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Morris tribune., 1889-02-27
Thursday, February II.
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The railroad and warehouse commits
sion bill came up and created much de-
bate. Some objection was made to 1t
because the terms of all the officers ex-
pired at the same time. When the ju-
dietary committee considered the bill, at
the lose of the senate's session, they re-
novel one of the objections urged
again st it by amending it so as to pro-
vide for the expiration of the terms OF
the different commissioners at different
times. .n.s"s,F
The house bill increasing the salaries
of the supreme court judges came up.
There was hard fight against the meas
ure on the part of its opponents. The
present salary of the judges is "a, 600.
As it came from the house the bill pro-
posed to give them $500. Then the
senate, by an amendment, knocked off
$500, and in the amended form the bill
was passed.
OTHER BILLS PAsSED.-By Crandall-
To regulate the issue, use and form of
railway tickets.
By Hoard-To appropriate $500 for the
purchase of site and to erect a monu-
ment on the battlefield of Camp Release,
in Lac qui Parle county.
By Eaton-To appropriate money for
the publication of the report of the state
geologist, and to provide for the contin-
uation of the geological survey.
SENATE BILLS PAssED.-To provide
that persons carrying on an abstract
business must obtain license from the
county commissioners.
To authorize the condemnation of land
by municipalities and private corpora
tions for water works purposes.
To prohibit the. sale of cigarettes to
children under 16 years of age.
To provide for the handling of the SOL
diers' relief fund.
To enable United States surveying par
ties to prosecute their surveys in the
state.
HOUSE BILLS PAssED.-To provide for
the incorporation of villages.
To provide for recording and preserv-
ing certain instruments in the Office of
register of deeds in Hennepin county.
To increase the salaries of the supreme
court judges to $5,000..
HOUSE.
The session was one of the stormiest
the house has yet had, and it was all
over the old, old question of retrench-
ment and reform. The committee on
legislative expenses made its report.
They recommended the dlScnarge OF Two
pages, doorkeepers of the postofice, gal
lery and main entrance, speakers clerk.
and clerks of all committees except ju-
dietary, enrolment and engrossment.
The ensuing debate took up two hours
and more of the time of the house, and
nothing at all was accomplished in the
way of settling the question.
At a meeting of the Judiciary commit
tee Senate File 80, ceding to the United
States jurisdiction over certain lands at
Duluth required for a government build
ing was passed. 1t reserves to the state
the right to serve all civil and criminal
processes and to make arrests for offenses
against state laws on said property. Mr..
Fleming's bill to amend chapter 10 of the
General Laws of 1885, creating the board
of railroad and warehouse commission
ers, was made special order for March
6, at 7:30 p. m.
BILLS INTRODUCED. BY G. r. Davis
To establish a state civil service commits
sion.
SENATE BILLS PAssED.-Relating to
town spring elections.
Morris tribune., 1889-02-27
MAKES AN ADMISSION.

President Cleveland Promptly Signs the
Omnibus Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The president
this morning approved the territorial
bill admitting North and South Dakota,
Montana and Washington.
Morris tribune., 1889-02-27

The senate had very brief session,
with bare quorum at roll call and less
than a quorum at the adjournment.
Only two bills were introduced, of which
Morris tribune., 1889-02-27
Wednesday, February 20.

