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The Valentine Democr Valentine , Neb. p. M. Rice. Publish iPLEADS FOE CANTEE tSVOMAN AllMY SURGEON HOL1 - IT ESSENTIAL. "Tftuuous Surgeon and Nurse Says S < . dicrs Enjoy Themselves Harmless at Such Places , but Fall Into Tern tation at Outside Resorts. The necessity for the restoration the canteen in the American army strongly set forth in a letter fro Dr. Anita Newcomb McGee to Cai 'J. Walter Mitchell , of the Spanis American War Veterans' associatio Dr. McGee , who was formerly an a sistant surgeon in the army and lat organized a corps of nurses under tl auspices of the Red Cross society t hvork among Japanese soldiers in tl Husso-Japanese war , gives her obse nations as to the drink habit amor the Japanese soldiers and tell of tl Wil results following the abolishmei of the canteen , in the United Stat I army. Dr. McGee says : "Like everyone who knows som Hiing of the subject , I am heartily : 'favor of giving our American soldie their club ( called canteen ) , whei 'they may enjoy themselves harmles Uy. As a woman and as a physicia ii deplore the horrible results of mal ing a man seek his amusements whe ] 3ie is liable to fall a prey to the wor temptations , and so I wish you speed success in re-establishing the cantee In the American army. "Instead of our liquors , wines , etc the Japanese use a beverage the prepare themselves , called sake , tas ; dng like sherry , served hot , but i character like the light wines an "beer formerly supplied in our arm canteens. BURNED WITH RED HOT IRONS. Young Stepmother Admits Torturin Two Little Stepcliildren. 1 Two little tots , Nellie , aged 7 year Tind Jennie , two years young , tel Magistrate Houses in the Harlem po lice court New York , Sunday ho" their stepmother , Mrs. Kate CraviuJ Tiad branded them with a red ho E stove lifter when in play they ha > made too much noise. Twice durin ; the recital the prisoner , a woman o not more than 20 years of age , fainted When restored the woman admlttei that she had burned the children , bu said that at the time she was possess ed of an unaccountable mnia. Th s two girls , she said , had been playini with their dolls until the noise am confusion robbed her of her reasoi and left a resistless impulse to punisl the Httle ones. Seizing the stove lie lifter she pressed the glowing em on the back of the right hand of eacl child , causing scars that the little one : -will earnto their graves. TRAIN WJtECKERS PERSISTENT Pour Attempts on the Frisco Line ; i Missouri. Special agents of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad who have been trying to apprehend the train wreck ers who tried two wepics ago to wreck the Clinton line passenger train , run ning between Humansville and Benton - ton , and succeeded in derailing the engine and two coaches , have discov ered that another attempt was made to wreck a train on the same line last Thursday night. Since the recent ac tivity of the wreckers on this line , track walkers have been employer ! to checkmate the attempts of the wreckers and last Thursday night a track inspector found guard rails across the track between Osceola and Vistas , a few miles from the scene of the last attempted wreck. Four at tempts to wreck trains on this line have been made in the last few ii weeks. Mystery in Belgrade. A mysterious explosion occurred at dhe palace of the king of Servia on Saturday evening which shattered many windows of the building. It was stated that the explosion resulted from leaving a quantity of gun pow der and cartridges too near a stove in the private apartments of the crown prince. ' No one was injured. Army Officer Missing. Lieut. Charles McCullough , of the Fifteenth cavalry , stationed at Ha vana , was missing Sunday and there were fears that he had possibly been murdered , as he was known to have a considerable sum of money in h'fs pos session. