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iNEW NEBRASKA STATUTES
Additions to the Laws of the State Made
by the Recent Legislature.
I (MDDISAIKM OF THE
Nwiurn Pass-ad Thstt Have ILecelvcd th Governor's Sig
nature. Other Enactments That He Has Not as Yet
Passed Upon. said Still Others to Which the
Veto Power Ha.s Been Applied.
HOUSE BILLS.
'The Mils psed by the legislature are
m follows:
H. R. 22. by Wilson, appropriating: $85.
90 for the payment of members, officers
and employes of the legislature. Ap
proved January 2S. Emergency clause.
H. R. 87. by Gilbert, changing the date
of city elections in Omaha from the first
Tuesday In April to the first Tuesday
in May. Approved January 2S. Emerg
ency clause.
H. R. 7. by Gilbert, providing a meth
od for the acquirement of a municipal
water plant by the city of Omaha, re
quiring the mayor and council to carry
the method into effect, and creating a
municipal water board. Approved Feb
ruary 2. Emergency clause.
H. R. GO. by Wilson, apropriatlng $2S.
690 for the payment of the incidental ex
penses of the legislature. Approved Feb
ruary IX Emergency clause.
H. R. 32. by Koetter. to make the free
text book law to apply to schools in the
city of Omaha. Approved February 25.
H. iJ. 42. by Burgess, removing the
$720 limit on the salary of the secretary
of the Mncoln board of education. Ap
proved February 23. Emergency clause.
H. R. 279. by Good, transferring $10,000
from the unexpended balance of the
board and clothing fund or the Norfolk
asylum to the same fund of the Lincoln
asylum. Approved February 21. Emerg
ency clause.
H. R. 166. by Kittell. to repeal the law
providing for a bounty on wolf scalps.
Approved February 27.
II. R. 4S. by Koetter. providing for the
payment of the official treasurer of the
Omaha school board by the school dis
trict Approved March 6. Emergency
clause.
H. R. 114. by Gregg, reducing the num
ber of the printed reports of the state
superintendent and regulating their dis
tribution. Approved March 6.
H. R. 16. by Davis, to permit the estab
lishment of county cemeteries in coun
ties under township organization. Ap
proved March 7. Emergency clause.
H. R. 40. by Thompson, providing that
land leases, to be binding for more than
one year, must be in writing. Approved
March 7.
EXTENDING LAW COURSE.
II. R. 8. by Perry, extending to three
years the law course required to be com
pleted in the state university to qualify
for admission to the bar. and requiring
a higher qualification for admission un
der examination. Aproved March 11.
H. R. 18. by Douglas, to provide an
official seal for county treasurers. Ap
proved March 11.
II. R. 119. by Gregg, to require county
superintendents to notify school district
officers by the first Monday m July of
their duty in submitting reports. Ap
proved March 11.
H. R. 64. by Douglas, amending the
law prescribing penalties for carrying
concealed weapons to prevent a sentence
of both fine and imprisonment on con
viction of the second offense. Approved
March 17.
H. R. 76. by Perry, to permit the sign
ing of appeal bonds in justice court on
separate papers, and not to require the
presence of sureties in court when they
feign the bonds. Approved March 17.
H. R. 98. by Douglas, providing that
when appeal is taken from county or
justice court the appellant must serve
nctice on the appellee in writing, either
in person or by registered mail. Ap
proved March 2.
II. R 152. by Gregg, reducing the num
ber of memlers of the Lincoln board of
education to five. Approved march 21.
Emergency clause.
H. R. 202. by Good, appropriating $2.
836.14 deficiencies out of the Peru normal
school and appropriating all matricula
tion fees paid prior to March SI. 1905.
for the purchase of books for the library.
Approved March 20. Emergency clause,
II. R. 132. by Rouse, appropriating
$165,000 belonging to the state university
agricultural experiment station fund, the
"Morrill fund" and the university cash
fund for the use and benefit of the state
university. Approved March 25. Emerg
ency clause.
GILBERT PRINTING LAW.
H. R. 236. by Gilbert, the Omaha party
primary law. which is to prevent fraud
in primaries and to prevent persons from
voting therein who do not affiliate ha
bitually with the party. Approved March
25. Emergency clause.
H. R. 167. by Weborg. a joint resolution
memorializing congress to submit a con
stitution amendment to provide for the
election of United States senators by a
direct vote of the people. Approved
March 25.
II. R 100. by Hanna. appropriating $12.
660 for the location of five junior normal
schools in Western Nebraska under the
direction of the state superintendent.
Approved March 26. Emergency clause.
H. R. 271. by Riggs. the South Omaha
school bill, heretofore explained, which
places members of th board on a sal
ary of $25 per month and require them
to give bond, and reduces tbe number
to five. Approved March 27. Emergency
clause.
II. R 320. by Nelson.the Omaha char
ter bill, amending the present charter.
Approved April 2. Emergency clause.
H. R. 27. by Loom is. to cure certain
minor defects In the charters of cities
of from 5.600 to 20.690 population. Ap
proved March 31. Emergency clause.
H. R. 3A5. by Weborg. to permit 'the
annexation of territory by cities situated
in two or more counties. Approved
April 2.
H. R. 134. by Gregg, limiting to a fixed
amount the salaries of county superin
terdents in counties that are sparsely
settled. Approved April 2.
H. R. 23. by Nelson of Pierce, appro
priating $100,600 for rebuilding and repair
ing, of the insane asylum at Norfolk.
Approved April 3. Emergency claue.
H. R. 70. by Ramsey, requiring rail
roads to furnish sites and necessary fi
cilities for the shipping of grain to all
elevators costing $3,000 or more.
H. R. 102. by Cropsey. appropriating
$100.6(0 out of the state university funds
for the construction of new buildings
on the state farm near Lincoln. Ap
proved April 3. Emergency clause.
H. R. 136. by Davis, reducing the rate
of interest on county money on deposit
to 2 per cent: permitting the county
treasurer to deposit such moneys outside
the county. If necessary, and to permit
the state treasurer to deposit money in
depository banks at 2 per cent. Ap
proved April X Emergency clause.
H. R. 344. by the special revenue com
irittee. The general revenue bill, which
becomes effective September 1. 1903. and
the provisions of which have heretofore
' Zinc Production.
