I Nebraska
Legislature
Senate.
Tin- following bills wore introc
in the . enute Monday , January
By Tanner Authorizing the
craw U ) appoint a. board of Os
athy of five : members.
F.y Fuller Exempting from tax
funds of fraternal insurance soci
County assessor must be furnisl
statement of personal property
county by express , telegraph and
phone companies. County ass
may have two consecutive terms.
nual meeting of county assessors r
state capital , ( living precinct a1
'ors specific power to administei
oath. Assessment of real pro
every two years , llelates to proc <
of state and county boards of e
Ization. Providing for road distr
a township. For the use of the
drag and regulating the workh
the roads. No soldier in a state
shall pay any of his pension nion
the state. Relating to bridge
atruolion and power of county be
Relating to the labor tax on roa
, House.
1 The following bills were introc
( In the house Monday :
, By ( iriffin Providing for the
pointnient of judges and clerks of
Itions.
By Bates Tn proceedings wher
iI v offense charged is a misdemeaii
I , 'makes ' it mandatory to tax costs 1
Ifr complainant before the complain
be dismissed , when the costs di
exec ftl $ r o.
] % .y Evans To regulate the r <
ins : , carrying , weighing , deliverin ;
"accounting for grain by common
riers and establishing rules of evit
in connection with such traffic.
By < 'hase Providing for a cl
from township organization to
missioner form of county govern
and for throe or five commission *
By Harrington Witnesses in
bate and justice cases shall re
same fee as witnesses in district <
By Taylor Amending road
Providing for county judges. Pr
ing for records that shall be ke
probate courts. Providing for a
[ tension of time for the payme :
debts and legacies. Providing
'due a decedent shall go to the
tate.
tate.By Aaper County option bill.
to be taken once every two yea
counties.
By Hates Providing for insu
of country property and live sto
By Johnson Providing for
district boundaries designated
desire.
county as they may
By Cooperrider Appropri
? 100,000 for the erection of buil
tit Hastings asylum.
By Bushec Providing for the
experiment station w <
tion of an
the 102d meridian.
Senate.
The following bills were intro <
in the senate Tuesday :
By King Joint resolution m
rializing congress to pass a law
mining national banks to take
vantage of a guaranty law. Subs
and fish cor
ing one deputy game
toiler at a salary of $1.200 an
pence's for the chief game wardei
two deputies. Providing for tin
pointment of special deputies to
without compensation. The one <
ty provided for shall be skilled i
j-cience of fish culture.
By Handall Providing that a
ty judge shall have concurrent
diction with the district court i :
absence of the district judges
the county , and that in cities
towns which are not county seat
where no district judge reside :
police judge shall have jurisd
concurrent with the county
within the limits of such city or
For the appointment of truan
i fleers in villages.
By Miller Making it a feloi
punishable by a fine not exce
SriOO or by imprisonment in the c <
jail not over six month.to carry
ly weapons upon the person , tin
not to apply to militiamen , peac
civ
revenue or other
licer , to a
ficer. nor to carrying of arms on
own premises nor to one who has
sonable groilnd for fearing an u
ful attack.
By Ilatfield Prohibits the Ii
of prairie chickens , sage chicken ;
grouse between tire Inth day of
tember. 1901) ) . and September 15 ,
and thereafter provides for an
seas-on between September 15 am
vemher 1.
By Ransom ( living- additional
ors to the city to issue bonds fo
and indebtedness. 3
I > roemenls
latins the licensing and sale of ii
eating liquors in eitks and village
amend the free high school law 1
quiring that non-resident pupils
be residents of the county in whic
high school is located , and strikin
the * ie < l charge of 75 cents a we
Fy Bartos Changes salarie
county attorneys.
By Miller Amending the lai
garilir. ? blackmail ami e-xtortie
make it constitutional following
recent decision of the supreme i
A curative act.
Py Banning To increase the s
nrd of coal oil from 112 degrees t
decrees.
