SENATE DISCUSSES THE OLLIS
BILL AND DEFERS ACTION.
SCHEELE SEATED BY HOUSE
Seward Representative Now Asserts
' He Is a Free Man and Will Vote
, as He Pleases House to Try
County Option.
Shall the stock yards companies of
Nebraska be subject to physical val
uation and placed under the control
of the state railway commission for
rate making purposes is the question
squarely before the state senate.
Ollis of Valley championed his own
bill , S. F. 115 , in committee of the
whole and was supported by Skiles
of Butler and opposed by Bartos of
Saline and Morehead of Richardson ,
the latter be'ng president pro tern of
the senate. Hoagland of North Platte
spoke for and against the bill but is
said to be in favor of its passage.
Adjournment was taken for the day
before action was taken on the meas
ure.
ure.Both
Both sides claim to have enough
votes to win. The opponents of the
hill have a list showing seventeen
votes against the measure. The
friends of the bill have another list
which they say shows the same num
ber for the bill. One man who is
counted to vote against the bill is
said to have made up his mind to
/ WHO'S WHO IN STATE SENATE OF NEBRASKA
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Lincoln , Neb. , Feb. 12. Secretary
W. H. Smith of the senate has com
"ft " piled a statistical biography of the
members of the senate which shows
that five of the members were born
in this state , that eleven are lawyers
by profession , that four are bankers ,
that eight are farmers or stock rais
ers , and that only a bare majority
has had previous legislative experi
ence. J. A. Ollis , jr. , and Ned Brown
are the veterans , each having previ
ously served two terms in the legisla
ture.
Six members were born in Illinois
and four of them across the sea , Bod-
inson coming from Sweden , Volpp
from Germany , Bartos from Bohemia ,
and Jansen from Russia.
Aubrey Smith is the infant of the
senate , being 32 years old. M. S.
Wilcox is easily the grandfather of
the lot , being only two years on the
right side of his three-score and ten.
The average of all the senators is 48
years. Aubrey Smith and John Cor-
deal are the only bachelors in the lot.
Smith's statistics follow :
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District , Name , Postoffice , Politics , Occupation and Nativity c -
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1 John H. Morehead , Falls City , dem. , banking and stock raising..27 49 0
2 L. A. Varner , Sterling , rep. , lawyer , Ohio , 32 56 1
3 Henry H. Bartling , Nebraska City , rep. , merchant , Nebr 33 33 0
4 W. B. Banning , Union , dem. , lumber and grain' dealer , Nebr 41 41 1
5 E. E. Placek , Walioo. dem. , lawyer , Nebr. , 33 33 0
6 Richard S. Horton , Omaha , dem. , lawyer , Ohio * 17 44 0
6 John E. Reagan , Omaha , dem. , lawyer. Mo 22 42 . 0
6 John M. Tanner , South Omaha , dem. , publisher , la 27 49 1
7 M. S. Wilcox , Craig , dem. , farmer , N. Y : . . .43 68 0
8 J. M. Talbott , Crofton , dem. , physician , la 14 39 1
9 * Aubrey A. Smith , St. Edward , rep. , banker , Nebr . ' . .32 32 1
10 Fred Volpp. Scribner , dem. , banker , Germany 23 43 1
11 Phillip H. Kohl. Wayne , dem. , real estate and loans , Ohio 21 43 0
12 I. L. Albert , Columbus , dem. . lawyer , Penn 23 54 0
13 J. D. Lee , Lynch , dem. , farmer and stockman , Va 20 50 1
14 W. H. Reynolds , Chadron , rep. , real estate , 111 26 61 1
15 J. A. Ollis. jr. , Ord , dem. , farmer and stockman. 111 29 52 2
16 C. F. Bodinson , Kearney , dem. , merchant. Sweden 33 64 1
17 J. H. Buhrman , St. Libory , dem. , farmer and banker , 111 29 46 1
18 J. H. Kemp , Fullerton , rep. , lawyer , Va 14 38 0
19 Charles M. Skiles , David City , dem. . lawyer , la 31 44 0
20 Edward P. Brown , Davey , , lawyer , Nebr. 40 40 2
20 William A. Selleck , Lincoln , rep. , merchant , Minn 26 53 0
21 Peter Jansen. Beatrice , rep. , retired farmer , Russia 38 58 1
22 F. W. Bartos , Wilber , dem. , lawyer , Bohemia :27 33 1
23 Wes Pickens. Powell , dem. , farmer , Ind 42 63 1
24 Charles C. Smith , Exeter , rep. , manufacturer , N. Y 40 44 0
25 J. M. Cox , Hampton , rep. , farming and banking , 111 42 63 1
26 James B. McCrew. Bloomlngton , rep. , banker. Ohio 23 60 0
27 George W. Tibbets , Hastings , dem. . lawyer. N. Y 25 62 1
28 H. A. Cox. Wilcox , rep. , stockman , 111 26 57 ' 0
29 * John F. Cordeal , McCook. rep. , lawyer , 111 25 37 0
i 30 W. V. Hoagland. North Platte , rep. , lawyer. 111 38 40 0
' Single.
