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VOLUME XXXJU.-NUMBER 44.
COLUMBtTS NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1903.
WHOLE NUMBER 1.706.
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THE IIEBRASKA LKISLAM
A Synopsis off Pmcsoilngs in Both Brenchso
of th. Twenty-Eighth General
SENATE.
Waen the senate met on the 36th so
esmmittees were ready to report and con
sequently vry little work was done. Sen
star O'Neill of Lancaster called the atten
tion of the senate to the slow progress of
la. committers. O'X-iH's bill to prevent
the employment of f levator conductors
trader IS years ot age passed the commit
tee or the whole after the lengthy discus
. Kail of Douglas moved to aarend to
make th age limit 14. but this amend
ment was lst. S. F. 3. a Joat resolu
tten to memeralise congress to establish
"tae status of the First Xebraska. militia.
passed the committee of the whole. Bills
on arst reading included- To amend sec-
tioa lCb. chapter x. title . Code of
Civil Procedure, tenants to be- responsible
far reasonably dangers during the pen
dency of action. To provide for establish
ing a public road to and from lands sur
rounded or shut out from a public road in
certain cases.
: vide for the order of placing tickets of
la the senat on mc tts tae committee j political parties upon the ballot for pub
on live stock and gran:ng. to which was j 1Il elections, and to provide for the pnnt-referr-d
Senator Dietrich s land leasing ! h- and distribution of ballota to be vised
bill, reported unfavorably on the bill and t public elections and primary elections
fscommended thar it be not passed. The for nominating candidates for office to
ewmmlttee introduced the following joint e voted on at public election at public
resolution- I expenses, to regulate the formation of
Whereas, A bill is now pending in con- new parties and prevent in public elections
a ess, known a- S. F SSS". Introduced by or primary elections, and to provide for
Hon. Charlea H. Dietrich, contemplating
the leasing of the public lands within
the state of Nebraska, as are m their
natural condition valuable only for live
stock, grazing purposes, and are not sus
ceptible of irrigation and.
"Whereas, The congresional delegation of
"braka now in Washington has peti
tioned his excellency. Governor J. H.
Mickey t- call th attention of the legis
lature of Nebraska to this proposed na-
uonai legislation, and requesting that
such acUon i- taken as will indicate to
our senator- and representatives in ccn-
gress th wfaes of the people of the state
of Nebraska and.
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"..-,. n.em:r. ui- governor,
; jjr :uL-ti io in:s oooj sucn requeut
with a r-commendalion that a joint res-
olntion bj adop:il ii-closm? to ou:
sen-
aiors ana r-pre-"T.a-:r--s In conres the
attitnd' cf the people
ile of th- stat- of
il land leasing bi!'.
N-bra?ka toirard ai
th'."T?for. b f-
rprsenta-
Holved by the um.
tiv-s of tj state of Nebraska. Tht we , for each br-aeh of contract. The judi- J30"3 of extortionate telephone charges,
appose the leasing- of the public domain ! clary committee was instructed to exam- j an the senate has appointed a com
In Nebraska as proposed in S. F. 5SK. . in the contract 1-t by the State Print- mir-tee to investigate such charges and
now pending in confess, for the reason , lr.e Board to the State Journal company complaints.
t-at suc legislation is inimical, in our , and report as to its legality and bmdins , Therefore. I move you that the speaker
.u.,.-.. tu .- ral oeveiopment or the '
;ai oy aciuai seiners ce it further
Resolved. That we favor and petition i
concress tn amend th pr-sent homestead
law so tnat the public lands within this
tate. valuable solely for live stock pur
D'?es, and not su.K:eptibie to Irrfcaticn,
h opened to homestead entry nllcw'"-
each actual re.d-nr a hem-sread of S. I
jtii -2. i;-.iiu t m. .is uovr provic-d
and. be it
Resolved.
tnent of a
further
That w- favor tne appoint
ccmmission. as r;omnjpnded
by bis xcellcncv.
President
Roosevelt.
to irvesthrate and report as to th-
quality i
ef said land- and th- conditions that - , 7 J ,
st In sa-d - "-o- i value, or any oth-r personal prop-
""" -' ( rty of he value of ZZ or more, which
has bn stolen tn another state or ter
In the senate on ri- isth the following mory of the Tnited States, knowing the
bUl.c wer- repirted favorab by th- com- same to have been stolen. To provide for
tnittees and placed on xen-ral tile. S. F. j the participation by the state of Nebraska
i. far the appointing of an insurance ' in the Louisiana Purchase exposition, for
deputy. 5. F 51. flxinc fe-s to be paid . the anpomtment of a state board of com
b foreign corporations to do business ! missioners by the savernor; to provide for
In tae state. 5. F 34. a bill to memorml- , a nothlcation by the srovemor to provide
fate connress to establish th- status of for the reimbursement of each member
tnc rirst eoraska militia
wa report-d
favorablv -njrrossec! .mil lar- -ma.! c '
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t. y. to pronioit tn- employment of el--vator
conductors und-r la years of age.
was report -d prop-riy ensrssed and
passed. A motion was earned to allow
all senate employes pav for six day a
week exept tae postmast-r mail carrier I
and custodian, who at allowed six and
a half cays. Warner's resolution to have
a cemmitte- of five appointed to investi- '
rate th- din-e.-ence tn rat--, charged b '
telephone companies in different town's '
carried without debate and the chair ap-
pointed Warner of Dakota, iferedith of J
Saunders. O'Neill of Lancaster. Giffln of
Dawson and Brown of Heya Paha on the
remmittee.