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City live stock market follow : Top beeves , $4.90. Top hogs , $6.70. Cuban Bandit Captured. Enrique Mesa , the bandit of the province of Santiago , who for more than two years had terrorized eastern Cuba and defied the rural guards , was captured at Havana Saturday night by the secret police. New Instructions from Pope. Well informed persons in Vatican circles declare new instructions from the pope relative to the future organ ization of Catholic churches in France been orwarded to Pais. BLOW TO SOCIALISTS. Sustain Heavy Iiosscs In Gem. Elections. The German government has w n declaive victory the general ele lion held Friday for a new reichsts The liberal , radical and conservati parties , supporting Prince von Bu low's colonial policy , have won at ie twenty seats. More Important for t government than the success of : colonial plans , however , is the smas ing defeat administered to the socli ists , who will lose seventeen or eig teen seats. This Is the first election since 18 that the socialists have not increas their representation in the reichst ) by from five to twenty seats. Th have lost especially in several Ian cities , among these places being Bre lau , Halle , Magdeburg , Leipzig ai Koneigsberg. The clerical center hoi almost one or two to the Poles In lecia. There is a possibility , howevc that reballoting in the undecided di tricts may lose one or two more sea to the center party. The conservatives have won s seats , two from the anti-Semites , tv from the national liberals and tv from the socialists. Reballoting probably will be nece sary in 175 constituencies , so that n suits will not be certain until Feb. 5. Certain districts in upper Bavar : are snowbound and have not yet bee heard from , but they are considerc safe for the center party. CONFESS THEY KILLED GAVIN Mystery Surrounding Iowa Man Death Solved. Thomas Grimes and Arnold Zimnu have confessed to the murder of Joh Gavin , a prominent and well to d farmer whose body was found by th roadside near New London , la. , Wee nesday morning. Following the demonstration at Ne1 London Thursday evening , when th officers hurried the men to Mt. Pleas ant to avoid a threatened lynching Sheriff Ben Campbell and C. I O'Brien , a Pinkerton detective , com menced a vigorous sweating proces and had little trouble in securing firs a confession from Grimes and late from Zimmer. As soon as the confessions were se cured both men were taken to Burling ton before daylight Friday mornini for fear that the farmers of Henr ; county would renew determination t < take the law into their own hands. The only indefinite feature of thi confessions is as to which one wield ed the fence rail with which Gavii was clubbed to death. Each man ii trying to convict the other of the spe cific act. Grimes is a negro. His white wif < is a sister of Zimmer. The motive of the murder was tc secure $150 to $200 in money thai Gavin was supposed to have receivec from a large sale of hogs. FAMOUS PAINTING INDECENT. Omaha Merchant is Fined for Keeping Reproductions on Sale. The Omaha courts have decided that works of art by famous painters , Including Van Dyke , Rubens and Ven der Werff , are indecent and that re productions of them cannot be sold in Omaha stores. For persisting in their sale John Greenberg was fined and warned that on the next offense he would be sent to jail. Greenberg had on sale copies of Reubens' "Judgment of Paris , " the original of which is in the Dresden art gallery ; Van Dyke's "Diana and the Golden Reign to Jupiter , " Van der Werff's "Magdalena , " and others of ihat class. A police sergeant confiscated the re productions on the ground that they were "indecent , " and Greenberg was med for having them on sale. AUTO DRIVER. IS INJURED. Harriott Seriously Hurt at Ornioiul Races. In a third attempt to break the mile ecord Thursday at Ormond , Fla. , Harriott's steam car struck a bump n the beach and was shattered to ragments. Marriott was seriously in ured. Marriott's car was running at the ate of nearly 125 miles an hour at the Ime of the accident. One of Mar- iott's ribs was broken , one eye was robably destroyed and he was badly ruised. It has not been'determined hether he was injured internally. Investigating : Harvester Trust. The department of commerce and ibor , through the bureau of corpora- ons , has "begun an investigation of le International Harvester company illed for by senate resolution adopted ec. 17 , 1906. No objection is being lade by officials of the company. Overdue Vessel Arrives. The Danish steamship Louisiana om Copenhagen , Dec. 28 , arrived in ew