vote for it The vote on the bill is
awaited with anxiety by friends and
foes.
Scheele Gets the Seat.
When the Scheele-Wertman contest
case came up , the votes were almost
entirely along party lines , with the
democrats easy victors. This result
.had'been early foreseen and although
the -reports of the committee which
had investigated the claim of Wert-
man to the seat were made the occa
sion for many speeches the anticipat
ed result occurred. Scheele was de
clared the legal occupant ol the seat ,
which wrung from that gentleman the
exclamation , "Thank God , I am a free
man at last. "
County Option Bill.
The judiciary committee of the
bouse met and took up Norton's coun
ty option bill , H. R. No. 392. After
some discussion , and with but one
dissenting vote , that of Prince of Hall ,
againsl it , the measure was recom
mended for engrossing preparatory to
third reading. Though the supporters
of tihe measure have no hope of passIng -
Ing the bill they mean to fight for it
as hard as though they had a chance
to get it through the legislative mill.
An effort was made to revive in the
house the bill by Senator Varner rais
ing the amount of home made wine
which can be sold in a single package
without licensing from one to ten
gallons. The bill was reported indefi
nitely postponed by the judiciary com
mittee Friday. It required fifty-one
votes to secure a reconsideration , so
that the bill lost , only thirty-seven
voting for it.
A memorial addressed to the sen
ate was read from the detail Hardware
' wherein the
ware Dealers' association ,
passage of good roads legislation , the
universal hunting license law and the
$5,000 appropriation for the fish
hatchery were recommended.
An effort is being made by nearly
jevery county officers' association of
the state to obtain the passage of
bills raising salaries of county ofi >
; * ers. This effort is meeting with con
siderable resistance in the legisla
ture , i
Flower * for Bartos.
Bartos of Saline , who made a plea
last week for a bill that would permit
the senate to pay its employes $5 a
day was the recipient of a splendid
bouquet to which was attached a card
rearing this inscription. "From $2
senate employes who vote on election
day. " The inscription is supposed to
be a gentle hint to other senators that
their employes propose to vote on
election day without the aid of any
vehicle or any other artificial means.
How they intend or for whom they
intend to vote is not disclosed by the
inscription.
County Option Quiet.
County option appears to be a dead
issue in the senate. The thirty-third
legislative day began Monday and
those who are nervous about county
option whenever it is mentioned will
welcome passage of the next seven
legislative days. After the fortieth
day no more bills may be introduced.
Only the governor , by special mes
sage , can then initiate legislation.
There is only one bill affecting the
liquor question now in the senate so
that the opportunities for attaching
new liquor amendments to other bills ,
the method employed in the passage
of the daylight saloon bill , are very
few.
