| Nebraska
I1 \ Legislature
.Among th < IU > important bills pre
sented Monda } u < ' < - ' the following :
In the senate , by liurgess , and in the
house by KnII. providing that doors on
all public buildings , schools , churches ,
court houses and theaters , must swing
outward.
In the hou.- ' . y drier , transferring
banking and municipal departments
from the . ' -tat * auditor to the state
treasurer.
Harding , of Woodbury , introduced
a bill allowing titles of 10,000 popula
tion to issue bonds on a vote of a ma
jority of citizens.
The White lenprocal demurrage
bill also made its biennial appearance.
When the Hunter junket resolution
is brought to th - senate it will not be
received with open arms.
The senators have been conning the
records of oth < i visiting committees
find they find much to disapprove
They do not \\.uit to quit work right
7iow when the lull- are getting in .shape
for consideration They do not want
to spend th $ .ri.OOO or no that the
junket committee- , will cost. They do
not take kindly t > the Hunter resolu
tion.
tion.That
That is to s.iy. some of them don't.
There are oth < rs \\lio would be glad
to see the committees appointed , and
there are still others who refuse to
uay what they umild like. .Senator
l\lattes is among I hose who oppose the
naming of the committee.
* *
.ScheoJe , of . < < ward , who favored a
"bill introduced in the house Tuesday.
"wiping the jirimaiy election law off
the .statute book- , asked leave Wednes
day to \ \ - ithdr.iit It was granted.
lie said that h < < lid not intend to re
vert to past methods of making nomi-
ination.s , but wanted something in
stead of the pKsonl law. As his bill
did not provide that , he wanted to
withdraw it.
The house had a H\ ely debate Wed
nesday moining over whether a bill
appiopriating 4 > 1t .ou0 to carry the
stale penitentiary until the regular ap
propriation becomes available in April
should be advaiu ed to third reading
or go to a committee for investigation.
Taylor led th < lipht against Clark , who
was pushing the bill ahead , and Clark
linallyithdn \ \ his motion to ad
vance.
In the senate Wednesday Diers in
troduced a resolution requiring all
registered lobbyi.-ts to wear suitable
badges , and that all other be expelled
from the building. Ransom thought
that the men ought not be branded
publicly in that way. and the resolu
tion went over under the rules.
Joint committees were appointed
Wednesday for ihe purpose of arrang
ing for a joint M"-sion to be addressed
by Mr. Bryan.
* * *
Begole. of r.ag.has aimed a blow
at high school li.iternitios. The rumor
has been persistent that an attempt
would be made to abolish all fraterni
ties in high schools and colleges of the
state but the Hegole bill does not di
rectly hit mmtrsity see-ret societies It
provides that * -ehool boards may refuse
to register stud cuts who are kno\\n to
belong to secret Iraternities peculiai
to high school * ? , and it is made a M"--
demeanor for anyone to invite a ; h
school student to join such an organ
ization.
.Senator Mill' r , of Lancaster , intro
duced a similar bill in the senate. It
permits school boards to expell any
student who belongs to a school fra
ternity. The act applies to high schools
and Intermediate schools , but it pre
vents university students or other per
sons from "rushing" or soliciting
membership in fraternities either in
public school giotinds or in school
buildings. The "rushing" act is de
clared to bf a misdemeanor punish
able by a fine oi not less than $ 2 and
not more than $10.
Xoyes , of Ciss. has introduced throe
hills that hit the liquor trade. One
provides that all persons delivering in
toxicating liquor shall pay a yearly
license ranging from $2.50 to $25. An
other provide- that a county liquor
license shall be raised from $500 to
55.000. Still another provides that
druggists who hold permits to sell in
toxicating Iiqucis must keep on record
the names of all who bring prescrip
tions to be filled , when the sale "s
made , and why. that this record
be open to inspection and shall twice
a year be filed at the office of the coun
ty clerk. Xo liquor may be so dis
pensed except on a physician's pre
scription.
Xettleton. of clay. has introduced
a bill to wipe out the attachment law
passed by the last session of the leg
islature. lie would have sixty days'
wages of the head
of the family ex
empt from garnishment , attachment.
or execution , provided that such head
of a family is not about to leave the
state with debtunpaid. . The last leg
islature amended the law so that only
ninety per cent i- exempt from attach
ment. Under the provisions of the
law of 1007 much work for justice
courts has aris < n through attachments
on wages , and the costs to the individ
ual so attached have been no small
item in the final settlement of the
debt.