Th- followinc bills wer placed on sen- !
ator-ju hie on the 2th- K. R. 5-. appro- j
pnatityr 5) to pa5 incidental exp-nses
of the 1-mslature. It was amended to i
read STS. 1 S. F Si. -ntitled suardians M5cke" " essajre on th- Dietrich bilL A
r.d ward-. 5. F. 117 in regard to the half iorea resolutions, all opposed to the
Dietrich land leasing bill. The rules were ' Ditrich bilL but differing in minor de
uspended and the bill was placed at th- taiJs w"re -abmitted and precipitated a
eed of the list. Th- following bills were lonx d?bate a3 t0 o means of dis--eport-d
back to the senate with the rec- ' P2 of thls njatter. r inally the house
-mmendauan that th-v be nasned: S F adopted the substitute of Jones of Otoe
r;. ag- villages the same right to is-
u bonds for neating and l!gitTy pur- t
DO.es as citi- of the first and second , wttaout recommending the adoption of
classes. To compel the placing of planks P'dent Roosevelt's plan as urged by
311 bridges and culverts before crossing ' Governor Mickey. McAllister's resolution
ith engm-s. Amended that one person proved tha- the president's plan be rec
go I0 yards ahead of -ngines on the road "nimmended. having a commission of ex
to prevent accidents. Authorising county i Perts appointed to investigate and report
ooards to appropriate money for county-
fairs. To provide for the appointment of
in insurance deputy Fixing fees charged
Insurance company and others for filing
papers. To appropriate M.S0O for inci
dental expenses of the legislature was
amended to read CS.(L An act relating
tc township organization was referred
back to the committee. Hasty of Furnas
Introduced a resolution to have a com- J
mittee of tnre- appointed to investigate
the reason of the difference in taxes paid
by insurance companies in Nebraska and
in Iowa.
In the senate on the 30th Secretary
Allen to the governor announced that
Governor Mickey had signed S. F. 13.
to legalise issu- of bond by cities of first
and second clas,.
Lieutenant Governor
McGIIton signed
F Za. reducing school I
Investments to CO.yuO. to give school priv
ileges of normal schools. H. R. ST. com
pelling the city council of Omaha to pur
chase Omaha water works, was read a
third time and passed. S. F a entitled
An act to create a food commission.
and S. F. SS. providing penalties for adul
terating food, were recommended to be
placed on general Sie. Easting's resolu
tion to have a committee appointed to
investigate insurance companies' taxes
was called sp and adopted. Bills were
introduced: To establish a military code
for the state of Nebraska and. to provide
lor in- orstui-uuu. Su,nL us 1 has created more interest in the house
compensation of the militia and to pro- thaa gay other sjjniia- bilL iyej, at
vide for the enrollment of the UHorgan- j the noose take the position thate It con
Jzed militia, to conform with an act of ; tains more legal questions than any other
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the Lniied states congress "to provide 1
the efficiency of the militia and- far other
purposes. S. F. T36. by Hastings To pro
atote the independence o veters at pub-
lie elections, to enforce tae secrecy of
th ballot, to provide for the selecting
and nominating' of all candidates for elec
tive offices, except candidates to be chosen
at any special election, or township or
precinct offices or members of school
boards not members of the boards of ed
ucation, by popular vot- at primary elec
tions, and to provide for the manner of
so doing; to provide what quallncatioits
l.ar necessary to entitle a person to vote
at. such primary elections, to provide for
the placing; of the names of candidate
for nomimttion jrgon riieiTaiarxeJsuJGa4- - a 5LrL-!?
ballot of their nolitical Dartv and the!816- HTR. . by Koetter of Douglas-
J manner of so doing: and to provide for
the seelctlng and appointment of judges
and clerks to srve at such primary elec
tion, to provide for the notification to
candidates at such primary elections of
their nomination, and to provide the man
ner of nafflmanr candidates for offices
to b- filled at any special election and for
Tnstil I,,.. ,! ..r-u,,..... OTrtUL- . v. .1 . wwn
the punishment for the violation of the
same.
EOCSE.
The house, on convening on the 2fith. im
mediately took up Governor Mickey's
message on the Dietrich land leasing bill
as the sDecial order After the reading of
the governor's message the resolution sub
mitted Saturday by McAllister of Deuel
was read and a number of resolutions
th- ?hWr mrr-nH,..w Bnt n mnrin.
0f Sweexv of Adams, consideration of the
, entir- subject went over one dav The
, committee on nubile nnntine- r-norted. in
f -" "-" "
i compliance with previous Instructions of
i the house, that the contract for printing
hous- documents was lt by Auditor Wes-
ton. Treasurer Stuenter and Secretary of
State Marsh. a the State Printin? Eoard.
to the State Journal comnanv at JL34 a
pa-e of Zfo copie?. as compared with tLlS
tU:,t; term, providing for the r-tum of
! bills in their order and within three days
aft-r fh-n- ?Htr?-r irrf . nnnir-- n r-.
effect, k. R's. from lis to 119 inclusive. '
effecl. K. R's. Ircm 11a to 119 inclusive,
by Gregg of "Wayne, relating to schools,
were r-conintended for passage. H. R. 25.
by Hathorn of Red 'Willow, for the ralief
of Russell F. Lccmis. was also recom
mended to pass. S. F. ZZ. by Fries of Val
ley, substituted for H. R. 5. by Greg of
"Wayne, at latter' rqnest. rfducin;r from
ri.xJu., . &lf.,. tJ- j-. cf norma, ,
srhoois bfo-" Th-y ha!! b-
a Jthonzed '
to issu teacher' certiScates. was passed.
