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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
HEBRASKASENATE
PROCEEDINGS OF UPPER LEG
' cISLAfiVE BRANCH
0. ftatitiKt finnmary of the Doing of a
Week A MaM of IIIIU. Itiolu
loni, Kir., Artml Upon.
"t TVrdnfiday, March is.
The senate rushed through a substi
tute, for v:n ate llo 184, u hill to extend
the fJerW of comity ofllcers, yesterday
fbronoon, unci recommended the sub
atitirtn striking out that part of the hill
providing for tho election of district
attorneys, and it applies only to conn
tie nut tinder township organisation.
Nothing Is said in the bill about coun
ty attorneys.
A Committee wan appointed to '.re
pa resolutions on the death of Con
Kmanun W. L. (Ireene, and the Hag
aver the M'liate chamber was ordered
lowered to half mast for the remainder
of thw day.
A eme law was amended on motion
of Cnrrle of Custer so as to make it mi
tawfal to kill quail at any time of the
year. Tho hill as amended was recom
mended for passage against the opposl
tioa of several senators.
A resolution congratulating Senator
Craw of Douglas on his appointment
as postmaster of Omaha wa.s adopted
and thr Henator was railed before the
bar of the senate to malic a few re
marks. A bill authorizing eitie.s and villages
fo roirtilatn telophono charges by ordi
nance was reported by a standing com
mitted for indctlnlto postponement be
catsao a similar bill had been considered
(n the ho u so in committee of the whole.
Chairman Fowler moved to reconsider
the vofa whereby this report was
adopted and he withdrew the report.
He did so because complaint was made
Shat tho introducer of the bill, Sehaal
of Sarpy, was not present to defend his
bill.
Thtmday, March in.
A slight stir was caused In the sen
ate yeatrrdoy morning by Sehaal of
Sarpy who Insisted on insurance com
mitteeti to report on all bills in their
BomcKtlon, and to enforce the rule that
rrxrnlrrs standing committees to report
e a bill within four days. The mem
bers of tho majority side asked for evi
dence that bills were purposely with
held by committees. None was given
y the fuhUinists. On the contrary
vera! members arose and stated that
the had asked standing committees to
fcnld certain bills for them for a short
toe. Among those who miide this
abatement was Currlo of Custer. Ho
aid he hail asked a committee to with
hold Ua report on his hill relating to
the South Omaha live stock exuhange
vatil he could secure further evidence
from this western part of the state.
Senator Van Duseu arose to a ques
tion of privilege in tho scuato yester
day. lie presentee; a short editorial in
the Omaha, lice and then denounced
the aerced as containing an innuendo
wholly false in conception. Tho news
paper article Intimated Unit the sena
tor waa standing in the way of the en
actment of revenue legislation at tho
hrhestof corporations. Whether this
meant that he was opposed to the pas
aajre of the Pollard rovenue bill or that
his own revenue bill was being held
Ikack for tho benefit of corporations
that desire to escape taxation, is not
Icnown. The members of the revenue
committee stated that Senator Van
Dusen. had urged speedy action on
revenue bills.
Tho bill repealing theabsolete grass
hopper law was passed, as was also a
a? miliar one providing a county prem
ium or bounty for tho cultivation of
rrefi along the north lines of farms.
Thommittco on labor reported house
roll 08, by Beverly, for passage with
amendment. Tho bill prohibits the
employment of children under four
teen years in any manufacturing or
mercantile establishment except during
vacation of public schools.
At 12.30 the scnuto adjourned for tho
day In order to permit members of the
republican side to go to Nebraska Cita
to attend a banquet given by citizens
at that place in honor of the newly
elected U. S. senator, M. L. llayward.
rrlilnjr, Murcli 17.
The w?nato realized yesterdy that
the end of the session was approach
'strand that the passage of senate
Wills was necessary in order to ensure
action on them in tho house. Tho
greater part of tho afternoon was de
voted to bills on passage.
Among the bills passed was MeCar-
5arV bill creating a lieu for amounts
uefor threshing grain and shelling
corn. Talbot's amendment to the Lin
coln charter authorizing tho city to re
pave and requiring street railways to
lay center-bearing or T rails aud'a bill
y Hocko of Lancaster abolishing the
minimum rato of interest on county
funds deposited in banks and authoriz
ing the county treasurer and the bank
to fix tho rato of Interest, subject to
the approval of tho county board.