* *
The finance committee of the senate
took up the proposition to appropri
ate $75,000 for an agricultural school
at Cambridge , which is being urged
by Kelley. of Furnas. By a vote of
five to six it wa < decided to in definitely
postpone the bill Mr. Kelley then
made a counter proposition to amend
the bill and le.i\e its location to the
board of re > gt ins , provided it is placed
in the western part of the state , and
the committee wi'l withhold its report
for lurther consideration.
.
t t. *
TP.ibets , of Adam * , offered a reso
lution for the holding of Lincoln day
-'ces in the
senate chamber at 2
p. . * : r . February 12. under the aus-
- ' of the Iegi'aturo and for a joint
committee on program. The resolution
contained a lengthy eulogy of the life
of Lincoln.
Majir.of \Vr.-ha , said while he
was in sympathv with the resolution
to honor the grn li"n man the world
ever saw , a inhering had been ar-
ninged by the Oaml Army of the Re
public for th - same hour in St Paul's
church and an u.v Station had been ex-
tendee ! to Uvi.ue. : . Gov. Shallen- in
beiger was to preside. The se Lor' '
Irom Xemaha said a meeting should
b < helel and
there should be no con-
ilu t between the senate and the citizen
zenof , the state.
* * *
Nepotism will be a thing of the past
in Xebraska officialdom , .shoud the bill
introduced In the senate Wednesday ]
afternoon by Fuller become a law. This
bill makes it an offense for any official
of the state , county , district , city or
other state , county , district , city or oth
er muncipal division to appoint or vote
for the appointment of any person re
lated to him by affinity or consanguin
ity with the third degree to any clerk
ship , office or position in any depart
ment of the government of which such
executive , legislative , ministerial or
judicial officer may be a member.
Such officer is also forbidden to em
ploy any such relative or any other
officer in consideration of the second
officer giving employment to a rela
tive of the first. Violation of the law
is to be punished by a fine of from $100
to $1,000 and removal from office.
< >
The following bills were read the
third time and passed in the house
Wednesday :
My Young of Madison Providing
that in cities and towns violations of
the tiuancy law may be taken into
justice and police courts instead of
in county courts as now provided.
Vote. Yes. Sl ! ; no. 4.
My Humphrey of Lancaster Provid
ing the Oiegan plan of popular elec
tion oi I'nitfd States senator by pledg
ing legislative' candidates to vote for
the man h.i\ing the highest popular
\oto for senator. Vote : Yes , US ; no ,
2. ) .
The following bills were introduced
in the house Wednesday :
My Kapei Authorizing county su-
pei visors and commissioners to pro-
euie metal markers for soldiers'
gia\es.
1Humphrey To pi event the
manufacture or sale of improperly la
beled or misbranded paint , white lead ,
luipentine and linseed oil.
Fy Lawrence ( by request ) Provid
ing lei vesting the title to a homo-
sti .id in minor children during their
minority
* * *
Notice was s .nt up to the hou-e and
- n.ite Wednesday of the signing of
iippiopriation bills Xos. 11 and 42
which allow the wages of members and
employe- the session. The an
nouncement of thi- tact brought forth
a slioit burst of applause from those )
who have been waiting all this time
lor some return on their labor.
* * *
Seh < ele withdiew his bill that pro
vided for the repeal of the direct prl-
maiy law. He made little explanation
of this action other than that he did
not want to repeal the law without
placing something in its place. This .
is- the enl > house bill that has sought
to repeal the direct primary bodily al
though there is considerable sentiment
in that direction manifest among the
member's.
* *
Myyland's bill to change the electior
of county commissioners from the
whole county to the districts from
which they are nominated was con
sidered and recommended by a heavy
ote.
* a
Tile senate made no objection to th
leport of a committee on a bill to re-
- . the Sackett law. The bill was
placed on the qcneral file. The Sack-
eti law subjects the county , city and
tther officeis to removal from office
for wilful neglect to enforce laws
which it is their duty to enforce.