New billj: introiuc-G included the fol-
ceiv-. conceal or bur anv hor.-ie. live stock.
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of said board, for hotel, traveling and in-
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viuriiii eijj-iw s. io pruviue iur a stats
exhibit a aid exposition, to define the
duties of tne board of commissioners in
relation th-reto. for the payment of sal
aries o -mployes and for the appropria
tion of tT30u0.
This resolution was Introduced la the
nau5C un la -4ta-
R-i9Q,vi- T31- a professional lobbyists
c1" frra the floor of this house,
and aI! thaL P371 at thi caPtol building
ov'r which house has jurad!ction.
lha ir hrbr made the duty of the
rergeant-at-arms and his assistants to
j enforce this resolution: Provided, that
representatives of corporations may be
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nearc m PuolJC commute- meetings upon
r saB" as citizens of N'ebraska
' " ?rcm-h.
Consideration was had of Gov
ernor 1
to th McAllister resolution, openly and I
simply declaring against the Dietrich bill.
I to congress on tne conditions of leasimr
and fencing graxmg lands. This finally
and decisively settles the matter so far
as the house is concerned. The following
were introduced. To provide for the better
protection of life and property by estab
lishing a board of examining engineers
to inspect s'eam boilers, and providing for 1
the licensing of persons to operate steam '
engines, steam boilers and steam gener-
-urs. anu id proviue tor nnes and pen-
alties for violations of this act. To ex
tend the power of the mayor and council
of cities of 3.000 to C3.9W population that
they can extend the corporate limits so
as to include additional territory, and to
decrease the corporate limits by excluding
lands not laid off into lots of five acres
and less.
The Perry resoluaon to exclude profes-
j sional lobbyists from the house was alid
on the table in the house on the 3th.
There bills were passed: S- F. 10,
bv I
Marshall, to legalize the issuance of
bonds for the establishment and main
tenance of heating and lighting systems
by villages and cities of less than a.OuO
mnamtants: n. e. .. by Gilbert of Doug- be attached to the adjacent county or
las. the Omaha water works billz E. R. counties without the vote of the inhahit
H. by Douglas of Back, fixing penalties ants, aad to such new municipal organiz
roUfor carrying concealed weapons. H. ation the right to make its own charter
R. 4. by Nelson ot Dougias. the measure by a vote of the people within such city
providing for a new codification of the ' may be granted and regulated by law.
laws regulating negotiable instruments to Upon the drrisMn of any county under
ueunorm witn tne laws ot other states.
bill yet introduced or likely to be in
trcdnced. and win affect the laws of N"e-
bxaska in the most vital manner. It has
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Ti Ti 1 k..L. .. - -- I
" - uj me jiioioary enm- 1
mittee. Amour new Mils mi
Relating; to the eoatraets
bridge., culverts, etc Ta compel
nattant of the condition of jetat
legal reserve life lnsvraace
To prevent the organiaine of erwttt goaf
anty insurance companies. To provide
for the funding of county mdebteeasae.
H. K. IS. by Douglas of Rock; to entitle
county treasurers ta maintain official
seals that would enable them to validate
tax titles occasioned a heated and pro
tracted debate in the house on the 9tL
The bill was placed on general file. H.
R 103. by Jones of Otoe, providing for the
election of county i mil mi winners by an
entire vote of the county in counties not
under township organisation, was vigor
ously assailed as political measure.
Reuse of Hall insisted that, it was an at
tempt on the part of cities of the class
of Nebraska City to obtain control of
the county board. Kennedy of Douglas
said that from, observation he was con
vinced that regardless of tae purpose, the
practical effect of this sort of Mil Is poli
tical, as suggested by Rouse. The com
mittee on boundaries, county seats an
township organisation brought in aa ad
verse report on the bill. wUca mas voted
owa. ailwwiag the asR to a. on grssrsl
compelling Omaha school board to buy
it? own bMka and H. R. 42. fixing salaries
of secretary of school boards were
passed. 301s introduced for first time
were; To establish a military cod. for
the state of Nebraska, and to provide for
the orgs Titration, government and com
pensation of the mflrHa. and to provide
for the enrollment of the unorganized
militia, to conform with an act of the
United States congress "To promote the
efficiency of the militia and for other
purposes." To punish the stealing of do
mestic fowls and to punish perons re
ceiving or buying stolen domestic fows.
making the offense felony.
In the house on the 38th Speaker Mock
ett signed H. R. ST. by Gilbert of Doug
las, the Omaha waterworks bill, which
had passed both house and senate. The
senate at this time sent in a communica
tion that it had voted to adjourn to nexz
Thursday, the house concurring. The
house voted to refuse to concur In the
senate's action. These resolutions were
introduced by Christy of Nemaha:
, we, the undersigned residents, voters.
citizens, taxpayers and merchants resid-
! ing and doing business in Otoe county.
