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'' ' . --''" VOLUME XXXI.-NUMBER 41. COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16. 1901. WHOLE NUMBER 1,601. A I5 ter It .- &' .4. ft" w I T- ' & . r H 4 , ft it I'" tr WM BILLS BEGIN TO COME lebtinknLetireDettliag Jkn , te Active Wert A RE COM OF TK TWO HiStS Senate CesaBalttaea Mar B t naeMludThSMt the & Saoa B Ferthcsalag Dally $' . Beta Branches. WW When the house adjourned an the 7th the republican members went Into caucus to consider the report of the emmittee on standing committees, alch will be made to the senate. Following is the full list of coauaittee selections: Judiciary Baldrige, chairman; XIartla. -Young Crounse, Owens. Oleson, Harlan, VanBosklrk Ransom. Finance. Ways and Means Arends, chairman; Owens. Berlet. Edgar. Allen, Oleson. O'Neill. VanBosklrk, Reutlnf. Public Lands and Buildings Allen, chairman; Young. Trompen, Arends, Ber let, Owens, Steele. Lyman. Kruraback. , Agriculture McCarger chairman; .Toung, Tromven. Berlet. Currie, Crounse, Crelgler. Highways, Bridges and Ferries Trom pen. chairman: Newell. McCarger, Lld- uen. ivrumbacK. , Accounts and chairman; Oleson, Expenditures Currie. Harlan, Martin. Pit- ney. Counties and County Boundaries Pit ney, chairman: Ransom. Webber, Paschal. VanBosklrk. Military Affairs Steele, chairman; New- ell. Crounse. McCarger. Meredeth. Municipal Affairs Harlan, chairman; Baldrige. O'Neill, Edgar. Woostlnholra. Internal Improvements Berlet chair man: Allen, Crounse, McCarger, Lyman. School Lands and Funds Crounse. chairman; Trompen, Arends. Webber, Paschal. Printing Edgar, chairman; McCarger. Newell. O'Neill. Campbell. Labor Steele, chairman; Currie, Har lan. Young. Hodges. Educational Allen, chairman; VanBos klrk. Harlan, Currie, Zelgler. Library Young, chairman; VanBos klrk. Harlan, Trompen. Lyman. Claims Oleson. chairman: Arends. Ed gar. Martin. Cummins. McCarger. Steele. Banks and Currency Crounse, chair- Live Stock and 6 razing VanBosklrk, cnairman; currie. Tromnn. jaiuer, cieui- "& lanufactures and Commerce McCar O'Nelll. Edgar. Pitney. ger. chairman; .Kruraback. Public Charities Martin, chairman; Newell. Steele. Hodges. LIddell. Miscellaneous Subjects Oleson, chair man: Crounse. Currie. Harlan, 8teele, Young. Webber. Miscellaneous Corporations Berlet, chairman; Allen. Baldrige. Martin, O'Neill, Arends. Campbell. Unlx-crslty and Normal Schools O'Neill, chairman; Baldrige. Allen, Owens, Mere deth. Constitutional Amendments and Fed eral Relations Young, chairman: Bal drige, Crounse, Martin. Owens, Oleson, Ransom. State Prison Trompen chairman; Ole con. Arends, VanBosklrk, Kruraback. Medical Societies Newell, chairman; Miller. Crounse. O'Neill. Meredeth. Privileges and Elections Young, .chair man; 'Harlan, Martin. Compbell, Woostla holm. Revenue Martin, chairman: Edgar, Currie. Young, Owens, WoosUnholm, Zc-igler. Railroads Owens, chairman; Edgar, Baldrige. Arends, Steele, VanBosklrk. Currie, Allen, Meredeth. enrolling atd Engraving; Bins weweu. chairman; McCarger. .Oleson. Harlaa, Ed gar. Hodges. Zelgler. Immigration Currie. chairman; Berlet, Newell, Paschal. LIddell. Soldiers' Home Edgar. chairman; Steele. Crounse Newell. Lyman. Insurance O'Neill, chairman; Harlan, McCarger. Owens, Baldrige. Irrigation Owens, chairman; VanBos klrk. Currie, Allen. Trompen. Miller. Campbell. Reform School. Institute for Feeble Minded and Home for Friendless Har lan, chairman; Edgar. O'Neill, Reutlng. Miller. Insane Hospitals Arends. chairman; Baldrige, Oleson. O'Neill. Cummins. Deaf. Dumb and Blind Asylums Bal drige. chairman; Arends, Owens, Young, Cummins. Minos and Mining Ransom, chairman; Meredeth. LIddell. Webber. Campbell. , Reutlng. Pitney, Hodges. Lyman. Cum mins. Miller, Paschal. Woostinholm. Zeig ler. Krumback. New Committee Apportionment Van Bosklrk. chairman: Baldrige, Owens. Cur rie. Oleson, Martin. O'Neill, Allen. Har lan. Standing Committees Savage, chair man; Arends, Allen. Young. Owens. Bal drige. VanBosklrk. Rules Harlan, chairman; Martin, Owens. HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES. Speaker Sears on the 8th announced the appointment of the following standing committees. Medical Societies, Sunday Laws and Regulations Hathorne, chairman; Fowl er, Sandall, Whitmore, Coffee. Tanner, Loomis. Judiciary McCarthy, chairman; Lane. Fowler. oWhltmore. Marshall Brown of ; Otoe. Cain. Loomis. Edmonson. Llchty. Finance. Ways and Means Lane, chair man: .Crissey. Brown of Furnas. Arm strong. Wilkinson. Laflin, Mead. Tefft. Jordan. Waring. GrelL Agriculture Hlbbert. chairman, Fred ericks. Beethe. Broderick, Rohwer. Van iergrift. Watson. Roads and Bridges Scott, chairman; Bmithberger. Hall, Broderick. Cooksey, Dlers, Perslnger. Militia Hall, chairman; Laflin, An drews. McCoy. Shellhorn. Frederick, Snrecher. Householder. Hoy. Public Lands and BUUdlngS COrneer, I chairman: Andrews. Humphrey. Twetd. Harris. Fredericks. Hlbbert. Evans. Jou- " tuoiwiau i supplies, venat. Mendenhall, Wilkinson, Coppoc, submitted by the secretary Of state, Jordan. Shlnstock. was ratified without a dissenting vote. Internal Improvements