In the house Holmes , of Douglas in
troduced a bill making it a felony fo
telephone or telegraph companies to
furnish reports to bucket shops.
Representative Armstrong is the au t
thor of a bill declaring the South Oma
ha stock yards a public feeding station
and giving the railway commission au
thority to fix rates.
The daylight closing bill championed - .
ed by Senator King was slaughtered
1 y the senate committee. The measure -
ure provided for the closing nf saloon.4
except between the hours of 3 a. m.
and 7 p. m.
A bill by Senator Ransom to estab
lish a state college of osteopathy wa .
favorably reported.
Klein , of ( lafiv. offered a resolutior \
fixing the pay of the postmaster of the a
Donate at ? . " > . Ollis. of Valley , objected n
to giving the postmaster more than k
an > other employe , and as much as
C
members of the legislature and moved
> amend by making the pay ? 4 a day.
As amended the motion was adojd. . F
Friends of other employes may > ko
similar steps to got salaries adjusted
3e
before the committee on employes or
the committee on accounts and ex
penditures get busy.
Flu
Wednesday afternoon was spent bj svl
the senate in committee eif the whole ? C
wrestling with King's game law. When ye
it ( merged from the struggle the bill
ad
was shorn of some of its provisions.
bu
That portion preventing the shooting
of ducks from artificial blinds built in
the bed of streams by hunters or by I'ai
wading in the bed of streams was re
jected by the committee on fish and
ame and by the committee of the
whole. The game committee's report
was accepted with little change 1 in-
sorn. of Douglas , led the attack on lat
part of the bill to prevent the us < of
blinds built in river beds when King
tried to get it restored in the bill. The
committee of the whole agreed that it
should not go in the bill. Myers made
an elfort to kill the entire bill on the
ground that there is no demand for a
change in the game laws. The bill as
amended was ordered engrossed for
third reading. It closes the season on
chickens and quail for throe years ,
make * ; the open season for ducks and
geese from September ! . " to April 5 :
closes the -nipe season May 1 : takes
ild pigeons out of the protected list ,
d protects doves the entire year ;
make an open season for squirrels
from October 1 to Xovember 30 : black
bass , from June 1 to Xovember 13 ;
prohibits the taking or pursuing of
game later than half an hour after
sunset and before daylight : permits the afl
taking of fish in any manner except dn
byeine from the Platte river or any
st'--arn whore iho water recedes or no
stands in pools. The latter provision cot
will permit the use of pitchforks or clu
scoop shovels , but not seines. uoi
Swan and white crane are protected
wo >
the year round under the bill. ,
More tlma two million sheep are eat a
inParis in a yt-ar. mi
DEATH OP ADMIRAL DEFEATED BY JAPANESE.
ADMIBAI , BOJESTVENSKY.
Admiral Kojeslvensky. who died at St. Petersburg recently , would have
been more fortunate if he had gone down with his flagship on that fateful'
27th of May when the Russian armada met the doom of the Spanish three
centuries before. That is the feeling of men of the seafaring races , with
their : tradition that seaman and ship arc one. Probably Rojestvensky did
not feel so , for he endeavored to escape. He was not of a race born to the
mastery of the sea. And | n some measure that explains his f.tilnre and his
country's , for it was his country's more than his.
Sinovi Petrovitch Rojostvensky was ! bout u'O years old. and I'MIyears
bore the roputntion of being the most cool-headed and scientific oflleer in the
Russian navy. In the summer of 1004 lie started with the second Russian
.
Atlantic squadron from the Baltic for Vladivostok. Arriving In the Far East.
Admiral Rojestvensky was joined by other Russian vessels , and then haJ
fifty-six ships under his command. May 27-28. 190. . occurred the battle of
the Sea of Japan , in which the Russian licet was practically annihilated and
Its j | commander taken prisoner. A nuval court of inquiry indicted Admiral
Rojestvensky for surrendering to the Japanese , but lie was acquitted on the
plea that at the time the surrender was made he was unconscious from in
juries received in the fight.
J'o It is not given to the men of all races to say , with Hawke. when warned
of the lee shore and the rising tempest : "Sir , you have done your duty.
Now lay me alongside of the French Admiral. " It is not given to all to say.