' realising th:ir nrsnt: la-aru -im-nt-
! Ias mptions a" unjust and detri-
roental " the merchants interests and
i lo st interests of society, aiding
and abetnng dishonest debts, forcing
merchants into bankruptcy and causing
1 adrasnl? to "e people oy an increase or
' cost In their supplies, petition your hon-
' orable b)dy to amend, modify or repeal
( our saitPtion laws to such an extent
j at !eai,t t the merchants may have
, qal protecUon under the laws to any
j other cla.s of citizens.
i Whereas. We have heard continued re-
of the house appoint a committee of three
to investigate and report on such charges
to this house.
Xew bills were introduced- To amend
section 13 of charter lxxxiia of the Com
piled Statutes, entitled "Soldiers and sail
ors. " Provides for honorable bunal of
ex-soldiera and sailors by county board
at co,t
not exceeding S. Authorising-
the construction on the state fair grounds
of one fish ouilding and one public com
fort building with water closet arrange
ments, and to appropriate for such pur
pose th- sum of J13.000. To provide for
the section of a iireproaf buildins- in the
city of Lincoln to be used as a museum
and library building by the Nebraska
Historical society. Appropriates 5o.9W.
ADJOURXMENT TO FEBRUARY 9th.
After an all-day nght in house and sen
ate the legislature on the th decided
that when it adjourned it be until Mon
day. February 9. for the purpose of giv
ing the jioint revenue committee ilm in
--hi.. m r-r.,,,1, ; ,-, .
i-oimug &
revenue bill.
Not since it convened. January S. has
anything stirred the animus of the legis
lature as did tne debate on this question.
Those favoring and those opposing .ad
journment pressed their contentions with
reientless vigor
In the house Sears of Burt. Douglas of
Rock. Thompson of Merrick. Sweesy of
Adams, Wilson of Pawnee and Loomis of
Dcdge. all members of the committee to
frame the revenue bill, with Rouse of
j .. ., tttiiTij ul uuuni. apunuc ot
Cass and others, led in the fight for ad
journment, while Ten Eyck of Douglas,
with many others, championed the oppo
site side. In the senate Harrison of Hall
and Brown of Keya Paha were the lead
ers for adjournment and Kowel of Doug-
j las. O'Xeil of Lancaster were th op-
po9:
posing leaders.
The senate and house each r-fused
twice to concur in fixing a time for ad
journing and it looked as if the deadlock
was to last, indefinitely, until Sears of
Burt, in the house brought the matter to
a close by introducing a resolution pro
viding that from such time as the house
adjourned until February 9 an regular or-
der of business under the various head
ings observed daily, be dispensed with and
all members filing applications with the
clerk be excused from attendance. This
na.tnrally would have had the effct ot
bringing matters to a standstill in the
house. News of the resolution was im
mediately transmitted to the senate id
before the house had time to vote on Hip
matter it was advised that the senate
would concur in adjourning until Febrr
ary 9, which question was put to' tlf
house and carried and concurred in by the
upper body-
BILL, FOR GREATER OMAHA.
Senator Howell of Douglas in the sen
ate laid the first stone In paving a way
for greater Omaha. S. F. 130. introduced
by Senator HowelL provides for a bill for
a joint resolution to amend article x of
the constitution. The amendment offered
by the Douglas senator is as follows:
"That where mare than one-half of the
inhabitants of any county shall reside
within the corporate limits of some or
ganized city the legislature may by law
provide for the creation of such territory
as may he designated within said county
into one political organization to be
known as the city and county of ,
and to be governed by one set of oCJcers.
and the outlying territory, if anv thera
be. of such county may by legislative act
this provision the sectiomi so separated
shall each pay its just proportion of the
general indebtedness, to be ascertained
and provided for. as may by law be de-
termiaed.
Aim high if yon wonld hit the mark.
1 Aze naknt man iwrmTa iu km.
others stubborn.
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AT A STANDSTILL
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WASHINGTON No answer
cone frogs the allies t Mr.
last imp Itjom.
The Britmfc asshmnador gent a
ablegraam to Lord Iaadowae atattmt
what msKkt fee expected ia e
Britaia and its two allies faaistei
the preferential treatsseat. btgefastiac
the ether sewers. The text at the
he nuMmhed, ant
utfbraM the f ordam oflee that jfr
Bowen, in the event of a refusal at
lia propeaition would call on the rep--esentatiTes
of the other claisuat
sowers in Waahiagton and explain to
them that Yenesaela was being
forced by the triple affiance to yield
to a plan which woold affect seriously
the interests of France. Belgians. Nor
way and Sweden. Denmark, 9pain
Holland and the United States,
When this step is taken it is expect
ed France will stake representations
re once to London, Berlin and Rome,
protesting; against any interference
with the previous arrangement it has
made with Venezuela for the settle
ment of claims. France may be join
id in this protest by the other claimant
aations.
There is reason to believe that the
French government already has soond
d the United States government, to
earn how much in common there may
be between their interests in Vene
zuela. It is said that there is a strong
resemblance between the claims of
the two nations, perhaps enough to
link them together in resistance to any
policy on the part of the allies, which
would tend to destroy those interests.
