Rill GETS SOME HELP
Sevanty Pive Thousand to Be Expended
at the Normal School
OTHER DOINGS IN BOTH HOUSES
Measures Now Finally Acted Upon From
Day to pmCommitteos Behind with
Their Work Miscellaneous Matters In
Both Branches
HOUSS The house on the 1st
passed a bill to provide an appropria
te of 76080 for constructing a li
brary and gymnasium building for
the normal school at Peru The meas
ure yvas introduced by Representative
Armstrong was favorably reported by
the committee on normal schools and
recommended for passage py the com
mittee of the whole house Repre
sentative Swansons bill authorizing
tHe state treasurer to transfer the
slaking fund of the state to the gen
eral fund was also passed Reports
of committees were received and on
recommendation house roils 157 159
and 168 by Evans relating to the is
Biianco of irrigation bonds house roll
9 by Hathorn fixing a penalty for il
legal registration and voting and
bouse roll 177 by Lane to create a
state board of charities were placed
on the general file was recommended
for passage Under the order of third
reading of bills house rolls 204 by
Srranson and 111 by Armstrong be
ing the two measures above mention
ed were passed without any negative
votes Among bills introduced was
3tio to protect the public health to
prevent tie spread of contagious and
infectious diseases and to this end
conferring sanitary authority on the
8ate Board of Health providing state
boards of health for counties to act
where the authority of municipal
boards does not reach providing for
af state health inspector to authorize
the establishment relaxation and sus
pensipn of quarantine to make an ap
propriation of 10000 for salaries and
expenses fixing penalties for the vio
lation of the terms of the act and to
provide for prosecutions under this
act Fixes the salary of state inspec
tor at 2500 per year The senator
ial vote resulted as follows Allen 44
Berge 2 Crounse 5 Currle 20 Hai
ner i Harlan 1 Harrington 3
Hitchcock 18 Hinshaw 13 Kinkaid
4 Meikiejohn 23 Morlan 1 Mar
tin 10 Mereditn 24 Rosewater 17
Bmith C J 2 Sutherland 2 Thomp
son D B 31 Thompson W H 7
Tan Dusen 1 Adjourned until Tues
day
HOUSE House roll 53 by Fowler
authorizing county treasurers to sign
and acknowledge titles to land sold
for taxes was considered in the house
oh the 31st without definite resmt a
number of normal school bills were
considered Finally the last one of the
four was taken up and after several
amendments were made was recom
mended for passage In its amended
fjirm it provides for an appropriation
fltf 1006D9 for two normal schools
otoe to be in the Fifth congressional
district and the other in the bixth dis
trict the exact location to be determ
ined by the state normal school board
1 hei measure was introduced by Brod
etick of Clay county and in its orig
inal form provided for an appropria
tion of only 50000 specifying that
the schools were to be located on op
posite sides of the Platte river Quite
d number of bills were read for first
time most of them of minor import
ance The senatorial vote resulted
Allesn 47 Berge 3 Broady 6
Grounse 7 Currie 20 Gilbert 1
Hainer 4 Harlan 1 Harrington 5
Hinshaw 13 Hitchcock 23 Kinkaid
4 Martin 9 Meikiejohn 28 Mere
dith 4 Morlan 1 Oldham 2 Rose
water 16 Smyth 1 Specher 1
Sutherland 1 Thompson D E 34
Thompson W BL 18 Von Forell 1
Van Dusen 1 Westover 1
HOTJSEr JThe following bills were
read at length for the thtrd time and
passed on roll call in the house on the
SUth House roil 61 by Brodenck to
place one half the proceeds of road
taxes at tne disposal of the several
road districts to be expended under
the supervision of road overseers
roll 38 by Fuller to provide for
mowing or otherwise destroying
weeds in the public roads house roll
11Y by Fowler for the submission of
a constitutional amendment providing
that constitutional amendments here
atter submitted need be published for
only thirty instead of nnety days
ana that a majority of the votes cast
ror and against such amendmems
snail be sufficient to adopt them Af
ter recess house roll 46 by Loomis
making the warden the official execu
tioner of the death penalty was
passed With the emergency clause by
a vote of 92 ayes to 1 nay Bills in
troduced included A bill for an act
providing for taxation of personalty
remaining in counties less than a
year and providing for violating the
same Relating to live stock and irri
gation items House roll No 278 by
Gnaries1 A Fowler A bill for an act
