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_ - M' COOK TRIBUNE. F. M. KIMMELL , PnbItshor. McC00K , NLBIKA. OVER TBE [ STATE. HUJIEOLDT'S water works system i1) about completed. A CAT recently died in Blair that is known to be 25 years old. THE residence of Edward Frye , Wcst Point , with its entire contents , was destroyed by fire. REAL estate transfers to the amount of over $21,000 took place in Nance county last week. RYLAND PARKER a pioneer and the firs t county judge of Holt county , died last week , aged 80 years. I TIIIBTY-FIVE people are ready to join m the Baptist church at Yarltk as the result - sult of revival meetings. JAMES BURROWS of Platte Center complains that his wife has deserted him and he wants a divorce. a FnANK BRACE , son of S. C. Brace , a prominent farmer ofTalley county , died from an overdose of morphine. Two susrielous characters were taken in by oflicers at Grand Island and sentenced - tenced to ten days in the county jail , TIIERE have been fifty-three conversions - sions at Alda as the result of the revival - vival meetings in the Methodist' church. WIIILi : William Schoemck , living near Scribner , lay sick of typhoid fever some unregenerate cubs stole a rick of hay for him. TILE saloon of Christian Schomerus at Nebraska City , was closed on an attachment - tachment sworn out by the Nebraska City National bank. THE Fremont volunteer fire department - ment will give an entertainment soon to raise a fund for the benefit of sick and disabled firemen. GEOnOE AI.BAUGII , a negro , stole a buggy and two horses from a livery stable in Oxford. A reward has been offered for his apprehension. THE general merchandise store of J. L. Harman at West Point , was closed by virtue of a chattel mortgage held uy the Frst National bank of that city. A STOCK company is being organized at Dc Witt that proposes to build a $5- 000 opera house , with a stage that will accommodate the best shows on the road. Tiii pipe of a hired man started a conflagration , which destroyed Nels Anderson's born , near St. James. All the horses were rescued except one old mare. REV. Mn. RICKER of Alma has accepted - cepted a call to the pastorate of the Chadron Congregational church and will enter upon his new duties February - ary 1. IT is the same old story. A stranger secured a team at the livery barn of Charley Cole in Arlington to ride outfit the country a few miles to see a friend. "And he never came back , " TuE board of commissioners of Lancaster - caster county have called a special election for April 2 , at which the proposition - position to vote $90,000 in bonds to build - a new jail will be submitted. SEPTEMBER 17 , at the Nebraska state fair this year , will be called "Pioneer Day. " All persons holding certificates of membership to pioneer societies in the state will be admitted free. A surf for $5,000 was filed in the district - trict court of York county , against the Burlington company , by Anthony Yost , for injuries while working as a section hand on the railroad in Illinois. Tim Christian Endeavor society of Fremont is preparing for a neighborhood - hood convention , to be held February 2 and 3 , to commemorate the fourteenth anniversary of the endeavor movement. Mns. MARTIN MARTINSON of Sparta , Knox county , dropped dead while engaged - gaged in her household duties. Three little children were with her at the time , but her husband was away from home. "TEXAS JAcit , " who has figured in the Dodge county courts as a purloiner of mortgaged goods , and who was brought back from Kansas to answer to these charges , has been acquitted by a jury. A CALL has been issued for a conference - ence to be held at Broken Bow Febra- ary 5 for the purpose of forming a new political party. Th call suggests that the new organization be designated as the union party. THE Indianola Courier says that the old settlers of the Beaver valley have great hopes of receiving money this winter for their claims against the Indians. There has been $150,000 appropriated - propriated for suck claims. W. IL FOWLER , one of the most highly respected citizens of North Bend , died the other morning suddenly of heart failure. He awoke , called his daughter , saying he had such a good sleep , and was dead in five minutes. ARcumSuo1' HENNESSEY has caused to' be read in the churches of this archdiocese - diocese , says a Dubuque ( Iowa ) dispatch - patch , a letter from the bishop of Omaha detailing the suffering in Nebraska - braska and appealing for assistance. NEVER in the history of Nebraska City , says the Press , has the ice harvest been so bountiful or the season so propitious - pitious for putting it up as this season. As a consequence there will be more ice put up this year than ever before. MILTON BUciu IN , the young man employed - ployed as a news gatherer on the Columbus - umbus Telegram , is very versatile. He sets type , gathers news , collects bills , writes good poetry and occasionally accepts - cepts an incitation to preach a sermon. A BAuN on the premises of Mr. Estes in Glenover , Gage county , way discovered - ered on fire by a trio of school boys. The boys promptly went to work and with a tub of water extinguished the flames before much damage had re- sulted. HASTINGS has secured asyrup factory. The Smith Sorghum company of Fairfield - field accepted the proposition of the Hastings citizens and will begin the 1st of February to move their plant and erect buildings They have leased over 1,700 acres of land and employ from 100 to 150 men. Mn. SJIITB , who resides north of Boxelder poslofHce in Frontier county , died last week from what was supposed to be lung fever. Investigation revealed - vealed the fact that it was starvation. When neighbors called they found no provisions , nor scarcely any clothing. A wife an4 two small children were found in a pitiful condition. . ' t a A. G. COLLINS , the agent of the Equitable Insurance company of Falls City , who forged two notes for $490 , is now said to be insane. One note for $400 bears the name of Jerome B. Wiltse , a well-to-do farmer in that vi- cinity. REV. F. M. CAPEr , at one time pastor - tor of Grace Episcopal church