire not ex
ceeding $100 or imprisonment not more
than thirty days or both. Signed March
30.
Senate file No. 284. by Beghtol of Lan
caster—Milking the county surveyor of
Lancaster and Douglas counties ex-of
ficio inspector or bridges and judge of
the material in county bridges. Signed
March 30. , _
Senate file No. 74. by Thomas of Doug
las authorizing the use of voting ma
chines and allowing counties to buy the
machines and expend the difference of
the costs of elections for payment there
for. Emergency clause. Signed April 1.
Senate file No. 96, by Wall of Sherman,
a bill giving district courts instead oi
county commissioners jurisdiction over
cases where charges are preferred
against officials. Emergency clause.
Signed April 1. *
Senate file No. 138, by Tucker, a bill to
quiet the title to land which has been
platted and laid out in lots, alleys,
streets and parks. The bill applies to
cities of the second-class having less
than 5,000 inhabitants and to villages
where conveyances have been made with
in the last twenty-five years. Emergency
Senate file No. 174. by Gould of Greeley,
a bill fixing the poll tax in cities of JjjiOO
or less and providing that $2 may be
paid in cash and the money to be ex
pended In improving the highways ad
jacent to the city or the village. Emerg
ency clause.
Senate file No. 122. by Epperson of Clay,
a bill requiring the tabulation of the
vote on constitutional amendments on
separate sheets and that the results be
sent to the legislature to be canvassed.
Senate file No. 75. by Thomas, a bill
codifying all the negotiable instrument
laws'of the state. The revision of the
statutes was made by the American Bar
association and all the laws concerning
negotiable papers are arranged under con
venient headings. The bill takes effect
August 1, 1905. Signed April 1.
Senate file No. 14S. by Bresee of Sheri
dan, a bill to make uniform the laws for
the ’ laying out of roads. Grounds or
flower gardens are exempt from condem
nation for roads, and no roads are per
mitted to be laid out when the existing
roads meet all the exigencies of travel.
Signed April 1.
g,.nate file No. 1M. by Meserve of Knox
a bill allowing small estates to be settled
without the expense of administration.
The estates must be free from debts •of
the decedents. Emergency clause. Signed
April 1.
Senate file No. 149, by Thomas of Doug
las. a bill to distribute the funds col
lected under the terms of the defunct
High school law. The funds are to be re
turned to the school districts which have
maintained free High schools for non
resident pupils proportionately to the
number of non-resident pupils instructed
and the length of tbe time of such in
struction. Emergency clause. Signed
April L
Senate file No. 173. by Dimery of Sew
ard. limiting the fees of the clerks of the
district courts. If the fees exceed <1,600
in counties having a population of less
than 35.000, $3,000 in counties having more
than that number, or $3,500 in counties
having less than 50,000 and $5,000 in coun
ties having more than loO.ouo the clerk
shall turn such excess into the county
treasury. Reports must be made to the
county commissioners of all fees re
ceived.
Senate file No. 60, by Dimery of Seward,
a bill raising the salary of the deputy
game warden from $1,300 to $1,500 a year.
Signed April 1.
Senate tile No. 283. by Jones of Otoe,
a bill permitting school officers to as
sume the duties of truant officers out
side of cities. Complaints may be tiled
against parents who fail to send their
children to school.
Senate file No. 108, by Tucker of Rich
ardson. The board of canvassers in elec
tions must prepare a list of 500 voters.
From these lists the grand and petit
jurors are drawn. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 1%, by Cady of Howard, a
joint resolution for a constitutional amend
ment creating a railway commission. The
commission is to consist of three mem
bers to be elected by the people and to
have general authority over railway
traffic.
Senate file No. 206, by Dimery,
to permit the leasing of state property
which may become vacant.
Senate file No. 136, by Epperson
of Clay, amending section 812 of the code
of civil procedure so that three referees in
partition must be appointed. Under the
old statute the court was directed to ap
point ’‘referees.”
Senate file No. 7, by Sheldon of
Cass, providing for a 1 mill levy to pay
the state debt. The money derived from
taxes must be used to pay interest and
principal. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 18, by Gibson of Douglas,
a bill defining the crime of jury bribing.
