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The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Monday, February IS.

Another anti-pass bill was killed in
the house Saturday. The committee
recommended G~rosvenor's and Cum
%ningham's bills for indefinite postpone
ment.
Reports of standing committees were
continued as follows:
House roll No. 2O3, relating TO insur-
ance to pass. IL was allowed to go on
general file
House roll No. s, appropriating $780,
900 for a wing to the Hastings asylum,
to- be postponed.
House roll No. III, relating TO regis
tration Of bonds by the auditor, to pass
as amended.
House roll No. PA, relating 20 special
assessments in metropolitan cities, to
pass.
House roll No. 3l0. Jansen's board
of agriculture bill, to pass as amended.
House roll No. 297, appropriating So
500 to the state horticultural society,
to pass.
House roll No. AIS, appropriating
S., 900 for a chapel at the Peru normal,
to be placed on general file.
House roll No. 800, appropriating
money in state normal library fund
for the purchase of books, TO pass.
House roll No. AIS, by Jansen, to
protect the spread of contagious dis
eases among domestic animals. and
No. 476, by Haher, to build a $4,000
governors mansion DIT Lincoln; No.
4sl, by Zellers to protect the spread OF
contagious diseases; No. $50, by Pick,
to build a 100000 normal school at
O'Neill. Holt county; No. 4s6, by Evans,
to build a 5000 0 normal school at
Tasting; No. 4ss, by Johnson, to build
o normal school at Holdrcge, Phelps
county; were among the new house
bills.
After the joint convention the house
adjourned Immediately till Monday az
II o'clock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Tuesday, February -.

The university bill was considered
by the senate in the committee of the
whole yesterday, and was recommend
ed for passage. Van Dusen Of Douglas
opposed IL, and some others have OK
pressed objections.
The principal ground taken by those
who opposed the bill was that IL was
SO wordcd that 1t practically made Il
specific appropriation of the levy so
that the agents could use the money
without calling upon the Legislature to
make n specific appropriation.
Those who support the bill assert
that IL merely increases the university
levy from 3-S mill To one mill. and
that the university authorities cannot
use any of the fund except by specific
appropriation by the legislature. The
levy IL intended to create a fund
against which appropriations of the
Legislature may be drawn, as the gen
eral fund OF the state is now largely
overdrawn.
Talbot's motion to recommend the
bill for passage was adopted. The re-
port of the committee of the whole
was adopted without a roll call.
At 500 the senate adjourned. Prac-
tically no business was transacted Mt
the morning session.. The senate was
called to order at IL u. m. Senate file
-, by McCargar, relating the the man
ngement of soldiers homes, was placed
on the general file. No new bills were
introduced
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Friday, Februar y n.

Something out of the ordinary run
MA presented yesterday In the senate
by Farrell OF Merrick, fusionist. In the
form OF a plan to hold an election to
decide the senatorial contest.
lie wanted the governor authorized
TO call q special election sometime be-
tween March | and March Is. The fu-
sionists were to put up Allen, and the
republicans were to nominate three
candidates or less. Those who voted
for the bill proposed by Mr.. Farrell
were to pledge themselves To vote for
Senator Allen for senator IL he received
the largestnumber Of votes Mt the polls,
and on the other hand they were to
vote for the republican candidate who
received the highest vote, provided.
however, that the combined vote Of
the republican candidates at the polls
exceeded the vote received at the polls
by Senator Allen. The proposition
was tabled.
Talbot's bill to reduce interest on
state warrants from to 4 per cent
was recommended To pass.
The bill to provide for "A commission
To revise the statutes and tn report 20
the next legislature saw the light yes.
terday for the first time. 1t was put
on general file. The bill names as such
commissioners Silas A. Holcomb, j. +.
Cobbey and Charles $. Lobengier. each
to receive 50, 800 for his services. in ad-
dition to something for expenses.
Some members of the legislature deem
such a commission necessary; others
refer to IL as a ''pension" bill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Tuesday. February IL.

