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T r-y - :-. v nw"1 7 pTgT erf-?a: - -JU. .. -.-, - . awcml m . -j . '. V r cm VOLUME XXIX.NUMBER 48. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8. 1899. WHOLE NUMBER 1,504. ie -.- -- T t - rrT "a. vr "Pv tB ,,""iy"s . r"HP '.-' . - r ft" " x B r- It---"... it--'. -- .--?, -"- wr. . 'if-'. V v ; v . - .-. .. . - ' .. TV .-. . ". W . v -...- - v " - . -- i .' -. .. i.- '$?' r- , V ' -''X , - JJfcj T: ii. ." -vs." - &-s I The Week The SeMtc. ?. F. 277. Tor the rellcr of R. F. Loom Is of Furnas county, was rec romroended to pass in the spnate on ie 24th. S. F. lj9. to regulate commissions of stock j-ellers and to comDel cota- mission firms to execute bonds In the sum of $10,000 to protect shoppers, was placed on general file. The judiciary committee recom mended the indefinite postponement of S. F. 273, the Crow concurrent res olution relating to tlic pending sale of Union Pacfic lands under foreclos ure. Senator Crow moved to amend by placing it on general file. In justifi cation of his motion he spoke at some length, quoting from ..he United Slates supreme court decissions and government reports to sustain his po sition. He contended that the road was completed November 6, 1SC9, and not mortgaged until four years later. The act provided that all land not olsposed of within three years after the completion of the road should re vert to the government. The time of. the completion ot the road was the point at issue, opponents cf the reso lution holding that the road was not finally completed till 1872, when the brirtge at Omaha was finished. Senator Van Dusen said he favored the postponement of the resolutions, because the land granted mortgage was given in 1SG7 and the supreme court has held that to be a disposition of the land within the meaning of the act. The senate refused the resolutions a place oa the general file by a vote of 21 to 12, and the report of postpone ment was adopted. A substitute for S. F. 1S7 was placeo on general file. S. F. 91, 131 and 1S5 were recommended to pass. H. It. 170, the bill providing for a State Board of Embalmers. whose duty it shall be to examine and issue certif icates to embalmers, was placed upon its passage. The roll call showed only i-ixteen affirmative votes and seven oo posing, whereupon Steele of Jefferson made a call of the house. Canaday ot Kearney changed his vote from "nay" to "aye" and Farreil of Merrick voted "aye." The call ws at once raised and the chair declared the bill July passed. The senate was called to order oa the 27th by President Talbot at 11 o'clock. S. F. 132. to fix the fees to be charg ed by county surveyors and also that all fees ove- $2,000 in Douglas ccuu ly and $1,300 in Lancaster county oe turned into the treasury, was passe J. S. F. S7. allowing mutual hail in surance companies to insure crops at all stages, whether growing or ma tured, against hail, was pased. b. F. Ji. .; curative act. was nassec. S. F. 22, the bill to elect county com missioners by a vote of the entire county where the population exceeds :.Wlnch was committed to cor- rect some numerical errors was again recommendo.i to r-i'-ss. I S. F. r,9. the bill introduced by Gif- t-&nif(SK ot insurance companies working on the -stipulated premium" plan, "was the first bill considered, two being passed because the introducers were absent The bill defines the "stipulated pre- mium" p'an as 'olloe- Definition cf "stipulated Preninm rtimnanv. .i.- mmomtinn ,rr or associatio 1 issuins policies or cer tificates promising money or other benefits to a member or policy holder, or upon his decease to his legal lepre Fentntives or to beneficiaries designat ed by him which money or benefit is derived wholly from stipulated pre miums collected in advance from its members or policy holders, an l from interest and ether accumulations and wherein the au'in- or other benefits --i - - j ' -" wus x.vs. kj aj bo realized is Applied to or acnma lated solely for the use and purpose of term of office of village trustees from the corporation as herein specified, one year to two years, was read for and for the necessary expenses of the the third time and passed with the corporation and the prosecution and emergency clause. Senators Hale and enlargement of its business, and shall Knepper alone voting in the negative, comply with all the provisions of thia Senate file No. 135, to allow mutual act, shall be deemed to be engaged in . fire insurance companies to insure the business of life insurance upo the ' country school houses, churches, par stipulated premium plan and shall be sonages and town halls, was read for subject only to the provisions of this. the third time and passed by a vote ncL It shall be unlawful for any cor- of 30 yeas to 2 nays, poration, company or association not ' Senate file No. 136, declaring dogs having complied with the provisions ( to be personal property and making 'of this act to use the term stiDulated owners thereof liable for damages don-i premium in its application or con- ' by them, was passed by a vote of 31 tracts or to print or write the same to 1. in its polioies or literature. I Standing committees reported as The supporters of the bill S3 It i follows: conforms to the New York law and Is , is similar to acts in other states. They ray that- "This bill if passed will give Nebraska a law as cood as thet ci , New New ork. Ohio, Massachusetts, Penn- , sylvania. Illinois. Iowa or that of any other state. It will insure the build ing up of strong insurance companies in this state, the reason why other states have built up large insurance companies, that