Nebraska Newspapers

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OO K TRIBUNE.
F. M. KIMMELL , Publisher.
MCCOOK , NEBRASKA.
THE : STATE.
NEARLY every store in the village of
Ong was burglarized the other night
tnd $800 worth of goods taken.
INDIANOLA has been troubled with
an unusual number of cases of petty
thieving.
D. P. SIIERwooD and wife of Ponca
will celebrate their golden wedding on
February 10.
TuE Union Pacific is "laying off" a
good many of its shop men until business -
ness revives.
LEVI FRANCISCO , living four miles
'west of Jackson , dropped dead while at
the dinner table.
THIRTY employes in the Union Pacific
shops at Grand 'Island were laid of list
week until business revives.
MONEY that had been collected by
21 the congregational church at Crete for
the purpose of relief was stolen from
the church.
a
TRAMP burglars entered the house of
Edgar Wood , a Pawnee county farmer ,
and secured $75 worth of jewelry. The
family was at church.
MILFORD will make a bid for the next
a. A. B. encampment. The town has
tmany advantages in the way of fine
groves and good fishing.
THE young people of Norfolk have
organized a dramatic company and
will give a few entertainments to help
out the drouth suffers.
THE village board of Papillion has
passed an ordinance providing for the
inspection and condemning of chimneys -
neys , fire flues and attachments.
Buy home-made goods and build up
home industries , is a good policy : Far-
rell' Fire Extinguisher , made by Farrell -
rell & Co. , Omaha ; Morse-Coe boots and
.shoes for men , women and children.
JAEGGI & SCIlUPACH , Columbus
-
, made an assignment to Sheriff
Cavanaugh far the benefit of all their
creditors. The list of liabilities has
.not yet been furnished and no invoice
taken.
Li eleven months in 1894 the county
clerk of Buffalo county paid out $3-
82G.26 for bounties on gopher scalps ,
the bounty being 3 centsperscalp. The
bounty paid represents 127,542 dead
, gophers.
MAJOR PADDOCK Of Douglas county ,
government director of the Union Pacific -
cific railroad , died last week , aged 70
years. He was a member of the Nebraska -
braska house of representatives in 1858 ,
18(5and 1866.
A NEW association is being organized
in Beatrice for the purpose of reviving
the racing interest by providing a June
.meeting at Linden Tree park. Should
this meeting meet with encouragement
another will be held later in the sea-
.son.REV.
REV. W. II. SPARLING announced to
ithe.congregation at Winside that a rector -
tor would be sent to take charge of the
Episcopal church before the second
Sunday in February , and that he
would , therefore not visit the church
{ again.
i Tm teachers of the state have a
friend in court in Mr. Jenkins of Thay-
.er county , who has introduced in the
leglature a bill entitling them to the
legal holidays on Christmas , New
t Year's , Washington's birthday , Fourth
.of July and Thanksgiving.
REPRESENTATIVE BURNS of Lancaster
received a communication from a number -
ber of citizens of Holt county asking
whim to present and urge the passage of
a bill appropriating $5,000 for the prosecution -
ecution of the prisoners charged with
the murder of Barrett Scott.
TIIE editor of the Humphrey Demo-
.crat has figured out a plan to make his
town a county seat. He advocates a
new county to be constructed by taking
.one tier of townships from the south
side of Madison and one and a half tier
or nine miles in width along the north
.side of the Platte.
HENRY HARRIS broke into the house
.of J. E. Collins , four miles southwest
of Odell , while the owner and his wife
were away from home. He stole a
: .quantity of clothing , but was speedily
captured with the stolen goods in his
possession. He pleaded guilty , and was
bound over to the district court.
AT a meeting in Hastings of the
Grand Army post , Dr. Howard , General
Bowen , J. H. Brown , I. H. Cramer and
J. w. Whinnie were appointed a committee -
mittee to confer with citizens relative
to providing necessary entertainment
for the large numbers of old soldiers ,
who will be gathered there ncxtmonth
at the annual encampment of the state
G A. R.
WIIILE under the influence of liquor ,
Peter Koberg fell from a fast train
near Warnersville. The trainmen went
back and picked up , as they supposed ,
the corps , but just as they were about
to notify the coroner the "dead" man
got up and walked off. Koberg also
fell down a long flight of steps but was
not injured.
AT a meeting of the woman's club in
Beatrice at the residence of Mrs. C. C.
Knapp a resolution was adopted voicing
the sentiments of the women of the city
on the matter of patronizing home in-
dustries. It was resolved that in the
purchase of goods , whether for the
table or other household purposes , that
Nebraska-made goods be given the
preference.
SHERIFF SMITH of Franklin county
retuned last week from Missouri with
Frank N. Frost , whom he arrested at
Utica , No. , for assault on Jacob Stans-
low , an old man 62 years of age , living
a few miles south of Naponee , in
Franklin county , and robbing him of
$362 August 4 , last Frost was ac ; om-
panied at the time by an unknown man
whom it has been thus far unable to
identify.
AT the Presbyterian Sunday school
in Hastings last Sunday a special collection -
lection for the western drouth sufferers
was lifted , amounting to over $16. It
was turned over to Rev. Bushnell , who
is one of the appointed agents in Hastings -
ings to look after the distribution of
the relief funds.
Miss OLIVE BOYD , one of Platts-
mouth's most estimable young women ,
died at her home in that city last week
after a brief illness , with consumption.
She was a teacher in the city schools
and the schools were closed down to
permit scholars to attend the funeral.