WASHINGTON. The United States
geological surrey Monday issued a
preliminary statement for zinc pro
daction in the United States in 1902.
showing a total of 138.804 short tons.'
against 141.822 in 1901. The produc
tion was distributed as follows: nii
Bate aad Indiana, 47.096 short tons;
Kaaaair. 86.654; Missouri. 11.087; Col
orado. 1.927: 'and eastern and south
ern states. 1&130. Principal additions
to prodnction cane from new plants.
WORK IF BOTH HOUSES
H. R 51. by Carrell, making It the duty
of road overseers, during April and Oc
tober, to open all ditches necessary to
prevent water from entering upon pub
lic roads. Approved April 6.
H. R. 146. by Christy, fiixng the annual
meeting of the state horticultural so
ciety for the third Tuesday in January,
annually, at Lincoln. Approved April 6.
H. R. 187. by Jones of Otoe, to provide
for the appointment of a matron of the
state penitentiary. Approved April 6.
H. R 448. by the committee on claims,
repealing the law providing for the pay
ment of a bounty of $1 each for the
scalps of wolves, wild cats and coyotes.
Approved April 7. Emergency clause.
H. R. 417, by Warner, appropriating $2.
000 for the benefit and relief of the people
suffering from famine in Northern Swe
den. Approved April 7. Emergency
clause.
II. R 292. by Knox, to authorize and
require cities, counties, precincts, town
ships, towns, cities, villages and school
districts to" compromise their indebted
ness and issues bond in payment thereof,
when unable to pay in full, after making
a satisfactory arrangement with creditors.
Approved April 7. Emergency clause.
II. R 209, by McClay. appropriating $761
cr the relief of General Victor Vifquain
for salary due as adjutant general during
the Boy interregnum. Approved April 7.
II. R 410. by Rouse, to appropriate $4,
163 out of the penitentiary fund to be de
voted to the construction of the addition
to the state penitentiary. Approved
April 7.
II. R. 422. by Thompson, to permit
county commissioners, in cases of emerg
ency, to construct bridges costing less
than $300 without advertising for the let
ting of contracts. Approved April 7.
II. R. 95. by Warner, to make the
county surveyor ex-officio county en
gineer in Lancaster and Douglas coun
ties. Approved April 8.
H. R 331. by Kennedy, to permit the
parking of streets in cities of the sec
ond class and in villages. Approved April
8.
H. R. 229. by Perry, to permit county
boards to transfer funds in county sink
ing fund not levied for the payment of
bonds, to the general fund, and empow
ering the board to pro-rate unexpended
balances of funds collected In precincts
for the payment of bonds to the several
school districts of the precinct accord
ing to population. Approved April 8.
H. R. 207. by McClay, to permit county
commissioners to install matrons in coun
ty jails at their discretion.
II. R 339. by Sears, appropriating $81
for the payment of the premium on the
official bond of Lieutenant Governor "Mc
Gilton. Approved April 8.
II. R. 24, by Jones of Richardson, mak
ing the town treasurer a member of the
town board and removing the assessor
therefrom. Approved April S.
II. R 33. by Koetter, to permit the Om
aha school board to expend sums under
$C,000 without requiring a written con
tract. Former limit was $200. Approved
April 8.
II. R 164. by Robbins. appropriating $V
000 for the payment of the cost of thp
official bond of ex-Treasurer Stuefer, and
J2.5ft) for tbe payment of the cost of the
J bond of Treasurer Mortenscn. Approved
April &
II. R. 113, by Warner, to provide for
indictment and summons against corpora
tions in criminal actions. Approved April
S.
II. R. 178. by McAllister, to permit the
transfer and sale of marks and brands.
Approved April S.
II. R. 1S6. by McClay, to provide for a
board of examining plumbers in the city
of Lincoln, and for the licensing and reg
ulation of plumbers in Lincoln. Approved
April S.
H. R. 210. by McClay. to permit the city
of Lincoln to levy not to exceed $23,000
annually for the purchase of a city hall
and grounds. Approved April 8.
II. R. 157, by Perry, to authorize county
boards to audit fees for justices of the
peace, constables ami sheriffs. Approved
April S.
II. R 401. by Jnuvcnat. to provide for
the printing of the annual report of the
state hanking beard. Approved April S.
If. R. 7. by JahncI, providing that in
condemnation proceedings for right of
way the land shall not be occupied until
the appraised value has been paid. Ap
proved April 8.
II. R. 231. by Rouse, appropriating $T5.
000 for a Nebraska exhibit at the Louisi
ana Purchase exposition, and for the
appointment, by the governor, of three
commissioners. Approved April 8.
II. R. 222. by Ten Kyck. to bring poultry
under the protection of the cruelty to
animals sections of the criminal code
Approved April 8.
II. R. 210. by Jouvena amending th
state banking laws by fixing a minimum
capital stock for the state banks at $5.V
to $5ft.0i, according to the population of
the cities in which they are located; in
creasing the salary of the secretary ol
the board to $2,000. and placing state bank
examiners on a salary of $1,600 and ex
penses. Approved April 8.
II. R 3S6. by Shelby, to vest In the
board of fire and police commisioners
in South Omaha the power to Issue liquor
licenses. Approved April 8. Emergency
clause.
H. R 239. by Spurlock. to give the
mayor and city council of cities of from
5.000 to 25.000 population the power to
extend and decrease the city limits, the
decrease to be when five-acre tracts or
less, which have been platted, are used
exclusively for agricultural or horticul
tural purposes. Approved April S.
H. It. 213. by Nelon. to legalize oaths
and -acknowledgements heretofore taken
nefore or administered by commissioners
of dcd. Aprroved April S.
H. R. 35S. by Sears, to provide for the
ippointmcnt by the governor of three
citizens, at a salary of $10 a day. to act
with a like body appointed by the gov
ernor of South Dakota as Nebraska-South
Daokta boundary commission. Approved
April 8.
If. R 33?, by Roberts, to create the
department of architecture of the state
of Nebraska, to be under the control of
the board of public lands and buildings,
the governor to be the chief of the de
partment, and to appoint a deputy state
architect at a salary not exceeding $2,000.
Approved April 8.
H. R 428. by Sears, to authorize pipe
lines to exercise the power of eminent
domain in tha piping and conveying of
petroleum and like oils. Approved Aprll-S.