to amend section 1 of subdivision 4
and section 3 of sub division 6 of the
compiled statutes of Nebraska for
18tfa providing for the appointment of
teachers in public schools and to re
peal the said sections as now exist
ing No contract with teacher shaii
be void except on action of all mem
bars of district board no contract
with high school teachers shall be
void except on action of five of the
six members of board
HOUSE- In the house on the 29th
standing committees reported the fol
lowing bills for indefinite postpone
ment the report In each instance be
ing adopted House roll 47 relating
to the sale of land for taxes House
jrpl 48 same House roll 2 relating
to executions House roll 33 by Tefft
providing a penalty for kidnaping
The only -bill recommended for pas
sage was house roll 110 by Mullen of
Pouglas depriving one half of the
wages of laborers mechanics and
clerks who are heads of families of the
protection of the exemption laws
This is the bill that has been indorsed
by the Omaha Retail Grocers associa
tion The following bills were read
m
for the third time and passed House
rbll 89 by Warner requiring county
superintendents to hold examinations
during April and July of each year for
the examination of applicants for ad
mission to the State Normal school at
Peru and others that may be here
after established Yeas 80 nays none
House roll 81 By Hall appropriating
4200 to enable the governor to pur
chase and present medals to the Ne
braska volunteers of the Spanish
American war House roll 55 by Fow
ler exempting all township precinct
and school district offices from that
section of the corrupt practices act
which requires the filing of sworn
statements of nominating and election
expenses House roll 43 by Murray
reducing the rate of interest on state
warrants from 4 to 3 per cent House
roll 41 by Murray requiring county
commissioners to hold an extra ses
sion during January of each year to
pass on bonds of new officers Sen
atorial vote Allen 57 Ashby 2
broady 1 Crounse 7 Currie 20
Hainer 4 Harlan 1 Harrington 3
Hinshaw 13 Hitchcock 49 Kinkaid
Lindsay 1 Martin 6 Meikiejohn
28 Morlan 1 Oldham 1 itosewater
18 Sutherland 1 Thompson D B
36 Thompson W H 6 Van Dusen 1
HOUSE No business was transact
ed at the morning session of the house
on the 28th At the afternoon session
the house at once proceeded to the or
der of bills on third reading House
roll No 130 by Wenzel Appropriat
ing 5535 for the relief of Frederick
Ulrich was read for the third time
and passed by a vote of 72 yeas to 10
nays House roll No 49 by Ream A
concurrent resolution petitioning con
gress for the submission of a constitu
tional amendment was passed without
a negative vote with 88 votes in the
affirmative House roll No 19 by Mis
kell of Saline to provide for the de
struction of cockle burrs and sunflow
ers was debated at considerable
length The bill declares cockleburrs
and sunflowers a public nuisance and
makes it the duty of every owner of
land to destroy them between August
15 and September 1 of each year The
bill went over one day House roll
No 77 by Ollis Jr relating to pro
posed road alterations or vacations
was recommended for passage House
roll No 61 by Broderick providing
that in counties under township or
ganization one half of the road tax
shall constitute a township road fund
the other half to constitute a district
road fund to be expended by the road
overseer for certain specified purposes
was recommended for passage House
roll No 16 by Crockett authorizing
the state board of public lands and
buildings to construct a wagon bridge
across the Niobrara river between
Boyd and Holt counties and appro
priating 8000 therefor was recom
mended for indefinite postponement
HOUSE In the course of three
hours work the house on the 26th
passed one bill and placed seven more
on the general file to be taken up for
final reading and passage Monday The
bill that was put through was intro
duced by Murray and is known as
the anti cigarette bill It was gen
erally suposed that the bill passed the
house last week but it was discovered
today that tne measure was simply
recommendea for passage and placed
on the general file Under the head of
third reading the bill was brought up
in the house this morning and passed
by an overwhelming vote only three
members voting in the negative The
following bills were placed in the gen
eral file with the recommendation that
they be passed Authorizing the pur
chase of the old Western Normal col