DIR. Fletcher Wharton pronounced
the invocation in the house yesterday
morning.
A petition was read favoring the
passage of the joint resolution relat-
ing to the submission of the woman's
suffrage amendment by congress.
Petitions from the western part of
the state were read favoring the ap-
portionment of money for payment of
bounty on wolves, coyotes and wild
cats.
House roll No 20. Evans banking
bill, was recommended by the stand
ing committee to be postponed.
Prince of Hall stated the objections
to the bill. 1t would tie up 5 per cen
of the deposit, which was too large an
amount Of funds. The sinking fund
deposited with the state would place
the unstable institution on the same
level with those which have been con-
Quoted on thorough business princi-
pies. From the standpoint of the de-
p~ositor, Mr.. Prince thought the bill
would carry down all the banks with
the others. The bill draws or solvent
banks Il keep insolvent institutions in
a crisis which, it vas thought, was Il
vital objection.
At Q o'clock the house went into
committee of the whole to discuss Pol
lard's revenue bill The bill was
amended, making the time for assess
ment from April 1 to June /. The
committee arose and reported progress
and will consider the bill on Mondays
and Thursdays.
Among the new bills introduced
were:
ii. r. No. 492. by Thompson CLAW
To provide each company OF the First
Nebraska volunteers at Manila with
n fund in cash, and provide for a fund
to defray expenses of bringing to their
native land the remains of those Ne
braskans who have died on the field
of battle, or in hospitals, in foreign
lands while in the service OF their
country, and making an appropriation
Of 81, 900 for these purposes.
II. r. No. 494, by Lemar-Requiring
| corporations doing n life insurance
| business in this state upon the level
premium plan, to print on all THEN
| policies or benefit certificates the words
this contract is issued upon tile level
premium plan" and also to print the
works ''level premium plan upon
| every application, circular, card, ad-
| vertisement and other printed docu'
ments.
II. r. No. 405, by Easterling-To
prevent the practice known as trap
shooting.
II. II. No. 496, by Evans-To amend
sections / and 9 of chapter A, of the
compiled statutes of 1897, entitled
interest" reducing the rate Of inter
est from 10 to 8 per cent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
wcdnc,dny. Februar- IS.

The house spent the greater share OF
its time yesterday in the passage of
bills. The furry in the morning oc-
casioned by the special message from
the governor relative to the auditors
Office was soon Gained outwardly and
bills were introduced and several were
passed and some were killed. Those
which passed were as follows: Pro-
viding stringent rules governing the
use of union labels on manufactured
goods; transferring certain funds in the
state treasury to the general fund; de-
termining the maximum levy for school
purposes; limiting the number of hours
which a railway employee may work
at one time without rest to eighteen;
providing u way by which school dis
tricts may make II levy for school dis
trict libraries.
The following bills We're killed: A
curative amending the herd
law; making certain restrictions re-
garding the issuance of professional
school teachers certificates; providing
for the destruction OF weeds along
highways; changing the requirements
for a common teachers certificate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Monday, February is.

The senate took up the university
dill in the committee of the whole
Saturday, but at the urgent request of
bill was made the special order for
Monday. IL will be the first bill con
sidered in committee of the whole to-
day. II will probably not be reached
until afternoon, as the two houses
will not convene until IL a. IN. and
very little will be accomplished at the
forenoon session. Only ten days more
remain for the introduction Of bills
and il the bill is not favorably re,
ceived the usual number OF appropria-
ton bills for the university will be in
troduccd.
Eight curative bills were passed in
the senate Saturday. These bills sup
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
NEBRASKA SENATE
PROCEEDINGS OF UPPER LEG
ISlATlVE BRANCH
A succipct Summary Of the Doings of .
weck-A Mass OF mis-, Resoia-
tiops. Etc. Acted Upon.
Thursday, February %.

