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The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
INVESTIGATION OF BARrLEY NAT
TER.

This resolution was introduced In the
house On the "a:
Whereas. There 10 an effort being made
to relieve the o@cial bondsmen OF Joseph
& Barley. and.
Whereas. 10 being Of common report
that there - or has been In existence
. mueh-mooted cigar box containing IN
formation n to Why Il has become nee
essary for his omcial bondsmen to ask
for legislative relief. therefore. be Il
Resolved. BY this house. That Il b 70
Quired that the Aforesaid cigar box. to-
gether With its contents. b produced
before this body for omeial investiga-
ton. and that this house appoint . COM
mittee Of ilve members Of this body to
prosecute this Investigation and b en-
powered % can tor al papers and com
psl the appeaEenco Of al psssons ~
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

popWlae Wtae oovoenoro.
Gov. Brough, Il n true, was hafsh
In language and judgment. and his
Quarrels with o@csrs were fought "a
the end with the bitterness Of the
time" says . writer in the Chicago
Inter Ocean. But often he got - eood
- ho sent In several cases the o(.
ncers under criticism wrote the GOV.
ernor warning him to mind his own
business and In other cases his letters
vere returned with disni1ed but
severe comment Col. Dan lcCooA
wrote Brough q letter which tAo
governor regarded - insolsnt and ho
wrote In reply . singing rebuke.
which Col. Dan was smarting under
when he led the assault 1t Ksoesaw
mountain. BFoush probably regretted
the letter. but McCook's friends never
forgot Il.
BrouGh Was . master In war a.
fairs It Was On his suggestion that
me governors Of iiiinois. Indiana.
Ohio and Iowa offered the govesn-
ment the 100days men In 1864. And
Brough. It must be remembered, had
$4,000 National guards, - he called
them. in the field in sixteen days. His
plan was that these short-teem men
should take the places Of older troops
guarding cities and railways. and that
veteran army at full strength should
DO hurled against Lee. and % end the
war IN hundred days.
knew several Of the war govern.
ors." said the major, 'and they all
were fighters. Tod went into tho
governors ONCE In Ohio In 1862, when
the clouds Of war were very dark and
he was naturally impatient At the
time Of the Kirby Smith raid toward
Cincinnati he hurried raw troops pell-
nell into Kentucky. and after asking
for tents for them three times tole-
graphed Stanton at Washington to
the effect that ho didn't know Who
was to blame for not sending the
tents. but he could whip tho fellow
whoever he was. Again he telo.
graphed Washington, For Gods sake
furnish Ohio troops now in Kentucy
with canteens.' All these things were
irregular. but they made friends for
Tod among soldiers everywhere"
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
HOUSE.

1he house entered upon the thirty.
axfA legislative day on the a. The at-
teoaenes Vas irregular. some member
oeanG e3cused for sickness. others b.
cenee of detention By the severe storm
n enear part Of the state. The entire
two hours was devoted to bills On ssc-
ond reading. No other order Of business
WoO reached.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

Sheldon of Cass introduced In the SEN
ate on the eth two bills to abolish the
board Of visitors to the Soldiers homes
at Grand Island and Milford. The law
1t present provides that the governor
appoint q board Of five. who shall make
rules and regulations regarding the
homes and have general supervision over
the commandants. The bills introduced
grant this power to the governor. and
he shall have power to name the amount
Of compensation to be paid the employ
- and commandants OF the homes: and
to provide rules by which they shall Be
conducted. The governor 10 also re-
Quired to visit the homes once every
three months. The ONCE Of quaFtermas-
ter % abolished. and the duties OF the
once devolve upon the adjutant. 8. r.
& providing for the nomination Of coun-
ty commissioners by districts and elec-
tion by county vote. occasioned much
debate. The bill was ordered engrossed.
Hall OF Douglas introduced q bill pro-
vSdinG that the standard Of time through
out the state shall be that Of the Soth
meridian OF longitude west from Green
wich. the central standard OF time, BY
which an legal business shall be reGu-
lated. Mr.. Hall introduced the bill be-
cause In different parts Of the state
di6efent standards OF time are used.
Tho county omcers' bin by Sloan Of
Fillmore. to increase the tenure Of once
to four years. was killed in rotation
Nike clock-work. There were flve or six
Of them. and after three had been inde3.
initeay postponed O'Nein Of Lancaster
moved. In order to save time. to inden-
nitely postpone every bin introduced BY
Slpan. This. however. was not put. and
the hills died the regulation death. 3.
r. & providing that county Commission
efs Be elected BY vote Of the county
instead OF BY vote Of districts, ordered
engroooed. g. r. 81. that hereafter no
claim for subscription for newspaper.
magazine or other periodical shall b
valid for more than the time actually
subscribed for: Indefinitely postponed.
d r. -. to provide for the supefsedeas
OF cases appealed to the supreme court;
ordered engrossed.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

