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Gossip from the State Capita Legislative and Otherwise
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The antl freo pass bill agreed upon
by the sub committee comprising
Senators Gould of Greeley and Gib
son of Douglas and Representative
Marsh of Seward and Representative
Knowles of Dodge follows closely the
national act on the same subject and
the bill introduced In the senate by
King of Polk It goes a little further
and provides that attorneys employed
by railroads shall not be entitled to
passes unless they are actually em
ployed and receive a salary of 500
a year The sub committee has
agreed upon the following bill to re
port to the joint committee
Section 1 No railroad corporation
owning or operating any line or
lines of railroad in the state of Ne
braska or any officer or agent of any
such railroad corporation shall issue
or give any free ticket free pass or
free transportation for jpassengers
except to Its bona fide employes and
their families its officers surgeons
who are annually employed attorneys
who are actually employed and re
ceiving a salary of riot less than 500
per year minioters of religion trav
eling secretaries of Young Mens
Christian associations inmates of
hospitals and charitable and elemosy
nary Institutions and persons exclu
sively engaged In charitable and ele
mosynary work to indigent destitute
and homeless persons and to such
persons when transported by charita
ble societies or hospitals and the
necessary agents employed In such
transportation to inmates of na
tional homes or state homes for dis
abled volunteer soldiers and of sol
diers and sailors homes including
those about to enter and those re
turning from such institutions to
necessary care takers of live stock
poultry and fruit to employes on
sleeping cars express and baggage
cars and to linemen of telegraph and
telephone companies to railway mail
employes to newsboys on trains
baggage agents persons injured in
wreck and physicians and nurses at
tending such persons
Provided further that the provis
ions of this act shall not be con
strued to prohibit the interchange of
passes for the officers and bona fide
employes and their families of other
railroad companies nor to prohibit
any railroad corporation from carry
ing passengers free with the object
of providing relief in cases of gen
eral epidemic pestilence or calami
tous visitation
Sec 2 Any railroad corporation
violating any of the provisions of this
act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and for each offense or conviction
hereof shall pay a fine of not less
than 100 and not more than 1000
Senator Hoidbrook will this week
Introduce a bill into the senate to es
tablish a state fire commission sim
ilar in function to the fire marshals of
some of the eastern states It is said
to be backed by a number of fire in
surance companies The -bill makes
the governor fire commissioner and
allows him a chief deputy and two as
sistant deputies The chief must re
side in Lincoln and is to receive a
salary of 2000 ayear The assist
ants are to receive salaries ofl500
each
In accordance with the recommenda
tions of the state bar association Rep
resentative Tucker submitted a joint
resolution for an amendment to the
Constitution to reorganize the state
gtipreme court The bill provides for
ja supreme court of seven members
jone of whom is to be a chief justice
Instead of the senior member of the
pourt serving as chief justice he is to
jbe elected for the full term of twelve
tyears Each of the judges is to serve
the same length of time
A reciprocal demurrage in the opin
ion of Senator Holbrook of Dodge
Jdounty would do away with the pres
enh objections to demurrage charges
against shippers and in -accordance
with his opinion he has introduced aj
Dill applying the reciprocity theory to
Jthe unloading of freight cars The bill
allows a shipper forty eight hours ini
which to unload each car consigned to
him and provides that if the unloading
is accomplished in less time the
unused time shall be credited to him
to offset delinquency in future unload
ings
The state board of educational
lands and funds has authorized the
purchase of another block of 10000
of bonds of the state of Mississippi
to net the state of Nebraska 375 per
cent interest
The house finance committee has
agreed to recommend an- appropria
tion of 75000 for the state board of
agriculture if the money is to be ex
pended at the discretion of the
board
There is disposition to have made
ready the appropriation bill so it can
be discussed intelligently and not be
rushed through at the last minute
when all is excitement thus allowing
boards superintendents of institu
tions and others to drag money out
of the state treasury with impunity
Indications are that every request
will be investigated thoroughly and
if the money is actually needed it
probably will be appropriated but if
not the legislators doubtless will use
the pruning knife freely and effectu
ally
The joint committee on railroads
had a busy time with their -work
The committee met sooner than was
expected and succeeded in agree
ing on a two cent fare bill to be in
troduced in the house by Harrison of
Otoe and made some changes in the
rcJlway commission bill and heard the
argument of railroad attorneys and
managers against a reciprocal demur-
rage bill
The two cent fare bill will merely