'lhe services were attended by a large
Foncourse of 6ympathzin : friends. 1
BURGLARS were caught the other
morning in the second story of Oehl-
rich's grocery store at Columbus. All
escaped except one , who jumped out of
the window , breaking his leg. They
secured nothing.
COUNTY JUDGE DAN C. HEFFERMAN ,
who is postmaster at Jackson , was last
week arrested by Deputy Marshal
Thrasher and taken to Lincoln to answer -
swer to an indictment returned by the
federal grand jury , charging him with
falsifying his postofiee returns. H. A.
McCormick , postmaster of South Sioux
City , was also arrested and taken to
Lincoln to answer the same charge.
THE large implement house of Risser
& Norton at Talmage was entirely destroyed -
troyed by fire , together with the liar-
ness shop of J. U. Venter , adjoining
The cause of the fire was perhaps a defective -
fective flue in the building of Hisser &
Norton. About half the goods in the
implement house were saved and nearly
all of those in the harness shop. Both
losses were fully covered by insurance.
A GOOD many settlers in this section
of Thurston county , says a Pender dispatch -
patch , attribute the refusal of the
Omaha and Winnebago Indians to sanction -
tion an extension of time to settlers to
make their first payment on lands purchased -
chased in 1882 to Judge Hiram Chase ,
an Omaha Indian , county judge of this
county. It is claimed that Chase advised -
vised the Indians not to listen to the
proposition of another extension.
Timis has been , says a North Platte
dispatch , the busiest day for the county
relief stores since they have been'
started. The wants of seventy-five
families have been supplied. The total
number of families relieved this week
is about 100. Four thousand pieces of
clothing and five tons of provisions
were given out. The number of applicants -
plicants is daily increasing , but it is
thought that all can be supplied with
the actual necessities if the goods now
promised are forthcoming.
THERE have been three bills introduced -
duced thus far affecting the stock yard
interests. Suter of Antelope county
introduced a bill , house roll no 9 , reducing -
ducing the rates of commission for selling -
ing cattle from 50 cents per head to 40
cents per head and from $12 a car to SS ;
for selling hogs , from $6 a single deck
car and $12 a double deck car to $5 and
$8 ; for sheep from $5 and $7 to $4 and
$7. The penalty for the first offense is
a fine of $50 to $100 ; second offense $100
to $200 , third offense $200 to $500.
I. J. DUFFIN arrived in Fremont
from Wisner and started on foot for
Omaha where he had a friend. He
was walking on the Elkhorn railroad
track when the Omaha passenger train
came along and struck him , throwing
him into the ditch. The train was
stopped and Duffin was picked up and
taken back to the station , where he
was placed in charge of Dr. Brown ,
the cotxlpany's physician. One of
Duffin's feet was badly smashed , and
he sustained several scalp wounds. The
doctors say he ought to recover.
GOVERNOR HOLCOJIB received a telegram -
gram from the governor of Arkansas
informing him that the legislature of
that state has under consideration a
proposition to make an appropriation
for the benefit of the drouth sufferers
of Nebraska and asking if Governor
Holcomb considered such an appropriation -
tion advisable and if it would be ac-
cepted. The governor wired in answer
to Governor Clark's message , thanking
the generous people of Arkansas for
their offer but stated he did not think
the contemplated appropriation neces-
sary.
sary.A
A MAN giving his name as Frank
Wilson was before Judge Canfield at
Clay Center charged with breaking
into three stores in Ong and stealing
$ s00 worth of merchandise on the
night of the 20th. He , also took some
postage stamps and $65 in money from
the postoffice. Suspicion rested on a
man seen there that day with a one-
horse buggy , and by a peculiar track
the buggy was traced and overtaken
twenty miles west of Ong , having all
of the goods in his possession. Ho
waived examination and was bound
over to the district court.
HENRY CARSTENS , a young farmer.
met a somewhat tragic death about
seven miles east of Pierce. He and two
farmers had been engaged in digging a
well. One of the men present told
Henry that they had better put down
the curbing before digging any deeper ,
for fear the sand might cave in. Henry
had no fears of a cave-in and went
down to dig again. After being in
about three minutes he was buried beneath -
neath about ten feet of sand. Help
was immediately called , but the body
was not recovered for four hours. He
was a married man about 24 years of
age and leaves a wife and one child.
UP to the present time -Jan. 23) )
there have been just seven bills passed
by the house. Two relief bills have
been passed , one authorizing counties
to vote bonds for the purchase of seed
grain and feed for teams , and one appropriating -
propriating $100,000 for direct relief.
Three bills of a formal character appropriating -
propriating moneys in certain university -
ity funds to the use of the university
have been passed. The other two bills
are a bill for the protection of firemen
by prohibiting.the illegal wearing of
the fireman's national button , and the
bill appropriating $85,000 for payment
of salaries of officers , members and em-
ployes of this legislature.
A DILL likely to attract some attention -
tion from the interests it will affect is
one introduced in the legislature by
Jenness to prevent blacklisting by em-
ployes' guaranty companies. It requires -
quires such companies to deposit $25-
000 with the state treasurer before
being permitted to do business in the
state , which amount is liable for judgments -
ments on suits for damages. It also
provides that when a bond shall be
cancelled or the company refuses to
guarantee the fidelity of a person on
whose bond it has once gone , it shall
file a full statement of the facts on
which such action is based and this
shall be subject to the inspection of
anyone interested in the subject that-
ter.