Whea Senator Hocko's bill came up for
passagu tho clerk failed to vertlfy tho
roll call and when the result was an
mounord it was found that the bill had
nly 21 votes, one less than enough to
mum it wkr wiocmergency clause. The
kill wan placed on Its passage without
tka emergency clnusc and It received
3A votes, more thad enough to have
paaard, thejblll with an emergency
clause. v
The railroad committee recommend
ed Uto indefinite postponement of a
Mil that'' amends the present law re-Sating-
to the fencing of right of way
that a proporty owner may build a
ileaoe and charge the cost up to the
railroad. The chairman of the com
mittee explained that the committee
saade the recommendrtion because a
similar bill from tho senate hud been
pawed and was in tho house.
Sehaal of Harpy, fuslonlst, had to
stand by and see tho senate indefinite
ly postpone a bill of his which repeals
the law providing for a state tlsh com
mlmton. Kn committee of tho whole, senate
file 187, amending the exemption laws,
s?as recommended for passage. The
bjectottho bill was to get at per
seats who'recelve large salaries and yet
vmnt tinitar tho nresent law from
ejaralahmentAtoiiwMle drawing good
iat.
afc law ho as to exempt 930 per month
fctmt the wages of heads of families.
present law exempts sixty days
ithattWiMma th clothes ,11
v r. " The bill amends the prea-
pa?. Tho bill specifically states that
only debts contracted in tho futuro arc
to bo affected.
Hnturday, March IB,
Tho passage of bills, in the , senate
yesterday occupied much timo,
A bill (.hat was introduced
house, haying for its purpose
in tho
the re-
diictlon of interest on state warrants
,from 5 to 4 per cent, 'was passed 'In the
senate without opposition. A Mil pro
tecting qudll tho year round was passed
with only ono vote against it. Among
the bills recommended for passage In
committee of tho wholo was ono mak
ing the journals of either house of the
legislature acceptable as evidence in
court to impeach tho validity of acts
that may have signed by the governor
though never legally passed. Anothei
hill reducing tho legal rate fort lie pub
lication of delinquent tax lists wiu
recommended for passage. A substi
tute for the bill legall.lng the practice
of osteopathy was offered and will
come up for futuro consideration.
Schual of Sarpy county introduced n
bill in accordance with the governor'
special message asking the legislature
to submit an amendment to the con
stltutiou increasing the number o
judges on the supreme bench.
Kutmirs of an attempt to formulate
a combination between republican!
and fusionlsts in the senate for the se
lection of a sifting committee, such at
was formed in tho house were heard
yesterday. A combination with fusion
lsts in the senate would require the co
operation of a least five republicans.
The Insurance committee of the sen
ate met yesterday and considered the
Weaver insurance bill that transfers
the insurance department from the
auditor.' olllce to tho governor and
provides a tax of .1 per cent on the
f;ross premiums of companies organ
zed outside of the state and a tax ol
1! per cent on companies organized un
der the laws of the state. It is believed
tho eommlttca will recommend it foi
passage.
Monday, March SO.
The senate put In a half day Katur
day and the members arc therefore en
titled to another day's pay. During
the time the senate was in session a
few bills were passed and the two rev
enue bills that have been bothering
the legislature were reported by the
revenue committee. The Pollard bill
from the house-was placed on the gen
eral file without recommendation. The
Van Duscn revenue bill, senate tile 210,
was placed on the general tile with a
recommendation that it be passed. As
it is late in the session it is believed
the bill will have a hard time to get
through. The l'ollard bill is not un
derstood by the senate and as it does
not have the recommendation of tho
committee on revenue as nn endorse
ment its fate is considered doubtful. If
the Van Duscn bill passes the senate It
will have a hard time getting through
tho house. The prospects for revenue
legislation are not considered bright.
Among the blllh passed Saturday by
,the senate was one to change tho laws
of garnishment sn that only 850 a
mouth of tho wages of heads of fami
lies may be exempt,' "except that sixty
days' wags shall bo oxempt from pro
cess for deficiency debts where propcr
ty, real or personal. Is held as security
for tho indebtedness or has been taken
under foreclosure proceedings in satis
faction of the debt. Another bill mak
ing the house and senate journals com
petent evidence in court to impeach
the validity of bills that have been
signed by tho governor was passed.