The French officials had not doubted
that equal treatment would be recos
lized and this unexpected turn of
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-uacern. r ur luc jireaeuL i. uuo uui
appear to be the purpose of French
authorities to assume an imperative
position, but rather set forth what
they regard as the manifest equities
of the case.
After conferring with those in au
thority an oAcial said that the French
position is based on two essential
principles.
The first is that a pacific settlement
between two sovereign nations is en
titled at least to-equal treatment with
a war settlement. If not a precedent
would be established which would be
an incentive to war. as countries first
adopting force in the collection of
claims would have superior rights to
those observing the usual pacific means
3 settlement.
The view is freely expressed here
that the United States. France and
Belgium are. in effect, pacific allies.
as they did not resort to force against
Venevuela. It is insisted that the
- ttimi4A ne rTia aUtoa ranria nnr
j- t u. u
onlv to prejudice the rights cf the
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pacific allies, but also establishes the
dangerous principle that a resort to
war is preferable to efforts to main
tain peace.
AMENDMENTS TO ARMY BILL.
Senate Committee Favors
Increased
Appropriations.
WASHINGTON The army appro
oriation bill was reported to the sen
ile and amended in various particu
lars. The most important additions J
Drovide for the retirement with ad
vanced rank of oMcers who served in
the civil war and for the creation of
1 general staff. The retirement
imendment 7s in the exact language
5f the bill recently reported by the
senate military committee and the
taff amendment is in the language of
the staff bill recommended by the sec
retary of war. with the military com
mittee's amendments added.
The committee recommended in
creases in appropriations aggregating
t3.36.0OO. the total carried by the bill
as reported being ST7.24L277.
Mutineers Make
LIVERPOOL The four seamen of
the British bark. Yermonica. accused
of mutiny, were remanded. Two of
the prisoners nave made n statement
Implicating themselves and the others
in the crime, bnt another of the ac
cused men. William Smith, an Ameri
can, declares their statements untrue.
SHARP FIGHT WITH LADftONE.
Eight Natives and Owe Cenetaeis Kilt
ed in a Sharp Battle.
MANILA--Eight Indrones and one
constable were killed in an ecounter
at Or-r.oc West Leyte province, on
Tuesday.
The fight was a hard one. but the
constahnlnrly ultimately won by a
daring charge. One hundred and fifty
ladroaes surrendered at Ormoc the
following day.
Tha district had been, disorderly, and
it is believed that the surrender of
these mean wiH lead to pacification.
The bodies of the three American
votanxeern, iariadtag Mr. Papers r a
teacher, who were kmafi at Thaanir
province af Tamaalea recently in a
wit, mmiaaaa, have bean reeov-
pg
Mamngs a noted bandit, whe was
amoag the enemy's aaad. directed tae
fight. Tne Amexkami enamjml ami
killed Mm ! they ware anrronnd-
smUaaf.
THE kAM LXASlNC SILL.
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Mi irf.
WASHWUTUN Additional gppogt-
ts the land Trswrng gig has arisen
in the hssse from some of the south
m members gf rupni Represent
ntive Rmlesun of Texas introduced
rtselutian in the nonse calling upon
tn secretary of the interior to for
Inish the hoase with full information as
I to want steps, if any. had been taken
to prevent the illegal-fencing of the
public domain in Nebraska. Wyoming
sad New Mexico. He also desires to
know the number of filings or appli
cations for part of the public domain
which have been made in the states
af Nebraska and Wyoming daring the
year 1991 and 1902 under the home
stead and desert land acts, and how
many, persons who have made suck
lling; have been fraudulently used to
secure color of title to said .lands for
jfcl'fdhi jaruwan.o, conveying or transfer
rins; the name to others. The resolu
tions also directs that upon report be
ing made the attorney general shall
immediately institute proceedings
against all persons who have Hlegally
fenced in government lands and to
declare all fraudulent appropriation of
lands under the acts referred to. and
that in on event shall any money paid
for land be refunded, where it is shown
that the filing was fraudulent. When
inquiry was made as to his motive
for introducing the resolution and his
opposition to the bill. Mr. Burleson
stated that it would give the cattle
growers of Wyoming and Nebraska an
undue advantage over the Texas cat
tlemen, for the reason that when Tex
as came into the union she retained all
aer public lands and the state had to
buy or lease their lands from private
individuals, and if the Nebraskans
were permitted to keep up their fances
without paying rent or allowed to
lease lands at a few cents per acre it
would continue to work an injustice
upon the people of Texas.
SOMETHING IN UTTER NAME.
A Ruling that ''Renovated
Cannot
Replaced with "F
OMAHA Process butter
manufac-
rtirars nf rho rirv hava nrivd fmm
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James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture, a letter, in which he refuses to
consider the request of the national as
sociation of process butter manufac
turers that a change be made in the
regulations of the department by
which the word "process" may be sub
stituted for the word "renovated" on
the packages of butter sent out by the
factories. In his letter the secretary
says that the word "renovated" has
been adopted by the department after
considering the question at length and
upon the recommendation of dairymen,
and that no good reason has been
shown why the regulations should be
1 changed. He also refuses to make a
rule for butter for export different
from that for process butrer for do
.mestic consumption.
