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'ffSr ' yyw "wwgPip'g ' jjwh) 3 --g 4 ip.lJiiiMijglg:ar3W.-' -.. .- Cfltante onxml '-: VOi ,UME XXIX.-NUMBER 51. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, 1899. WHOLE NUMBER 1,507. V-: . -f . -.. -. f , '-' - W . p.,'- !.'-. :.- M m I fheWeekin m '. 4 The Seaatc. Wheir the senate conveneo. on the JITth the standing committees reported favorably a number of bills for passage. S. F. 223. relating to the game law as passed. It makes it unlawful to "kill quail at any season of the rear, on ine ground tnat they are nearer a do- xnestic bird than all other species of ,eame and are a great insect destrcysr. "r a:iiLe ni mm crjmmiTT nr , 1 1- r -r- - . ,. ., . -ur ..uuic. il. r. O... UV Jlliier OI DUI- ralo. was first considered. His bill sought the repeal of the law requiring county clerks to make an annual com - Dilation of the mortgage indebtedness of the counties of the state. The dis cussion developed into a political de bate lasting until the noon hour. Prout of Gage moved that the bill be indefi nitely postponed and his motion pre vailed. In tbe afternoon S. F. 201 was re comaended to pass by the judiciary committee. In committee of the whole the sub- iform text book bill, was consider- Senator Prout explained that he in committee or tne wnoie tne sud- . . .., ,r ,,. , 0 ota made tnis motion at the request of sev- -stitute for S. F. 35 was again consid- n seneral. it provides tor a state . semrs .ho ahent at rhe rered Th bill nroDoes a new law to school text book commission, which is e senators no were ateent at tne -Ti t , ! proposes a n.e ia V ro desie-iarp rh honlr; m h nH ir. ume bl11 was indefinitely post regulate life insurance associations. It "?, designate the books to be used in was rcommnded to Das a11 schools m Nebraska, at not to ex- Pne"' d.na wn were verJ ..I?a Jft, e c. -.V7 i -,, r t " -, j rn a flTi nri rnr!Ha fnv ?r, ry.a ' terested in ic He voted to kill the bill S. F 166 was killed. It provided that "ea a nxed price provided for m the . h, hpiPVpd iT o nni? onp nn,i in actions of replevin the defendant JUL Should no firm be willing to sell . caue ? Ta " he Sot v -may secure a return of his property by books at tne rrice named -ue commis- L I" ninfnn " h h d DC yet putiing up a bond. S1a s empowered o give the contract caaaea ai opinion- ? Si F 199 was recommended to pass, tor the manufacture c. such books to . ena.tor Prout s moticnprevailed and It provides -that th journals of n5S ar publishing house the publishers the bm was recommended for passage, -r branch of the lenslatur- shall be to be paid out of the proceeds of the At thf afternoon session the sifting competent vid-nce to establish omis- sales of the books. foxn.mil"e. por.ed p acm tne foi- sions or irregularities in legislative' Eefore the reading o. the bill bv .owing biUs at the head of the general proceedings for the purpo of lmp-each- the clerk had been completed Senator , m tfl"orueJ na- a ips th validity of anv enrolled bill Rocke moved that the further reading ' .JenaLe ai&3 ,, - ,-,. Vi-i " ' aftir the samo has bpn certified bv the bill be dispensed with and it be 1,-i.iloUfce roiis Cs- -lb aml "b4". th presiding officers of both branches , indefinitely postponed, which motion J"? sen.atf thtn wsnt xni com.mi"ee ot the legislature and the same has' prevailed oy a unanimous vote. l fhe wnole' sen,aMxr Prout m the ben approved bv the gor-rnor - chair, on senate file No. 210, the an. S. Fs. 20S. 213 and 25. were recom-, The first orcer or business on the ' D'Lsen reve,ne measure, mended to pass. 1 21st in th senate that met with a r- ! nator an Dusen moved that the S. F. 241 was mdeniLeIv nostnoned. 1 1 provided that no deed comd be filed covering proprT- upon which taxes are delinquent until the taxes are paid. Senator Reynolds offered a substi tute for S. F. 24? tfae "Osteopathy" j lull. Th culxstitrte was adopted to take the piar of the original bill, and will be considers i later Substitute S. F. ?.S. relating to fees ror '-nunty judzes who appoint judges i innninr inrtioc i and clerks of, Section, war recommend- 353. 214. 444. 560. 41S and 97. They ed to pass. were given their first reading at once. ' The revenue committee reported S. I Standing committees reported a sub- J F. 346 to. -pass. stitute for S. F. 34 to pass. S. F. 310 ' and 245 for indefinite postponment. ' Tn ie senate on the ISth Senator S. F 245 is the bill introduced by Schr jtf's joint resolution for a consti- Currie of Custer to prevent combina tur'..ai amendment to increase ike tions. trusts and monopolies in buying n xaber of unreme court judges to and selling live stock, produce and ar f.r. was read for th second time nd tides of trade at public and quasi-pub- ferred to the committee on ronstiM tional amendments and federal rela tions, of which Senator Crow is chair man. House roll No. 330. providing for two additional schools, was read th" .second time and referred to the com- mittee on university and normil m. n. i5i was passed wim me emer chools. gency clause. S. F. 131. 