Toirk Thursday. The Louisiana as ten days overdue. Passes Anti-Racing Bill. By a vote of 30 to 1 the Tennessee nate Friday passed an anti-racing 11 , one or two favorably reported the committee in charge. Sixty Workmen Drowned. A dispatch from Constantinople ys a coal laden ship , name not ascer- ined , foundered in a storm on the ack sea. Sixty workmen who were ing to Eregli and the ship's entire jw were drowned. Pope Receives Cardinal. The pope Thursday received in pri- ely delegate in the United States , srly dele gate in the United States , the first time since the latter's 111- 5S. THREE MORE JURORS. Five Men Now Accepted for the Tli : Trial. Three more jurors to try Harry Thaw Thursday. This was attain during the closing hour of an extrere ly tedious session. When court a journed for the day , five jurors , i eluding the two chosen Weanesdr had been accepted and sworn in. Th : ty-one talesmen in all were examine The three jurors chosen Thursday ai Henry C. Harney , a piano deal * George Pfaff , dealer in mechanii supplie , ind Arthur S. Campbell , s perinlondent of telegraph and tel phone construction. The two chosen "Wednesday we Doming B. Smith , a retired manufa turer , who will serve as the forema and Charles H. Fecke , a shippii agent. The tedious manner in which the s lection of jurors proceeded Thursdi makes it difficult to predict just wh < the trial panel af twelve will final be filled. The court's order that tl jury must be kept together under tl care of bailiffs had the apparent e feet of making many of the talesm < reluctant to serve. Various excus were offered , one man declaring th ; to be locked up for two months wou so wreck his nerves as to make calm consideration of the case an in possibility. He was excused. Of the thirty peremtory challenge allowed the prosecution and the d < fense , the former has used eight an the latter six. The defense Thursday seemed wil ing to accept any talesmen who mac reasonable answers to the district a torney's questions. The fact thf Thaw's attorneys asked several of tli talesmen if they had any prejudic against any particular defense wr taken to mean that the defense -migl be the so-called "unwritten law , " c insanity , or a combination of both. LONDON CRIME IS MYSTERY. Proprietor of Big Department Stor Slain. Wm. Whitely , of London , Eng founder of the first big departmen store in London , was shot and killd Thursday afternoon by a young ma ; who afterwards attempted suicide. Whitely was upon the point of leav [ ng the store when his assailant rush ed up , with a revolver in hand , am fired several shots. The merchant fe ! 3ead. The assassin then emptied the re solver into his own body , Inflicting tvhat are believed to be morta tvounds. The store was crowded with shop ? ers at the time and a semi-panic fol owed the tragedy. At the hospital the murderer gav < : he name of Cecil Whitely , and said h < vas a son of the murdered man. Rela ives of Whitely say they do not rec- > gnize the assassin. The cause for the murder is a my- ery. FLEEING FROM CHICAGO. i'cvcr Epidemic Sends Hundreds to the South. Hundreds of women and children .re fleeing from Chicago because the pidemic of scarlet fever and diphthe- ia has burst forth with added fury. The first health department tabula- ion showing the scourge in Chicago nd suburbs was responsible in a large art for the hasty departure of many f the more timorous women. Tli is ibulation showed a total of 3,5C9 2arlet fever cases and 2,201 diphthe- ia cases. But these figures do not nywhere near tell the story. Following the severe reprimand giv- a.Health Commissioner Whalen by le city council Monday for not pla- irding homes the police started on a jupup and from the returns it is con- irvatively estimated there are at least ) ,000 contagious cases in Chicago. ICE GORGE CAUSES A FLOOD. larming Situation at Grand RapuK Mich. Factories Forced to Close. Owing to an ice gorge that formed the Grand river below Grand Raps - s , Mich. , the flood situation is ba nning alarming. The low lands arc ready flooded and many factories ive been closed. The police sent out general alarm to all business men. > use holders and others in the low nds and hurried moving of goods am basements and lower stories bu- .n. The weather is