Jig Fsirragut : "D n the torpedoes ! Full steam ahead ! " Nor is it
given to all to say , with Craven : " 'After you , pilot , " and make of his sinking
ship a tomb of immortal glory. Yet. says the Chicago Inter Ocean , though
Rojestvensky lacked that marrow of tradition or that final touch of grace
or fortune and so did not in the manner of his death give dignity to his
share ] of a colossal failure , it must be remembered that to him was doubt
less due the boldness of an enterprise which , had it succeeded , might have
changed the course of history. A strong Russian fleet in the Pacific , with
an almost impregnable harbor in uhich to refit , and energetically operated ,
would have lifted the weight of the Japanese army in Manchooria for a time.
One branch of the Russian service the railway hod learned by experience
to do its work well. Given a little more time and the Russian armies might
have been reorganized for victory.
We know now that Japan consented to peace not merely because all that
was immediately fought for had been won. There was also a consciousness
itl
that Japan could do but little more , and a possibility that Russia , if given
breathing space , might do a great deal more. To give Russia time to make
a new military machine to take power from the transportation machine was
the mission of Rojestvensky and the armada. It was a bold design , and Ad
miral Togo knew what its success what letting the Russian armada even
get by meant for Japan. There was a full realization of its meaning In
Togo's battle signal : "The fate of the Empire depends on this effort. Let
every man do his utmost ! "
Rojestvensky failed , and with him Russia failed as a sea power. And
with failure in sea power is recorded judgment against the Russian system
as a producer of real national efficiency. There may be another Russian
navy , but not until Russia is irade over and can breed men who more than
know men wbo have the instinct for sea mastery and live and die in ac
cordance * with it can Russia really count in the dominion of the seas.
rATHER JOHN OF CRONSTADT.
L-atli Takes Ku.ssinn Priest to Whom
Many Mlmcles Are Credited.
The once famous apostle of all the
ussias , Father John of Cron tadt ,
hose : death occurred recently in St.
itersburg after an illness of over two
'ars' : duration , was revered and
iored not merely among the lowly
it by royalty as well.
Born ] Nov. 30 , 1S29 , he achieved early
me. coming into prominence soon
lAI'HKK .IOI1X OF CUOXSTADT.
ter taking a priesthood at th An
ew Church of t'ronstadt. Although
t ; a factor in the political life 01' his
imtry. nor leading dignitary of the
urch. Father John stood out consplc-
usly whenever Russia attracted th"
rld's attention , whether because of
tional sorrow or rejoicing.
%
A scoffer at superstition and a broad-
ndod man. nevertheless he was uni
versally known to the people of Russia
as the holy seer and miracle woricoi
of the empire. This resulted from the
deep impression his zeal and devotion
to the church wrought on the people.
At the beginning of his ministry in
1S.13 , his zeal , his personality and his
unique methods appealed to the mediae
val spirit which largely prevailed
among the people and in ihe Russian
church , and he wielded wide influence ,
becoming firmly intrenched in Russian
hearts. Quickly his fame spread. lie
was credited with healing powers anil
with the ability to perform miracles ;
the raising from the dead of a girl in
a St. Petersburg hospital was attrib
uted to him by peasants , and soon his
home became the Mecca of many long
pilgrimages by the faithful suffering
from maladies. The sterling qualities
of Father John were admitted also by
the late Emperor Alexander III. , who
constantly honored and befriended him.
and who sent for him to administer the
last sacraments of the church when he
lay dyinir. He was a conspicuous fig
ure at the solemnities attending the
coronation of the present Czar , and the
Empress showed her faith in him by
making a pilgrimage to the siirlne of
St. Seraphin to offer her most fervent
prayer.
In his church Father John was urg
ent along the lines of missionary en
deavors iu foreign fields , and of this
interest the Russian Ortbodox Church
of St. Nicholas in New York City has
received ample share. Known to but
fewof bis followers by bis surname of
s M'troiff. be wis Father John to nil.
anil as Father John Russia mourns
him.
Whisky by any other name would
tangle men's feet Just the sam .
WITHCRAFT OF LUI3ENOS ,
The Ciillfortiin Iii < ! IuiiM Still Oon
nult 'I In-i sluiiiirtiiw.
