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THE NEBRASKA LAWS
AS PASSED BV THE LATE LEG
ISLATURE. Foine of the Meaanrrs to Become Oier-
Mit At Once HrtaUfe til the Euier-
ftebcy t'laute AttaJnent What
la l'rorldetl ty All of Them.
Uwi of the Lvgiftlaturck
Coci.cdei.J .
Uouac roll No. J'2 introduced "? Ilcli,
r-rovlue WaA all vli.crii -'Il na apple vlnc-
t ."it tar.iX !. i he l??ltlac'e product of apple
.'& IVtvons Siti-iufncturliig. keeping for
I'ooroJTcrinjr for alc any praln Unejrars.
iMcrlnerarsor fiuit Ineirars arc refjuirp.l
j kt-rji It In pa-l;nsjison vriilcli hc name or
t'. xnaniif.icturvr nml tho jraiM, fruit &r
oilier Mibitancu frvin which it Is, tnide Is
Mawpttl nr markeri. Xo . 'necafc to be -.old
iinlainlop cny p0pdraMon tf lead, copper,
Mlpli'ir wt- cAlii-r nsineral arid or other ln-
-.wilonts hottrlous ti health. A penalty 1
iJ-ovided for tlie violation of tho act. The
;. mentor signed the bill April 10.
House roll No. IV. by Hull, regulates the
inaiiiif.icliirc and -ale of cider, and I de
M.cned to ptvreut adultrr.it ion. deception
ia fraud In the inanufacttire or sale there
of. Till-, bill was Mmieil April lit.
House roll No. li, hy llurkett of liticas
tr. ametids the law rosulatiiiK the manner
i-i n-hiclicltumsRallisl tliu estate Of decf-
ntt. arv to le proved mid allowed. This Wll
..iai?ia-l Aiml 13.
House roll No l proildes thai fallroad
companies -dinil ntaintalr. track scjIi-s at al.
tations trotn h"uli yX) carloads of era!:.
tn bon "Ulprnd In anv one year suIim-
Jtivrit to I'vo year aco. The cars and cim
i:ils are to be weighed and tho company i
livid rcsixjnsible for the whole net amount
loss iut-ii:ilf of one ht cent allowed for Jos
,ly irilur.il causes. This bill was signed by
liiPEoicmor Apt. in.
Vnattt tile Xo. 2.C Hit roduced by Spencer
'j n-uut-sl. amends the statute regulating
le practice of nieilicim. Tile act provides
lur a hoard of fotir secretaries of the state
1-oardo' hvallii. Of these two must In-lons
'. repul scIkh.1. one to the eclectic and one
in tho hum tpjthic schools. The act also pro
ldcs that a fourje-irs' course of study m :i
tiieillcal college shall be required before ad
mission to practice. The act proildes Tor
h examination fee of 510. The goiernor
signed tliis bill April 10.
. Senate Silo Xo. I'.CJ pun ides that all disused
i 1U and other pitfalls dangerous to stork
hull It- filled tip. This was signed by tho
Koiemor April M.
"Senate concurrent resolution Xo.27 author
lsth goiernor to enter Into an agree
ment with the goiernor of routh Dakota
hxing the lKiuiid:ir- line U-tween Nebraska
mid South It.ikota.'
ninate tile Xo. 10 provides that in counties
where the count v clerk Is acting as e-ofhVio
i ierk of the district court when it shall ap
lirar to the county lonrd that l.fiiio votes haie
lo'n cast In that county t.t a general elec
tion or from other sources that there are
n.oiv tbun S.vniiihaltltants in the county,
i tien the county lHia-d shall appoint a clerk
of thcdlslilt court, whose term slsill extend
i.ntll the next genera! oli-etion and until a
Miccossor is elected and qunlilietl. Then is
:oi I'tnergency clau-e attached. The goiern
rr !gtiel this bill April 1ft.
'Senate file Xo. rw. bj Dundas. fiermlts the
i oitnty Nurd of any county on jictiiion of
one-fourth of the legal i otcrs of the county
t) levy a tav toenvt a court, jail or other
I ublle building. Tiie goiernor signed this
April 10.
enate file Xo. C, by Murphy, allous judges
til the district courts to Six the day upon
which jurors shall ri'iMin for duty. 'With the
emergfiicy clause attached, this was signed
by the goiernor April in.
"Senate file Xo. W. by Heal, iiermlts comity
treasurers to imc-t three-fourths of tho
(.Inking fund of that county in the bonds of
too same count v. This was signcl by the
fjoicnior April 10.
House roll Xo. Is2, la-lug the committee
'substitute for the original bill, provides for
t he organization of mutual insurance com
panies to insure city and village property
against loss by lire, lightning, tornado, e
cloue or wind storms.
The act proi ides that aty number of per
srnis not less than 100 in number, who own
city orxlllage r-roporty ?.nd res!de Iti this
stxte. can organize a company. All persons
trlfectlng itisttniiice In the company become
lemtiers. The directors are to lie elected by
tht memlfrs at the atmr.i'. meeting.
Tiie territory to lie ci)vcrc hy thecoiupany
Isctslined to Nebraska.
The act recites that policies may issue on
Cities, towns and illlagos. real or jK-rsorial
jroerty in this stJe. iils'ion business pro
rty outside f citify and illlages against
t s or datnagi by fire, lightning, tornado,
cyclone or wind storm for any length of time
sol exceeding tin years. The limit of insur
vce on any one risk or hazard is not to ex
ceed fl.OOii. This Ull with the emerccnc
clause, u.isMgueil by thfgoienior April 6.
Housv roll Xo. TiOntroduoed by .Immer
t.ian, is the bill prescribing the prweedure In
rises wliere orders of tho state lioard of
.tttoispottatlon arc contested by railroad
"omp.mie. This act Is a radical departure
'mm the old rule regulating court procedure
In such cast's, and It comiH-'ls tho railroad
omuauies tti make a showing on the merits
of the cast- or haie tho dilatory proceedings
usually resorted to ended in short order.
A heaxy penalty Is proilded for the xlola
tiyil of the proilslons tf the act and it Is
-.tlpulated that in jHTcent of the tine imixKod
1m11 go to the p'uty aggrii'ved and making
i he complaint, and the attorney general Is to
haie taxed a feeof STO for eiery coniictioti
under the act jiroscuted by him.
House roll Xo. IVT. the committee substitute
for the bill introduced by Taylor of Fillmore,
jirovides that breaking into a chicken house
in the night time, with intent to steal, shall
te burglary, and punished toy imprisonment
l.i the penitentiary for from one to ten jcars.
was -passed witli the emergency clause.
House roll Xo. ail. introduced toy Eager,
prouitolts the waste of water from mutual
artesian welN. and prescribes the conditions
under which such water is to be distributed
rnd used.
House roll Xo. -191. introduced by (aflin.
lroi ides that tiie government of the home of
Me friendless at Lincoln shall te bv audita
tier the lxiarti of public 1-inds and Imildings.
The goiernor is tt apioiut au advisory i istt
inglwanl. and also the superintendent and
such other officers as the institution re
tiuires. This bill was passed with the
emergency clause.