Wenzel. chair- J n. motfon of Tllhnrt of On th r man; Corneer. Humphrey. Horton, Ream. "" j r,t w.a wST'f!r L rsishwoitr. Tavior. I geat-at-arms was authorized to pro- TVderal Relations Horton. chairman; I Warner, wbitmore, jaccoy. HanterJ ljcnty. amsien. Engrossed and Enrolled Bills Marshall. I """ - -- . chairman; Jouvenat, Uhl, 8cott. Menden- -' " hall. Gawne, OUis. Murray. Tanner. I HOUSE In the house on the 2d, Accounts and ExpendUures-StHn- J Lane Fowler and GIshwiller were ap meyer, chairman; Andrews. Gawne. t tfj fti. . ,.... ... Lane. Buresh. Wenzel, Redman, Boyd, j Pointed, With a senate committee, to Hov Constitutional Amendments Fowler, chairman: McCarthy; Horton. Evans. Brown of Furnas, Crissey. Armstrong, Watson. Fellars, Hawxby. Hanks. County Boundaries. County Seats and Township Organization Evans, chair man; Broderick. Rohwer. Buresh. Beis ner. Jouvenat, Stockwell, Hunter, Householder. Railroads Smlthberger. chairman; An drews. Swanson. Steinmeyer, McCoy. Bur esh. Tweed, Scott, Cain. McCarthy. Humphrey, Persinger. Redman, Boulier, Becker. Penitentiaries Tweed, chairman;; Uhl. Lowe.' Evans. Scott. Gallogly. Dlers, Zim merman. Calkins. Insane Hospitals Gawne, chairman; Steinmeyer. Tefft, Wilkinson. Wilcox. Whitmore. Redman, OUis, Cooksey. Other Asylums Buresh. chairman: Hlb bert. Wilkinson. Mullin. Olson, Brown of Otoe. Boyd, Fuller. Anderson, Johnson. Corporations Armstrong-, chairman; Fowler. McCoy. Laflin, Mead, Ream, Hanks. Cities and Towns McCoy, chairman: Fowler. Lane, Spencer, Hunt, Watesea. Hoy. Library Beekly. chairman: Warner. Marshall. McCarthy. Fowler. Hawxby. Taylor. Banks and Currency Cain, chairman; Swanson. Jouvenat, Lowe. MlekelL Stockwell. Waring. Public Schools Broderick, chairman: MIskell. Wilkinson, Fowler. Steinmeyer. Crocket. Thomsaen. HpoasenoMer. university and Normal Schools War ner, chairman; Brodperick. Hatherne. Armstrong. Marshall, Spencer. Gawne. Beall. Zimmerer. Public Printtag-UW. chairman: LaSte. Harris. Lowe. Olson. Wilkinson. Murray. Tanner. Sprecher. Mines and Minerals-Hamilton (fusion) chairman: Jordan. Householder. Ander son. Shlnstock, Fellars. Hunt. IauBigraUon Rohwer. chairman; Evas. Mockett. Beisner. Olaon Pmw rw ok cwin, xaamaaan, oiua. Xaanfaetura aad Cap .teySrT" 'amBssL XJsnAamammM- ZfaaBasamamaask 9?gg , aAj t-. .. -nii- ., , .v.fakl BOTM iCJ" ammUaV flatftteBBMsTaVMT Sa)amtamen aa'mamnMF' flanenaaV 'iw JBa 'tft avasjaBmanmNnmba l aneBnasamaB BmnzlU "" avawaaaBaVaUsle VKvWX vC sVaattsL SaWaamtaaaaaaaamam Saadall. Cerneer. Glehweiter. Kaveny. wMiM-.nuwi, caairman: Bwaneoa. Cam, weasel. Marshall. Mcckett, Tefft, Kaveny. Crockett, Soulier, Fuller. Live meek and Grating Beisner. chair man; Beamy, Smlthberger. Gallogly, Har ris. Sandal!. Kaveny. Hamilton. Stock well. Revenue and Taxation-Mockett. chair man; Jouvenat, HaU, Warner, Scott. Tefft. Armstrong. Crell. Hunter, Coppoc Looatte, Johnson. Fish and Game Gallogly. chairman; Rohwer. Hathorne, Mockett, ft Jouvenat. Coppoc, Lkhty. f Insurance Laflin. chairman; "Brown of Otoe, McCoy. Smlthberger. Moakett, Crls sey, Steckwell. Beall, Tbomssen. Apportionment Brown of Otoe, chair man; Gallogly, Swanson. Evans. Jouvenat. Brown of Furnas, Mendenhall, MIskell, Fowler, Lane. Mead. Sprecher, Jamison, Cooksey. Calkins. Benevolent Institutions Brown of Fur nas, chairman: Andrews, Fowler, -Horton, Mullen. Walker. Zimmerman. Rules Mr. Speaker, chairman; Mc Carthy. Lane, Andrews, Lafiln, Hamilton, Jamison. Labor Jouvenat. chairman; Wilcox, Humphrey, Sencer. Brown of Otoe, Cain, Tweed, Tayloff Ream, Hanks, Jamison, Hunt, Murray. Telegraphs and Telephones Mead, chairman: Hlbbert, Spencer. Mockett, Beakly, Omen, KamHtea. Waring-, Mar ray. Fees and Salaries Mullen, chairman; Brown of Furnas. Evans, Rohwer. Scott, Broderick. Becker, Dahlsten, Vandergrlft. Soldiers Home Humphrey, chairman; Hlbbert, Hathorne, Shellhorn. Beckley, Zimmerer. Fuller. Irrigation Harris, chairman; Evans, Lowe. Fowler. Horton, Vandergrlft, Jor dan. Glshweiter, Coffee. Deficiencies Lowe, chairman: Mead, Andrews, Mockett. Swanson, Marshall, Armstrong, Dlers. Calkins. Primaries and Elections Writmore. chairman; Armstrong. Marshall, Mullen. Beisner. Hibbard, Warner. Brown of Furnas. Hamilton, Tanner. Loomis. HOUSE. During the morning ses sion of the house on the 8th forty-one bills were Introduced, and in the aft ernoon seven more were added. Mr. OUis, fusionist of Valley, moved that all appointments made by the "em ployes committee to be submitted to the house for approval or rejection. It was defeated by a strict party vote, as was also a similar motion requir ing the submission of appointments made by the speaker. Among the hills introduced1 the most important pro vide for reapportioning the senatorial and legislative districts of the state, by Evans of Lincoln, free high -school attendance, by Mockett of Lancaster: a different election ballot, by Hum- phrey, and making kidnaping punish able by imprisonment for twenty years and a fine of $20,000, either or both, at the discretion of the court, the latter being introduced by Tefft of Lancaster. A bill by Representa tive MIskell provides