in Te- cumseb , now of Nebraska City , has written'a book on "Freemasonry in All Ages , " and sold the copyright to a Chicago publishing company for $16,000. FRANK WORSTREIIIL , a brewery owner of Atkinson , and Julius C. Lucas - cas , the head brewer , indicted for selling - ing beer without stamps , will appear before Judge Dundy at O'Neill and plead that the revenue office was short at the time. TilE large livery barn of Young S Grosbach , at Imperial , was burned with eleven head of horses , one cow , all the buggies and harness and about five tons of hay , nothing being saved. Loss is about $2,000 , with $400 insurance on the building JESSE FLOWDEE and Jesse Williams , two colored soldiers stationed at' Fort Robinson , got into a quarrel over Jessie Burnett , a white prostitute of Crow- ford , and IVilhams drew a large knife and fatally stabbed Plowder. $ e died almost instantly. LAST summer William Holden left York for South Omaha to work in a packing house. It was the time of the strike. From that place he disappeared and has been reported as having been murdered. He has now been located at a little town in 1orv , . His family is still being cared for by the charity board. J. S. HErzE1. , capitalist and owner of the Hetzel block at Auburn , dropped dead last week in the store of Tharey , from heart disease. Ile was about town in the afternoon as jovial and happy as ever , and went into the store and complained - plained about being out of breath , sat down in a chair and without another word fell over dead. J. H. IIINIi60N , a young man who came to Schuyler from the Barbadoes , West Indies , a little over a year ago , went out of town last week leaving a number of creditors to mourn his de- parture. H. L. Pence , proprietor of the Fogg house , attached his clothing for a board bill of about $80. Hinkson was known to have about $70 when he left. left.Foun Foun important criminal cases will be tried in the district court of Keitht county , which convened last week. They are the State of Nebraska vs. John Pitt for rape , state vs. Charles McAvoy for rape , state vs Warren Rena for perjury , state vs. John Wilkins - kins , charged with stealing twenty head of cattle from Jesse Campbell last November. There are sixty civil cases on the docket. C. H. HINCKLEY , who is runing a saw mill on J. A. Creighton's farm , north of Waterloo , met with a serious accident - dent which may end in the loss of his left arm. While attending to the mill the wind blew his overcoat around so that it caught on the saw , which pulled him down , and in trying to save himself - self he threw his left arm across the saw , which cut away a great portion of the muscles , as well as some of the bone. SUIT has been commenced by the administrators - ministrators of the estate of Henry Mansfield to secure possession of $25- 000 worth of stock in the Farmers and Merchants' Insurance company , which was in the name of C. W. Mosher at the time of the'failure of the Capital National - tional bank. Mansfield was the father- in-law of Mosher , and it is claimed that the stock was pledged to him to secure money loaned to Mosher. PINIEL W. BAKER , aged 60 , committed - ted suicide at Wymore by shooting himself through the brain with a 44- caliber pistol. A week ago Baker had his wife sent to the asylum for the insane - sane , and the theory at Wymore then was that the woman had been driven to insanity by brutal treatment and overwork imposed upon her by her husband. Considerable prejudice prevailed - vailed against Baker in the community , and he professed to be in fear of his life. life.MB. MB. LAa1BOnti has a bill printed , house roll No. 244 , for the creation of a state board of charities and corrections. The principal provision is that the governor - ernor shall be authorized to appoint four commissioners , not more than two representing one political party , and not more than one from any one religious - ious denomination , two of which commissioners - missioners shall be women , who , with the governor and chancellor of the state university , shall be known as the state board of charities and corrections These commissioners are to receive no compensation but expenses JA3IES GARRITY is a laboring man who was tramping westward from Lincoln - coln on the Burlington track the other day. About a mile and a half west of Denton he found a bridge on fire , and almost consumed. It being impossible to arrest the progress of the fire he ran back to Denton , where he arrived just in time to enable the operator to catch the east-bound No. 2 at Crete. A few minutes more and the train loaded with passengers would have been too far to prevent a frightful wreck. Gar- rity was rewarded by the company by being given the job he had been in search of. THE elevator belonging to the Omaha Elevator company at Barneston , containing - taining about 7,000 bushels of grain , was burned the other day. The fire started in a stable adjoining the building - ing belonging to the company , though from what source is not known. The fire had gained such headway when discovered that the building could not be saved. Two horses in the stable were also consumed. tins Joiix B00MER , a highly respected - spected lady of Beatrice , was found dead in her bed one morning. The deceased - ceased was 69 years old , and had been in delicate health for some months past but attended to her usual household duties the day before she died. CONSTABLE HoPKINS arrested Abel Nelson of Burt county Tuesday. Last August a warrant was issued foryoung Nelson , charging him with bastardy , Esther Hill being the woman in the case. Nelson , however , did not present himself for arrest , and was not secured until Tuesday , when he gave bonds in the sum of $500 for his appearance for trial next Monday. 1 T11E Commercial club of Omaha will endeavor to convince the "powers that be" that everything should be run i wide open in the metropolis this state ' fair year. Gambling and prostitution i cannot be suppressed , hence they are to be regulated and given a wider field. LAWS FOR NEBRASKA. A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS IN BOTH HOUSES. Synopsis of Some Bills Already Passed- Text of Others Under Consideration-- Beet Sugar Interests-Reduction of In- tarest on State Warrants-Penitentiary Medical Board-A Measure for Arbitration - tion of Labor Troubles-Encourage- ment of Canal Building-Miscellaneous Notes. , The Nebraska Assembly. SENATE.