When the bill prohibiting pool Sellng
came up on general orders it was referred,
on motion of Mr.. Ives, who introduced
it, to the Ramsey and Hennepin county
delegations for their consideration.
The ti-Pinkerton bill again came up
on a motion to reconsider the vote where
by the senate refused to pass it few
days ago. After the reconsideration it
was referred to the judiciary committee.
Opposition was developed in the sen
ate to the joint resolution which has
passed the house to memorabilia con-
gress relative to the opening of the Sioux
reservation in Dakota, and it was de-
feated by tie vote.
Among the bills introduced were:
By Bowen-To repeal section 2, chap
ter 157, General Laws of 1887, relating to
the publication of notice of constitui-
tional amendments. .l,..--.7
By Buckman-To establish uniform
system of accounting for funds in the
state educational and charitable institu-
tions. =.
By Hixon-To provide for the posting
of notices of registration by owners of
thoroughbred bulls and stations.
A number of senate bills were passed,
all of local character.
HOUSE BILLS PAssED.-To change
boundary lines of school districts at Lo-
gan, Grant county. ...
To incorporate the City of Sauk Gen.
ter. ...... =
To amend section 2s6, chapter 66, Gen
eral Statutes, relating to satisfaction OF
judgments. -
To authorize the county commission
ers of Brown county to issue bonds for
the completion and furnishing OF court
house. .-.... --.s
HOUSE. s..- ...... ..
The committee on public accounts and
expenditures, in their report, said that
some of the state institutions were not
managed as economically as they might
be. and a resolution calling on them to
name the institutions where such state
of affairs existed came in, signed by MIR.
Stebbins. chairman of the committee on
insane: Mr.. Hoppin, of states prison;
Mr.. Perrin. of normal schools, and MIR.
H. Wilson. of the school for detectives.
The railroad committee reported IA
yorablv Senator SwensOn's bill allowing
railroads to give half-fare passes to min.
listers, students and missionaries. The
bill was passed. 4.a
The speaker appointed as a committee
to take charge of Minnesota's part in thu
Washington centennial celebration, H
Wilson, Hoyt and F. G. Stevens.
BILLS INTRoDUcED.-By Harrington
To amend the law relating to the com
pensation of town treasurers.
By Vollmer- To amend the law relat
ing to the incorporation of township in
surance companies. ~.
By Roberts-W Waving the forfeiture o
the swamp lands granted the Duluth
and Winnipeg railroad.
By Graves-To appropriate 5000 t.
aid in the construction of a road from
Grand Marais north to the boundary.
BILLS PASSED. Relating to the fees o
the clerk of the courts Of Rice county.
To detach certain territory from tow
1913 and to attach to town 129, Tod,
county. .-.1 .os5a
TO fix the time of holding court i
Hubbard county.
To give justices of the peace of Aitki
ro,1nty jurisdiction over Itasca county
TO establish municipal court in th
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Morris tribune., 1889-02-27
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.
Tuesday, February 10.

SENATE.
The lieutenant governor by request of
the senate appointed a committee Of
three TO act with special house commit
tee to recommend plan for having the
state OF Minnesota represented at the
Washington centennial celebration in
New York April 30. The senators ap-
pointed are Messrs. Daniels, Durant and
Compton.
The house bills raising the salaries of
the judges of the supreme court las
amended by the senate) and creating two
additional judges for the Hennepin
county district court safely passed the
senate committee of the whole yesterday.
The senate bill raising the age of consent
to sixteen years also went through the
committee.
The time allotted for submitting ap-
preparation bills to the senate finance
committee expired, but at the request of
Senator Buckman, chairman of the COM
mittee, an extension was granted to
Thursday night. when the committee
will hold a meeting to consider the bills
referred to it.
The seven bills introduced were all of
local character.
SENATE BILLS PASsED.-To authorize
the city of La Crosse, Wis, to build a
bridge across the Mississippi to Houston
county, Mlnn.
HOUSE BILLS PAssED.-To authorize
the village council of Kerkhoven, Swift
county, to issue bonds to the amount of
81, 800 for water works.
To authorize the city of st. Paul to is
sue bonds to the amount OF 100000 for
hospital purposes.
To fix the time for holding the terms
of district court in Hennepin county.
To fix the time for holding the meet
ings of county commissioners of Lincoln
county.
HOUSE.
During the consideration of the gen.
eral orders Mr.. Smith made speech in
favor of the bill to appropriate 5000,
Minnesotas pro rata share Of the sum
required to erect bronze tablet on the
field of Gettysburg. Maine, Massachu-
setts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Michigan are interested with
Minnesota in this move. Mr.. Smith
alluded to the glorious history of the First
Minnesota, which lost more than 80 per
cent. of it's members on the field of
Gettysburg. Of 253 who went into the
charge but forty-seven came out unln-
iured. The bill was recommended to
pass WITHOUT uISSSuG'IdS EOlc' DUe OAO
other bill on general orders was consid-
cred, that of the judiciary committee
making the sale of poisons without reg
istering a misdemeanor. Paris green
was excepted by amendment and the bill
recommended to pass.
Mr.. Forbes has been relieved from
duty on the committee on steam boilers
and Mr.. Mcmillan appointed in his
place. -. .,. 49,
The speaker has announced the follow
ing special committee on geological and
natural history survey: Messrs. Morgan,
Searle, Brush, Barr and Smout.
BILLS INTRoDUCED.-By Graves-To
detach the county of Itasca from the
county of Aitkin, and to organize the
same for all purposes.
By Graves-To reimburse Aitkin coun.
ty for money expended ON judicial road
in Aitkin and Itasca counties.
By Graves-To amend sec tion 6, chap
ter 264, General Laws 1887.
By Graves-To appropriate for the
state road from Verndale to Shell City,
Wadena county.
By Graves-To amend section 3, chap
ter 1S9, General Laws t977.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
CONNUBIALITIES.

