Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-02
PARDONS BEFORE THE HOUSE
Legislature to Consider Report Of Com
mittee Wednesday,
LAUNDRY BURNS At STATE ASYLUM
A. +. Holder of sioux city Appointed
Chief Deputy state Labor Conn
missioner-Man shot by
Policeman Lives.
(From a stan Correspondent


(FrQm a Stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, April 1. 49, Especially -
The pardon matters which are before the
legislature for disposal will come up
Wednesday in the house on a special order
which was made today. The committee on
pardons reported on all the cases before IL
and asked for the special order. Following
is the order in which the cases Will be
taken UP and the report OF the committee
on each one:
William Young, Woodbury. county, IA
vorable; George Stanley, Story county "a
vorable; Thomas w. Watson, James
county, unfavorable; Joe MacCrary, Mills
SSgnty county, 69yorsa s3eiIabI Tne9 9tto ot 6Is"G Po.
cahontas county. favorable; Betsy smith
Polk county. unfavorable; Byron Gginn'
rens, Scott county, ~unfavorable; Jasper
Mason. Dallas county, unfavorable; VII
liam Toole, Sac county, untaVoraplei Yves
ley Elkins, Clayton county, without rec
concentration.
These are all life termers who have ap-
pealed to the legislature. In most of the cases
the senate pardons committee has done the
same as the house committee. Some Of the
cases are very interesting ana some dis
cussion will follow on the floors Of the
houses.
The house this afternoon received from
the senate the report on the interurban
railway act notifying the house that con-
ferees have been appointed because the
senate has refused to recede from the
amendments made.
The house concurred in the senate amend
ments to the bill on assessors salaries.
A bill was passed providing for the draw
ing of jury lists in case the biennial cleo
lions bill is passed.
A bill was passed. introduced by the NUM-
cipal code committee, referring to water
works.
short senate Session.
The senate held only a very short session
this morning as there was not a quorum
present and it was impossible to get one.
Resolutions in memory Of Henry E. Dashiel
of Monroe county, formerly a member Of
the senate, were adopted and Senator
Townsend delivered an address eulogistic
Of him. The committee on insurance in
troduced a committee bill providing for a
uniform policy Of Insurance. The commit
tee had rejected two bills Of this character.
one providing for the New York policy. and
the other giving authority to the state au-
ditor and attorney general to devise a policy
to At the Iowa statutes. The committee
decided that the last method Of reaching
a uniform insurance policy was not feasible
and so the state auditor and the attorney
general prepared a policy, which fts the
Iowa statutes. and this is included in the
committee bill introduced today.
In the afternoon the senate passed the
Maytag bill to require exits and entrances
for public buildings and proper safeguards
in factories. 1t is one Of the bills which
been Endorsed looking to the better
protection OF life.
The fish and game bill by Lambert, which
makes a number OF minor charges in tho
law relating to feh and game was also
passed in the senate.
Fire at State Institution.
The State Board Of Control today re-
eeived word of the burning Of the laundry
building, belonging to the state at the In
sane hospital at Mount Pleasant. The fire
is supposed to have started in the upper
stories of the building. Most of machinery
was saved, but the loss will be consider
able.
The building burned a few days ago at
the Anamos penitentiary used for a ma
chine shop did not belong to the state, but
was erected by a contractor and the state
had no interest in It.
Deputy Labor Commissioner.
E.. d. Brigham, state labor commissioner,
today appointed A. E. Holder OF Sioux City
as his chief deputy. Mr.. Holder has been
the deputy under Commissioner Wenne-
strum, who goes on a mission for the ST.
Louis exposition people, TO the Scandinavian
countries. Mr., Holder is president OF the
State Federation OF Labor and an active
man in union labor matters in the state.
and much Of the success Of the office the
last two or three years has been due 10 his
efforts.
Albert Jackson stIII Alive,
Albert Jackson, the negro Of Springfield,
Ill., who was shot by a policeman Sunday
morning as he and his brother were get
ting away with a quantity of stolen goods
has been operated on and an effort made to
remove the bullet, but without success. He
Is resting easy today, but the physicians
believe he cannot live.
The state treasurer has figured up the
states income from the collateral inherit
lance tax for the month Of March and finds
the collections from this source during hat
period to be 37,37s.52. This sum represents
collections from twenty-seven states In the
union. The largest contribution was from
the estate OF Lewis Merchant of Carroll
County. the amount being s 1,141.S6 The
collections for March only exceed those of
February BY a few dollars.
Congressman Hull Will Return.
Congressman ]. A.. T. Hull will return
from Washington to Des Moines on tbs
day night. The purpose OF his trip is 20
attend the wedding of his son, Major ]. A
I. HUI to Miss Greta Chase, which takes
place or Thursday. During his stay of a
Few dayt the captain will pay some atten-
tlon to the congressional situation. Il was
supposed What the action Of the Polk county
people decided the case, but Story county
has Instructed for Prouty, and It is sus-
peeted that an EFFORT will be made to de-
feat Hull.
New Corporations.
The following corporation papers were
MED with thb secretary of state today:
Farmers dp-OpeTative store of Fredonia;
capital, N,5O4; by George B. Lane and