For the purpose of setting aside the
daylight saloon law in all cities over
5,000 inhabitants , Reagan of Douglas
has introduced S. F. 287. The bill
provides that in all cities having over
5,000 inhabitants the licensing author
ities may extend the closing hour be
yond 8 o'clock , not to exceed the hour
of midnight , when petitioned by over
50 per cent of the voters of the city.
The bill would apply to all of the
"third" cities in the state and to' Lin
coln , South Omaha and Omaha , but
would not apply to any other towns
or villages. In many of the places it
would apply to it is not believed a
petition of over 50 per cent of the
voters could be obtained. The bill
does not call for an election , nor does
it go into details as to how the names
of voters shall be obtained or present
ed to the licensing boards.
More Time for Homesteaders. .
Hoagland of Lincoln secured the
adoption of a resolution asking con
gress to pass the Kinkaid bill which
seeks to extend the time in which
homesteaders will have to , pay for the
lands they hold under the government
reclamation act. The resolution recites
that settlers on the land under the
government irrigation project in west
ern Nebraska have had poor crops ,
the government first failing to supply
water for their needs and that the
land will not be productive until al
falfa has been grown upon it for
three years.
To Commemorate Gettysburg.
The senate has adopted a resolution
introduced by Senator Horton at the
request of General C. F. Manderson ,
asking that the governor appoint a
commission of five soldiers , who
served with distinction in the civil
war , to serve with commissions of
similar nature from other states in
preparing for the commemoration of
the fiftieth anniversary in 1913 , of the
battle of Gettysburg.
Cook will have electric lights in the
near future.
Favor Capital Punishment.
The house of representatives of the
legislature of Nebraska has gone on1
record more emphatically than ever
in opposition to the abolition of-capi
tal punishment. By a vote of 45 to
22 it refused to consider further a
bill providing for such abolition of
the hanging sentence.
A petition is being circulated asking
tne state senators to use every means
to make Holdrege the site of the state
agricultural college which is provided
for by a bill that passed the house.
ARRANGE FOR RECIPROCITY WiTH CANADA
C.M. PEPPEK WM. PATEPSOV
. Most of the work of drawing up the arrangement for re ciprocity in trade between the United
WYSHINGTON.
States and Canada has been done on behalf of Canada by William Patterson , minister of customs , and W. S.
Fielding , minister of finance , and on behalf of the United States by Charles M. Pepper and Chandler Hale. The
Canadian ministers spent some time in Washington in consultation with the president and other officials.
A Reminder of Youth
Hunter Sees Panther Like He
Used to Hunt.
Animals Are Not Extinct in State of
Pennsylvania as Generally Sup
posed May Have Escaped
From Menagerie or Circus.
Waterville , Pa. William Button ,
who lives on the mountain about two
miles north , and who when a young
man had more than one exicting ad
venture with -panthers , declares that
the belief that panthers are .extinct
In Pennsylvania is a mistake. He
says he saw a panther in open day
light one forenoon during a trip he
made through the wilds of the country
north of his place on an Inspection of
his bear traps.
Button Is seventy-one years of age ,
and has lived in the Pine creek region
ever since he was a boy of seven ,
when his people came in over the old
Coudersport pike and "squatted" on a
piece of land along that thoroughfare
and followed the business of trapping
and hunting and tilling a small piece
of ground in the neighborhood of what
Is now Hanevllle.
Young William was schooled In the
wilds and at eleven years of age was
a fine shot with a smooth-bore rifle ,
and a year later he killed a big pan
ther that had followed him and hia
mother while they were returning at
night from Lock Haven. This ani
mal , but a few weeks before , had at
tacked and almost killed a peddler
that had passed along the road.