Ilolbrook of Dodge is the author of a
bill that passed. Us purpose is to
make Saunders county pay its share of
the expenses of keeping up the Platte
river bridge that crosses the boundary
line between the two counties.
Senator Currlc mado an effort to se
cure action on tho Lieutenant-Governor's
anti-pass bill, but failed. Ho wil
try it again toduy.
Adjourned to Monday.
Tucmlar, March 31.
The senate did not hesitate yesterday
to kill senate tile S5, by Talbot, a bill
providing for a state school book com
mission to select uniform text books
for the public schools of the state. The
measure was Introduced early in tho
session. It really provided "for the
publication of uniform text books by
the state. A similar law was .tried in
Kansas, and various states have been
, ...
circulated as to the result. Some
charged that the bill was introduced
by the school book trust and others
declared It was directed at trusts and
that trusts would tight it. Ono of tho
arguments used was that the expense
of printing school books In this state
would bo higher than tho prices en
forced by the trust. The merits of the
bill were never discussed as tho meas
ure was hardly considered at any time.
Similar hills were introduced during
the winter in the legislature in Colo
rado and South Dakota, The school
men of Nebraska opposed the bill and
organized to tight it. An organiza
tion with headquarters In Lincoln
wrote letters to educators und olllcers
of school boardsall over the state. The
result was a Hood of letters asking
members of the legislature not to vote
for the bill. There apreircd to bo
much rejoicing in the senate when the
bill was killed on motion of ltocko of
Lancaster.
A start was made bv tho scnato to
uudo part of a little pfeec of work per
formed two years ago by tho legisla
ture. Senate tile '.'7ft, un act tq permit
street car companies to allow firemen
and policemen to ride free, was consid
ered In committee of the wholo and re
commended for passage. The law pro-
molting street car companies from al
lowing any city olllcers or city em
ployes to ride free was passed two
years ago at tho requost of Frank Han
som of Omaha.
Tho Beuate spent most of tho tlmo
yesterday In committee of the whole
preparing bills to bo sent to the house.
Scnato bills were ixmaldercd because
tho timo for sending senate hills to the
house is getting very short. Senato
tile 131, by Van Duscn, relating to
boards of education, contains a clause
requiring women who vote at school
elections to register the same as male
voters. This applies only to cities
where there is a system of registration.
A lively debate between Senators
l'routand Van Duscn occurred over
tho advisability of passing a bill pro
viding that additions to cities and vil
lage may bo disconnected by applica
tion ,tp, the district court. The bill
'was rccommeuded for passage. Sen
ate file a09, by Ulffert of Cuming, regu
lating the width of public roads, wai
recommended for passage.
NEBRASKA HOUSE
PROCEEDINGS OF LOWER LEG
ISLATIVE BRANCH
A Candrmed Iteiumfl nt tlm Woalc Ao-
complliticd Darin th Pait Week
Action on milt Etc.
Weitnmilay Starch 18,
In committee of the whole In tho af
ternoon, the house considered two tin-
portant bills.
Taylor of Cus
One was then'asure by
Custer county maklnir tho
district clerk a salurlcu official, and
the other was the anti-trust bill by
McCarthy of Dixon county, aimed at
the live stock commission exchange at
Omaha. Itoth were iccominendcd for
passage.
McCarthy's bill simply provides that
all combinations and trusts and espec
ially combinations of persons in the
live stock business to buy or sell live
stock shall not exist. The fight on
this bill wns quite extended muinly.
however, between Mr. Olmsted for the
Omaha exchange and Mr. McCarthy for
the bill.
A bill by Tanner to increase the fees
os the otllce of the secretary of state
by compelling the tiling of all corpor
ations of statements of their condition
each year was killed. On the bill,
house roll No. .10, by Hums, abolishing
the olllce of the board and secretaries
of the board of transportation, a dis
position arose to consider all measures
of this kind together and tho bills,
some four In number, were mude a
special order for Friday afternoon. The
bills are house roll Nos. 30, &0, ,'.00 and
L".M.
llesolutlons of respect to the momory
of Congressman (Srccne were adopted
by a standing vote.