lege building at Hawthorne a suburb
of Lincoln and providing for the es
tablishment of a state normal school
therein and appropriating 50000 there
for Providing for an appropriation of
75000 for the construction of a com
bined library chapel and gymnaisium
building for the State Normal school
at Peru Proving for the establish
ment of a state normal school at Cen
tral City and appropriating 60000
therefor Providing for the establish
ment of two state normal schools in
the western half of Nebraska to be
located on opposite siues of the Platte
river exact plrces to be determined
by a joint committee appointed by the
speaker of the house and the lieuten
ant governor and appropriating 50
000 for the construction and establish
ment The bill also requires the
schools to be located only where at
least fifteen acres are donated Mak
ing the warden of the state peniten
tiary the public executioner and re
lieving county sheriffs from the duty
of carrying out death penalties Fix
ing dates for periodical meetings of
county commissioners Requiring the
destruction of weeds on public high
ways by the owners of abutting prop
erty Chairman Whitmore submitted
the report of the committee on privi
leges and elections recommending that
Representatives Johnson and Hunt fu
sion members from Douglas county be
allowed to retain their seats The re
port was adopted without debate or
opposition in the roll call Speaker
Sears announced the appointment of
the following committee to investigate
charges against senatorial candidates
Wilkinson Hall Tweed Laflin Peis
iger The vote for senator resulted
Aline 45 Berge 4 Broady 2 Crounse
6 Currie 18 Jtiainer 4 Harlan 1 Har
rington 1 Hinshaw 10 Hitchcock 24
Kinkaid 2 Martin 6 Meikiejohn 29
Rosewater 15 Sutherland 1 Thomp
son D E 34 Thompson W H 26
Van Dusen 1
SENATE The senate was In ses
sion less than two hours on the 1st
an adjournment being taken after the
joint conference until next Tuesday
at 11 oclock The reason for adjourn
ing from Friday over until Tuesday is
for the purpose of giving the vari
ous committees an opportunity of ac
complishing some of the work which
has been accumulating because of
their inability to get together often
enough to keep the work up to date
The work of the senate proper is well
cleared up and the time can most
profitably be given to the committees
After roll call prayer and the dis
posal of a few bills up for second
reading the senate went into com
mittee of the whole for the purpose
of considering bills on general file
Several were recommended for pass
age xmong measures considered by
the committee was senate file 61 a
bill by Van Boskirk of Box Butte
the object of which is to protect live
stock from and prevent the spread
of infectious and contagious diseases
The bill provides that the governor J of Nebraska shall keep a record of
shall appoint a secretary who shall
be a competent veterinary surgeon
who shall be known as the state vet
erinarian and who shall receive 2
500 per annum and actual traveling
expenses incurred by him in the dis
charge of his duties and further pro
vides for the appointment of deputies
who shall receive 5 per day while
actually engaged The duties of these
officers are also set forth The com
mittee will sit again But one bill
was introduced The senate adjourn
ed until Tuesday
SENATE A flood of debate deluged
the senate on the 31st for an hour and
a half Martin Ransom Currie Mil
ler Oleson Lyman Harlan and
ONeill all expressed themselves on
the subject of repealing the state bar
bers law The measure was placed on
third reading and Senator Currie
moved that it be recommtted This
was done by a vote of 18 to 12 after
lengthy discussion Senate file No 39
empowering county boards to decide
whether or not county fairs shall be
held was recommended for passage
Senate files Nos 6 8 and 9 were also
recommended for passage in commit
tee of the whole They are curative
acts introduced by Senator Young
benate file No 13 another by Young
was tabled to be considered at some
future time It is an amendment to
the game laws of the state The extent
of the demand for a constitutional
convention was a subject on which
senators possessed a wide divergence
of opinions this morning Senator
Olesons bill to provide a method for
electors to express themselves at the
next general election for members of
the legislature was considered in com
mittee of the whole and indefinite
postponement recommended
SENATE On the 30th Senator
Renting introduced a measure mak