By Banning Relating to the
pensation of county commission
By OIlis To license carriages ,
mobiles and other vehicles that
passengers for hire to district or
ly fsrs.
By Oil is For a mechanic's lie
on windmills and pumps and
and for the locking of the same
claims are not seUleel with a re
able length of time.
By Raymond Relating to di
procedure , providing that no eli
shall be granted unless the com
ant shall have lived in the stat
or year.
House.
The following bills were introi
in th - house Tuesday :
By Kelley Appropriating $1
lor th < - establishment of a wester
, ri cultural school at Cambridge ,
nas c vuiity.
By Talcott For the commitmi
criminal insane to insane asylum :
I By Holmes Providing that
phone companies shall charge no
than $4 a month for business p
and $1.50 tor residence phones
51 a month for party line reslc
) hones , with a penalty or a fin
500 or six months In jail.
By Sink Providing for fire ese
in buildings over two stories hlgl
By layl'Jr r.Q.Rrejcnt discrin
ion in buying pr 5 lhri& cejimmoc
) etween different communities or
.Ions of the state.
By ITadsell Compelling raili
lines in
competing
, vho operate
/Silage or city to construct unior
lots.
lots.By Shoemaker Repeals the
providing for the removal of de :
jfficials.
By "Wilson Making it a felon :
my man to overdraw his check ace
n a bank with intent to defraud
providing a maximum penalty ol
gears' imprisonment or a $5,000
Senate' .
The senate's proceedings "Weelne
.vere elevoteel entirely to speechmr
aid introduction of bills. The fo
ng bills were introduced :
By King Providing for and reg
ing divorce and annullmcnt of
riage ; reeiuiring two years' resic :
Before beginning action , except
xdultery and bigamy. Bill recomn-
vl by National Congress on Div
To punish gift of liquor to Ine ]
' .nsane or those under treatmen
Alcoholism. To regulate sleeping
companies or corporations in
transposition of passengers , ami
i maximum rate of charges for th
of berths or sections , and to pn
t penalty for the violation the
I'barge fixed at $1.50 a day for 1 <
fl for upper birth and $2.50 for
.ion.
.ion.By Ollis Requires that constitu
il amendments shall be publish *
3iie newspaper in a county , elesigi
> y the governor , for three months
By Banning Reciprocal demu :
bill. Repeals sheriff's salary law
puts sheriffs' offices back on fee 1
By Fuller Permits Sunday has
outside corporate limits of any I
: ity or village.
By Myers For three experim
farms , uneler control of the reg
ivesl of the ! ) ! ) th meridian. Not
than one section in each farm.
By Volpp Accident companies
take over the- risks of fraternal o
sessment accident companies. Per
ing to location of school house ? a
innual meeting in country dis
ind providing for change of sites.
House.
The following bill ? were introc
in the house Wednesday :
By Henry Appropriating $1
for the erection of a monument to
? e ln on the state house grounds.
By Kelley To reimburse old
liers who are members of the sol *
iiomes for any money that has
taken by the state from their pens
By Wilson Provides that the r
ney general and the state auditor
pass on the articles of incorpor
> f all banks and insurance comp ;
By Clark Appropriating $ S
Tor salaries and incidental expens
members and employes of the lej
lure.
lure.By Noves Providing the postii
big placards in saloons reading ,
Treating Prohibited by Law. "
By Young Providing that win
Jelinquent child is charged with e
it can demand a jury trial. Def
the eluties of truant officers.
By Raper Abolishing capital
ment.
By Leidigh Appropriating $3
[ or an exhibit at the Yukon-Alask
iiibition.
By Armstrong Increasing the
for the inspection of oil from 10
? ents in lets of more than ten IK
ind to 25 cents in lots of less thai
jarrels.
By Nettleton Preventing disc
nation by life insurance companii
making special terms to one indiv
that are not maclc to another.
Senate.
Following are bills introduced is
senate Thursday :
By Randall To prevent intoxic
ind the drinking of intoxicating
uors on passenger trains. To r
the law relating to bounties on
tnimals.