The free high school bill, senate Ale
~, by Curric OF Custer. the measure
which is considered the connecting
link between the oinino schools and
the state university, was passed yes
tcrday by the senate without "a single
vote In opposition. a similar bill was
passed two years ago, but IA found
to be defective and the supreme court
dcclarep 1t invalid. Two bills failed
20 pass One was n bill extending the
mechanics, lien law to windmills and
wells. The other was simply % cura-
tive bill, but when IL came up for pass
& the senate concluded that the old
law was bad. and instead of doctoring
IL. wiped IL from the statutes. 1t was
n law authorizing road ovcrsccrs to
pillow along the side of roads for the
purpose of preventing the spread of
prairie fires.
A bill declaring bicycles TO be bag.
gage and requiring railroads TO carry
them as such was indefinitely post
poncd on recommendation OF the rail
road committee.
A bill providing that persons who
ore in default of payment of taxes
shall not be eligible to Office until
their taxes are paid was placed on
general file without recommendation.
One of the standing jokes of the SEN
ate relates To the formation of the
committee on mines and minerals.
The republican majority made the en-
tire minority side comprcsc this com
mittec. Yesterday the committee sub
mitted its first repart. IL reported on
a bill that repeals the law exempting
from taxation all tools used in coal
mining in this state. The committee
made no recommendation and the bill
was placed on the general file. O'Neill
Of Holt, %fusionist' introduced a joint
memorial asking congress to withdraw
the, American army now in the Philip
pines.
The senate Is tired of waiting on the
contracting printer. 1t is claimed that
some bills are held ten days, whereas
the statutes permit them to be held by
the printer only three days. A reso-
luton was passed yesterday morning
for the purpose of holding the contrac-
tor liable for the penalty Of SIS for
each failure to return a bin within the
limit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
A FEW THOUSAND TOO MANY.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 14.-George E.
Cole, auditor of state, has allowed,
under protest, the state printers bill
OF $4,000 for printing the last issue OF
the reports Of the state board of agri.
culture. The Dill is for Is, 600 copies
and is for printing alone, and does not
include material or binding. The au.
ditor's objection was that since the
statute authorizes only $500 copies Of
this report. the state printer had no
right TO print $4,000. The printer ex-
hibited an order signed by the Popu.
list printing committee, and the audi.
tor honored it, although he said that
even did not warrant an em sss of the
$500 copies authorized by law. He
said however, that since the prauter
had a color of authority he would a.
low the claim, but warned him that 30
long as the law stands authorizing
than that ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
ATLANTIC FLEET OVERDUE.
Storms Probably Detain Seven Liners Out.
side Sandy Hook.

storms Probably Detain Seven Linofs Out.
side Sandy Hook.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-None Of the
Atlantic passenger liners from Great
Britain and the continent that regu.
larly arrive here at the end Of the week,
has yet been sighted. The passenger
liners due are the American liner Paris,
nine days out from Southampton,
which was due Friday; the Cunardes
Etruria, eight days out from Queens.
town; the French liner La B~retagne,
nine days out from Havre; the Anchor
liner Anchoria, sixteen days out from
Glasgow; the Holland American liner
~Sparndam, eighteen days out from
Rotterdam; the neutrality-suspicious.
liner Pretoria, fifteen days out from
Hamburg; the North German Lloyd
liner Gera, thirteen days out from
Bremen; the White Star liners No.
madic "a freighter), thirteen days out,
and the Cymric, ten days out from
Liverpool.
Freight steamers, whose voyages are
growing uncomfortably long, are the
Eastern Prince, twenty-four DAYS out
from Shields; Deike Rickmers, twenty.
five days out from Havre; Salerno,
twenty-six daysout from Newcastle,
England and the Catania, eighteen
days out from st. Michaels. The Al
mida, ffty-eight days out from Shields,
has about been given up as lost with
all on board.
A large fleet of steamers, IL 10 sup.
posed, has arrived in the vicinity OF
Sandy Hook bar and is waiting out.
side for the blizzard to pass. The ma.
rine observer laconically reports,
Nothing but blizzard"
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17

ply repeating clauses TO a,ts passed by
fohhner legislatures, the supreme court
having held that where sections Of
the statute have been amended the or
iginal section must be repealed.
The senate spent some time on n
ballot bill. IL Is senate file No. 1, a
bill to prevent the name OF a candi-
date from appearing on the ballot
more than once. The bill was recon-
mended for passage.
Senator Steelc's bill, senate file No.
1903, to permit county attorneys to ap-
pear I'm a case that has been trans
ferred by change Of venue to another
county, was passed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Joint Convention.