that if a fire in surance ccaipany refuses to pay a just claim for loss, thereby causing litiga ion, it shall be liable to 25 per cent Interest annually from the time It became due to the time it is paid. Teachers and school children come in for a good round of bills. One of those introduced provides that when mere are less than eight school chil dren in a district the superintendent of the county shall designate, the neighboring district in which they shall attend school. Another measure pro vides that any teacher who has been regularly employed in the schools of the state for six consecutive years, who has manifested true professional spirit and who holds, a, first or a sec ond grade certificate, shall be entitled to a life certificate on application to the state superintendent. Represent ative Murray introduced the first anti cigarette bill. It seeks to require the payment of a license fee of $300 for the sale of cigarettes or cigarette pa per. The new election ballot proposed by Representative Humphrey is said to be similar to the one used in Iowa and Illinois. It would contain the names of all candidates of one party in one column, with a place at the top for a straight ticket' vote. Repre sentative Fowler introduced a bill pro viding' that a majority is sufficient to pass a constitutional amendment. HOUSE The house of representa tives held a session of fifteen minutes' duration on the 7th and adjourned till next day. pending the appoint ment of standing committees by the speaker. All business that came be fore the representatives was trans acted without debate. Absentees were Crlssey of Johnson, Hamilton of But; ler. Hanks of Otoe, Harris of Buffalo, Mead of Douglas and Shlnstock of Cuming. The first thing considered was a resolution introduced by Arm strong of Nemaha authorizing the chief clerk to employ an extra assistant to prepare daily five copies of the official record of house proceedings one for the printer, one for the secretary of state, and three for the members of the house and referring the matter of supplying each member with a copy to the committee on printing with in structions to report within twenty-four hours after it is appointed. The res olution was offered as a substitute for several resolutions bearing upon the same subject that were left undecided at the close of the last session. It was passed by an overwhelming vote. Tho amtnlnfrmmi f W CT niavV r ... .' ' Z,, iJt cure a flag of the national colors for I decorating the bare portion of the wall I fwriitnri th .n.iVor'g M,.Ji. nouiy ine governor mat ine tegis- Tature is ready to receive communi cations. Hlbbert, Beisner and Schin stock were appointed a committee to arrange with a senate committee for a joint session for the purpose of canvassing the vote. The speaker an nounced the appointment of the com mittee on privileges and elections, as follows: Whitmore of Hamilton, chairman; Mullen of Douglas, Beis ner of Thayer, Hlbbert of Gage, Arm strong of Nemaha, Warner of Lancas ter. Brown. of Furnas (republicans) and Loomis of Dodge. Hamilton of Butler and Tanner of Nance (fusion lats). At 11:30 both houses convened in Joint session for the purpose of caavassing the vote of the last gen eral election. The members of the house arose and remained standing walla the senators entered represent attive ball, escorted by their ser-gaaatfrat-arms. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, and President (pro tern) Steele led the procession. The lieu tenanrgovernor called the joint ses sion to order aad announced its pur pose. Tha house and senate rolls were called. The secretary of state aot aaowing up to transmit the re turas, Bepreaeattatives Crockett and Fowler aad Senator Arends were sent oat to apprehend him. After an in terval, "Mr. Porter was produced, who" handed to- the speaker the original abstracts of the vote. The speaker caavassed the vote, aad announced the resalt of he election on presiden tial electors, state cdacers aad con tTassmsa. -- Immediately thereafter taa joint sissioa. Tanner of Nance taa aaaoiatmeat of a coauait- of three. -to resort at the next t ascertaia the cost of nriat- aag taa joaraal each day U aaatbers for each member. Uhl of Douglas .amended to include the cost of typewritten sad mimegraph copies. 'ihe motion as amended was agreed to. The chair appointed Tanner, Uhl and Crockett. Tanner next mored that the clerk he instructed to tar nish each member daily tern 2-eent stamps, tea 1-cent stamps, five 1-cent wrappers and four dally papers. Taylor of Caster amended to strike oat the daily papers, and Marshall of Otoe amended to strike out the 1-cent wrappers. Both amendments were adopted, aad the motion thus muti lated was agreed to. SENATE. The senate put In a fall day's work on the 8th. The Boer res olution of Trompen of Lancaster, which had been made a special order brought forth consierable oratory. The resolution as formerly presented by Senator Trompen, expressed sympathy with the Boers la their .straggle against the powers of those who seek to establish a despotism maintained by English power and English armies, and in this form was favored' by fu sion members. The resolution was amended and adopted. Among senate files introduced were the following: An act to amend Miction xx of chap ter vii. title "Attorneys." subtitle "County Attorneys," "Deputies." of the Complel Statutes of the State of Nebraska, 1881, wlh amendments of 1882 to 18S, and to reepal said section xx of chapter vll as it now exists. An act concerning the care of and to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals; to provide ror the appoint ment of a state veterinarian and as sistants; to regulate their power and duties; to provide for their compensa tion and to repeal sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 11, 12. IS. 14, 15. 