rrntmitf aJytaMMfTB Htiynumntaivt Will OF LEGISLATURE Senatorial Deadlock Has Tendency to De lay Business SOME BILLS HAVE BEEN PASSED New fileasares Being Introduced from Day to Day State Board of Agricul ture Resolutions Relating to County Fairs Miscellaneous Blatters HOUSE When the house was call ed to order on the 8th Sprecher of Colfax waived a reconsideration of the vote whereby house roll 90 by tyllcox -to require the union label on all -state contract printing was in definitely postponed After discussion the motion to reconsider was defeated by a vote of 44 ayes to 41 nays it re quiring a two thirds vole to carry The following bills were also read for the third time and placed on their passage House roll No 75 for the relief of a person owning real pro erty having an insane husband or wife and to empower such person to sell mortgage or convey such prop erty under power of the district court With the emergency clause attachment the bill was defeated by a vote of 57 yeas to 33 nays The emergency clause was then stricken out by a vote of 57 to 34 and the bill thus amended passed by a vote of 58 to 30 House roll No 2 by Lane providing that in counties not under township organization having more than 60 000 and less than 125000 population county commissioners shall be elected at large This is for the benefit of Lancaster county whose population has decreased to less than 70000 which under the present statute is the minimum instead of 60000 Pass ed with the emergency clause by a vote of 74 yeas to 13 nays Among bills introduced was For an act to provide for the compulsory educa tion of children for the employment of truant officers for the proper edu cation of such children as cannot properly be taught in the usual pub lic private or parochial schools for the proper enumeration of persons of Bchool age for the punishment of per sons violating the provisions of this act and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act The vote for senator resulted Allen 52 Berge 6 Crounse 6 Currie 20 Hainer 5 Harlan 1 Harrington 1 Hitchcock 25 Hinshaw 14 Kinkaid 4 Meiklejohn 29 Morlan 1 Martin 9 Ransom 3 Rosewater 16 Suther land 1 Thompson D E 34 Thomp son W HT 28 f Van Dusen 1 West over 2 HOUSE The house on the 7th did not pass any measures but quite a number of new bills were introduced The investigating committee made the following report Any members of this house who have been requested to introduce bills of a character sim ilar to those referred to by Repre sentative Thomssen yesterday Feb ruary G will confer a favor by com municating the facts to this commit tee at once Any street or steam railway or sleeping car company in surance express telegraph or tele phone companies bucket shops or dealers in lard or other food prod ucts who have received hold up let ters from persons either members of this house or others are requested to confer with this committee immedi ately -Bills placed on general file were House roll 200 by Vandegrift appropraitlng 81014 for the relief of Sherman county House roll 293 by Evans for the display of the United States flag on school houses House roll 282 by Rohwer relating to coun ty superintendents House roll 281 by Rohwer to allow school children to attend the nearest school House roll 15 by Crockett relating to the col lection of taxes Among bills intro duced was House roll No 336 by Smithbarger by request A bill for an act to tax life insurance companies organized outside of the state of Ne braska and to provide for the manner of -paying such taxes and to repeal section 38 of chapter 77 compiled statutes of 1895 entitled Revenue so far as it relates to the taxation of aife insurance companies Taxes non resident companies other than frater nal societies 3 per cent on all premi ums on Nebraska business Senator ial vote Allen 55 Berge 4 Crounse 7 Currie 22 Hainer 5 Harlan 1 Hitchcock 12 Hinshaw 13 Kinkaid 4 Martin 9 McCarthy 1 Meikle john 29 Martin 1 Ransom 35 Rosewater 16 Sutherland 1 Thomp son D E 34 Thompson W H 11 Van Dusen 1 HOUSE In the house on the 6th the following bills were passed House roll No 9 by Hathorn to pun ish illegal voting in school district and village elections by a fine of from 25 to 100 and imprisonment in the county jail for not more than three months ayes 77 nays none House roll 91 by Lichty to provide for the printing of 2000 volumes of each number of the supreme court reports and fixing their selling price at 150 each ayes 82 nays none House rolf No 25 by Coppoc to ex tend the liability of railroad corpora tions was recommended for indefinite postponement by the committee on railroads The bill in full is as fol lows Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Nebraska Section 1 Every railroad corporation shall be li able for all damages sustained by any agent or servant thereof by reason of the negligence of any other serv ant or agent thereof without con tributory negligence on his part when sustained within this state or- when such agent or servant is a resident of and his contract of employment was made within this state and no con tract rule or regulation between any such corporation and any agent or servant shall impair or diminish such liability Sec 2 The terms agent and servant in this act shall include all agents and servants of railroad corporations and shall not be by any court construed to mean only those agents and servants who are connect ed with the use and operation of rail roads on or about which they may be employed The term railroad here in used shall include street railroads other railroads The report as well as port was adopted without division f fen irVi r nTmtvrrgwrtrmta The committee on railrcadj also rec ommended for indefinite postpone ment house roll No 39 by Fuller