The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-04-13
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
The House Passes Two of Senator Wilson's
Bills RelatIng to Tnterest-spsaker
Wards Railroad Measure.

| Jefferson City. Mo. April 1.-THE
| house passed two of Senator Wilson's
! interest bills. One prohl bits the send
I ing of claims not coIlectable in this
/ state to other states for collection and
( the garnishmcnt of the wages of a
man working in another state, but
living j Missouri It applies particu-
! larry to cases where man working N
/ Kansas keeps his family in Kansas
! City. The other prohibits loan agents
from charging more than two per
cent a month on short time loans.
Speaker Ward introduced a bill to
give the state board of railroad com
InissiOners power to compel railroad
companies to maintain stations where
the business 10 be done would, in the
judgment of the commissioners. Justify
it.
The house passed bin hich may
seriously interfere with the issuance
of attachments or inlunctions against
banks or trust companies in a failing
condition. The bill was introduced
by Mr.. Wig ht, of Randolph, and passed
so to H.
The house passed bill by Mr.. Wool
folk, of Lincoln. providing that every
person who shall break and enter into
any banking house or bank building
in viii ch there shall be at the time
any money, notes, other valuable
things kept or deposited, with intent
to steal or commit any felony therein,
shall, on conviction, be adjudged
guilty of burglary in the second degree.
Beedle's bill to compel street rail-
ways to place vestibules on motor and
grip cars passed the house by a unani-
nous vote
Senator Tandy, of Mcdonald county,
introduced a bill to pay Heck Thomas,
a deputy United States marshal, 5000
for killing Bill" Doolin, the Ollaho-
ma outlaw, August %. 1896. Doolin
headed n gang who robbed bank a t
Southeast City and killed ex-senator
j. c. Seaborn in MAY, 1894. Gov. Stone
offered a reward of $500 for the cap
ture of Doolin and Thomas set out to
find him. 1t took him two years to
find his man and when they met shoot
ing began at once Thomas had to
kill Doolin to capture him and has
never been paid for it.
The senate passed bill by Senator
Lyons providing that no mileage shall
be paid to witnesses in criminal cases
unless they are compelled To travel |
more than five miles.
The senate passed bill Ievying an |
inspection tax of one cent per gallon |
on beer made and sold in the state and |
two cents for labelling each package |
or case of - bottles. Beer shipped |
out of the state will be inspected free. |
1t is estimated that the bill will yield |
a revenue of S640, 900 annually.
The committee appointed by the |
democratic caucus to draw up an cleo
tion bill decided on a measure which |
repeats the present law governing
Kansas City and st. Louis elections
and provides for three election COM
missioners for each city, all to be APP
pointed by the governor. No more
than two commissioners on each board
are to be members of the same politi-
cal party.
w. j. Bryan arrived at the capital at
ESQ to-day. He was met at the depot
by the joint Legislative committee, of
which Senator Vandiver is chairman,
and escorted to the executive mansion,
where lunch was served by Gov. and
Mrs. Stephens. AT $50 Mr.. Bryan de-
livered an address to the joint assem-
bly, in representative hall