Women have got 65 per cent of the 329, 900
divorces granted in the United States in the
past twenty years.
One result of the tailors' strike In Erie is
the postpDnement OF fashionable wedding,
the groom being unable TO get his suit in
time.
Mrs. W. j. Cotton, of this city, and not
Robert Lincoln and his wife, introduced
Russell Harrison To Miss Saunders, whom
he afterwards married.
A newly welded pair from the country
blow out the gas in Minneapolis hotel, and
come within an ace Of being in position To
solve the problem OF problems.
Mysterious footballs and door slams at night
have driven a freshly welded pair from
house at Cedar Hill, Bcrks county, Pennsyl-
yania, and even the dogs quit the premises
at suncown.
The British divorce returns for thirty
years ending in 1889, show that there were
lO56l petitions for divorce or dissolution OF
marriages. of which I, 1891 >ryere successful.
The increase since 1881 Is gradual
A Kingston, N. Y, minister married q
couple one night recently, and when sigma.
lures were asked TO tho certificate 1t was
found that neither the bride, groom, best
man, nor bridemaid could write their names.
They all signed by making marks.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28

IT is called Blackberry Farm" and the
author is Clay NJ Greene. There will be a
dozen more probably before next season.
Moszkowslki appears to be engaged on an
opera. So, at least, we gather from the
statement that, during his late visit to War.
saw, some fragments of one were found.
'The Poachers," a comedy which has met
with much favor in Berlin and Vienna, Is
now attributed to the queen OF Roumania,
who has another piece ready for representa-.
tion.
"Mark Twain" has been introduced by the
success attending the performance Of Mrs.
Frances Hodgson Burnetts Little Lord
Faunteroy" to dramatize his "Prince and
the Pauper.'
Encouraged by the ever increasing public
demand for German opera, the city council
of Brussels has just decided to make the ex-
pertinent of introducing it at the Belgian
capital next summer
M. Henri Melhac, the well-known drama.
tic author, has made his formal entry into
the French academy. He was received by
NJ Jules Simon and succeeds M. Lablche.
M, Meilhac was born in Paris in 1889.
A Russian musical prodigy makes Joseph
Hoffman and Otto Henger seem grown up.
Paul Koesalslrl is four years of age, and is
said to have "masterly execution on piano
made to fit his fingers.
1t is now announced that NJ Coquelin and
Jeanne Hading will act together again in
London in May. This makes the publication
of the stories about their mutual detestaton
look very much like a mere advertising
dodge.
The "PassionspieI' of Oberammergau will
be played in 1890, when its regular decade
recurs. The commune has resolved to make
no important changes In the drama, although
there will be some abbreviations and few
corrections.
1t now appears that the season of ian
opera In Berlin Is not nearly as successful as
was at first reported Miss Van Zandt made
but little of an impression, and 'Lakme,i
which was produced for the first time,
proved scarcely more than a success d'estime.
After the first week the management de-
cided to reduce the scale of prices, and since
the attendance has improved somewhat.
One of The most inte resting OF the musical
features in connection with the Pa ris exhibit
ton VIII be the revival of some of the operas
produced about the time of the first revolu-
ton. Among them will be Paisellos "Il
l3arbere," Dalayrac's "Raoul de Crequi,"
"Nicodene dams la Lune," by Consin-
Jacques, and "Madame Angot," by Demail-
lot.
Frau Cosima Wagner has written letter
TO Herr Anton Seldl conductor Of the Met
ropoltau company of New York, expressing
tho hope that the production of her late hus-
bands triology in the western states will be
as successful as it proved in the east. She
says: America is a great field for his work.
IL must not he misunderstood, or half UNDER
stood. / do not think that it can fail to
grow" Herr Seidl describes her as being
terribly in earnest, living, like Clara Schu-
mann, to glorify her husbands memory and
famep
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
HAS A MAN SMOKE FOR HIM
Some Good Stories Of Men and
Other Animals.
THE MANUFACTURES OF MUMMIES
A Novel Industry Among the Arabs
'BilIy" the Goat Gets Drunk-A
Very Ancient Turtle-Sayed
BY Her Garter.
The Curious Side Of Life.

