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THE M'COOK TRIBUNE.
F. 31. KI.nittELL , I'ublUher.
McCOOK , NEB.
STATE NEW&
NEBRASKA MISCELLANEOUS MATTFRS.
Scarlet fever of malignant form
has broken out at Vonango.
A revival meeting in Sterling has
made over one hundred conversions. .
Jane Charlton , one of Cass coun
I' * : ty's oldest citizens , died last week.
Ninety conversions have resulted
fron. the revival services at Sterling.
A militia company of fifty mem
bers has been organized at Venango.
Out of 8.-113 arrests made in
Omaha 5,013 were dismissed by the
court
A great deal of sickness prevails
in the vicinity of Thedford , and a phy
sician is badly needed.
The cash clothing store , P. E. W.
Spargur , Chadron , has failed for $21-
000 ; assetts said to be $18.000.
The Citizens' State bank of Peru
begins business February 1. Lieuten
ant Governor Majors is one of the di
rectors.
The Central City bank has filed
articles of incorporation with the secre
tary of state. The camtal stock is
$20,000.
Fire destroyed the Union Pacific
coal chute at Valley. All the cars ex
cept one were run out and saved. The
loss is not over $2,000.
L. R. Hosford , four miles west of
Aurora , lost a good horse by a stray
gun shot last week. He has been un
able to find who fired the shot.
Mrs. Chris Peterson of Wymore
died very suddenly early the other
morning , having gone to bed appar
ently in good health the night before.
A petition is being circulated
amongst the attorneys of Box Butte
county , asking the appointment of an
other judge in the Twelfth judicial dis
trict.
A bit of a school war has broken
out in Ponca. The question in con
troversy is whether the course of study
laid down by the school board is obli
gatory on pupils.
M. S. Hubbell of Lincoln , has
commenced suit against E. T. Huff for
$20,000 damages , on the ground that
Huff has alienated the affections of
HubbelPs wife.
A lively row has been raised in
Cedar precinct , Boone county , over a
bunch of cattle belonging to Michael
Lamb , which are reported to be affected
with Texas fever.
The revised count of the county
of Wayne , as given by Superintendent
of Census Porter , gives the county a
population of 6,171 , instead of 6,124 ,
as previously reported.
A lively row has been raised in
Cedar precinct , Boone count } ' , over a
bunch of cattle belonging to Mirhael
Lamb , which are reported to be af
fected with Texas fever.
George Osborne. a small boy ,
while engaged with playmates rolling
an old wagon down a hill at Osceola ,
fell from the vehicle and received
probably fatal injuries about the head.
First Lieutenant Bamford of the
Omaha guards has become so fascin
ated with military life that he has de
cided to immediately join the regular
army and take the necessary examina
tion for promotion.
The new $10.000 school house
erected at Sterling last fall was finished
up and seated last week and is now be
ing occupied. It is one of the finest
and most commodious school buildings
in southeast Nebraska.
The Wood River Farmers1 Alliance
Business association has filed articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state. The capital stock is § 20,000.
Robert Gillespie and eight other farm
ers are the incorporators.
As the special train passed through
Crawford -with the Seventeenth infan
try , on their way to Ft. Russell , a
soldier by the name of fcchasuerhom
of G company fell from the train , was
run over and instantly killed.
Dr. Ewh , company surgeon for
the M. P. railroad at Talmage. was
called to Avoca the other day to at
tend Frank Ivipser , a brakeman who
fell off a bridge , sustaining serious in
juries of the spine and shoulders.
While his parents were absent at
church last Sundey , says a Stuart dis
patch , a son of Nelson Erickson , living
on the reservation , aged fourteen ,
while fooling with a revolver accidentally
killed his broth
dentally four-year-old
er.
The protracted meetings at the
Presbyterian church at Brownville ,
under the auspices of the Seventh Day
Adventists , are meeting with great
success , and the instigators justly feel
pleased over the flattering prospects
for the future.
Mrs. Ferdinand Beiket , of Paxton ,
a German woman about thirty-five
years of age , gave birth to triplets , two
girls and one boy. The little ones
weigh seven , six and a quarter and five
and a half pounds respectively , and
are doing nicely.