In the senate ON the 9th the Brady ele-
vator bin. senate fle No. ne. vas -
ported hack to the senate BY the railroad
No. 6. providing that Insurance COM
panies organized under the laws OF Ne
braska may transact . general Insurance
business. and house roll No. q. to pro-
vide that school districts shall pay the
cost Of their treasurer's bond. came up
for final reading and were passed. Sen
ate nle No. =. providing that railroad
companies organised under the laws Of
Nebraska shall not be subject to the
limit OF Indebtedness which applies to
other corporations: senate hle No. =.
which provides that landlords shall have
. lien upon the crops and all personal
property Of their tenants. and senate flle
No. l61. providing for . soldiers and SAIL
ors' relief commission. were reported
back by committees. with the recon-
mendation that they be placed On gem
eral dle for passage. In committee Of
the whole. house roll No. -. providing
that Q lease to take effect one year after
making must be In writing. was consid-
cred and recommended for passage. At
3 o'clock the senate adjourned to the
house to take part In the services In
memory Of J. Sterling Morton. The fol-
lowing bin was introduced and read for
the first time: 8. r. n. BY Senator
Hall OF Douglas-To legali1e acknoWl-
ecgements and oaths heretofore taken
and administered by commissioners Of
deeds.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

Belden OF Richardson has introduced
In tho house another bill cutting on the
tat fees Of tho clerk OF tho supreme
court. It goes farther than tho other
measure and nxes tho salary for tho
reporter, clerk and librarian OF the su-
preme court. who 10 the same individual.
At q go . year for all services rendered.
II allows the clerks two assistants. ono
Of whom shall be q stenographer. and
receive not more than N.3oo. and three
additional clerks at $500 each q year. Mr..
Belden said It h tho same bill he intro
duced two years ago. He thinks that As
the session II 20 near an end there will
be little chance OF tho bill's passage.
Close on the death OF HI. r. 80 IL born
another measure contemplating taxation
Of railroad terminals for municipal pur-
poses. constructed on the same funda-
mental principle AZ both house rolls III
and m This new bill was introduced
in the senate by Saunders Of Douglas.
Douglas county members assert that this
ID their first step In renewing the fight.
and that II will be followed by others
calculated to force the sanction Of this
proposition upon this legislature. Tho
Saunders bill merely provides that the
railroad property shall be assessed and
taxed On its fair cash value for city
purposes the same n other property.
and that In fixing the standards Of as
sessment and taxation the figures a. re-
turned BY the State Board Of Equalixa-
tion shall not be taken by the city tax
commissioner. except for school pur-
poses.
A bin has been introduced by Roberts
OF Dodge providing for the creation OF
the new state department Of architec-
ture. 1t provides that the governor shall
be the omcial head Of the department
and may appoint q deputy at . salary
yearly Of S3.00o: that this deputy shall
b Q competent architect and hsve
charge Of the erection and repair OF an
state buildings and be allowed additional
help At modest prices.
Robbins Of Gage. In the house. wants Q
building erected at Beatrice for the Ne
braska Institute for Feeble Minded
Youths at q cost Of $zs.ooo. and he intro
duced . bill asking tho legislature to
set aside this amount.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
HowELL:s TELEPHONE BILL.

8. f. "a, introduced by Senator Howell
of Douglas by special request" 10
bill prepared by C. C. Wright ut the IN
stance Of the telephone committee Of the
Omaha Commercial club. It provides for
compulsory interchangeable telephone
service I'm cities Of the metropolitan
class and nxes Q maximum rate for such
service. the rate to be based on the to-
tai number Of phones operated BY all
tho companies doing business In the
city.
The portion Of the bill establishing
maximum rates II n follows:
The monthly rental for each telephone
in local telephone exchanges having 1880
telephones or less. full metallic circuits.
one party line business telephone. -:
residence. 3: two party line business: -:
residence. 80: three party line busi-
ness, $50: residence. Re: four party
line business. =: residence. =: hve party
line business or residence. N.75: six party
line business or residence. $1.eo: eight
party line business or residence. 0-S: for
extra service Ctwo parties using same
teelphone). a.: for extra name In sub
seriber's list Of party connected with
subscriber in business, = cents: for
grounded or common return circuits the
rates shall be 3 per cent less than those
6xed for fun metallic circuits. A reduc-
tion b made when exchanges have moro
than 1880 subscriber.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