extremely cold , lich adds to the seriousness of the iuation. MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED. sassiii of William Whitely , of Lon don , Identified. The police of London have identi- cl the murderer of William Whitely , prominent London merchant , . rage George Rayner. He is sup- sed to have been a schoolmaster , t recently was unemployed and live' ! a cheap hotel at Bloomsbury. The itive for the crime is still a mystery. Connecticut Not Injured. Che navy department was advised day that the battleship Connecticut , ich struck bottom while entering lebra island , suffered only Inconse- intial damage. Worries Over Inheritance ; Insaiu- . Vorry over a § 6,000 inheritance , ich dwindled to $600 , is responsible the insanity of Betsy Platt , of Lo- isport , Ind. She thought relatives e trying to get her share and stood rd over her home with a gun. Big Fire in Russian City. Tie central part of the city of Po- k , province of Vitensk , Russia , one : he most ancient cities of the em- ( , has been destroyed by fire. The mge is very heavy . STATE OP KEBRASK NE\VS OP THE WEEK IN A CC DENSED F011M. Nebraska Stockmen Ask fi 1,500 of t Burlington -for Being Lntc S They Lost Ly Negligence of S $ Company Suit at Hastings. In a suit filed in the district c ; at Hastings against the Burlingr railroad three Hastings stockmen t i long tale of hard luck , which th say was all caused by the carelessru and negligence of the defendant coi pany. The plaintiffs are John C. Po all , Edgar J. Tanner and Charles Palmer. Their bill for damages a ? regates $1,338. The claim arises from the handli of six shipments of live stock. O Item is for $550 to reimburse t plaintiffs for shrinkage in weight 550 head of stock through delays transit. Another instance is relat where the shippers arranged with t FMjrlinftnn agents at Denver for t transportation of three carloads i * mule colts and cow poni from Denver to South Omaha for stipulated rate per 100 pounds. It alleged that disregarding their ag7-e ment the company charged them t most double price for transportatio On another occasion a shipment cattle was started from Hastings f South Omaha. The stock was delay * eight hours in Lincoln , and landed South Omaha after the day's mark had closed. The ruling market pri < was several cents lower next day ai the railroad company is asked to ps the difference , amounting to $202.5 There are numerous other items in tl bill for damages in the delay of shi ] ments , for shrinkage in weight and f < the feeding of stock in transit. FIREMEN ROB POOR WOMAN. Take Articles from Basket. Pay We in Cash and Tell Her It Was Joke. An interesting story has becon current of one of the pranks playc by the firemen while in Grand Islau last week. On the last day of the cor vention , business * having all bee closed up , and the visitors having se * eral hours to idle away beforth banquet , a number of the lads got en on the streets to enjoy themselves i their own way. Among other incideni they held up a laundry woman. Sui rounding her , they took first one art cle and then another from her ba ? ket , meeting her protests by a liberr payment for the same. One woul take a towel , the other a child's na kin , the third an undergarment , th fourth a night robe or a sheet , uiit the basket was empty. But the sma change kept going into the basket in stead and when the boys were a through they returned the laundr and invited the discomfited laundr woman to keep the change. It is sal she was about $27 ahead of the garm ENGINEER GETS SERIOUS FALI from Train and is Severel , Injured. A freight train , whose engineer wa Claude Delaney , was standing on th. sidetrack east of the depot Thursda- it Lexington , when passenger trail Xo. 11 came in from the east De laney wanted to get his orders fro'i the station , and to save the wall from his engine to the depot he jump 3d on the steps of one of the coaches supposing the train would stop at th < lepot. Instead , being over two hour ; ate , the speed of the train -was con- udcrably increased by the time tht lepot was reached. In attempting t < ilight Delaney was thrown with gresii 'orce to the ground. He was at one * : arried to the Commercial hotel vhere his injuries were attended b > Dr. Rosenberg. His face was