16, 17. 18. 19. 20, 21. 22, 23, 24. 25, 26 and 27, article xl of chapter iv. Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, 1895, entitled "State Veterinarians." An act to de fine fraternal beneficiary societies, orders of associations and to regulate the conduct of same and to provide penalties for the violation of the pro visions of this act. An act to provide that county superintendents of public instruction shall possess the necessary -educational qualifications to enable them to perform their duties of that office. An act to amend section 179 of chapter lxxvli, article i of the An notated Statutes of Nebraska for 1899, of an act entitled "An act to provide a system of revenue," approved March 1, 1879, and took effect September 1, 1879, and to repeal said original sec tion. An act to amend sections 2 and 5. article v, chapter lxxvli, Compiled Statutes, 1889, and to repeal said sec-' tions 2 and 5 as the same now ex ist SENATE The senate was In session less than an hour on the 7th, but dur-; ing that time the members took ad vantage of the opportunity to present bills for their first reading, seventeen of these documents being recorded on; that day, which brings the total up to fifty-six. Martin of Richardson intro duced a bill today providing for the repeal of the law which was passed at the .last session establishing a barbers' "examining board. Of iateresV te the publlshers of country newspapers is a. bill introduced by Owens of Dawson, which defines what shall constitute a: legal newspaper in Nebraska. Ac cording to Senator Owens' bill, any! newspaper having a bona fide circula-, tion of 200 subscribers and wniclTshallj have been published in the county for; fifty-two consecutive weeks is a legal) newspaper and a proper publication! in which to publish any and all legal' and official notices. The following! senate files were introduced: An act to amend section 13 of chapter xxviil, en-; titled "Fees.1' cf the Compiled Stat-! utes of 1899 and to repeal section 13j of said chapter xxvili. An act to: amend sections 24, 25, 26, 27, 28. 294 30 and 31 of article Hi of chapter xviUi of the Compiled Statutes of 1899 and! to repeal said sections as now exist-; ing. An act to regulate the cutting of weeds on the right of way of Irrl- gation canals, ditches and latterals in the state of Nebraska and to provide; penalties for the violation of the pro-; visions of this act An act defining a legal newspaper dor the publication of legal and other official notices in! the state of Nebraska. Joint resolu-i tion authorizing the electors of the state t vote for or against a constitu tional convention. SENATE The work in the senate on the 3d was principally devoted tor discussion of the pending contest cases, and resulted In the papers arret documents purporting to be evidence' being delivered to the presiding offi cer, who opened the packages in the presence of the senate. A resolution by Baldrige of Douglas, diecting the! sergeant-at-arms to summon D. M, Haverly, clerk of Douglas county, tot bring the ballots and poll books of all the wards of South Omaha, the sub-; poena to be signed by the presiding officer and countersigned by the' clerk of the senate, was passed at the morn ing session. A motion by Crounse of. Washington prevailed, directing the! presiding officer to turn, over to the! committee on privileges and elections ait uic yi:rm uu uwumeais rcuuing. tc contest cases in the senate. The. committee on standing committees gave out the following" additional chairmen: Highways. bridges and surveys, Trompen; counties and county boundaries. Van Boskirk; internal improvements, Berlet; school lands and funds. Crounse; labor, Steele; ed ucational, Allen; library. Toung; live stock and grazing. Van Boskirk; man ufactures and commerce, McCarger; public charities, Martin; miscellaneous subjects, Oleson; corporations, Berlet; constitutional amendments and fed-, eral relation. Young; medical socle ties, Newell; immigration, Currie; in surance, O'Neill; irrigation, Owens; reform-schools and home for the friendless, Harlan; insane hospitals, Arends; deaf, dumb and blind asylums, Baldrige; mines and mining. Ransom; apportionment. Van Boskirk. Among, the bills introduced were the follow ing: Am act to amend section 77a of chapter xviil, article 1. entitled' "Reg ister of Deeds." of the Compiled Stat utes of 1899, and to repeal said sec tion. A bin