With his acquaintance concerning
panthers' and their ways , the old
man's declaration that the panther has
again appeared In the Pennsylvania
wilds gives rise to a most Interesting
question , for the state authorities
announced as much as fifteen years
ago that there were n more panthers
In Pennsylvania. Mr. " Button was In
specting his bear traps the other day ,
and had gone Into a deep ravine In
crossing from one ridge to another ,
when his attention was attracted to
the partially devoured carcass of a
fleer. The blood and torn flesh of the
Jtnimal showed him that the work
had been done that very day. He ex
amined the carcass to determine the
character of the animal that had killed
It , when he heard a peculiar , cat-like
growl that seemed to come from the
thick of a big hemlock close by , and
looking up into the boughs of the tree
he saw the form of a big tawny crea
ture that lay crouched on one of the
limbs at a point near the trunk. It
was far too big for a catamount , and
Cor the moment the old hunter thought
It was a mountain lynx , which animal
Is still found at rare intervals.
He had a rifle with him , but before
be determined to shoot , being anxious
to learn the character of the beast , the
thing raised quickly and jumped to
the ground at the other side of the
tree. A shot sent in its direction
Called of Its mark and with that the
animal had gained effective cover in
the thicket. At that moment the beast
gave vent to a cry of anger that was
unmistakably , Mr. Button says , the
Cry of the panther as he heard It
hundreds of times In the early years
of his manhood as a hunter and trap
per. Button watched for the animal
to come into the open beyond the
thicket , where the ground rose ; but
It was smart enough to avoid this ,
and as it doubtless was gorged with
Jts feast of deer the animal probably
took to a convenient tree and retired
for rest Button examined the ground
where the beast must have leaped
down , and found In the soft earth
tracks that further convinced him that
the animal was a panther.
The old hunter , however , is not of
the opinion that the panther is one of ,
the original Pennsylvania family , but
rather Is of the belief that this one
must have come from some circus or
menagerie.
WILL TRY TENT-GROWN LEAF
Connecticut Valley Tobacco Raisers
Revive Enthusiasm for It Re
calls Experience.
Springfield , Mass. The revival of
the tent-grown tobacco proposition on
a large scale In the Connecticut valley
recalls the disastrous experience of
farmers and others seven or eight
years ago. The present assertion of
promoters of shade-grown tobacco en
terprises is that , profiting by the past ,
experts have succeeded In producing
a strain of wrapper leaf that defies
competition , that this tobacco Is bet
ter and cheaper than Sumatra tobac
co , that it passes readily for a high
grade of Havana leaf and Is in great
demand for wrapping clear Havana
cigars.
The prediction that upward of three
thousand acres of tobacco will be
raised under cloth In the Connecticut
valley this year probably insures a
crop of sufficient size to determine in
a single season whether the tent-
grown tobacco advocates actually
have overcome the defects which
characterized the crops of 1902 and
1903.
In the last few years the attention
of the shade , grown contingent has
been concentrated on Cuban tobacco.
The Connecticut Tobacco Corporation ,
of East Qranby , has raised 150 acres
of the Cuban tobacco under cloth and
the leaves have proved Al wrapper
stock. One or two smaller companies
have also raised satisfactory crops.
That important interests believe
Cuban tobacco Is adaptable to the
Connecticut valley is evidenced by the
entrance of the American Sumatra
Tobacco company , and a dozen smal
ler syndicates have completed ar
rangements to raise crops of from 50
to 150 acres.
Norwegian Overtakes Scared Fugitive
Animal and Saves It From
Savage Dogs.
Montville , N. J. Residents of Un-
dercliff road , which skirts the foot of
Hock mountain , saw one of the most
exciting races ever run in that sec
tion. The participants were Larz
Koppang , Norwegian ski runner ; a
pack of dogs and a pet deer belonging
to Harold Rutgers , by whom Koppang
is employed. The deer got out of its
Inclosure by breaking the fence , and
a search was made for It by Rutgers
and his employees. The barking of
dogs caused the men to look out on
the Big Piece , a flat meadow land
about a mile wide and five miles in
length. There they saw the deer , pur
sued by a score of dogs.