Representative llallcr asked for the
advancement of senate tile No. 20, a
bill permitting counties and cities of
the second class to refund bonds with
out calling a special election und this
was done with a rising vote out of re
spect for tho member from Washing
ton county.
A motion by Young of Cass county
to appoint a sifting committee fulled of
udoptioii.
Tliunrtujr, March 10,
The session of the house yesterday
was brief, but exciting. Tho routine
work started with reports of standing
and special committees, which soon
showed tho temper of tho representa
tives on paying the beet sugar bounties
which have been pledged by tho state
to manufacturers of beet sugar, but
which in reality go to the raisers of
the beets. After numerous calls of the
house it was voted to place these bills
on general Me, after refusing to make
them special order. Tho two bills in
troduced for tills purpose appropriate
in the aggregate about $l','.'i,000 for
(rand Island and Norfolk factories.
The bills were Introduced by Kousc of
Hall county. Two fusionlsts only vot
ed with tho mnjority against postpon
ing the bills, Morau of l'latte and Mem
mincer of Madison.
Attempts were mado to have a sift
ing committee appointed, and a coterie
of populists and republicans were en
deavoring pretty much all morning to
fret the consent of enough members to
tave such a committee. No dciiultc
stops were taken.
Tho session of the house yesterday
ended at noon, as tho members were
anxious to adjourn in time to permit
the trip to Nebraska City for tho ban
quet of Senator llayward.
Friday, March 17.
There was more excitement to the
square inch in the house yesterday
than there has been on any one day
yet this session.
Five republican members of the
house united with the fusion members
of that body and taking the reins in
their hands, appointed a sifting com
mittee of seven members which for the
remainder of thu session will have tho
sole privilege of advancing bill on gen
eral tile.
Tho personnel of the committee
shows four republicans and three fu
sionlsts. The republican members are
Olmsted of Douglas, chairman, Ditmar
W...T.. V .flMt.ll. l ..... ...,.., ,f.,Ul...
0f Otoe, Fisher of Dawes and Hums of
Lancaster, u lie itision members arc
Sturgcss of Douglas. Wheeler of Fur
nas and Tanner of Nance. These sev
en men according to the wording of
the resolution appointing them will
have sole power to advance bills on
general file, the house agreeing not to
take un bills out of their regular or
der unless recommended by this body.
The house yesterday refused to pass
thu bill re-creating the supreme court
commission. Tho vote was 45 to 45,
and as sixty votes were necessary the
veto was sustained. Tho terms of tho
three commissioners expired several
days ago. Lute in tho afternoon the
governor presented a special message
to the house recommending that tho
legislature submit to the people an
amendment to the constitution increas
ing tho number of judges of tho bu-
I promo court.
Diurgess oi uougias oiicrca mc ioi
lowing resolution:
"Whereas, The public press have
made disclosures of alleged Irregular
ities said to be existing in tho supremo
court una the supreme court commis
sion with reference to amounts of
money drawn by them and in behalf of
the several members of their families,
said to be illegal and contrary to the
provisions of the constitution and the
laws of the state; therefore bo It
"Resolved, That a committee of three
members of tho house be appointed by
thu speaker, to make due Investigation
of said illegal irregularities, and with
full power to subpoena and compel the
attendunce of witnesses and the pro
duction of books and papers, to admin
ister oaths to such witnesses and to
make reports of their findings with
such recommendations as they may
deem just and proper at this session of
tho legislature."
This passed by the following vote:
THOSK VOTINO AYE-&7.
Uoulter, Hardy, Smith, Saline,
llower, Johntoa, Sturgeas,
Hurni, Uleiter, Swan
Carton. I.emar, Tanner,
Cawtbra, 'I.oomlj, Taylor, (Oust)
Cunwell Mann, Taylor. KllL
CcsKrove, Memmlnier Thompson (
Crockett. Moron, Clay,
Cunnltunaia. MorrUon, Tnompoa ax
Dobry, , Murray, Merrick,
Eastman. McCarthy, VfaUon, '
Kastorltng, MoCrsokea, Weaver.
Klwood. McOlaley, Wnaeler.