to amend sections IS. M and 21 of chapter -lv of the Criminal Code of the state of Nebraska and re- uoue otuw fK""a: tL!eCt,m".84 l4 27"pIle! Statutes of 1817. An act to amend section 149 of. chapter xxvi, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1899, enti tled "Election." SENATE. la the senate ea the 2d the followlag lkuof employes was reported by Seaator Carrie and elected naaalmoasly la a bunch: Second assistaat clerk, Ralph Johnson; stenographer, Hiss Nettie Darth; meseeager, Alex Porter; private4 page to lieutenant governor, Charles Peria; clerk of coauaittee oa claims, W. H. Van Cleve; janitors. Albert Wahig aad Edgar McCrea. Tha senate authorised tha hiring of nine employes, -haari five of the sev anteeh hOIa tatrodecea read for tha first time, attempted to select a standing cotnmlttee on privileges fiWPORTOINTBILL ItpmentatiTs Evans of Lancaster Intro duce! the First Keajarv MAT IS TtOVItft IY TK Ml Cats Seaate From SO Members 8S, Hobs at BeprcMatatires Frees 73 a. Y Tha Iacrease That tteaglae Caaaty Gate by the Measera. LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 12. The first reapportionment bill to be introduced made its appearance in tne house. It redistrlcts and reapportions the state senatorial and representative districts. Its author is J. E. Evans of Lincoln county, a member of the house coat-1 SISr PPoruonment. tua aui divides the state into twenty-eight senatorial districts, instead of thirty senatorial and sixty-seven representa tive districts, as at present Mr. Evans claims ihat his bill is the result of long and careful study and has not been framed with- partlr san intent, but with the wish to re- district the state in such manner as would be fairest to ail sections. His bill gives Douglas county alone four senators and thirteen representatives, beside giving a float senator to Doug las and Saunders. Sarpy is taken from Saunders and put into a senatorial district with Cass county Following is the context of the bill: House roll No. 6, by J. E. Evans of Lincoln county To redtotrict the state and the representative and sen atorial districts. 1 Richardson and Nemaha counties, ons senator. 2 Pawnee, Gage and Saline, two sena tors. 3-Johnson and Otoe, one senator. 4 Cass and Sarpy, "one senator. 5 Douglas, four senators. 6 Douglas and Saunders, one senator. 7 Washington, Burt and Thurston, one senator. fc Dakota, Dixon and Cedar, one sena- - IU7 -Cuming. Wayne and Pierce, one sena- tor. lo-SUnton Madison and Antelope, one 11 Boone. Nance and Merrick, one aena- senator. tor. 12 Platte and Polk, one senator. 13 Dodge and Colfax, one senator. .14 Butler and Seward, one senator. 15 Lancaster, two senators. 16 York and Fillmore, one senator. 17 Jefferson and Thayer, one senator. 18 Nuckolls. Webster and Franklin, one senator. 19 Adams and Clay, one senator. 20 Kearney and Buffalo, one senator. zi Hamilton and Hall, one senator. 22 Howard. Sherman. -Greeley. Valley, Wheeler, Garfield, Loud and Blaine, one senator. 23 Knox, Boyd, Holt and Rock, one senator. 24 Brown, JCeya Paha, Cherry. Sioux, Sheridan, Dawes and Box Butte, one senator. s 25 Lincoln, Logan. Thomas, Hooker. Grant, McPherson, Keith, Perkins, Deuel, Cheyenne, Kimball, Banner and Scotts Bluffs, one senator. 26 Custer and Dawson, one senator. 27 Harlan, Phelps, Frontier and Gosper, one senator. ' 28-Furnas, Red Willow, Hitchcock, Chase. Hayes and Dundy-, one senator. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS. 1 Richardson, one representative. X Nemaha, one representative. 3 Richardson and Nemaha, one reave scntatlve. 4 Pawnee, one representative. 5 Johnson, one representative. 6 Otoe, two representatives. 7 Cass, two representatives. 8 Sarpy, one representative. 9 Douglas, thirteen representatives; 10 Washington, cne representative. 11 Burt, one representative. 12 Cuming one representative. 13 Washington, Burt and Cumins;, one representative. 14 Dakota and Thurston, one repre sentative. 15 Thurston and Wayne, one represen tative. 16 Wayne and Stanton, one representa tive. 17 Dixon, one representative. 18 Cedar, one representative. 19 Cedar and Pierce, one representa tive. 20 Knox one representative. 21 Knox and Boyd, one representative. 22 Antelope, one representative. 23 Madison, one representative. 24 Platte, one representative. 23 Madison and Platte, one representa tive.x 26 Colfax, one representative. 27 Dodge, two representatives. 28 Saunders, two representatives. 29 Lancaster, six representatives. 30 Gage, three representatives. 31 Jefferson, one representative. 32 Saline, one representative. 33 Saline and JeUerson, one representa tive. 34 Seward, one representative. 35 Butler, one representative. 36 Butler and Seward, one representa tive. 37 Polk, one representative. 3S York, one representative. 39 Fillmore, one representative. 40 York and Fillmore, one representa-- tive. 41 Thayer, one representative. 42 Nuckolls, one representative. 43 Clay, one representative. 44 Thayer, Nuckolls and Clay, one rep resentative. 45 Webster, one representative. 46 Adams, two representatives. 47 Hall, one representative. 48 Hamilton, one representative. 