change the word three in the pres
ent statute to two cents and pro
vide that half fare tickets shall be
given to children under 12 years of
age the latter being a rule now in
force on most of the railroads in Ne
braska The bill will be introduced
as a committee bill by Harrison of
Otoe chairman of the house railroad
committee
When it came to the committee
bill conferring power upon the rail
way commission the joint committee
succeeded in going through only
about six sections of the proposed
bill The Aldrich bill has been fol
lowed in many particulars The joint
committee decided to give the com
mission a lump sum of 6000 a year
for clerk hire instead of giving 2500
for one secretary and 1200 each for
two clerks It was also decided that
instead of compelling the commission
to inspect all railway bridges in the
state twice each year this duty is
made merely optional
The following provision is from
Representative Cones bill affecting
weights It shall be unlawful for any
person firm or corporation owning
within the state goods or merchandise
in original unbroken packages lo
cated within this state to offer for
sale any such original unbroken pack
age unless such package shall have
plainly printed or stamped thereon in
the English language the full net
weight or volume contained therein
Provided that the natural shrinkage in
the course of handling such goods to
the amount of 5 per cent of the net
weight or volume thereon shall be ex
empt from the provisions of this act
The claims committee of the house
met at the Lindell hotel Claims and
deficiencies have been filed that at
present do not aggregate as much as
uiual Of the claims so far handed to
the committee there is the one by En
gineer U G Sawyer for 750 for in
juries received while a public employe
the old claim of Mrs Mary M Hoxie
for 233333 for salary as matron of
the Kearney industrial school by J
H Mickey for 19183 for railroad fare
paid while governor for 1750 by the
estate of John F Cornell for expense
incurred when his office was investi
gated while he was state auditor
Members of the legislative commit
tee which Inspected the Soldiers
home at Grand Island entertain dif
ferences of opinion regarding the ap
propriation which this institution
should have The commandant hac
Tecommended that 75000 be appro
priated for permanent improvements
and some members of the commitcee
believe such a large sum is unnecesA
sary inasmuch as the maximum of
the number of old soldiers who will
become members of tne home ia
reached
As a compromise between conflict
ing interests on the compulsory edu
cation bill which he introduced into
the senate early in the session Sen
ator Thomas has a new measure which
he may offer as a substitute for S P
50 The new measure is not radically
different from the old one but it is
not quite so rigorous It provides that
every child between 7 and 15 shall be
required to go to school not less than
two thirds of the entire school year in
his district or in any case not less
thantwelve weeks during the year
The house indefinitely postponed the
bill by Raper which abolished the pres
ent optional death penalty The bill
was recommended for passage on the
previous day without discussion and
some of the members said they were
not aware of the scope of the bill at
the time Carlin of Rock moved to re
consider and after a long debate the
bill was killed The house killed th
bill by B W Brown of Lancaster pro
viding that judges of the supreme dis
trict andj county courts are ineligible
to election to office save judicial posi
tions
Before a packed gallery and a crowd
ed lobby the senate laid the county op
tion bill to rest by the decisive vote of
twenty to eleven
Though not much has yet been
done in the legislature the majority
say all party pledges will be fulfilled
before the close of the session
The house got busy on the 5th and
passed eighteen bills Most of them
however were of local interest
The house passed Mr Cones bill
providing that railroads shall not em
ploy boys under 21 years of age as
night telegraph operators or tower
men Author of the measure declared
that he believed many wrecks are
caused because young and inex
perienced men help in handling trains
A bill to be forthcoming will revise
present methods at the South Omaha
stock yards Fusion members are be
hind the measure fortified by stock
raisers of the western section of the
state
BUYING A WAGONirtoZrLLniTFn siirrnn rn i s nninir
How Mr Brown sGat the
Worst of Two Bar-
gans
TRIED MAILORDER METHODS
Thought He Was Saving Money But
Will Not Try the Same Thing a
Second Time Buying at
Home Pays
copyrighted 1906 by Alfred G Clark
Mr Brown a farmer living in
Boone county Mo decided to buy a
spring wagon The next time he was
in town he went to the local dealer
to see what he had in stock One
wagon that suited him was offered to
him at 75 He thought he would
take it but before ordering he looked
over a mall order vehicle catalogue
Here ho saw described a wagon which
as far as description went was the
same as the one he saw in the deal
ers store room In fact the descrip
tion was written in such a convinc
ing manner and all of the good points
of the mail order vehicle were brought
out so thoroughly that it appeared to
-be superior to the other one And the
price was only 6745 Mr Brown
thought of the saving of 755 which
represented several days of hard work
The more he thought about it the
more he wanted to save that amount