ing it unlawful for any railroad com
pany corporation or any oincer or
employe thereof to give any person
other than an officer or employe free
transportation over any line in the
state For violation of the act he sug
gests a fine of 500 for each offense
the money to go into the school fund
of the county where the suit was
brought It is also provided in the
same act on or before January 10
every company or corporation in the
state shall file a list of all persons
to whom free transportations has been
issued during the year together with
the nature of the office or employment
of such persons Violation of this
provision is to be made punishable by
a fine of 10000 for each offense A
bill to exempt farm taxation both
real and personal property of incorpo
rated posts or lodges of the Grand
Army Union Veterans Free Masons
Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias and
all other benevolent and charitable
organizations not operated for profit
was introduced by Senator Harlan It
is senate file No 200 and an emerg
ency clause is attached Senator
Paschal proposed an amendment to
the liquor laws making it illegal for
one person firm co partnership asr
sociation or corporation to operate
more than one saloon or have more
than one license at a time in any city
or village in the state It is senate
file 197 and has an emergency clause
attached a consdierable increase in
the fees to be charged by the clerk of
the supreme court is sought by Sen
ator Martin through senate file No
196 At the time of filing each civil
case the clerk may collect 50 In ad
dition a number of increases from 50
to 100 per cent are to be permitted in
fees charged for certain services An
emergency clause is attached
SENATE In the senate on the
29th Senator Meredith proposed sev
eral amendments to the liquor laws
oi the state He would have licenses
protect none but licensees and would
also provide against adulteration of
liquors His bill Is senate file No 192
The committee on enrolled and en
grossed bills reported that both house
roll No 88 and senate file No 14 had
been printed with all amendments
and found correct A motion was
adopted permitting Senator Johnson
to draw pay for full time He suc
ceded Hodges the latter being ousted
after being seated two weeks Hodges
was also empowered to draw pay for
the time he actually served together
with mileage The following were
placed on first reading A bill for an
act to amend sections 5 13 and 25 or
chapter 50 of the compiled stautes of
Nebraska of 1899 and to repeal said
original sections A bill for an act
to amend section 500 of the code of
civil procedure and to repeal said orig
inal section
SENATE Systematic control and
disposition of Nebraska land along the
Misouri river is the object of a bill
introduced in the senate on the 28th
by Senator Martin on request of Judge
Stull of Nemaha county It would
make it the duty of the treasurer of
each county along the river to keep a
record of all such lands and to report
the same to the state treasurer the
state and county official together to
lease the land and collect all rents
Senate file No 72 a measure by Sen
ator ONeill for the purpose of estab
lishing another soldiers and sailors
home was placed on general file on
recommendation of the committee on
military affairs The senate passed its
first bill with the exception of the
two appropriation bills and a few cur
ative measures It was Senator Van
Boskirks measure for protection of
cattlemen by providing for a registry
and exhibition of hides The clerk of
the house reported passage of house
roll 42 Murrays anti cigarette bill
and asked concurrence of the senate
in the same It was placed on first
reading in the senate Among bills in
troduced was a bill for an act to
amend sections 44 and 45 of chapter 34
of the compiled statutes of Nebraska
of 1899 entitled Guardians and
Wards and to repeal sections 44 and
45 and all acts and parts of acta in
consistent herewith as now existing
and making it the duty of the county
attorneys in their respective counties
to prosecute offenses against children
in certain cases
i i tji i ipn rtwr
The Senate on the 28th passed its
first bill- as follows
Section 1 Any person now en
gaged or who may hereafter engage in
the business of a butcher In the state
an Dranaea Deer animals ne may
slaughter giving age sex marks and
brands of whom purchased and date
of said purchase which record shall
at all times be open for public inspec