bring a large amoun of money for premiums for disburse ment and investments in these states being that the legislatures enacted laws providing for the organization of good companies and for the pro tection of the investments and policy holders." After amending the bill to tnelr satisfaction and striking out section 12. relating to personal liability, it was recommended to passage. This discussion consumed the entire after noon. j as soon as the roll call was complet- ed in the senate on the 2Sth and the I .u.mauuu siea an uusen movea that the senate resolve itself into a committee of the whole, with Currie j of Custer at the helm. His motion ' .v..: i t. ,- prevauea. S. F. 136 was recommended to nass. it is senator crow s mil and may be of giving or receiving of passes and goes interest to owners of pet canines. It . so far as to prohibit railway corpora provides as follows: tions and newspapers from entering "That dogs are hereby declared to , into contracts to exchange advertising be personal property for all intents for mielage, although the constitution and purposes and the owner or owners ality of such a provision has been of any dog or dogs shall be liable for ' doubted. any and all damage that may accrue t Farreil of Merrick moved that the to any persons, firm, or corporation I committee ren .-t h. not ronmrreri in " by reason of such dog or dogs killing. J . wounuing, worrying ur tuasiui any sheep or other domestic animals be- longing to such person, firm or cor- poration and such damage be recover- . ed from any court having jurisdictiom of the amount claimed." S. F. 135. by Holbrook, amending the mutual insurance laws of the ?tate to include the following risks, "coun try school houses and contents, coun :try churches and contents, country parsonages and contents, town halls and contents,'" was recommended to . pass. . S. F. 61. by Fowler, to. amend the law relating to receivers, was warmly ' discuse"d. Senator Fowler thought 1 that receiverfehlps under the present law only furnished mn a fat iob for I in Legislature. an indefinite period, and that at tS6 close of the rereivership they had all th assets, while the banks' creditors held the sack. He was informed that a receiver to an Omaha bank was drawing $2,500 a year and he so man- le SO man- aged the bank's affairs that his annual receipts were Just sufficient to meet i i , his salary and necessary expenses The receiver act as amended by this bill is as follows: "Provided, however, that it shall be the duty of such receiver to make to the state banking board, consisting of the auditor of public accounts, the state treasurer and attorney general detailed reports of the affairs of Such bank at such times and in such mannsr as may be directed by said state bank ing board, and said receiver shall sub rait the affairs of such bank to ihe inspection of the state examiner when so required by the state banking board and if the said state bankins bnaM shall at any time find that said re ceiver is not winding up the affairs of such bank in a satisfactory manner and In their opinion it is for tn! in terests of the creditors and stock holu ers of such bank that the recenership' of such person shall terminate. It shall be the duty of said state banking board, or any two of them, to instruct the attorney general to file with the judge or court appointing such receiv er a written request for the removal of such receiver and the termination of his receivership, and it shall be Ins duty of the judge or court which ap pointed him to at once and without un necessary delay, remove such receiver and appoint in his place another per son in the manner heretofore provid ed. unlr?s it shall be made clearly to appear that the opinion of the banking board is unfounded." The bill was recommended to pns. March 1 was the forty-fourth day of the senate. Senate file No. 251. Senator Cana day's anti-trust bill, was recommend ed for indefinite postponement by the committee on manufactures and com merce. Senate file No. 120. by Senaldr Spohn. was read for the third time and put upon its passage. The pur pose of the bill is to empower cities of the second class to purchase, own, improve, maintain and control lands for public parks and public grounds ar.i to issue bonds, when voted by the electors, for the purchase and improve ment of such parks and public grounds. The bill was passed by a unanimous vote. Senate file No. 15. Senator Van Du sen's bill to protect primary elections and to punish offenses committed thereat, was read for the third time and put upon its passage. The bill provides that party primaries are to be held in the same form and man ner as are regular state elections. Notice of the holding of a primary mir ft-hA rU'nn lOit rlfltra aV advancc. 0nly such persons may vote at any party primary as have at the last general election, registered their names in a book kept for that pur- PSfhat PO "ng place, as adherents oftthe par.t:; 1uesyn- ,N? Prsoa , J ThaTlid toS'ft i i t alloed lo te at n pa.J DnmarJ- . . ,..,.. Any person desiring to submit his name to 'any primary as a candidate l for mFe or tlelfatf to a convention must given ten days notice thereof to the central committee. The provi sions of the bill shall be compulsory only in counties having over 100.000 population. In other counties they may be adopted at the option of the party central committee. The bill was passed by a vote of 22 yeas to 11 nays, a strict party vote, save that Senator Smith (fus., Ante lope) voted with the republicans in the affirmative. Senate file No. 133, extending the Senate file No. 162, to prohibit the sciung