PLANNING A NEW OUTBREAK.
Fears that China Will Re-Enact the
Rising of 1901.
VICTORIA. B. C According to ad-
I vices received from North China, fears
I .
1 are being entertained that China is
' . . , . .,
planning another outbrust similar to
that of 1901. The North China Daily
News says:
- "It has been learned on good author
ity that Tung Lu. the real ruler of
China, and the man who is reported
to be responsible for the murder of
Prof. Hubert James of the Pekin uni
versity, will centralize the command
of the military forces of the empire,
or at least the provinces north of the
Yangtse, together with Tung Siang
and otliers
"The plot for the simultaneous mur
der of foreigners in 1300 failed owing
to the unwillingness of many vice
roys and governors to carry out the
order to the military officials, whose
implicit obedience may be relied
upon."
Italy Accepts Praaasitian.
ROME The Italian government is
ready to accept the proposition oi
United States Minister Bowen to set
apart a certain percentage of the cus
toms receipts at La Guayra and Puertc
Cabello as a guarantee for the pay
ment of the foreign claims. The gov
eminent considers that the guarantees
offered by Venezuela through Minister
Bowen are suAcient to warrant the
raising of the blockade, which, it is
understood here.. will cease as soon
as Germany agrees to the proposi
tions. The foreign warships, how
ever, will remain in Venezuelan wat-
t ers.
OMAHA MADE HEADQUARTERS.
Secialiat Party Will Remove from St.
Lsuia.
ST. LOUIS On charges of disloy
alty to the principles of the socialist
party the five members of the quorum
or executive body of the national com
mittee were removed at the commit
tee meeting after a heated discussion
The members removed are M. Ballard
Dunn. E. Val Putnam. William Brandt,
George Hoehn and James S. Roche
All of these men live in St. Louis
and nave daring their term of office
been practically in control of the ex
ecutive work of the parry. They
were charged with having attempted
I to fuse the interests of the socialist
with other political parties and trades
unions. Omaha was selected as bend
atmrters for the ensning year.
Forgery is all right in the iron busi-
The flattery that appeals to us must
is deference.
TRAINS WRECKED
IOWA
MEN DCAO ANO
IN SMASHU.
MAIMED
ik uss mm is meat
twenty twdics Am Taken from
Debris gf th Sunset Limited and
Others Arg luppsaad ta Have Pir
toted in the Ceilisien.
CHICAGO Four persons were kill
Hi. four seriously injured aad eight
nightly hart In n rear-end collision be
iween stock trains on the Chicago"
Northwestern railway Bear Lafix. I1L
Dead:
CHARLES X. COE of Woodbine. la..
.prisoned tn the deeria and ranstsd
to death.-
B. LANE of Vail. la., pinned down
by wreckage and burned to death.
A. A. AMEY of Scmnton, la., badly
ranted: died an hour Inter in the sta- i
tion at Lafix.
J. PETERSON of Battle Creek. In..
badly burned and died before medicni
aid arrived.
Seriously injured:
H. Johnstone. Clinton, fa.
William Kochsims. Schleswig. Ia
Evers Neilson. Schleswig. la
Albert Playman. Dunlnp. la.
The trains came together in a dense
rog. The killed and injured were for
the most part stockmen in charge of
stock on the way to Chicago and the
aast.
Train Runs Into Funeral Car.
CAIRO. I1L On the Illinois Central
railway near Pulaski the Chicago fast
train No. 3 crashed into the rear of St.
Louis train No. 203. which is due here
at 4:27 a. m.
Beth trains were late on account of
the dense fog and the Chicago train
was running at the rate of sixty miles
an hour, while the St. Louis train was
making thirty miles an hour.
The last ear on the St. Louis train
was the private car of the late Judge
W. G. Fentress and family of Chicago.
Judge Fentress, who died in Chicago
Monday, was the head counsel of the
Illinois Central and his body was in
the car en route to Bolivar, Tenn.. for
buriaL
The rear half of the car was demol
Iriied and the coffin broken open. The
family of the judge was badly shaken
up. Three of the train crew were in
jured, but none will die. None of the
passengers were hurr.
Twenty-One Dead en Jersey Central.
NEW YORK. One of the most ap
palling railroad wrecks that has oc-
curred in the vicinity of New York
tor many years took place at Grace
land, on. the Central Railroad of New
Jersey, when an express plowed at top
speed into the rear of a local train.
Up to noon Wednesday the total loss
of life was believed to be twenty-one.
Of these fourteen bodies had been
dentifled and seven were held at Plain
field for identification. From the
wreckage twenty bodies were taken,
and Thomas McCarthy, fireman, Is
dead in a hospital. I
More than fifty persons were injured. I
some of them severely. The hospital
reports were, however, that with per-
haps one or two exceptions all would , international Court ef Arnitratien
recQVer- j Waits an Camew'e-
' THE HAGUE The foreign minis
Missouri Pacific Denver Express, j ier Dr Van Lrad,B replyin. to ,
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Missouri Pa-1 question in the chamber a3 to whether
ciflc train No. 1. which left here at 1 an offer from Andrew Carnegie of
:40 for Colorado, crashed into a , 1230.000 to found a library for the in
swirch engine, head on, in the east , temational court of arbitration had
bottoms of this city. Three trainmen I been rejected, said it had not been
an the passenger train were seriously rejected, and added that no ofer had
hurt, and both engines and a dining , been made in a form rendering either
car were badly damaged.