H. R. I, by Warner, appropriating $50,000
Divorce Is Knocked Out.
WASHINGTON, D. C The United
States supreme court Monday decided
the divorce of Lillie Winston vs.
Walker Winston, both of New York,
in favor of the latter. The case in
volved the validity of a decree grant
ed Mrs. Winston by an Oklahoma
court, which, it was churned, had been
granted her without sufficient resi
dence. The decree was not accepted
by the courts and the supreme court
upheld those views.
for the establishment of a new normal
school west of a point five miles east of
the ninety-eighth meridian, to be located
by the state normal board in some city
donating above $11,600 in money or prop
erty. Approved April 8. Emergency
clause.
H. R. S. by Good, appropriating $43,566
for the building of a new chapel at the
state normal school at Peru. Approved
April S.
H. R. 277. by Merdith. appropriating $15.
000 from the temporary university fund
for the establishment of an agricultural
experiment station in Western Nebraska,
to be under the direction of tbe board
of regents. Approved April 8.
H. R. 473. by Dougals, to provide that
In counties having less than 2.000 popu
lation the county attorney shall be ap
pointed by the county board, and be al
lowed an annual salary not exceeding $360.
Approved April 8.
H. R. 437, by the special revenue com
mittee, to increase the maximum state
levy from 5 mills to 7 mills for the pur
poses of this year's assessment. Approved
April 8. Emergency clause.
H. R. 364. by McAllister, defining the
power and duties of under assistants of
irrigation districts, and providing a pen
alty for interfering with headgate or tak
ing water from natural stream. Approved
April 8.
H. R. 323, by Kennedy, to define and
punish the crime of abandonment of wife
and child. Approved April 8.
H. R 259. by Jones of Otoe, to require
the attendance of blind, deaf and dumb
children at the state Institutions, provid
ing for their education, unless they arc
being otherwise educated. Appro-ed
April 8. Emergency clause.
II. R. 385. by Gregg, to prohibit and
punish the sale or giving of tobacco or
cigarettes to minors under 18 years of
age. Approved April 8.
H. R. 28, by Deles-Dernier, to legalize
and make valid foreclosures of tax Hens
not based on tax certificates, and to leg
alize sheriffs deeds, thus prematurely Is
sued. Approved April 8. Emergency
clause.
II. R. 88. by Shelly, to prohibit and
punish desecration of the American flag
by printing of devices of any kind upon
it. or using it for advertising purposes.
Approved April 8.
II. R. 133. by Ferrar. permitting library
boards to control their own funds and
Issue orders for the payment of claims
thereon. Approved April 8.
II. R. 488, by McClay, to authorize the
board of public lands and buildings to
ting on the state capitol grounds. Ap
petition for the repavlng of streets abut
proved April S.
II. R. 449. by Sears, to authorize the
governor to appoint three men at a per
diem of $10 to serve with a like number
appointed by the governor of Iowa as
a Nebraska-Iowa boundary commission.
Approved April 8.
H. R. 105. by Loomis. to prohibit trap
shooting of live birds. Approved April 8.
H. R. 306. by Ribble. appropriating $15.
000 for the payment of rewards for the
discovery of gas or crude oil. and $4,000
for the discovery of iron or coal. Ap
proved April 8.
H. R. 282. by Ribble. to prohibit and
punish the counterfeiting of railroad
tickets. Approved April 8.
II. R. 311. by McAllister, to make os
sible the abandonment and disorganiza
tion of irrigation districts. Approved
April 8.
II. R. 353. by Barton, to make assault
with intent to do great bodily injury a
felony punishable by imprisonment In the
penitentiary for from one to five years.
Approved April 8. Emergency clause.
SENATE BILLS.
S. F. No. 10. by Senator Marshall, legal
izing the issuance of bonds for the main
tenance of a heating and lighting plant
by the village of Syracuse. Approved
January 30. Emergency clause.
S. F. No. 35. by Senator Fries, provid
ing normal schools to issue teachers"
certificates, must employ five or more
teachers, and have an investment of $50.
Ctft. Approved February 2. Emergcy
clause.
S. F. No. 3. by Senator Sheldon, pro
viding county boa Ms shall establish
beards of health, make and enforce qinr
antine rules, and shall have jurisdiction
outside of towns and cities to prevent the
spread of contagious diseases. Approved
February 20. Emergency clause.
S. F. No. 31. by Senator Sheldon, mc
moralizing congress to establish the true
military status of the First Nebraska
militia. Approved February 27.
S. F. No. 147. by Senator Sheldon, pro
viding county boards shall keep roads
open leading from bridges across
stieams dividing two counties, to the
most convenient public road. Approved
March 25. Emergency clause.
S. F. No. 117. requesting congress to
oppose Senator Dietrlchs land-leasing
till. Approved March 26.
S. F. No. 304. by Senator Warner, fix
ing fees to be charged by the commis
sioners of public lands and buildings for
copying instruments, certificate and seal,
forfeiture of lease and contract, etc. Ap
proved March 26. Emergency clause.
S. F. No. 69. by Senator Brown, making
it the duty of land qwncrs to exterminate
prairie dogs infecting their premises, and
in case they fail to destroy them, mak
ing it the duty of the road overseer to
do so. and allowing that official $3 per
day for so doing, the expense to be paid
by the land owner. Approved April 1.
S. F. No. 145. by Senator Norris. pro
viding a drainage district may be formed
by a majority of interest of the resident
owners in any contiguous body of swamp
land for the purpose of draining and re
clamation of swamp, overflowed or sub
merged lands. Appro-ed April 2.
S. F. No. 51. bv Senator Way. providing
all persons engaged in generating and
transmitting electric currents are granted
right of way for poles and wires along
public highways, ard making such per
sons liable for damages which may re
sult to private proper! v. and fixing a pen
alty for interference with poles and wires.
Approved April 2. Emergency clause.
S. F. No. 95. by Senator Brown, giving
Nebraska insurance companies the right
to do business outside of the state. Ap
proved April 7.
S. F. No. 217. by Senator Anderson, fix
ing the deputy stat" treasurer's bond at
$10,000. and providing he may perform all
the treasurer's duties which he may be
authorized by the treasurer to perform
In his absence, and providing the treas
urer shall be responsible for all his dep
uty's acts in the discharge of his duties.
Approved April 7.