Endlcatt, Pack, Wowtard,
riyon, Prince, Wrlgbt.
llOII'O
Sandall,
Shore,
-Slecke,
Smith. Under
Wjman,
Youn.
Keller.
Mr. Breaker
Urosvenor,
TH09B VOTINO NAY-37
Armstrong, llnllor, Mrcr,
Ilorlet, Uarknon, Npb!t.
meaner, Unrrli, Olinnted,
Wake, HastltiRR, l'ollard,
llrotlcrtclc. llnthorn, Hchalble,
linrtnaD, lllbbert, Scott,
Chambers. Hloks, Smith, ltlch.
Chittenden, llonck, Smlthberger,
Mtwsller, Jnnsen, Tucker
Kvanii, Jones, Walllnif,
I-lsher, I.ano, WVnzel.
Ixrnel, Mllbourn, Wilcox.
Hall,
AHSl'.NT AND NOT VOTINO-0.
Andarson,Luii. Cor, Orndon.
Heforly, Dlttmnr, Vandcgrlft,
Thompson, Merrick, offered a resolu
tion in relation to the committee in
vestigating the pnBs question. The
resolution is Intended togetthcauiount
null value of the obligation the state Is
under to railroad companies, to the mi
nority having reported that the stato
got the bencilt, because no state money
was used for mileage. The resolution
was adopted.
McCarthy's anti-trust bill was pussed,
the vote being (57 to 18.
Kuttirtlay, Mnrch IB.
Tho republican membcrsof the houst
not in the combine on sifting commit
ter tried yesterday to knock It out but
failed.
The house passed a bill making it a
misdemeanor to use wells for cess pools
and prohibiting the digging of cess
pools deep enough to reach the water
supply. A bill was also passed plac
ing the district clerk In all counties
on u salary
Quite a little discussion arose over a
bill abolishing the board of transporta
tion. A bill to provide for but one
secretary of transportation was rccom
mended for passage.
After this measure had been disposed
of, the house In committee of the wholo
discussed and agreed to a great many
other bills. Among them was a bill by
Lane of Lancaster providing for a lim
ited number of insurance brokers who
ore to write foreign insurance in cer
tain instances and keep track of the
same in order to permit the taxation of
the gross premiums in accordance with
the provisions of Weaver's insurance
bill.
A substitute for Flynn's eight-hour
bill was agreed to with a provision
reaching the farm laborers and fixing
a day's labor for them at ten hours. A
penalty is attached to the bill which
by some is thought to give a loop hole
for many law suits and which may be
cause for amendment when the bill
reaches the senate.
Monday, March 30.
The state university salary approp
riation was cut in tho house Saturday
from 3'.'2,000, which the committee on
llnance ways and means had recom
mended, to 8i.M0.000, which tho house
saw fit to decide upon as tho proper
amount. Tho reduction was made only
after four hours debate. The final vot'o
as the bill was reported from the com
mittee of tho whole on a motion not
to concur and to let the sum remain at
S24:.',000, was HO to 44. Twenty persons"
were absent when the vote was taken
some of whom are known to have been
opposed to the measure and who took
this way of not expressing themselves.
Taylor of Custer, Cunningham of
Marian and Kastcrliug of liuffalo led
the opposition while tho principal
speeches for the" appropriation as rec
ommended by the committee came
from l'ollard of Cass, Weaver of Hich
unison, McCarty of Dixon and Uurns
of Lancaster. The appropriation of
310,000 Is only 81,000 more than was
allowed for salaries two years ngo. Tho
argument was waged along severe
lines, many matters being brought in
the discussion by tho opposition to tho
appropriation which was not usually
discussed. It is reported that jthe sen
ate will increase tho appropriation.
The salary appropriation bill was
recommended for passage with the pro
visions for pay of supreme court com
missioners ami their stenographers
striken out. - (
At noon tho house adjourned till
Monday morning at 11 o'clock.
Toeidny, March SI. ' "
Bills appropriating money for the in
sane hospitals of the state and the in
stltutions under tho charge of thr-.
stato, were considered in committee of
the whole in the houso yesterday and
special appropriations were agreed
upon mrirrcuatlng 8182,000. The bills
were not discussed at any great length
and there seemed a unanimity of opin
ions on the measures, unusual where
such a large bum of money Is dis
posed of.