, House roll Xo. ."iIO. intriH'uced by It. A.
lrk. provides for the payment toy tlie st.-itt;
of COiiOtoMrs. Lucia Lawson, who hst her
ie by reason of some hard Mitostance pro
jected from the gnu of one of the university
t .idets during the exhibition drill on the uni
xerslty charier day.
floust; roll No. .VK. introtlnceil toy Hull, pro
i ides for the appropriation of JiaonO to defray
t-ie expenses of the inyestlsatiou o
the state ollices and institutions
p.nd for the prosecution of any criminal
and civil cases wherein the state has leen
defrauded by Its officers, employe or those
dealing with any of the state institutions or
haying in their custody or control any money
or property belonging to the state. The f unci
nppropriated is placed untler the control of
the governor and Is to toe expended under
Ms direction. Tho bill passed with the
emergency clause attached.
House roll Xo. ."KRi. Introduced by AVieie.
lirox Ides for the appronnat Ion of 514l."A5 for
the reimbursement of Henry Drews forovcr
t'ltvment on school land.
House roll No. 'SO. toy Zimmerman, provides
tor the consolidation tnto a single separate
tund all moneys collected for various pur
jsesfrom students of the state university
to be known as the university cash fund.
This bill was passed with the emergency
Clause.
House roll No. 3S3. bv Holland, provides for
tlie relief of U m. Itergiu, .lames llergin. . F.
Taylor ami Lewis Howard of Kcd Willow
ooxnty in connection with an application for
a lease of school land made by them.
Houe roll No. Til. by Kich of IMurlas. pro
x ides for the sale tiioii execution of stock
incorporations and interests in companies
not Incorporated and nesignatiugthc manner
cf levy thereupon under execution and writs
of attachment. The act provides that the
levyonsttiek in a corporation shall 1 mai1t
by notifying in writing the president, vice
president, secretary, cashier or other manas
luf agent at the usual place of business of
the corporation that the stock has been
levied upon under the writ held by tho offi
cer. This bill passed with tho emergency
clause
Uoue roll Xo. sl. by Severe of Otoe, de
tiics the purpose and provides for the gov
ernment and maintenance of the Institute
for the deaf ana dumb, and the Institute for
the blind. The act declares that the objects
cf these Institutions shall lie the physical,
moral and intellectual culture and training
t)f the respeetiie classes for wliose beneht
hcIi was created. The government and
management of the two institutions is to le
In the hands of aboard of three trustees, to
ts appointed by ths governor. The governor
hall appoint tho superintendent of each in
stitution, ami on the nomination of this
rftlcer the lioard of trustees appoint the
fciber officials of tlie institutions. This act
takes provision la detail for the duties of
the physicians and other officers of the insti
tutions. The bill was passed with the emerg
tiey clause.
House roll No. 5S. introduced by the claims
oainitttee. p-avides that the board of public
la ads and bclldlngs may purchase under con
CfBBatioa a quarter section of land near the
Hastings asylum property, which is declared
toccata ry for disposing of the sewerage from
taat Institution. Six thousand dollars or as
ouch as may be necessary is appropriated
for the purpose of carryingout the proi isions
f the act.
House roll No. 2a. by Buxkett, urovlde
hat when any college, university or normal
:ltc'., incorporated under the laws of the
ttatc and having H0O.OCO invested, and em
4'.oyia not less than five teachers and nav
St a coarse of study equal lu extent and
V-aiUar in subjects to those of the state
"nI school, the graduates of such lnstitu
3c skall toe entitled to state teachers' cer-
llflcatesof the same tenor ann enrcT ns the
certificates to isstiti o tlie graduates of tho
state norma! vhooV. ,
House loll So.eS. introduced by Paul F.
Clark for Alderman. Is designed to prevent
the spread of hog cholera and prers2t the
traffic in animals diiug from infectious or
other diseases. It prohibits the removal of
swine uml other animals djinjf of. cllolcra Or
other Infections distascs oier anil, tiionj; the
public highways, and pWUi'tolls tho eiiiug
away wUho'uL cotlsUierfttlou or receiving free
such carcasses, ami prohibits rendering
establishments and soay factories from pur
chasing or nx.Ttng f rf-e of charge or using
sUC.- carcasses. Venal tics nro provided iu
lieax-y lines for the violation of tho several
provisions of the bilk which was passed with
the ehlergehcyciausth
House roll NO. 33k by Oayldrd. provides
t hot a board of education Of any city or board
of trustees of a high school district or tlls
trict school Irtvittl .hiay Cotithict with the
district board of a neighboring district for
the instruction of children residing in the
first-named district, in the schools of the
nelghtiorlng districts, and the loard of the
district of residence may provide for the
transportation of pupils where the distance
shall wilder II Impracticable for them to at
tend without transportation. This was passed
with the emergency clause.
House roll Xo. E3. by Itich. provides that
where the mayor and council of any city of
the metropolitan class have heretofore Usaed
bonds for the purpose of taking up ami re
liewlnK tonds issued by any such city with
out having submit ted the proposition to Issue
such renewal bonds to the electors, as re
quired by wclion 11, of chapter 3. of the sa
slon laws of IsSU, the maior and council of
such city may, by resolution, ratify thh bonds
so issued, and such bonds', sd tat) lied, shall
lie valid obligations or such cltj-. as if author
ized bv Ihe electors thereof, and Of the same
force and effect as if Issued iii compliance
with the act of tho legislature of this state
relating to cities df the metroiiolitan class
and the amendments thereof. This was
passed with the emergency clause.
House roll Xo. 124, bv sheldon, proildes for
the repeal of the chapter of the compiled
statutes of ls03 relating to school lands and
funds and this substituted therefor. Tiie act
provide for the appraisement of s-hool lands
for lease arid directs tho manuei In which
the records and accounts of the-e transac
tions are to lie kept. It provides that there
shall be no more sales of school kinds, such
lands to be retained by the state In trust for
eier and the rentals to Ire turned into the
temiKirary school fund
House roll Xo. til. by Curtis of Hotigl.is. re
peals the act of 193 relating to tlie division of
counties and tho erection of new counties
ami provides a majority of the xotes e.sst on
tlie iiue&tion of division in the county inter
ested shall lie sufficient to adopt It
House roll Xo. 2k by Holbrook. proildes
that the provisions of the law relating to
warehousemen shall be extended to manu
facturers of chicory or raisers of chicory
roots, or the elevator man stoilng such roots
or manufactured products, ami that ware
house receipts may Ik- issued against such
chicory rootsormanufactured product stored
in warehouse or elevator. The penalties for
fraudulent issue or negotiation of fraudulent
warehouse receipts are also made applicable.
Tills was passed with the emergency clause.
House roll Xo. 2GJ. by Hill, the stock vards
commission bill. proide, that all -to-'k
-yards organized or operated In this state
under the general coriioratioii laws or bv
sjiecial charter shall be declared public mar
kets. The bill fixes the maximum commis
sion which sh-ill lie charged for -oiling Hie
stock and makes It unlawful to charge more.