S. F. No. 218. by Senator Anderson,
providing for the appointment of his pri
vate secretary by the governor. Approv
ed April 7.
H. R. 422. by Thompson, authorizing
county boards to make repairs and let
contracts for making repairs to bridges,
in cases of emergency, without advertis
ing for bids for such repairs do not ex
ceed the sum of $500. Approved April 7.
S. F. 5. by Senator Sheldon, fixing the
fees to be paid by applicants for certifi
cates to practice medicine, fee for reg
istration $25. of which $5 goes to the
state board of health to be used as a
fund for the prevention of illegal prac
titioners, and the remaining $23 to be
equally divided, as fees, between the
four members of the board: alo pro
viding applicants shall be examined by
the member on the board of th same
Killed at the Throttle.
BALTIMORE. Md. A fast-flying
Royal Blue train on the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, running between New
York and Washington, ran twenty
miles without an engineer at the throt
tle. Frank Furley, the engineer, lean
ed out of the cab window at a point
south of Wilmington, Del. At Hayes
Station. Cecil county. Maryland, the
fireman -found him lying dead in the
cab. He had been struck by some
object
school to which the- applicant
Approved April 3.
8. P. a. by Senator Pemberton. for
the purchase by the state of fft) copies
of the compiled-statutes, to be prepared
by J. IX Cobbey. at a total cost of $4,569.
This bill was vetoed by tbe coventor,
but passed oyer his veto. Emergency
clause.
8. F. 8. by Senator Marshall, provid
ing that county commissioners shall be
nominated by districts and elected at
large. Approved -April 7. Emergency
clause.
8. F. 25. by Senator Marshall, provid
ing cities of the first and second class
may issue bonds, tearing not to exceed
6 per cent interest, for establishing and
maintaining heating and lighting sys
tems, and providing for the disposition
of monies collected for the use of such
systems. Approved April 7. Emergency
clause.
. 8. F. 98. by Senator Saunders, to pre
vent the docking of horses' tails, and fix
ing a penalty of Imprisonment In the
county Jail for not exceeding one year,
or a fine of not less then $100. or more
than $300. for violation. Approved April 7.
8. F. 120. by Senator Jennings, requir
ing lessees of school lands to pay de
linquencies and costs of forfeiture for
lease at public auction. Approved April 7.
8. F. 1SS, by Senator Sheldon, provid
ing road tax In counties not under town
ship organization to be paid one-half in
cash and one-half in labor, and fixing the
rate which shall be allowed for labor.
Approved April 7. Emergency clause.
8. F. 125. by Senator Harrison, defining
the form of registration books which shall
be used in metropolitan cities and cities
of the first class having more than 25,066
inhabitants. Approved April 7.
S. F. 237. by Senator Sheldon, providing
a county commissioner shall be appointed
to examine into the expediency of a pro
posed road leading to a wagon bridge,
whenever such bridge has been erected
across a stream which forms a dividing
line between two counties. Approved
April 7. Emergency clause.
S. F. 11. by Senator Hall of Douglas,
providing that there shall be nine su
preme court commissioners for the first
year and three for the second year, and
one stenographer for each commissioner.
Approved April 8. Emergency clause.
S. F. 143. by Senator O'Neill, providing
for the appointment of a state surveyor
and draughtsman, by the board of pub
lic lands and buildings. Approved
April 8.
S. F. 128. by Senator Warner, providing
no person who holds a public office shall
be permitted to practice law in the courts
cf the county in which he holds such
office. Approved April 8.
S. F. 105. by Senator Howell, making It
the duty of all insurance companies in
corporated under the laws of this state
to file a semi-annual report with the state
auditor, such statement to be published
in some newspaper in the city of Lincoln.
Approved April 8.
S. F. 61. by Senator Saunders, providing
insurance companies shall pay the fol
lowing fees: For filing and examination
of first application, $50; filing statement.
$20; certificates issued to foreign com
panies or their agents, each $2; agent's
certificates, home companies, 50 cents.
Approved April 8. Emergency clause.
S. F. 222. by Senator Harrison, placing
government of tontine and home co-operative
companies under control of state
banking hoard. Approved April 8.
S. F. 55. by Senator Giflln. providing
cities and villages of less than 5,600 may
vote bonds of waterworks, also providing
for the appointment of a water com
missioner at a salary of $400. Approved
April 8. Emergency clause.
S. F. 150. by Senator Way. permitting
irrigation companies to use natural
streams and providing how damages shall
be assessed in cases of .condemnation by
such companies. Approved April 8.
Emergency clause.
S. F. 96. by Senator O'Neill, providing
for the appointment, by the auditor of
public accounts, of an insurance deputy,
and fixing his bond at $10,000. Approved
April 9. Emergency clause.
HOUSE ROLLS VETOED.
II. R. 46. by Freidrich. requiring no
tice to be given if attempt is to be m-ide
at annual school meeting to raise taxes
for building a new school or for removing
it to a new site.
H. R. 323, appropriating $2,000 to reim
burse the general school fund for deed
ing to Russell I Loomis of Red Wil
low county school land mistakenly pre
empted by him.
11. R. 37. by McClay. amending the law
relating to the management of Wyuka
cemetery at Lincoln, by making possible
encroachments upon the plot laid aside
for a soldiers and sailors' burial ground.
SENATE FILES VETOED.
S. F. 29. by Senator Warner, providing
for the payment of fees to the commis
sioner of public lands and buildings. This
bill was vetoed because it was uncon
stitutional in form. S. F. 204 was sub
stituted for it and passed.
S. F. 31, by Senator Pemberton. pro
viding for the purchase of 500 sets of
the compiled statutes at $9 per set. to be
compiled by J. E. Cobbey. vetoed and
passed by both houses notwithstanding
the veto.
S. F. 114. by Senator Hall of Douslas.
submitting to the people a proposition to
call a constitutional ..onvention.
If the Burlington carries out its
present plan of building a cut-off from
its main line at Ashland, Neb., north
ward to connect with the Great North
ern at Sioux City, there will be pie
cipitatcd a big western railroad build
ing war so it is figured by eastern
railroad men.
Rev. Dr. I. K. Funk of the firm of
Fun!: &. Wagnalls. one of the leading
religious publication houues of the
country, admitted in New York that
he had received what he believed to
be a genuine message from the spirit
of Henry Ward Beecher, in life his
warm friend.