This is stated as any overture which wrill
affect or bias a verdict. Any person who
offers such a bribe may be imprisoned in
the penitentiary for not more than five
years. Emergency clause.
Senate fiie No. 150, by Thomas of Doug
las, a bill revising the statute for burg
lary and incorporating the statutes for
housebreaking therewith. Emergency
clause.
Senate file No. 141. by Meserve of Knox,
a bill regulating water works in small
cities and Milages and requiring a two
thirds vote instead of a majority to issue
bonds. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 211, by Cady of Howard,
relieving small cities from damages aris
ing from defective sidewalks unless noth:®
has been previously tiled regarding the
condition of the walks. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 213. by Meserve of Knox,
to relieve small estates of the expense of
a4ministration when notice of the death
of the intestate has been given and the
statements of indebtedness published.
Senate tile No. 256. by Epperson of Clay,
a bill allowing county agricultural so
cieties to receive aid from counties when
detailed expense accounts have been filed.
Failure to do this within two years results
in the sale and execution of the property
and a quieting of all titles in fee simple
te the county. Emenrencv clause.
Senate file No. 18s, by~Gibson of Douglas,
the South Omaha charter bill. Citizens |
and damaged persons may recover for j
grading ami the damages may be assessed
by three disinterested freeholders. Emer
gency clause.
Senate file No. 191, by Good of Nemaha,
a hill allowing the deputy state superin
tendent and the'deputy attorney general
to give bonus for RO.oGO. Emergency
clause.
Senate file No. 280, by Epperson of Clay,
a lull allowing an action against an insur
ance company to be brought in the county
in which the cause for the suit originated.
Signed April 1.
Senate file No. 255. by Hughes of Platte
requiring a three-fifths vote instead of
two-thirds of the voters to change the
county seat of a county. Emergency
clause.
Senate file No. 236. by Meserve of Knox,
permitting licenses for hshing to be Issued
to non-residents tor The price was Jlo
under the old law. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 166. by Harsh, a bill
amending the Ramsey elevator law and
providing for a site on railroad right of
way for an elevator with a capacity of
15,000 bushels. The bill requires that cars
be furnished pro rata to all shippers with
out discrimination. Emergency clause.
Senate hie No. 171, by Gibson of Doug
las, requiring the redemption of trading
stamps at their face cash value and pro
hibiting their use unless so stumped.
Emergency clause. Signed April l.
Senate file No. 210, by Giffin of Dawson,
to allow credit to Lincoln county for the
money paid for the maintenance and sup
port of insane patients who were not resi
dents of the county.
Senate file No. 117. by Thomas of Doug
las, a bill making judgments good for five
years. This is done by declaring that judg
ments in Nebraska do not outlaw until
they are barred by the statutes of the
state in which they are secured.
Senate file No. 56, b\ Sneldon of Cass,
requiring railroads to keep depots open
and to stop ali local trains for pas
sengers.
Senate file No. 187, by Gilligan of Holt,
allowing the state to sell the Bovd county
lands to the settlers. This bill is de
signed to end the dispute between the
state and the “squatters.”
Senate file No. 238, by Meserve of Knox,
allowing guardians and executors to
maintain suits for damages for trespass
on the property under their control.
Senate tile No. 269, by iJresee of Sheri
dan, requiring the state reports of the
departments to be distributed to the
county clerks to be circulated among the
people. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 233, by Meserve of Knox,
giving the county court the authority
to let guardians sell the real estate of a
ward. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 229, by Sheldon of Cass,
limiting the senate employes to fortv
eight. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 276 by Gould of Greelev
compelling live stock companies to unload
the stock consigned to them within an
hour and a half. After that time a
penalty of J2.ou per hour per car is as
sessed.
Senate file No. 214, by Thomas, describ
ing the conditions under which real es
tat6 may be sold for taxes.
Senate file No. 215. by Thomas of Doug
las, providing for the redemption of prop
erty sold for taxes. * y
Senate file No. 246. by Cady of Howard,
allowing cemeteries to own eighty acres
of land in small cities and in villages
and permitting the municipality to own
siich property for cemetery purposes.
Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 271, by Saunders of
Douglas, revising the procedure in ob
jection suits against assessments.
Senate file No. 262, by Sheldon of Cass
to allow the use of standard gas and
electric light meters in cities
Senate file No. 54, b'- Sheldon of Cass
allowing the majority of the resident
stockholders in cemetery associations to
hold elections. Emergencv clausp
Senate file No. 1S5. by Cadv of Howard
repealing the 7-nfiI! lew limit of the
revenue law. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 281, by Mockett, allow
ing insurance companies to file an an
nual instead of a semi-annual report
Emergency clause.
House roll No. 384, by Andersen—the
* •maha charter bill. This measure em
bodies a thorough revision of the exist
ing charter, provides for an increase from
nine to twelve councilmen, consolidates
county and city treasurership makes
county assessor city tax commissioner
and abolishes the board of public works,
giving more power to the mayor and city
council. Emergency clause.
Senate file No. 40. by Beghtol of Lan
caster, providing penalties for crueltv to
animals. Overworking, torturing and ‘tor
menting animals may be punished by the
fines and penalties for misdemeanors.
Emergency clause. Signed March 30.
In Defense of Husbands.
Complaint is made of the men be
cause they do not take their wives
flowers as they did in their court
ing days. But every woman knows
that if her husband brought home a
costly bouquet she would tell him It
would have been more sensible to
have brought home a new teapot or
a ham.—Exchange.
When you notice a vague accusa
tion you give it a reality and turn a
shadow into a substance.
One Method.
“How may men become more pop
ular with the women.?” asks a maga
zine writer. By being half as patient
at a social function as they are in a
poker game.—Washington Post.
Removing Fruit Stains.
Fruit stains can be removed with
powdered starch, if applied at once.
Some men never wander from their
own firesides because they dwell in
steam-heated flats.
Ill-Omen for Family Dinner.
We should feel sorry for any home
whose daughter has no higher ambi
tion in life than to paint a stork
standing on one leg.—Exchange.
The Egg Tree’s Farewell.
“The darkest hour,” as the chicken
remarked when the colored man r®
moved it from the roost, “is Just be
fore dawn.”
Nothing beats a good wife—except
a bad husband.
THE NEWS IN NEBRASKA
TO DEFEAT LAW’S PURPOSE
Measure of the Laet Legislature Bar
ring Sports.
LINCOLN — Nebraska sportsmen,
racing men and attorneys are holding
lively discussions over what games of
sport tend to disturb the public peace;
also, who shall decide that the public
peace is disturbed by such sports?
The debate is caused by the bill of
Senator Hughes of Platte county,
which was passed by the last session
of the legislature and signed by the
governor. By this measure, horse rac
ing. ball playing and other sports
tending to disturb the public peace are
prohibited on May 30. commonly
known as Decoration or Memorial day.
As it now stands the measure reads:
“Section 1. Any person or persons
who shall, on the 30th day of May,
commonly known as Decoration day,
engage in horse racing, ball playing,
or in any game of sport, which may
tend to disturb the public peace on the
30th day of May, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding $100,
or by imprisonment for not more than
thirty days, or both, at the direction
of the court.”
The Grand Army of the Republic
is responsible for the origination of
the bill which is meant to prevent the
desecration of the day set aside to
commemorate the deeds of the na
tion's soldier dead. As it does not
carry the emergency clause the law
will not become operative until July
1. Some attorneys claim that the bill
will be non-effective on account of de
fective punctuation, which consider
ably complicates its construction.
ALMOST DOUBLE TRAGEDY,
Mar. at Shubert Shoots Wife and Then
Himself.
STELLA—The town of Shubert.
just five miles east of this place, was
the scene of a terrible tragedy.