making railroad companies answer able for the safo delivery of goods consigned to a point on the line of a connecting carrier McCarthy of Dixon moved that house rolls Nos 208 214 and 215 the boundary com mission bills be passed over commit tee of the whole and ordered engross ed for third reading The motion prevailed The senatorial vote result ed as follows Allen 51 Berge 7 Crounse 7 Currie 19 Hainer 4 Harlan 1 Hitchcock 28 Hinshaw 13 Johnson Walter 2 Kinkaid 4 McCarthy 1 Meiklejohn 29 Miller 1 Martin 9 Morlan 1 Ransom 7 Rosewater 17 Thompson D E 34 Thompson W H 20 Van Dusen 1 Westover 1 HOUSE The house resumed work on the 5th after adjournment from Friday to Tuesday House roll 56 was read for the third time and passed by a vote of 73 yeas to 3 nays The bill was introduced by Miskell of Saline and makes important amend ments to the law relating to the dis position of road funds House roll 37 by Broderick for the establishment of two state normal schools at a cost of 1100000 to bo located in the Fifth and Sixth congressional districts was read for the third time and passed by a vote of 70 to 18 House roll 51 by Mead making it a crime to threaten to charge any person with a crime or to threaten to do him injury with in tent to extort money or to compel ihm to do anything against his will was passed by a vote of 79 yeas to 6 nays Among bills introduced and read the first time were A bill for an act to divide the state of Nebraska into sen atorial and representative districts and for the apportionment of sena tors and representatives A bill for an act to amend sections 48 and 49 of chapter 81 entitled Breaking and entering buildings of the criminal code of the compiled statutes of Ne braska of 1899 and to repeal said original sections and to repeal sec tion 52 of chapter 8 entitled Break ing and entering buildings of the criminal code of the compiled statutes of Nebraska of 1899 A bill for an act to define and license merchants doing business in the state of Ne braska and to provide for the filing of statement and a bond for the pay ment of taxes and fixing penalties for the violation thereof SENATE rn the senate on the 8th the measure to have the present law amended so that one half of the wages of laboring men may be attached for bills for necessaries was indefinitely postponed This was on- the recom mendation of the judiciary commit tee to which it had been referred A similar measure was introduced in the house but should it pass there it would doubtless be killed in the sen ate The following were then placed on third reading and passed Senate file 133 providing for the appoint ment of nine commissioners and such stenographers as are necessary by the supreme court The commissioners are to receive 2500 a year and the stenographer 1000 a year An emer gency clause is attached Senator Martin proposed an amendment di recting that the commissioners be se lected from the district bench but withdrew it It is understood that the amendment will be proposed in the house when the bill reaches that body Senate file 27 providing imprison ment in the county jail for not less than thirty days or fined the amount of damage inflicted for destruction or injury to personal property Emer gency clause attached Senate file 31 providing punishment for indecent ex posure of person or use of obscene or lascivious language Emergency clause attached Senate file 41 lng to duties of clerk of the supreme court Among bills introduced was Senate file No 231 by McCargar A bill to provide for an act for the com pulsory education of children for the employment of truant officers for the proper education of such children as cannot properly be taught in the usual public private or parochial schools lor the proper enumeration of school age for the punishment of persons violating the provisions of this act and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act This is the measure prepared by the legislative committee of the State Teachers association SENATE The question of what shall constitute a legal newspaper for the purpose of publishing legal no tices consumed the greater portion of the morning time of the senate on the 7th Senator Owens intro duced the bill some time ago one of its provisions being that a paper must be published fifty two consecutive weeks in a county before it can right fully be used for publication of legal notices This was amended in com mittee of the whole so as to read twenty six instead of fifty two The same section met with prolonged dis cussion in committee of the whole the day before and the amendment was declared lost by one vote Today after considerable wrangling and af ter a motion to reconsider had been carried the commmittee took up the debated point again Ransom moved to substitute twenty six for fifty two Young opposed this and then ONeill in reply stated that he thought cir culation should control instead of length of time a paper has been pub lished Senator Edgar also spoke in opposition to the amendment It was declared carried on a rising vote eighteen voting for it and the nega tive not being put Senator ONeills bill relative to the duties of the clerk of the supreme court was recommend ed for passage It is senate file No 41 and provides that the clerk shall prepare the opinions of the court when he has sufficient material to form a volume of not less than 900 pages Two thousand of these he shall deliver to fee state auditor and draw from the state treasury 150 for each volume Amendments to the present law relating to soldiers and sailors homes were recommended As changed the law will permit vet erans of the war of 1812 Mexican war civil war and Spanish American war together with their widows or mothers to be admitted to the state institutions after