A man and eight boys looted a house 1
on East Fifty-third street. New York,
Thursday. They carried off $5,000
worth of bric-abrac, silverware and
jewelry- Seven of the boys have been
arrested. One of them, 8 years old,
confessed and told the names of the
others.
A New Mechanical Toy.
A new form of Noah's ark is one of
the latest mechanical toys. The ani
mals are attached to arms on a rotat
ing shaft; a turn of tbe crank sets
the shaft spinning, and the child
looks through the doorway to catch
a glimpse of the animals, which It can
not see properly until the shaft stops.
Only one animal can be seen at a
time at , each stoppage, and the
chances against the same animal
stopping opposite the doorway twice
In any given time are very smalL
Thus the child is always wondering
how many animals are in the box.
Labor is the corner stone of faith.
Minto's Son Succeeds Fisher.
LONDON The Hon. Arthur Ralph
Douglas, a liberal unionist member of
parliament for Durham and second
son of the Earl of Minto, will succeed
William Hayes Fisher as financial
secretary of the treasury-
Tool Company's P.'ant Burns.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. The plant o!
the Terre Haute Shovel and Tool com
pany burned Wednesday. Loss, 850,000.
Wounded.
Let me get up. then! To hell with your He
that I'm riddled and done!
Blood in my lap? No. its lire-It bubbled
there down from the sun.
Let me, get up! I must find him. that
hound with the sniveling eyes.
God! hold this spinning top steady; lay
hands on those flickering skies!
Only a minute to face him! the strength
with the glory will come;
I shall back with the butt o'er my shoul
der, and thrust with the bay'net
home.
Ha! I shall strike all the cunning, the
hate and the scorn from his life.
Let me get up! I was wounded and he
jabbed me. the brute, with a knife.
Ah! he was grinning and mocking; but.
God! 'twas the breath of the swine.
It smote me. it burned me. it shamed me
when his bullet had tangled my
spine;
It smites me, it-burns me. It shames it
Is "choking me., killing me, now.
Wipe it away from my eyes, chum; rub
it. Christ's sake, from my brow!
Lord! The ground heaves like an ocean!
Water! I've something to say!
Quick, the sun's hot; look! It's tumbling;
Water! I'm scorching away!
Hark! the wind's beating up thunder! The
column Is charging! Who cries?
What! I am going! God curse him his
breath's eating into my eyes.
Pall Mall Gazette.
Gen. William B. Franklin Dead.
The death at Hartford, Conn., of
Maj. Gen. William Buel Franklin, re
moved a man who was a commanding
figure in both war and peace. He was
prominent in manufactures, politics
and veterans' circles.
Born in Franklin, Pa Feb. 27, 1823,
he was the son of Wallis S. Franklin,
clerk of the house of representatives.
He graduated from West Point with
Ulysses S. Grant In 1843, served in
the Mexican war and was breveted
first lieutenant for gallant and meri
torious conduct at the battle of Buena
Vista, in 1847. In May, 1861, he was
appointed colonel of the Twelfth In
fantry, and was immediately made
brigadier general of volunteers. He
commanded a brigade at Manassas
and the second Bull Run, and was en
gaged In the defense of Washington
until March, 1862. On June 30, 1862,
he was breveted brigadier general for
gallant and meritorious conduct be
fore Richmond, and on July 4 he was
appointed major general of volunteers.
He commanded the Sixth Army corps
and was in charge of the left wing of
the Army of the Potomac in the battle
of South Mountain, and was in com
mand of the Sixth Army corps in the
battle of Antietam. He was severely
wounded in the battle of Sabine Cross
Roads. He was captured by the reb
els near Baltimore in July, 1864, but
escaped.
Gen. Franklin resigned from the
army in 1866. with the rank of major
general of volunteers, and brevet gen
eral, and went to Hartford to live.
War Eagle in Copper.
The navy annex building, just west
of the War Department building on
Pennsylvania avenue. Washington, is
surmounted by one of the most elabo
rate eagles to be seen on any govern
ment flagstaff. It is a facsimile in
copper and aluminum of the famous
bald-headed eagle. "Old Aoc." which
the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers car
ried with them through the civil war
and for many years maintained its
princely quarters at the capitol at
Madiscn.
The Eighth was raised in the
"Pineys," in the northern part of the
state, and consisted for the most part
of red-shirted lumbermen fresh from
the woods. One of them brought into
camp a young eagle which he had
caught and kept as a pet in the lum
ber barracks. The hoys adopted it as
the mascot of the regiment at once,
and a standard was made for it.
Wherever the regiment marched
the eagle went along. It was named
after President Lincoln before the
Eighth left Wisconsin for the front.
The regiment experienced, a good deal
of hard fighting and "Old Abe" went
through it all. once or twice getting
his feathers snipped by bullets. In
battle he frequently left his perch on
the standard, and flew screaming
over the heads of the men. He was
carried by a huge Swede, who always
walked side by side with the color
bearer of the regiment.
The copper and aluminum eagle on
the navy annex building measures
ninety-six inches from tip to tip of
his outstretched wings. His head
and tail feathers are white and shine
in the sunshine like burnished silver.
The big bird is placed on the top of
a tall iron flag staff, 142 feet 6 inches
above tie street, and is plainly vis
ible from a distance.
Owing to its pivotal arrangement,
it always faces the wind, and in that
way is a perfect weathervane. The
bird of freedom is made more con
spicuous on its elevated perch from
the fact that It stands guard over a
large American flag. On a near
view it is seen that the bird holds in
one talon the ensign halliard that
supports the flag.
Union Veteran's Praise of Lee.
In a letter to the Philadelphia Ledg
er, Horac B. Durant of Camden. N. J.,
gives his views on the proposed Lee
statue at Gettysburg, as follows:
"He who undervalues the strength
of his foe. armed or otherwise, even
though he prove victor, disparages
himself. No union soldier, who values
his own honor and service, will ques
tion the bravery of Lee and his men.
who mistakenly followed the flag of
the 'Lost Cause.' On many a hard
fought field, forever memorable in the
world's history of mighty conflicts.
Northern and Southern soldiers meas
ured arms for a long time, with waver
ing results. Now that the struggle
is over to continue a former thought
does it honor the victor to say he
met a foe unworthy of his steel? No;
he who so boasts proves he fought
either blindly or ignorantly, and he
fails to be able to give a reason for
the happy resultsvthat at last dawned
in the morning of peace after the aw
fully tempestuous night of war. 'H.