These commissions arc: For cattle $.) per
car: for less than carload lots, 40 cents jcr
head; for calves. :! cents jk.t head: lor hojs
S per single dick and C for double-dock
cars; for sheep, for single and -, foi-douhle-deek
cars.
House roll No. uK toy ltolierts. by request,
is the Douglas county Tians-MIssfs,ippi ex
position ImiuiI bill. It pnnidesth.it wheneier
1.000 niters of any count In the state of Ne
braska having over IdO.l"-.! inhabitants shall
petition the board of county commissioners
or the board of supervisors to that. er.d. any
such county shall be and hereby is author
ized to issue the bonds r such county, to lie
come due twenty years from the date there
of, and to lieai- interest at a rate not to ex
ceed 5 per cent per annum, to proi Ide for the
expense of promoting the interests of such
county by participating in anv interstate
exposition held in the state of Nebraska and
making at such exposition a county exhibit,
improving or beautifying the grounds ami
erecting or aiding iu tlie erection of a suitable
building or buildings therefor, and maintain
ing tliu same during such exposition, to an
amount to no determined by tliu I ward of
county commissioners or lioanl of super
xlsors.not exceeding Sl.VMW. Vrovided. the
lxiard of county commissioners or board of
supenisors shall first submit tlie question of
the Issuing of such bonds to a xote of the
legal voters of such county at a general or
special election, sticn question to le sub
mitted entitt! after notice to such niers pub
lished In any newsn.unr of general circula
tion iu such county for fl.sr weeks- next prior
to such elect ion :..nd, provided, that such
'Interstate cxpositU'2 shall Jiist haie been
recognized b the congress of the United
Mates awl by an appropriation of a sum not
less than $100.01 m.
House ltill No. .". by Hordes, provides that
the state lard of purchase and supplies may
let contracts for purchasing supplies to the
state Institutions for any pel Iod not exceed
ing one j ear. when In the judgment of the
members it is in the Interest of the state to
let contracts for such periods. The old law
Firoiided that contract lie entered Into for
urnishing goods for three months and no
more. This was passed with tho emergency
clause.
House roll Xo. 3s.". by Jenkins, proi hie for
a military code goierning the Xebraska Na
tional Guanis. There are scleral provisions
Incorporated from tho federal statulos gov
erning the regnTar army, among them lieing
a provision again-t any as-embly of troops
for instruction, reiiew or parade in any
county on any day during which a genera!
or special election is Itelng held therein, ex
cept in case of riot, imasion. Insurrection or
imminent danger thereof, and then only by
order of the commander-in-chief. A penalty
is proi ided to le assessed against any officer
x iolat ing t his provision..
it is in.lcle unlawful for any lxwly of men
whatever than the regular natlonal'guard of
the state and the troojsr the Fnlted States,
to associate themselves together as a mili
tary company or organization, or to drill or
parade with arms, without the license of the
governor. S'ltdentsof educational Institu
tions are jiermitted under restrictions to
drill and parade, and while in encampment
must he subject to tiie rules and regulations
governing the national guards, lleueiolent
societies are permitted to parade with
swords.
House roll Xo. 312. by Fernow. proi ide- for
the government of tho stat" institutions bv
the lxiard of public lands and buildings, w ho
are made inspectors of the penitentiary.
The warden, who is to . apiiointed by the
governor, with the consent of the senate,
holds his office two years. The warden is to
conduct the institution under the rules es
tablished by the Inspectors with the approval
of the governor.
t'pon the warden devolies the dntv of pro
viding the convicts with work, and "lie mny
engage them in the manufacture of articles
for the use of the penitentiary and other
state institutions. So far as practicable, the
prisoners are to lie employed by the state on
its own account, and tlie ilieoYy of tlie bill is
explained to lie that this b the end sought.
When the lalmrof convicts is let to other per
sons the warden is responsible for their safe
keeping, their board and clothing and the
enforcement of rules of discipline. A pro
xision is made that prisoners coin icted in the
Uuitcil States courts may lie received and
kcr.tat the penitent tary.
House roll Xo. 3ns. iv Itich. provides that
township, city and x-illage treasurers mav
glve go. 1 rant v bond companies as sureties oh
their official lion (I.
House roll Xo. 32. the committee sulistitute
for a bill by Felker. makes it unlawful to sell,
give away or furnish any cigarette or cigar
ette paper In any fonn to any minor under
tlie age of 21 years. Tlie bill repeals the stat
ute providing a penalty for selling toliaoco
to minors.
House roll Xo. 10. by tTark of Lancaster,
proildes that county judges shall appoint
officers of election.
House roll Xo. 311. by Kich. provides that
bonds provided for by the code of civil pro
cedure may lie giicn by guaranty lwnd com
panies. House roll N'o. 241, by Webb, provides that
a legal newspaper shall lie one having 3
liona tide s uliscriliers. and that has been mib
lished for six months.
House roll No. noi. by Kich. provides that
surety Iwnd comp-inies max- le accepted as
sureties on bonds required !y contractors for
state printing.
House roll No. rxik by Kich. provides
that surety companies may lie accepted as
surety on bonds required of non-resident
plaintiffs.
House roll No. 313. by Kich. proi ides that
surety companies may go on lxuuls required
of receivers appointed by the courts.
House roll No. 302. by Kich. provides that
members of lioards of public works of cities
of the second class and villages, cities of the
second class ocr.000 inhabitants, may give
bond companies as sureties.
House roll No. 351. by Wheeler tif Furnas,
provides for the appropriation of J.n00 to pav
the premium on the state treasurer's bond
when thctioiid is issued by a surety bond
company.
House roll No. .": Is the laiomls ballot act.
This provides for the blanket ballot and the
emblem system by which t he voter may by
one mark x-ote for the whole ticket except a"s
he may afterward mark opposite indiiidual
names.
House roll No. S is the Yciser municipal
referendum bill. It provides that on peti
tion of 15 per cent of tiie x-oters of any city,
county, town. 1 illage. -chool district or other
municipal subdivision tif the state, ordi
nances, contracts, agreements or measures
may lie proposed and submitted to tlie xote
of the people affected. Anv act of tho city
council or tho ieffislatixe' boards of life
municipality may Ikt iu this mauuer sub
mitted to the people and the majority vote
adopts or rejects it- There is a provision
tnat if 20 per cent of the electors petition for
it the proposition will be submitted at a
special election, otherwise it will be sub
mitted at the next general election occurring
thirty days Trom the date of uetitlon. It is
provided that not more than one special elec
tion hall be ordered in one year unless a
bond for the 'payment of expenses In case
and assessments levied toy the district officer 4
are collected toy the county treasurer anl
fatd over to the district treasurer. Undo
he old law the district, treasurer collected.
House roll No. 175. v, "A'liccler, amends , tho
fate rind edunty deoosHot law Vyjiroviatat
that all county and stats funds arc to bo ttej
posited as one fund, and tho interest credited
to the general fund.
House roll No. 2X. by Rich, adds to the
present law on the same subject provision
relating to tlie holding or property iu trust
for purposes of tucolojocal education and
nrdi tdes for the enforcement of the trust and
the administration thereof. . .