two years residence in the state This is senate file No 92 -- V Keas iw3aaBSMaai SENATE The senate had a busy day on the 6th More than a dozen bills were read forthe first time sev eral for the second time and some were up for third reading two of them being passed Senate file 89 a bill by Baldrige providing for ap propriations for the purpose of pur chasing cemetery sites was reported back for passage and senate file 80 a bill by Ziegler changing the time for the semi annual publications of the statements of county treasurers was favorably reported without much discussion Senate file 49 a bill by Owens defining a legal newspaper was discussed and before Its final disposition was responsible for some caustic remarks between the mem bers The bill provides that before a paper may be designated as an official organ it shall have been published for fifty two consecutive weeks The bill was referred back to the commit tee Senator Miller presented a pe tition signed by a number of literary societies and individuals asking for legislation and appropriations for the purpose of establishing traveling li braries in Nebraska Senator Steele announced that he had a similar pe tition containing 300 signatures The petition was referred to the library committee A communication from the supreme court relating to the questions asked that body by the leg islature was read to the senate Sen ate file 20 and house roll 22 were fa vorably reported by their committees and placed on general file SENATE The senate was In ses sion but a little over two hours on the 5th but succeded in passing four curative acts and two bills one pro viding for the sale of unclaimed goods by railroad companies and the other for cutting of weeds by irrigation companies along their right of way The following resolutions passed by the state board of agriculture asking for retention of the present law re lating to county fairs was read and referred to the committee on agricul ture We the members of the state board of agriculture seeing the need of more general knowldge of agricul ture among the boys and girls of Ne braska and believing that all teach ing should be in the order first con crete then abstract and that nature studies should be introduced into our county and village schools respect fully ask the legislature to make such additional requirements for first sec ond and third grade and state certifi cates as will show the holders fitness for teaching one or more studies in pure agriculture Resolved That it is the sense of the Nebraska state board of agriculture in annual meet ing assembled at Lincoln January 1901 that there should be made by the state legislature such appropriations for an exhibit of the agriculture and horticulture resources of Nebraska at the Pan American exposition to be held at Buffalo as will be commen surate with the importance of Ne braska as an agricultural district of the country Senate file No 103 in troduced by Currie and proposing amendments to the reform school law was recommended for passage by the committee on reform school and was thereupon placed on general file LEGISLATIVE NOTES A radical change in the laws relat ing to the finances of Omaha is pro posed bj a bill introduced in the sen ate by Senator Martin on request of Senator Balbridge It provides for the issuance of certificates of indebted ness to be signed by the mayor and comptroller of the city whenever they deem them necessary these nev er to be sold for less than their pay value together with accumulated in terest They may draw as high as 5 per cent interest but no more The house committee on plumbers and plumbing decided to report fa vorably on Uhls bill which provides for the creation of plumbers commis sions in towns of 25000 population or over The measure is intended for the protection of plumbers and to this end provides for the issuance of li censes to candidates who meet the requirements prescribed On motion of Attorney General Prout the suits of the state against the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island railroads for alleged violations of the maximum freight rate law were con tinued by the supreme court until such time as he could satisfy himself as to the exact limitations of the fed eral court injunction of 1893 Senator Cummins has introduced a bill which if passed will create a new appointive office that of state prosecutor This official is to be ap pointed by the governor He is to furnish a 5000 bond and to draw a salary of 1500 a year and he shall have all necessary and reasonable ex penses paid in addition It shall be his duty to investigate all fires sup posed to haev been of incendiary origin and in fact to investigate everything of a criminal nature he be lieves to exist in the state With the signature of the governor affixed the lawn known as house roll 88 relating to the method of draw ing juries goes on the statute book and as it has an emergency clause it becomes of immediate effect To all intents and purposes and probably so lar as the legislators who passed it know the act is simply curative cor recting the wording so as to make it apply to Lancaster county under the new census which has reduced its population below the limit of 70000 The really important part of the measure however is that it works a complete change in the system of drawing grand juries not only in Lancaster but in Douglas county as well by putting them on the same footing with petit juries Senator Baldriges bill providing for the appointment of nine commis sioners by the supreme court for as sistance of the court has been jecom mended for passage These commis sioners are to be appointed by the court by unanimous vote and their offices are to continue for two years unless the appointments are