3
JM. A.' pays a just and beautiful trib
ute to tbe worth of Gen. Lee as a citi
zen and soldier, and to this may be
added as a Christian.
"It is the knowledge of all these
facts, which, if considered mutually
by both sides to the past conflict, wiii
do more to effect reconciliation and
obliterate sectionalism than the build
ing of costly monuments. Do such
leaders of men as. Lincoln and Grant
and Lee need monuments? No; their
proudest monument is built in the
sympathetic hearts of the people. In
the idle effort to add to its greatness,
the much more needed attention to
the living is too frequently wholly for
gotten. Greece and Rome excelled in
setting up statues of great person
ages, and to-day the antiquarian ex
cavates them from their ruins.
In National Cemeteries.
At the request of many comrades,
we give below the names and loca
tions of the National Cemeteries in the
United States, together with the num
ber of dead and buried in each:
Interments
Un
Xame of Cemetery. Known.known.Total
Annapolis. Md 2.2S3 204 2.4S9
Alexandria. La. ...... 534 772 1.306
Alexandria. Va. ...... 3.402 VZ0 3.522
Anderson ville. Ga 12.793 921 13.714
Antietam. Md 2.S53 1.S1S 4.671
Arlington. Va 11.913 4,349 16.284
Balls Bluff. Va 1 24 23
Barrancas. Fla 798 637 1.435
Baton Rouge. La 2.469 493 2.964
Battle Ground. D. C. 43 ... 43
Beaufort. S. C 4.74S 4.493 9.241
Beverly. N. J 145 7 152
Brownsville. Tex 1.417 1.379 2.796
Camp Butler. Ill 1.007 333 1.362
Camp Nelson. Ky. .. 2.477 1.163 3.61J
Cave Hill. Ky 3.344 5S3 3.927
Chalmette. L-: 6.S37 5.674 12,511
Chattanooga. Tenn. .. 7.999 4.963 12.962
City Point. Va 3.77S 1.374 5.132
Cold Harbor. Va 673 1.2S1 1 .95 1
Corinth. Miss 1.7S9 3,927 5.716
Crown Hill. Ind 681 32 713
Culpepper. Va 456 911 1.367
Custer Battle Fld.Mont. 262 ... 262
Cypress Hills. N. Y- 3.710 76 3.7S6
Danville. Ky 333 8 343
Danville. Va 1.172 153 1.327
Fayettcville. Ark 431 781 1.212
Finn's Point. N. J 2.644 2.644
Florence. S. C 193 2.799 2.99S
Fort Donelson. Tenn. 13S 511 669
Fort Gibson. I. T. ... 213 2.212 2.427
Fort Harrison. Va. ..239 575 814
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. S35 92S 1.763
Ft. McPherson. Neb. 152 291 443
Fort Smith. Ark 711 1.152 1.863
Fort Scott. Kan 390 161 551
Fredericksburg. Va... 2.4S7 12.770 15 237
Gettysburg. Pa 1.967 1.00S 3.573
Glendale. Va 231 961 1.195
Grafton. W. Va 634 620 1.251
Hampton. Va 4.930 494 5.424
Jefferson B'ks., Mo... S.5S4 2.S06 11,490
Jefferson City, Mo.... 319 412 761
Keokuk. Iowa 612 33 645
Knoxville. Tenn 2.090 1.046 3.136
Laurel. Md 232 6 238
Lebanon. Ky 591 277 S6S
Lexington. Ky S03 10S 913
Little Rock. Ark 3,265 2.337 5.602
Logan's Cr. Rds.. Ky. 35 366 711
Loudon Park. Md 1.637 166 1.S03
Marietta. Ga 7.18S 2.963 10.151
Memphis. Tenn 5,160 8.S17 13.977
Mexico City 2S4 750 1.034
Mobile. Ala 756 113 S63
Mound City. Ill 2.305 2.721 5.226
Nashville. Tenn 11.823 4.701 16.526
Natchez. Miss 30S 2.7S0 3.0S3
New Albany. Ind.... 2.139 676 2.S15
New Berne. N. C 2.177 1.077 3.231
Philadelphia. Pa 1.SS1 2S 1.909
Pittsburg. L'd. Tenn. 1.299 2.361 3.590
Poplar Grove. Va.... 2.138 4.001 6.199
Port Hudson. La 596 3.223 3.S19
Raleigh. N. C 619 562 1.1S1
Richmond. Va 812 5,700 6.542
Rock Island. Ill 277 19 296
Salisbury. N. C 91 12.032 12.126
San Antonio, Tex.... 321 167 491
Seven Pines. Va 150 1.20S 1.33S
Soldiers' Home. D. C. 5,314 2S8 5.602
Staunton. Va 233 520 753
Stone. River. Tenn.... 3.S21 2.324 6.145
Vicksburg. Bliss 3,896 12.704 16.600
Wilmington. N. C... 7V) 1.38 2.10S
Winchester. Va 2.094 2.363 4.459
Woodl'n. Elmlra.N.Y. 3.074 16 3.090
Yorktown. Va 74S 1.434 2.1S2
Totals 171.302 117.56S 31S.S70
The Youngest Union Soldier.
The war department recently added
to its records the picture of the young
est union soldier in the war of the re
bellion. "Little Johnny Clem, now
Lieut. Col. John L. Clement of the
quartermaster general's department
and stationed at Fort Sam Houston.
Tex., is the individual thus honored.
Clem was born in Newark. O.. Aug.
13, 18.-.1; when less than 9 years old
he ran away from home and became a
drummer boy in the army. He en
listed in the Twenty-fourth Ohio vol
unteers, but finding an uncle in the
same regiment, he went to the Twenty
second Michigan as a drummer boy.
He participated with his regiment in
the battles of Shiloh, Perrysville, Chat
tanooga. Chickamauga. Nashville.
Kenesaw, and others. Clem was cai
tured by the rebels and confined in a
Georgia prison. After being exchanged
he returned to the army and served on
the staff of Gen Thomas.
At the close of the civil war Clem
studied at West Point, but on account
of his diminutive stature could not
secure a commission. Gen. Grant ap
pointed him a lieutenant and he rose
in the regular service. During the
bpanish-Amencan war Clem was sta
tioned at Porto Rico.
