The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-19
COMING TO SALT LAKE.
IDAHO LAWMAKERS WILL Ar
RIVE HERE TOMORROW.
So Far, IA Names Are on the Ex-
cursion List-Senate Devotes
Much Time to the Medical Bill
State Treasurer Storey's New
Bond.
fsneoial to The Herald.i

resolution was adopted by the leglSla-
ture today for adjournment at noon
tomorrow until o'clock Tuesday, for
the purpose OF making the excursion
to Salt Lake. During the day a dis
patch was received from the joint COM
mittee of the Utah legislature, stating
that that body intended to visit Logan
on Saturday, but will hold a session on
Monday. The Idaho legislators, how
ever. viii leave tomorrow afternoon as
originally planned. So far, 144 names
are on the excursion list. The party
will be in charge of conductor w. G.
Lane, of the Short Line
THE MEDICAL BILL
The senate today devoted practically
its entire time to the consideration OF
the medical bill This measure was
prepared by the judiciary committee of
the two houses as a compromise be-
tween the conflicting elements. 1t is
satisfactory to the state medical So
ciety, and at the same time drops the
provisions that were particularly OBJ
jectionable to those physicians who do
not belong to the society. Notwith-
standing this the latter class of doc
tors have been opposing the meas
ure. They did not muster enough
strength in the senate until propo-
sition was sprung to add a section
making a schedule of fees to be
charged by doctors. This attracted a
number of supporters and the fight
thereafter was very close. The original
fee section was lost by a tie vote in
committee of the whole. A portion of
it was offered again. and this was
carried Efforts made to reconsider for
the purpose of striking it out. led to
great confusion. Finally, the committee
recommended the bill to pass as
amended, but in the senate a motion
to strike out the fee clause and adopt
the remainder of the report was carried
by a vote of II to 10.
JANUARY ASSESSMENT
In the house a bill providing that
assessment of property shall begin in
January was recommitted to the COM
mittee of the whole.
LIQUOR LICENSES.
An effort was made to pass a bill
changing the method of distribution of
money collected for liquor licenses.
After a hard fight, it was Indefinitely
postponed. The senate bill to remit
penalties on unpaid taxes for 1896
passed the committee of the whole by
a vote of 20 to Is.
STATE WATERS.
A night session of the house was de-
viding that corporations or individuals
may improve streams of the state for
the purpose of bringing logs through
them and giving those making the i'm
provements the right to collect tolls,
under the supervision of the state land
board from others using the stream
for a similar purpose. tits a most i'm
portant measure. No action was taken
tonight.
A NEW BOND.
State Treasurer Storer today filed a
new bond for $65, 900, with II citizens of
Boise as sureties. This was made neces-
sary by the fact of Charles Bunting be-
ing the principal surety on the old
bond.
John Cleveland Robinson.
Binghanlton. n. Y, Eeb. 1s-General
John Cleveland Robinson, after a weeks
illness, died at his home in this CITY at
40 p. m today. General Robinson was
born in this city April 10. 1877. He spent
three years at West Point. afterwards
studying law. In 1888, he obtained a COM
mission as second lieutenant and entered
the Fifth infantry. From this period IN
I'll 1863 when he retired from the army
General Robinson served his country in
the military. rising through the various
re served through the Mexican war and
a@ter that campaign went to Florida to
associate. with the forces against the
Seminole Indians. In 1872. he was elected
lfeutenant-governor of the state of New
York. He was cOmmander-in-chief of the
C. A. r. in 1877 and 1873. and in 1887 was
elected president of the Society of the
Amy of the Potomac. He has been
blind for several years as the indirect re-
suit of an injury received in battle.