with drawn in less time by unanimous vote of the court Each is to receive a salary of 2500 per annum He who climbs needs watch where the ladder ends - 3- FINANCING BY UNION PACIFIC Plan for New Acquisition Is Agreed on by the executive Committee NEW YORK Feb 8 A plan for financing the acquisition of control ling interests in the Southern Pa cific on behalf of the Union Pacific was today agreed upon by the execu tive committee of the Union Pacific which will make an official announce ment tomorrow Semi official admissions made to night are already directly in line with what has already been published The Central Pacific will be taken out of the Southern Pacific system and annexed separately to the Union Pacific The directors do not want to assume any direct burden on behalf of the Union Pacific so will issue debenture bonds secured by the Southern Pacific stock purchased the bonds being redeema ble at par at the companys option or exchangeable for Union Pacific stock at par within a limited period It is also said that two Southern Pacific bonds may be exchanged for one Un ion Pacific Union Pacific was a market leader again today Both common and pre ferred rose violently Over 125000 shares of common was sold The heaviest buyer was John W Gates AH his brokers were on the floor He bought 40000 shares Other heavy buyers were Kcech Loew Co Jacob Field A Houseman Wil liam Oliver Wasserman Bros C A Missing Halle Siglitz and Clarke Dodge Co It is said that a large amount of stock was purchased by the interests recently in control of the Southern Pacific and this list of brokers indicates that WILL OPPOSE SENATE BILL p Republicans Discuss War Revenue Amendments WASHINGTON Feb 8 The repub lican members of the ways and means committee met this afternoon to for mulate a plan of action relative to the war revenue bill but no definite con clusion was reached beyond the deci sion to nonconcur in the senate amendments The action of the senate in substi tuting an x entirely new bill for the bill as it passed the house is looked upon as a distinct invasion of the prerogative of the house to initiate revenue legislation and at the meet ing today some of the members fa vored radical action to sustain what they consider the constitutional rights of the house to originate revenue leg islation The plan was to ignore the bill in its present form and to pass another entirely new revenue bill But this was regarded as entirely too radical Another proposition and the one that met with most favor was to re port back the bill to the house tomor row with a recommendation of non concurrence but without a request for a conference This would require the senate to ask for a conference if any was to be held NO MORE APPOINTMENTS Wait Awhile for Creation of a Vacancy in the List of General WASHINGTON Feb 8 It is said at the war office that no more general officers of the army will be appointed until the senate has acted on those sent in on Tuesday One reason is that there will be no vacancy in the list of generals unless General Miles is confirmed in the higher rank Un less a vacancy occurs in that manner it is predicted that it will be filled by the appointment of Colonel C Bates who was yesterday nominated i n hri earner eenerai alien an ap pointment would prevent the appoint ment of Brigadier General Wade or Merriam to a major generalship for some time Under the present plan Brigadier General Schwan nominated yesterday will be retired immediately after his confirmation and Colonel Daggett of the Fourteenth infantry will be ap pointed tq the vacancy f OR BRANCH MINT IN OMAHA House Committee Will Favorably Report the Dill WASHINGTON Feb 8 The house committee on coinage weights and measures decided to report favorably the bill establishing a branch mint at Omaha and appropriating 100000 therefor Sutherland of the Fifth district of Nebraska was the member of the sub committee that took initial action Attacks Statue of Virgin LONDON Feb 7 Hildberand de Britto Lyra a relative of the presi dent of Brazil Dr Campos Salles was Incarcerated in an asylum for the in sane today after committing a sacri legious outrage in a Roman Catholic church at Matlock Bath a place a few miles south of Mallock in the county ot Derby Lyra suddenly appeared in the church this morning during ser vice jumped over the altar rails and attacked a statue of the Virgin Mary Mo r jan Opposes Subsidy WASHINGTON Feb 8 The sen ate had both day and night sessions today At the day session the pen sion bill appropriating 144000000 was passed after a few minutes con sideration The ship subsidy bill was then taken up and Messrs Mc Laurin and Morgan both democrats made speeches on it Mr McLaurin announced his intention to support the bill and Mr Morgan opposed it in vigorous language Packers deny the rumor vbg PSJRDY DENIES THE RUMOR Koek Island Does Not Contemplate Buy in Mexican Central CHICAGO Feb 8 President War ren G Purdy of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad today made an absolute denial of the report cir culated on Wall street that the Rock Island system had acquired a control ling interest in the Mexican Central railroad There is nothing at all in that re port said President Purdy No such action is contemplated avrfc m 2i Eg a LJ tm V -- mi fed CONGRESSMAN HOWARD Of National Reputation Are the Men Who Recommend Peruna to Fellow Sufferers A Remarkable Case Reported from the State of New York CONGRESSMAN HOWARD OF ALABAMA House of Representatives Washington Feb 4 1899 J The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio Gentlemen I have taken Peruna now for two weeks and find I am very much relieved I feel that ray cure will be permanent I have also 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