badl.v acerated , his neck and back severe ! * , vrenched and. while no bones were iroken , ho received internal injuries Che doctor says he cannot foretell the esult. TRAVELS WHILE STUNNED. Jrand Island Cigar Dealer Jumps from Moving Train. Mr. Salzbrunn , of Grand. Island , r'ho was found in a terribly rused condition and unconscious , in barn alongside the St. Joseph ami Jrand Island track , has recovered onsclousness and his physician is of le opinion that there is no doubt -hatever now of recovery. Mr. Salz- runn states that the last he remem- ers was of attempting to get off the -ain in his section of the city , and efore it had reached the depot. How e got away from the tracks and ) und his way into the barn he does ot knor. But it Is believed that lie id so in his stunned condition , with n intuitive sense of the danger of ingon the tracks and the danger of cposure from the severe cold. Bloomingtoii Votes Water Bonds. Bloomington is on record for pro- -ess and enterprise by carrying- the ater bonds proposition by a vote of I to 35. The citizens are enthusias- 3 over the success of the bonds in ic face of the opposition from a few lexpected sources , and the work of itting in the plant will be hurried a conclusion this spring- and sum- er. Well Known Doctor Dead. Dr. B. F. Crummer , one of the b \ > t town physicians and surgeons in the ! 3st , died recently at his residence i Omaha as the result of a stroke or ! 'oplexy ' last March. He was former- ! a member of the state board n" j alth. A widow and son. Dr. Leroy ' ummer , survive. t tj j Brownsville Soldiers in Jail. Two of the discharged colored sol- j jrs from Brownsville , Tex. , have < en arrested at Rosebud , Xeb. , i arged with introducing liquor on the I isebud Indian reservation. They | 'c the names of Lonj ; and Williams. } Simple Spelling at Peru. Die commercial department stenoir- ihers of the state normal at Peru j 1 use the simpled spelling until furI I sr notice from the head of the do- I 'tment. i WANDERERS ARE FOUND. School Teacher und Boy Join Theat cal Troupe ami Coma to Grief. Miss Wflma Trailer , 19 years ol who was a sen3i teacher of a count school ten mil j west of Scribner , d elded to become * actress. Thanh giving day she drew her rr.iary a : disappeared. Louis Roy Whitman , 1 years old , accompanied her. They joi j ed a theatrical troupe , "The Runaw Tramp. " When the theatrical company reac ed LeRoy , Kan. , a few weeks ago ! hotel proprietor attached the proper of the company and1 all of mcmbe ; ! Miss Frazier and Whitman reaclr J Kanaas City about two weeks ago a ter mary difficulties. Miss Frazi iro.de the acquaintance of Mrs. Bet1 McGrath , proprietress of a roomii house at Seventh and Wyandot streets , and" went there to live. Sin 1 Miss Frazier disappeared from Serf j ner her father , Joseph H. Frazier , i Missouri Valley , la. , has been conduc ! Ing a search for her. Miss Frazi went to the postoffice Wednesdj morning and Patrolman Morrisc placed her under arrest. She was tal en to the"matron's room at the poll" " station pending advice from her fat ] or. EVIDENCE THERE , BUT NO LAV York Man Slitnni to Iluve Give Whisky to Minor is Discharged. Because no law could be four making it even a misdemeanor to gh whisky to a minor , Louis Kasdorf , < York , who was arrested on a chars of disposing of liquor , was discharge in county court recently. Kasdorf , barn employe , it was shown by the ei idence. had given whisky to minor but as he is not a licensed whisky sel cr it was found the law does not i his case. The apparent anomaly we developed during the hearing of th case that while the Nebraska statute forbid the giving of tobacco to a m ! nor , there is no provision against th giving of whisky to a minor excep by a. licensed dealer. GOLDEN EAGLE IN TRAP. Trophy Goes to Eagles' Lodge n Alliance. Ferdinand Xikont , who lives wes of Hemingford , captured a large gold en eagle Saturday on his place b ; means of a steel trap. Mr. Nikon had set the trap near a carcass fo coyotes. The eagle swooped down fo some meat and while walking aroum the carcass stepped into the trap which snapped , holding the bird fast He struggled to get away , but all ii vain , for the trap held. Mr. Nikon had a desperate struggle in gettinj the