The bills were as follows: New
building at the hospital for tho insane
at Lincoln, 350,000; new building at
the Hastings hospital, 830,000; holler
house and cold storage rooms with
new wells and pumps at the Hastings
hospital, 815,000; gymnasium and lab
oratory at the institution for tho blind
at Nebraska City, 80,000; new buildings
and machinery for tho watterworks
and lighting plant at tho Deatrico:
institution for the feeble minded, 848,
500; boiler and pump houso at tho
Omuh-i. Institution for tho deaf and
dumb, S25.000; total, 8182,000.
After the appropriation bills had
been disposed of, the houso considered
a few other measures on tho sifting
lllo. A bill by McOinlev of Otoe conn
ty compelling railroads to give free
transportation to shippers of atock.
was favorably recommended. Ablll
by Janscn of Jefferson to provide for
tho appointment pf a state veterina
rian by tho governor, wis ordcrcd-rc
committed tothestunding committee.
During tho day, Speaker Clark' ap
pointed tho committee to .inyestigate
tho supremo court. The members were
Lane of Lancaster, Shore of .Cherry,
On report of the standing committee
on judiciary a batch of scnato curative
bills wore 'recommended for advance
ment and third reading without being,
considered in committee of tho whole.
The legislature approtionment bill
will be considered soon in the house
committee of tho whole, having been
advanced on general me. Jlepresenta
tive Wilcox has prepared several
amendments which he will propose at
that time. The senatoral districts will
lie left as they arc at present, while a
for changes will be made in tho rep
resentative districts from the way thej
were la the bill as originally drawn.
Her Unknown Waljht,
"The averaxe woman," remarked the
osbriertof,mnnffnhttfs,u'if1easY
when measured by weight Is an ua
kaowa auantltr." Detroit Jouraal.
Frotr.
Fullor,
Orandxtntr,
Q roll.
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
timHy Mention of the Dolnri of tho Na
tional t'onirret. Departmental and El
erntlro Oniclat Action, and Sloromeoti
of Army and Navy,
Wrdneiday, March Iff,
An order lias been issued by tho' war
department increasing the ago limit
from .10 to 35 years.
Samuel ,1. Taylor of South Omaha
has been granted a patent for a shovel
ing board for grain cars.
The navy department will send 1,000
marines to Cavitc, near Manila, to take
care of tho navy's interests there.
Secretary Alger has issued an order
quoting the paragraph in the army law
abolishing the canteen and prohibiting
the sale of liquor on army reservations.
The administration has decided to
take a census of Cuba to determine
who arc qualified voters before the
election is held to establish a represnt
ative government.
Chief Constructor Ilichboru hasstotod
that there are now actually under con
struction, or already contracted for,
tlfty-one vessels of various types rang
ing from battleships to torpedo boats.
All the men appointed second lieu
tenants in the army will have to pass
examination before they are commis
sioned. They will take rank according
to tho examinations which they pass,
the men from the regular army taking
precedence over those appointed from
civil life.
Since the talk has been going nround
that Secretary Alger is about to leave
the cabinet a number of eastern news
papers have been urging Mr. Mcikle
John as a worthy successor. It is a
well known fact that Mr. Melklejohn
has conducted his department with ex
ceptional ability.
The following table shows how the
expenditures of the government have
increased since 1831:
l-'orty-rfotity coiinre, IRfll-B.T
Korty-elchth congress, 1RS.I-S.V
Forty-ninth conej(v,m li8ft-87 .
Fiftieth conxresH, lrS7-W. . . .
Fifty-first conrts, IS80-1M . .
Flfty-ntvond votitfru, 1HI1-P3...
Fifty-third congreni, IBVS-M . .
Fifty-fourth rouirres. IWVW).
rifty-rtfth conzres. lbW-W ....
I 777,4M,9I0
7t MUM
HI7.HO.I,t!M
l,tt,0B0,U0
, 1,07,101 M8
I,an.:t7,iwi
1,AU0,8UU,UC1
Thnrsday, March 10.
Acting Postmaster General Heath
lias issued an order directing thut on
and after March 1 tho fees for postal
money orders issued in tho Lnited
States for payment in Cuba shall be
the same as those fixed by law for do
mestic money orders.