One of the most noteworthy contributions -
butions to the January issue of The
Atlantic is "The Survival of the American -
ican Type. " Taking as a text the tragedy -
edy at the palls in Troy in March , 1894 ,
when Robert Ross lost his life , the
author , John H. Denison , treats in a
very suggestive and convincing manner
the situation that has given rise to the
A. P. A. movement. This article attracts -
tracts attention because of its timeliness -
ness , but there are many other features
of decided interest.
TILE anti-toxine remedy has reaches
Omaha and its efficacy is being tested.
_ _ _ _
FOR RELIEF 50. 000.
THIS IS THE SUM THAT NEBRASKA -
BRASKA APPROPRIATES.
The Amount Cut in Two in the Senate
and the Lower house Acquiesces-
Some of the Provisions of the Measure
-Other Bills Passed In the Senate
and house-Introduction of New Bills
-Recommendations from Committees
-Proceedings In Both Branches of the
Nebraska Legislature.
Belief Bill Cut in the Senate.
The senate on the 24th , after athree hours'
discussion , in which much feeling was engendered -
gendered , passed the house relief 1111 for the
benefit of the drouth sufferers , but cut the
appropriation from 510 ,0t0 to is 0,000 addtnG
a proviso that tire money could be expended
in the payment of freight. The senators
from the western and northern counties ,
following the example f their colleagues in
the house , protested bitterly against a reduction -
duction in the amount. In heiraddresses in
committee of the whole they drew touching
pictures of the distress existing in the frontier -
tier counties. On the other side republican
senators persisted In regarding the subject -
ject as a single business propositson. Bauer -
er , one of the populist senators , voted with
the majority , wile Rathbun of Furnas
county and Akers of Scotts Bluff voted with
the populists for the larger amount. The
one valid reason advanced by the majority
for cutting down the appropriation was that
with the large volume of supplies pouring
into Nebraska from all parts of the union
the necessity of a large appropriation with
which to buy fuel , clothing and provisions
was avoided and the only urgent demand
for the present at least was the necessary
amount of cash to be used in paying the
freight charges on the immense amount of
supplies now in sight.
The Nebraska Assembly.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 22d the time
of the greater part of the forenoon was consideration -
sideration of bills on general file , and as a
result of its newly assumed industry most
of the bills on the file were disposed of. The
several senators evinced a strong desire to
discuss minutely every point of the bills
under consideration , and in consequence
the proceeding ; were somewhat dreary and
uneventful. Bills lead the first time were :
Declaring estates settled under the provisions
sions of an act. passed and approved larch
29 , A. D 1889 , settled ; and that'all deeds and
titles secured by persons by purchase , sale
or settlement of estates under said act to
be absolute titles ; and to declare the
same legal and valid ; to amend section -
tion 14 , chapter xxiv of the laws of 1591.
approved March 4 , 1191 , and to repeal said
original section , also changing the form of
schedules A and B , being parts of said chapter -
ter xxiv : to amend sections 458 and 400 of
the Compiled Statutes of the state of Nebraska -
braska relating to mutual insurance ; to
amend sections 61 , 0 and 06 , of chapter x , of
the Annotated Statutes of the state of Nebraska -
braska ; to amend section 37 of chapter
ixxvii of the Compiled Statutes of the state
of Nebrdska , of a acs entitled "Roads , " and
to repeal the section so amended.
HousE.-In the house on the 22d Mr. Howard -
ard , democrat , of Sarpyoffered a resolution
denouncing the lynching of George Smith at
Omaha , October 15,191 , by a mob of that
city. Immediately there was a storm. Howard -
ard said he would be consistent and wanted
to denounce the lynching of black men as
well as of white mon. The resolution was
adopted , as follows : That this house strongly -
ly condemns the cowardly course of the pea
1)10 of Omaha , who participated in the work
of that fiendish mob , ( lynching ofGeo. smith )
and also denounce as cowardly in the extreme -
tremo the conduct of the Douglas county
officials whose duty it was to have meted
out justice to the murderers , and the governor -
nor is hereby requested to offer a suitable
reward for the capture and conviction of
the murderers of the said George Smith.
The judiciary committee reported on
house roll 145 , recommondin that the bill
be indefinitely postponed. ZIhis bill provides -
vides that any contractpayable In gold may
be paid in legal tender money , notwithstanding -
standing the gold clause. The committee's
report was adopted. The same committee
reported on house roll 24 , autton's bill , to
legalize irregular probate records and recommended -
commended that It go on general file.
Adopted. The same committee also reported -
ported favorably on Sutton's bill to require
executors and administrators to deliver to
county courts personal property after final
settlement. Adpted. Davies of Cass moved
to have a standing committee , to which all
resolutions shoulbe referred. Adopted.
Brady offered a motion proposing to appoint -
point a committee of five to investigate the
work of the relief commissioner. Cooley of
Cass moved to lay Brady's motion on the
table , but the motion wes lost and Brady's
proposition prevailed.
