The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-02-12

having previously failed The house passed
tae bill repeating the clause IN the old in-uf-
.nce law providing that II an Insurance COM
rany Incorporated In this state fails 70
nav a are loss within sixty days
the policy holder may recover
penalty OF ten per cent In afdi-
ton 20 his loss Gov Mount "wednesday
afternoon signed the bill directing the VAN
d.lia Railroad Go 10 make an accounting IS
10 its alleged debt of about si.oo0 90 10 the
state schoo! fund under an old charter The
attorney general will at once call upon the
railroad company for a statement ne
speaker q the house Immediately named :
committee 10 enforce the claim. II one shall
be developed
INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Jan - -SrsATE-TEe
senate THURSDAY afternoon passed senator
shively's measures 10 license the sale OF
cigarettes ana prohibit their sale 10 minors
under Il years The committee On elections
re ported in favor OF ousting George w Eo--
ers and seating Uriah gilbert the democrats
bringing in a minority report throwing out
Abe contest Each side was given an hour for
argument Culbert was seatedby'a strict party
vote OF 80 TO Ia During the period before this
matter came up the senate passed the house
bill establishing q superior court Ia Grant
oountv This is the hnal passage OF the meas
ure. and Is the most important Dali ihai has
vet gotten through both branches
HoVsE-The time OF the house was occupied
In passing bills OF minor Importance TIE
most interesting was a measure providing Tor
the appointment OF acommiitee Of three meme
bers OF the legislature every two years TO In
vestigate the needs OF the state Institutions
and furnish the legislature with reliable IN
formation upon which TO base appropriations
IL is the Intention OF this measure 10 do away
with all legislative 1unketing trips. ard 81 the
same time TO cut OF the various Injuries in
dulged in at the expense OF the state py the
I onicers OF state institutions
\ r<nt.<snafrs Ia 50 = Both houses
I OF the legislature were occupied Friday with
/ committee reports and second readings The
senate upon committee report killed TIE
proposition 10 establish a new circuit court IN
/ Rush county. and favored general shrfle OF
judicial arrangements in Elkhart, La1FAnge
Noble and Whitley counties. involving new
circuit The house INDUCED IN sundry long
discussions about dos taxes and marriage
laws but cid nothing definite in regard 70
them On committee reports Il killed al the
mortgage exemption bills before u
ISDIASAPo1rs Feb 2-S.SArE-The sen
ate Monday afternoon passed b. vote Of 20
10 g. the most important oil that mas been
before IL a measure by senator Ho!ler Tor IN
discriminate prison sentence i provides tnAt
In ali cases OF felony. except treason and muir
der In the first degree. the iurs shan simply
determine whether the accused Is guilty or
not ana upon a finding OF guilty the court
Z shall pronounce an indeterminate sentence.
stating the minimum ana maximum length Of
such sentence as stated in the l4w regarding
the orense
Houss-The house occrp.ed the afternoon
with a long discussion OF the cigarette ques-
ton with the !obbies full OF women WAC have
been urging .prohlbitory legislation The dis
cussion resulted in the passage OF Dill pro-
hIbiting the sale Of tobacco IN any form "a
minors instead OF the measure seeking ie
prohibit the manufacture and sale OF cigar
I cites altogether Most members announced
! al in
hibiton but believed that IL would
not stand the test OF the federal courts
While the house engaged IN dis
cussing and passing the cigarette bill. tue
senate took up and passed without discussion
I the measure introduced by senator McCord
prohibitins the manufacture and sale Of GIG ar
cites Among the new bills introduced va
one by Senator Wood repeating the fee and
salary law passel two years ago and restor
ing the old fee Law with n horizontal reduction
of about forty per cent
IsDiASAPoIIs. Ind. Feb a-The senat
after long discussion killed bill seeking =
make the diplomas OF the state universit
and such other colleges the state boar
Of education might elect good for lie Il
censes after eight years teaching IL as
passed one important bill which haa 81
ready passed the house and viii now oe
come q law This Is the Roots OH prov q
.s,g for a committee OF three members OF IA
legislature one senator and two reprcsen
tatives TO be appointed BY the goNerEo
Immediately after election TO visit the Nariou
state institutions and report upon their ueeH
; TO the legislature They are TO spend - day
( In their work and given their expense
and % per DAY. The intention OF the Dali IS
obtain more data for the use OF the legisla
ture and TO put an end to the Legislative lun'
citing trims 70 state institutions. which ha'
proven so expensive and 50 useless
HousE-Tbe house as posed OF a couple
r important measures upon second REQ
Tuesday. and put them in sucn shape as tae
. a-e likely to pass that toiv. The nfst
Ia these was a pharmacy tt!l ere ting s'a
r. board OF pharmacy. which Is 10 examine =
,e license all druggists and drug clerks III
= second measure OF importance was Dill Z
voluntary arbitration. creating a board oi y
10 labor commissioners. the judge OF tee eirct
ID court being the third member Of the boa
Is when it sits In aroitrating labor clspu
~ The arbitration provided for IS purely voiu
20 AIRY.
to THE Timms Manufacturing Co.
Id make bicycles. has been organized
u Seymour.
al AT Acton John w. Oliver, gener
d. merchant, caused several arrests !
IL cause his windows were repeated
e. broken. Testimony showed such fe'
as ing against him because of stories q
as by women. that his life almost seem
NC in danger.
AT Waterloo II. ~ Coffin berry. bar
Al er and alleged embezzler. who was s.
IL to be dead. is reported alive. A COT
vi was put in the grave, but Coffinber
lis was not in it. il is said
d. HOWARD county has the youngest
vorced woman on record Bertha
m Barker. aged IS, has obtained
TT vorce from her husband. Chas NJ II
ker. Last May the girl renowned dc
tn, to marry a neighbor lad little oil
ed than herself. The girl will return
im- school
The VIM EARHART. aged IS, is mys'
of iously missing from his home. Ell,
ng. miles from Madison. Streams HI
ina been dragged A neighborhood c
lily troversy leads the parents of the
TO suspect that he was kidnapped
the HARRISON PESIIcosr, of South lie
the aged "a, died and did not tell where
sist hid his gold in starke county. q.
IN heirs will search on his old farm.