long of birds out of the trap am into safe quarters. He took his tro phy to Alliance Monday. It will bt mounted and presented to the Eagles lodge of Alliance. RCRIUXEK PEOPLE MISSING. School Teacher Has Not Been Heart of Since Nov. 20. Miss Frazier. aged 19 , whose norm i at Missouri Valley , la. , but whe has been teaching near Scribner i' missing. On Nov. 29 she was missed , N'o one know where she had gone anel lier place as teacher was left vacant It was at first thought s e might have returned to Missouri Valley , but in- luiry there disclosed that she had nol iml that her parents were as much , in Lhe dark us anyone. Since that time i fruitless search has been kept up in in effort to get trace of the young tvoman. A son of Mr. Wittman is al so missing' ' . Ho left home several days ifter Miss Frazier disappeared and ha" lot been found. LVMBEHMEX ISSUK APPE-\L. : ) eiuiiu ! Jlisht Umlev the La-.v to Or. gaiihc to Protect Themselves. The State Lumbe.Dealers' assoeia- ion. in resolutions passed a't their neeting in Lincoln , demands the right mder the law to organize as labor is > ermitted to do. The resolutions say The laws of the state and nation houltl not be used to stifle and pre- ent organization and co-operation .mong trade interests. It 13 further declared that if a pfop- r lecral construction of the present tate and national laws prevents radesmen from protecting their Inter- sts by organization from powerful nd selfish monopolies , which seek to uin them , the lav.is wrong and hould be amended. IIONV. . M. ROBERTSON DEAD. rrosuuit Citizen of Norfolk and Pol- itieiaii Passes Away. William M. Robertson , aged 57. ied - nis home in Norfolk recently revious t. his fatal illrocs he Wag intlidato for appointmen as district idge to .succeed Judge Boyd , who ill resign to enter congress. He was vice ; i prominent candidate for the epublican gubernatorial nomination id was Republican national commit- ( onian for Xebraska in 1886. IIe'.i\al at Clay Center. Irt re t oonlinues to increase in the vival meetings now on at the Meth- iist church in Clay Center. Although io weather hai been most inclement id th past week sidewalks and roads most impassable , the building has ten fi'e ! l every night nad Sunday sopvere ! turned away for lack of n'jr room. n : ! , ns Set Convention. At a mooting of the executive board Omaha the annual convention of e Xebraska State Retail Mer er ts * association was set for March ami 7. The placje will be in Lincoln order that committees may wait up- rrerpber. ! ! of the legislature during t Fc-s.-inn of the convention. ' i : < jy > Run Away. Joseph Peatrowsky and Victor irr.blaser. 1 ? and 16 years of age , jpectivesy , have run away from their mes near West Point and are sup- ; erl t , be heading for the Black They are armed to the teeth. ilore Trouble Than Work , rour cents a bushel for corn picking I20 cents an hour for ice harvesters o Unitetl States army recruiting * rti more trouble than work in Ne- .ska , j : United State Senator-elect Norris : Brown made his acknowledgments to the Nebraska legislature in joint ses sion In a speech of acceptance in which he reiterated his pledges mado- to the people during the campaign and paid a tribute to the pioneers in the- great movement which is now swoop ing corporate interests out of poli tics Speaker Nettleton , who lived to- see his ideas of government triumph ant ; the late Edward Rosewater , who- was called beyond just after th"ln - ciples which he spent his light rv ting- for had been written in the platform , of his party , and his party united , , pledged to carry them out ; Gov. Shel don , young in years , but who had tho- share equally with the legislature tho- responsibility of successfully complet ing the work now thoroughly begun. Inspeaking of the work these three- men , Senator Brown expressed th& sentiment of the joint session , and he- was lo-jdly applauded. # * A real "anti-tipplng" bill that will cause consternation in the ranks or waiters and sleeping car porters was introduced into the senate Tuesday by the judiciary committee. The bill In direct in its terms and provides a. fine of from $5 to $50 for soliciting or accepting 'tips. " Senator Saunders' ' bill , whi h was dubbed an anti-tipping- \ measure , in