SENATE-In the senate on the 23d , Senator
Graham , from the special investigating
committee on the matter of senate em-
ployes , reported the recommendation of
that committee that all employes be re-
tainedbut that no oificeror employe be
permitted to raw more than one day's payer
or each twenty-four hours. The report was
adopted. Senator Sloan , from the committee -
tee on constutional amendments , presented
favorable repot is on senate files Nos. 11 , 6S
and 70. The first bill submits a proposition
for a constitutional convention ; the second
submits an amendment fixing the sailaries of
judges of the supreme court at 4,100 per
annum ; the third submits an amendment
providing for a new method of submitting
constitutional amendments. Among bills on
firstreadingwore : to amend sections 30,32
and 70 of chapter ixxvii of the Compiled Statutes -
utes of the legislature , bry Guy A. Brown
and Hiland H. Wheeler. The bill provides
for the assessment of banks and bank property -
erty , and bridge , express , ferry , gas. manufacturing -
facturing savings banks , street railroad
transportation and other corporations : requiring -
quiring registers of deeds and county clerks
who are ex-oflicfo registers of deeds to keep I
a mortgage indebtedness record and prescribing -
scribing the form of the same ; amending
the election laws. Also senate file No. 15 ,
amending the law relating to the selection
of judges and clerks of election.
House-In the house on the :3d forty-five
new bills were introduced. There are now
231 in all , and seven of them have been
passed. The one which received the most
extended consideration and debate was
Brady's seed grain note bill , house roll ? o. ]
39. Notwithstandin the fact that similar i i
laws are in force in Iowa and the Dakotas , t
there was found to be a vigorous opposition
to this measure in the house. ) louse roll
No. 10 , by Davies , was put upon its passage ,
as reported b the committee on engrossed
and enrolled ills. The bill amends an act a
i
authorizing the appointment. of supreme
court commissioners and defines their
duties. The amendment provides that the o
commissioners shall hold otlice for a period
of three years , a uring which time they shall i
not engage in the practice of law. The mat I .
ter went over one day. The secretary of
thesenate ap eared and announced thati
the senate hadpassed house roll No. 71 , to
provide for the payment of employes and i
members of the two houses. The speaker
announced that he was a out to sign the
measure providing for payment , and asked
if there were any objections , There being I '
none visible , ho signed the first bill '
passed by both houses , and it went to he i
governor to be completed into a law author-
zing the payment of members and emI I .
ployes. Brady's seed grain note bill , house
roll No. 39 , was next in line. The bill make ;
the note given for grain a first lien on the s
growing crop. Rhodes said he believed the i
measure to ae a vicious one , as it tied up ' t
the grain raised so that the grower could not
sell a bushel of it until the note was paid. a
He .aid that a similar law in Arkansas had
resulted in sending a man to the pentten-
tiary for five years because ' e sold some of
his cotton and bought medicine for his sick (
wife. The judge w'iiosentenced him and the I
governor who pardoned him both advised
the repeal of te law. As amended , tliebill
provides that the borrower of seed grain can
give a mortgage on only a portion of the
crop , and consequently the conditions in
this state would not be parallel with those
of the Arkansas Illustration. The measure
was recommended to a third reading. House i
roll No. 87 , considered yesterday in commit f
tee of the whole , was again brought up. It
provides for the punishment of cattle
thieves by imprisonment for not more than
ten nor less than one year , and was introduced -
duced by Dempsey of the Fifty-third dis-
trict. It was reported favorably , as amended -
ed , and recommended for third reading.
SENATE.-Tho first thing the senate did on t
the 24th after the reading of the journal
f
was to make the relief bill a special order 1
fora o'clock. Then for forty minutes reports -
ports from standing commltteeswere listened - t
ed to and a large number of new bills were
introduced. Smith. chnirman of the com- a
m ittee on labor , re orted back to the senate h
the arbitration bill senate file No. 93 , with
- -
,
some amendments , and with the recommendation -
dation that it be passed. The bill is an act
to urovide for the amicable adjustment of
grievances and disputes that may arise between -
tween employes and employers. rho senate
passed Watson's bill , \o. 9 , extending the
life of the supreme court commission three
years. Senate file No. 15 , by Crane. rovld-
ing for the appointment of court bailiffs by
the year in counties having more than 123 ,
000 inhabitants , and fixing their salaries at
$ OJU per annum , was also passed. Recess was
then taken , after which the relief bill was
considered in committee of the wholo. Senator -
ator McKay reported from the relef : com-
mitteehouse roll 113T.H.Conway'sbill , with
a majority report recommending amendments -
ments providing that the amount of appro-
riation be reduced from $ L0,9Up as in the
as passed by the house to $ ; 0,000 ; other
amendments provided that the money is
to be used n procuring , transporting
and distributin supplies procured by the
commission , ante allowing 10 per cent of the
urn andtAke rsr ofereda Rath -
burn minority t
recommending th e bill to pass as it came
from the house. The majority report was
adopted and on motion of Senator Meltceby
the senate went into commiticcof the whole
for consideration of the two house bills relating -
lating to relief. These are No. 1 , to provide
seed , and No. 113 , appropriating$100.000. The
last named was first considered. The question -
tion being on Senator S recher's motion to
adopt section 1 of tine bill as it came from
the house , the vote stood : For lagainst
20. The amendedsection was then adopted.
The section as reported by the committee
was adopted. McKeeby's amendment allowing -
lowing the 5 per cent for appropriation for
expenses was adopted. One amendment
proposed by Senator Rathbun provided
that the leclpient of relief should
have been a resident of the state six
months and an actual resident of the
county where lie applies at the time when
ho applies , was adopted. The committee
arose and reported to the senate its recommendation -
mendation that the Conaway bill pass and
asking for leave to sit again for the consideration -
eration of the Lamborn seed supply bill ,
was adopted , the motion by senator Sprech-
er to amend by substituting the bill as it
came from the house being voted down. The
vote on Spreclier's amendment was 7 ayes
and 23 nays. Relief bills were made a special -
cial order for 10:30 : tomorrow.
lIousE.-In the house on the 24th Harri-
son'sbill to regulate the practice of dentistry -
tistry was recommended for passage. house
roll No. 39 , Brady's seed grain note bill , was ,
by unanimous consent , allowed to go over
until next week. House roll No. 24. by Sut-
tam of Douglas , a bill to legalize probate
records and prescribe books for olbce use ,
was recommeded for passage without
amendment , ) louse roll ? o. 83 , a substitute
for the punislimentof arsons burgglarlously
entering buildings with imprisonment. from
one to seven years , was recommended to
pass House roli No. 190 , by Davies , piovid-
ing for the submission of an amendment to
section. , article viii , of the c onstitutlonwas
considered , and with two unimportant
amendments wasrecommended for passage.