or oeet and veal carcassess without exhibiting the hides to the purchaser to the general file. Senate hie No. 250, to amend the law relating to reports of state banks to tae state banking board, to the gener- al file. Senate file No. 106, to amend the school laws, was indefinitely post, poned. In the senate on the 2nd S. F. 264, by Smith of Antelope, was indefinitely postponed on recommendation of the railroad committee. The bill sought to amend the laws relating to suits against railway corporations for al leged discriminations and unreasonable rates, and provided that when any suit is brought at law to recover unjust and unreasonable charges in any court of competent jurisdiction the burden i , of proof that the charges in contro- i versy are just and reasonable snail rest upon the common carrier or car- ( riers. . . - i The same committee also reported S. F. 289 for indefinite postponement, This is the "anti-pass" bill introduced by President Gilbert with the consent of the senate. As will be remembered, it provides stringent laws against the and the bii placed oa general file for consideration in committee of the whole. His motion prevailed and the oui was placed on general file, eighteen senators having voted to sustain his motion and twelve against, S. F. 18, by Talbot, was passed. This bill provides that "Any number of persons not less than ten. a majority of whom shall re side in this state, may associate them selves together for the purpose of or ganizing a mutual bond company, and after securing 100 members, may form an incorporated company to insure the fidelity of its members holding places of trust and responsibility in, to or under any state, county, city, corpora tion, company, person or persons whatsoever, and may become security for ilS members for teh faithful per formance of any trust, office, duty," contract or agreement, and mr,y super sede any judgment or go utVn any appeal or other bond, and may become such surety for it members in all faaes where by lav two clr fflore sur eties are required for the faithful per formance of any trust or office. Such company shall embody the word 'mu tual' in its name." Other sections of the bill deal with the nereRry provisions for puarling the formation of such associations. A substitute for S. F. 191 was recom mended to pass. S. F. 1S9 was recommended to pass. It is Senator Reynolds' bill revistne Ikp nrSfnt l.ltrs cnnorfi!niT thn min. . np-nnnt hf tfi h.ihlio sn'nrfni i -t - --- the most important addition to the present law being: "If, after using due dilisence ro lease said land at an annual rental of 6 per cent upon the appraised valua tion, the commissioner is unable to do so, he may offer the same for lease at less than the appraised valuation And lba2 5t to thB berson or nersqtis .tthji will pay 6 per cent on the hi eh est of fered valuation, as annual rental, if, in his judgment, it is to the best in terests of the state to accept such bid." Holme. The resolution stating that ex-Su perintendent Gillespie of the deaf and dumb institute had been unfairly treated by the legislative committee and asking for the appoihtment of, & Committee lo reinvestigate, came up In the house on the 24th. and Qlm stead of Douglas moved the appoint ment of a committee to act with the one already appointed by the senate. The motion prevailed and the chair appointed Olmstead of Douglas. Mil bourn of Kearney and Watsou of Pierco. Vhen standing committees reported Siecke's bill, H. R. 332, to compel the building of fishways in all dams ob structing running streams, it came in for indefinite postponement. This stirred up a long discussion, in which the rights were upheld, both of the millers to maintain datnB and of the sportsmen to catch fish. The report of the committe was adopted. H. R. 442, the Olmstead game law, was also indefinitely postponed. H. R. 86, by Weaver, to compel as sessors to report regarding residences and ages of old soldiers in their dis tricts, with compiled reports by coun ty clerks, was indefinitely postponed. The next bill taken up was H. R. 310, by Jansen, a bill for an act tft amend an act entitled "An act creat ing the Nebraska Territorial Board of Agriculture, approved Ocrocer 14, 1858, and all subsequent acts supple mental or amendatory thereto; to pro vide for the establishment, govern ment, maintenance and support of the state board of agriculture, prescribing its duties and powers, making ap propriations for its suDDort and the payment of its existing indebtedness; and to repeal the act creating the Ne braska territorial board of asrinul ture, approved October 14, 1S58. ail subsequent acts amendatory or sup plemental thereto, or in conflict with this act and sections 1. 2. 3. 4 and 5 or' article 1 chapter 2 compiled statutes, as heretofore existing. The disriiTion on this bill lasted until 5 o'clock, when the committee arose without having finished the con sideration of the hill The debate against H. R. 310 was led by Sturgss. who held that it was creating a private corporation under state authority and state expense. He also held that the feature in the bUl l.rcv:ding m s'lt gathering c' statis tics was i:el-f ui:d a usurpation cf the powars ci the labor bureau. The work could byttcr be done by mc- state bureau. This led to an extended and it time? a.'rinifi.:ous debati betw.