By Fuller To amend section
) f Cobbey's statutes entitled , "Ai
to provide for the mowing or o
A-ise destroying weeds in the p
roads. "
. . By S. H. Buck Fixing the sala
' .he reporter and clerk of the sup
ourt at $2,000.
By Ransom Gives widow rig ]
> lct whether to accept elower i
- = t or share under will. To pr >
lifeguards for the mortgaging of
) f minors and using , controlling
nvesting jtho proceeds thereof.
By Howell To repeal sectioi
hapter 48. of the compiled stal
he act limiting number of senate
. ) loyes.
i I Jejune.
The following bills were Introc"
n the house Thursday :
By Begole Appropriating $10
for new buildings at the Institut
he Feeble Minded at Beatrice.
By Taylor Providing for tax
> f real estate mortgages.
By Gates Repeals the st
vhich forbids a saloon within
.riilos of any military post.
By Killen Making loans by s
iml chattel loan agents void am
ollectable.
By Holmes Prohibiting the i
horized occupation of streets or
" .ays by tunnelling or otherwise.
By Wilson Providing for an ai
-Trand jury , except when otherwis
.ercd by the court.
By Rapcr Reeiuiring notaries
ic to keep records of their ol
icts.
icts.By Holmes Reeiuiring a $ l,00i
.ual license from pawnbrokers.
By Taylor Providing that s
listricts shall not be liable for th <
ion of any pupil in free high sc
vhose parents are worth $2,00
no re.
By Case Providing for the li
'ng of professional nurses by a 1
> f secretaries , appointed by the
board of health.
By Kraus Limiting the tim
\vhich proceedings may bo st
igainst the collection of special
to on < - year from the time of the
By Sink Limiting the lengtl
"reight trains to fifty cars and pr
ing that no brakeman shall wor
top of the train unless the air b
are out of fix.
By Skeen Providing for the
tion of precinct assessors who
hold office for one year and aha ]
be eligible to serve more than
terms in succession.
Disaster Is in Same Shaft W
Fifty Met Death on Decem =
ber 28 Last.
CALLED SAFE BY EXPE
Explosion Near Bluefield , W.
Hurls Cars from Workings
and Traps Victims.
More than 300 men were killed '
lay in an explosion in the Lick Bi
nine near Minefield. W. Vn. . the i
if : i disaster only liftecn clays a
A'hich fifty lives were lost. How
iccidcnt was caused is not know
experts had just finished an inspo
> f the workings and declared
siife. Nearly all the virtiins this
kvere Americans. The explosion
icned at S : . ' 50 o'clock in the inor
iVhile the entire day sliift was at \
The force of the explosion was
rific and the shock was felt far
Lhe scene. Above the tons of cartl
stone between the workings and
mountain's crown great trees i
from the force of the concussion ,
from the mine mouth belched foi
. loud of flame , soot , dust and di
heavy timbers , broken mine cars
? vcn a massive motor used to hail
lieavy-laden cars.
It is certain that the number of
juloinbc'd is more than 100. Thii
3L' them are dead there can b
loubt. The fire * in the mine am
loudly gases , to say nothing ol
iwful force oL' the explosion , prcc
my ehaiice of rescuing any of the
alive. It is reasonably certain
? omo of. the bodies never will b
covered. Sonio of thorn wore blo\
) ioces and others incinerated be
;
.loubt. The fans which fumisli
fresh air of the workings , as ii
Conner explosion , were not dis ;
but are forcing fresh air into
mines.
Mine Foreman Bowers , who was
lilt ! entrance , was blown from his
but managed to crawl out sat'el.
! id also Robert Smith , a miner.
Iho foreman was a minor named
lulay. and he. too. was blown
A. rescue party , organized on the
ment , rushed into the smoking
and tried to rescue him. They
driven back by the deadly fuim
Lhe after gases , and were compel !
leave him to his fate.