35 and 275 were Senate file No. 227 was read for the also passed, third Ume and put upon its passage. ' 3. F. 131 amends the school law by It provides for the relief of Ruscll . providing for registration of women F. Loomis. The bill was passed. j voters in cities where general registra- Senate fiiie No. 257 was placed an , tion is required, to provide an attor Its passage. It authorizes county ' ney for school boards at a salary not boards of adjoining counties to enter J to exceed S300; and chancing the time into joint contracts for the building members take their office from the aad maintenance of bridges. The bi'l ; first Monday in July to the first Mon was passed. ' a5" in ilar- emr file n. 139. to amend jtec- I In committee of the whole H. R. 1S7 inn n! nf rhu imtMI nH rpl.ifinir in . relating to )roceedings. . j?ridencp as to legislative proceedin 'was passed. Tarnny drawn bv countv boards In ?TirTM Til .fj. Tl- III IJ ltllilll lll.lt. t excess of S5 per cent of the lew. where there are no funds m the treas ury for the payment of the same, may be cancelled by evil action from mem bers of the board, received sufficient votes for passace. but as Senator Mil ler, the author of the bill, voted cfsamst it, there was. m the language of the chair, a stampede from yea tc nay. by senators changing their vote?. A second roll call was ordered which ' in the defear of the bilL V I "of senators now changed their resulted number of senators now changed votes from nay to yea before the an nouncement of the result, whereupon, it was tru that when the lieuten?at: Tme votTstoo.1 16 veas to 15nays. I A constiutional majority having failed to vote in the affirmative, the bill was T.-it fll- Yn "IV! tt rminmi.nfl- . "" - - - t d for indefinite postponement. It requires corporations to pay an an nual license tax on their capital stock at the rate of 51 per $50,000. Senate file No. 1S7 was read for the third time and put upon its passa. This is Senator Van Dusen's bill to exempt from garnishee or attachment the monthly earnings of heads of fam ilies up to 550. The bill was passed with the emergency clause. House roll No. 331. Representative ' McCarthy's bill to prohibit stock com mission trusts and combines, to regu late commission charces. was read the second time and referred to the com mittee on live stock and grazing, ot which Senator Reynolds. Cume, Allen. Vwoc Tifl TT?11ot nro Tia TTsYT?ir The bill is identical with a senate , senate except appropriation and claim file introduced hv Senator Came. ! Oills. which shall be subject to sneciai which was referred to the committee i on agriculture, of which Senator 11c Cargar is chairman, early in the ses sion, and which was never reported back to the senate Adjourned until Monday. la the senate on tne 20th senate file No. 216. relating to original jurisdic tion of probate court in the probate cf wills, and providing when probate judges shall be disqualified from act ing, was recommended for passage. House roll No. 252. to amend the law relative to the issuance of bonds by precincts, townships, villages and cities of the second class in the aid of internal improvements for streets or highways, railroads, bridges, court I houses, jails and drainage of swamps sad wet lands, was the subject of con siderable discussion. Finally it was reported for passage. House roll No. 77. to amend the law relating to notice to land owners of the opening of roads, was recommend ed for indefinite postponement. Senate file No. 273. to prohibit street railways companies furnishing free transportation to city officials, was recommended for passage. Senate file No. 131, to provide fcr the registration of women who desire to vote at school elections and making other amendments of the school laws. ' was amended by Senator Front to strike out the provision requiring wc-en-to register. On this amendment Senators Prout a-1 Van Doses, en gaged in a running debate. Saaaxor Prout's amendment was lost, and the bill was recommended 'for passage. geaata 11 No. 2Gt. relating to pub- Legislature. lic roads and the width thereof, wis recommended for passage. Senate nle No. 279, to provide for disconnecting property in cities and villages was next on general file. It provides that lands in the form of ad ditions to cities and villages may, un- ,. der certain conditions, be disconnect- . ed therefrom J Senator Van Dusen opposed the bill ' a . " w.- tumult.., hhjuuc- tnn mnr'atl ir inrtiinnirfl nncfnn X munr Wo p -i mnthir ,,rA- 'boom I times" land owners had platted out ther lands into additions, sold lots therefrom at fabulous prices, and now. unding the boom collapsed, they de- i orf tn ho TaMavrcl frnm inr nToo by being allowed to withdraw from the rirv The bill was recom-ended for pas- r " sage. House roll No. S8, relating to the compensation of receivers, introduced by Senator Weaver of Richardson, was snonse was the nassazn of hills nnnn ; third reading. H. R. S8 and 252 were I passed H. R. SS regulates the compensation of receivers of state banks and H. R. 252 amends the present law relating to mternal improvements in cities of the second class and in villases In he afternoon the clerk of the house announced the Dassace of the fol- Irnr-irnr- Killa 1tt tViit- Vr-r. tT "D ''On lowing bills by that body H. R.. 390 lic markets, and to provide remedies for persons injured thereby, and pen alties for violations of this act. The McCarthy bill passed in- ili house is exactly the same, hence Sen ator Currie was willing to have his bill sidetracked. was recommended to pass and S. F. 15- 1" aQd 9 indefinitely postponed. j H. K. l! provides tnat all nre m- ninrn-p nolirie.s. -wriTten and coverinc n bole or in part upon property with in the state of Nebraska shall be writ ten, countersigned and issued only by a duly authorized officer or agent of such company, corporation, association, partnership or person, resident of the state of NebrasKa. and providing penal ties for the non-compliance of the pro visions of this act. Frogress was reported upon S. F. 302 i a with leave to sit again. It fixes the salaries of the deputy state officers, b ing a bil1 to amend section 5. of article aedo 6- of .artiIe section 14. of article iii. section 7. of article iv. sec tion 1. of article v. and section 1. of article vi. of chapter Ixxxiii. compiled statutes of 1S97. entitled. "State and State Officers." and to repeal said origi- nal 3ectlons- ,.