Thirty members of the legislature
did not vote Saturday in joint con-
ve%ntion, they either being out of the
city or paired with absent numbers.
Representative Conwell, the Dewly
seated representative, cast his vote for
Mr.. Hainer.
Pollard of Cass offered a resolution
which was adopted unanimously by a
rising vote, showing the veneration Of
the joint convention for the soldiers
killed and wounded at Manila.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Wednesday, February I5,

The senate yesterday was presented
copies of the answer of the board of
transportation In regard to n PROPOSE
ton To reduce railroad rates on inter
state shipments OF lumber, coal. grain
and live stock, which answer was in
the negative. The boards answer to
questions asked by the house ON
prised the bulk Of the report, Spohn
wanted 500 copies of the report print
ed. The senators did not care to or
der the printing without further in
vestigation. The matter vas made n
special order for 3 p. IN. Thursday.
The governors special message in
regard to an investigation Of the state
auditors office was made a special or
der for , p. m, but the hour was
changed later to II a. m. today, on ac-
count of the adjournment yesterday
for the day at 1890 in order that the
senators might 90 to the state farm
and view n display in the electrical de-
partment.
The university bill, house, roll III,
was passed with the emergency clause,
the vote being 81 to 6. Those who
voted against the bill were Farrell,
Halderman, Knepper, Newell, ONeill
and Van Dusen, three f~usionists and
three republicans. Spoha of Nuckolls,
Schaal of Sarpy were not in the senate
chamber when the vote was taken.
Eighteen republicans and seven fusion
lists voted for the bill. The bill in
creases the levy for support of the
university from three-cighths mill 10
one mill on the dollar valuation of the
assessment roll of the state.
Prout of Gage offered n joint resolu'
ton To provide medals for officers and
men of First, Second and Third .rcgi'
ments and Troop X.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
Saturday, February n.

The senate passed u bill yesterday
reducing the interest on state warrants
from 5 to 4 per cent and reducing the
interest rate On county and city war
rants and bonds. A judicial appor-
tionment bill cutting off Gage and JEFF
ferson counties from the First judicial
district was killed without hesitation.
Some Of the members expressed a de
sire to reduce the number of district
Judges in the state. As there is n bill
of that nsturc yet to be considered all
will have q chance to go IN record.
A little progress was made with SEN
ator Prout's ballot law lie offered an
amendment asked by the ~fusiopist
side TO abolish the voting Of a straight
ticket by making IN mark at the head
Of the ticket. The bill was intended
TO prevent the name OF q candidate
from appearing on the ballot more than
once. No action was taken.
Senate file No. l2s, to require joiner
of property owners and cities in side
walk damage suits, was indefinitely
postponed. Crow of Douglas said the
cities wanted the bill, but the people
did not. Some fun was had over the
report of the ~fusionists on a resolution
relating to foreign alliance. The fu-
sionists comprising the committee on
mines and mining brought in a sub
stitutc almost like the original and
recommended that it be placed on gen.
eral file and passed. A few republi-
cans finally consented to allow the res.
o%lution to go on file and they voted
with the fusionists. A majority of the
republicans were opposed to taking M
the time Of the senate with matters
which did not concern the body. Tn.
fusionists declared a foreign allianc,
was a living issue that was keeping
people awake at night.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
SATURDAY.. February IL.

Yesterday morning in the house
Grosvenor's anti-pass bill which had
been recommended for postponement
was considered and a very warm de-
bate ensued. Grosvenor asked that
the bill be given a place on general
file but the request was denied and the
bin was postponed, the vote being 40
TO AZ.
z The vote to adopt the committee re-
port to postpone the anti-pass bill was
as follows:
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.