and in the end the Chicago maiL or
der concern got his check
When the wagon finally arrived
with a freight bill of 450 he rode to
town with his son and spent half a
day putting it together He had to
buy a screw driver and some oil and
sand paper and a few bolts to replace
some that had been lost in shipment
-0 -v w u 1 l i H b V w I I w 1 l I m lU U III - a
capita of wealth and dwarfing local
business only to enrich a concern al
ready rich enough to buy several
counties An extra thousand dollars
In any community will mean during
the year many thousands of dollars in
business transacted and Increased in
come for practically every one In tho
community Often the amount sent
to the mail order houses is more than
enough to turn the balance the other
way and business depression exists
where prosperity would prevail under
normal conditions Even If the coun
try purchaser was able to save a snug
sum by ordering his supplies from a
mall order house the loss to the com
munity would be greater than the gain
for himself It is needless to point
out that as the amount of the mail or
der business from any community in
creases the amount of Iqss to the com
munity also increases until it is only
a question of time until the individual
loss caused by the general depression
of business will exceed the individual
saving
In fact if everyone in the commun
ity bought from the mail order houses
local markets would disappear and
the farmer would be compelled to sell
as well as buy from the catalogue
concerns The rural districts would
be devoid of business activity while
the wealth of the country would be
centered in one or two points Buy
ing by mail may be attractive but the
most pronounced mail order fiend
must look with apprehension on any
condition whereby he would be com
pelled to depned on the mail ordei
man for a market for his products
But the idea of saving on individual
purchases is to a great extent a
fallacy In spite of his boasted ability
to buy in large quantities he is not
able to buy for much less than the
country merchant Competition in all
manufactured products is too keen foi
Like the terrible devihfish the catalogue house is death to everything
that gets within its grasp Once its death dealing tentacles have wound
around your community there Is no escape Are you assisting the greedy
monster by sending your dollar to the mall order house
All of these cost him 75 cents He
was not experienced at putting spring
wagons together and he didnt do a
very good job of it for one of the
seats refused to sit in the right place
and he had to get a local blacksmith
to help him fix it This cost him
another half dollar and delayed him
so much that he and the boy had to
go to the hotel for their dinners an
additional expense of 70 cents So
before he got his team hitched to the
wagon It cost him 7390 allowing him
a saving of 110 which was very
stingy pay for the time he had lost
Of the amount he spent for the wagon
only 195 remained in Boone county
The railroads and the mail order
house got the rest of it
In the meantime his neighbor Mr
Jones bought the 75 wagon from the
local dealer who made a profit of
lfr on the sale As the vehicle was
already assembled and there wereno
extra parts or tools to buy the amount
paid for the wagon represented all of
the cost to Mr Jones The dealer
spent the 16 profit for a new sign on
his building the sign painter hired a
carpenter to repair the roof on his
house the carpenter paid his bill at
the butchers and the butcher bought
a hog from Mr Jones And so the
16 kept going in the county until a
farmer with the mail order habit got
hold of it He sent it to Chicago and
it never came back
But this wasnt the last of the two
purchases A few weeks after the
two wagons wore bought Mr Browns
boy and Mr Jones boy driving the
new vehicles met on the country road
j They drove too close to each other
and a smash up resulted The weak
est part of each wagon gave way an
axle on the mail order product was
broken and a doubletree on the other
was smashed Both breaks were plain
ly because of defective construction
Mr Jones took his broken doubletree
to town the next day and the dealer
gave him a new one - Mr Brown at
tempted to explain to the Chicago firm
that the axle would not have broken
if it had not been defective and
coupled this explanation with a re
quest for a new part but after several
weeks of correspondence with the
piece as far away as at the begin
ning he gave it up and bought the
axle himself This experience told
Mr Brown why he should trade with
home merchants instead of patroniz
ing the mail order houses
In Boone county and in every other
county there are many who send thou
sands of dollars out of the county
ivery year without ever considering
that And the small saving he is able
to make by large purchases is more
than offset by his larger expenses
These expenses must come out of the
purchaser so the mail order man is
compelled to make a larger profit that
the local dealer It costs him more tc
market his goods He must maintain
a large and expensive office force and
lie must advertise As an example
of what the mail order man expects
to make out of his customers a Iettei
written by a prominent mail ordei
man might be quoted Writing to s
magazine he said Advertising ic
your publication cost us 17 cents ai
inquiry and we made sales at a cosi
of only 56 cents each for advertising