In making the payments to the Culan
soldiers, which have been arranged for
by Secretary Alger, tho personality of
the Cuban commanders will play little
fiart. The soldiers are to be dealt with
ndlvldually, and the money will be
handled only by the United States army
paymasters. receipts being taken from
the individual.
Capt Charles H. Marple, Tliird Ne
braska Infantry, who is convalescing
from a severe attack of typhoid fever,
was in Washington yesterday. Captain
Marple proposes to join his regiment at
the expiration of his present sick leave.
He has been luvalided from the hos
pital at Savannah to Ids father's home
at Norristown, l'a.
The reports of the likelihood of a re
newal of the trouble among the Indi
ans at Leech Lake, Minn., are not cred
ited at the Indian bureau at Washing
ton. Captain Mercer of thut agency,
in a letter received at Washington a
day or two ago, referred to the rumors
that had been circulated, but said they
were traceable to the whites, and there
was no expectation of any trouble.
The committee which was appointed
by ho Cuban military assembly at
Havana to come to Washington to se
cure recognition, it can be stated will
not be reeognied in any otlicial capa
city. The war department ofllcials are
actuated by a conviction that they tire
Iwurrd by reasons of sound policy to
avoid carefully any ofltcial recognition
except to such a fully representative
body as shall be created by all of the
Cuban people through tho exercise of
the right of franchise.
Friday, Murcli 17.
Secretary Alger is In Montreal. Can
ada, the guest of Sir William Home,
president of the Canadian Pacific rail
way. No selection has yet been made of
representatives of the United States at
tho approaching peace conference at
The Hague.
Washington ofllcials are gratified at
the news from Madrid received yester
day, that the Spanish government has
abandoned the idea of again submitting
the peace treaty to the cortes, and pro
poses to have it ratified by the queen
regent, who will do It today.
John Sherman, former secretary of
state, who Is a passenger on tho Amer
ican liner Paris, now making a tour of
tho West Indies, is suffering from a
bad caso of pneumonia. The cruiser
has been ordered to proceed from Ha
vana to Kingston, Jamaica, and bring
Mr. Sherman home, as tho Paris will
bo out for a couple of weeks yet.
Lleutenaut Vitale, military attache
of tho Italian embassy, has been
granted permission by the war depart
ment to accompany troops to Manilla
and to remain with tho army during
the campaign in tho Phllllpines. He
desires to study tho American method
of land and sea transportation and to
observe campaign methods.
Chief Justice Fuller and Justice
Brewer of the supremo court, will leave
the United States for Purls so as to ar
rive there about May 25 next, at which
time the oral arbitration will bo heard,
In tho Venezuelan arbitration case.
The hearing Is expected to cover three
mouths, after which tho court is ex
pected to devote about three months to
consideration of the question, giving a
decision probably in November.
Congressman Mercer has asked tho
war department to send the First Ne
braaka home from tho Phllllpines via
tho Suez cauul when tho regiment is
mustered out. This Is done to glvo the
boys a chance to see pretty nearly
three-quarters of the globe. Ho also
palls tho attention of the navy depart
ment to a petition from the entire Ne
braska delegation 'asking that one of
tthe now battleships provided for in the
navy appropriation bill be named Nebraska.
Satirday, March IB.
President McKlnley is enjoying tho
Georgia sunshine.
The navy department is taking steps
for the formation of a mosquito fleet
for service In the Philippines.
Advices havu been received from
Manila which Indicate that tho Fili
pinos are tired of war, and the ending
of hostilities Is expected soon.
The state department received word
from Madrid yesterday that the queen
regent has signed tho peace , treaty
Tho next step Is exchange of' ratitica
lions.
The transport Orant. which carried
General Lawton and his command to
Manila, will soon sail for San Fran
cisco. It will bring home only sick
and discharged.
In order to facilitate the return of
the volunteers from Cuba the quarter
master's department will engage tho
transport Florida and two Ward lino
steamers, which will at once be placed
in commission as United States trans
ports. General llrooke has been cabled to
proceed to discharge all soldiers who
enlisted In tho regular army at tho out
break of the war upon the cessations
of war should they wish to bo dis
charged. He will endeavor to re-enlist
as many as possible, und wUl try to
secure men from the volunteers to fill
the vacancies.