49 Hamilton and Hall, one representa tive. 50 Merrick, Nance and Boone, three representatives. 51 Howard, one representative. 52 Garfield. Wheeler and Greeley, one representative. 53 Sherman and Valley, one represen tative. 54 Holt, one representative. 55 Holt, Rock, Brown. Loup, Blaine and Thomas, one representative. 56 Keya Paha. Cherry. Hooker and Grant, one representative. 57 Sheridan and Dawes, one repres entative. 58 Box Butte, Sioux, Scotts Bluff and Banner, one representative. 59 Deuel. Keith. Cheyenne and Kim "ball, one representative. SO Lincoln, one representative. 61 Custer." one representative. 62 Custer. Logan and McPherson, representative. 63 Buffalo, two representatives. 64 Kearney, one representative. - 65 Franklin, one representative. 66 Harlan, one representative. 67 Phelps, one representative: 68 Furnas, one. representative. 69 Dawson, one representative. 70 Dawson. Gosper and Furnas, one one representative. 71 Frontier and Hayes, one representa tive. 72 Red Willow, one representative. 73 Hitchcock. Dundy. Chase and Per kins, one representative. Dates for Nebraska HASTINGS, Neb., Jan. 12. There was an exceptionally large crowd In attendance at the meeting of the Ne braska Racing circuit, held here. Horsemen from various parts, of the state were present and took much in terest in all matters discussed: The circuit is composed of thirteen Ne braska towns and the dates have been fixed as -follows: JbTemoat. July 31. August 1. 2; Hastings, August 7, S, f; Falrbury. August 14. 15, 16;. Hnbbell. Anmst 21. ss. sa- navM ait inni w w v a - -w wv zs, Z9. 30; seward. September 4. S, S; Lincoln. September 8. 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14; Auburn, September 18, 19, 29. Baadlts Are Amiga. FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 12. The three bandits charged with the murder of Herman Zahn were arraigned before County Judge Wiatersteen. Each waived preliminary examination aad was held without bail to the next term of the district court, which convenes the first week in February. Tha com slaiat charges the three with murder la the first degree. far LINCOLN. -Jam. lfcCtofaTBarHDIc trjch appointed A. V. Cola of Jff tn b' sii wartm Amm k !" ad sailors home at Mllford. -: WatSON SaKS W1TI TKC0W CemmMtae la ' part er the Olse-aargarlae BUI. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Secretary Wlleoa made an argument before the senate committee oa agriculture today in: support of the Grout oleomargarlae hill. He said the measure was intend ed to protect the farmer and the pub lic at large and should become a law. Speaking of the consumption of butter aad of oleomargarine, Mr. Wilson said that the amount of butter disposed of aaanally is about eighteen pounds per capita and of oleomargarine something aver one pound, and he said in re sponse to Judge Springer that he con sidered this dangerous competition. He was of opinion that there was danger In the imitation of butter by the use of coloring matter and thought that In time the use of improved methods would result in driving renovated but ter out of existence. The secretary said, he did not accept the opinion ! -, -ri rpmu'tin. nioiuumri.. . ; -, -.- ...- business would injure the beef cattle business, and said that farmers will find it profitable to keep and fatten .their own beeves. Incidentally, he ex pressed the opinion that farmers of the south would get far more in the way of returns by raising cattle and crops necessary to that end than they would out 4f the sale of a few thou sand barrels of cottonseed oil to the oleomargarine makers. . He said that more than half the substance used In Washington for but ter is oleomargarine and that to make certain of getting the real article he had butter for his own table shipped direct from a creamery in Iowa, BOER FURCESARE ACTIVE. Attack theytrltlsh Alas the IJae ef Leresse MaraaesBailrea. LONDON, Jan. 11. General Kitch ener sends news of a serious simulta neous attack on the night of January 7 by the republicans on the British' positions between points sixty miles apart, along the line of. the Pretoria tc Lourenzo Marquez railway. The losses on both sides were heavy. Ac cording to reports the Boers were beaten off after prolonged fighting. Following Is the text of the dis patch from General Kitchener: PRETORIA, Wednesday, Jan. 9. On the night of January 7 the Boers made simultaneous attacks upon all of our posts at Belfast. Wonderfontein, Nooltgedacht and Wildfontein. In- I tense fog prevailed and taking advan- tage of the cover it afforded, the Boers were able to creep up close to our position. A heavy fire continued until 3:40 a. m., when the' Boers were driven off. One officer was killed and three were wounded, while twenty men were killed and fifty-nine wounded. The loss of the Boers was heavy, twenty-four dead being countel. A convoy taking supplies to Gor don's brigade, north of Krugersdorp, was attacked by Beyer's commando yesterday (Tuesday). The Boers were driven off, leaving eleven dead on the field. Our casualties were four slight ly wounded. r " Irrigation la Nebraska. x WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Congress man Sutherland is taking a great interest in the subject of irrigation these days, and lately he has been on the still hunt for a hearing- before the irrigation committee of the house, of which Rep resentative Tongue of Oregon is chair man. Sutherland has a bill pending appropriating S25.000 for irrigation purposes, to be spent in Nebraska, and he desires his bill reported out of committee. "I believe my efforts to get a hearing on the irrigation prob lem will be successful," he said, "and that a bill will be reported, which will be of incalculable benefit to the arid sections of our country." Pat te Wll Advertised. OMAHA, Jan. 9. Over 5,000 de scriptions of Pat Crowe and his sup posed pals, with the 130,000 reward offered for arrest and conviction of kidnapers, are being mailed to chiefs of police all over the country from cities the size of New York down to the place where the "chief comes in at night to get his mail after plow ing corning or cutting Ice all day. Neville Slightly Better. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Congress man Neville was reported a tnfla bat ter this afternoon, although there is still the gravest fears that he can not recover. Speaker Henderson said that1" he bad sent his secretary to ascertain the congressman's con dition and from reports received had doubts as to the recovery of the rep resentative from the Sixth Nebraska district After Big Karfa rsaeat Fan CLEVELAND. O., Jan. 11. At the meeting of the board of trustees of the Chautauqua assembly tonight the old officers were re-elected and reports on the last year's work were submitted. It was decided to make an effort to raise a quarter of a million dollars, the endowment fund started by Miss Helen Gould with a gift of 125,000. It was also voted to erect a memorial at the assembly grounds to the late Lewis Miller, one of the founders. laereasa la If oral Fare. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The house committe on naval affairs today prac tically completed the naval appropri ation bill but it will not be in shape to make public until tomorrow or Sat urday. The question of the increase of the navy which usually entails the largest contest was easily settled this year by the acceptance of the recom mendation of he secretary of the navy for two battleships and two cruisers. Another Vebraska Jadga. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Senator Thurston today favorably reported from the committee on judiciary his bill providing for additional district judges in the districts of Minnesota and Nebraska, with an amendment providing that the senior circuit judge of the -Eighth circuit or resident cir cuit judge within that district shall nuke all necessary orders for the di vision of business and assignment of cases for trial in either of said dis tricts. The report states that there are stroag reasons for the appoint ment of additional district judges in Minnesota and Nebraska. sun Utm Mr. Bryaa. WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Senator Tillman of South Carolina, who today retaraed from Omaha, where he at tended the Jacksoalan banquet in compear with Mr. Bryaa. took ocea nic to deay the report of a disagree ment "The statement Is without any fouadatioa whatever,".' he said. m no disagreement between Mr. .Bryaa and myself. We an to the future policy of the demo cratic party and there has aot been tha slightest break In oar relations," BURLEIGH BE PASSES Senate Adepts ike Measure Ja u It Came Fna the Hens. rHYISWN fOt TK VHUOTEER lAttaajkea ary Pawer aff ftesMes ta Bagalate meat Army Baeaa, Piatt aa Others ava SasMtblag ta Bay. WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 12. In the senate today a vigorous attack was made upon that portion of the army bill which confers upon the president discretloaary power to in crease the strength of the army to the maxftaaU fixc4 1 the bl'.L -Mr. Bacoa of Georgia began the attack, and Mr. Piatt of Connecticut, reply ing, maintained that discretionary power ought to be conferred upon the president, and expressed astonishment that anybody should entertain a fear that the power would ever be abused. Mr. Bacon declared that he would rather see his party condemned to universal and never-ending banish ment from political power than to see such authority placed in the hands of the president. An amendment open ing the way to the appointment of volunteer officers to grades as high as that of captain in the regular es tablishment was adopted. Just before adjournment Mr. Carter of Montana called up the bill appor tioning the representatives of the United States among the several states. Without debate It was passed pre cisely as it came from the house. It now goes to the president for his signature. Consideration was resumed inthe senate of the army reorganization bill. Mr. Hawley, chairman of the com-1 mittee on military affairs, withdrew1 the committee amendment, providing' for the retirement of officers on the active list of the army. Senator Tel-' ler then also withdrew an amendment to that section. . Mr. Hoar (Mass.) formally offered' the amendment of which he had giv en notice, providing that no further military force shall be used in the Philippines except such as may be nec essary to keep order in places in the peaceable possession of the United States, etc. Mr. Carter, a member of the com mittee on military affairs,-moved that' the amendment be laid on the table.: The motion prevailed. 