George Quiggle, after a protracted
drunken spree, got a revolver and
went down to where his wife was
hanging out the washing and after a
few words pointed the gun at her
heart, at the same time pulling the
trigger. She managed to turn the
point of the gun so as to receive the
discharge in her hand. He then shot
her in the side and another load in
flicting a scalp wound. He then fired
a shot at his own head which render
ed him unconscious and from the ef
fects of which the doctors say he
cannot recover. He tried at several of
the hardware stores in Stella last
week to get a gun but was refused
on account of being intoxicated at the
time and also was refused the sale of
cartridges. About five years ago he
ran a livery barn in this place but
for the last few years has been liv
ing in and near the town of Shubert.
He was a hard drinker and very
quarrelsome and disagreeable to his
family. It is thought she will re
cover.
Inverts Talking Machine.
LINCOLN—The Duplexophone com
pany of Lincoln has filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state. The capital stock is $300,000.
and the incorporators are C. E. Hill,
president: J. W. Clark, vice presi
dent; J. Y. M. Swigart, secretary and
treasurer, and M. T^ensink. manager.
The company will manufacture in Lin
coln a new sort of talking machine
called the dupiexophone. which differs
from all other such machines in tak
ing the vibrations from both sides
instead of from one side of the dia
phragm of the producer.
Chamberlain Seeking Bondsmen.
TECUMSEH—Charles M. Chamber
lain is still at work in an endeavor to
raise the $25,500 bonds the district
court placed him under. He is mak
ing the rounds of the business part
of the city being escorted by an offi
cer. He does not hesitate to ask the
greatest losers in the failed bank to
sign his petition, but his requests are
not always complied with. He met an
irate farmer on the street who pro
ceeded to air his opinion concerning
his actions. It is believed he is going
to be able to give the bond, as it is
said he has already secured $18,000
of the amount.
BaM Fixed at $25,000.
TECUMSEH—Upon the convening
of the district court Charles M. Cham
berlain, the defaulting cashier of the
defunct Chamberlain banking house of
this city, was taken before Judge Bab
cock for bond. Judge Babcock fixed
it at $25,000, which Chamberlain may
not be able to give.
Humboldt citizens will probably
vote on a proposition to build a city
hall.
Seward has re-elected its present
corps of teachers.
Bui! Kills Farmer.
FRANKLIN—E. L. Beck, a wealthy
and prosperous farmer was killed at
his farm three miles southeast of this
place by a furious bull. Mr. Beck was
out in the field working with cattle
when the bull atacked him. He had a
pitch fork which was found with tines
bent showing he made a fight to save
his life. The bull had been dehorned
but used his feet, stamping his vic
timb into an almost unrecognizable
mass. It was several hours before his
body was found and he was still alive
but died soon after.
Currie Makes Investment.
BROKEN BOW—F. M. Currie, for
mer state senator from this district,
has purchased J. E. Adamson’s inter
est in the Central Telephone com
pany, which, outside of a few shares.
Includes the whole plant. This pur- •
chase is subject to an option held by
the Co-operative Telephone company,
which expires June 1, of this year.
The purchase price, as offered to the
latter company, was $31,000. If they
do not raise the necessary amount of
funds by that time. Mr. Currie will
immediately commence making im
provements
STATE NOTES.
At Wayne a woman’s relief corps
has been organized in connection 'with
the Grand Army.
McCook now has a full-fledged,
wide-awake, active commercial club.
It starts with a membership of 75.
J. H. Preston of Sarpy county has
been pronounced insane by the ex
amimng board and will be sent to the
asylum at Lincoln.
Annie Stindt., a five-year-old girl liv
ing near Sterling, Johnson county,
was severely burned and will proba
bly lose one arm, if not her life.
Prof. Myers has secured Senator E.
J. Burkett to deliver the principal ad
dress at the commencement exercises
of the Oakland high school the latter
part of May.
Fire destroyed two large hay
stacks, a cattle shed and a few other !
farm buildings on the farm of Carsten '
Bosselman. sixteen miles north of
Grand Island.
Bert Green, known as one of the ex
pert rifle and pistol shots of the west,
has resigned his clerkship at the Be
atrice postoffice and will leave soon to
join Ringling Bros.’ circus.
The plans and specifications for the
new Burlington depot at Beatrice call
for a structure to cost $70,000. It is
thought that work will be commenced
on the station within sixty days.