The explosion was one of the '
ever known in that region. In
at the South West Virginia Imj.
ment Company's mine , 300 were 1
in an explosion. Tuesday's herr
the most disastrous since. The
Is owned by the Pocahoutas Co
dated Collieries Company.
The explosion was in a different
of the mine from that of two >
before. Since that catastrophe tlie
has been inspected by goverumcu
cials and by the most experienced
men in the region , and all , it is
expressed the opinion that it was
It was on Dec. 28 last that tin
iner explosion occurred in this
which up to that time had bee
garded as a model mine. On tin
casion the cause was not ascert
and the death list reached fifty ,
last body in connection with tha
plosion was brought to the surface
last Friday , after which the State
inspector declared that the mine
was safe and that work could L
sumed.
VOLUNTEERS JOIN CBUSAD
Ten Thousand Follow Clevelai
in Trying to Jjive Like Cliri *
The movement bouu on a recent
day by l.SOO young people of Clei
to live for two weeks as .Tesus i
has assumed a scope far beyond Uie i
tUois of its promoters. It is cit
Hml is spreading to nearby towns.
10.000 volunteers have unofficially
the movement hy attempting the tes
pleiigins ; themselves to walk in His
Even the city officials are taking r
terost in the question of what
would do if He were a city official ,
interesting experiences Lave boon r
by those who have completed thei
week's test. Some claim they cannot
the practice into business. Other
they can. The test also has hrougl
a host of critics , some praising , i
condemning the idea. Church poop
encouraging the trial and pleading f
continuance. The se-offers say the1
which is be-in : ; made mostly by c
members , should he unnecessary , us
plies a past hypocrisy.
HIGH WOMAN DIES IN
Mother of Millionaire Killert
Mother-iii-LaiY Ful.-illy lint
III a fire that destroyed his res
in New I In ven , Conn. . t.ie ; motli
Samuel lliggins , millionaire f.e-ncral
cger o the New York. Xv Have
Hartford railroad , lost her 1'fe ai
mother-in-law , Mrs. M. E. Corbin
probably fata'ly hurt. His \vif
daughter Isabel ! , his young son , an
Iliggins himself barely escaped dea
jumping out of a second-story wi
It was a result of this jump that
Corbin was fatally hurt. Mrs. jind
Iliggins suffered broken legs and Mr
gins was badly bruised. The yonn :
Harold , escaped injury. A neirro
jumped out of a third-story window
probably escaped serious injury hi
Bon of two police officers interposing
bodies and breaking the fall. The
of the fire , it is said , was an overl
furnace.
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THEY'RE HAVING A PERFECTLY CORKING TIME.
Cliicaco Examiner.
DEATH TAKES RUSSIAN ADMIRAL
Hojestvensky Succumbs to Heart
Trouble in St. Petersburg.
The death is announced of Vice Ael-
miral Rojestvensky , who was in com
mand of the Russian fleet in May.
annihilated
1)05. ! ) when it was practically
in the battle of
lated by Urn Japanese
the Sea of Japan. The death of Ad
miral Rojestvensky , whie-li occurred in
St. Petersburg Thursday , was due to
neuralgia of the heart.
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'VICE AUMIKAI. ROJESTVENSKY.
old ami for years be
about (50 years
IS. the reputation of being the most co
headed and scientific officer in the Ri
: r.s - ian navy. He distinguished himsi
in the Rnsso-Turkish war of 1S77 a
un- was promoted to commander in 18 :
1 admis
In 1 ! > ( rj he was made vice
and was in far eastern waters at t
time of the Chino-.Tapanoso war.
In the summer of 1001 lie start
with the .second Russian Atlan
Miuadron from the P.altic for Via
vustok. On the w.iy someP.ritish fit
relations with that country result
tel \rriviug in the far east Admiral I
rst was joined by other Ri
rry ian vessels and then had fifty-s
. May 27- :
wiy Injis under his command.
out 111 ! ! . " , ocetuTod t'.ie l..jttle of the S
ers > f Japan , invhi -h tlie Russian fh
: l.10 was practically annihilated and
eommander taken prisoner.