The roll of pupils of Bellevuc col
lege was increased two last week by
the arrival of Leo Woe and Jua Ghee ,
two Chinamen from Omaha. They
are under the supervision of the junior
class. Leo can read and write , but
Jua is in his a b c's.
The daily average number of in
mates of the insane hospital at Lincoln
the past year was 344 ; the percentage
of recoveries to the whole number
treated 19.39 ; percentage of recoveries
to the whole number admitted , 38.09 ;
cost of maintenance , $150,387 ; average
daily cost per capita , 68 cents ; average
weekly cost , $424. . Dr. Knapp esti
mates the insane of the state at 1,200.
about 700-o. hem are inthe hospital.
HELP > E0B SETTLEBS.
J1ILLSIX1-f-Ui LEGISLATUREIXTHEIR
JIEHAW.
A 7IoTment to Itecotiiu the Ballot *
For and Again * ! the Amendment
Provision for State and County
Fund * A Request In He sard to Pro
hibition of Lotteries-The Matter of
Constitutional Amendment * A. Re
cord of Other Proceeding * In the
TV'ebranka Lestalature.
THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE.
A 1JECOHD OF PROCEEDINGS IN UOTII
BRANCHES.
SENATE. la the senate on the 26th
Senator Moore moved that a commit
tee of two be appointed by the chair
to confer with the committee of two
appointed by the house concerning the
information and suggestions to bo
offered by ex-Governor Thayer. Car
ried. Senator Switzler moved hat a
committee of two bo appointed to wait
on Governor Boyd to ascertain if he
has a message to deliver and appoint a
time to hear it. and that the house be
asked to appoint a similar committee.
Carried. The chair appointed Senator
Thomas a committee to confer with a
house committee , who were delegated
to correspond with the legislatures of
neighboring states relative to concerted
action in the passage of usury laws.
Among new bills introduced were the
following : For the Australian ballot
system , based on the Massachusetts
and Montana laws. To repeal the
sugar bounty. To repeal that provis
ion of the liquor law which enables a
party illegally prosecuted to recover
from the prosecutor double the amount
of his costs. Providing for a uniform
system of school books. Each county
is to vote for a series of books for a
term of five years. A series shall be
selected by a committee of school di
rectors and teachers. The books arc
to be bought by the districts and loaned
to the pupils.
HOUSE. In the house resolutions of
condolence with Hon. C. W. Hennice
in the death of his son by accident
were passed and spread upon the rec
ords. Bills were introduced : Kequir-
ing a majority vote or petition for sa
loon licenses in townships which do
not contain an incorporated town or
village ; fixing the rate for official print
ing in the local papers. Theratenamed
Is 50 cents per square for the first in
sertion and 25 cents for the second , be
ing about one-half the prevailing rates ;
to provide for the building of sanitary
sewers for the capitoi building , insane
asylum , state penitentiary , and the
homo for the friendless , at Lincoln ,
and appropriating $200,000 for the
same ; to provide for the adoption , pur
chase and payment of school books.
The committee on railroads reported
in favor of the bill compelling the rail
roads to build passageways where the
embankment is five feet high and over :
also the bill introduced by Yandevcnt-
er , requiring at least one farm cross
ing where land is owned on both
sides of the railway by one party.
The house went into committee of the
whole with Stevens of Furnas in the
chair for the consideration of bills ap
propriating money for the relief of the
drouth-stricken sufferers. Howe op
posed the bill drafted by the committee
appropriating $100,000 direct from the
treasury and claimed that it was not
constitutional. He favored his own
bill , house roll 81 , which provides for
the issuing of $100,000 bonds , drawing
4J- per cent interest. Shrader combat-
ted the idea that the committee bill is
not constitutional , but said he was in
favor of both measures. The bill was
recommended for passage. The com
mittee then took up house roll 81. the
bill providing for the issue of $100,000
in bonus , and the proceeds to be used
for the relief of the drouth sufferers.
The bill was amended to conform with
house roll 79 , except > in the first
two sections , which provide for the
issuing and sale of the bonds. The
committee rose and reported back both
bills with the recommendation that
they be passed. The recommendation
was agreed to , and the house adjourned.