The amendment to be submitted provides
that all funds belonging to the state for educational -
ucational purposes , shall be deemed trust
funds held by the state. Robinson , of the
committee on universities and normal
schools , asked unanimous consent to report
hoi.so roll 'o. 02. 's'he report to the effect
that the bill be placed on general file , was
unanimously adopted. Ric.etts sent up a
memorial asking Nebraska's congressional
delegation to seek to have Fort Omaha donated -
nated to the state for a military academy.
It was referred to the committee on resolu-
tions.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 25th a number -
ber of new bills were introduced and read
for the first time , to be known as senate files
Nos. 175 to 182 , inclusive. Five of these bills
were offered by McKeeby , provide for the
regulation of telephone , Pullman , telegraph ,
express and insurance companies. house
roll No. 113 , the relief bill , appropriating
$59,009 was read the third time and placed on
its final passage. A delay of a quarter of an
hour was caused by the discovery that the
bill had not been correctly engrossed , and it
had to be sent back to the engrossing Ioom.
Then Senator Teat discovoed that there
were not enough senators favoring the bill
present to pass it with the emergency
clause. He demanded a call of the house ;
but his demand was not seconded by nine
senators as required by the new rules.
There was nothing to do but to wait until
the pages could hunt u the allsent senators -
tors and bring them back to the chamber.
The bill was finally passed and started to
thehouse for concurrence in the amend-
ment. House roll No. 1 , to enable counties to
vote bonds with which to buy seed grain for
drouth sufferers , was recommended for
passage. Stewart introduced a bill making
counties in the state the unit of taxation for
teachers' wages. The bill makes a radical
change in the law now on the statute books.
Under the present law each school district
levys its own tax for teachers' wages. Stewart -
art proposes that the levy for all the school
districts shall be made by the county.
HousE.-Tho relief bill , asamended by the
senate , appropriating $ ; 0,000 , was passed
unanimously by the house on the 25th , and
adjournment at noon was delayed an hour
that the speaker might sign it and let it immediately -
mediately become operative. Tile senate
amendment raising the per cent commission -
sion allowed the re'lief commission to per
cent , created a short discussion , the general
trend of which was voiced by Barry , who
said he was opposed to it , but would not
further delay relief by objecting to this
amendment. Three per cent of the house
bill , for $100,000 , gave the commission $3,000
and the 5 per cent senate proviso nets it but
$2,500. The following bills were favorably
reported : House roll No. 7s , establishing a
state board of charities ; house roll No. 140 ,
relating to bribery of judges and officers :
house roll No. 136 , of jurisdiction courts i
of probate ; house roll No , 121 , rovid-
ng for appointment and pay off court
bailiffs ; house roll No. 132 , relatingto methods -
ods of equalization of assessments ; house n
roll No. 100 , Providing for general or special
verdicts of juries ; house roil No. S6 , relating -
ing to the furnishing of ballots for dice- i
tions ; house roll No. 27 , naming hospital
for insane at Norfolk. The spe ial committee - '
tee to investigate the house employes re- i
ported , recommending the dropping of t
nineteen and the doubling up of others. A
motion to table the report was lost , 67 to 27.
Mr. Sutton of Pawnee moved a substitute
that two janitors and two engrossing clerks 1
discharged , but it was ruled outof order ,
and Robinson moved that the matter be in-
definitely postponed. A sharp discussion I
followed in whirl : Munger and Johnson of
Douglas led an attack all along the line oil
Rhodes , one of the committee of investiga-
tion. On a call for the yeas and nays , 1)a-
vies , who demanded them. was ignored , and
ROlifSen'S motion to indefintely postpone
declared carried.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 26th stand-
ng committees made reports on the fallow-
ng bills : To provide for the organization I
and government of irrigation districts , to t
rovide for the acquiring of canals already
built , etc. Thecommitteeon irrigation recommended -
ommended that tile bill pass with sonic
ineudments. Senate file No. 12 , from the
committee on lahor. introduced by Smith.
was recommended for passage and placed
, , general fi.e. It authorizes cities of the G
metropolitan class to pension firemen of t
paid lire departments after a continuous ,
service of twenty-one years , and widows 1
ind orphans of firemen who lose their lives
while In the line of their duty , and to provide -
vide for pensioning firemen of paid fire he-
) artments who become totally disabled
while in the line of their duty. Senate file
No. 103 , by Smith , was favorably reported
from the judiciary committee. It pro- f
ides for the governing of master
plumbers and the supervision the business -
ness of plumbing and house drainage.