-en Stnrgess an J Jansen. Sturge W3s finally successful in getting this part of the bill stricken out Thompson of Merrick moved to strike the following section out of the bill: Section 21. To pay off existing ob ligations of the Nebraska state board of agriculture for premiums unpaid. interest and other expenditures in connection with its work and duties for past three years, there be and is hereby appropriated the sum of $G. 216.7S. the same to be paid on a de tailed, itemized statcmennt of indebt edness, by the secretary of the bo?rd. presented the governor and by him ap proved. Pending tv,e consideration of tnis notion the crmmittee arose. The ioi'il vote for, senator hcp'j6 The following result: Allen 58. Hay ward 39. Thompson 13. Webster 3C, Field 6, Wesson 1, Lambertson 1, Ad ams 1. Haiter 1. In the house on the 27th standing committees reported to the general file H. R. 431. 210. 510, 465. 404. 398. 403. 249, 348. 301 and senate file 66, 41 and 9S. The following house rolls were In definitely postponed: 335, 227, 22S, 2S6, 519. 479 255. 52. 1!0. 480, 4S6 and 4S8. Of the bills indefinitely postponed 335 was the Burns express bill; 227 was by Fisher, also taxing express companies; 22S was a new regulation for the insane hospital, being a dupli cate of S. F. 66; 286 was by Dorby, amending the compulsory education law so as to allow the attendance cf private schools; 519 was to define and establish legal holidays: 479 prohibited the employment of relatives of mem bers of school boards as teachers; 255 related to changes of boundary lines of school districts; 52 was the Grosvenor bill for the free attendance at high schools, being a duplicate of S. F. 41, which was placed on file; 110 related to the manner of granting teachers' certificates; 4S0, 486 and 488 were to locate normal schools at O'Neill, Hastings and Hcldrege. The secretary of the governor ap- peared and announced that the mv ernor had approved and signed H R. is, the bill to prevent the plowing ud of nublic hiehwavs. P " Mr. Ditmar of Otoe offered the fol lowing resolution and moved its adop tion: Be it resolved by this legislature. That the chief clerk of the supreme court of Nebraska is hereby ordered to make an accurate report of all re ceipts and expenditures of his office for the year ending January 1, 1S99, and report same to this legislature within forty-eight hours after the passage of this resolution. Pollard offered a substitute for the pending resolution, that the clerk of the supreme court be required to re port the receipts of his office for the eight years ending January 1. 1899, and that the report be made to the committee on fees and salaries within forty-eight hours. The substitute was adopted. H. R. 69. Eastman's initiative and referendum bill was indefinitely post poned. H. R. 270, by Wilcox to amend the civil code so as to permit cities to appeal from judgments without giving bond, was recommend for passage. S. F. 28, repealing sections 517, 918, 919. 921. 922. 923 and 924 of the stat utes, relating to arrest in case of debt, was recommended for passage. H. R. 20, by Mann of Saline, compel ling the holders of real estate mortga ges on property within the state to designate .ome agent resident of the state" to xvtiom paylcht tnay bo made, was recommend fori passage: The joint ballot irfr senator resulted: Allen, 40; Hayward, 25; Thompson, 11; Webster. 9; Field 5; Weston, 1; Lambertson, 1; Adam's, L as soon as me nouse convened 6n the 28th there was an attempt to re consider the action taken yesterday whereby the Burns express bill, H. R. 385; was indefinitely postponed. The motion faiied" to carry": Standing committees were more lib eral than usual this morriing. a'll b'illi reported being for general file. The following were the numbers: H. R.'s 467. 538, 525, 466. 292, 438, 233, 455. 544, 54, 21, 111 and , F.'st 1 and 59. . Several senate bills were fead on flpst and second reading, and the order of passage of bills was taken ip. H. R. 91, consolidated with 61, the Carton bill to provide for the manner of appointing judges and clerks of election was passed by a vote of 68 to 8. H. ,R. S3, the Zellerx bill, was paised b- fi strictly partisan Vote Of 51 to 45. The provision o'f the jicw act is to do away with the blanket ballot and go back to substantially the same form as was in use prior to 1897. This prevented a name from appearing m the ballot more than uu auu i"'"" reicrreu u iue om aSH aH l? Rnrn-fh.i fEX n. n JH. R. to. Burman s bill denning and H. R. 106. Clark's bill defining ana determining the effect of conditDns in fire insurance policies, making void the contract of insurance in case of change in the title, ownership, inter- est or possession of the insured in the property which i the Subject of insur- j .: s-. i ai- t.Ti ance. or liens created thereom. anil likewise conditions providing for forfeiture of the contract of insurance in case notice of contract is not fur nished within a time certain, or in a prescribed manner, was passed by a vote of 87 to 0. H. R. 162. the bill by Sandall to com pel railroads to maintain fences wa3 passed. H. R. 136. the bill for the relief of certain residents of Pawnee county who purchased tracts of the David Butler land from the state and after ward had to pay back taxes, was passed. H. R. :84. Olmsted's bill to prevent corruption at elections, limiting the expenditures of candidates' arid com pelling them to file statements of ex penses, was passed. S. F. 46, the Alexander amendment to the game law, was passed by a vote of 67 to 21. H. R. 68. by Beverly, to regulate the employment of children in factories, manufacturing and mercantile estab lishments, was passed by a vote of 84 to 0. H. R. 204, by Jensen, requiring car casses of swine dead from cholera to be buried or burned within twenty four hours after death, was passed by a vote of 73 to 0. S. F. 28. to repeal sections 917 to 92 i of the c'vil code, was passed by a vote of 73 to 2. The sections repealed re late to arrest for debt S. F. 8, by Farreil, to require school beards to keep in repair suitable water closets In connection with all public buildings, was passed by a vole of 77 to 0. H. R. 163, by Lemar, was passed. It provides that banks shall pav an incorporation fee to the state graded according to the capital stock. The joint vote for senator resulted as follows : Allen 55; Hayward. 