Blinn Sill of Hastings, for many
years a resident plasterer and brick
layer, and well-to-do, has gone away,
leaving his wife and child, and in his
wake a train of unsavory rumors.
Anton Trojan, a well-to-do Bohe
mian farmer, f.O years of age. living
two miles northeast of Leigh, came to
his death by drowning in a stock well
on his farm. He fell in head fore
most.
The now brick church kncrwn as the
Center Catholic church, three miles
west of Brainerd, was totally destroy
ed by fire. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The loss will be $14,000;
insurance, $0,000.
“Posey” Messersmith, who has
been employed in the Burlington
switch yards at Plattsmouth for
thirty-one years, has tendered his res
ignation and will engage in the chick
en business.
John M. Thurston, former United
Slates senator from Nebraska, has
been retained to press claims for in
demnity on account of the massacre
of several Americans, among whom
was A. M. Call of Sioux City, in So
nora. Mexico, January 17.
The committee having in charge the
business men's lecture course of Te
cumseh has abandoned the plan of ex
ttnding the course another year. Last
season a $.“>00 course was given, which
included five first-class events. About
$130 was netted on the enterprise.
Governor Mickey is considering the
calling of an election for the' First
congressional district for the purpose
of selecting a successor to Senator
Burkett. It is not improbable the
time will be fixed some time in July,
probably between the 11th and 18th.
John Person, a farmer northeast of
Norfolk, sent word to his wife in Nor
folk. who had deserted him, that he
wished to see her. When she arrived
she found his head entirely blown
off with a shotgun. His feet were
bloody, indicating that he had walked
around after once wounding himself.
Despondency over losing his family
and farm was the cause.
C. M. Chamberlain, former banker
at Tecumseh. who left the city upon
the failure of his bank in August,
1902, and who has been charged with
violation of the state banking laws,
has voluntarily returned and is now
in jail. The sheriff received a tele
gram from Chamberlain from a city
outside of the state requesting him
to meet him at Lincoln. This the
sheriff did and returned with Cham
berlain to Tecumseh.
The store building and general mer
chandise stock owned and managed
by Pat Rowley of Barneston caught
fire about 1 o'clock in the morning
and was completely destroyed. The
fire started on the north side of the
building and when discovered had
burned into the store room. A strong
north wind was blowing and the in
terior of the building was soon a mass
of flames. Loss on stock will be
about $10,000; on building, $2,500.
George Huiggle of Shubert, whose
wife left him recently, went to the
house where she was staying and
found her clothes hanging on the line.
Without her seeing him he shot her
in the forehead. When she fell he
held her and fired four more shots.
After emptying one revolver he took
another from his pocket and shot
once more. Then he w-alked to his
home and went upstairs, lay on the
bed and shot himself. The ball en
tered his forehead. It is believed
Mrs. Huiggle %will live.
Because of the increased cost of liv
ing in Lincoln the Traction company
voluntarily boosted the salaries of its
men from 8 to 10 per cent, effective
May 1. The new scale gives the be
ginners 14 cents an hour and the five
year conductors 20 cents an hour.
E. L. Beck, a wealthy and prosper
ous farm of Franklin county, was
killed at his farm three miles south
east of Franklin by a furious bull.
Mr. Beck was out in the field working
with the cattle when the bull attacked
him. When found ne was still alive,
but so badly injured that he died soon
after.
County Treasurer Morrison of Sar
py county has begun the work of pre
paring a list of property which will
be embraced by the scavenger law.
An extra force of clerks has been put
on In that office in the hope of get
ting the list out in the shortest time
possible.
At Nebraska City, in the district
court, the divorce cases of A. L. Still
wagon vs. Ida L. Stillwagon and May |
Etta Swogger vs. James G. Swogger •
were settled and dismissed, the par
ties agreeing to live together again.
The latter couple have been divorced
twice and remarried three times.
The Union Pacific motor car No. 1
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FORTUNE IN FEW MINUTES
Diver’s Fee of $25,000 Earned in Comparatively
Easy Manner.