The passen-
gers were uninjured.
Accidents in St. Louis. J
ST. LOUIS As the result of a
heary fog that overspread the city
for several hours Wednesday there
were several street car collisions.
Within seventy minutes two head-on
i
collisions occurred on the Clnyton di- 1
vision of the transit company's lines.
Seven men were seriously injured
in the two wrecks aad a number of
others received bruises and scratches.
Inn t LintitaaJ Wmekari 1
TUCSON. Ariz. A disastrous colli
sion occurred on the Southern Pa
cific Wednesday morning between pas-. rnngement for mutunl protection
senger train No. 9, west bound, and ( among the farmers of Nebraska. gm
No. S, east bound. The wreck oc-1 aad Oklahoma. The farmers seek
curred nenr Vailsburg. Ariz., twelve
miles east of this city, as a result of
which twenty are dead.
MAY WHEAT GETS SETBACK.
Price Declines Over Two Cents an the
Chicane Beard.
CHICAGO The bull campaign in
May wheat received a severe setback
Tuesday and a decline of over 2 cents
was registered in that delivery.
The main reason for the decline was
the disappointing foreign advices,
which caused considerable disappoint
ment among the longs in unloading
of heavy lines on an already weak
market.
The letup in the export demand was
the principal bear factor, advices from
France being to the effect that the
wheat which has been sold here dur
ing the Inst few days, presumably for
French consumption, was intended for
grading band, and to
again as flour.
be exported
BELLWOOD. Neb. The farmers to i
the number of several hundred met nt !
Bellwood and organized a Farmers I
Co-operative Grain and Live Stock association.
TWENTY-TWO DEAD IN
Frifhtfttl
trm a
NEW YOJLK One of the mast av
palling railroad wrecks that nan se
enrred tn the vicinity of New Tor for
many yearn took place Tuesday nbjfct
at Graeelaad. on the Central Rnilmnw
of New Jersey, when an exsresa slow
ed nt top speed into the rear of a weal
train.
Un to aoon Wedaeaday the total loss
of life was believed to be twenty-two.
Of these fifteen bodies had been iden
tified and seven were held at Pmin
fleid for tdentincntion. From ta
wreckage twenty bodies were taken,
and two nea. W. E. Davis, engineer
of the Reading express, and Thasnas
McCarthy, trensan, died in a haspitaL
More than fifty persons were fajar- j
ed. some of them very severely. Tha
hospital reports were, aawever. that
wftt Bwrhapa aae ar two excaattaaa all
wodd recover.
' The blame for-the-accident Is
ed by the railroad oalcials an
neer Davis af the? Pniladeisaia ft
ing express, and. according to a
man who took Davis from tha
cab. Davis admitted that he had taken
chances and disregarded the danger
signals because he expected to see the
red and green lights changed to white
as he neared them. They did not
change.
ItOSCBUD AGENCY LAI
May Yet Be Thrawn Open ta
men Thie-Yaar-
WASHINGTON The chances of the
passage of the bill opening the Boss
bud Indian reservation in South Da
kota to settlement have been some
what enhanced within the past few
days. The community of interests
plan is to be tried on this measure
and if the contemplated program can
be carried out. there is some hope
that the Gregory county lands may
yet be thrown open to settlement dur
ing the present year.
The members of the South Dakota
delegation in the house are laboring
diligently to bring about this desired
result and at the suggestion of Con
gressmen Burke and Martin a confer
ence was recently held in the commit
tee rooms of the public lands commit
tee to discuss ways and means of put
ting the bill through.
TIME IS TOO SHORT.
Nat Much Lsfiaiatien ay tne isssnt
Congress.
WASHINGTON A month ago or
more party leaders predicted the prob
able legislation that would be enacted
by the present session of congress.
They said that statehood wonld fail:
that the Cuban reciprocity treaty
would be ratified by the senate -and
. that there would be no radical legisla
tion against trusts, but provisioa
would be made for a better enforce
ment of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The situation today justifies that pre
diction. The president is opposing
the admission of any territory at this
time, while there are many senators
who hope they will not have to vote
upon the real issue of admitting any
territory. The opposition to the rati
fication of the Cuban reciprocity treaty
is also dwindling.
NO TENDER OF A LIBRARY.
acceptance or refusal possible. The
minister observed tha; in view of the
special character of the arbitration
court the best form for 3uch a gift
would be to maSe it a special foun-
dation. Meanwhile the government
was "villing to administer the gift if
re offered.
FARMERS SEEK BETTER
RATES.
Tha Wants ef Niai-aaka. Ka
and
Oklahoma AfricuJtu
TOPEKA. Kan. A call has been is-
' anH frrr m mmarilm nf rha Wi mi
Co-operative Shipping association tc
be held in Topeka at an early day.
The purpose is to farm n close ar
the same treatment from the railroads
in the matter of shipping as the ela
vator owners.
Battle with tits Yaavia.
CANNANEA. Mex. The Yaqui?
have attacked the town of San Mar
cial. the mining center of the state
and almost taken possession of it.