This is about half of our regular cost
This man was selling A complete out
fit of clothes for 995 He was will
ing to pay a dollar for each sale the
advertising brought him Ask youi
local dealer how long he could kee
the sheriff away from his doors if he
took a dollar out of every ten dollai
sale
You cant buy the same class oj
goods any cheaper from the catalogue
houses than from the local dealer
though one may think he can aftei
reading the catalogues The differ
ence comes in the quality of the goods
There is a particular class of goods
known as mall order goods This
trade term is applied to cheap bui
showy goods and novelties which car
be sold at a large profit It means
much the same thing as street fakii
goods and as is the case with street
fakir goods mail order goods are noi
handled by the regular jobbers and
wholesalers They cannot afford to
handle them because their customers
want better merchandise The street
fakir duplicates in appearance the
jewelry carried by a first class jew
elry house and makes large profits
The catalogue merchant does the
same thing but does It on a larger
scale and much more cleverly
To Domesticate a Cat
It is said that an unfailing remedy
for a cat that will not accustom itself
to a new home is to grease its feet
thoroughly with butter and put it
down the cellar When it has licked
its feet clean it will be thoroughly
domiciled and will cause no further
trouble by running away
Marriage Days in Italy
In Italy Sunday is usually selected
for the marriage of those persons who
have never been married before
Widows however in accordance with
an old custom usually choose Satur
day
BESSIE NEWTON 8HOT ON EVE OF
INTENDED WEDDING
Tho Benefactions of Count Creighton
Who Recently Died In Omaha
Other Matters Here and There
Ponca Crazed by a rejection of hia
offer of marriage after courtship ox
tending over 5 years and tho fact that
nis old sweetheart would marry Ed
ODonnell Frank Frink shot and in
stantly killed Bessie Newton and a
short time later attempted suicide In
flicting a severe bullet wound in tho
head from which he will probably die
For the past five years Frink and
Miss Newton had been sweethearts A
short time ago she gave a final refusal
to his offer of marriage and centered
her affections on Ed ODonnell Her
wedding to ODonnell was schedule
to occur at once When the news camo
to the ears of Frink of the approaching
ceremony he finding the girls father
down town and knowing that she was
at home alone secured a revolver and
went to the house When she came to
the door he lifted the gun and shot
her through the heart She fell dead
at his feet Returning to town he se
cured more cartridges for his gun and
went Into an alley where he shot him
self through the head He failed to in
flict a mortal wound and reeling waa
able to walk half a block before ho
fell He was taken to the hospital and
while upon the operating table the
bullet which he Intended should end
his life fell from his nostril
Gifts of Count Creighton
The benefactions of Count Creigh
ton who recently died in Omaha in
clude these
To completing of St Josephs
hospital started by his
wife 250000
Convent to the Sisters of Poor
Clare 50000
J A Creighton Medical col
lege 40000
Creighton block 15th and
Douglas streets to Creigh
ton University 125000
Arlington block Dodge street
between 15th and 16th
streets to Creighton univer
sity - 750Q9
Edward Creighton Institute
and College of Law 60000
Byrne Hammer building to
Creighton university 300000
John Deere Plow company
building to Creighton uni
versity 10000
Warehouse lot on Jones street
to Creighton university 5000
Other benefactions 1000000
Total 2005000
Hunt for Dead Mans Gold
Norfolk William Boche one of
the original members of the German
colony from Wisconsin who laid out
this city in 1866 died a few days ago
and carried with him to his grave the
secret of a hiding place in which he
stored a quantity of gold some of
his family believe it to have been
2000 and some believe it to have
been much more
His widow and children are now
searching for the hidden treasure Mr
Boche never trusted the banks When
he made a sale of real estate he had
the currency changed into gold and
hid it somewhere nobody knows
where
He told his wife a couple of weeks
before he died that he intended to tell
her before his life ended where the
money could be found He walked out
of doors on a warm afternoon and re
turned to be stricken
Disease in Cream and Pork
Norfolk Dr C A McKlm Nebraska
state veterinarian is anxious for a
bill to be passed in this state providing
local inspection of meat and dairy pro
ducts because of the increase of tuber
culosis among hogs and also humans
He says drinking tuberculosis milk
produces tuberculosis of the lungs A
tubercular cow in this neighborhood
was recently killed the herd has
probably been infected milk from
that herd goes to Omaha to be made
into butter
The scientists are trying to learn
why hogs are getting the disease so
fast whether from drinking separated
milk or following tubercular cattle
Egg Business Big at Seward
Seward The Burlington has agreed
to build a spur for J G Baeschlin the
egg and poultry buyer so that he may
ship the eggs and poultry bought at
Seward by John Fleener to the mar
kets with less trouble than heretofore
It is the purpose of Mr Baeschlin to
build an egg and poultry house that
will take care of his business in the
future Last year he shipped sixty