Pensions for Confederate Soldiers.
The interior department has decided
that the bar to allowance of pension
to soldiers who served in the Union
army during the civil war and who
had previously served in the Confed
erate army is removed by section 1
of the joint resolution of July 1, 1902,
relating to the pensionable status of
such soldiers, and it is held to bo un
necessary for such claimants to file
a new application for pension subse
quent to July 1, 1902. The application
of these veterans filed previously to
that date, it is held, gives them a legal
status as pension claimants. The de
partment holds that the claimants
who had been pensioned and after
ward dropped from the roll because
cf such service are entitled to restor
ation and that those who had claims
pending which were rejected under a
departmental decision in 1894 are en
titled to have their claims adjudicated
en their merits, notwithstanding pre
vious Confederate vervice.
War Veteran Recrgsnie.
A reorgacization of the Union Vet
erans union was effected at Spring
field, Ohio, at a national convention
attended by old soldiers from all over
the country. At the last national con
vention of the organization a split oc
curred over the allegation that the or
der was being cnnverUMi into a politi
cal auxiliary. This followed an amend
ment to the membership section of the
constitution admitting fathers and
sons of members to mebership. At
the recent convention the contitution
adopted at Boston in 1893 was re
affirmed. This makes membership
dependent upon the applicant's parti
cipation in at least one engagement
in the civil war.
Mexican Veterans Invited.
The surviving soldiers who served
under Gens. Taylor and Scott in Mex
ico, in 1846 and 1847. are invited to
be present at the thirty-seventh Na
tional encampment of the Grand Army
of the Republic, in San Francisco,
next August. The pension rolls show
that 3,900 still live, and 1,000 dwell on
tbe Pacific coast. The managers hope
to attract at least 400 of them to tho
reunion, believing that it will be the
last they will ever attend.
Notes on Vegetable Gardening.
Every vegetable gardener is struck
with the great changes that have
come over the business of vegetable
growing in a generation. The com
mercial vegetable grower a genera
tion ago could make, money out of
his enterprise in growing vegetables
under glass. His prices were high
and his profits satisfactory. That
was before the South had developed
into a great vegetable garden to sup
ply all the North with garden vegeta
bles. To-day the vegetable grower in
the North finds it difficult to get
ahead of the season. Fs must there
fore depend on growing first-class
vegetables and getting them to mar
ket in a crisper, fresher condition
than does his southern competitor.
In this he is frequently very success
ful. In the past little attention was
paid to the supply of humus in the
soil. In fact, little was known about
this most valuable factor in the gar
den soil. The scientists knew about
it, but even they did not give it its
real due. Had they known it, the
growers of vegetables would not in
so many cases have about ruined
their soil by using nothing but com
mercial fertilizers upon it. Later,
when the soil had failed to respond,
they were told by the experimenters
that the constant growing of vegeta
bles by the use of commercial fer
tilizers alone had resulted in using
up the humus or decayed vegetable
matter in the soil, and that they
must restore it at every cost Our
gardeners know enough to use barn
yard manure with the commercial
fertilizers or to turn under green
crops to keep up the supply of humus.
The present gardener has this to his
creit over the gardener of past
times, in that he is not deteriorating
the soil that is giving him a living.
The present gardener, if he Is In
telligent and successful, has learned
that it pays to get the best seed what
ever It may cost. He has also learned
not to believe every man that offers
to furnish him with seeds. More and
more he is coming to experiment
with his seed and to make sure be
fore planting that what he is putting
into the ground will germinate. The
old gardener thought that seed was
seed. He bad In many cases not yet
learned that every seed had a limit as
to its life out of the ground. The
man with old seed to sell sold him
the old seed at the price of new and
he took and cheerfully planted it,
with the result, often, that he got no
harvest at all. A complete loss of
his crop was looked upon as one of
the mysterious workings of Nature.
The new gardener has learned bet
ter. He has determined definitely
that next to good land, good seed Is
essential to success in bis operations.
To Reforest Nebraska Sand-Hills.
The task of growing valuable forests
on the barren sand-hills of Nebraska
will begin this spring, when the
Bureau of Forestry will seed about
100 acres of the Dismal River Forest
Reserve near Halsey with Red Cedar
and Jack Pine. If the seeding suc
ceeds and is done with economy, the
bureau will seed and plant the follow
ing year probably 1,000 acres in cedar
and pines and will ultimately extend
the forest by gradual plantings over
a large part of the 208,000 acres in
the Dismal River and Niobrara re
serves. A nursery has been estab
lished at Halsey, in the valley of tbe
Middle Loup River, with a half-acre
seed bed protected by laths. A tool
house and office building have been
built. Nearly 600 pounds of seed,
principally Western Yellow Pine. Red
Cedar and Jack Pine, has been col
lected for planting in the spring. The
sand-hills are unfit for agriculture. If
large forests can be grown on them,
the timber will be of very great value
to a country now without trees, where
lumber brings high prices. The at
tempt of the bureau has every chance
of success.
Trimming Up Wild Trees.
Groups of trees near the house are
frequently by reason of old brush,
accumulations of dead leaves and
noxious weeds growing under and
around them. Often the underbrush is
of such a character that it greatly
detracts from the appearance of the
surroundings. Such clumps of trees
may be made truly beautiful by clean
in,; ur the rubbish, mowing the weeds,
cutting away the dead wood and re
moving the most unsightly of the un
derbrush. A little trimming of the
tops of the trees will improve matters.
It is possible in this way "to mend
nature." When beauty is desired,
some trees must be cttt out when they
grow so densely that lateral develop
ment is checked.
Cottonseed Meal in the Pig Ration.
A bulletin of the Oklahoma station
says: Protein, the nitrogenous part
of the feed, is the most important con
stituent in it. Many of the common
feeds on the farm, as corn, Kafir corn,
etc., do not contain this ingredient in
sufficient amount for the best results
in feeding. A feed is generally valu
able in proportion to the amount of
protein it contains. Cottonseed meal
is one of the very richest feeds in pro
tein and it is a very cheap source of
this valuable food ingredient. In cat
tle feeding, cottonseed meal is used
quite extensively and with the best re
sults where certain precautions are fol
lowed. It has been used only to a lim
ited extent in pig feeding, as fatal re
sults have followed as a rule in the
general way of feeding it. After feed
ing on it from four to six weeks the
pigs would commence dying, and this
has usually been tue case when even
very small amounts of the cottonseed
meal have been feu along with other
grain. The writer has found a mix
ture of 1-5 cottonseed meal nd 4-5
corn or Kafir me&i to give most ex
cellent results when fed to pigs, and
with very few exceptions no pigs have
died, if the cottonseed meal was not
continued longer than four weeks.