- rh -h w t? o- "M S1-" "J "" v-"e ""- v . ;; j ,anr?c coipnn Hfliri of r? Ii amends section bOla of C1VU cede. In committee of the whole H. R. 1?7 ?nd 5. F. 112 were recommended u. Dass. The af'Tuoon was spent in consid- ering tbo rcvfnu-" bill, several sections bein" stricken out. The committee -rose wra .ne understanding that it sir again from 7:30 o'clock until 9 , o'clock to finish the consideration of the bill. rue committee on rules reported the roI't.wir? new rule: That the sifting committee shall have in charge ai1 bills on general file and that all bill? reported by said fcmmitte shall take rrecedence in crsference to bills now before the order at any ume." A motion by Van Dusen that the re oort Ii- on the table was lest and the i inimcn to adopt the report Drevailed 5 by a ote of 17 to 11. Standing committees reported the following bills: Substitute for S. F. 319 to pass, substitute for S. F. 315 to pass. H. R. 571 and 270 to pass. H. R. 20 and 177, S. F. 267 and 321 to be indefinitely postponed, and H. R. 41, S. F. 323. 349 and 344 to general file without rpcom mendatim. H. R. 20 I? a bill to nrovide for the payment of interest and principal uu real estate mortgages. H. R. 177 seeks to amend section 370 of the code of civil nrocedure and tn repeal said orisinal section. S. F. 267 was to amend section 53S. chapter v, compiled statutes of Ne breska. 1S97. and to repeal said sec tion as now existine. S. F. 321 is a bill to define and pun ish certain misdemeanors in trade and commerce, and to make it a crime far anyone to purchase goods, wares or merchandise on credit and sell, hy pothecate or dispose of the same ant of the usual course of business with in tent to cheat or to defraud tiie. ven dor or seller, and to fix the sunish xaent of aid offenses. The senate took a recess until 7:30 o'clock. S. F. 210 being made a special ordar -t 7:20. At the evenine after recess the sen- ate went into committee of the whole. with senator iTcut of Gage in the chair, to consider the special order S. F. 99. by Senator Fowler of Fillmore. an act relating to the Issuance of teachers' certificates hy county suner- intesdenu, was recommended to pass. 1 TTio Bannto nn rho 3H unsmniiiwi W 5 rt- 13 , better known as u.e Pollard revenue bilL The bill did not appear to have a single champion in jie sen ate at this late day in the session, al though four members opposed its post ponement witcout some consideration. The vote to postpone was 1j to -r. Sen ators Van Dusen, Owens, Halderman and Fowler composing tne latter. The following bills were passeu: a. F 216, relating to the duties of pro bate courts; a. F. 112, relating to tne organization of school district boards; S. F. 279, providing for the disconnec- , tion of plats from cities anu. towns. ' and S. F. 209, amending the road law as to width of roads. Senate file -No. 290. instructing the state board of transportation to take , steps looking to a reduction of local freight rates in Nebraska, for indefi nite postponement. Senator Spohn moved that the report be not accepteu, which motion was st by a strizt par ty vote, and the bill was indefinitely 1 postponed. ' The committee on insurance recom mended the indefinite postponement oi f nate fiI,e -7 aiuL tne, passage, of house roll No. 191, with amendments. TU -, .. ... . 1 . 4U" "" .??. au"l HDt'sp rnll n Till i House roll No. 191 is the Weaver insurance bill, while senate file No. i4 is Senator Talbot's bill, identical with ho'se roll No. j.jL Senator Prout moved that the senate reconsider its action in indefinitely postponing senate file No. 176. which authorizes the auditor to license not o exceed 100 fire insurance brokers. ' 0Ul oe recommenuet. ror passage. Senator Reynolds moved to amend ! by recommendins the bin for indefinite ! Postponement. By a rising vote the i substitute prevailed by a vote or :i ' to 4- The b.in "R'as -cfordingly recom- ' mended ior mdeunite postponement. Oanw. The house en the 16th was treated tc a continuation of the senatorial fight -a hen Olmsted of Douglas offeed the following resolution: Whereas. The resent session of th legislature in drawing to a ciose ani some 300 bills are now on general file, many of which are of great pub!: importance and should become law, and Whereas. It will be possible to con sider onlv a limited number of said bills during the session, therefore I move that a sifting committee, com posed of the following members of tbe . hou.-, Olit-i. guri. . c:.h rwn-ir .. Sturges. Tanner and Wheeler, be at this time elected by the hmise to seive as such sifting committee during tlie remainder of this session, and further, that no bills be considered out of th-" regular order except such as may bj recommended by said committee from ume to time. The resolution, after much discus sion, was adopted. A resolution instructing cur morale s of congress to work for the establish ment of postal savings banks throug -out the country was sent up by Elwo.jd sad was adopted. 'T R. 331. McCarthy's bill to prevent combinations, trusts and monopolies m the buying and selling oi live stocir, produce and articles of trade, ws placr-d on third reading and paszed by z. vote of 57 to 13. S. F. 33. by Talbot, defining who shall practice in the supreme cout and providing penalties fcr violations of the provision, was passed by a vote of 7S to 5. H. R. 330. by Milbourn. appropriat ing the sum of 550.000. or so much cf it as may be necessary, to establish two additional normal schools sim:!.jr to the one at Peru and under the same management, was passed with the emergenry clause, by a v The special commit vote ot 6S to "I. tee appointed some time ago to investigate as to the use of passes by the state officials submitted two reports. The niajority report was signed by Prince and Smithberger and the minority renurt by Sturgess. Both were accepted. On motion cf Jansen the special order of the passage of H. R. 114 over the governor s veto was taken up aud resulted 43 to 45. Not having received the necessary three-fifths vote the bill was lost. In the house on tne 17th Th-'n the journal was read Rouse of Hail cailel attention to the fact that tne siftinj committee which was selected was elected by a vote of oniy zity mem bers. Discussion followed, at the nd of which the journal of the previous day was adopted anu the sifting commit tee was made secure m its position. Standing committees reported to the general file H. R. 141. 