-Iri the senate on the 29th senate file No. 25 , Dale's bill reducing the Interest on state warrants ; which had yesterday been agreed to in committee of the whole , was recommended at the request of its au- thor. Reports from standing committees were received and accepted as follows : Senate - ate file No , 130 , a joint resolution and memorial - rial requesting Nebraska'ssenators and representatives - resentatives in congress to use all honorable effort to secure the passage of the bill now pending incongress providitrg fortho ceding to the state of Nebraska of the government lands within the borders of this state , the title to which still remains In the United States. The committee on constitutional amendments and federal relations , recommended - mended the passage of the bill , and It was placed on enoral file. Thesume committee recommended the passage of senate files 127 , 69 and 125. No. 127 was introduced by Stewart , and provides for the submission of a constitutional amendment authorizing the election of a state board of transporta- tion. No. 69 submits a constitutional amendment lprovidiimg for five judges of the supreme court. No. 126 , introduced by Poue , is a joint resolution asking Nebraska's representatives in congress to work for tlio passage of a bill providing for the payment to all soldiers who served in rebel prisons during the war of the rebellion of 52 per day during the time so served and of $12 per month for the remainder of their lives. The committee on constitutional amendments recommended that senate file No. 89 be indefinitely - definitely postponed. This was a constitutional - tional amendment proposed by Pope , increasing - creasing the numler of judges of the supreme - preme court to seven. The committee explained plained its recommendation by citing ti.e fact that another constitutional amendment - ment covering practically the same ground had already been recommended for passage. HOUSE.-In the ] House on the 29th the fallowing - lowing bills passed : House roll SI , by Rick- etts of Douglas. Making daylight house breaking a felony ; to continuo supreme court commission : to regulate the practice of dentistry , house roll , 76 , by Griffith of Adams. Itprovides that the penitentiary physician and two other physicians a penitentiary medical board to pass upon the mental condition of convicts who may become insane. Whenever the penitentiary believes a convict Insane , he must certify to the govcrnor , ' who will cause an examination by the board , and if the convict. be found insane lie will be removed to the asylum. house toll 24 , by Harrison of hail. It exempts from the provision of chapter 16 , of the compied statutes , any mutual benefit - efit association or corporation organized - ganized upon the mutual assessment cooperative - erative plan for furnishnng benefits to widows - ows , orphans or legatees of the deceased members , or for paying endowments or accident - cident IndemnIt , the membership of which shall be confined to any class , profession , oc upatlon , or sect , or the members of any secret society ; house roll 196 , by Davies of Cass , providing for an amendment to the constitution authorizing the sale of securities - ties held as a part of the permanentschool fund in securities bearing a higher rate of interest , and to permit the payment of state warrants with school moneys when the funds upon which they are drawn have no money therein , the warrants so purchased to be held as an investment for the school fund. Tito bill passed. Bills were introduced - duced as follows : To provide a water supply - ply for the State Normal school , located at 'eru ; to provide for the publication of the general laws of the state o1 Nebraska ; to amend section 1867 , of the consolidated statutes - utes of Nebraska , and to repeal said original - inal section ; to repeal sections 43 , 44 and 4.5 of chapter 43 , of the compiled statutes of Nebraska ; to provide for a place for the payment of real estate mortgages within the state of Nebraska , and to regulate the same ; to amend sections 943 and J49 , of chapter 10 , of the consolidated statutes of Nebraska of i893 , and to rope 11 said original sections. SENATE.-In the senate on the 30th a large number of new bills were Introduced and read for the first time , while those introduced - duced yesterday were read the second time and referred to the standing committees. Senate file No. 2 , introduced by Graham , and providing that the owners of any real estate against which a decree of forelosuro has been rendered in any court of record , and the owners of any real estate levied upon to satisfy a judgment or decree of any kind , may redeem the same from the lien of such decree or levy at any time before the sale of the sameby paying intocourttho amount of such judgment together with all interest and costs , was taken up and discussed at considerable length , amended and orde ed to a third reading. Senate ffie No. 31 , a bill introduced by Bressler , providing that a landlord shall have a lien for his rent upon all crops grown upon the demised premises - ises and upon any other personal property of time tenant and not exempt from exo- cutfon , which has been used upon the premises - ises ( luring the term for the period o1 one year after a year's rent , or the rent of a shorter period claimed , falls due , but such lien shanot in any case continue more than six months after the expiration of the term , was ordered engrossed for third read- ing. The next bill taken up by the committee - tee of the whole was the arbitration bill introduced - troduced by Smith. The labor committee had reported a numberof amendments very materially altering some of the provisions of the bill. The amendments provide that the arbitrators shall be apponted by the district court , and that they shall receive SI0 per day for actual time served. The bill was recommended to pass as amended. Mc- Reeby , from the relief committee , presented - ed a substitute bill for house roll No. 1 , authorizing county boards to issue bonds with which to purchase seed for destitute farmers. House roll No. I was read the third time last Saturday , but was recommitted at the last moment in order that an amendment - ment might be added to enable renters , lessees - sees of school lands and farmers on govern- lands to obtain the relief extended by the bill. HOUSE.