Koppang ran to his employer's home
for his skis and soon took up the
chase. The deer and the dogs had at
least a mile start of the Norwegian ,
and were headed due north on the five-
mile stretch. The snow had a good
crust , and Koppang glided along at a
fast rate. It was not long before the
entire neighborhood had turned out
to witness the race. The deer held
its own with the dogs , and it was
seen that Koppang was fast gaining
on the pursuers and pursued. It was
a question of whether the Norwegian
could overtake the deer before it got
to the end of the meadow. If it did
not It would be hard for him to keep
up the chase , as he would have had
to climb fences.
The dogs began to tire , and one by
PADDED SHOULDERS MUST GO
Tailors in Annual Convention at St , '
Louis Say Men's Clothes Must
Give Slim Effects.
St. Louis , Mo. The corset coat is
the fashionable spring and summer
garment for men this year and trous
ers are to fit so snugly shoe horns
will be necessary to get them on. At
least , so says the International Cus
tom cutters.
Already , they declare , the shadow
of death is on the "foolish over-exag
gerated man. " In his stead will
come the "under-exaggerated man , "
and men of football physique will ap
pear so slim their wives and sweet
hearts won't know them.
It Is said that the old caricatures of
the dandy French counts give a good
Idea of just how the tailors expect to
make American men look.
The edict comes forth from parlor
B of the Planters' hotel here , and all
the United States and Canada must
heed the voice from St. Louis. For
here are gathered the custom cutters
of the two nations and they have
with them 175 garments tailored in
the styles they Insist are to be.
Shoulders will be slight , the chest
full and the waist small , giving the
effect of a corset , they say. Sleeves
also will be narrow. Padding will be
placed about the chest instead of on
the shoulders , as of yore.
Coats will be single-breasted , boldly
ro\mded at the bottom. The "cuta
way" In many respects will resemble
the frock coat now in style.
Tale of Tailless Hens.
Winsted , Conn. "Talking about
hens , " said a Watertown man the oth
er day , "you ought to see Jacob Hel-
mo's tailless flock of 60 biddies. Jacob
Bald he cut the tails off Just for fun ,
but others who claim to know say that
Jacob and one of his neighbors had a
dispute over the ownership of a cer
tain hen and , to prevent any more con
troversy , Jacob waited until his flock
had gone to bed and then with a pair
of shears made each one plainly dis
tinguishable from his neighbor's
birds. "
Runs Down a Deer on Skis
one he passed them. He caught the
deer near the end of the meadow.
He slipped a rope around its neck and
led It to its master's home.
The deer , usually tame , was made
wild by the dogs , and the man had
much trouble in leading it.
TO SELL SPORTING ESTATE
City of Glasgow Plana to Dispose of
Ideal Hunting and Fishing Re
sort Game Is Varied.
Glasgow. This city Is going to sell
its Highland sporting estate. It is an
island off the Lorn coast of Argyll.
Game is varied. The sportsman can
collect a mixed bag of grouse , black
cock , wild duck , rock pigeon , wood
cock and hares. The salmon fishings
are also an attraction. There is an
acreage of 1,118 acres , and the yearly
let Is $750.
Most of the land is not adapted for
the plow. Last year the surplus rev
enue was $475. The city fathers have
fixe.d the upset price at $20,000 , and
some capitalist of a misanthropical
frame of mind would find the Island
of.Shuna an ideal abode , as It is two
miles from the mainland and off the
track of steamers.
Fear for Karlsbad Springs.
London. On the ground that the
Karlsbad springs might suffer , an im
perial Austrian commission has re
fused to permit waste water to h
dumped from the Britannia coal mine
at Falkenau , near Karlsbaa.
A WOMAN'S KIDNEYS.
Are Often Responsible for Untold
Suffering.
Mrs. W. H. Kaiser , Whitney , Nebr. ,
says : "Many times during the night
I was obliged to arise because of too
frequent passages of kidney secre
tions. Again they be
came scanty , were
very thick and attend
ed by burning and
scalding. Soon a drop
sical condition be
came manifest and I
began to worry. My
feet and ankles were bloated and I
was In a bad way when rI began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. I used four
boxes and was entirely cured. "
Remember the name Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. T.