SENATE. In the senate on the 27th
the committee on federal relations re
commended the passage of the memo
rial to congress asking for an appro
priation of $1,000,000. The committee
has amended it by striking out the
names of counties on the theory that
it will stand a better show of passage
without designating a particular dis
trict , and has increased the estimate of
the number of needy persons to 200-
000. Bill's were introduced : Eegulat-
ing the descent of estates ; regulating
the descent of the estates of married
women ; regulating the sale of home
steads ; prohibiting an undertaker from
putting embalming fluids into the stomach
ach of a person who had died under
suspicious circumstances , and provid
ing for permit by county attorney.
This was suggested by the Sheedy
murder. Amending the charters of
cities of the first class ; to repeal the
law providing for state oil inspector.
HOUSE. In the house Dickerson pre
sented a petition from the county offi
cials of Sherman county certifying that
there were 100 families in that county
that must bo supported by the state
and 400 farmers that needed seed and
supplies of grain for feeding purposes.
A resolution was adopted denouncing
the force bill and urging its defeat in
congress. Bills were introduced : To
establish and locate a "girls' industrial
school for juvenvilo delinquents" at
Geneva , Heb. ; to provide for the gov
ernment , duties of officers and methods
of commitments and transfer ; to make
appropriation for erection of necessary
buildings and to provide for letting
contracts therefor ; restricting non
resident-aliens and corporations not in-
0rp rated under the laws of the state
of Nebraska , and to restrict their righ
to acquire and hold real estate in Nc
braska. The bill allows noii-residen
aliens ten years in which to dispose o
their lands ; to create and regulate pub
lie warehouses , the warehousing , ship
ping , weighing and inspection of grain
making incurably insane for five year
a good cause for divorce ; to provid' '
for the payment of incidental expens <
incurred during the twenty-second ses
sion of the legislature , and appropri
ating $75,000 for that purpose ; to pro
hibit the selling , giving , or causing
or permitting to be given , sold o
furnished , any malt or intoxicatini
drink to habitual drunkards or minors
defining habitual drunkards , and pro
viding penalty for its violation. Mr
Shrader then offered the following
which was agreed to : Whereas , Thi
lion and the lamb have at last lah
down together in harmony in thi
house , "with malice toward none am
charity to all , " I move that the demo
cratic lamb be offered a place on thi
side of the house , with a request tha
they be invited to vote with us to thi
end. "Let us have peace. " The res
ignation of ex-Governor Thayer as i
member of the state relief commissioi
was received and accepted. An cffor.
was made to call up the bills for tin
relief'of western settlers , but the clerl
stated that the bills were not ye
printed , so action ou these bills wa
postponed until tomorrow.
SENATE. A communication from thi
anti-lottery league of Louisiana wa
read. It asked the Nebraska legiala
ture to use its influence for an amend
ment to the federal constitution to pro
hibit lotteries. Among the bills in
troduced was one by Stevens fixing ;
schedule of maximum freight rates
and one by Coulter reapportioning tin
state into congressional districts. Tin
senate in committee of the whole re
commended the passage of Wilson * !
bill providing that there shall be m
stay of execution on judgments foi
wages due for labor. Also Switzler' ;
bill exempting the supreme court froii
writing out its opinions when the\
merely cover points already settled ii
previous opinions. Also thememoria
to congress asking for $1,000,000 foi
the drouth sufferers , with amendments
omitting the names of counties and increasing -
creasing the estimate of the destitute
to 200,000 persons. Also Beck's
amendment to the law on swamp lands ,
empowering county commissioners tc
levy a 1 mill tax for the digging ol
ditches and the removal of obstruc
tions. Also Randall's bill providing
that the fees for making tax lists shal ]
be entered by the county clerk on the
fee book and accounted for.
HOUSE. In the house the committee
cm constitutional amendments reported
in favor of the bill introduced by Mr.
Moan providing for the election of rail
road commissioners by the people. Mr.