tion at his place of business
Sec 2 It shall be unlawful for any
person or persons who occasionally
slaughter cattle for beef to offer for
sale said beef without exhibiting the
hide or hides of such beef at the time
and place said beef is offered for sale
And it is provided further that the
Dranas on tne mae so exhibited must
not be changed mutilated or de
stroyed
Sec 3 All persons other than butch
ers who occasionally slaughter cattle
for beef for home consumpton shall
keep the hide or hides of such animals
so slaughtered for a period of not
less than three days subject to inspec
tion by any person or persons
Sec t All purchasers of hides
shall keep a record of all hides of
meat cattle purchased by them which
record shall state the name of names
of the person or persons from whom
purchased their place of residence
the date of purchase and all marks
and brands on said hides which shall
al all times be open for the inspection
of stock growers their agents and em
ployes Provided that the provision
of this section shall only apply to
branded hides
Sec 5 Any person who shall wil
fully violate the provisions of this act
or wilfully neglect or refuse to do any
act herein required shall be gu Ity of
a misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be punished by imprisonment in
the county jail for a period not exced
ing one year or pay a fine not exceed
ing 100
SENATE Immediately after the
senate had convened on the 26th the
clerk of the house was announced
who read a message from that body
stating that a committee of five had
been appointed by the speaker of the
house to investigate charges that cer
tain senatorial candidates were issu
ing railway passcb and in other ways
trying to influence members of the leg
islature to vote for them The com
mittee was instructed to summon per
sons or papers needed for evidence and
to ascertain if any members of the leg
islature had accepted such favors No
action was taken on the communica
tion at the time but just before ad
journment upon a motion by Martin
of Richardson a like committee was
appointed from the senate to confer
with the house committee The com
mittee on agriculuture reported sen
ate file 71 a bill relating to the death
of animals from disease with some
amendments for passage wnereupon
it was placed on general file Bills
reported upon favorably and placed on
general file were senate files 35 80
49 74 75 31 41 23 and 27 while 29
a curative act by Newell was recom
mended for indefinite postponement
A number of new bills were introduced
and a number were up for second read
ing A communication was received
from the State Board of Agriculture
recommending a change in the Van
Boskirk fish and game bill which
would prohibit the killing of quail in
Nebraska for a period of five years
The board also recommended that the
legislature take some action if possi
ble to prevent the spread of dsease
among animals resulting from eating
cornstalks
THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS
Folowing is the full text of house
roll 291 introduced by Representative
Evans of Lincoln county
Joint resolution of thanks to the
officers and men of the Nebraska vol
unteers in the war with Spain the
Philippines and in China
Resolved By the legislature of the
state of Nebraska that the thanks of
the state be and are hereby extended
to the officers and men of the First
Nebraska regiment United States
volunteers for their gallant conduct
on the field of battle their courage in
the presence of danger and their for
titude in the hardships of camp and
campaign
Resolved That we acknowledge
with gratitude and joy the debt the
state owes them by reason of the
honor conferred upon it by meir valor
while defending the principles of our
government and adding new glory to
tne flag We pledge the honor of the
state that to the living shall be ac
corded worthy distinction and to the
dead all that can be given the dead
a fitting memorial of their fame
Resolved That the state appre
ciates the patriotism of the officers
and men of the Second and Third Ne
braska regiments and company K
Third United States volunteer cavalry
who for love of country wichout hes
itation freely offered their services
performed every duty imposed upon
them cheerfully endured the hard
ships incident to a soldiers life until
dischaged from service because no
longer needed
Resolved That the officers and
men who enlisted in the service of
the United States to maintain the au
thority of our country in the Philip