'l'Itree new hills of an unimportant char-
icter were Introduced and re d the third
time. The senate then passed house rolls
\ os. 3 : , : .3 and . + . These ae pro forma bills l
rhich the legislature is required to pass at
every sesfon. Tney appropriate the tui-
ion fees in the law college , the matricula-
tie : fees at the State university and the
uunualrroreeds of the Merrill fund to the
State university account. House roll No. I ,
) rovidin. : that counties mar issue bonds
for the purpose of buying seed grain for the
Irouthsufferers.wasread for thethird time , ti
) ut before the yeas and nays were ordered i
on the final pa sage of ttie bill Rathbun
moved that it be recommitted to the committee -
mittee on relief. Tile motion was agreed to
unanimously. Rathbun explained that the
bill as it passed the house contained no pro-
vislon that would enable the farmer living r
on 'overment land or state school lands to Ii
avail himself of the relief intended to be af- t
orded to all needy farmers alike by the I
till.
t
Of Interest to Sportsmen.
Two bills have been introduced which will s
be of interest to sportsmen. House roll No. u
20 , introduced by liairgrove , provides for
he appointment of a game warden by the
fish commissioner of the state. His duties
n general arc to prosecute all persons via r
atng the fish and game laws of the state. i
He is to maintain an ofce at the capital and
o draw a salary of $1,500 a year and necesc
nary traveling expenses not to exceed $1,001
year. He shall have a clerk who shall
ave a salary of nut over 800 a year.
The other bill is house roll No. h'5 , Intro-
duced by Crow of Douglas. It prohibits any
resident of any other state from hunting or
fishingin Nebraska until ho shall have secured -
cured a license to do so from the county
clerk. This license shall be issued on the
ayment of $0. which goes Into the school
fund , and the license expires on the 31st day
of the December following its date.
To Encourage Canal Building.
The Pacific canal bill Introduced in tilt
senate provides that any county in the
state may issue bonds to an amount to be
determined by the board of county commissioners -
sioners , not to exceed 10 per cent of the val-
tlon of all taxable property in such county ,
for irrigation , navigation , water power and
other purposes , and for generating electric
and other power and transmitting the same
for light , heat and other purposes.
The county : ommissloners of such county
shall first submit the question of voting
such bonds to the voters of such county
whenever a petition signed by 500 legal
voters shall be presented. At its fist meeting -
ing after such : petition has been pre ented
the county board shall call a special election -
tion
It is made the duty of the county commissioners -
sioners to not'ty the governor of the result
of the election , designating the county or
counties through which the proposed canal
will run. It will then be the duty of the
governor to appoint a board of five trustees ,
all resident freeholders of the county , one
of whom shall be an experienced civil engl-
neer , and not more than two of such trustees -
tees shall belong to any one political party.
one trustee shall be appointed for one year ,
one for two , one for three. one for four and
one for five from the first day of July following -
lowing the date of the first appointment. At
the expiration of the term of any one of the
trustees the governor shall appoint or re-
appolntone member ; and for official misconduct -
conduct the governor may suspend any
trustee pending an investigation , and if any
such trustee shall be convicted the gvernor
shall remove him. All vacancies in the
board of trustees are to be filled by the gov-
ernor.
The board of canal truestces shall have
power tomake preliminary surveys. layout ,
acquire right of way and other lands necessary -
sary for its purpose , establish , construct ,
maintain and operate a canui tlrotgh any
county or counties in Nebraska for irrigation -
tion , water power and for the purposes of
generating electric and other pow , r and
transmitting the same for light heat , power
and othet purposes.
The Sugar Beet Bill.
The champions of a beet sugar bill hav ,
been forced to what they call a "compro-
mise. " The bill introduced in the house
provides for a bounty of 1 cent per Pound to
the maim facturer , provided the inanufac-
Curer shall pay not less titan a ; per ton for
beets.
Friends of the bill met at the Limleil
hotel and drafted a substitute 1:111 , which
provides that the raiser of beets shall receive -
ceive St per ton for beets , "provided" he
shall get from tIi' mtnufaeturer t'4 per ton.
The bill also ! provides that any now factory
whit a shall be constructed and o crated
after this law shall go into effect shall be
entitled to draw from the state treasury ? g
of a cent per pound on all sugar manufac-
tured. T is in addition to the it per toil to
be allowed the raiser of beets.
Arkansas wants to help.
Governor IIolcomb does not assume tha
Nebraska is entirely dependent- the charity -
ity of other states Before the passage of
the relief bill in the house an Interesting bit
of wire correspondence passed between him
and Governor Clark of Arkansas. The following -
lowing telegram was received at the executive -
tive otfice :
LITTLE 1foCx. Ark. , Jan. 20.-To lion. Silas
A. Holcomb. Governor of Nebraska : Our
legislature contemplates making at appropriation -
priation for the relief of sufferers in your
state if the same is necessary. I am directed -
rected to Inquire if in your judt. ment , suFli
action on our part Is needed and will be ac-
cepted. JAuEs P. CIAIti ,
Governor
Governor Holcomb replied as follows :
Replying to your telegram reLatii o to contemplated -
templated appropriation by Arkansas legislature -
lature to relieve drouthsufferersin portions
of Nebraska , I heartily thank you and your
generous people for your offer , but beg leave
to say that in my judgment theappropria-
timl is not necessary. Will write more fully.
SILAS A. HoLCoun , Governor'
Ballot Reform bill.