6rt2. 563. 595, 554. 560, 1S1 and F. lot. 14S and 6L The bills indefinitely postponed were H. R. 454 534. 573. 59, 576, 2, rc3 and z24. The last numbered bill had already been maue a special order, and there was a motion to reject the report and put the oill on file. The motion was defeated by a vote n 24 to 35. After recess bills were aken up for passage. K. R. 251. by Tay:or cf Cus ter, an act to amend section 3 of chap ter 2S of the complied statutes of 1537, entitled "Fees," was passed bv a vote of S2 to 9. The house then went into the com mittee of the whole, with Detw;i!er o. iKragias in the chair, to consider the special orden cf the day. 5. F. 20, by rtolbrook of Dodge, an act empow ering tie corporation autnorities of cities cf the second class, villages and counties to take up and pay off valid outstanding bonds issued pursuant to vote of electors, was recommended for passage. H. R. 20, by Burns, to abolish the state board of transportation, secre taryships and ail. was taken up. Prince ot Hall olered an. amendment which was practically a re-enactment of H. R. 59. The amendment was adopted. Wheeler of i-ims then, mov ed to recommit the &1.- Lest, and the bill recommended for passage H. R. 360. by Lemar of ,aunders. re quiring thp secretaries of the board of transportation to file complaints against railroad ftrapanies whera vio lations of the law came to their no ..ce. was recommended far passage. H. R. 2G9, by Flynn of Douglas, an. act providing tnat eight hcrs snail constitute a'daVs'wcrk exrept when otherwise stipulated in the contract. and .prohibiting longer hours on state work, except in cres cf great emer gency was indefinite!- uc;n s"i H. R. 214. by Olmstend. relating to the manner of assessing special taxes or assessments arising out of improve-, ments to property in cities of the met- ropolitan class, was recommended for Dassage. H. R. 237. by Pollard, appropriating 1 I2.51W for the use and support of the state horticultural society, was recom mended for passage. K. R. 41S. -y Grafton, to approprt- ate J5.0C0 to build a standplpe. furnish fire protection and furnish the libra ry at the Peru normal school, was rec ommended to pass. I H. R. 299. Ly Lane of Lancaster, an. j act to authorize the state auditor to license a limited number of fire insur ance brokers and defining tnelr duties and compensation, was recommended j for passage. j The house on the ISth held but a ' half day session. ' The sifting committee reported the ; bills for advancement to the head of general file. The report was adopted after an. amendment by Janaen "that the re port be adopted and the committee dschareed," was voted down. The house resolved itself into a com- -mitteeof the- whoIe-forthccoBslder ation of bills on general file, with .... Hrt... gy.j.m m.w, n eni OTi fl f c Prince of Hall in the chair. House roll Detweiler of Douglas moved that the , ",""' ,t Vl Vn Vn.V ira of rh No. 444. the salaries anpropriationbiU,. bill be indefinitely postponed and it , chaf J.hL j nr ifonf nieS hv ' was taken up. . prevailed by a vote o' 3S to 23. soIrdiers .ne,at ord, passed b - ( The items providing for salaries of A Tte i .lm . . i ,,. .nnr, rnmiiiinnpn; 115100 . R by Burman. appropna. s.ireme cour commissioners. io,uyu, . .m ,ia. h vi hnncu . . -., . L .:. n-in: . 56,000, were stricken out of the bilL I iums .uui uu u.e - c Peterson because ot uisaoumes co.i The dicu:ion of th universitv toUows: . tracted while serving with the Na- salary anpropriation item was long R- 502 by Ditmar appropnating tioaal (lunn? tne Indian war !u and at times ver- bitter. Tavlor of -000 xhe relief ot Nebraska Cuj, the winter ot- 1S91. was passed by a Custer, Wright, Cunningham. East- , because of the smallpox quarantine VQte o T1 to 13. man. Easterling. Lemar. Cawthra, ' H- R- Jl b,C.ro,;k enc S H. R. 336, appropriating 54S.500 to Tanner Thompson of Clav. and others i 5he Boardi Pn,bI.I Lands an B"I:d , construct new buildings at the Insti- spoke against retiring the item at the , P?3 t0 .build a .bnd5e acr.os3 taeN- ' tute for the Feeble Minded at Beatrix, ' larger sum. while McCarthy Weaver brara nTer aad appropriating ?S,000 failed to p:lss with tne emergency (21XU I.LLTZII SLCUUbttlLUll. UCaiOkUUUJ, Loomis. Clark. Wilcox and Pollard made the fight for the full amount. The advocates of the reduction criti cised the methods of the university management and lobby in caustic terms. Taylor charged, among other things, that the showing of 2,000 stu dents was not correct, saying that there were only 1.270 to be provided for outside of the departments of law, music and art. The report of the committee was adopted, when the committee arose, I m Lincoln ror a residence for the gov by a vote of 50 to 23. and the bill was j ernor ordered engrossed for third reading. ' H. R. 414. by Tanner, amandins the i newspaper imblication law in relation The sneaker of the house on the 20th sgned H. R. 55 and 156 and they were transmitted to the governor. H. R. oo is by Prince, relating to the rate of interest n county and municipal bonds. H. R. 156 was the Wilcox dog tax measure. Standing committees placed on gen eral ule K. R. 515. 619, 559, 31u and 531. A report from the committee on revenue and taxation placed H. R. 29 on file, but Pollard, chairman of the committee?" objected and said there must ue some error, as ce Knew notn- ing of such a report having been made py mm ine cierits examined tneir list and round that the bill was not pruperij ueiure iuvui at iuis time. Fisher of Dawes then said he thought this bill had been recommitted, and moved that it now be sent back to the standing committee. The motion pre vailed. Chairman Wilcox of the judiciary committee reported S. F. 58. 