33; Thompson. 13; Webster, 9; Field, 5; Lambertson, 1; Adams, 1; Weston. 1; Hainer, 1. In the house March 1 petitions ask ing for the passage of the Jansen pure food commission bill from Knox, Burt and Thayer counties were read. The followins was introduced by Chambers and adopted: "Whereas, It has come to the knowl edge of this house that there are a number of bills for hair brushes, combs, blacking brushes, shoe black ing, mirrors, etc.. and as these and similar goods have been procured by uruer oi employes ot tma house; now, therefore, be it Resolved, That this house notify all emploj-es and clerks that this house does not furnish goods for private use, and to notify the committee to reject all bills of this nature." A communication from the governor was received transmitting a number of letters relative to the White Crcds society's work at Manila, and a reso lution by Prince was introduced, pro viding that $250 be appropriated and transmitted to the president of that society, who is on the eve of sailing for the Philippines. After discussion the whole matter was referred to a com mittee to be presented to the governor for his consideration, as it will re quire a special message from him be fore an appropriation can be made. The following were read the third time and placed on their final passage: House roll No. 271, the barber's ex aminers' bill, was passed without the emergency clause. House roll No. 196. to allow growers of grapes to sell wine of their own manufacture in small quantities with out license, failed to pass. House roll No. Ill, relating to con tracts by school boards for supplies and permitting members of the board to bid on contracts for school supplies was passed. House roll No. 363 and senate file 41. school bills recommended by the state association, were called up, and a motion to make the consideration of them by the committee of the whole a special order was defeated. When the house was caned to order at 2:30 by Speaker Clark it resolved itself into committee of the whole for the consideration of house roll No. 171,, the Weaver Insurance bill. Hark- , a considerable amount of the commit son in the chair. tee's attention. The committee realized Before the consideration of the bill that the building is in a terrible con was completed the committee arose dition and repairs must be made at and asked leave to sit again. The re- i once. Just how much they thought port was adopted. The governor's private secretary dp- , livered the following special message j iium iue governor wnicn was read by , me cierii: To the Honorable Members of the House of Representatives. Gentle men: I would most respectfully call your attention to the proorietv of making some provision for the welfare apd comfort of the brave bovs in the First and Third Nebraska volunteer regiments, now stationed at Manila and Cuba respectively. As the rainy season is fast approaching in these latitudes and the possibility of our soldiers being afflicted more or less with diseases prevalent in these cli mates, and the further fact that manv soldiers have been wounded in recent battles, and still more may be killed and injured in skirmishes and battles which will take place in the future, the White Cross society of the United States is intending to establish a permanent hospital in Manila as soon as possible for the purpose of provid ing better accommodations for the sick and wounded. Other states hav ing volunteers in the service have made provisions for the special care I of their sick and wounded' by' appro priating adequate sums for the pur chase of hospital supplies and delica cies' sd. essential to the welfare and comfort of the boys in that far-off country. It seems to me that it would b eiK Urely proper for the legislature to re-mcnjHft- our gallant soldiers at this time Djv' Sri appropriation which could be used in case o'f nee3 for aucfc nor nose. as well as to care f3f kn r turn home the bodies of deceased sot diera. .The .vote for senator toaay resulted1: First, h'Hfit;, Hayward 39, Thompson 16, Field. S.-.Wcbstei 5, Haiffef )j Lam bertson 1, Adams I, Ta!bc-t ,1. Reese i. Second ballot: Hayward 37, ThornM1 san 16, Field 5, Webster 9, Hainer i, LambertBon 1. Adams 1, Talbot 1, Reese i. - In the house on the 3tt tire following bills were placed on genera'l file : H. R. 532 fs the Beverly bill to ora nibit the manufacture of barfiess aud cooperage in the state penitenUnf -H.R. 482. by Hibbert, is a bill to de fine and regulate buck'et shops. .-il: S09 is Ditmar's bill nuking for ?3,0C0 for the relief 6f Ndf.raSfc GUj on account of the smallpox (titarantine. H. R. 326 is by Sturgess relating to fees received by clerks of the district . . uuu vm wv .ijcul ui uii; oaiut into the county treasuries. ! H' R- 506 by Detwcller. provides for i1n mrn,,- i', .. t. S"??"- , ., - . I H; R' 4D'' b Detller. makes It a m,sdeieanor for a person or cprpora- t,on receiving money to demand or the 5ay the expense of the revenue stamp 'J. rtSipr , ,.," R- 29 ,b' Prince, provides that '""l : -jm"-" numra 6an nui ue obliged to surrender (heir pensions. 