House roll Xd. 277; toy. Hull) prdvldesior tno
$3
to keep a register of applications for employ
ment and for help, nud assist iu finding
employment for the unemployed.no fee or
compensation to be required therefor. -.
Houso roll No. 303. by Kich, provide that
notaries public may give surety companies
out heir official bond .
House roll No. 310, by Rich, provides that
state bank examiners and receivers appointed
for banks under the state banking law may
givo surety company bonds. . ,
House roll No. 5H. by n. O. Jones, provides
for the gravity test for gasoline.
House roll No. 38L by Morrison, provides.
for the relief of Mrs B. McKcll from tlie oper
ation of an Increase In the rental charge for
school land, SlffkSi U appropriated.
llotisd roll Kd. WO. Uy, itich. create? a tntl
nlcip.il courtfor the city of Omaha, and fixes'
arid defines the organization, powers and jur
isdiction of that court. The bill provides for
the election of three judges of the municipal
court, who shall have the same Jurisdiction
as that now given justices of the peace and
li addition tlie further jurisdiction conferred
by the act. The municipal court is to have
exclusive jurisdiction in all civil cases where
1 he amount hi controversy does not exceed
Sl,nM: iu actions or replevin where the
amount I- rot more than 5I.CW: wheie one
of thwp-irtieslsa nlemlier of the city: con
current jurisdiction with the district ciJurt
in otheica.sesuptoSl.C0i) IS gtien. Tho sat
arv of the judges is fixed at SJ.000 per ear:
and thu court chirk, it is prdvldcd. shall ie
ceii e :t salary of Sl.S-iit.
House roll Xo. 571. by Sheldon, amends he
state printing law ami requires that all con
tracts for stationery, blanks, blank b-vi.s.
circulars, folders or printed matter of a iv
kind required bv the state officers shall .'
let by the state printing board. The act pro
vides for thu employment of an expert at a
silarvot SI.MM per annum to prepare a
schedules and eonttacts. examine bids and
furnl-hlngsand perform other detail work
relating to stationery and suppliesaud print
ing as the ltourd may direct. This bill passed
with the emergency clause.
House roll No. ill 1. provide! for the cur
rent exjieitscs of the sfite government
ami to pav the miscellaneous items of in
debtedness owing by the state of Nebraska
for the two year cuding March 31. Is-.
House rolf Xo. 1S provides for the payment
of tlie salaries or the officers of tlie state gov
oiument. home of the frieuillcss at Lincoln,
normal s'ho'il at Vent, hospital for the Insane
at Lincoln, hospital for the Incurable insane
at Hastings, state university, state Industrial
school at Kearney, girls' industrial school at
fioiii'va. institute for the deaf and dumb at
Omaha, institute for the feeble-minded
youth at Beatrice, institute for the blind at
Nebraska lit v. lish commission, industrial
home at Mi I ford, soldiers and sailors homo
at (irnud Nland and the soldiers' and sailors
home at Milford.
Ilous'r.ill Xo. in". I'm claims committees
bill making appropriations for miscellaneous
items of indebtedness due from the state.
Hou-o roll Xo. mi is the additional claims
committee 1111. and the two make appropria
tions for payment of over 1.2O0 claims.
Senate tile Xo. l'U, bv Ileal, provides that
the iiortiou of the code or civil procedure
providing for the entering nt a deficiency
judgement on a simple application to the
court u herein a judgment or rorcelosiire has
lieeii entered lw repelled. This hill passed
both houses and was scit to the governor. It
became a Inw without the signature, of the
chief executive by reason of ids declining to'
take action on it within five days.
Senate fil? o. I7. by reltz. provides for a
uuifoi 111 system of vouchers for lisp for all
disbursements of state funds through the
auditing and treasury departments ot the
state. The act permits that accounts certi
fied by the lxiard of regents of the state
university must haie the claimant's name
signed by au agent. This bill has the emerg
ency clause.
Senate file Xo.207, bv Talbot dcQues fra
ternal lieiieiiclarv societies, orders or associa
tions and regulates the saicc. These associa
tions in their insurance features are put
under tho control ot the state auditor.
Senate tile Xo. ST), by Goudring, provides
for the method of procedure which is to be
followed iu the matter of conducting water
from Irrigation canals Into iritural streams
and withdrawing it therefrom, and provid
ing for the responsibility of the company or
lersoii who tunis water into such natural
channels, for all damage done or caused by
such water being so turned iutosuch streams.
Senate !!le No. 273. by Feltz. provides for
the protection of the properly of passengers
tin sleeping cars and requires sleeping car
companies to provide safes for the use of
their patrons.
Senate file No. 2. by Haller. prohibits com
binations of lire insurance companies to fix
and maintain rates of premiums, commis
sions of agents or manner of transacting bus
iness. 1 he. bill was passed with the emerg
ency clause.
Senate file No. .130. by Gondrlne. Is an act
to prevent the operation of trusts and con
spiracies against trade and business. These
are declared unlawful and penalties arc pro
vided for t he 1 iolatlon of the act.
Senate file Xo..Vl. by Grothan. extends the
powers and authority of the state lioard of
transportation. It gives to this board
authority to regulate charges made by ex
press, telegraph and telephone companies,
and to apply the powers given to the board
bv law over railroad companies, to all com
panies owning, controlling or operating tele
graph, express or telephone lines in this.
Senate file Xo. In", by Gondrlng. provides
for the protection of game, defines the close
season for all kin or game birds and an
imals and prescribes a penalty for the viola
tion of the act.
Senate tile Xo. 117 provides that graduates
of the state uiiiierslty holding the degree of
bachelor of arts or liachelor of science, and
who shall havo completed tlie teachers
training course in tlie university shall lie
entitled to receive the state teachers certi
ficate, such as is now given to the graduates
of the state normal.
Senate file X'o. 2St. by Murphv. proiide
against adulteration of food and prohibits
the sale or offering for sale of adulterated
ftxxl.
senate file No. 111. bv Tallxit. provides that
in count ies of oxer 3S.00S) population when the
county judge has been authoriza-il by tho
Ito.ird of eountv commissions to employ one
or more clerks "he max designate In writing
one of these clerks to lie the clerk or the
county conrt. The act prescribes the duties
orsticli county court clerk.
Senate file No. 31". bv Weller. proi ides that
contracts for the sile of land between the
on ncr and any broker or asent employed to
sell the same shall lie in writing.
Senate Ble Xo. 1OT provides for the disjios!
tion of the property and for closing ur the
afffiirs of dlstnemliered school districts.
Emergency clause attached.
Senate files Xos. 253 and 27c. by McGrnn.
provide for the appointment by the governor
or the superintendents of the institute for
feeble-minded outli and reform .schools for
giris for the goi eminent of these Institu
tions. Senate file Xo. 71. by Itansom. defines
cruelty to children and prescribes the pen
altv for su'-h cruelty.
Senate file No. 20?. by Schaal. provides for
the exclusion of school bond taxes in the
computation or tlie aggregate school taxes
under the provisions ot the law.
