The Worthington advance., 1901-02-15

the eyes of their customers. It also
forbids the general practitioner from
practicing a. an oculiAt.
st. Paul, MINI. Feb. o.-The senate
cleared its decks yesterday by passing
i've bills, all that were ready for the
third reading. One of them makes
the wife equally liable for debts con-
tracted in the purchase of household
supplies. Another allows divorce
suits to be conducted in county other
than the one where the original action
was begun.
A good deal of the time of the SEN
ate was devoted to considering the
resolution ousting j. s. Vandiver from
his clerkship. A compromise was fin
ally effected by passing a resolution
appointing a committee of five to re-
wise the entire list of senate employees
and ascertain whether there are not
others whose services can be dispensed
with. This makes every employee of
OF the senate a champion of Vandiver's
cause. as none of them want to let go,
and if there really is to be reduction,
in the interest of economy, none Of
them know just where lightning is
going to strike. The consequence is
that Vandiver will probably hold his
job and the pardon of Mollie Morris
will be again endorsed.
The house was in session two hours,
spending most of the time in consider
ing two bills. The one most con-
sidered was bill allowing telegraph
and telephone companies to erect
poles and string wires. AS origi-
nally provided the bill allowed COM
panies to erect their poles and wires
without the consent of township au-
thorities. The bill was finally amend
ed so that If it passes it will simply
cucumber the statutes with q law
which gives no more power to tele-
graph and telephone companies than
they now possess.
The other bill was one allowing ex-
Secretary of State Berg's county of
Roseau to fund its sindebtedness. This
Indebtedness was incurred, Mr.. Berg
explained, by the prosecution of GRIM
inals for murder and if it applied only
to that county would undoubtedly
pass, but the house hesitated about
making such a bill applicable all over
the state, as the constitution requires
If Roseau county is to secure its relief.
1t was accordingly held up for future
consideration.
One of the bills introduced imposes
fines ranging from $25 to 100 for adul-
terating white lead and mixed paints.
Both houses are greatly torn up over
the effort to redistrict the state, max
ing nine congressional districts where
we now have seven, as the new census
gives Minnesota two more congress-
men. Naturally the effort on the part
of the republicans is to make nine sure
republican districts, but as there are
few democratic counties in the state,
the effort to mix the children up and
scatter the democratic counties into
the districts so that each district will
be surely republican is perplexing.
The result, possibly, may be the re-
tention of the seven districts as they
stand, and the election of two con-
gressmen-at-large. It is purely mat
ter of party politics which is involved
and the interests of the state are not
in any especial jeopardy, no matter
what the result.
st. Paul, Feb. 11.-Both branches of
the legislature held very brief sessions
Saturday. The legislative mind is
fearfully and wonderfully made. 1t
has been understood all of last week
that as Tuesday is Lincoln's birthday
and legal holiday, that when an ad-
journment took place it would be un-
til Wednesday. The only question has
been whether they would adjourn from
Friday to Wednesday or make show
of a legislative day by putting in few
minutes on Saturday and then ad-
journing until Wednesday. The con-
sequence was no one was in frame of
mind to do any business.
Two bills were introduced in the
senate by Senator Wilson, one of which
allows the salaries of all public officers
to be garnisheed except those of school
districts of less than SO, 900 population.
The other bill reduces the weekly
wages exempt from execution from $25
to SO. When wages are paid monthly
the amount exempted is s25.
In the house q bill was offered TAX
ing the appointment of state librarian
from the governor and give it to the
judges of the supreme court. A bill
was introduced appropriating 500, 900
for new buildings at the state univer-
sity. It is understood that if it should
pass $40, 900 would be used to build q
homeopathic medical school and $780,
900 for homeopathic hospital.
Outside of re-apportionment the sub
ject which is attracting most attention
In the legislature is the bill creating a
state board of control which will have
charge of all the public institutions of
the state. AS q rule the present men,
bers of the various state boards and
the employees of the institutions are
opposed to the new bill. They do not
know what may happen under its pro-
visions and are willing to let we'll
enough alone. It will require good
deal of pressure to pass the bill.
Cholera and Perfume.
The cholera repeatedly during thu
last century visited London and Paris
but at no time was there death from
that disease among the operatives OF
the perfume factories.
German Exhibition Of Aases.
Germany has just held its first ma
tional exhibition Of asses near Berlin
There were over 1000 entries.
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