Later experiments at this station indi
cate that there are several conditions
under which pigs may be fed a small
amount of cottonseed meal with other
grain for an indefinite time without in
juring tbe pigs in any way, and good
gains obtained with a small amount of
grain. One of the conditions is where
the sboats have access to plenty of
range and green feed. Again, if the
cottonseed meal is dropped after feed
ing three or four weeks and after a
lapse of two or three weeks added to
the feed again for three or four weeks,
and dropped again for a few weeks,
and so on until the pigs are grown cr
fattened, good gains will he obtained
with practically no loss of pigs.
Notes on Cattle Feeding.
In a talk before the Illinois farmers'
Institute Prof. Herbert W. Mumford
made the following points on cattlo
feeding:
The higher tbe price of cattle the
better it will pay to feed steers of high
quality. When steers are low in price
there is less difference In the profits
from feeding the different qualities of
steers.
A prime steer, according to the mar
ket term, is a steer that is neither too
fat nor too poor. When a steer is
overdone he gets lumpy. The breed
that will fatten and Lot get lumpy is
the best breed.
The Angus breed will fee. longer
and keep smoother than any other
breed of cattle. Each breed ias some
good point that the. other breeds do
not have. At the present time the
animal that is most profitable for the
packer is not always the one that !
most profitable for the feeder. Tho
feeder should strive to produce an ani
mal that will be both profitable fe.
himself and for the packer. That is
the standard toward which we must
work.
I
Packers are not infallible in buying
cattle. Their buyers know more about
it than most of us. but they sometimes
make serious mistakes. Several loads
of steers fatened by the University of
Illinois sold on the Chicago market on
the same day. The best cattle were
those that had been fitted on clover
bay and gluten feed as their 'principal,
ration. This load sold for less than
the ones fed on corn, timothy hay anil
so forth. In the dressing it was seen
that the clover fed steers were worth
25 cents more per hundred pounds
than the other steers, while they
brought 15 cents per hundred pounds
less.
If a ration Is palatable its efficiency
depends on the relative proportion of
protein and carbohydrates in it Cot
tonseed meal contains a larger amount
of protein than any of the other coa
centrated feeding stuffs. It averages
37.2 per cent protein.
It Is cheaper to feed a balanced ra
tion than any other kind. Tbe univer
sity has found that it could save sev
eral dollars on the feeding of each
steer by feeding a balanced ration. s
What grade of cattle can we feed
with the greatest profit to the feeder?
This is a question that cannot be an
swered in one year. We want to know
in what way we can get the most re
sults from 100 pounds of feed.
The higher the price of good steers
the greater the difference between tbe
prices paid for the different grades.
Under that condition the higher the
quality of steers fed the more profit
there will be in them.
Number and Value of Farm Animals.
The statistician of the department
of agriculture has completed his esti
mate of the number and value of farm
animals in the United States, by sep
arate states, on Jan. 1. 1903. The to
tals for the country are shown in the
following statement, together with the
corresponding figures for Jan. 1, 1902:
HOKSICS.
1903, 16,557,373. worth... 11.030,705,953
1902, 16,531,224, worth... 968,935,178
MULES.
1903, 2.728,088, worth 197,753.327
1902, 2,757,017, worth 186,411,704
MILCH COWS.
1903, 17,105,227. worth... 516,711,914
1902, 16.696.802, worth... 488,130.324
OTHER CATTLE.
1903, 44,659.206, worth... 824,054,902
1902. 44,727,797. worth... 839,126,073
SHEEP.
1903, 63,964,876. worth... 168.315,750
1902, 62,039,091, worth . . . 164,446,091
SWINE.
1903, 46,922,624. worth... 364,973,688
1902, 48.698.890, worth-. 342,120,780
The above table shows a net in
crease during 1902 of 26,119 in tho
number of horses, 408,425 In that of
milch cows and 1,925,785 in that of
sheep, and a net decrease of 28,929 in
the number of mules, 68,591 in that of
cattle other than milch cows and
1.776,266 in that of swine.
There is an Increase in average val
ue per head amounting to 83.64 in the
Turnips as Humus Makers.
From Farmers Review: Wo are
not able to ascribe to the cow horn
turnip any special advantages for hu
mus restoration. It may possess
these, but we find no confirmatory
cvidencc. Of course, no member of
the turnip family is able to return to
the soil any more nitrogen than it
takes away. Howevjr. all such crops
restore organic matter to the soil,
and tho cow horn turnip, being deep
rooted, might be particularly valua
ble, in addition for purposes of aera
tion mellowing the soil. All such
crops, as green manures, must bo
used with discretion, since the fer
mentation might be rapid and acidity
result. B. M. Duggar, University of
Missouri.
. Stable Manure on Sugar Beets.
The common teaching is that sugar
beets arc Injured in quality by stable
manure applied the same season that
the beets are sown. That this is not
true, at least not on certain soils in
New York, is proved in Bulletin No.
205 of the Station at Geneva. Tests
were made for four years, on two
farms in widely separated localities
for one season with results uniform
ly favoring rather than opposing the
use of the stable manure. The
yields were better than with liberal
applications of commercial fertil
izers; and the percentage of sugar
and coefficient of purity of the juice
were higher with the manured beets
than with those without manure or
those receiving commercial fertilizer.
C. H. Williamson says: In packing
don't face too good; use apples of uni
form size, bright, clean and healthy,
and fill barrel with about the same
kind of apples. Use standard three
bushel barrel. Shake barrel well af
each basketful is added, and when full
shake down well; can hardly shake
too much; then don't press too much.
After thoroughly shaking down, fruit
should be about one inch above top
of barrel. Use hammer as little as
possible on the head.
Little Tommy wnen told ha was
growing too fast, said:
"Yes, I think they water me too
much. Why. I have to take a batk
every morning-"
The man who is poor by nature l!
apt to be ruiced by cultivation.
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