79. SO. 93. 96. 113. 117. 119. 124. 125. 126, 129, 140 -J-a- -" "- i- ia. 155, 1...6 and 157. with recommendation mat they be advanced to a third reading. e wuinment of e anl on -croun' an,i Pierce l: Elenth. Knox and He explaineil that tney were all cur- ; one tS D Jfpd to thSS' Bo-vd l Nineteenth. Antelope l.Twen atire measures amending the civil and ' L, tlZIJTIIrll T eth. Boone and Wheeler 1. Twenty- criminal code, and that they would need no discussion. The motion pre- f , i.: rr r, o .m; ocn 1 lie J; Him ui:-. n. ru. o. -j'j, .ou, 27-. 336 and 359. being the special ap propriations to build additions to the institutions, as follows, were taken up: H. R. S, Hastings asylum, addition. 230.000: H. R. 296. Lincoln asylum. addition. $50,000; H. R. 9, Hastings "'it ""O- boiler house. $30,000. H. R. 275. Omaha D. & D. boiler uouse. $6,200: H. r. n nmnhr, n. & n.. add-on. 530 000- K. R. 336, Feeble Minded institution. addition. $73,500; H. R. 5C8, Blind School, addition. 56.000. Ihese bills were all' recommended for passage as originally drafted, ex- cept H. IL 2SU, which was scaled down to 325.000- H. R. 9. to 315.000: H. 1 r rr ci ;na- w w "t; n;ca.i r jb. to cj.juu. xi. tt. o, raised to Ti rnn H. R. 5S5. by Easterling of Buffalo. nn nr-r n fivp rho "nrornnr rlio nnn-ar to appoint officers of the Kearney In- striaT schcor was recommended To . Increase cf $300 in the repair fund. , 5100 m the postage fund and 5.o0 in s- . . , .JimnrnvpLrrW du pas: H. R. 354. by 3..-inley. an act to require any railroad company or cor poration doing business within the limits of this state and receiving and conveying any live stock to pass the 5. F. 135. by Holbrook. to amend the mutual insurance law relative to the insurance of farm buildings, was recommended to pass. In the house on the 21st bills on third reading were taken up with the following result: S. F. 20. allowing cities of the sec ond class to refund their bonds and issue other bonds at the same or a lower rate of interest, was passed by a vote of 7S to 13. H. R. 122. by Olmsted, to authorze county courts to require administri tors and administrators with will an nexed to pay and deliver to ca d courts money and certain personal property remaining in their possession after the final settlement of their ac- counts, was passed without a dissent- is. R. 24. by Bums, to extend lien privileges to cover windmills and wells was passed, the vcte being 16 to S. F. 132. fixing the fees and sala.-y of county surveyors, passed with only three votes against it. H. R. 390. by Young, to appropriate certain money belonging to the Szjl'jh Normal Library fund for the purchase of books, was passed with the emerg ency clause. theapnropriaUtion of2.50rfor Se use ! and benefit of the State Horticultural : TT T" tt 1 T-l f J 1 r, was passed by a vote of 54 i shipper or his employe to or from the a- wami-esui aa ie ul .v. ----7 Lincoln 1 -ixtv-nrst. point designated in contract or bill in the employe tund and the Institu- r m teth 1 Lmcoi in l .ynvsu of lading without further expense to ' tion for the Deaf and Dumb at Omaha Dawso m 1 .m. se conu. ar shippers, was recommitted. got $5,000 added for a new dynamo and U'.;J'P , 7- -.S .sv.i; 1 . tla UiiSitrtl Ll r metropolitan class, was passed. 5 H. R. 41S. by Grafton, appropriating rhe !T!Tn nf in nno foT- 1 cin.t.n-no tn i . ..uwv, .. u. UU-liiJI., . I enlarge the heating and lighting ap- , paratus ana aid in furnishing a njw chapel at the Peru State Normal, was pased by a vote of 69 to 19. K. R. 333. by Evans, reauirinc a ! to 2S. a half dozan members changing the house in ordering H. R. 356. the in favor of the bill at the last moment. "Wilcox reapportionment bill, to a H. R. 214. by Olmsted, providing Tor ' third reading. On motion of McGin the proper distribution of special tax- j 15" of Otoe the resolution was laid es for assessments for the purposes l 1 on the table. record to be kept of all births and j H. R. 2S5. Olmsaed's bill to author deaths in the state of Nebraska and j ize the organization and regulate the allowing the county clerk 10 cents for , conduct of a mutual insurance ;cm- eacn item so recorded, was passed oy I a vote ot o to 20. H. R. 360. by Lemar, explicitly detlu ing the duties of the secretaries of the State Eoard of Transportation, and requiring that where violations of the law are known to them, and no com plaint is filed, they shall formulate and file a complaint, was passed with little opposition. After recess H. R. 444. the salary ap propriation b!. was put on third read ng and pass!. Tk oniy member to -, ate against It was Eastman of Custer. The house went into committee of the whole to consider bills on sifting He with Nesbit in the chair. S. F. 203. which provides that police judges and city attorneys shall be elect ed by the people instead of being ap pointed by the mayor, as Is flow the rule, was recommended for nassace. H. R. 422. by Prince, providing that! all judgments, except in certain speel- led cases, shall become dormant after M -1 -S. II. r icu jears ixum uie uaie oi teiiuiuuu, was taken up. After heated discussion It was recommended to pass. H. R. 30, which had been amended so as to cut offi two of the secretaries passei Dv a vote of 73 to 7. of the board of transportation, was j r. 