1 H R. 498. by Tucker. roznlateS ih business of commission merchant af puclic markets. Easterling moved that the action of th" house which yesterday indefinite ly postponed II. R. 34 be reconsidered and the blli be placed Oil general file. The motion prevaileM. Tlie hne so: tinn in the bill is as follows: "Section 1. That a railroad com pany receiving for shipment goods, chattels or merchandise consigned to a point on the line of a connecting carrier under an azreement to trans port them to the terminus of its own road and to deliver them to connf clng earner named in the bill of lnding. or contract of Shipment, i Answeril.lr therefor for their safe delivery 10 ihe place of their destination, notwith standing any contract, stipulation or agreement to the contract made b2 tween the original consignee and con signor." H. R. 7 Was passed by a vote of 70 to 11 The bill is by ferahs lo provide for the submitting to the electors df the state in the year 1900 the question of holding a constitutional convention. The house went into committee of the whole with Smithberger in the chair. H. R. 54, the Zellers voting ma chine bill, was first taken up. This bill hftd been t'onsiderd onrn before and recommended fOP amendment. When taken tip today the objection was urged that the bill would compel the counties to purchase some special make of machine, ai.d a motion to in definitely postpone the bill carried by a large majority. In committee of the whole H. R. 191. the Weaver insurance commission bill, was taken up. There was little discus sion on the provisions of the bill un:il the taxation feature was reached. Tim origihal bill provided a 1 per cent tax against foreign companies doing busi ness in the state. The committee ri- f duced this to 3V per cent. When this Was reached today Weaver moved that the rate be fixed at 3 ?or cent. An amendment by (rosvenor making it 24 per cent was defeated nnd the Weaver amendment was adopted. The bill as adonted nrovides a 2 per cent discriminating tax against in surance companies of states other than Nebraska, and 3 per cent against com panies from foreien countries. It was this latter tax that caused the dbr.te. The vote for senator was without re sult, standing as follows: Hayward 40, Thompson 13, Webster 10. Field R, Adams 1. Lambertson 1. Hainer 1. LEGISLATIVE NOTES. The senate committee has ordered a favorable report on Senator Allen's bill providing for a public building at York. Neb. The railroad committee oi the sen ate had a meeting to consider the "anti-pass" bill introduced by Presi dent Gilbert. He appeared before the committee and made a long argument in favor of his bill, arguing along the moral lines of the demoralization of public officials by the distribution of passes. The committee adjourned to meet again. The clerk of the supreme court has filed the following report, in accord ance with the Ditmar-Pollard resolu tion: To the Chairman and Members of the Committee on Fees and Salaries, Houe of Representatives: Gentlemen In compliance with the resolution adopt ed by the house of representatives on February 27. 1S99. I beg leave to sub mit the following report: The total amount of fees received by me from July 14, 1S90, to January 1, 1899, was 853.864.50. I have expended of the above amount for clerk hire and assistance in my office $17,155.30. Net receipts for period named in resolution, about nine years. $36,709.20. Respectfully submitted. D. A CAMPBELL. Clerk of Supreme Court. At a meeting of the committee on public lands and buildings the condi tion of the capitol building occupied could be spared for that purpose was rtisMieceH nt lenirrh The roof had cor- roded and rotted until the water poured into the upper rooms at every i downpour and played havoc generally. The outer walls were badly in need of repainting. The board of public lands and buildings had estimated that to thoroughly repair the building and grounds would entail an expenditure of $85,000 It was the belief of the committees that whatever was done should be done with a view to perma nency and that only the absolutely necessary repairs should be provided for by this session. It was pureed that a new roof on the capitol snould merit first attention. Whether an other tin roof should be put on or a copper roof, which is much more ex pensive, will be decided upon at the next meeting. Senator Barton and Representatives Smithberger and Hall were appointed to secure estimates as to cost The general appropriation bill only carries $10,000 for repairs on th capitol. A healthy hunger for a great idea Js the beauty and blessed net-.s of life. Jean Inselow THREE THOUSAND DL All Public Improvements at Santiago Stopped. OFFICIALS OF THE TOWN WORRIED avan3 initritctUm to liorfrnor Woctl Are CoatleuitfVd Set 1'olJcy May rc.itc Bandit Atuoill ttHpUrtl-m Othar Matters at the National CdpaK SArtT'Mnd; Cuba. Jtarelt 4. Be tween 2.000 anu C.t0 men have bc: suddenly thrown out of ttofW in the province of Santiago, over 700 biis in thtf iritRttfiatf neighborhood of this city. Altfiotlgl Governor General Brooke has wired f30.0a& required for -the Feb'wary pay toll, there J -Ktfll a deficit of nearly $20",000. and thtf orders from Havana still hob eood, limiting the expenditure during h month Of ilarch for the entire pro vince to $10;00t7. The effee of this order on Cirll Gov ernor Castillo, " ilayor Bacaradi and other Cubans prominent in fffi-ial cir cles is simply paralyzing. Mayo Bacaradi has cabled the governor gen eral r desiring to know what he is ex pected to do with such a large num ber of men suddenly thrown out of wors Thenh we are perfectly friendly to the American?:" he said in the dis patch, "the present pC!lv- seems sui cidal, for