The most remarkable of the few
human fishes in the world, called deep
sea divers, is Hal Lefton of San Fran
cisco. He has dived for a living in
nearly all the different waters of this
planet. His specialty of late years
has been “salving.” that is, recovering
treasure from sunken ships. He gets
a commission on whatever he brings
to the surface. It was he who earned
$25,000 in a single dive to the sunken
steamer Rio Janeiro, which went down
off San Francisco with all aboard, in
cluding $2,000,000 in gold from the
Klondike. His story as he told it to
the writer was amazing.
“There is much known sunken treas
ure,” said Lefton, “which cannot be
recovered by divers, because it lies
at too great a depth. There’s the
steamer Oregon, wrecked in 1886,
with $1,000,000 in gold; and the Erie,
burned to the wafer's edge in 1893—
where she sank off Florida, there lies
a fortune in gold cn the sea-bed. The
marine insurance companies offer us
big commissions to dive for those two
deposits of treasure, but they lie too
deep. Our average safe depth is 150
feet, but I have worked at 204 feet.
“The Rio Janeiro, from which I
made my big haul the other day, lies
at about 170 feet, and some five miles
off shore. There’s more gold there
still, but after a dive like that of the
other day I have to take at least a
week's rest. I earned that money in
exactly ten minutes, and this is how;
“My tug anchored at the right place.
Then 1 put on this diver's dress,
weighing 170 pounds; it has been
often described, for it is just like any
other diver wears. Well, 1 dived. It
took three of my precious minutes to
reach the gold, which was in a cabin
just behind the captain’s room. I had
forced open the door of that cabin in
one of the previous dives, so all I had
to do now was to load the gold into a
rope net which I had brought down
with me, and w’hich. of course, could
be hauled up by a rope by those on
the tug above.
“So I just worked with lightning
movements, hustling the heavy boxes
of gold into the net. one after the oth
er. When I had thrown into the net
all it could carry I used my electric
lamp to make sure that all was right
with the packing and the net; and
then 1 used my telephone to tell the
men on the tug to haul the net up
slowly, but to pull me up as fast as
they could, as my tenth minute was
about to expire.
“1 reached the deck of the tug be
fore the net; but 1 went off into a
dead swoon before I had time to see
whether the net got up safely, and
(xen before they could get my copper
helmet off.
“When I recovered consciousness I
was ashore and in bed. And when
they brought me the news that the
contents of the rope net had been
valued at the assay office, what do you
think I did? I swooned again. For
there was $250,000 worth of gold in
those hexes, and my commission was
10 per cent. The very next cay the
agent of the marine insurance com
pany in San Francisco handed me my
commission of $25,000 in gold. That's
more than a first-class lawyer can
earn in ten minutes, isn't it?"—Mon
treal Herald.
CHANGE IN COLLEGE RULE.
_
Dr. Alderman First President of Uni
versity of Virginia.
When Dr. Edward Anderson Aider
man was installed as the first presi
dent of the University of Virginia the
ceremony marked a change in the pol- j
icy observed for eighty years. When
the university was founded Thomas
Jefferson established the plan that it
should not have a president, this be
cause of his idea of simplicity of gov
ernment. The school has been manag
ed by a board of regents that elected
a chairman annually from among the j
professors. Its development has made
that plan impracticable. Dr. Aider
man was formerly head of Tulane uni
versitv. * At the installation banquet
announcement was made that John D.
Rockefeller had given $100,000 to the
university “to found a school to be
called the Currv Memorial School of
* i
Education of the University of Vir
ginia. in commemoration of the great
and disinterested services of Dr. Curry
in behalf of popular education.”
HAD TO G!VE UP CIGARS.
Guests of Andrew Carnegie Bowed to
His Wishes.
Andrew Carnegie's pet aversion is
tobacco. At his Now York residence j
one evening recently he gave a din
ner. and, as usual, was a genial host.