Monday, March SO,
Word has come to Washington that
cx-Secrctary Sherman is improving.
Secretary Alger has returned from
Montreal. IIu expects to go to Cuba
this week.
Tho legislatures of Delaware, Utah,
and California have adjourned without
selecting senators.
The president has ordered all volun
teers brought home from Cuba no!
later than April 1.
French Ambassador Cambon will ocl
for Spain in the ceremonies attendant
on ratification of treaty.
The prospects arc that, the Third
Nebraska now in Cuba will start for
home within the next thirty days.
Secretary Long was Saturday notified
by cable from Dewey that tho Oregon
and Iris arrived at Manila, and that
tho Oregon was In fit' condition for any
duty.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application of the Com
mercial State bank of Genoa, Nob., to
bo converted into tho First National
bank of Genoa, with a capital of 350,
000. O. A. Abbott of Grand Island, Simon
Itloom of Omaha and AVilliam It. 'Bur
ton of Hastings, Neb., have been ad
mitted to practice as attorneys for
elatmantb before the interior depart
ment. Tho war department yesterday re
ceived the following from General Otis
at Manila: our Jimprovisieu gun
boats under Captain Grant, Utah artil
lery, havo full possession of Laguna
de Day; troops, inhabitants and prop
erty on shoro of lake at our mercy.
Wheaton's brigade on Pasig river has
driven enemy northeast into Provinco
Maroug. Last evening enemy attacked
part of his force south of l'asig, kill
ing two men and wounding twenty of
tho Twenty-second Infantry. This
morning Wheaton moved against this
Insurgent force, driving it to the south
llftecn miles, experiencing very slight
loss. Enemy left 200 deud on the field.
Tuesday, March SI.
The United States supremo court
took a recess yesterday for two weeks.
Winfleld S. Schley yesterday success,
fully passed ,tho physical examination
for promotion o tho rank of rear ad
miral. The executive committee of Ameri
can representatives yesterday accepted
tho resignation of Frederic Kmory,
who has been acting director, and choso
as his successor Gen. Hussell Hastings
of Massachusetts.
llritlsh Ambassador, Sir John Paunce
fote, conferred yesterday with Score
rotary Hay in reference, it is under
stood, to a modus vlvcndl to bo
observed along tha Alaska border in
order to obviate tho possibility of a
clash pending the final delineation of
the border.
Captain Erwin, acting superintend
ent of the Yellowstone National park,
has'reported to the Interior depart
ment that tho unprecedented fall of
snow In the park this year unqucstlon
obly will lead to the death of very
many antelope, deer and elk before tho
winter is over. In places in the p.irks
now the snow is ox'er twelve feet In
depth and is firmly crushed everywhere
which prevents these animals from dig
ging through and obtaining their food
underneath.
Judge Advocate General Lemley of
the navy department has rendered an
opinion as to the date of commence
ment and termination of the civil and
the Spanish-American war, as a basis
for calculating the war service of ofll
cerf to be retired after thirty years.
Ho hold j that the civil war began April
25, 1801, tho dato Lincoln's proclama
tion was issded and it terminated Au
gust 20, 1800, when hostilities ceased
In Texas and not April 2, 1800, as stated
by tho supremo court. The Spanish
American war began, as declared by
congress April 21, IS'.KS, ami it is held
to be btlll in progress.
Tha Slipper,
Antiquarian Tho custom of throw
ing the slipper after a bride cornea
down from very ancient times. Long
before the Christian era a defeated
chief would take off his shoes and hand
them to the victor, to show that tha
loser of the shoes yielded up all au
thority over his subjects. Therefore,
when the family of a bride throw slip
pers after her they mean that they
renounce all authority over her. Do
you understand? Small Auditor Yes,
sir. They throw away the slippers they
used to spank nor with! New York
Weekly.
Tha Chariot- DUh Supper.
"Waal, Blrls," said Undo SI Low
who was visiting his nieces, "when
you come down to tho farm In the
summer, you make lots uv fun u ua
becauso wo eat In the kitchen. But
Idon't see ex It majcej much. difference
whether ye eat in the kitchen, at cook
la the dining room." Truth.
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