While offered the following : "I move
a committee of two be appointed to acl
with the committee appointed by the
senate to wait on Governor Boyd and
inform him that the legislature is now
arganized and ready to receive com
munications. " Schappcl ( rep. ) moved
Lhe resolution be laid on the table. So
ordered by a vote of 53 to 43. Schap-
tel ( rep. ) introduced u resolution de
claring it the sense of the house that
United States senators should be elected
by direct vote of the people , and re
questing representatives in congress to
Favor the submission of such an amend
ment to the national constitution.
Adopted. McKesson moved to insert
Lhe name of Speaker Elder on the re
lief commission in place of ex-Governor
rhaycr , resigned. Carried. An
unendment byBreen provides that the
commission shall elect from their num
ber a president , secretary and treas
urer. Watson sent up an amendment
making the county clerk and board of
supervisors responsible on their official
bonds for the proper distribution of the
supplies. Carried. Watson moved to
strike out.$100,000 and insert$200,000 ,
and defied anyone to show him
wherein the bill is unconstitutional.
The amendment was adopted. The
bill was reported back with the
fccommendation that it do pass.
House roll 81 , by Howe , to issue $100-
000 in bonds and use the proceeds for
Lhe benefit of western sufferers , was
then taken up. Watson moved that
Lhe enacting clause be stricken out.
t'elton ( ind ) thought the full $300,000
should be appropriated , and was sus-
Lained in his view by Shrader ( ind ) .
Howe still contended that the only way
Lo obtain any money for the drought
sufferers was to issue bonds , as was
'ontemplated in his bill. After con
siderable discussion Mr. Watson with-
irew his motion to strike out the en-
ncting clause of house roll 81 , and
pending further consideration of the
.neasure the committee arose. The
sill appropriating $200,000 for the re-
lef of the drought stricken sufferers
ivas ordered engrossed , and the house
idjourned.
SENATE. In the senate on the 29th
aills were introduced : Providing that
state and county funds shall be depos
ited in approved banks. For a con
stitutional amendment providing thai
whenever a petition signed by not less
than 40,000 electors shall be presented
to the governor asking any new legis
lation or the repeal of any existing
law , it shall be the duty of the gov
ernor to submit the proposition at the
next general election. If it receive a
majority of the votes cast it shall be
come a law the same as though passed
by the legislature. Before submission
Lhe petition must have been published
four times in a paper in each county.
Chairman Poynter announced that he
had been served with notices of con
tests for the seats of Senatois Collins
( ind. ) , Starbuck ( rep. ) and Wilson
( rep ) . At his suggeston the contests ,
with the evidence sent to him , were
referred to the committee on privileges
and elections.
HOUEE. Speaker Elder presented a
petition from the Methodist ministers
of Omaha , signed by C. C. Clcutlenin ,
president , and F. W. Brass , secretary ,
asking-for a recount of the votes cas
on the prohibitory amendment. Bill :
were introduced : Providing for the re
count of the ballots cast for andagains
the amendment prohibiting the manu
facture , sale and keeping for sale o ;
intoxicating liquors as a beverage ; foi
and against the amendment. "That the
manufacture , sale and keeping for sale
of intoxicating liquors as a beverage
in this state shall be licensed and reg
ulated by law ; " for and against the
amendment relating to the'numbei
of supreme judg'es , " and for and
against the amendment "relating tc
the salary of .judges of the supreme
and district court" on November 4 ,
1890 , and to declare the re'sult ; requir
ing all the wires and cables used
for the purpose of furnishing light 01
heat , or power for the running of street
cars or other machinery and erected
over the public streets , avenues , via
ducts or alleys , or over any public
highway in the state of Nebraska , tc
have guard wires placed over them ,
wherever telegraph , telephone or oth
er wires cross over said wires or ca
bles , and also requiring the
posts which support said wires 01
cables to be painted a red color.
To provide for the appointment of a
veterinarian and assistants , to regu
late their powers and duties and to
provide for their compensation. Pro
viding that the official oaths and bonds
of township officers shall be approved
by the town board and filed with the
township clerk. Requiring all rail
road corporations owning or operating
lines in Nebraska to erect and main
tain passenger stations and switches
and side tracks for the handling of
freight , within the limits of every in
corporated village in the state through
which said railroad passes. Providing
that the electors of the state of Ne
braska , to vote at the general election ,
to be held in said state , in the year
1892. shall vote for or against the
holding of a convention to alter , re
vise , amend or change the constitution
of the state. The house went into
committeee of the whole on the relief
bills. On motion of Watson the fig
ures $200,000 were struck out and
$100,000 inserted in the bill making
the appropriation from the state treas
ury , and the bill reported back for
passage.