Senate fi e No. 271. by McGann. provide;
that tho governor shall appoint the superin
tendent of the hoys" reform school at Kear
ney, and provides that the superintendent
shall operate that institution under rules
pre-crlbsd by th? board of public lands and
buildings.
Senate file No. l. by Kitchie, provides for
bringing the industrial home at Milford
under the control of the state officers, and
that this control shall lie iu the hands of the
the state lioard of public lands and buildings.
The governor appoints the superintendent
under this act.
Senate tile No. 2.V3. by fiansom. provides
the form in which the judges and clerks or
election shall make returns to tiie county
clerk, and the form and Mitostance of tho up
turn by the county clerk to the state can-x-.isslug
lioard when amendments to the
constitution are voted on by the people. One
of the pruiislons is that there shall lie a cer
tificate to the state board of the number of
xotes cast for representatives and senators.
This cures one of tlie defects in the old law
which prevented the canvassing board last
lall from declaring the result on the amend
ments then voted on.
Senate file No. 23;. by Lee. defines the age
at which commitments to the iienltentiary
max be made, and prohibits any girl or troy
under lr lielng committed to the peniten
tiari except on com let ion of murder or man
slaughter. Senate file No. 2a0. by Kausom, provides
that the school board of the city of Omaha
slrtll report to the city council the number of
mills tax on the dollar necessary to be levied
and that this shall lie levied and collected in
the same manner as other taxes art now
levied and collected.
These bills the governor signed on the 15th:
i-ennte file No. 20. excluding school bond
taxes lu the computation of the aggregate
and limit of school taxes.
Senate file No. 2. the bill to prevent insur
ance combines.
Senate file No. 231. a bill to extend tlie pow
ers of the state board of transportation.
Senate file No. U), relating to rights to use i
n ater for irrigation purposes.
House roll No. is, zaaklag lc unlawful to
sell cigarettes or cigarette paper to minors, i
House roll No. ! . amenduui the state and i
county depository law by providing that all
eountv ana state funds are to be deposited a
SKeSffaSi tbe latere5t CrecUt,,d to ,to
House roll No. ts, setting forth the orderof
I procedure wbcre..e onlew Si Jhe bafd of
.1 ' m
transporc-aiiuu are wnrawi , -
companies... .,..,.:.....
j HOUoe rpll. O. a. uriiuuik " uuiriM
IrrlMtlon idtf , se tin. tuxes and assessments
Miiaii oc 'COiieciea uy me .uuu:iTji.
nri turned over bv them to the cKTrl
onwroll No. 450. for the establishment o'
municipal courts.
House foil Xo. 614. tbe current expense ap
rrojtrlttttori.titlL . r , ..
House roll Xo. , the" silary -tppropMstiov
bill. . ..
House roll No. 30, the miscellaneous cialms
House roll No. 831, appropriating SU,o91.7v
for miscellaneous claims.
The following items In house roll No. ffk
failed to receive tbe approval of the exec.
Stive officer; and Were dricken out:
Nd.!73:. N.Wcstdver & Co. for labor, arm
iuatcrial frinilsbed Wr Grant Memorial hal".
f NaifcO: .Thomas. 9. I-rati .tfatcbiHid-itf-the.Nebraska
building at the World's fair,
.. No. 012: Cass count v. state taxes Hlesaily
assessed and refunded to Individuals, AWtLw.
.. From house roll X'o. Oil ihe following Items
were strickon oat;
Appropriation of .X) for. .workshop for
convalescent patients at the hospital for In
sano at Lincoln. . ....
Appropriation of 83,000 for the Lnlversity
of Nebraska for the Inspection of schools.
SOME THAT WERE VETOLD. .. ,
'lime whs wwwiwu uj iw """.iSr
Senate file No. 2S3. the school book bill;
which was found to have oeeu itereatea in
the house. ..... ... ,
Stiidte Hie Xd. 41 rolatlnjf to public parks
and grounds. ....... , - , ...
Hoti'ie roll Nd.2H. the legal uewsp-i per. bill.
, .House roll No. 301. relatln to the Surety
bonds on contracts for public printing.
House roll No. 331. appropriating -Ss.OOUo
pay the premium on the stale treasurer's
bonds. . , ,
House roll X'o. 230. to change the method 01
levying school taxes In cities.
House roll Xo. 25k nn net to regulate stock
yards and fix commission- for selling live
sidck therclrk
A DIVER'S DANCER:
Thrilling I'scapes from Dritk tVhlle Re
covering Treasure from 11 Ship.
One diver crippled for life, another
made a raving lunatic and still an
other escaping death by a mere shave
that is the recoid tip to date of the ef
fort to recover the treasure on the
sunken steamship Sk""ro, says the St
Louin Post-Dispatch. The Skyro.
hound from Carthagena to London,
struck on the Meixlddo reaf and sunk
in twenty-eight fathoms, low water.
The Meixiddo reef is on the coast of
Spain, nine miles ioUth of Cape Fln
isterre. The accident occurred in iS'Jl
and it was not until four years later.
May 185). that any attempt was made
to recover the valuable cargo which
the sunken steamship contained, the
most tempting part of which consist
ed of twenty-eight bars of silver, val
ued at $43,000. This treasure was
stored away in a spare berth in the
cabin, while in the hold was 700 tons
of pig lead valued at $70,000. It waa
an Englishman, living at Dilboa, who
made the first attempt on tho treasure.
After four or five months' labor and
terrible underwater work by the divers,
all that the Englishman bad to show
for his time and money was a grimy
piece of the Skyro's brass cabin sky
light grating. One of the divers went
raving mad from his sufferings under
water and when confined jumped
through a window in his delirium. A
fellow-worker was incapacitated for
life as a result of his exposure. The
gentleman then let things rest at this
until July of last year. During the two
months following tbe beginning of
these second operations a diver descend
ed forty-four times and recovered fifty
nine bars of silver, the average time
of each descent being thirteen minutes.
After the first thirty-seven bars had
been got to the surface it was found
necessary to use dynamite. The dyna
mite so cleared things that in three
dives the same diver brought up over
$10,000 worth of silver bars. But even
this adept at submarine work did not
come off without some close calls dur
ing his career. On one occasion In com
ing up he fouled his air ripe with a
float attached to the bucy rope. He
waB ascending with a strong impetus
and the impact with the float turned
him downward and his head slipped
out of the helmet below ths breast
plate. He could neither right himself
nor replace his head. Dut he never for
an instant lost his presence of mind,
but worked swiftly and deftly with his
hands in this reversed position. Ho
managed to free the air pipe and shot
up to the surface, feet foremost, where
he was quickly reversed by his assist
ants and restored to the world after
such a close call as it is the lot of a
very few men to survive.
Mark Twain' Letter.
A ne proof of the effectiveness of
the modern I'Cstofflce is furnished by
the Philadelphia Record:
A prominent member of the Players'
club of New .York, now in this city,
has received a letter from Mark Twain
under peculiar circumsruces.
The recipient of the letter collabor
ated with a fellow-mejiber upon a let
ter to "Mark," whom they both knew
intimately. They did not know
"Mark's" address at the time, so they
addressed the missive. "Mark Twain.