Those who are not satisfied wholly with.
the present law are represented by a bill
which has beed introduced by Senator \Wat-
son. By this bill it is proposed to adopt the
form of ballot in use in several states where.
as well as the party designation , there is a
particular emblem or device adopted by
each political party and used to designate
the party ticket. The party first using a
particular emblem obtains the prior right
to its subsequent use , and this , it is urged
would prevent some of the unwarranted
uses of party denominations which it'was
seen last fall can be made the means of get-
hug on "by petition. "
The new ill provides that to enable a
candidate or set of candidates to use the
emblem and accompanying party designation -
tion there be a certifi ate of nomination
from the proper partyofficers. .
There is also a provision made for voting
'the straight ticket" for the benefit of those
who want to take theirs that way , which
may be done by making a cross mark o po-
site the party name and emblem. If there
s a desi a to scratch those provided for
there must be , after the group of candidates
for office , blank lines equal in number to
the ollicers to be voted for , so that new
Imes entirely may be written in if desired.
All the marking of ballots must be with ink.
The arrangem ntof the head of the ticket
s shown by a diagram , which is made a part
of the bill , and it explains hew a voter can
'ote his straight ticket with one cross. This
s the arrangement : "To vote a straight
ic et place a cross mark ( Xwith inkon the
square opposite your party emblem.
Democratic ticket. . . i Emblem i i
tepublicn ticket. . . i h.mblem l I
Prohibition ticket. . I Emblem
'eople's Ind. ticket i Emblem i
"If you ] cave not voted a straight ticket
lbove place a cross with ink opposite the
name you wish to vote for ; " then follows a
form of ballot similar to the one in use at
present.
Condition of State Banks
The State Banking Board has completer.
is report of the condition of the banks in
he state to December 29 , 1891. The report is
as follows :
LIAIIILITIES.
Capital stock paid in. . . . . . . . . . . 910,407S.S 2i
Sur lus fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,8ii 76
Qu ividrd profits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514,134 33
Dividends unpaid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,47 , ; tit'
eneral deposits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS,074S3 41
) ther liabii ice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592'35 9S
votes and ills rediscounted. . . . 205,039 0)
3iils payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Y,70 1 al
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; 3),049,714 23
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'i,2"2 , 6I 41
Overdrafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,944 (3
Stocksecurities , judgmentsetc. 63,435 12
) ue from banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 , 20,0 9 SI
Other real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :25,340 52
Banking houses , furniture , fixtures -
tures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i,7314714
Checks one cash Items. . . . . . . . . . 153,261 02
Current expenses and taxes paid 606,171 19
'remium on U. : . bonds and
etherbonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.195 69
Cashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,605,601 s7
Other assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133,742 4i
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S : ,04,71S : ' 23
The showing is quite favorable to the
financial condition of the banks , despite the
unfavorable conditions which have pre-
aflcd throughout the state. There is an
nerease in deposits and a decrease in bill :
payable and overdrafts.
Stock Yards Charges.
A bill has been introduced by Suter , house
oil No 10 , to regulate the charges for weigh-
g , yardage and inspection. It provides
hat all stock yards shall be declared pub-
[ C markets and equal privileges shal be
accorded to all patrons without discrimina-
ion. It makes the governor live stock in-
ector for the state and provides that he i
hall appoint deputies at the stock yards
on application of the authorities thereof.
These deputies are to decide what stock is a
unfit f .r market and to pass on stags and
iggy sow , . The charge for inspection shall
be not more than 10 cents per car. This hilt
educes the charge for weighing and yard-
n cattle from 2i cents per head to 20 cents.
hogs from S cents to 6 cents , sheep from ) i '
eats to 4 cents. It also provides that no
greater charge shall be made for hay and
grain than double the wholesale price. The I
resent charge is X20 a ton for hay- and l a i
bushel for grain. j t
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UNCLE SAM AS A PEACEMAKER'
His Good Offices Tendered to Mexico
and Guatemala.
Effort. of the United States to Brlug
About a Boconoillation.
CITY OF MEXICO , Jan. 28.-The i
United States has undertaken toplay J . :
t
the part of peacemaker between
Mexico and Guatemala to prevent
war if possible. A telegram has been n
received here from Secretary Gresham
expressing the hope that Guatemala kj .t
and Mexico would agree between
themselves upon some method of
settling the dispute over the boundary - 1
ary , but that if this should not be
possible the United States trusted the r
two countries would agree tosubmit
their differences to the arbitration of
same friendly notion. This communication
cation from a nation with which
Mexico enjoys such intimate and ti ;
"
friendly relations has caused a profound -
found impression it1)on the government - ,
ment and undoubtedly accounts in
part , at least , for the decision of the
minister of foreign affairs to with- 1
1)01(1 for five or six days , at
least , the ultimatum which it was +
about to dispatch in much less time
in answer to a note from Guatemala
received. It is learned that the president - )
ident of the United States made such .J . i.J i
appeal as would be received in good )
spirit before sending it by first communicating -
municating in an unofficial manner
with Minister Ilomeroat Washington.
HAWAIIAN FINANCES.
fllnlster Thurston Says They Are in First
Class Shape and Denies humors.