-In the house on the 30th the morning hour was consumed in defeating the substitute for Brady's seed grain note bill , house roll 39. Brady's original bill provided that farmers could mortgage the crop raised from the seed for which the security was given. The committee's substitute - stitute , however , was an artfully drawn measure by which the act became a permanent - nent fraud on the farmers and could be m de available b all kinds of patent right and lightning rod swindlers. The farmers saw the trap , voted against the bill , and were subquently taunted by Burns of Lancaster - caster with not wanting any aid in the direction - rection of securing seed. House roll No 84. providing for the stamping of penitenttary made goods , passed by a vote of 83 to 9. ; Burns of Lancaster voted against the bill. lie said that this legislature could not compel - pel the branding of prison made goods from other states. the house then went into committee of the whole , with Munger in the chair. house roll No. 13 , by Chace , was reported by the committee on roads and bridges for indefinite - nite postponement. The report of the committee - mittee was adopted. House roll No. 77 , by Sutton of Douglas , fortho discontinuance of township organizations b a vote of electors - ors was passet. House roll No. 57 , for the destruction of the Russian thistle , was recommended - commended for passage and the report adopted. House roil No. 118 was favorably reported by the judiciary committee and the report adopted. House role No. 123 , from , the committee on judiciary , was favorably reported and the same adopted. SENATE.-Nearly an hour was consumed In the reading of the journal in the senate on I the list. The usual batch of oleomargarine petitions was handed up and referred to the rommittee on agriculture without reading. Sm recher of t.olfax county sent up the fol lowing resolution and moved its adoption. i That the following employes of the senate he dismissed from service after this date , January 31,1SOi : Two assistant custodians of cloak rooms , five pages , one assistant c postmaster , one typewriter , one night- watchman , one janitor , one custodian of sec- retary's room , one cw.todian of supplies. one fireman , one messenger to secretary , one assistt : nt bill clerk , six enrolling and engros- in _ clerks , one messenger for enrolling 4 aid engrossing room , one custodian - p an enrolling and engrossing room. That where more than one person occupies these designated places these dismissals be by lot. c The resolution was referred to the select i committee on employes. Senate files on third reading were then taken up and passed. r enato file o. 1 , by Watson , was the first hill to be passed. It is intended to legalize all proclamations of the governor creating cities of the first class having more than 8,0 A and less than 25.0.0 inhabitants , and to legalize all acts of city officers of such cities. The senate passed senate file No.57 , after which , on motion of Hahn , the doors were closed , and the senate went Into executive session. llocsE-In the house on the 71st the debate of the day ensued over house roll No. 183 , the bill of Jenness to protect employes and guarantee their rights to belong to labor organizations. The motion to indefinitely postpone the bill was lost by a close voto. An attemtpt was then made by Burns , Richards - ards and Mc\itt to kill the bill by amendments - ments and riders , but the small majority of two stood firm and they were all voted down The long fight was over , and on motion - tion the committee recommended that the 1)111 puss. Thomas moved that the bill be recommitted. Barry added an amendment that the Liil do not lose its place on general file , which was carried. House roil 'ho. 8 ? , to punish stock thieves , was the first bill on thhd reading , and was passed , 70 to O. Kaup's joint resolution with amendments , house roll No.'E9 , to amend section 1 , article xvi , of the constitution was passed , 79 to O ; house roll No. 161 , by Chapman , to amend an act providing for the payment of public lands , was passed unanimously ; house roll No. 165 , by Burns of Lancaster , providing for the sale of a few small parcels of peni- tentlary lands for the benefit of the Board of EducatfonaiLands and Funds , was pa-sod 63 to 8 ; a petition from John C. Thompson of Douglas county , and several hundred oth- em , was presented , asking the removal from this country of all the Catholic prelates who are eneageIn stirring up dissentfon. The petition , which comprised two solid columns of small type , was referred to the committee - tee on miscellaneous subjects. SENATE.-Time 1st day of February brought tv th it the twenty-fourth day of the legislative - lative session. Up to and including today 233 bills have been introduced. Of this number - ber four or five have been passed , seven indefinitely - definitely postponed and the rest either in the hands of the printer orwith the standing committee. Mciesson , from the committee on railroads , presented a favorable report on senate file No. 77 , a measure introduced by Sloan , relating to contracts for the conditional - ditional sale , lease or hire of railroad and street railway equipment and rolling stock. A number of bills were introduced and read tune first time. Immediately afterrecess the senate went into committee of the whole with Crane in the chair , for the consideration - tion of senate file No. 2.5 , the bill reducing the interest on state warrants at 5 percent Instead of 7 per cent. The judiciary corn- mitteo In its report on the bill split the dilierenee between the present