God-Knowa-Wherc." Here is "Mark's"
reply:
London, November 24. 1S9C Oh,
thitak you, dear boys, for remembering
me, and for the love that was back ot
it. These are heavy days, and all such
helps ease the burdtj. I glanced at
your envelope by accident and got sev
eral chuckles for rewardand chuckles
are worth much in this world.
"And there is a curious thing; that I
should get a letter addressed God
Knows Where.' It showed that He did
know where I was, although I was hid
ing from the world, and no one in
America knows my address, and ths
stamped legend, 'Deficiency of Ad
dress," supplied by the New York post
office, showed that he had given it
away.
In the same mail comes a letter from
.friends in New Zealand addranpd
Mrs. Clemens (care Mark Twain),
United States of America, and again
He gave tis away this time to the de
ficiency department of the San Francis
co postoflice. These things show that
our postal service has ramifications
which ramify a good deal.
"Mark."
A Siagle Tax Agitator.
Vauban, the great French engineer,
seems, according to his biographers,
to have been the father or perhaps the
grandfather of "single tax." He pub
lished in the year of his death a vol
ume in which he contended that ono
tax on land should be made to cover
all the expenses of the state. The book
was promptly suppressed by the royal
council.
SctB Children at m Blrtk.
Dr. Dietrich Barfuth of Dopat, Ger
many, reports the occurrence ' ninr
taere Ol seven Children at nn hir-th
i0nly one case of the kInd reported.
jwhich took place about the year 1600.
Ml .vjB
INS THE MAJ0IUTY
MAN. THE INDIANA CON
GRESSMAN. DEAD.
n Member of Slittcff C&hftrrttM
arin th Most fstlrrina Period of
Xatlna'f History Lone Knowu
It 91 Watch Dot of
tlie
Q
ffiilr.r.
fl' "objector" Holoum Mr.'
A-iKmsoTojr. April 23. "ttcprcssnta-
WiMinin Steel Holmrin of Indiana
(M tt hfe homo lierf at 2:" 5 o'clock
is afternoon after fi:i Ulrtes. of rosM
rekVfroin snirTal fYienintritis": I i to
Isterday he h'aubccn improving", but
l tnc ratai reiapse came. ,
in Holman held the record for
Pvice in the lower house of Con-
fsi, -he. havinjr been a member of
'teenCofiBTeaacis. ..
-. Slfnolmah--was"''bora- is 'l 83-J- J.
Dearborn county, Indiana. Mr. liol
man spent thirty-two years in the
House, a period covered by the most
trying" tiroes in the nation's history.
His value td the country tri & non
partisan sense, ihrdugh liis lony-'bireer
in the .single capacity of 'watch doj
of the treasury" or 'objector. can be
computed only in the millions of dol
lar actual' j- saved the tax-payers.
The late Thomas A. Hendricks said
that tha ''great objector's" scrices
,crc worth JW.OOO.dJO rt year.
Mr. Holmdn was federally known as
the ,:watchdor of the trca-stirr.' He
was frequently chairman of the House
committee on appropriation"., when he
held the purse string of the fjovern
uient, and despite sneers about "cheese
paring' and parsimony from Ms oppo
nents, he wat repfarded by monitors of
all parties as a most worthy and val
uable man.
Mr. Holman was an indefatigable
worker, and it is said that he knew
every figure in the appropriation bill
when a member of CongrcsK At night
lie tool; his work home with hhn. and
always conducted his correspondence
personally, having- never fallen in the
way of dictating his letters or using a
typewriter. He was a Democrat of
tho kind that believed his party was
right, no matter what the majority of
his party thought about it
It is said that Mr. Holman's -Mr.
Speaker, I object," has been printed
oftencr in the Congressional Record
than any other individual speech. He
was tall and spare in form, with a sai
lor., withered face.
ENORMOUS FLOOD LOSSES.
Trrcnty Tbontand Square Miles Are
Under Water 46,934 Farms.
Washingtos, April OS. -The agri
cultural department has issued a state
meut concerning the overflowed dis
tricts along the Mississippi. It shows
that the total area submerged at this
date is over 20,000 square miles. It
contained at the last census 46,035
farms, with a total area of 4,004,466
acres, nearly one-half of which was
improved, and a total population, agri
cultural and other, of 402,041. If, to
the value of its farms, farm buildings
and farm machinery, according to the
census of 1190. there be added the
value of its live stock on January 1
last (S9,174,GoG), and of its products
of last season still on hand on March 1
last (54,';9.-,::0), the total of ?90. 170, 177
will represent the approximate valuo
of the agricultural property of tho
submerged region. Among the pro
ducts of this region last year were
4i),0.V) bales of cotton, worth $lft,312.
060. 12,"25,043 bushels of corn worth
$3,993,273, and 9,033,879 pounds of
sugar worth 9271,016. The total pro
duction, including minor crops, repre
sents a value of 21,762, ISO on the
plantation.
DARING UTAH ROBBERY.
Two Men "Bold Up a Coal Company Pay
master and Relieve Him of ST.ftO.
Salt Lake, Utah, April 2:. A dar
ing robbery took place at noon to-day
at Castle Gate, Utah, on the line of th
llio Grande Western railway. E. L.
Carpenter, of this city, paymaster of
the Pleasant Valley Coal company,
went down this morning with 17,800 to
pay off the men at the mine. When
lie reached Castle Gate and was going
oyer to the company's office, he was
met by two mounted men. heavily
armed, who held him np, relieved htm
of his cash, and then rode off in the
direction of Helper. The men cut the
telegraph wires to prevent a call for
assistance.
Federal Courts la Trouble.
Washixotos, April 23. The speaker
of the House yesterday received tha
third letter from Attorney General
Mclvcnna urging in gtrong terms that
appropriations for the expenses of the
United States court bo made at once.
Without special appropriation the at
torney general represents that the
courts must adjourn or else certificates
be issued for expenses of jurors, with
the necessary officers, and that manv
persons now held in jail will have their
confinements lengthened.
Honduras Latest Outbreak About Over.
HojfDCBAS, April 23. President Bon
illa states that he has practically sup
pressed the revolution in the republic.
There have Lcen several skirmishes
between the rebel forces and the gov
ernment troops, but none of them is of
great importance so far as learned.
The government is still concentrating
its forces in Villa Xueva.
SEWALL REWARDED.
The Democratic Candidate' Repabllea
Bob Minister to Hawaii.
Washikgtox, April 23. The Presi
dent to-day sent to the Senate
the following nominations, among
others: Harold M. Sewall of Maine,
son of the late Democratic can
didate for Vice President, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary to Hawaii; James K. Karnes to
be postmaster at Fort Smith, Ark.;
John B. Kennedv to be postmaster at
Troy, Kan.
Focn.. .u .: viu.uoj short.
CixcissATf, Ohio. April 23. George
Hobson, the clerk of the courts of
Hamilton county, elected by the Re
publicans in 1S93, whe has been re
ported hopelessly insane since last
Sunday, was found by the connty com
missioners upon a brief examination of
his accounts, to be SI6,noo short
Short -la Hit, AreoaaU.