SENATE. In the senate on the 30th ,
on recommendation of committee , the
senate killed Randall's bill providing
that the buyer of a promissory note
must take it subject to any deffense
that might have been made against the
original holder ; also Dysart's bill mak
ing it the duty of grand jurors to indict
usurers ; also Randall's bill to make it
a misdemeanor for assessors to under
value real estate ; also Poynter's bill
for the relocation of county seats. The
senate passed Switzler's bill to relieve
the supreme court from writing out
opinions on points that have been set
tled in previous cases ; also Randall's
bill requiring county clerks to account
for fees for making tax lists ; also the
memorial to congress asking $1,000,000
for the drouth sufferers. Brown , Mat
tes and Switzler voted against it. In
committee of the whole the folio wing
bills were approved : Requiring rail
roads to maintain crossings on all
highways ; owners of land to associate ,
issue bonds and borrow money there
on : authorizing supervisors in counties
under township organization to divide
any township into two or more elec
tion districts.
HOUSE. In the house passage of
the resolution fixing the time for hear
ing contested cases was recommended.
The committee then took up house
roll 81 , the bill introduced by Church
Howe to issue § 100,000 in bonds and
use the proceeds of the same for the
benefit of the western sufferers. Howe
moved to reduce the interest from 4. ]
per cent to 4 per cent. Carried. On
motion of McKesson the name of
Speaker Elder was added to the com
mission in place of ex-Governor
Thayer , resigned , and the bill reported
back for passage. The concurrent resolution
elution fixing February 17 as the day
for hearing the contes.t cases was or
dered engrossed. The relief bill ap
propriating $100,000 for the western
sufferers was taken up and put on final
passage. Stevens of Furnas moved to
indefinitely postpone the bill intro
duced by Waldron providing for a re
count of the votes cast on the prohib
itory amendment. Carried , 81 to 12.
The committee on privileges and elec
tions reported in favor of the passage
of the Australian ballot bill. The
following passed by 87 to 5 : A bill by
Howe providing for the issue of $100-
000 in 4 per cent bonds to run five
years , the proceeds to be used in re
lieving the necessities of the drouth
stricken sufferers and for purchasing
seed. _ (
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The republicans of the house put
themselves on record as solidly in fa
vor of the Lodge bill.
Senator Moore of Lancaster is the
conceded leader of the republicans on
the floor of the senate.
Mr. Bredeson of Polk has introduced
a bill making state and county officials
ineligible to more than two consecutive
terras.
Every independent except Soderman ,
Stevens of Furnas , and Eaylor of But
ler voted to condemn the Lodge elec
tions bill.
Church Howe i * the only farmer
member who keeps a stenographer and
type writer operator employed at his
own expense.
A canvass is being made of the two
houses of the legislature for the pur
pose of ascertaining the number of old
soldiers there are in the legislature.
A new railroad bill is bejpg quietly
prepared , embracing ahe principal fea
tures of the Iowa law , which will bo
sprung upon the legislature in a fsw
days.
The legislative appropriation has
given out , and no salaries can bo
drawn or even postage stamp.-1 unti
the sundry expense bill is passed ant
signed by the governor.
Mr. Taylor of Johnson county has
introduced a bill which provides that
wholesale houses shall sell goods to
farmers1 elubs or individuals who olTei
to pay cash , just as cheap as they sell
to the retail trade.
Dr. Funk of Beatrice emphatically
denies that ho has dropped his contest
against Senator Collins in considera
tion of favprs to a political friend in
Gage county. The case will be called
up at an early day.
The attempt to hold sessions on Sat
urday is not a brilliant success. No
sooner is the journal read until "I de
sire to be excused till Monday" is heard
all over the house , and nearly one-
fourth of the seats are soon empty.