reality would not break j up the practice among waiters , bar bers , poiters and other employes who are accustomed to receiving gifts of money from patrons. It Is aimed to cure a larger evil complained of , espe cially by 'tvholesale men who find their traveling men are being pai < ? "by other- concerns to push side lines tt , the det riment of their employers' business. It Avill also prevent an agent from ac cepting valuable gifts from persons with whom he comes in business con tact if his employer's business woulfJ suffer thereby. * * > Referev A. M. Post , -L the supreme court , has ruled in favor o'f the state of Xebraska on an objection raised by the lumber dealers that the courts of the united States are given exclusivo- Jurisdiction of prosecutions such as the suit of the state of Nebraska against the Nebraska Lumber Dealers' " association under the anti-trust laws of Nebraska. The lumber dealers- raised the objection that the transac tions of this nature involves interstate- commerce with the meaning of the- Sherman anti-trust law. The objec tion , in the opinion of the refcrecv involves the validity of the Nebraska , anti-trust laws. lie is of the opinion- Lhat congress has not by means of ther Sherman act shorn the state of they r > ewer to prohibit combinations in re straint of trade insofar as such pro hibition may operate upon interstate- commerce. An investigation of the reason the : enate and house are not furnishedV vith printed copies of amendments to- Jills will bo had under u resolution iffered by Senator Epperson , of Clay , rhe resolution requested the attorney general to begin proceedings against he State Journal company , which las the contract for printing the- : mendments , to collect the penalty or failure to deliver the printetZ .mendments on time. The resolution ras referred to the judiciary commit- ee. Delay in consid6ring bills ia ommittee of the whole ha * een caused because the printed mendments .have not been received" com the printer. There is a penalty f $25 for each failure to return tho- rinted amendment three days aft r tie copy was turned over to the print- r. Gradually the forces in the legisla- ire are lining up for a battle over ther ixation of railroad terminals for mu- icipal purposes. The recent state- lent by Representative Clarke , in hich he showed the absurdity of the lilroad contention that to tax rail- > ad terminals locally would be to take ioney from the school funds of tho- irious districts of the state , has had > od effect , but inasmuch as the rail- iad forces are more determined to ll tliis measure than any other , Rep- isentative Clarke and those other epublicans who desire to keep tne edges made to the people , realize will not do to relax their vigor at ly stage of the game. * * * y Those who are in touch with the embers of the legislature look for me radical action this year on ther loon question. While the big fight 11 be on the county option bill , there e a number of smaller measure at will cut considerable figure in the iuor traffic over the state. The judi- iry committee has decided to recom- 2iid for passage two of Senator > ots bills , which , if passed , wilk actically prevent the shipping of M- or by express and the transportation mpanies into "dry" towns. A num- r of other bills -will , if passed , have 2 tendency to restrict the numbei saloons and make it easier for the Jhibition element to prevent the lei - i sale of liquor. * * * I The legislative crowd and those aU ding conventions have overcrowded - . hotels and dozens of people were ned away from the hotels and had seek a place to sleep in the resi- ice parts of the city and at private ming houses , which are already wded to the limit. One hotel clerk a he had turned away hundreds * Senator Gibson's bill prohibiting wers and distillers from having any irest in any saloon or saloon license renting buildings for saloon pure - e , and limiting the number of sa- ie to not more than one to 1,000 abitants , may become one of the 3t important liquor bills of the ses i , rivaling even the county option m importance. Some of the sen 's are inclined to think the bill ild remedy many evils connected i saloons all over the state , and it found supporters from the sena- from the country districts.