Davxjtpobt, Iowa. April 23. Louia
H. Rieck. treasurer of Davenport fox
thirty years, has admitted to the Fi
nance committee of the new council
taking possession last night that he "a
short 95,000 m his cash.
F-
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BSWsts
j
s. MILITARY CODE.
KW Law for the CfoTcraameni S 4at
,sJ"Wh' 0ena.ljr Satisfactory.
The officers' of fwtVeynnpanies 6f the
Nebraska National gu'artt hrterVfeTred
are much interested in the provision's
of the new military code which is now
on ih"? Statute books as a result of the
recent legtsla'trre tession. The old
military code was a fHftchwork .of in
contrruity and deficiencies. It, jvas
conflicting in manv of its provtslvrtoa
Sttd i-Sisleading in 'others. Adjt-Gen.
Barry and Mai. t echet, the latter of
the Sixth cavalrv, U. S. ariSy- have de
voted nwcli o'f their time for the past
year In preparing" art e.ritirelv new
code for tho government if tne Na
tional guard in this stater and now Ihtil
it htts.beeft enacted into law, they feel
confident thSt bnwlta haa the best
military c6(le in the United State.
The provisions of the new j I'tv
of interest chiefly td members' an 4KB
cers of the guar!. Th,rce of the. new
provisions are especially ,-tt liked-.
.Onav. noHircA that tha aaiillatiM
strczffHa "of till companIeVin 'th
brigade shall "e thirty soldiers. Tlie
maximum cannot be oitf fejrty-exclusive
of officers, commissioned a"nVr fxt"--commissioned,
and two musicians. Af
pte-jent many companies in the two
regiments comprising the brigade are
below the minimum strength and bat
few are aborc it. The restlH f tin,
new ctAl will lie to increase the Ht;
mcrical strength t't the deficierit com
panies, making a material inrprov.'
ment in the point of numbers tt.d
E lacing all companies practically on
be same footing.
The new code also makes stringent
regulations for the care of fill military
propertj and equipment, and tlita WO
vision receives tbe approbation of the
officers of the line. All company prop
erty, except when in use in the ter
fcrrmance of military duty, must be
kept in the armories designated fur
that purpose.
Still another new provision per-ntt.
company commanders, with the "-J
sent of their commander-in-chief, to
order company courts of discipline for
the trial of enlisted nictnbirs of their
respective companies for violations af
the regulations df the c-ontpany by
laws. The provision will very- materi
ally assist company commander? ill
maintaining discipline.
Considerable regret is expressed owr
the refusal oi the legislature to appro
priate the entire amount of tbe fi'uds
for the support of tlie National gum Ms
akc.d for by Adjt,-Gen. Uarry- The
house appropriated ?30,000. The son
ate added the extra S10,000, but the
house refused to have it that way and
so the senate receded. Tho extra
amount would have permitted two full
encampments during the two ensuing
years. No attempt will be made ;
secure the 1397 encampment for Omaha
this summer, as it is the desire of the
leading spirits to bring the en ire
brigade to the city in 189$, during the
progress of the exposition.
Regulating Stock Yards.
Following is the language of Gov.
Holcomb in returning house roll 163
without his approval:
To Hon. V. F. Porter. Secretary of "!:ite.
Lincoln: The legislature having anjourmi!
I transmit herewith without ray uppruvnl
bouse roll No. N3. entitled. "An Act ti-.-;ru-late
Stock Yards and Fix Commissions tor
Selling Live Stock Therein, and lrovii!n;
Punishment for Violation: Thereof." 1 have
already approved an act to regulate stock
yards and declaring them to bo public mar
rfcts and regulating all charge thereof, mid
the approval of tliU bill might lead toserkms
conflicts as to the law respectiiig the tvzitla
tionof stockyards within this state. How
ever the main object sought to be accom
plished by this bill luprcvcutiuK combina
tions Is secured by the passage of the Uon-J-rlng
anti-trust act. senate tlie No. 330, vrlii h
hr.i received executive approval. Tim ant!
trust law Is Couipleto In its provisions mid
eiTectually doca away with any conibiuatl'si
t.i control prices, "under its provisions tin
cIiriycs sought to be determined speclticall.
by tliis act will like all others Deregulated by
tne law of supply mid demand. 1 am not
aware that there has been any general i-im-p'aintof
the uiiUis! or extortionate char-res
by the commission men at the stock yar.N,
and am of tbe opinion that they arc Usunily
consistent, reasonable and fair. In my Judg
ment tho bill Ik of very doubtful constitu
tionality. It would seem that If the charg1-.
of the live stock commission men can be
rcpulated by special enactment the law
should be broad enough to control timW its
provisions commission men engaged in all
other branches of business. This could o.ily
be successfully accomplished by creating a
board of control to regulate prices so as not
to work any persou an injustice. I doubt tin
authority of the legislature to tiv charges in
such cases, especially where the business I
open to competition and can be engaged in
by any person desiring to do so. Under
existing circumstances 1 do not feel that
public interests would best be subserved liy
the enactment of such n law and mv ap
proval is therefore withheld from house roll
So. an. Silas A. Holco'u:.
CathferiBf Labor Statistics.
The commissioner of labor has re
ceived the new blanks relating to the
gathering of labor and industrial statistic.-;
in the various precincts and
counties of the state, and is busy send
ing them out to the county clerks.
Under the head of "Labor Statistics"'
the blanks ask for an enumeration of
the number of furm .families in the
county, total number of males in said
families over 21 years of age, number
of females over 21 years of age, num
ber of men over 21 years of age em
ployed in factories, number of women
over 21 years of nge employed in fac
tories, males under 21 years employed
In factories, females under 21 years
employed in factories, number of farm
laborers in the county working for
wages, number of men engaged iu me
chanical labor, with the number of
days employed during the last year
and the average wages per day of all
the above. Also the number of minis
ters, merchants, physicians, teach or,
bankers and lawyers in the county.
Statistics are also to be gathcredajas to
the number of farms, number of acres
of farm laud, number of acres culti
vated to grain crops, the number of
acres in alfalfa and the number of
acres and yield of wheat, corn, o.tt.
rye, barley, potatoes, buckwheat, ap
ples and peaches in each precinct and
county. Also the number in the
county and the number sold dvlng
the past year of horses, cattle, lion's,
and sheep.
A Tramp Who Sought Death.
A tramp was killed by the Union
Pacific fast mail near Kogers. jasl
within the border of Dodge county.
Engineer Cunningham of the fast mail
saw the man approaching the train
and blew his whistle when within 100
feet of the man. The man did not hear
it or else had suicide intent, and did
not get off the track. The engineer
put on the brakes, but it was too late.
The tramp was thrown fifty feet from
the track and instantly killed. 1'nth
limbs and two ribs were broken be
sides receiving many bruises, it is
believed he took this means of ending
his life.