'S, bv Harris, appropriates placed upon its passage and was de- ' $6,000 to build a gymnasium and laboi feated by a vote of 24 to 62. ' atorv at tne institution for the blind "Wenzi of Pawnee, on behalf of the at Xebrassa Citv, was pasd by a joint committee on adjournment, re- . vote of go to lb-" sorted that the time agreed upon for H 2. bv Weaver, to perma Inal adjournment was Friday noon. nentIj. Ioeate tQ-e state fair at UncoIa c 3 The report ,Waf a1Pted' and authorizing the purchase of a site H. R. 3b2. permanently locating the therefor was put on lt3 pasEage. The state fair at Lincoln and providing tor bm faavi faled to with tIlc tbe purchase of a site, was under dis-, emersencv dause, the roll was calltd enssion most of the evening session. A , t? n'aa nf rhp hni with th.i strong sentiment developed against permanently locating the fair at any point. The history of its financial suc s-.f45J-. s M allures "was-ret iewwl "by cesses . ... i AM U .! r-n n c- iur uie auiue. H. R. 194. by Tanner, appropriating $500 for the relief of Cyrus F. Blake, denuty sheriff of Nance county. H. R. 2S9, by Burnam, allowing bond companies to sign bonds of saloon keepers. H. R. 424. by Wheeler, permitting leaseholders of scnool lands prior to January 1. 1S97. to purchase the lands. H. R. 610, by Graiton. appropriating t $25,000 to buy the Buckstaff property to licenses, allowing publication in a newspaper published in said county." H. R. 466. by Weaver, an act nro- viding for the" reoair of temrorary plank sidewalks in cities of the second class. i S. F. 136. Crows bill making docs personal rroperty. H. R. 621. oy Detweiler. relating to the disposition of money paid into the county treasury from the several road districts. H. R. 303, bv Israel, appropriating ' joo 000 for exne-imenral j Culbertson and Ocalalla. stations at ; H. r, 347 by Fisner creatinc a state I re;strr Qf braE(ls aml markg aad a state brand and mark committee. Consideration was aad of the gen eral appropriation bill. The chairman of the finance commit tee recommended an amendment which was adopted allowing the gov ernor 5100 to pay hi3 private page dur ing the legislature. The amount for the 4?milnnn fjiiarn" was rux I - -. c-n -EiT. i - , io iu.ao, wane me amuum io replace ; nal 6U'""' """ -iiwi-r... -"cii.j out .making a reduction in tne bill of $66,697. This was on the recommen- ' dation of the finance committee. The State Board of Indication was allowed 51.500 for incidental and trav eling expenses, an increase of 51.000 over the original bill. A motion to allow the commissioner of labor a salary for a factory inspect- -, . Afr rt-l.l ne n-n.. 1 1(7 ft C-T.T "l w , "V tl ,7-0,cn rh , ling a amendment to increase the ex- Pnse item ot the Board ot Transporta- I rinn frnm S'flfl Tn 5100 The asylum at Norfolk was allowed an increase of 52.000 in the board and , clothing fumL and small increases in several other funds. ' LS5L "i , j M on.i ; .1. !.!.: J 1 n the kite-en furniture fun, and I 2-UU m tne Kitcnen uirniiure iunu aati ..... . , ... , :. 'an auumun ol i.uiu ior lmuiui e..- . P5!?-.?!-0.00 ?or Postng? and express i auu Jl.OWU J-Ul UJTUJiS auu uuuiu. The Industrial school at Milford got ihe improvement fund At the Nebraska institution the $400 for a corn crib and $1'J0 for a safe were striken out. The Institute for the Feeble Minded repairs ot Duiiumg. All these amendments were made at , the recommendation of the committee finjno !--V $Zrwmslc9 nrr4 nnAmiac rf tKa nill uuiai mcuM u.iii ciiciujcs vri. vut w... . . ;-,i TJ nnn m rmi- ' "- .. v. . w.. -.- in j.anii iui 4.uc icuci ui uuaiu .. i , . t,-.-. . . nn,i r nirnn and Blame 1: Futv-ninth. Cu.-- When the Nebraska State university ' Gosper I: Sixty-ninth. Harlan 1: Sev was reached in the bill there was a " entieth, Franklin 1. Ions struggle over the 593.300 for new j , buildings the fight against it being led bv Taylor of Custer and Cunningham , of Harlan, ed to reduce An amendment was oner- it to .;.oU'j anu tnis was finally adopted. The item of SS0O for the visiting and exchange board at Gi-and Island was striken out and 520.000 was added to uunu a uubuiuii iui tae uuui'j. For the Milford Soldiers' home the t item for 51,600 for rent was striken out. Under the head of "Miscellaneous' ! the item for the support of the state iiiicu. uuui 52,500 to 54.0OJ, and 16.000 was added to be used for the printing of supreme court reports. The 53.000 for a standpinc and chapel at the State Normal at Pent was strik en out. When the committee arose and the report came to the house, the item for now finiTfJiTTrc fnT tha !srnta T"ri?vprf rr was placed back to the original figure of $93,500. l-j ni) .In the house on the 23d .Eastern W or Buffalo onered a resolution calluur or a consideration of the action oi quiring anv railroad cctanany or cor- poration doing business with the stut receiving nr coTivFvir.'' anv live -rv' -. C7 . J to pass shipper or his employe to and rrom the point designated in the con tract or bill of lading without further expense to the shipper, was passed by a vote of 80 to 3. pany. to insure against loss of hogs oy death caused from disease. as passed with an emergency clause bv a vote of 70 to 14. H. R. 297, by Ditmar. an act to provide far a fireproof wing and heat ing equipment for the asylum at Lin coln and to appropriate 550.000 for necessary funds therefor, was passed by a vote of 5tf to 22. H. R. 305. by Evans, an act to pro vide for the depositing cf county fuiu's in hanks and for the investment of the same in securities ana providing a penalty for the violation, of this act by any county treasurer, waa oaasert by a vote of S2 to 2. H. R. 431, by Hathorn.- a bill assail ing the laws relating to depositories of state and county funds and provid ing for the securities of the same, was passed by a. vote of u to 7. H. R. S. by Evan?, to appropriate $30,000 for a new building at Hastings, i was read the third time and p'as-l . . r. Dv a vote Ot il to i I "- H. R. 9, by Evans, appropriating money to build a boiler and engine house" at the Hastings" asylum, wua emergency clause stricken out. aa I It uia. v y-.fcjq fc -. was passed by a vote ot ob to 3(. 