) rt ' A naval court of inquiry Bitting
rob.
i ra St. Potersbr.rg ir. llHin. indicted J
miral Rojestven.-ky for snrrondori
11 tlie Japanese , but he was acquitt
: i the plea th-it at the time tlie si
ereler v.v.s made he was uncouscic
i rein injuries received in the light.
FCBTY SLAIN AT WORSHIP.
o
an- < JiureJ ; in S tvji-crml Ci
anmd
md
his [ ) . : rini : elivine pfvvi'-c Sunday an i
vas i : it church n'-ar Sinn. Sv/itzeriand. s ;
his ly coPapseti. luiryint : the worship
\Ir. i : lii > r'l'.ns. PriPticaHy nil the nn
Ir.by . ! > . e f tj : co'VJTivsa : o-i were killed
3\V. : rod. 'I h'-c \v-o cs ( " ' < p lvore thro
trs. r ! wM junic. rn-.iinjj tJirotish
Ihs . ' > - ! . 0:1 iin tl'at an earthqiitxho I
; T.kf-n the xi'Ia n. Other villas
on , ' id : TI th outcry and wore with d
aok u ' Inicd. AfU-r an hour's osortii
uid > irc orqiniiy < " .tricited : forty corp *
ea- : ; ihMiovi'd ihnt there are s
ieir . ) : nnt- : the timber * ; . Sixty persi
use ' ! ' " l'3Ml lUJMlTd. Till' CollapSC 'rf
ted aur-li was caiiMMl by thf timi'-wora
u.ro in the uadcrgrouiid crypt giving w
KING HAILS U. S. FLEET.
Victor Emmanuel Heceives Bear /
miral Spcrry in Private Audience
King Victor Emmanuel rece'r
Hear Admiral Charles S. Sperry
private audience at the Quirinal i
ice in Rome Thursday. His Maje
[ unversed in English for more tl
lialf an hour regard ins the voyage
Lhe fleet , which lie regarded as a m
remarkable achievement. He had
lowed its movements oven to detail ?
The King expressed his deep apr
.nation for what America had d (
Cor Italy in sympathy and relief
those who had suffered in the eai
inake. The Italian pee > ple would n
; r forgot the unanimous manifostat
> f the American government and
.American nation down to the humbl
L'itizen. His Majesty alluded to
energy and ability shown by Mr. G :
xmi , the American ambassador ,
promptly sending succor to the spot
Rear Admiral Sperry. after the i
vate audience , presented his staff
the King , composed of Commodore
bert W. Grant. Paymaster Samuel :
[ Jowan , Lieutenant Commander Sin
I * . Fullinwider and Lieutenant Dai
\V. Wnrtsbangli. The King talked
[ > ach one and expressed his pleasure
being able to meet them.
CHURCH LOSER IN ROBBER3
[ 'illicit to Door of Home ami Fen
to Deliver iii7o.
Called to the door of hi * 'home ' in
[ a. Ohio , at an early hour by t\vo mas
thugs. Joseph Wa htue-k was badly he.i
ind robbed of .v27."j in money. Later
men. supposed to be the same , drove u ]
the feed store of William Fnchter :
breaking the eloor. loaded twenty s.ie-k-
flour anel a quantity of harness and b
ke'ts into a wagon and drove av.ay.
both e-ases tli - tliievos ese'aped. W ;
tuck is treMsurer of a chure-h > ociety ,
since Sunday had kept $ H7. > . which
liad collected from members , at his ho
Tlie- thieves \vho e-illed him to his < J
iske d for tin- ; money , evidently beware
\waro of its presence in the house. W
\Vashtue-k sliowod fiirht he was struck
peatedly over the head with the butt :
i-e\olveri , .
WOULD NOT MARRY FOR FA !