Dwellers in glass houses should
keep out of politics.
Garfield Tea is tha best remedy for coa-
itipation. Take a cup before retiring.
Some men will do anything for the
sake of a little newspaper notoriety.
PH.ES CUKED ITT 6 TO 14 DATS _
Yonr druggist will refund money If PAZO OIHT-
MQNT fails to euro any case of Itchln ? , Blind.
Bleeding or Protruding files In 6 to 14 d y . Wa.
A Religious Innovation.
A certain well-brought-up little girl
yawned at the breakfast table last
Sunday morning and ventured a polite
proposition to her mother.
"I really don't feel at all like going
to church this morning , " she remark
ed. "Can't we Just send cards ? "
Rattlesnakes Appear Early.
The unusually warm weather
throughout central Wyoming the last
few weeks has caused large numbers
of rattlesnakes to leave their dens and
many have been killed by ranchmen
and others. Not hi the recollection of
the oldest inhabitants have rattle
snakes appeared so early In the year.
Casper Correspondence Denver Re
publican.
One Happy Condition.
"Wireless is a wonderful thing. Isn't
It ? It's going to take the place
of everything telegraph , telephone ,
thought transference why , they even
transmit newspaper photographs that
way. "
"Yes , but there's one thing they'll
never do with wireless. "
"What's that ? "
"Wire-pulling. "
Neatly PuL
The Duchess Decazes , as all the
world knows , was an American a
daughter of the enormously rich Sin
ger family.
The duchess was once taking part In
some amateur theatricals at Ragaz
when a New York girl said to her
mother :
"Is she a real duchess ? "
"Yes , my , dear , " the mother , a
Knickerbocker , answered. "Yes , real ,
but machine made. "
Successful Life Work.
"He has achieved success who has
lived well , laughed often , and loved
much ; who has gained the respect of
Intelligent men and the love of little
children ; who has filled his niche
and accomplished his task ; who left
the world better than he found it ,
whether by an improved poppy , a
perfect poem , or a rescued soul ; who
has never lacked appreciation of
earth's beauty or failed to express It ;
who has always looked for the best
in others , and given the best he had ;
whose life was an Inspiration ; whose
memory a benediction. " President
Schunnan.
CHILDREN AFFECTED
By Mother's Food and Drink.
Many babies have been launched
Into life with constitutions weakened
by disease taken In with their motlx-
ers' milk. Mothers cannot be too care
ful as to the food they use while nurs
ing their babes.
The experience of a Kansas City
mother Is a case in point :
"I was a great coffee drinker from a
child , and though ! , I could not do with
out It. But I found at last it was doIng -
Ing me harm. For years I had been
troubled with dizziness , spots before
my eyes and pain In my heart , to
which was added , two years later , a
chronic sour stomach.
"The baby was born 7 months ago ,
and almost from the beginning , it , too ,
suffered from sour stomach. She was
taking It from me !
"In my distress I consulted a friend
of more experience and she told mete
to quit coffee , that coffee did not
make good milk. I have since ascer
tained that It really dries up the milk.
"So , I quit coffee and tried tea and
at last cocoa. But they did not agree
with me. Then I turned to Postum
with , the happiest results. It proved-
to be the very thing I needed. It not
only agreed perfectly with baby and
myself , but It increased the flow of
my milk.
"My husband then quit coffee and
used Postum and quickly got well of
the dyspepsia with which he had been
troubled. I no longer suffer from the
dizziness , blind spells , pain In my
heart or sour stomach.
"Now we all drink Postum from my
husfeand to my seven months' old
baby. It has proved to be the best
hot drink we have ever used. We
would not give np Postum for the best
coffee we ever drank. " Name given
by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich.
Get the little book , "The Road to
Wellvllle , " In pkgs.
"There's a Reason. "
Ever read ibe above letter ? A rtr
ne appear * from time to time. Taey
are sreanlae , trve , aad fall of kaaum
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