and the proposed law by fixing the rate at6 per cent. Thevholebillwasconslderedinconi- . mittee of the whole early in the week an m ordered engrossed for third reading , but before - fore a vote could be taken upon It , Dale asked thatitbe recommitted to thecommit- tee of the whole for amordrnent. Pope , in committee of the whole , olr'ered at amendmeutto the bill reducing the rate to .5 per cent. The amendment provoked one o1 the liveliest debates of the session. Finally , on division , Senator l'ope's amendment - ment reducing the rate to 5 per cent prevailed - vailed , and the committee rose. A resolution - tion providing for the appointment of a committee of three to confer with a like committee from the house with reference tea a temporary adjournment of the legislature was read and passed. The lieutenant governor - ernor appointed as such committee Rath- bun , Teift and Sprecher. The senate then adjourned. JIOUSE.-III the house on the 1st seventeen bills were favorably reported by standing committees and the reports adopted , while sixteen were indefinitely postponed. The house in the afternoon went brio committee - tee of the whole , with Cole In the chair. The first m = asure was the senate's amendments - ments to house roll No. 1 , Lamborn's bill to authorize counties to issue bonds for the purchase of seed wheat. Barry opposed consideration of the measure at thin time , and the house took up house roll No. 40 , Wait's dog tax bill. Ono of the provisions is that no man shall keep more than one dog , but the act applies only to Incorporated - porated villages. The house then rose and reported the bill for passage. Again the senate's amendments to Lamborn's bill , house roll No. 1 , came up on special order. The amendment was h st , yeas 24 , nays 65 The bill was then put upon its passage and carried , the house concurring in all the sen- ate's amendments , by a vote of 72 to 8. Barry - ry explained his vote by saying that while the bill , as amended , would not benefit his people , he would vote for it in behalf of other counties which it would benefit. Under the head of repo is of standing committees - mittees , house roll No , 220 was unfavorably reported by the committee on schools , and the report was adopted. House roll No. 189 was favorably reported , as was No. 174. The committee on public schools reported favorably - ably house roll No. 283 , and the report was adopted. Howard's bill , house roll No. 173 , was reported for Indefinite postponement , and report adopted. Burns of Dodge's sugar bill , house roll No. 67 , was favorably reported - ed by the committee on manufacturing and comm + rce , but Howard moved that it be indefinitely - definitely postponed. This was voted down and the report of the committee adopted. House roll \o. 54 , favorably reported by the committee on judiciary , was adopted. house roll No. 78 was reported favorably by the same committee , but Ifairgrove , one of the members of the committee , entered a protest and the bill was recommitted to general - eral file. SENATE.-The senate transacted but little business on the 2d during the less than two hours that it remained in session. Several important committee meetings had been set for 10 o'clock , and but few senators were at their desks duaring the brief session. Nearly an hour was consumed with the reading of Frieay's journal. The committee - tee on counties and county boards reported favorably on Watson's bill a lowing county commissioners$3 per day for their services , but providing that in counties of less than 70,00 population the commissioners shall not i receive pay for more than forty days in any one year. The committee on municipal affairs presented a favorable report on Hot- brook's billcreating a board of park comm is- sioners to be appointed by the judges of the judicial district. In cities having more than 5tn0 and less than 2 ,090 inhabitants ; also upon Holbrook's bill empowering cities of the same class to purchase ground for parks and to issue bonds for their improvements. Among the new bills introduced yesterday was ope by Rouse of Hall , house roll 43. , which provides that the state auditor , secretary - retary of state and state treasurer shall cumpriso a printing board , with power tea a point a supervisor of public printing , who shall be a practical printer. tioust.-In the house on the 2d , on the call for bills on third reading , the following measures were acted upon : House roll 7 , by Sutton of Douglas , providing for a submission - sion of the question of the discontinuance of township organization by a vote of the electors othe county ; house roll 2i3 , by Pohlman , providing for a military boarder f or the state militia , consisting of the adjutant - tant general , Lrigadier general , two colonels - onels , judge advocate general , ranki g0111- cer of the artillery and ranking officers of the cavalry , commissioned as such by the commander-In-chtief. assed. Amont the i new bills that have been introduced is one by Merrick of Gage , house roll 434 , making n appropriation of S50OJJ for additional buildings to the Nebraska Institute for Feeble Minded at Beatrice. This makes the sixtieth measure for building appropriations - tions forstate Institutions note ending in the house , asking for all and in- coin still to hear from. Brockmann's bill , house roll 453 , provides that in cities of 1i0 ; 10) people or over all applications for liquor p licenses shall be published in ( laity papers having a circulation of 5,0 0 and over. Wait of Utoe introduced a resolution that time form of contract for public printing recommended - mended by the committee on printing be transferred to the secretary of state , and that he be authorized to adopt it. On suspension - pension of th. rules , the resolution was adopted. The house adjourned until 2 p. m. donday. Insurance Competition. A bill which in its title recites that it Is ntended to make impossible agreements between - tween insurance companies to prevent free competition , hasbeenintroducedin thesen- p ate by Watson. This bill provides that every - ery companydoing a fire insurance business ti a the state shall