seven carloads of eggs and fcfty two
carloads of poultry from Seward Dur
ing the last year his monthly purchas
es amounted to an average of 10000
or 120000 a year
Nonagenarjan Who Saws Wood
Fremont Harlow Goff who lives
just north of the city on Broad street
is one of the oldest and probably the
moBt active man of his years in
this part of the state He is 93 years
old but is out around his premises
every day and is sawing and splitting
his supply of wood as usual He is
able to attend to his business affairs
and bids fair to reach the century
mark He says he works every day
from choice and because he enjoys it
For Indeterminate Sentences
The house has passed a bill which
will if it becomes at law make a
sweeping change in the regulation of
the penitentiary and is along the line
with the new idea that the law should
reform rather than punish persons
guilty of crime It takes the length of
term which a convicted criminal shall
serve out of the hands of the judge
who sentences him and put it in the
hands of a prison board which con
sists of the state board of charities and
corrections with the governor and
warden of the penitentiary
WORK8 IN THE GARDEN
Elghty 8ven Years Old But Hat a
Sound Back
Robert Scollan 87 years old of 58
Garden St Senoca Falls N Y a fine
sturdy old gentle
man who works
In his own gar
den gives thanks
to Doans Kidney
Fills for his sound
back and kidneys
Mrs Goetchlous
his daughter
says Father
had a severe at
tack of kidney trouble and lumbago
which caused him much suffering Ho
began taking Doans Kidney P1H3 and
was soon cured We always keep
them on hand My husband was cured
pf bad pains in the back by taking
only part of a box
Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box
Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Expensive City to Live In
High prices continue to rule in Daw
son City which Is probably tho most
expensive town In the world It 13 a
thriving place with a population of
over 8000 with warehouses churches
banks electric lights wholesale and
retail stores and two up-to-date news
papers The newspapers themselves
are worthy of consideration in the
light of expense for they cost 25 cents
a copy At this time of the year three
eggs ordered in a restaurant cost
150 while a caribou steak coats one
dollar Beer Is worth one dollar a bot
tle and champagne 1050 a quart
MIX THIS AT HOME
Valuable Prescription Which Anyone
Can Easily Prepare
The following simple home made
mixture Is said to readily relieve and
overcome any form of Rheumatism by
forcing the Kidneys to filter from tho
blood and system all the uric acid and
poisonous waste matter relieving at
once such symptoms as backache
weak kidneys and bladder and blood
diseases
Try it as it doesnt cost much to
make and is said to be absolutely
harmless to the stomach
Get the following harmless ingredi
ents from any good pharmacy Fluid
Extract Dandelion one half ounce
Compound Kargon one ounce Com
pound Syrup of Sarsaparllla three
ounces Mix by shaking well in a bot
tle and take a teaspoonful after each
meal and again at bedtime
This simple mixture is said to give
prompt relief and there are very few
cases of Rheumatism and Kidney
troubles it will fail to cure perma
nently
These are all harmless every day
drugs and your druggist should keep
them In the prescription department
if not have him order them from the
wholesale drug houses for you rather
than fall to use this if you are af
flicted
WHEN HIS BABY WAS DYING
The Milkman Was Late That Day but
None Complained
A few days ago people on Llnwood
boulevard who patronize a certain
milkman missed his familiar before
breakfast ring says the Kansas City
Star It was late in the morning when
he finally made the rounds And the
women scolded
Ill have to take milk from some
body else one irate housewife snap
ped
All right madam he said softly
Something in his voice made her
pause
What made you late she demand
ed still angry
A tear wavered on the milkmans
eye and trickled slowly down his
cheek
When when I left home he be
gan
He paused and gulped at something
in his throat
When I left he said my baby
was dying I knew someone would
be angry with me If I didnt come
so I
He could say nothing more The
woman said gently
Im sorry
Next day the milkman failed to ap
pear The second day he was around
very early
We burled her yesterday was his
explanation
No one chided him They under
stood His baby was dead
GUIDES CHILDREN
Experience and a Mothers Love Make
Advice Valuable
An His mother writes about feeding
children
If mothers would use Grape Nuts
more for their little ones there would
be less need for medicines and fewer
doctor bills
If those suffering from indigestion
and stomach troubles would live on
Grape Nuts toast and good milk for a
short period they would experience
more than they otherwise would be
lieve
Our children have all learned to
know the benefit of Grape Xuts as an
appetizing strengthening food It is
every evening with few variations
like this Mamma lets have toast and
Grape Nuts for breakfast or lets have
eggs and Grape Nuts never forget
ting the latter
One of our boys in school and 15
years of age repeatedly tells me his
mind is so much brighter after having
Grape Nuts as a part if not all his
breakfast Name given by Postum
co Battle Creek Mich Read the lit
tle book The Road to Wellville i
pkgs Theres a Reason j
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