Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

serious condition Of affairs at the state peni-
Tertiary. The warden's letter was as fol-
lows:
have the honor to inform you that tine
Lincoln Cooperage company has this day
discontinued operating its plant in the man
u%facture of cooperage. This firm has beer
employing on an average seventy inmates
of this institution and these, men, are now
idle. 1 have never been. advised by the
ings whether the Lincoln Cooperage com
pany entered into a contract with the. state
for convict labor. or If to charge their full
The Buckstaff brothers Manufacturing
company up to two weeks ago employed
ranges, but is at present only working ten
men, and l nave been informed, today, by
their foreman that they intend to close
down the. stove plant entirely in the course
The action of these firms will leave los
able-bodied men without employment and 1t
becomes absolutely necessary that some
thing BIZ Sf d Sas.e a SgfS to h fnrtb the dRs iln,!en-
The penltentiary bill referred to In the
communication from Warden Leidigh is SEN
ate file No. 219, and Is designed to provide
a system of government for the state prison
and will permit the Board Of Public Lands
and Buildings to make contracts for leasing
tie labor of %convicts. After some little eX-
planation aud discussion the bill was made
a special order for next Tuesday at 10
o'clock.
> ST. Mt re THE GENERAL FILE.
Inc DIS introduced yesterday were Teau
the aecCnd' time All referred to their appro-
PIRATE committees. The joint resolution set
ting apart one day In each year to be OBJ
served as bird day" by the public schools
was ordered engrossed for third reading
without reference to a committee. A num-
Der of reports from standing committees
were received ard the following bills were
added to the general file:
Senate file No. 30, by Ransom. to provide
that the widower of any deceased person
EnAlI ms nnt1tlAH IN tho ana 1tGtrfbnlftH A
share OF the estate Of his diseased wife that
said wife Is entitled to In his estate.
Senate file No, Sc. by Ransom, to provide
that the widower of a deceased intestate
snail be entitled TO receive the same share
of the residue of said intestate PERSONS es-
tate as a child Of the i~ntestatc would be en-
titled to.
Senate file No. 81, by Ransom, providing
that records OF all proceedings had in pro-
bate matters, and every record In any pro-
oeeding In which the county Judge has juris-
~diction, shall be received in evidence with
the same force and effect as the originals
thereof, and 1t shall not be necessary to
call such Judge or his successor In office TO
prove said record.
Senate file No. IS, by Ransom, to author
ne county courts to require administrator
ana administration with will annexed TO
pay and deliver to said courts money and
certain personal property remaining in their
possession after the final settlement of their
accounts.
Senate file No. 66, by Caldwell, to amend
sectlon 1871, of chapter lxXyii, of the Com
plled Statutes of 1895 so as to make II read
as follows: I'm any case in which the
plaintiff shall recover In an action for the
foreclosure OF tax liens as provided in this
act, he shall be entitled TO interest on each
amount paid by him ut the rate OF 20 per
cent per annum from the date OF each paw
ment for the term of two years and at the
rate OF 10 per cent per annum on each OF
said amounts from aud after the expiration
OF said two years and until the rendition of
the decree of foreclosure. which decree
shall draw interest as in other cases"
Senate file No. IS. by bearing. TO regu-
late the manufacture and sale of cider.
Senate file No. 1860. by GondFing. prescrib-
Ing the form for treasurer's deeds for real
estate sold for taxes.
Senate file Nc. 165, by bearing. 10 reeu-
late the charges made for the use Of tele-
phones by all persons. firms, associations or
corporations engaged In the telephone bust |
ness In tho state OF Nebraska.
Senate file No. 1893. by Beal, to protect
stock from pitfalls.
Senate file No. 1875. by Beal, 10 amend the
law relating to primary elections and TO
the arrangement of the names of candidates
on the Official ballots.
WILL CONSIDER III SAFE BILL
Under the head of miscellaneous business
the bill introduced by DuRdas yesterday, for
tho safe keeping Of public funds. a special
order for Monday afternoon, March s.
The senate then went into committee of
he whole to consider bills on general file, |