There is a rumor afloat that Gov
ernor Boyd has intimated that unless
ho is formally recognized by the legis
lature in the usual way ho will not
sign any bills or the concurrent reso
lution providing for hearing the con
test.
Chairman Stevens and other inde
pendent . members of the senate com
mittee on railroads are at work pre
paring a bill embodying a schedule of
maximum freight rates. It will pro
pose a radical reduction from existing
rates , but Senator Stevens says it will
be reasonable.
The speech of lion. Church Howe
on the constitutionality of making an
appropriation for the relief of suffering
settlers , as contemplated in house roll
So. 79 , and in support of issuing the
bonds of the state was one of the clear
est and most straightforward efforts of
the session.
House roll , No. 58 , a resolution in
troduced by Moan of Dakota county ,
providing for the election of railway
commissioners by the people , has been
considered by the committee on rail
roads and it is reported on good au
thority that the committee will recom
mend its passage.
A bill has been introduced providing
that a special committee , consisting of
five from the house and three from the
senate , shall be appointed , who shall
proceed to make a recount of the votes ,
beginning March 1 and closing by the
loth. This measure is in the interest
of the prohibition party.
The senate is laboring under some
disadvantages , due , in part , to the in
experience of employes. Complaint
has been made several times of a fail
ure to supply senators with printed
bills. On the consideration of a bill
the other morning Senator Switzler
had to enter the same old complaint.
Speaker Elder made a ruling today
to the effect that the house having
once voted not to recognize Boyd as
governor and made it a matter of rec
ord , no resolutions of this character
will hereafter be in order. It he ad
heres to this ruling the relief bills will
have to be pigeonholed until after the
contest cases are finally decided.
The delivery of General Thayer's
message to the legislature is improba
ble , lie had prepared a communica
tion and it was stretched to an unusual
length by the consideration of the Jn-
dian outbreak and the relief needed in
the drouth stricken district. It is esti
mated the message contained from oO , -
000 to 35,000 words.
Under existing laws a saloon license
may be issued in a township contain
ing no incorporated town or village , on
a petition signed by thirty free-hold
ers. Mr. Faxon of Gage has intro
duced a bill requiring a majority vote
in such townships , or a petition hav
ing the signatures of more than one-
half of the legal voters.
Two years ago the senate had 111 em
ployes on its pay roll , and the iegh-la-
turo passed a law limiting the number
in future to sixty-six. Already , if re
ports are true , the senate has exceeded
the legal limit. Senator Dysart openly
charges that there are seventy-live em
ployes and he has institnted an inve-t-
igation.
A petition from the anti-lottery
league of Louisiana , signed byV. . G.
Vincent , president , and Frank McGloin.
chairman of the executive committee ,
has been laid on the desk of members ,
asking the legislature to take action
in favor of submitting an amendment
by congress to the national constitution
forbidding the establishing or legaliz
ing of lotteries.
The bill introduced by Bredeson
( ind ) of Polk , limiting the amount of
land that may be held by one owner to
o-O acres , never got beyond second
reading. Mr. Gardner of Douglas said
he did not believe in spending the
state money in printing such bills , and
the house taking the same view of the
matter , the bill was hustled ou the
files.
files.House
House till , No. 7G , introduced by
Waldron of Adams , provides for the
repealing of sections 1 to 11 inclusive
'
of'chapter 30 of the laws of 1887. The
purpose of this bill is the abolition of
the office of the deputy commissioner
of the bureau of labor and industrial
statistics. The present incumbent is
Mr. John Jenkins , who has held the
office since the time the office was cre
ated.
ated.The
The state relief commission , which
has charge of the expenditure of the
state fund for the relief of western suf
ferers , is composed of ex-Governor
Thayer , Rev. L. P. Ludden , Hon. John
Fitzgerald , R. K. Greer , Louis Meyer.
A. J. Sawyer. J. AV. Hartley , C.'w.
Mosher , Vf. IS. Kason and George L.
Martin. Rev. L P. Ludden is the
chairman of the commission , with head
quarters at Lincoln.
There are seventy-nine employes in
the lower house of the legislature.