The following letter, which appears
in Sheffield contemporary, tells its
own story, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
"Have you ever seen an educated horse?
The Midland Railway company have
one at Derby. He introduced himself
to me on Monday morning by rubbing
his nose against the glass slide OF the
carriage window, which L opened and
patted his head; but that did not appear
to he a sufficient recognition OF his
friendly attitude. He shifted away as
if he smelt something delicious in the
compartment, when slice OF plum cake
appeared from the basket OF fellow
passenger. and with this between his
huge grinders he smacked his lips, and
strobe away to his ordinary vocation
with polite nod, regardless of the strict
injunctions of his employers that no
gratuities are allowed, etc. but this
mild form of treating a very humble
servant with kindness will not, hope,
be visited by any severe penalty"
81 was in Scranton two or three days
this week, )" saida Philadelphia attorney
to Press reporter, land every day L
saw somewhere on the street tall,
straight old gentleman, with snow
white hair and flowing white beard
that reached almost to his waist,
promenading in company with young
gentleman.
1.-The latter was constantly smoking
and blew every puff OF smoke straight in
the face OF his companion, who bent
forward to receive 1T and inhaled 1t
eagerly with his nose and mouth.
"No one seemed to see anything odd
about this performance of the old gen
~ I'D 10 N n
| did, and my curiosity prompted me to
ask an acquaintance for an explanation.
| learned that the ol5 gentleman was
Ira Trip, "a millionaire coal operator
and one of the Oldest natives in the
I.ackawanna Valley, being now past
fourscore. The colored man WAS his
valet, John.
From boyhood until twenty gears or
so ago Ira Trip was an inveterate
smoker. He smoked the strongest and
most expensive cigars he could buy.
His health became greatly impaired
while he was about 1T and the doctor
told him that he must either quit smok
ing or die.
die. neither did he want to give up en-
loving his weed. He did neither, and
vet he gave up smoking. He has not
had cigar or pipe between lips since,
but has INDUCED his love for tobacco
smoke by inhaling it from cigars
smoked by others.
"For a time he enjoyed his proxy
smokes by frequenting the company of
smokers and asking them to puff the
smoke in his face, but the miscellane-
Gus quality OF the tobacco thus inhaled
was not satisfactory.
"He then adopted the plan OF carry
ing his own cigars and presenting them
to smokers on condition that they would
accompany him and give to him the
benefit OF the smoke. AS his cigar:
were, always better than the average
man could ever hope TO at'ain unaided
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
THE EINFIDELSOF SOUTHAFRlCA
Mahomet Couldn't Whip Them and
u so Called Them Kaff1rs.
EVERY MAN is A. WARRIOR.
The Women Do All the Work ana
Their Lords Attend to the
Fighting-POlygamy Every
where Practiced. -
EVERY MAN IS A. WARRIOR.
Among the Zulus.

PRETORIA, South Africa, Feb. H.
Especial Correspondence to THE Bee
The original inhabitants OF South
Africa, the Bushmen, are almost eX-
tinct. They can be found only in the
mountains, and there in small num-
bers. They are about the lowest type
OF humanity, living in the open air,
not building huts or dwellings, OF any
kind, and subsisting on white ants, cat
erpillars and other insects. 1t is q
strange fact that these people make
gods of, and
WORSHIP THE INSECTS WHICH THEY
EAT.
Their only weapons are the poisoned
assegais and wooden clubs. The asse-
gai is kind OF lance made from metal
resembling the best quality OF our iron.
This metal is found in the beds OF cer-
tain rivers and is mentioned by Living
stone, the great explorer. This people
at an early period inhabited all the
south African country, but the Zulus
from whom are descended all the South
African tribes, came from the north,
conquered and almost exterminated the
Bushmen. The Zulus originally dwelt
on the southern border of Egypt, were
a superior race of men and when Ma
homet was in full power and his vota-
ries set out to conquer the
world and compel all man
kind at the point of the Yantagan ,
to adopt their religion had subdued
Egypt and all northern Africa, they
arrived at this nation of Zulu. The
word Zulu means sthunderbird, and their
theory of the phenomena of thunder is
that it is caused by an immense bird
flying through the air. They found II
impossible to bring them under thcir
sway. This nation OF warriors rather
than adopt the faith Of mahomet immi-
grated south, to country where they
were allowed to live at peace and
WORSHIP AS THEY PLEASE.
Since then they have been called
"Kaffirs,' meaning ''unbeliever" in the
Arabic language. They spread over al
the southern portion of Africa, and
from them emapateu all the other
tribes. The Zulus are far superior u
all the Kaflir tribes. They are no
black, but copper-colored, and have
little of the features OF the negro
Their lips are thin, their noses inclined
70 aquiline. They have prominent
foreheads, dark and intelligent eyes
woody hair, and fine, white teeth
They ARE tall, we'll built and we'll pro
portloned, powerful men. The womeI
are not. MS a rule, AS wo'l favored ~
the men, owing, no doubt, to- thu
fact that they do most OF tn,
hard work, laboring in the fields, a
we'll as attending to the duties ef Tia.
hinhlu (house). They are tall, mus
cular and generally built in q masculin,
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28