The culture ot the LuNono Indians ia
discussed by P.iillp Stedmaii Sparkman
in one of the reivnt publications of the
University of t'aJitornia. Sparkmun ,
who was killed lust year at his home
at Hiiicon , near Valley Center , Sun
Diego County , Cal. , had for years spent
much time in communication with the
Luisenos of Riucoit and vicinity. Among
his papers was found the one dealing
with the culture of these people , and
it has been published without many
alterations , lie discusses the food of
the Luisenos. their clothing , pottery ,
basketry , weapons , implements , games ,
and other matters which have a bear
ing on their manner of life. In telling
about "shamanism" ( witchcraft ) lie
says :
"As may be supi > osed , witchcraft ia
still much believed in. though not near
ly so much as formerly. A person
whose children arc d\iug. even of such
a disoas < ' as consumption , will imagine
that some evilly disposed person is be
witching them. He will perhaps go
to some wizard and ask him who i3
killing his children. The wizard will
inform him that a certain person is
doing so. and after this nothing will
make the man believe otherwise.
"Te > bewitch a person it is considered
necessary to got something belonging
to his body , as a little of his hair , the
parings of his uails , some of his blood ,
or a handkerchief that he has blown
his nose in. For this reason it was
formerly customary when one had his
hair eat to caretully sweep every par-
tide , carry it away , and bury it , for
fear that some enemy might possess
himself of it to bewit-ch him. Some
follow this custom still.
' 'One method employed by the wiz
ards is said to bore make small h mges
of the people they wish to kill and to
perform their incantations over them.
It is said that such images have some
times been found , either accidentally erin
in the house of a wizard after his
death. Should the finder burn them
the death of the wizard is said to fol
low invariably.
"Tho wizards , shamans , or medicine
men , by whichever name they may ba
called , are nearly all doctors. An In
dian has but little faith in medicine ,
but much more in the supernatural
powers of the medicine men. It Is a
fact that the latter use remedies made
from plants to suim extent , but they
rely mostly on shamanistic practices. "
Now York Post.
"Rasttis. does Farmer Jones keep
chickens. " "Well , boss , he do keep
some of 'em. ' *
Maud You have no idea how jeal- '
ous my husband is. dear. Kitty ( he1 *
dearest friend ) Pshaw , he's flattering
you.
"The spirit of your husband wishes
to speak with you. madam.Vhat
docs he say ? ' ' "He says that ho
doesn't have to dress in a cold room. "
The Bohemian.
"When you got to Washington , son ,
don't you be afraid to work for thd ,
public service. ' ' "No. dad. It's the
Secret Service I'm afraid of. " Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Irene A girl shouldn't marry a man
till she knows all about him. Evelyn
Good gracious ! If she knew all
about him she wouldn't marry him.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
May The bride nearly fainted dur
ing the wedding , and had to be sup
ported by her father until it was over.
Jim Yes. and now I hear her father
is supporting both of them.
"Speaking of poetry , does the modern
school make us think ? " "Well , It makes
us hustle for the dictionary , that is ,
{ ' -so of us who have any curiosity at
all. " Louisville Courier-Journal.
a
Wiggles I hear Bjenks has been
very ill. Is he out of danger yet ?
Waggles Well , he's convalescent ; but
he won't be out of danger until that
pretty nurse who has boon taking care
of him has gone away. Life.
Medical Student What did you oper
ate on that man for ? Eminent Sur
geon Two hundred dollars. Medical
Student I mean , what did he have ?
Eminent Surgeon Two hundred del
lars. The Christian Register.
Parke I don't know what I am ever
going to do with that boy of mine. He
is careless and absolutely reckless of
consequences , and doesn't seem to care
for any one. Lane Good ! You can
make a taxicab driver out of him.
Life.
Life.Mrs.
Mrs. Murphy Arrah ! 'Tis Saterdah
night an' th' facth'ry is closin' down , a
an' Timmy don't know whether he'll
git his pay or not. Mrs. Flaherty
Here he comes home now. Mrs. Mur
phy--Wirra ! Then he ain't been paid !
Cleveland Leader.
Kind Friend Henpeck , let me intro
duce you to Professor Glass , the great
hypnotist , who can put any one to
sleep within two minutes after start
ing. Ilenpeck Glad to meet you , pro
fessor. Come , let me Introduce you to
my wife. The Bohemian.