As a general thing the divide cattle
are in poor condition, occasioned by
the poor quality of feed, says the Chap
pell Register. The grasshoppers clean
ed up the grass pretty thoroughly, and
the grass that came up after they left,
was killed by frost and rain, prevent
ing it from curing. Cattle that ha 1 to
feed on this kind of grazing are weak.
and in poor condition to with. land
storms, such as we had recentlv. and
it is feared that loss of this kin A of
cattle will be great. As a rule divide
cattle go through the winter in l.:ter
condition than those kept in the val
ley, and spring finds them fa, as
butter,
KEBRASKA NEWS.
jTko of FairburyV clmrehe- are wilh-ofS-jS-stors.
Gibbon", jShelton. Kim Creek ami Ua
vcuna elected a license board at '.heir
illage election.
Clatfar Wolff was run !owu by a
special stock IrTo'Jr" near Blair and al
m'lst instantly kitted
. E.t-Congrftman George U. Meikl
johrr of this state has been Appointed
aisiiitin'rt secretary vt war.
Conntr .1il5 Getts of Polk county,
on trial charged trltJi taklsg illegal
";-. was declared not gUlty.
i the reecst session of the" dwtriot
court of Brown connty there was not
K -ingl criminal ease on the docket.
C. N". :Mr-iu a farmer living four
cues Tvest ot ft ieml. was run over by
a stalk cutief. One at hi legs was
dmost severed by tho knlvc.
frrsvJahn Quarry, of Polk county,
.vfts throw to the groand by a run
awav i eaaa add he akall broken. The
&st' agy lnw rf wha- will . rwwer..
The niarshffl of Sterling feeds all
traiups at public expense and then
'cinpels them to work oa the streets
It. sn&vv the account. They never
tcturtl.
Tho next annual encampment of
the Loup Valley veterans association
v. ill take place on Tuesday, Wednc.v
dt'y and Thursday, August 10. II and
". and not on dates previously au-t-iunccl.
Mm'y Dvoracek. the fif teeu-ycar-old
daughter of Mr. and "Mrs. John Pvora
. A, a poor lJoheraian family living in
St, Paul, shot and fatally wounded her
baby sister while playing with an old
revolver.
fhe butter fakirs who operated in
l'T"mont until the Tribune exposed
ilium, have last been heard from at
Nebraska City. They worked off but
V.'i. on-half of the weight of which
as water.
the Kearney opera hou.e company
I.: i; executed a bill of sale to E. !.
lcichardson of Cambridge, 111., and to
I. J. Lawrence of Slnloue, N. V., for
all the opera house fixture.-, the con--It'crntion
befog S3,000.
While in the barn holding a lantern
-..iiilc her son was gettingouthishor-e.
Mrs. Mary Wolf was kicked in the face
"i v another horse. Several teeth were
Knocked out and she was tendered un-
r.nscious for some time.
While out hunting recently Mont
V heeler of Madison shot an eagle
:i ensuring about seven feet from tip to
t . The bird was not killed, its wing
bx nig simply broken, and Wheeler ha
open of preserving its life.
Kirschbraun & Sous of Auburn re
cently received 988 eases of eggs, every
ne of which came from Nemaha
edunty. The above number of cases
iru-ans 26.640 dozen eggs at 6 cents per
'.!o7en and represents 81.5JS.40.
George Vogeler, aged 15. was found
dead in his bed in a room in Lincoln.
Mo had been suffering from lung
troubles, and a violent hemorrhage
which came on during the night is
Mipposcd to have caused his death.
Prof. Bruner of the department of
elomology of the state university will
K,xnd a year in the Argentine Kepnb
ik' to study the grasshopper plague,
lie has been called by the Argentine
authorities and will receive a hand
orae salary.
The rainfall in southwestern Ne
braaka and northwestern Kansas ha
Wen sufficient te place the ground in
fii-st-class condition for spring crop.
The farmers are encouraged over the
prospects and are busily engaged in
sowing spring wheat.
t-oroner .Martin of Uotlge county
held an inquest on the body of the un-
!
kuown man who was run over and
billed by the fast mail near Kogers.
n the body was found a slip of paper
with the namo Dave Powers, fiOC East
N-eond street, Chillicothc, O., written
on it.
A large barn, belonging to Charles
lli'dient, a farmer living near Arbor
Hle, was destroyed by fire. Six val
uable hor&es and several sets of har
ness were consumed. The origin of
tlie fire is a mystery, and the loss will
f-e a heavy one. as the property was
uninsured.
sheriff Kavanaugh of Platte county
took John Rokus to the asylum for the
insane at Norfolk last week. Rokus is
a farmer, 30 years of age, and lived in
Prairie township. His form of insanity
t-eems to be a nervous disease and he is
haunted by the strange hallucination
that the people whom he sees are pur
suing him to take his life. It is
thought a course of treatment may re
store his reason.
Hunters hunting along the Missouri
river about nine miles southeast of
Tekamah, found the remains of a man
lying partially buried in a sand bar.
The remains were in a state of decom
position so as to be almost past identi
fication, but from height, age and
i. tl.er indications it is thought to be
;li. remains of a young man named
Simpson, who was drowned a few
miles above there last June.
John L. Sturgeon, a farmer living
jrcst on the edge of Columbus, marketed
I . ".00 head of sheep tlie other day, which
he had fed just sixty days and which
iirouirht him a nrofitof Sl.t'iOO. or a. trifle
! orcr $1 per head. Mr. Sturgeon thinks
this is a good way to dispose of 10-eent
i nrn and S3 hay. Many others arc
feeding stock in Platte county, as it is
thought almost impossible to lose
money on the transaction. It is said
I that one heavy feeder near that ctty
v. ill make several thousand dollars on
ock this winter.
thief entered the barn of t "eorge
rncrat Humboldt and stole a new
t of harness. Mr. Turner missed
them and immediately wired the chiefs
f police at Lincoln and St. Joseph.
l'i:c thief was overhauled at the latter
ilnce in a box car with the harness in
i is possession.
Fred Uoldt, a farmer living four
miles south of Wilcox, had five sets of
J.irness and a saddle stolen. Tterc
ems to be a gang of thieves around
:n tha.t neighborhood.
1). M. Conrad, of Holdrege, who was
found guilty of trying to kill his wife,
uas sentenced to three years in the
penitentfary.
A man by the name of Michael
I ferry was arrested in Red Cloud by
"henff Kunchcv on information re-1
ceived by letter from the sheriff of
Kingfisher county, Oklahoma, llerry
5roke jail from Kingfisher and the
.-heriff telegraphed to hold him until
lie could come with requisition papers.
V. Fiala, an old resident of Omaha,
suicided last week by shooting himself
i'niincss troubles superinduced the
tragic ending.
Richard Pardne, a lad 18 years old.
residing near Beaver Crossing, was
"brown against a barbed wire fence
by a runaway team and sustained hor
rible injuries of the face and neck.
1'i-nnie Shavey, aged 8, and Angust
IVrtzeel, aged 13, both residing a few
miles north of Elmwood, were hand
ling a loaded shotgun when it accident
ally went off, the whole charge strik
in J- young Sharvey. tearing his back
and thighs all to pieces. His recovery
is impossible.
THCOLDRELIABLS.
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31. Bri'Oueh, Cashier.
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OF
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Pail in Capital, - - 90,000
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