pines and who have so nobly aided in
compelling due respect for our flag
abroad by making the lives and prop
erty of American citizens secure in
China the state of Nebraska most
heartily tenders its thanks
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
Senator Zeigler of Cedar county has
prepared a bill which has for its ob
ject the repeal of that section of the
road law which allows 75 per cent
of the land road tax to be paid in
labor the law being amended so that
the land tax will all be paid in cash
leaving taxpayers the privilege of
working out their poll tax only Un
der the present law the taxpayer is
allowed to work out his poll tax and
75 per cent of his land tax which
leaves the amountofroad tax paid in
cash so small that there is never
any money to sepak of In the road
fund
H M Bowers of Ruby Seward
county has been appointed deputy
warden of the penitentiary by the
Governor
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spares no class or nationality The cul
tured and the ignorant the aristocrat
and the pauper The masses and the
classes are alike subject to la grippe
None are exempt all are liable
Have you the grip Or rather has
the grip got you Grip is well named
The original French term la grippe
has been shortened by the busy Amer
ican to read grip Without intend
ing to do so a new word has been
coined that exactly describes the case
As if some hideous giant with awful
Grip had clutched us in its fatal clasp
Men women children whole towns
and cities are caught in the baneful
grip of a terrible monster
For Grip
Mrs Dr C D Powell President of
Epworth League also President of
Loyal Temperance Legion writes from
Chehalis Wash
1 have used several remedies in
cases of severe colds and la grippe but
none I consider of more value than
Peruna Mrs Dr C D Powell
Alter Effects of I Grippe
Miss Emma Jouris President Golden
Rod Sewing Circle writes from 40 Bur
ling street Chicago 111 as follows
This spring I suffered severely from
the after effects of la grippe As the
doctors did not seem to help me 1
bought a bottle of Peruna Miss Em
ma Jouris
Congressman Howards Xofcter
Fort Payne Aa
The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus
Ohio
Gentlemen -1 have taken Peruna
now for two weeks and find I am very
much relieved 1 feel that my cure
will be permanent I have also taken
it for la grippe and 1 take pleasure in
recommending Peruna as an excellent
remedy to ail fellow sufferers-
M W Howard Member of Congress
La Grippe Leaves the System lu a
Deplorable Comiltljn
D L Wallace a charter member of
the International -Barbers Union
writes from 15 Western avenue Min
neapolis Minn
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Following a severe attack of la
grippe I seemed to be affected badly
all over
One of my customers who was
greatly helped by Peruna advised me
to try it and I procured a bottle the
same day Now my head is clear my
nerves are steady I enjoy food and
rest well Peruna has been worth a
dollar a dose to me L D Wallace
Grippe Causes Deafnes
Mrs M A Sharick chaplain G A R
Womans Relief Corps writes from
Fremont Wash
When la grippe was the prevailing
illness in this Western country I was
laid up the whole winter 1 partially
lost my hearing and had a very bad
case of catarrh of the head and throat-
I read of Peruna tried it and had
my hearing restored and catarrh cured
I cannot speak too well of Peruna
Mrs M A Sharick
La Grippe Cared in Its First Stage
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt of the Salt
Lake City Barracks of the Salvation
Army writes from Ogden Utah
Two months ago I was suffering with
so severe a cold that I could hardly
speak
Our captain advised me to try Pe
runa and procured a bottle for me and
truly it worked wonders Within two
weeks I was entirely well Clarice
Hunt
Congressman Whites Letter
Tarboro N C
Gentlemen I am more than satis
fied with Peruna and find it to be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca
tarrh I have used it in my family and
they all Join me in recommending it as
an excellent remedy Geo H White
Member of Congress
Kcmalned in Feeble Health After Cored
of La Grppe
Mrs T W Collins Treasurer Inde
pendent Order of Good Templars or
Everett Wash writes
After having a severe attack of la
grippe I continued in a feeble condi
tion even after the doctor called me
cured My blood seemed poisoned Pe
runa cured me Mrs T W Collins
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