The defenders of San MnrciaT
against the Yaquis included more thar
twenty Americans, eight of whorx
were killed, among them being Mr
McAllister, formerly superintendent ot
the Puerto Ciros mine of this place;
Frank Pendleton, formerly foreman cd
the same mine.
Asks America ta Aitl Finns.
CHICAGO Appeals for aid. far the
starving Finns are being made by Dr
C. J. Sorrenson. surgeon-in-chief of the
jXortenr Micfaignn general hospital
I who is president of the Finnish cent
tral relief committee, with headqnar
rers in Calumet. According to Dr
Sorrenson. no less than 400,000 Finns
nre starving, and net since the famine
of 19T. which caused the death w
100,080 persons, have the condition?
been so desperate.
Illllllllllllllllllllllltt
I f TBtiaVwaff. I
luiiimiMimiiiimnf
Uttleaaid says nub-
Chinese rebellion is spreading
in importance the Box-
L. B. Smith k Bros. Typewriter'
; capitalised at $5,000,000. was
at Albany. N. Y-
Da-rid Tananlac. widely known aa a
amt importer of French draft
died ar his home ar Lexis-;
EL
The Utah senate paaaed a joint reso" '
lniiea maannlaTiiin congress to take
favorable action on tha territorial om.
aibwa atlL
P. Washington, colored, ha?
to an indeterminate
term in the Cheater, 111, penitentiary-
far forgery.
have fawned an ad-
th "confirmation.
at Dr. Cram aa collector of customs at
Caeriestown.
Edmund W. Pettus was nominated
aa Uaited States senator from Ala
bama by the legislature of that state,
in joiat session.
The president has nominated Nefcou
E. Nelson of North Dakota to be col
lector of customs for the district ol
North and South Dakotn.
Judge James Fentress, for twenty
Sve years connected with the legal de
partment of the Illinois Central rail
way, died at his home in Chicago.
The Minnesota senate adopted a
joiat resolution requesting the sena
tors and congressmen from Minnesota
to favor the entire removal of the tar
inT on lumber.
The Jamaican papers express de
light at the signing of -the treaty be
tween the United States and Colombia
providing for the completion of the
Panama canal.
Miss Ophelia Odell. the older sister
of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Jr
of New York, died at the home of her
father in Newburgh from oedema of
the lungs, following the grip.
The tenth anniversary of the death
of Phillips Brooks, who for a brief pe
riod was Episcopal bishop of Massa
chusetts, was celebrated in Boston
with impressive ceremonies at Trinit.'
church.
Attorney General Miller has given
an opinion that the election of Henry
M. Teller as United States senator
from Colorado is legal and Governor
Peabody win sign the certificate of
nis election.
The name of C Inrnaa Barnard,
Paris correspondent of the New York
Tribune, has been added to those pre
viously announced as having received
the rank of chevalier of the Legion -ef
naair. , . - .
President Roosevelt has contributed
1100 to the Christian Herald'3 famine
fund for the relief of the suffering
peasantry of Finland. 400.000 of wnom
are reported to be on the verge of
starvation.
H. Cannon, who has been superin
tendent of the car service of the
Greer Northern railroad for several
years, has resigned to accept the sam
offlce with the Rock Island road with,
headquarters at Chicago.
The Birmingham Post sav3 that the
Japanese government is about to make
a rigorous test cf British. American
and Japanese built locomotives, with
the idea of placing extensive orders
for the class most satisfactory.
The house of representatives has
inaugurated the experiment of hold
ing memorial services for deceased
members upon the Sabbath. It will bo
followea hereafter during this session
and probably will become the gen
eral practice in the house in the fu
ture. Count von Ballestrom na3 resigned
the presidency of the German reichs
tag in consequence of disapproval of"
his attitude during the attempt. Jan
uary 20, of Herr Voilmer. socialist, to
raise a debate in the house on th
charges brought against the late Kerr
Krupp.
At Copenhagen there is a report w
the effect that American mining spec
ulators have made large purchases of
iron and copper mines in northern
Bweden and northern Norway, and that.
the great Scandinavian companies are
likely to be incorporated in the Ameri
can copper trust.
Colonel Henry 5. Osgoode. friend
and campaign manager of James G.
Blaine, died at Portland. Me. Colonel
Osgoode had been manager for the
Americas Express company in tha;
city for nearly a quarter of a century
He also was principal owner of the
Portland Evening Express.
County Attorney Boardman of Min
aeapolis has brought suit for ilt
thousand dollars against the McClure
Publishing company of New York City
for alleged libelous statements pub
lished in the January issue of Mc
Clure 's Magazine under the caption,
-"The Fall and Redemption of Minne
apolis." Ninety-eight officials in the city o!
Rock Island. III., including Chief of
Police Darnell, have been indicted for
wilfully permitting gambling houses.
wine rooms, disorderly houses and slot
machines to operate is violation of
law.
- The Pennsylvania railroad issued a
Ptatement Saturday saying that ths
133.000,000 negotiated in New York
Pridny is for immediate use in carry
lag aa the canstructioa. work now un
Ser way aad planned cm the Peuxsyl-
The Spectra of the Nebulae.
The spectrum of a nebula contains
three principal lines, all in the green.
ar bine regions of the spectrum, one
af which, the third, nearest the blue
and. carreaponds to hydrogen. The
substance that gives rise to the other.
cstr ss the rant tmet remed;
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