The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-01-19

The minnesota Body Holds n Short
S~essiOn-Thc Reform School Fight
In North Dukotn-A Big Reward for
Taylor.
st. Paul, Jan. 1G.-Thc house met
with a quorum present. The secre-
tary Of the senate appeared and re-
ported the passage by the senate OF Il
joint resolution providing for the APP
pOintlncnt Of II committee to investi-
gate and report on the suffering from
the Hincklcy forest fire and to rcom-
mend some legislation Oh the subject.
MIR. Johns rose to a question Of priv
ilege, and presented Speaker Van
SAINT with a handsome .ayel. the gift
Of the pupils of the st. I'aul manual
training school.
Speaker Van SAINT, in accepting,
made a brief reply, extending his
thanks to the donors.
The Commercial clubs Of st. Paul
and Minneapolis sent the following
invitation:
1.-The Commercial clubs Of the Twin
Cities, representing some 1000 bust
ness and professional men of the cities
Of st. Paul and Minneapolis, respect
lully request your edI-cSL cOlSlucrI-
ton of the following:
1.-The dread calamity of September.
1894, when the world stood appalled,
at the Minnesota forest fires. should
not be without its lesson. In October,
1894, a largely attended meeting of
the citizens of various parts Of the
state, at the rooms of the st. Paul
Commercial club. strongly favored
state laws looking to the preservation
of our forests and the prevention of
recurring holacauSts so disastrous to
human life. In Canada. and we be-
lieve in some parts of the United
States, wise laws exist. and necessary
measures are taken to the desired end,
with beneficial results. 1t is our ear
nest request that the subject receive
the consideration at your hands that
it seemingly deserves"
The joint resolution providing for
the appointment of a committee of
three from the senate and five from
tho house to inquire into the 6articu-
lars and recommend some legislation
concerning the sufferers by the Hinck-
ley forest fires was, on motion of Mr..
Anderson, adopted.
The session of the senate was II
of the shortest on record. Promptly
at the hour of meeting Lieut.. Gov.
Clough called the senate to order and.
in the absence of Rev. Forbes, the
chaplain, the usual prayer was dis
pensed with. A call of the roll dis
closed the fact that tw~enty-sevcn
members We're present. This was Il
quorum and the order of business was
gone v e. as if every one did not
know an understanding existed that
no business was to be transacted. Not
bill, petition. communication or reso-
luton was offered. so. on motion, an
adjournment was taken.
North Dakota.
Bismarck, N. D.. Jan. 1G. In the
senate a committee was appointed to
investigate the matter of the reform
school contract. The attorney general
announced that he had secured Il re
straining order preventing the reform
school board from taking further ac-
ton.
Bills introduced in the senate: Ar
mold, providing that chattel mortgages
must be renewed within three years,
not within a time limited to twenty
years as now; Strom, providing for
the condemnation Of sites for ware
on railroad rights of way;
Plain, having the effect to make the
cost of destroying Russian thistles
and other noxious weeds a lien OH
land; Haggart. appropriating $50. 100
for the agricultural college; White,
$40. 600 for the normal school; Fuller,
$s154.55O for the insane asylum;
Wishek, regulating the fees of county
,1rvyo1ynrSs Sf,som rrOhihifinO Nffi0nV0
and employees of state institutions
from being interested in contracts;
McGillivray, dividing u~norganiZed
counties in the western part of the
state between Mercer, Stark and Bill
ings counties. with a view of taxing
herds of cattle in the Bad Lands and
reaching the railroad lands for taxa
ton. The senate %concurred in the
house resolution to send a committee
to confer with the Minnesota legisla-
ture in order to harmonic the laws of
the two states with a view to reducing
grain and coal rates. Senator Hag-
CART presented a resolution calling on
the auditor and treasurer for esti-
of probable revenues. expenses.
etc., of the state with a view to cut
ting appropriations to fit the financial
condition.
Bills introduced in the house: Tof-
stend, requiring quarterly statements
to be published by the state and coun-
ty auditors and treasurers, including
receipts and expenditures: Sharpe. de-
fning the duties of states attorneys,
and fixing the salary at $500 for TO-
600, 500 for each additional 1000,
but limiting at $500; Simpson,
changing the boundaries of western
counties in accordance with the bill
in the senate; Guinam, requiring an
agent to be kept at railroad sidings
where freight receipts are $4,000;
Wineman. prescribing a form for
bonds issued by the authority of the
state: Hogan. fixing the responsibility
for the default Of company employees
or employer in case of damage, also
providing for the publication of the
price of wheat and insurance, freight,
cost Of shipment to Duluth or Su-
and Liverpool; Rasmussen, re-
pealing the law fixing coal rates.
Reward for Taylor.
Pierre, s. D.. Jan. 16.-The report
Of the committee on compensation Of
house officials reported that the re-