broken leg caused by champagne
spree. He frequented all the liquor
shops of Nicetown and was always in
vited to have something with the boys.
He naturally believed in free whisky
and it is said that it was his fear Of the
passage of the prohibitory law that
caused his death. He was generally
quiet when he ha1 Jag on, occasion
ally, however, demolishing fruit
vender's stand.
One day last week while admiring the
symmetrical proportions of snow
drift near the Lake house, we saw the
liveliest affair ever witnessed in these
mountains-a three-cOrnered fight be-
tween lusty squaws. says the Homer
(Cal.) Index. Toggle-Joint julie and
Slit-Face Mary pitched into Gum Nose
Kate, and Moses! what wreck they
made Of her scanty habiliments. They
peeled and denuded her in an instant,
compelling the innocent newspaper per-
son to get behind rock to blush. The
cause of the onslaught was that Kate
had stolen petticoat from dusl1y Sis
ter, and was making off with the plum
der.
An instance OF the ruling passion
strong in death, or the expectation of
y
that on recent Sunday so nearly
wrecked the steamer Iroquois of Cape
Hatteras. A passenger described it:
"A sight / will never forgetr-for tho
humor in it, in spite of the gravity Of
the situation, was intense-was tho APP
pearance of a lady in her night dress
with her hustle strapped around her
waist and life preserver on her arm.
Another lady had n switch of hair in
her hand ana, beginning tocoil it about
her head, moaned: oh, shall l die
like this! Shall die like this!"
A large Mexican lion was killed six
miled from town ,his afternoon by Mr..
@. S. Duff, without weapon of any
kind but stones, Says Paio Pinto
special to the Nav Orleans Times Dem
ocrat. The Crawford boys sent word to
Mr.. Duff that the lion was in their
neighborhood and for him to bring his
dogs. He responded promptly. The
dogs were soon in combat with the lion.
and actually held him while Mr.. DUH
beat him to death with stones. The
lion measured seven feet from the tip
of his nose to the end of his tail
George Gray, n farm hand living near
Pine Mill, Pa, was attacked in an open
field by seven weasels that issued from
stone-heap. He ran to the house,
pursued by the spiteful little beasts.
They sprang for his throat, and hit him
severely all over the body. AT the
house Gray was reinforced by two
other men. The three succeeded in
| driving OFF the weasels, but not until
all the men had been severely injured.
Ida Lynch started to drown herself
by jumping from the lower bridge
across the Arkansas river at Little
Rock. but the watchman caught her us
she jumped, his hand catching in her
garter, which was strong, and thus
saved her life.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Miss Mary Anderson IS visiting Baroness
Yon Huege!, at Hempstcad

Miss Mary Anderson IS visiting Baroness
Won Huege!, at Hampstead.
*. Emmett has another "new play"
which will be revealed soon. The hero, OF
course, is the intcrminablo Fritz.
On good authority 1t rs stated that the
receipts of the German opera during its two
weeks stay in Boston amounted To s5OOOO
Mildred Fuller the pretty young daughter
of Chief Justice Fuller, of the supreme
court, has written three-act comedy called
"Dreams."
From, reports just at hand II would appear
that the frat appearance of Wagner's "liiRg
Of the Nibelung' in 81. Petersburg passed
OF brilliantly.
There is ye. another Now England play.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28

One of the best-known drunkaqds and
bar-room loungers of Phllapeiphia is
dead. He was u goat named "Billy,"
or, rather, he was half goat and half
deer. He has not drawn u sober breath
for seven years with the exception OF
two months when he was laid up with
Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
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''1hc Masked Ball. ich the new Amer
ican opera company pr, duced, has som'-
thins OF history. The theme was fir, I
ircu by Aubcr, who wrote un opera ON
tho suDjcct which was used later Oy Verdi,
w'it wrote tho present work. The opera has
nrs 1eciI heard Tor many years.