enter into an agreement , u and give a bond for its faithful pert rm- ance , that theyMsill not enter into a combi- nationn which will prevent open and free ompetition by fixing ascale of rates. This agreement and bond is to be filed wit' the t state auditor. The ureties on the bond are d required to be residents of the state of Ne- braska. When the auditor finds that a corn- any has violated the agreement by enterf ng into a cotiibination , he is m equired to roceed upon the bond to recover the pertt pity , which Is filed at a fine of .509 for each 7 oifonse. Agents of any company who are t onvicted of violation of the law are liable to a fine of from $ iW to 5i 0. a . Text of Mr. Lamborn's Seed Bill. House roll 1 , introduced by Mr. Lamborn of Rod Willow , and amended by the senate , which has gone to the governor for his signature - nature , Is as follows. Abill for an act to authorize county boards to issue the bonds of their respective counties - ties for the purpose of procuring seed and feed for the teams used in cultivating the land on which the seed is planted ; to provide - vide for the sale of the same , anti to punish the violation of the provisions of this act. Be it enacted by time legislature of the state of Nebraska : r ection 1. That the county board of any county of thisstatoshall have theauthority to Issue t he bonds of such county , to any amount not to exceed 5 per cent of the asses - ses eI valuation of the county , for the year 1894 , but not to exceed the sum of ,0O0 , for the purpose of raising money to procure seed to be planted aut sown during the year lSt5 , and feed for the teams used in planting anti sowing said seed ; provided a special election shall be called at which the question - tion of bonding the county shall i n submitted - ted to the people as provided herein. t Sec. 2 If the people of any county in the state of Nebraska suallbelt atlcstltute and depeiident condition on account of the failure - ure of crops from drouth or other causes over which they have no control , a petition setting forth the fact that the people of such county , or a large number of them , Cn account of failure of crops in said county are in a destitute and dependent condition , and stating the cause of the failure of crops and the amount of funds which will be required quired to supply such people with seed and feed , signed ny at least one-fifth of the resident - ident electors of such county , may be filed with the county clerk praying the county board to call a special election to vote on the question o ! Issuing bonds of the county to raise such funds. Whereupon said board shall call an election as prayed for in said petition , and the county clerk for such county shall give notice of such election by publication in the consecutive is ucs of one tr more weekly papers published and of general circulation in such county and by posting anotice at the polling place in each precinct , and if a maority of the votes legally cast at such election shall be in favor of issuing such bonds , then the county - ty board shall is-uo the bonds of the county payable in ten years with the option of the county to pay the whole or part thereof after the expiration of live years from date thereof with interest at 7 per cent per annum - num , which said interest shalt be payable annually. Sec. 3. if any county of this state shall issue Its bonds under this act the board of comnrlssloners , provided for in section 1 of article S of the constitution of the state of Nebraska , are hereby directed mutt it shall be their duty to investny partof the permanent - manent school funds available , tai said county bonds at their par value , if ell ered to them by the proper officers ; provided , however , that the olticers of the counties Issuing bonds under this act shatll negotiate .said bonds at the imlgimust obtainable price , not less than par value. Sec. 4. Tine county board shall invest the proceeds of said bonds , or so much thereof as may be necessary , in procuring seed and feed for time teams. as provided ht section 1 of this act , and shall sell the same to such persons only as arc engaged in agriculture at the uniform price to each and every per- chaser ; and shall take therefor such orm of security for the payment of such purchase - chase price as will , in their judgment , be just , anti best protect the intero ts of the county ; provieed that the whole of said purchase price shall be time and payable on or before the first day of Marcia , 18'96 , with Interest theron at the rate of 10 per cent per annum , until paid. Sec. 5. No party shall be permitted to purchase any of such feed or seed until he shall have first made and tiled with the county board an atlidavit showing that lie is actually engaged in farming ; that he has no seed or feed for his team , and is without means to purchase time same. or , if he has any , stating the quantity thereof , the number - ber of acres he owns or has rented , and the number of acres he intends to put In crops for the season , and that he will use said seed and feed for no outer purpose than tliat provided - vided for ha this act. He shall also furnish the atiidavits of two creditable residents o1 said county and of his neighborhood to the effect that he is a reputable citizen of said co nty , that they verily believe that the statements made in his affidavit are true ; and , upon such affidavit being made and filed , the same to be preserved in time office of the county clerk , the county board may sell to said party such amount of so e(1 or feed , or both , as it , thesaidhoard , shall de.m just and proper. Sec. 6. Any person , who alter having obtained - tained feed or seed as herein provided , shall transfer or in any manner dispose of such seed or feed otherwise than is contemplated be this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- t uemeanorand shall on conviction thereof be fined in any sum notexceeding100 or be imprisoned - prisoned in time county jail not exceeding threemonths. Sec. 7. It shall be lawful for the county board to designate some person to sell said bonds and , under their irection , to invest t the