Wheeler of Furnas moved to adjourn
till Tuesday when the house adjourned.
Burns amended by making adjourn
ment till this morning The amend
ment carried.
Prince OF Hall moved that Mr.. An
derson receive full pay for the time he
served, which carried.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
strange weather vaue In Enx,sua.

On the roof Of a brewery at Maid
stone is to be seen one Of the most
remarkable M in England. 1t rep-
resents an old brown jug and glass.
The jug. which is made OF copper.
stands three feet six inches In height,
and three feet In diameter. and Is ca
pable OF holding 10S gallons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17
EIecting . Senator.

Following is the result Of the ballots
so far taken in the legislature OF Unit
ed States senator. The first column
represents the separate ballot, the
others the Joint ballots:
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-17

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-20

Ruff City Lumber co. manufacture CT and dealer in all kinds of lumber, also sashes, doors, blinds. and all kinds of iDteiior and exterior finish Everythine at reasona ble prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-20
LTANA WRECK
OF THevcTlMs ReceNTLyEx- sEo BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

In April, 1865 Her Boilers Burst and 1 500
 Union Soldiers Were Killed or Drowned
 River Has Now Undermined the Crave
 yard Where Recovered Bodies Laid.
 The boat lay in this port for several hours discharging a cargo of molasses, and started up the river early on the morning of the 27th. She had pro- ceeded about six miles, being opposite Hen and Chicken Island, when, with out any warning whatever, her boilers burst, her hog chains parted and the shattered wreck caught fire. As many as 1,500 soldiers were killed or drowned as a result of the accident, and for four days dozens of foaters were cap tured every hour or so.
 Many bodies were recovered near the scene of the wreck, and these were buried at Mound City. At that time the people in this vicinity cared prec- ious little for Yankee soldiers, though they gave them a decent burial. No tombstones were erected, however, and the graves were not kept green.
 When the Sultana's victims were buried at Mound City the impromptu graveyard in which their last sleep was to be slept was far from the rivers bank, but the Mississippi, seemingly with a fendish desire to claim the bones of these victims for her waters to ripple over, as they have rippled over for years the bones of other yic- tins of the same catastrophe, has gradually worn away the ground until now she sweeps by the graveyard with 8 steady, sullen murmur, and bones and ghastly skulls look down on the water from where they lie, few feet away.
 The wreck of the steamer Su1tana, which occurred on April 27, 1865, and which sent shudder over the entire length and breadth of this land, has been recalled by the action of the Mis- sissippi river, on whose broad bosom the catastrophe took place, and in whose cold embrace hundreds of sol diers. went down to rise no more.
 1 The Sultana was a very large Missis- sippi River packet, which was engaged by the UnI'1d States Government as soon as the Civil War was ended, to convey Federal troops from the far South to their homes. The steamer took on a large number of troops at Vicksburg, and took on several other smaller attachments on the way up. When she arrived here, on April 26, she had 2,300 Federal soldiers aboard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-20
Mischief Made by n NTuskrat.

A little muSkrat caused more trouble in Buffalo the other night than is ever known to have been caused by one of the animals. This particular muskrat succeeded in cutting off the electric light supply of nearly the entire city, and it was an hour before the cause of the trouble was located and re. moved. With the exception of an iso- lated district here and there the en- tire town was wrapped in total dark ness. Main street. was one long avenue of gloom, broken only by lights in windows by private plants. Everything had been running smoothly at the pow CT station of the Buffalo General Elec- tric company when the startling dis- covery was made that the water in the boilers and condensers was rapidly going down. An examination of the valve that lets the water in through the big feed pipe that runs out into Buffalo river was made, but the valve was open as it should be. The valves on the boilers and eondensers were ex- amined, and they were found to be all right, too. The water in the boilers dropped lower and lower, until finally, in order to avoid an explosion, it was found necessary to bank the fires and shut off the draughts. This done, the dynamos no longer supplied current for the lamps, an6 the lights went out. The trouble man .Jas called to the sta ton. He quickly located the trouble in the feed pipe. It was cut, and after some fishing aTcund he dragged a muskrat out of tae pipe and dropped 1t on the floor.