pubile improvement are greatly needed and the men also afi ureatlv in need of work." PlvH Hovernor Castillo wonders what will lai?ett. He cannot see that the men sudden.' thrown out have any alternative to becoming bssditn. and he regrets exceedingly the damaging blow the province has received. Ow ing to his position, he may not com ment upto the orders of his hiineriors. but He considers the prospects very gloomy. Major General Leonard Wood re fuse to make any further statement than tt he will obey orders. Nearly $20,000 is still dt for February, for which he will be personally answer able, but under the present C?rlrs he cannot continue men at work. Out wardly hp 1b one of the calmest men today ih Santiago but as a mattsr of fact he is greatly worried, Groups of men nt street cornera, in clubs, cafes, etc., openly 'buse tho American administration, saying that the Spanish was infinitely preferable, as in the worst times considerably m)re men were engaged on public Worka under the old resime than are now id employed. Probably the full effects of the new fcnliry will not be visible before Monday, as (Hf men will receive their pay tomorrow, and, al though General Wood dos not expect disturbances. Cubans who affect to be cognizant with the whole situation say it will be quite impossible to avoid an outbreak ff some sort. In spile of all the Antagonism dis played against the Airiericari authori ties at Havana. General Wood remain? popular among Cubans of all classed. who declare the Havarla instructions an "outrage upon his administr'.li'on." In the speeches made at the San Car los club today the sentiment was that the new orders ought to be attributed to envy of Genera! Wood's successful methods in this department, and no far as the Province of Santiago U con- cerned. the Cubans say that if a Voto were taken tomorrow (hey would elect him for the highest position Jn te , island. in preference to any Cuban The new regulations have brought to a standstill all the improvements j inciuuing me ureaging or ine naruor. rcadmaklng and sewerage. Probably mass meetings will be held on Monday to protest and inflammatory speeches are likely to be made, in spite df the orders prohibiting any criticism u public meetings of any acts of the mil itary authorities. r, I . n w J . t.Toenerai Brooke has not yet communicated to j Sf LtlllLl1 "l I WASHINGTON. March 4. General " LSI ' .1; I :....-:." -; V : ,'T specting the sufficiency of the allot ment of funds for the conduct of pub lic works in the city and province. It ."" ,S .,TJ .t," '?",""." "'";; I ia aaiii iudi uus ia aiiiii.v iuc auiiii; uiu j complaint on the part of the Santiago people, without a single new feature. They have from the first bitterly re sehted any d version of the money re- eeived at 3antiaeo for the silnno-t of ceiea at Santiago ror tne suppo.t ji the island generally. It- ic coif! nt tYn trit lann Trmnri ttnf t ; ,, V ' , " ' this policy cannot be permitted to pre vail, as the immediate result wirl be the division of Cuba into a number of independent provinces, none cf them willing to pay anything for th? support of tne general Government and that the plan would work in Cuba j precisely as n .ew iorK ana an f Francisco should retain for the public works of those two cities the e-no--mous amount of import taxes collected there. Genera! Brooke was charged bv the department to a.'ange a schedu'e which would nrovide for an eiuitable distribution of the receipts in Cnbi. and the department is bound to believe that he has complied exactly with his instructions as to Santiago. This sub ject, among others, will be looked into by the insular examiners recently ap pointed. Speaker Farr l Dethroned. HARRISBURG. March 4. A wran gle occurred in the house today an.l as a result of Speaker Farr declnring the house adjourned those remaining elected Bliss of Delaware county an anti-Quay republican, speaker. The "rump" house then took a recess to the hour for the joint session. American Not Seekins FranrhUeo. WASHINGTON. March 4. Con trary to the general expectation that American capital would seek early in vestment in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico following the American oc cupation, is the fact, as stated by of ficials of the war department, that so far very few applications have been filed for grants, franchises or conces sions for the construction of oubliu works of various kinds. Probably more than a dozen requests for srivileces of this character in Cuba have been made and less than that number in Porto Rico. Cannot Bay Chile' Ship WASHINGTON. D. C, March 4. Regarding reports from Chile that the government of that country was about to sell the United States and Ecuador a number of warships in pursuance of a policy of retrenchment, officials point out that except under special authori zation such as was conveyed in the national defense act. the president has no Dower to buy any ships. Now that a state of peace prevails so far as Spain is concerned there would be no warrant for the expend!