The Red Cloud chief., 1891-03-13
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS



TWE senate on the z.th appointed . eoufcr-
encc on the bill making IN ppropstssson 20
| purchase seed for the drou9be eunsrcrS a
| pet tion from Omaha bankers wss presented
favoring the Taylor bin repeating mo pres
emit usury Law. Othcf petitions wero Pre-
scented, xnd committees reporfedL No..
Ter of bills we're Introduced. among theO Z
/ bin by Senator Collins for female suffrage
The bill to amend the statutes 50 ~ 20 aiioS .
INABILITY Of the voters Of . county "a divide u
was lost, receiving only IL votes Adjourned.
In the house committees reported A iengthy
report was submitted from the special com.
mistce appointed to inyetigate the receipts
| and expenditures Of moneys donated by she
| United States for thu support OF the asrt-
cultural experiment station Thc
found every thing In . Satisfactory condi-
ton At the afternoon session she house
went Into committee of the whole 10 con
slider bills on the general Ole. when the corn
mittee rose the bill passed ~auShcftxfnG the
boards Of supervisors in the various coon
ties TO issue bonds not to exceed 5 Der cent
Of the assessed valuation, with = maximum
limit Of SgA0OO. and use the proceeds To pur-
chase seed for the needy farmers selling ths
same for 10 per cent above cost. taking Z
promisory note from the purchaser. payable
In i've years. and bearing per cent interest
The house al,o passed the bill making eight
hours a legal days work for all classes 81
NOFhl ing unen CxtSpt tnosr Cuk fFeS oa -
| farm or in domestic labor" Adjourned
I WHEN the senate met on the 18th commit
tees reported and bills we're read a drst Lime.
senator Mates resolution that the secretary
Of the senate report Ia the senate employees
on the pay roll of the senate with "A view To
discharging the superfiuous ones after =
long debate was defeated by a vote OF ~ ia
"a. When the house met speaker Eldef
severely iectured the lobyists ~ ho bad been
| th.. srr..fap nf fnush ranfus4nu and an
! nOunced that the rules against them would
be rigidly enforced. The McReynoids' school
book bill then came mp on third reading and
passed by - tn 81. A resolution by Mr. Hove
for the appointDenttofa committee to inves-
tigAte charges against members Who voted
aid 10 western sufferers Was adopted after
animated debate. Under a resolution that
a majority of sac committee should he anti
independent the speaker appointed Howe
(rcp }. Faxon (rcp). Clifford (rcp }, Taylor
(ind Of Butler. feichtinger (ind.) and White
(de,nJ Of Cass A. the afternoon session the
house went into committee OF the whole u
consider bills on the gcner II file.
The senate met as . O'Clock y. IN on the ID
Committees reported and bills were read Il
second time and referred The bill estab-
fishing a normal schoOl ut Aurora was read
a third time and p~sssed-aycs. II, nays, IL
also the bill locating q normal school nj
ChadrOn also the bill providing for exten-
sion OF the time of re IN undue tax
sales ID. When the house met a petition was
read from the bankers Of Omaha favorins
the passage Of senate nic Is0-Mr. Taylor's
bill repeating the present u,ury law, and l.
similar to the MassaC husctts Law and that oil
several other states A long debate on usury
laws generally follow est. AMI the petition
was referred. Many committees reported
Billie were considered I'm committee of the
whole Mt the afternoon session. and a nim.
Der disposed ot.
THE senate on the Sd reconsidered the vote
nv which the Chadron normal scheol bill
had been defeated. The conference report
on the bono relief bill was presented and
cOncurred In. On motion OF Senator Beck
further proceedings in the Funck Collins
contest were ind. finiteiy postponed. Btll'
were then considered i'm mmit Of the
whole. The maximum freight rate bill was
debated mt great length and finally recon-,
mendcd for passage The house amended
the bill to provide for the issue Of 5000 In
bonds for the benefit Of the drought suffer
ers SO rs tn meet the requirements OF the
| constitution and the bill passed. The bill
providing for local option on tn. sale Of In
tOxicAting spirits was debated at great
length and the enact NJ clause stricken out
by n vote Of g. to "a. Many other bills were
favorably considered in Of the
whole. a resolution was adopted directing
the speaker tn appoint n special c~OtRtDitte,
Of nine to sift out all important BILLS
THE senate on the 9Th passed the bill pro-
hibI,ing undertaken OF others, without the
consent Of tho coroner, from placing EN-
balming fluid In the bodies OF persons vino
have died under suspicious circumstances
Tn. warehouse bill passed; also the bill re.
lating to registraiion. The senate in com
! mittce of the whole recommended for pas
age tn. bills to enable purchasers of seed
grain To mortgage the crop To be grown
! there rom, and the b:ii authorizing county
boards to use the county surplus general
fund to purchase fuel, seed grain. etc. for
needy farmers....Aft rece Wing several
petitions the house. IN committee OF she
whole, considered many bills. At the after
noon session MIR. Soicrman's bill for n con.
| s%tiiutiOual convention was considered nt
length and "a motion tn strike out the enact
ing claus. was lost by y vote of IS tn ~ and
the bill recommended far passage. House
bill requiring tine names of "A majority Of the
legal voters of the township or precinct Ca
= YIN a petition for establishing "a saloon be
fore the Iicen ,e shall be issued by the hoard
OF supervisors was also for
passage.
TVS senate met at noon on the 5th. when
committees reported Oh various bills, an
the body adjourned until morning. Al the
morning session Of The house the Moan bill
prohibiting free railroad passes To public
officials and Others WAS passed by s. yeas Ca
20 nays, (. being absent. Brcdcson, DObson
Nichols and iuggles, independents. voted
against the bill. Tie house also passed the
hill authorizing trades unions and a-socia,
tions tn adopt labels. aud Furnishing those
who may counterfeit them. The women's
municipal suffrage bin was defeated by Z,
yeas tn e. nays The bill authorizing the
formation of farmers mutual insurance
companies passed Bills were then consid
cred in committee of the whole.
M,sceIIanneoaa-
J.. A. HOWARD, a travelling man. was
recently arrested ut Nebraska City on
the charge Of forgery. He was at the
time in the city hospital, having broken
his leg a few nights previous "while
| out with the boys" He was charged
with classifying ORDERS for fruit trees
EDWARD Moan suddenly disappeared
from his home ut Stella several weeks
ago, and the other day he was heard
from on a passenger train Mt Bagdad.
Cal, when he suddenly drew a pistol
and shot two passengers (slightly
w~ounding them). then jumped from the
train, ran into the brush and cut his
throat. He wae insane.
A FIRE at Beatrice the other night Dr.
stroyed the residence occupied by the
family III R K Douglas, travelling
agent Of the burlington road. Mrs
Douglas and her little daughter barely
| escaped from the burning dwelling.
The lo~s on the building Ma q. 500,
with 81, 900 insurance; on the furniture,
81. 2O0, with $500 Insurance
TIE other day Andrew johnson and
Mrs Van Haven, of Chadron. eloped,
taking with them the latters seven
children. Their departure was attended
by considerable excitement ~ they
were followed closely ny the infuriased
husband and father Of I've family. But
the couple reached the train Just - Il
was ready 90 start and succeeded in
getting aboard.
MANY SCHMIDT, employed ut the
Boetwick hotel in Hastings died the
othermorning after twelve hours 81 in
dcscribabie agony, having taken IN un-
known quantity Of oil of tansy. A
young man who deceived her was the