After the coffee Mr. Carnegie con
fessed his dislike of smoke in such
a way that plainly indicated he would !
be displeased if any of his guests
availed themselves of the opportunity |
to retire to the billiard room. Two
of the guests, hungry for a smoke,
ignored the inference. Scarcely had
the butter passed the spirit lamp
when Andrew appeared at the billiard
room door and informed them that a
reading was in progress in the draw
ing room: perhaps they would prefer
to leave their cigars to hear it. The
two never moved an eyelash. Within
a few minutes the host sent the but- .
ler twice to remind the smokers of
the reading. In desperation they de
serted Lady Nicotine, and now Mr. I
Carnegie will have a hard time get
ting them to another dinner.
Returned- Home to Find Changes.
Ten years ago Charles H. Jen
nings, a Bridgeport. Conn., business j
man. met with reverses and sudden
ly left the city. No one knew whfre
he went and it was thought he had
died or met with foul play. Monday
he suddenly put in an appearance,
and one of his first acts was to hunt
up creditors and pay up all he owed.
He finds that his wife has secured
a divorce and that his daughter, who
was a school girl when he left, had
been married, and that he is a grand
father at 47.
Japanese Are Alert.
The Japanese Influence is being
elt over the far East. Recently they
otablished a Japanese museum at
Jangkok, the capito] of Siam. It oc- |
cupies large rooms in one of the
busiest portions of the commercial
city, where samples are displayed of
almost every product of Japan. A
corps of clerks is in attendance to
assist any who may wish to look over ‘
the exhibits and purchasers can order
goods from the samples. The museum
is proving an increasing success.
YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTH.
Business of That Section Very Largely
in Their Hands.
The young southerner is forging to
rhe front so fast that it now is more
likely that he will crowd the si rang
ers out than that they will seriously
rival him. The joung southern men.
often mere hoys of 21 and 22. are
running the banks, the s?ores the
hotels. They are exploiting great
tracts of lend, feeding vast forests
into the sawmills. They are the rail
road men. the promoters, the brokers
Oil wells gush at their behest, towns
rise at their command. By men under
30 the greater part of the business of
the son'h is now being done. The
northern who thinks of emigrating
to the south because he believes he
can surpass the natives in business
capacity will find fverten worthy of
his steel—keen, untiring and full of
the nerve and entcusiasxn of youth.
The south is the new park the young
part, of our domain. The vest liar
become staid and miduie-ageThe
young man has come to the front in
the south, and with him the south
comes into its own once more.—Les
lies Weekly.
TROUELE M AY BE ADJUSTED.
Lawyer Seeks to Effect Reconciliation
cf the Wilmerdincs.
Mark Alter, who says he is the at
torney for Mrs. ‘ Ja^k" Wilmerding.
the great granddaughter of Commo
dore Vanderbilt, is rot as positive as
he was tha,t there exists a possibility
of a reconciliation being effected be
tween Mrs. Wilmerding and her hus
band. Mrs. Wilmerding escaped last
week from the Hill sanitarium in Har
lem and visited Alter, who suggested
overtures looking to a reconciliation
with her husband. She started for
his office, but did net arrive.
As to the plac° of residence of Mrs.
Wilmerding since her escape Mr. Al
ter professed to know, but refused to
divulge it.
“She is well taken care of.” he said.
“In her fcehalf I will fight all attempts
to place her again in a sanitarium. She
is a much maligned woman, and her
husband will come to take that view of
it.”
Effectually Suspended.
Orly one dog has ever had the au
dacity to ‘'nter par lament in London
during the proceedings. A hundred
years ago the lords were thrown into
consternation by a dog’s entry. Lord
North was addressing the house, and
the dog promptly proceeded to bark
furiously at him. Lord North, con-,
siderably upset, moved that the mem
ber who was interrupting him should
be suspended. Thereupon the dog
was driven out and suspended in such
a manner that he never interrupted
again.
Author to Occupy Pulpit.
Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady, the au
thor. recently received a personal in
vitation to take the rectorship of the
fashionable Trinity church in Toledo,
Ohio, and consented to accept it until
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of the rector should be filled regu
larly. Dr. Brady is an Episcopal cler
gyman, although he has for many
years given his entire attention to
writing and has no intention of re
linquishing his literary work for the
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