- i ture of another dollar for foreign) vesselfl. i THE CIVIL SERVICE. Interesting JSevIcw ta the Forthcoming tUrport. WASHINGTON. March !. Thcro will be two unique departures in the forthcoming annual report of the civil serVI commission, which will be presented the president shortly after the adjournment of congress. These will be a complete! history cf dyii sServlcii from the beginning of this gov ernment and a full discussion of the methods of governing all the colonies of the woriJ. Summing up the clvW service histo-y the commission make ittf deduction that the civil swrv!.v latV wjis enacted for the miracae o carrying the governmfca back to wha is termed the wise period of the fouud cr of the republic, when merit ani not political partisan Sftviee was Ihr fmsis of consideration in "he matttc of rtpftointmpnts and retention in of fice in trie government service. Reviewing le administration of th" colonial affairs, hi the world, the com mission in its report will state tha Universal experience shows that where the colonial government is affected br political changes at home their gov ernments are unstable and e-tnvx-gant and that in such colonies occur most of the remits that figure in his tory, producing the high costs of mili tary rule. The commission's report does not snecificallv recommend an extension of civil service over our re en a.-fjuisitions. but the application of these conclusions in the considera tion of our insular affairs is left for deduction therefrom. The renort levicws tho annlirntion "-f the civil service Taw since the last ,-nnrt and cites all the cases of viola tion.:?, with pointed and vigorous coiv clusio:'3 based on these, and there are a number e recommendations made in ft,n n;n(1c t fu i-pjiort. including ' several renewed from last year. Ki'ort n Two"? in China WASHINGTON. March J. Consul Genera! Mason at Berlin has ect to !ha utate department a copy of t repo"rf fit the commission sent out in 1S95 by i he Lvons bureau of commerce to study conditions in China, which report, he says, should prove of real value to Americans who contemplate investing or settliiiK in that country. f Thfl commission started from Tonkin. traveled extensively in unexplored portions of s'Oitthern China, descended the Yang-tse-Kiatlg river almost from source to outlet and skirted the coast fro'ii: flongKongasfar north as Pekin. The different members of the r?rty traveled in all over 12.000 miles In Chinese territorv. The report call attention to the fact that, according to the return of Chinese ciintoTns au thorities, the trade between China and Hort Kong is given as British where as in reality Long Kong is distinctive ly a port of transit pnrt that an im portant part of the foreign and coast trade of China passes through that port and is incorrectb designated n British and that the irrpcrt trade from the ITnltPd Statf? alone is p3t"mated at JJ9.3()0.000. The German trade has increased 70 pa? cent in the last four years. Fifteen llnndre.-t In Three. WASHINGTON. March 4. The following dispatch has been received by Secretary of War Alger from Gen eral Otir. in answer to Secretary Al ger's dispatch of yesterday respecting the number of American prisoners held by the insurgents. MANILA. March 3 Secretary of War. Washington- Insurgents have not taken nor do they hold a single prisoner of war. riiev have three sol diers in Malolos picked up in January who without permission went among them near Cavtte and Calooran. I am looking after them and pro, iding money. Have captured over l.oOO m- surgent soldiers since Fe'jruarv 21 find hnlfi th mnirirttv na nrtcnnni-c? ti &Ayit - . j j "-V - ii ikJUti'.to ul war. uetnmeitiai reports winch reach the United States are niufactured mostly In Hong Kong. Troops here in splendid condition. OTIS. A History of C'atr.tc. WASHINGTON. D. C, March 4. Thr0lIgh the collrtf,sv of a gpanl8h resi(et at M ., -fl p meat has secured a concise histofy of tl5P "vy yard and arsenal at Cavite. i It appear this was started in 1799 by the Spanish admiral, M. de Alva the materials being provided from San Ring Cil TJ" ar rsenal developed greatly during the command of Gen eral Enrile in 1S34. when a lnxee 1 frimtn thn C". C- f , , V" a Tr l ,,a"lc.,e,, e e A great nart of the buildings wa3 rfe8troye(l by earthquakes in 18"S fin(1 Sfi3 The a- , J n - . . ., .- cover I.BI square miles, and. it is represented, the yard can be made one of the best naval stations in the far east. I'rrileiit at tlie tVpltol. WASHINGTON n r Mr..h a President McKinley will' go to the capitol at 10 o clock today and remain there during t'e closing hours of con gress. This has been a customary practice with many presidents at th c cse of the short session, when the passage of important bills is delayed trequtntiy until almost the constitu tional expiration of the congress. Th executive is thus put in easy commu nication with the leeislators. with whom be can consult respecting the merits of such measures as might at first seem objectionable. r r lection by Spain. MADRID, March 4. The cortes will be dissolved, the election taking plac toward the end of April and the new chamber of deputies meeting in Mav. Count de Rascon, Spanish ambassador to Great Britain, and Leon y CasrP'n. ambassador to France, have tendered their resignations. The prefects and secretaries of state have also resigned. The Trat Reported Favorably. WASHINGTON. March 4. The senate committee on foreign relations agreed to report favorably a treaty between the United States and Great Britain sent to the senate yesterday by the president. The treaty regulates the descent of property of citizens of this country who die in Great Britain and of British subjects who die in the United States. It provides that prop erty in such cases shall be disposed of as if the person deceased should die in his own country and gives admin istrators, executors, etc.. three years in which to settle estates. Keeeiie the Nation Gratitude. WASHINGTON. MARCH 4. The president sent to the senate the nom ination of Rear Admiral George Dewey to be admiral of the navy under the act approved March 2. 1S99, and Brig adier General Elwell S. Otis, U. S. 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