295... the bill prepared by the hrrzr ,. cM.iiP-i,,,-,-,, ,i:?t, ! committee on soldiers' homes, calling f . .... ..... ' nlft(?a ifliiflivtniT nnlr t rnfac Tn S against. On the second call with ihe emergency clause stricken out tke bill passed by a vote of 62 to 25. Tlie ?tt Apportionment. The Wilcox legislative apportion ment bill, which is near the head of the list on general file in the house, .ind which will probably be considered oon in committee of the whole, will be amended materially. Wilcox of Lincoln, the author of ihe bill, will propose amendments to tne niu as originally introduced, cutting out the new apportionment of state senators 1 and leaving that as it now stands. Tha ! amendment will also propose some material changes in the apportionment of tne representatives from that pro- posed in his original bill. . The numbering of the districts is ' lecidedly different, a new plan appar ! ?ntly being devised for this. The ap ; portionment is based by the author j on the 1S90 census, if the bill be 1 comes a law without further change. ! te legislature will be next time made up of senators elected from senatorial districts as now formed and the mem ' bers of the house will be apportioned this way 1 First. Richardson county 2; Second, I Pawnee 1: Third. Nemaha 1; Fourth, j Johnson 1; Fifth. Otoe 2; Sixth. Otoe and Nemaha 1; Seventh. Cass 2; Eighth. Douglas 11: Ninth. Douglas and Sarpy 1; Tenth. Washington 1; Eleventh. Burt 1; Twelfth. Dodge 2: Thirteenth. Cuming 1; Fourtenth. Da- - . j kota. Thurston and Cuming 1: Fif-JUi'Ii-Tteenth. Dixon 1. Seventeenth. Cedar AT-,HCrin 1 Tn'nnrrtunn(1 Plnftf i V. -. .U:.i ni.. -? M.r ilil.. JiilUlbU A. ; ; '2 !",..' 'u AT, ' i .rX l. IrtfUlj-lUlUlU. LUUJA I i " cwj fifth. Saimders 2: Twenty-ixth. Butler 1; Twenty-seventh. Seward 1. Twenty eighth. Seward ami Butler 1. Twenry ninth. Lancaster 7. Thirtieth. Saline 3: Thirty-first. Gage 3: Thirty-second, Jefferson 1. '''hirtv-third. Jefferson and Gace 1; Thirty-fourth. Thayer 1: Thirty-fifth Fillmore 1: Tmrty-sixth, Fillmore and Thayer: Thirty seventh. Polk 1: Thirty-eighih. Merrick. 1: Thirty-ninth. Ham ilton 1; Fortieth. Clay 1: Forty first. Clay and Hamilton I: Forty- i second. Nuckolls 1: Forty-third. Web ster 1: Forty-fourth. Adams 2: Forty- i .- t rr ft k . ?" ! TJi-mt ! 1 ' niLIl- null . ruil-liiu. iilioaiil 1. Forty-seventh. Nance and Greeley 1: - ., . .. ,,j i Fnrtv-eizhth. allev. Garneld and , . ,- r. .? o- c-; lq I runy-muLii. Q'""" - - tieth. Buffalo and Sherman 1. Fiity- first. Hoit 1. Fifty-second. Brown and Rock 1. Fifty-third. Cherry and Keya gJK i '' Shern , ?a- . - u IOUV.;- -!";,,1 UJr Fitty-hfth. Dawes: Fifty-sixth. s 1: cotts Bluff and Sioux. Box 3utte I: Fifty- seventh. Cheyenne. Banner. Kimball . 1: Fifty-eighth. Deuel. Keith. Arth-ir. McPherson. Grant. Hooker. Thomas. Perkins. Chase and .ayes I: Sixty- fifth. Dundy and Hitchcock I: Sixty- ( -.-; sixth. Red Willow hixty-seventll. rnas 1. Sixty-eishth. Frontier and ll:icil Aheatl on File. Ihe house siftinz committee select- ed the following bills to be piaced at j the heart cf .j gi general file, nine others previous reported by this commit tee and not yet considered, taking ' iropuHonpn ' x pOUiie ron 293. to authorize the nurhase of the site of the soldiers and sa!'or5 home, located at Milforl. ' tQ ai)pronriate sum o' ( $13,500 therefor: senate file IS, to an- bond"CGaa:iiss. to insure the nueTry . . . - ,,. ,: i,n,i. ' " y ."l 3" T"" -iCiiirv i n? Places ot trust and .ponibrti liiu ul uiiit;. au. wtiit. wii. - . .-, corporations or persons wnaisoevar and to regulate their conduct: houe roll 431. to amend certain sections rel ative tc county funds in banks: hou-e roil 3C2. to nermanently locate the state fair at Lincoln and authorizing and directing the state board of publw lands to ourenase a -ite tnere:or. house roll 462. to provide tor state ' oSX," 75) "or in . all bni.ES o i-i i-t : or -more in I lffl.?!!Lur ria n estahiL.-hing. purchasing, for the pa- ment and maintenance o: a state nor mal school 2nd appropriating money for the payment of same: house roll 254 to amend certain sections relative ! to security of title cf lands: house roll ! - to provit.e tor in election or j county attorneys tc denne their dunes and to fix tne salaries; i.ouse roll , to authorize the erection of a marb'e or granite statue at Lincoln to the memory of the volunteer soldiers who iost their lives in the late war wirti Spain and to appropriate $10,000 therefor: house roll 457. for the relief of Thurbton county, Nebraska. t Adjutant Genera: Barry has sent out incuiries to locate the relatives of the Nebraska soldiers who have died in formegn lands and has heard from ail exeunt relatives of the following: George F. Hansen, company A. First Nebraska. Mr. Stallknecht. Copenha gen. Denmark; John Elack, company B,. First Nebraska. S. Elack. Millerton, Pa.; Gnstaf E. Edlund. company B, First Nebraska, Charles Blixt, Oma ha: Walter W. Hogue. cornasiiy G, First Nebraska. J. A. Hcgue Milligan! Neb.; Frank Seeley, hospital corps, Mrs. Ana. Seeley, Santa Barbara, CaL NEBRASKA NEWS. Thtre is not a vacant house in Wy more. Julian and Auburn have had some fatal cases of cerebro spinal menin gitis. The proposition to refund the 521.000 water fcends of the city of Tecumseh from 6 to 4i per cent was defeateJ. State Treasurer Meserve has issued a call for $30,000 of general fund war rants, tha call to become effective March 20. The warrants called for are numbered from 41.211 to 45.69L Revival services have been neld in Fremont the last two weeks, with very good success. They are under the atisnicea af the Bantist. Methodict. 