Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-04-10
A few local bills were consi Tered md
the house sdjoarneds until Noudsys'

A few local bills were consi Tered md
the house adjourned until Noudsys'
3 pm. 80 'N@s - IS
Monday April 8.
In the senate nothing wa
morning session beyond > done At the
local measures to Wb' .oe passage OF
was made. oh NO objection
With the opeet ,ss
session Senate -ng OF the afternoon
the senate Ssnborn' cnairma7 OF
into Stillv COMMITTEES OF investigation
sen.ed T.. alter penitentiary affairs, pre-
VIII motion the reading was dispensed
" pies printed.
The senate resolved itself into . com
| mittee Of the whole. Senator Craven In
the chair. and on motion Of Senator
March, commenced the consideration Of
thu illuminating oils bills. The bills
were both finally referred back to
the committee. w
The balance OF the afternoon was
spent on the bill providing for armories
for militia companies. Progress was re-
ported. About City bills in I'LL were
! acted upon during the day.
There was no uiorning session Of the
lower branch Monday, and barely quo
rum in tho afternoon.
Another resolution for evening ses-
sions WAS offered and adopted.
Senate File No. 1893, regulating the
sale Of baking powder and other articles,
created the first excitement Of tho after
noon session. It was read, and Penney,
of Minneapolis, moved to refer it to the
judiciary committee. Gen. Cross
amended by moving to refer to tho spe-
cial committee OH game. Mr.. Capser
moved to amend again by referring to
the temperance committee. This was
lost, bat the Cross amendment was car
RED amid considerable applause.
The bill fixing damages recoverable
for loss of life through the negligence or
wrongful act Of another 1t 5000 was
recommended to pass.
Twenty-tour bills on the calendar
| were passed, among them the following:
yards; relating to publication of official
Indian wars; for the promotion of for
estry; amending laws relative to timber
culture: accepting grant of money from
| tho United States.
Tuesday, Aprii7 7.
The senate INDUCED in brisk debate
over the state prison investigation ~
port. A motion 70 reconsider the reso~
luton to publieh 5000 copies Of the
report was lost.
The house worlds fair bill sppropriat-
ing $4,000 for an exhibit from this
| state was amended to read $100, 900 and
sent to committee Of the whole.
Donnelly's bill making q combina-
| f,nu tN S.o11,pAt1tiov, in fn1N
products" IL criminal conspiracy and
providing punishment. therefor was
passed without opposition.
! Senator Donnelly objected to Mr..
Bars bill authorizing the refunding of
moneys paid at tax sales on state and
school lands, but it went through by .
vote of 80 to II.
The Curyier house bill providing for
tho assessment and taxation Of telegraph
and telephone lines, was passed.
| After the calendar was finished sup.
Elementary report was made by the
state prison investigating committee
was and adopted, though stoutly op.
posed by Donnelly. McHale's anti
tights bill was next reached aud
its author took the floor in its sup
port. Mr.. Donnelly also spoke in its IA
vor and it was recommended to pass,
there being but one dissenting vote.
| A quorum was present in the house by
0 O'Clock and business was proceeded
with at once. A large number Of COM
mittee reports were received and
adopted, and then came another long
discussion over the Minneapolis patrol
limits. The bill to extend was defeated,
and notice of reconsideration given.
On motion Of Mr.. Gildea, Mon
days calendar was taken up and bills
passed to permi. foreign live stock CON-
panies to do business in Minnesota upon
compliance with certain requirements;
amending divorce laws: regulating the
business Of building associations;
Stockwells bill to regulate the labor Of
railway employees; Stivers' bill to regu.
late the labor Of railway employees.
The Minneapolis patrol limits bill again
came up. and after lively, but short
skirmish, the bill was passed.
The house went into committee OF tho
whole on railroad bills. A motion to
the senate, for the Searle bill was lost,
and inter considerable discussion it was
decided to report progress on tho Searle
BILL
There was . good attendance at the
evening session. After voting to indefi-
nitely postpone the municipal woman
suffrage bill the house went into COM
| mittee of the whole on the land grant
forfeiture bill. introduced by Mr. Bell.
The discussion lasted until 9:45 when 4
vote was tAksn upon motion to indeh-
| nitely postpone. The vote was tic,
leaving tho matter just where it was.
Laying On u Hands."
! My friend, the agent Of Buffalo wall
paper house, was taking on" with a
headache in the waiting room of the big
depot in Philadelphia, when a sick
looking stranger about Is years Of age
sat down beside US and asked:
rs the ache mostly over your eyes q,
in the back Of your head?''
'lt's all over my head" groaned the
victim. i.
Exactly. Proceeds from = nervou.
state OF the system. Ali your pulse is
away up. Let me see your tongue.
thought 30; cold current of air has
chilled the nerves along the spine, and I
smashing headache 10 tho result"
Are you physician?' I asked.
"Well, no, not in the ordinary sense
lam called = professor. Some call me q
fskir, even. effect cures by what il
called laying on Of hands. You an
skepticsl, Of course; but I'll agree tc
cure your friend here in ten minutes OF
forfeit ESQ.,"
For heavens sake go ahesdr' groaued
Tom. III you can cure me in an hou,
I'll give you&l0r'
We went down into the baggage de
partment, where the performance
wouldn't attract so much attention, and
the fellow began passing his hands over
Toms head and face, and also rubbing
his hands. He hadn't worked minute
before Tom said he felt better, and in ten
the headache was entirely gone.
'Now, don't offer to pay me or shall
be offended" he said, as he stopped
work, land you'd better sit quiet right
where you are for about ten minutes.
Close your eyes, thus, and lean back a
little more, So"
He bowed himself out in a graceful
way, and had been gone fifteen minutes
when Tom carefully arose, opened his
eyes and suddenly cried ont:
| Robbed, by thunderr'
The fakir got 80 IN cash, = railroad
ticket to Washington and . diamond
pin worth Gas. and tho police haven't
nSbbed him to this day.-New Yorl
Sun.
| A Doomed Duet.
Singers who murder" music are usu-
ally considered more guilty than tie
music Is. The provoked Cincinnati
judge was not blaming tho music, how.
ever, when he turned the metaphor the
other way,