The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-17

Dill being TO give control Of that fund
TO counties. Mr. Young introduced bill
providing for . site and the beginning Of .
structure In the form OF . monument or .
memorial hall In honor OF Iowa soldiers. Mr..
Hcndcrshott's bill TO regulate mining and
weighing Of coal Ut mines known rs the Cas-.
satt bill Of last session-was lost on passage,
receiving only 48 votes.
Governor Boies has signed the bill fixing the
frst Monday Of September as legal holiday TO
be known as Labor day, the bill extending the
term OF ONCE OF the county auditors at present
In once for one year, ex.RaiIway Commissioner
Conln's car coupler bill and the bill allowing
supervisors to grant right Of way along high
WAYS TO State institutions.
DEs MONIES, Ia.. April a-In the House
yesterday the morning was devoted main
~ TO legalizing acts and bills Of
local or private nature. In the aft
crnoon We Democratic caucus bill providing
for the Introduction of the Australian ballot
system was discussed seriatum until the TWEEN
ty-fourth section WAS reached The balance OF
the session was taken up BY the discus
sion Of the Senate. bill fixing the State levy
at two and one-haR mills for tho com.
ing biennial period, and m amend
ment WAS offered making the levy two
and one half mills for 1890 and two mills for
1891. This was adopted and the bill as thus
P0ooEu
nays. The appropriation bills were handed in
by the ways and means committee and placed
on the calendar after m unsuccessful attempt
TO make them special order.
DEs MONIES. Ia, April o.-In the House yes
terday the Australian ballot bill Is agreed upon
by the Democratic caucus was discussed ut
considerable length and finally passed by vote
OF ys to 2. The bill provides that all ballots
shall be printed at public expense, nominations
10 be certified to by officers Of conventions or
and vacancies occurring from
any cause are TO be filled In the same man.
ner. Printed ballots shall contain tho
names Of all candidates for the posi-
tiOnS and also space for other names. The bal
lots for use are TO be stamped .'oficial ballot
by judges, and the voter must retire to . booth
to prepare his ticket. Only one ticket Is al
lowed to vo.er. Not more than one person at
q time will be allowed In the BOOTH unless
some one who Is specially authorized Is re-
Quired to assist In the preparation of the b2 !
lot. Penalties are prescribed for the use Of
my other than the official ballot and for the
destruction thereof Full Instructions for vot.
ing must be posted at each polling place, and
must be printed In large type. The method Of
the preparation Of the ballot is the same rs is
used In Montana and Massachusetts.
DEs MONIES. Ia. April lO--In thu House yes
terday Mr.. Holbrook moved to table the mo
tion TO reconsider the vote on final adjourn
ment. and this was carried This fixcs I'D
journment definitely for that time april l3).
Among the bills passed were the following: To
compel authorities Of State institutions to
allow money appropriated from the
State Treasury to remain there until
within thirty days Of the time when II Is to
be used; Senate bill appropriating e35oO for the
relief Of Mrs. Archie Neel; TO regulate the
amount Of the r mission Of sentence for good
behavior Of prisoners; providing for more thor.
sanity: to legalize conveyances Of real estate
by executors and trustees Of foreign wills;
to entitle persons paying special taxes
on real estate for improvement of
streets In cities organized under special
charters to be credited with amount Of such
taxes paid upon general road tax; TO
authorize certain cities OF the second class TO
provide for the construction OF sewers. Tho
bill ordering the destruction OF Canada ana bull
thistles WAS ordered engrossed. Appropriation
bills were made special order for 10:aD Thurs
day morning. and from that time on till their
consideration Il finished The committee on
representative districts reported bill which
fxes the ratio OF representation NJ 1880. Du-
buquc. Clinton. Scott. Linn. Polk. Potta-
wattomle. Woodbury.. Lee and Des
Moines counties each receive two Repre-
atives This gives three new Democratic mer,.
bers The following counties are grouped into
districts and each district iecei, es one MEM
ber: Lyon with O. Brien. Osceloa with Clay, Dick.
tnson and Emmett with Palo Alto, Kossuth
with Hancock. Winnebag0 with Worth, Cher0-
kee with Ida, P0cahontas with Humboldt The
remaining counties are each given one Repre-
sentative.
DEs MONIES, Ia, April 1.-THE House yes.
terday passed the following bills: To
extend the provisions OF the viaduct law to all
cities; to extend the provisions Of the line
fence law to all counties Of the State;
Senate bill to provide for examination
Of State banks and 70 fix fees therefor;
to provide for election Of committee clerks
by the respective houses Of the Legislature.
and reduce their number. Tho committee ON
representative districts presented two reports,
one Republican and one Democratic, both max.
ing the basis OF representation at 1880, and
fixing the number Of Representatives 1t
100 from ninety districts. The only dif.
ference between them Is the arrangement
Of the northwestern counties BY reso-
luton 1t was decided TO hold evening ses-
sions every night except Monday till adjourn
ment. Special orders came up At 1890, and
the first one providing that in counties where
the township has population Of 1900 or moro
such township shall be divided up IN into SUI
peryisOr districts was passed unanimously. Tho
following appropriation bills were passed:
Boys industrial school, EO.O; for in
sane hospital Mount Pleasant. 81. 100; for in
provement Of Capital grounds $4,000; for
Benedict Home, 5000; for Agricultural Col
lege, 10000: for College for Blind, 1900; for
insane hospital ct Independence, institute for
feeble-minded. $1,000: for Soldiers Home G3a,
$50; for State University. Sl25OO.
DEs MONIES, L., April l2.-In the House
yesterday the bill to establish the State normal
school at AlgOna WAS lost on = motion to on.
gross for third reading by . vote Of 81 to ~.
Bills were passed requiring railways TO put in
connections with other roads not parallel; re-
curing railway companies to make reports to
railway commissioners In manner and form
a. required by commissioners; regulating
the construction Of highway crossings; reQuir.
ing "Y's" to be put In when ordered by tho
commissioners; regulating railway transfers
and moving Of cars; to compel owners OF
hedges to keep them trimmed down to .ght
of five feet; to legalize acts OF the town Of
Charlton; to provide for the district purchase
OF school books and supplies; to define and
punish vagrancy: to accept the grant Of the
city park Of Iowa City to tn. state for
the purpose Of erecting university buildings
thereon; to compel boards Of supervisors TO as
certain vt tho beginning OF each year the
amount Of the school fund on hand and requir.
ing the publication thereof; to prevent life in
surunce companies from discriminating be.
tween individuals In same class: appropriating
$4,000 for establishing an industrial home for
adult blind The House appointed sitting COM
mittce rs follows Messrs. Woods. Luke. Hol-
brook, Chase. Dayton, Chantry. Ru ssell, Young
Hart and Lewis. In the afternoon the apportion.
ment bill was taken up. aad after short dis
cussion the majority bill recommended by the
Republicans Was defeated by party vote-49
TO 4o-Hamilton and Wilson being paired.
At the evening session the following bills
were passed: To appropriate roo for the relief
Of the parents OF George klreGtling, killed
while assisting y sherin to arrest des-
peradoes; to provide for the better
support Of the girls department OF the indus
trial schools; to provide for the better support
OF the inmates Of the Asylum for the Feeble
Minded; to provide for the appointment Of
guardians for habttual drunkards; to authorize
district townships to vote taxes for school
houses.
browning Accidents IN New Jersey and
Canada.
BRooKvILLE, n. j., April a-Twc
girls. aged respectively and 10 years,
daughters of Robert Londerbeck, of this
place, while attempting to Cross q tres
tie bridge over the canal on the tracks
of the Belyidere division Of the Penn