Thi3 is four more than the legal limit
fixed by statute two years ago. The
house has discharged its committee on
employes and authorized the speaker
and cbj/ef clerk to appoint such addi
tional help as they may doom neces
sary. Thd speakcr-is > dailyboaeigeii
and no > ne
by a swarm of applicants , t
can tell how far the list of employes
may be extended before the session
closes.
State Treasurer Hill sent in the fol
lowing estimate of the financial condi
tion of the state : Amount on hand , .
$392.500 ; due from county treasurers , .
funds $1 8-
$106.000 ; total available ,
500. He figures the expenses of the-
current vear and legislative expenses
at a total of $797,000 , without the ex
tra appropriation of $100,000 * for the
drouth ! sufferers. This would indicate
that the state is about $200,000 behind
in her fiscal account.
Senator Coulter's bill for rcappor.
tioning the state into congressional
districts names the following divisions : .
First district Cass. Lancaster. Otoe
Nemaha. Johnson , Pawnee and Rich-
son counties. Second district Doug
las , Sarpy , Saundcrs. Third Hall ,
Howard/Mcrrick. Nance , Platte. Col-
fax , Dodge. Washington. Hurt , Cum-
ing , Stanton. Madison , Pierce , Wayne ,
Thurston. Dakota , Dixon , Cedar
Fourth Gage , Jefferson , Saline. Seward -
ard , Butler , Polk , York , Fillmore ,
Thayer , Nuckolls. Clay. Hamilton.
Fifth Webster. Adams , Kearney-
Franklin , llarlan , Phelps , Buffalo.
Dawson. Gosper , Furnas. Red Willow.
Frontier , Hitchcock , Hayes. ' Lincoln.
Perkins. Keith , Chase , Dundy. Sixth
The remainder of the state.
Senator Randall's bill to amend the
interest law provides : "If any greater
rate of interest than is hereinbefore al
lowed [ the legal rate ] shall be con
tracted for or received or reserved by
the lender , shall on conviction there
of by indictment , be fined a sum equal
to the principal and interest on such
note or contract , which shall be paid
into the general school fund of Urn
county where the conviction is had. i
Provided , the acts and dealings of an
agent in loaning money shall bind the
principal , and in all cases where there
is illegal interest by the transaction of
an agent the principal will be held
thereby as if ho had done the same iii
person. Where the same person acts
as agent for the borrower who obtain *
the money from the lender , ho shall be
, < I
deemed to be the agent of the lender
also. "
Denied by Mr. Blaliic.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 1. Representa
tive Baker of Now York addressed the
following to Mr. Elaine : c > It is re
ported in the newspapers of Canada
and along the northern border.- my
state , where my constituents are deep
ly interested in the subject , that nego
tiations are going on between Great
Britain and this country with a view
to partial reciprocity with Canada , in
cluding natural products only and not.
manufactures , and it is stated that Sh-
Charles Tupper is on his way here as-
i commissioner to negotiate for such
modification of our tariff. I would be
rery glad if you would enable me to-
inswcr my constituents. "
Secretary Blame made the following
: eply :
Dear Mr. Baker :
I authorize you to contradict the rti-
nors you refer to. There are no ne
gotiations whatever on foot for a reci
procity treaty with Canada ; and you
nay be assured that no scheme for
eciprocity with the Dominion of Can-
ida , confined to natural products , will
je entertained by this government.
kVe know nothing of Sir Charles Tup-
jer's coming to Washington.
JAMES G. BLAINK.
ITIcKinley n. Candidate.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Prospects as
, o Windom's successor occupies a good
real of attention. It is generally be-
ieved that Congressman Mclvinley
vill be selected. His thorough famil-
arity with financial matters and prom-
nent association with legislation of
his character point to him as c = po-
: iaily iitted for the position , while his
) ersonal popularity , national and in-
ernational reputation , and thorough
iccord with the administration in every
ietail , add to his strength as a proba-
) le choice. His prospective rctire-
nent from public position on March <
: oupled with the probability that ho
vill forge to the front through the
gubernatorial fight in Ohio in time to
> e a presidential factor in 1892 , unless
) ottled up in the cabinet , adu-s to the
n'obabiiity that lie will be oilercd the
) lace.
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