1 TVha.. T. ... a w. n . n.l Pnmmatrntinnll churches. The Ladies' Aid society of Stuart have decided upon a unique way of raising the church debt. They have leased a farm just south of town aad will receive donations of seed, grain and work, hoping-that providence-may bring forth a crop that will place the church upon a sound financial basis. John B. Doyle, the engineer kied in the wreck at West Lincoln, was a charter member of Cairo ill.) lodge No. 117, A. O. U. W, but was sus pended about eleven years ago r non-payment of assessments. He was well liked there by tnose who knew him and it was with regret that friends heard of his death. The following is embodied In a Washington dispatch: Arthur P Colton will be appointed clerk in charge of sub-station No. 1. to be established April 1. at Cedar Falls. la. Charles R. Hadlicka. letter carrier, South Omaha, has had his salary raised from '5600 to $S50. Postmast ers appointed: David J. Davis, vica Mrs. Helene Rohe. resigned. East Pierre, Hughes county. S. D.. and Da vid G. Busick. vice W H. Byrd, re signed, at Chase. Chase county. .Neb. Sheriff C. E. Eastman came to Fre mont from Hot Springs. S. D.. and had W. F. C. Kahrdt arrested on the charge of being implicated with an other in stealing horses. Kahrdt was in Hot Springs seme time ago and says that he shipped a carload of horses for another, but has no knowl edge of their being stolen. He is a traveling salesman and came to Fre mont some time ago. His friends say that his reputation is good and are surprised at his arrest. 1 While "Dau" Marsh and Euzene Scherck of Hastings were exercising a couple of horses at the race track the animal driven by the former fell while going at a pretty lively clip. Marsh was thrown to the ground and ' struck on his side and was rendered unconscious for at least twenty min utes. His ear was torn almost from '; his head and It required fifteen stitches to get It back in the proper place. ScherckV horse too.c fright when the other one fell and whirled, throwing . his driver out. Mr. Scherck was quit? severely bruised, but received no seri- ous injury. For many years Wymore has been controlled by the saloon or high li- Iected the candidate for city officers ami elected them without much trou ble, but the present indications are that the saloons will be relegated to the rear and the gamblers will take a turn at disrating city affairs. This turn of affairs has been brought about by the saloon element desiring to re nominate Mayor Neumann, who caused Marshal Acton to close up the gam bling houses last winter, and as the gamblers seem determined it is prob able that the saioons will give in. May Walker, 1'J years old. of Wy more, instead of going to school as her mother supposed, joined Frank Zenor of Blue Springs and accom panied him to Marysville. Kan., where they secured a marriage license aad were married before returning home. When they came back from Kansas and informed Mrs. Walker of their action tne mother made a vain appeal to her daughter to return home, but the girl was determined and went with her husband to Nebraska City, where he claims to have work. Her mother followed her to the depot, appealing to her not to leave her. but her words had no effect. John A. R. Harris, allias Charles Harris, secured 530 from the Farmers' and Merchants bank of Stromsbura-. Harris sold the bank a note after forging, it is charged, the signature of Henry Shultz. a farmer living six miles southwest of the city. H. W. Wilson, the cashier, soan discovered that the note had ben forged and immediately set out to find Harris. fter driving all night he located him six miles west of Silver Creek. Banker Wilson and Constable Carlson brought Karris back to stromsburz and he now awaits trial. Mr Shuitz. whom Hams represented as security, was m Illinois at the time. It is said that Harris will plead guilty He ciaims to be a nephew of Shultz. The bank recovered all the money. A Kearney dispatch says that the ice is giving way in the Platte river 'indei the influence of the warm weather and considerable damage is being done by the drifting cakes The floating ice was caugnt in a jam. choking the stream, and tne cakes following be hind piled upon the blockade, render ing the mass formidable ana danger ous. The weight of the rakes in the rear finally forced the gorge free and 1. descended with great forre. The combined mass of ice crashed into the Platte river bridge connecting 3uffalo and Kearney counties and the struc ture tottered. Wirh the exception of one span the bridge witnstcod the strain. A Iengh near the center, how ever, gave way. leaving a chasm in the bridge about thirty feet in width. The cattle owners of this section, says an Alma dispatch, are alarmed over the presence cf blackleg, and have perfected arrangements to vaccinate their herds with Pasteur vaccine. County Judge Wintersteen of Dodge county has a complex matter in pro bate to straighten cu- April 3. Mrs. Anna Kern of the North Bend Neigh borhood has asked the court to dead if her husband can be considered dead In November. 1S51. George Kern bought a ticket from Rogers to Fre mnt. and after he lefr that city his whereabouts have been unknown. noth ing whatever having been learne' about him. ' la a tussle with a vicious horse at Tecumseh C. H. Dennis, a prominent farmer, was severely injured. He was kicked in the fare, and. as a result. his upper jaw bone was fractured in ' a serious mannrr. necessitating i I partial removal. Two cf his rius were also brckn. ! J. A. Moulton, a resp-eted citizen cr I Laniona. died very auddanly at his home. He fea been il- w".:h tbe grip. but hnd ::2emingly i-ecovred. and b v! I been at wc-rk at Ki tral. that of r j tarpenf?r 2nd until within an ajur of . his dt"Th seemed as tU as usual I Heart iallure was the Unjaedaie cause I at desjfth. Columbus State Baok ftp blast iftiftpA IteLHBilti&t BUYS GOOD NOTES AaAkclysltac WlMB QWMMAMD, Prw'V & K Hstwt, Ties H Bbcmxb. Casktaii Stabttzb, The GolumDus Journal. JL Weekly Newspaper deroted to best interests of Colnkis, Tka bify if Hat Tti State Af Nikrasb, Tni Unit Statu, -AST) THB- REST OF MANKIND. THE UIT OF MEASUaB WITH C IS $1.50 a Year, If Paid In Advance. But our limit of usefulness is not cir cumscribed by dollars and cents. iIa Corlmm Mat trmm tm aay HENRY GASS, tsUUllterC Goiomtras Journal PRINTING OFFICE. OOUMTRY. UNDERTAKER ! - :-"m -.-. ; .-' ' . . m