"You must do your best. " said Mrs.
Psmith to the new cook. "My husband
is very particular about the way his
food is prepared. " "Yessum , " gald th *
new cook , sympathetically ; "ain't tbest
men all alike ? Now you take my hus
band ; I never was able to cook
thing to please him in all nay liftl"
ClffTttland Leader.
ANOTHER BOMANTIC
Pitrii lOxcltctl It ) SrnNittluti Kijuol tm
Dreyfu * niul IIunilM-rt AlTuIra.
Paris has a real < cnsation. quite the
biggest since the I > rc\fns ease , still so
fresh in mind as to neotl no special
mention , and the Humbert affair , which
Involved I the obtaining of millions ,
loaned " to a shrewd adventuress having
a trunk full of a I lewd gilt-edged se
curities that wore afterward found to
be only worthless paper. The excite
ment produced in those instances pales
to insignificance by comparison with
the present incident , which , with its
nnelatioi.s pointing to the possible wc-
posur" of a national scandal , promises
to attrai-t world-wide attention. It IB
the recent arrest of Mine. Stoinheil ,
following her confession that fof
months sim-o the slaying of her artist
husband and Mine Japy. now known
to have boon her stepmother , who
wore found strangled in the home of
the artist on the im ruing of May 31 ,
her attempt to find the assassins and
the innumerable fantastic clues fur
nished the police and the newspapers
wore only a ilVsporato fareo to conceal
the real author of iho crime , herself.
The < -nno : in question was peculiar.
Stoinheil was n portrait painter and a
grand-nephew of flic famous Melsso-
ni > r. The- assassination of the woman ,
Mine. ! Japy , is suppobed to have beou
incidental , to the killing of Steinhell.
He was the man itvas desired to get
out of the way. Steinhoil , his wife and
Mine. : Japy lived together. The wife
was found bound and gagged in bed ,
and at first she declared that she had
ab
boon thus treated by three men and a
woman , all unknown to her.
It is now learned that Mine. Steinhell
was receiving the visits of several
wealthy men , among them a Maurice
IJordorel. and that she had promised
each ! of them that she would marry
him in event of her becoming widowed
or divorced.
Testimony from every quarter seems
to upset completely the charges of the
royalist press that the late President
Felix Fa ure was the victim of criminal
dealing , but oven M. Dupuy , his pre
mier , docs not deny that Mine. Stein
hoil was with him shortly before his
mysterious death in 1SOO.
During her confession Mine. Steinhell
was in great distress e > f mind and
sobbed out : "I heipo te > justify myself
before a man whoso love I have now
lost forever. " This man is said to be
a French nobleman and in his Identity
is believed to lie the key to this ro
mantic tragedy.
A Queer Test.
The grocer said to the applicant :
"Your references ure good. Sho\
me your style of weighing out five
pounds of sugar. There's the scales. "
The applicant wreathed his face in
the amiable smile all salesmen wear
and weighed out the sugar with dla-
patch and accuracy. He put on too
little sugar at first : ho added gently a
full half pound before the scale bal
anced.
"You'll do. " said the grocer. "You
understand the scale trick. It is plain
that you learned your trade in the
thorough old school way. "
"Yes. sir. " the other answered. "I
learned in the country , and almost my
first lesson was that in weighing. You
must add. add. add. till the beam tips ,
because all that adding pleases the cus
tomer seems to him almost like a gift
But if. on the contrary , you subtract
from the quantity on the scale the cus
tomer is affected in the opposite way
you seem to bo robbing him. He goes
away convinced that you are a stingy
cheat. " New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Vticntuii
A supply of sponges from Yucatan
may be looked for ore long. There is
large growth of fine singes left un
touched so far. as the native divers do
not usually take sponges at a greater
depth than 15 feet. The better class
grow in the greater depths , and these
ire now to bo gathered.
A "Wonder.
"Bligirins" baby must be a wonder. "
"Yes , " answered Miss Cayenne. "It
is the only human being I know of
whose conversation he esteems more
highly than his own. " Washington
Star.
"The baby has something the mat
ter with his stomach. "
"How do you know ? "
"Because we had it taken out and
examined. " Life.
If carelessness is a sin , we are all
in the sinner class.