32 to 19. Mr. Pettigrew'8 amendment provid-' ing that one-third of the appointmets to commissioned rank in the regular army should be made- from the officers of the volunteer army the amend-' ment which was under discussion when the senate adjourned last even ingwas defeated 38 to 6. Mr. Bacon (Ga.) moved to strike out tbe.nroTislon that the president In his discretion Any increase the number of corporals In anv troop of cavalry to eight and the number of privates to seventy-six. He said he did not believe the president should have discretionary power to. regulate the size of the army. Mr Daniel (Va.) offered an amend ment providing that volunteer officers, may b? designated for examination and those who establish their fitness may be appointed to the grade of cap tain in the regular army as well as to the grade of first and second lieuten ants as provide for by the senate com mittee's amendment Mr. Daniel said he felt it was due the volunteer offi cers that they should have proper op portunity for advancement in the army. The amendment was adopted, 24 to 22. In response to a question by Mr. Berry (Ark.). Mr. Piatt said he feared the pending bill did not confer upon the president the authority to Increase the army from 58,000 to 100.000 at any time. That power, he thought, ought to be conferred upon the pres ident Continuing, Mr. P!att said he was astonished at the fear expressed by some senators that the president would not exercise such an authority with due regard to the country's inter est There need be no fear that the United States would ever have a pres ident who would abuse the power con-' ferred upon him. He urged that the power to increase the army be left in the hands of the president, who ought to be regarded as a conscien tious, able and patriotic man. "If we could eliminate politics and arguments for political effect from this chamber for a single day," he de-1 dared, "I believe it would be the unanimous, sentiment that there7 should be some flexibility in tbe army' Replying to Mr. Piatt Mr. Bacon said he thought the country had fall en upon an evil day when a senator could rise in this chamber and ex press views which he regarded as dan gerous to the liberties of the people aad productive of one-man power, and It was an evil day. truly when the senator reflected the attitude, of the dominant party. Cbaaaler Badly Be tea. CONCORD. N. H... Jan. 11. Judge Henry E. Burnham of Manchester won the nomination of the republican mem bers of the legislature for United States senator over William E. Chan dler aad other candidates. Burnham won on the first ballot Chandler received 47 votes; Burnham, 198; Congressman Sulloway, 23; Hen ry B. Qulnby, 22. and H. W. Blair, 1. laer Bay far Peaatoaera. WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Not since the Fifty-first congress has the house passed as many private pension bills at a, single sitting as it did today. In ali 170 special pension bills were passed at today's session. The most important was one to increase the pension of General American V. Rice from $36 to $100. General Rice was woaaded several times during the civil war aad lost a leg at Vicksburg. He waa formerly a member of congress from Ohio aad was the author of the arrearages of pension net tea at Xaebeeder. LONDON. Jan. 12. The following dispatch has been received from Gen eral Kitchener, dateff Pretoria. Janu ary 10: The Boers attacked Machadorp last night bat were drivea off before dawn. "Hersoga command is la the aef gh herhood of Sutherland: Cape Colony. settle is organixing a oolama to head in taa midlands the Boers have hrakaa.ap lato ssaaU bodies, sease hldiac ia xaa moaataras northwest of Ja: tOWB." Taa VatUcrew Waa WMh tha Been. It is not generally kaowa. perhaps, that Senator PetUgrew, of South Da kota, has a bob who has been flghtlCK with tha Boers. He arrived in Sa vannah a few days ago. aad at once went to Waaaiagtoa. He is a lad of 2C years of age, who joined some 409 volunteers for service in the Trans vaal. They were7 driven mto the Por tugese territory and three disarmed and the Dutch government paid their passage home. Toang Pettigrew says that the Boers will make it interest ing for the British for some time to come, and he is anxious to again join their cause. If you have not tried Magnetic Starch try It now. You will then use no other. Don't run yotir breath. if you want to catch GARFIELD TKA IS AN HERB MEDI CINE: It Is of Inestimable value in all cases of stomach, liver, kidney and bowel disorders: it promotes a healthy action of ail these organs. An event is a circumstance that sel dom happens. Tour clothes will not crack if xoa use Magnetic Starch. 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