proceeds thereof in seed and feed and sell the same as provided for in this act , which said party so designated shall give bond for time faithful erformence of his duty , which bond shall not ho le s than double the par value of bonds to be negotiated - tiated , for the purchasing of seed 811(1 feed t and selling the same as herein provided , and 1 the person who shall sell said bonds and s purchase and sell said seed and feed shall t make a full exhibit and settlement with the county board on the 10th day of Jmine.189p. Sec. 8. If any person entrusted with selling - ing of said bonds or t lie procuring amid selling - ing of said seed and feed shall fail to account - count for and settle in full for the money , or shall convert any part thereof to his own , ; use lie shall be deemed guilty of embezzl - ment and upon conviction thereof shall he punished accordingly. t Sec O. The countyboard of any county m issuing bonds under the provisions of thus t act shall levy a tax for the payment of the interest on said bonds as it becomes due : s provided , that an additional amount shall t e Ievied and collected sufficient to pay the j : principal of said bonds at maturity ; provided - I vided further , that not more than 20 per cent of the principal of said bonds shall be levied and collected in any one year. Sec. 10. If any person shall swear falsely n the affidavits provided for in this act he shall he deemed guilty o1 perjury and shall upon conviction thereof be subjected to the t legal penalty. Sec. 11. t4hereas. an emergency exists , n this act shall be in full force and take effect I from and after its passage. Against Imitation Butter. The State Dairymen's association is delt aging the legislature with petitions asking for the passage of pending bills designed to further embarrass time manufacture of oleomargarine - omargarine and other imitation butter pro- ducts. These petitions are all in the same form and arc growing so numerous that they may yet give the senatean excuse for the appointment of a special custodian to take care of them. The bill in question was introduced in the house by representative Burch of Gage county , and in the senate by Sloan of Fill- more. The bill is iron-clad in its provisions and so adroitly worded that if strictly enforced - forced the sale and use of imitation butter will be next to impossible. The inanufac- turer is compelled to color his product so that it will bear no resemblance to butter. , Dealers are prohibited from selling any im- tation butter that bears any semblance to the real art cue. i ailroads are not ailowed , under severe penalties , to haul time imitatiun butter from ono porn in the state to another - other unless the same is plainly designated as imitation butter. Hotel keepers using imitation + utter an required to ] sang up a i card 10x14 Inches in size heaein the sign in plain letters an inch high , "imitation butter used here. " More than this the bill prow des that any s erson who asks far , sends for or inquires for imitati n buttercolored in semblance of the real article shalt be subject to a heavy fine. Landlords' Prior Lien. The bill of Senator Dressier , relating to the lien of a landlord which passed the senate - ate , created considerable discuslon in the committee of time wimole and its friends were as earnest in its defense as were its opponents - nents in their arguments against it. The c bill g yes to the landlord a lien for his rent m on all the crops raised on the ground rented t and in addition to this a lien on all of the ersonal property of the renter which is noc t exempt from execution under the exemp- . , n laws of this -tate , and which ha. been e sed upon time farm in raising the crops. i The opponents urged that the landlord already - ready had a sufficient security in his lien on the crop. They argued that if there were a + r failure of the crop the landlord should be r villing to bear his share of the ris1c and ur t en aP the failure from which the tenant dand and he both suffered. e That the landlord would lose the income a rom his property they contended was not s more grievous a misfortune than that the enant should lose time result of his labor. P 'he author of the measure pointed out that w he same law had been in force in Iowa for e many years and had ben found to be a just ndfafrlaw. t 1 Regulating Foreign Corporations. Eonatot'Popo has Introduced In the senate a bill which will , If It is enacted into a law , m compel foreign corporations doing business In this state to submit themselves to the jurisdiction of thin state courts instca leaving the the option of romovlig all 1 cases ito t116 federel courts on the ground that the corporation belongs in another ; i state. The bill first provides that to business In Nebraska a corporation front state or country must u r rfile another acqtimid settlement , as it were , in Nebraska file with the secretary of state its artleks as It t Is required of a domestic corporation. 9'het f there Is to besomu designated general agott , . who has authority to act for the eurpora- } tion and be sued or sue if necessary , just ay the principal might. f It also ] provides that any corporation sued or implicated in any of the courts of this d state or : try contract made or executed in this state or for any a t or omission , public ' or private , arlsing , originatltig or happen- m f' ' hng in this state , or in any action growing out of any of the transactions of such cori poration In this state whoshall remove such i cause from time state to the federal courts , oil the ground that such cornoratlon is a non-resident of this state , shall forfeit the permit to do business in the state. Withdrew Wilson's Name. f Lincoln dispatch : Governor Holcomb this afternoon sent to time senate a letter withdrawing the nomination of J. G. Wili on , m made some time ago , to be commandant of + ! the Soldiers' home at Grand Islan(1. The l nomination was referred to a committee of live , four republicans and one independent , / at the time it wa- sent in. Time committee reported yesterday. time majority recom- ' m ended that action he postponed until a time when It could .o to rand Island and ) Investigate the management of the present I commandant and report to the senate. 