WASHINGTON , Jan. 28. - Minister
Thurston said to-lay of the statement -
ment that the Hawaiian government
was selling bonds in this country at
twenty-five cents on the dollar , for
the purpose of influencing a feeling
in favor of annexation : "There is no
more possibility of such a thing being
done by the Hawaiian government
titan by the United States govern- ;
meat. By law the ILtwaiian government -
ment can borrow money for two purposes -
poses only-first , to pay postal savings
bank depositors in case the treasury
is unable to meet the demand ; second ,
fo the purpose of constructing certain
public improvementssucitas wharves ,
roads , bridges , harbors and public
buildings , whieli , together with the
amounts to be spent for each , are
specified in the several acts autlioriz- t
ing the loans. So far from being
troubled concerning financial matters -
ters , the provincial government was
and the republic now is stronger in
that department than in any other. j
The continuous balance in the treasury -
ury has ranged from $200,000 to $100-
000. Not only has the government
not been obliged toborroww money for
its current expenses , but it had such
a large surplus on hand from current
receipts that it advanced from the
current receipts in the treasury to the
loan fund account the sum of $8,693 ,
which was expended on the specified
public works , and also met a run of
over $300,000 on the postal savings
bank. "
NEEDS OF TILE NAVE
Naval 11111 Renortod Carries a Total of
$31,807,022.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Jan. 28.-rile
renort on the naval appropriatior
shows that the bill carries a total of
$31,807,02 , an increase over the estimates -
mates , which were $30,923,096. The
estimates for the increase of the navy
were $13,250,392. while the appropriation -
tion is $13,777,521. Of this increase
over estimates $5,000,000 is for armor
and armaments and $1d3,209 for construction -
struction and steam engineering.
The most important feature of the
report is the discussion of the necessity -
sity for the three new battleships and
twelve torpedo boats provided for.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE 1IAKKETS
luotations from New York , Chicago , St.
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAhIA
Butter-Creamery print. . . . . . . 19 it :0
Butter-Fair t0 good country. 12 63 ] 21 ;
E ggs-Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Honey-I r fi. . . . . . . . 17 , g 19
Ohickens-Dressed , per lb. . . . . . 44 , 5
Turkeys-Per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Ge se-Per lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 i
Ducks-1'er lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 & 7l
Cheese-Neb. S : In. fulicrearn. 11t , 12
Lemons-Choice Messinas. . . . . 3 75 'aa 4 ( Xl
Oranges-Messinosper box . . . 2 75 t 3 00
Potatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 rig 70
S potas home grown , per bbl. 2 50 4t 2 %
Beans-Navy , hand-picked. bu 1 90 Ft. 00
flay -Upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . 9 0) 010 0)
flay-Midland and lowlana. . . 8 00 (1419 IX )
Onions-Perbu . . . . . . . .t. . . . . . . . 75 ac 8)
Carrots-Per 1)1)1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 t0 4 2 2 ;
Parsnips-l'er bbl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 75 CY 2 00
iteets-Per bbl..2 00 ( 22i
Ihtabagas- bill..1 75 ( ft 2 0)
hides-No. Igreen /rr 4
Cranherrries-Cape Cod . . . . . . 8 51) (4r 9 0)
Apples-Per bbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 "s 2 73
Hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 00 © 4
I1os-Heavy weights. . . . . . . . . . 4 L ; to. 4 1)
Reeves-Prime steers. . . . . . . . . . 4 0) 'a6 5 50
heeves Stockers and feeders. 175 ( l 3 2 ;
beef Steers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0) d 4 : ;
Brills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 2i ie 3 0.
St'gs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 40 ( 3 59
l awes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 475
teers-Fair to good. . . . . . . . . . . 3 : ) c 4 56
Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Gb 3 3)
Iteifers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25 G 3 ( d )
Westerns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 00 t 3 :5
Sheep-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mi i. 4 0)
Shcep-Fairtogoodmuttons. . . 2 00 e 2 t0
CI I ICAO , , .
wheat-No.2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . t5 57'4
Corn-I'cr bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : : 43 w 43
tats - . or be. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; o : : o
I'ork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 70 u 11 ( K
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 87Isd , 0 (0
Bogs-Paers anmixed. . . . . 4 13 ' . 4 4)
Cattle-Corn. steers to extra. . . :15 : , 5 2. ; ,
sheep-Lambs d ) 4 u )
i beep-.Inferior to choice. . . . . . 2 0) 3 8 ;
NEW YORK
Wheat , No.2 , red winter. . . . . . . 5S y ; 55a
Corn-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Q4 8f a
Oats-o.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; 5 34i ,
1 ork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 25 12 7. ,
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 8J L' G 8 ;
ST. LOUIS.
Wheat-No 2redcash. . . . . . . . . 51 ' % . 5t ! ;
Corn-Per hu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ca 44
Oats-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2s 25w
hogs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 10 .r. 4Iij
Cattle-\ative steers. . . . . . . . . . . 3 (10 ' 3 50
sheep-Mixed natives. . . . . 3 20
KANSAS CITY.
Wheat-No. 2 hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . S2 57z
Corn-No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :9 . . :0ii '
Oats-No.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3J
tattle-Stockers and feeders. . . 2 85 ' , 4 30
Hogs-ylixed packers . . . . . . . . . .3 Ii ) ytt 4 25
: beep--Choke western. . . . . . . . . 3 50 ; ; 4 3
A Meeting of Nesv York Bnnko s.
NEW Yonx , Jan. 2 8.-The clearing
house committee met last night and
discussed the recent withdrawals of
gold from the United States snbtreas-
ury. The opinion was general that
the government should at once issue
bonds That the subtreasury is fortifying - ' ,
tifying itself against all demands
for gold was shown by the big express -
press wagons that are unloading
th'tir precious freight at the vault
doors of Uncle Samuel daily. Assistant -
sistant Treasurer Jordan , however , f ,
says there is no significance to be at-
to these movements. 'I
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