"Mother's Deutli Iiivaliilntes Cli
in Will Daughter Free to Weil
Chr.nncex K. I Jerry directeel in his
lint his danirhtor at the a tie of HO sl
r-ome into po exj-iou of a 1 l. i-acre fen
on the condition she marry by that tiThe
tiii indncem"nt. rein
despite
The 'jirl. -
cd single until he was L"J. She is i
Mrs. Lenna C-on ; of Williiicton. O
She in'ierits the t-ntire estate of her f
; -r. valued at $7r , O'U ) , a- ; the motlior i
after th- > will was made. "Why shou
haie mavrietl before > I was ready , jn
get a farmV" said MrCa < on. "I di
need any firm risen , and now I am
; ; > well off. "
vJIIIPPED AND SHOT TO
Gaud < f Iis c l Men in S < niIi C i
15n\ Heat Nesrn > v.-ith Tliornn.
A s-distance te > iephone menage
the : : ew ; > that Arthur Davis , a yc
uecro of uood repntation. was taken f
his home in Florence county. S. C. . 1
band of marked men. who. after adm
toring a brutal whipping with tlie
withes , shot their victim to death.
crime is believed to be the result e
disagreement between the negro and
tain white men.
T
TOPEKA HOTEL BURNS.
Filled with , Kansas
The Copeland ,
Legislators , Destroyed by Fire.
The Copeland Hotel , a famous head-
quurters for legislators and politicians ,
situated at Ninth and Kansas ave
nues , one block from the State Capitol
tel , Topeka , Kan. , was destroyed by
tire that started shortly after -i o'clock
Thursday morning. Every room was
occupied , the guests numbering about
and politicians
150 , among them legislators
ticians of prominence throughout the
State. The flames burned with such
rapidity that most of the occupants
were forced to use the flre escapes.
I. E. Lambert of Emporia , one of the *
most prominent attorneys aud politi
cians in the State , is missing , and is
believed to have been burned to death.
were injured , but
Many of the guests
none is thought to have been fataliy
sensational escapes
hurt. There were many
several jumping from
capes , persons
windows.
The Copeland Hotel was of brick
construction , four stories in height. It
wits one of the oldest hostelries in the ?
State. It had a roomy lobby and wide
hallways and was plentifully supplied
with Gre escapes. The main stairway ,
however , was built around the elevator ,
and the flames shooting up the shaft
soon shut off this means of escape. The
fire started in the lower part of th
building from some cause as yet un
known. The flames shot up quickly
and before an alarm could be turned m
were fast making their way up thu
wide corridors and filling the open
spaces with smoke. When the Gro ap
paratus arrived on the- scone it was ap
parent that the structure was doomed.
The loss is estimated at 5100.000.
BI& HAT STRIKE IS ON.
25,000 Workers Quit "When. Manu
facturers Abandon Union Label.
Twenty-five thousand persons went
out on strike Friday and seveuty-Gve
hat factories in New England and the
North Atlantic States have been tied up
of the Associated
as a result of a decision
ciated Hut Manufacturers to discon
tinue the use of the union label. Sam
uel Mundheim. president of the asso-
e-iution. said that the order followed
the refusal of. union employes of the
Guyer Hat Company in Philadelphia to
keep a working agreement. Under this
agreement , lie suid , the men were to
continue work until a settlement of
pending questions was reached , but ti > e
men emit work in that factory three
weeks ago aud have since refused to
return.
Martin Lawlor , secretary of tire
United Ilattors uL" North America , said :
'The cause of the trouble was the re
fusal of the Guyer company to live up
to their contract witli us. not any rt > -
fubiil of ours to live up to onr contract
with thorn. The statement that the
men in the Philadelphia factory 'quit
work" is misleading. "
TIi" chief factories affected are in.
New York. Krooklyo. Philadelphia.
Newark and Orange. N. .1. . and in Dan-
bury. South Norwalk and Now Mil-
ford. Conn.
Two Jail Irea2vCr.H Die in Fire.
In an attempt to escape from jail pris
oners at Tillar , Ark. , set fire to the struc
ture. George Lacey and
were incinerate' ] .