1 There was a minority report from the corn- i mittee which recommmended the con/rma- ( tiou of the nomination at once. The major- itv report tits adopted. \Vhemm the governor's letter , withdrawing the nomination , was read in executive session - sion , McKesson of Lancaster raised it pointp of order that time nondnation hind become time property of the senate and ] t was no longer in the power of the governor to withdraw - draw it. McKesson argued that if it came y as a request then the spate might properly consider It , but as it was a withdrawal without - 3 out reference to what thosenate's rights ' might be , he did not believe it was properto consider The Ileutenmant-govern- o r said he himself was not clear as to what p i should Le done and the executive session I was closed without action on the commuui cation. Guarding Agalnst time Fraudulent. The form which the applicant for relief , from time state conmrnission is requested to 011 out and sign would seam to 1)o a , pretty effectualsafeguard against the danger of furnishing relief to unworthy applicants. The applicant is requested to state the number in hits family , what personal rprop- erty he owns , specifying time number of cattle - tle , horses , mules and hogs , the number of h acres of grain lie had in 1803 , specifying the corn , wheat , oats and barley as wellas time potatoes ; the number of bushels of each aised and the amount now on hand. Hu must make oa h that he Is , and has becn for six months prior to .January 1 , 1891 , a resident - dent of the comity wherein tune application is made , that he is without money or other means of securing time art cues applied for ; and that if seed is furnished him he will stay in the county , sow the seed and use every endeavor to raise a crop. In addition to this time blank provides for time oath of two freeholders oftime county that they have k known the appicumt for time period ofix months previous to January 1 , J89 , and that lie has been a bona tide resident of time musty for more than that length of time. The applicant must also receipt for all goads he gets and the receipt Is sent to thu state relief commission. P The Sugar Beet Bill. The clmampions of a sugar bounty have had considerable difficulty In agrceing upon a measure. So far there have been olpjec- tions to every proposition. The bills already Introduced provide for I cent per pound on sugar to be paid to the manufac- 1 turer. It is now generally conceded that some- Jung must be done to get this sugar proposition - i sition In motion. It will notdo for the present - ent chaotic condition to continue longer. It has practically been agreed , h at a new substitute shall be prepared. tTimis Timis proposes to give direct to time manufacturer - facturer % cent per pound for sugar. 1 t is provided , however , that any new factory i constructed after the passage of this act shall receive 1 cent per pound. This , the blends of time bounty believe , will ouer the necessary encouragement to existing fan ; tories and the requisite inducement for new factories to be established. It will require some effort to overcome time objections of certain members of the idea of voting a bounty dlrectto time manufacturer. It Is true that the sugar bounty cause is veaker at this time than it has ever been mefore during this session , and yet the only ate prophecy at this time will be today that he bounty will be placed on the statute book. A Railroad hill. Mr. Cramb of Jefferson has introduced a railroad bill. It provides that the attorney eneral , secretary of state , auiitor , treasurer - urer anal commissioner of public lauds and buildings shall constitute a state hoard of ransportation. Time board is authorized to npi.oint one clerk instead of threw as now , i vimo shall be a stenogm apher arid shall receive - ceive 51.800 per year and give hontl in the um of 10,0O0. Thus board has full authority o establish railroad rates and may rail pen the supreme court to enforce it : ml- rigs by mandamus proceedings. Publication of General Laws. Senator Cross has introduced a bill , senate file No. 20'J. providing that all general laws passed by this and succeeding sessions of He legislature shall be published once in mot to exceed two newspapers in each rornty. In counties o1 less thaim + , ODI pop11- ation time publication shall be in but one paper , and laws applicable to cities : um(1 pecihc localities shall only lie published in + counties where such laws apply. The imnvs , are to be published within twenty days after he copy is furnished by the secretary et state , and time state is o pay the price of I cent per line therefor. WEAVER ISSUES A CALL. ? The Polallst Greenback Advocate Wants time 1'eopto to Ithe. DENVER , Col. , u Feb. 1.-The Rocky Mountain News to-day publishes the following dispatch from General J. B. Weaver : I COuNCII.BLVFFS , Iowa , Jan. 30. Time president has defiantly ignored silver and reiterated Imis purpose to force upon the people the single gold standard and has called for the destruction - struction of the greenbacks and the ssuc of gold bonds and pleads with congress to enlarge the powers of the national banks. Now let the people u all sections of the country unite in opposition to the heartless scheme , anti meet , like men , time issue pre- ented , There can be no furtimer excuse for division among the people. J. B. WEAVEn. HARRIS ON PACIFIC ROADS. the Innsas Congressman Opposes limo i S Refunding L11I. WASHINGTON , Feb. 1.-Speaker Crisp ailed the house to order to-day and any minor bills were passed The house went into committee of he whole and resumed the consid- ration of the Pacific railroad fund- ng bill , and Mr. Harris of y Kansas completed the bitter emarks against the bill and the sil- oad magnates which he began yes- erday. His plea was that the prop- rty of the roads should be foreclosed nd sold and that the government hould enforce its claim. By the ex- enditure of $40,000,000 the govern- ent could acquire the roads and then nther lease 4 i by or directly operate hem. > ( 1