II. r. %. providing that . lease to b
valid must be made In writing. came up
ON third reading in the senate on the
ID and failed to pass. This b the nrst
bill which has failed Of passage ON the
ANAL vote since the senate has boen In
session. In committee Of the whole II. r.
le. giving township omcers authority to
provide cemeteries. was recommended for
passage. g. F. a, memor1alising congress
to establish the true military status of
the First Nebraska militia. has been sign
ed by the governor. Senator O'Neil II In
receipt OF q petition over fifty feet In
length and carrying over 1000 signatures.
asking for the passage OF 8. F. s.. the
lien Law. The petition IL signed princi-
pally by contractors and caEpenters. 1t
has been circulated in the following cit
les: Lincoln. Tecumseh. York. Craig. o.
eeola, Greeley. Plattsmouth and several
others. Senator Hall has q bill prepared
which provides that female laborers may
work more than sixty hours per Weef
n an agreement n made With the em-
ployer to that effect. As the Law stands
sixty hours ID the limit Of time which
can be put in by female laborers in one
week. and Il In claimed this works .
hardship in many cases. Where girls are
employed on piecework. and where they
can put In overtime for pay. the law pre-
vents them from doing SO and thus re-
duces their wages quite materially. SEN
ator Hall asks that laboring women cor
respond with him and express their opin-
lon OF such q revision OF the Law. Tho
following bills were introduced and Rad
for the first time: A memorial and joint
resolution requesting that the federal for
est reserve be increased. To provide for
the establishment and regulation Of tele-
phone rates and service In cities Of the
metropolitan class.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11


Senator George C. Perkins Of Cali.
fornia he's some unusual ideas regard
ing the election Of United States
Senators, and on account Of these he
refused to listen to the appeals Of his
friends to 90 to California during the
recent senatorial fight there.
II regard the members Of the leg
islature." said he. ''as the jury Of the
people, % far % the election Of sena-
tors 10 concerned. Before the elec-
ton Of the legislature I made . cam
paign which extended the length and
breadth Of my state. told the people
that I was Q candidate for reelection
and I made my promises to them.
They elected . Republican legislature.
and By % doing made that legislature
their Jury. When opposition appeared
to my reelection my friends urged me
to leave Washington and personally
conduct my case before the legisla-
ture, but I do not think II 10 right for
senators to try to influence the action
Of legislatures. % I remained In
Washington. In other words. I re-
fused to tamper with the jury"
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
q a
The Return.

The Return.
fhe house seemed builded Of houey-
suekle.
Clematis propped The porch.
Trumpet vines round the Old stone chin.
Lifted scarlet torch.
Rose vines wreathed through ths Sruk.
en windows,
And crept through the crumbling doors,
Wind-bloWn petals Of dying roses
Huddled about the floorA
Again entered the raftered chambers.
Tenanted but BY three.
A bold brown mouse. . nesting bird.
And q beautiful memory.
The brown mouse scurried. the nesting
whirred out By the broken pane.
But the memory Of my childhood ran
70 welcome me home again.
Fanny Kimble johnson IN Youths
Companion.
Deeds Of Michigan 8oldlere.
OF all the nineteen federal states
whose sons were In that wonderful
campaign OF Chattanooga In 1853.
0O00 O1O UkOI0 UAN1s0&AS WOe~e esSe~
did moro important service for the
Union cause than Michigan's heroes.
Aud nobly has the old state preserved
the record Of their achievements.
Six regiments Of infantry, two Of
cavalry. one Of mechanics and ensin-
eers, and two batteries OF artillery
are on Aichigan's roll Of honor at
Chattanooga; and tho state has
raised to the memory Of every one .
monument to endure forever.
Battery d. First Regiment Michigan
Light Artillery, is memorialised In
the Poe field. This brilliant battery
was under the command Of Capt
Josiah w. Church. mo commander
could have fought longer under like
circumstances. nor retreated from the
neld with more nonor." says the re-
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

Some few birds, notably the blue
throat. accomplish the whole Of their
migratory journey In ono ssupendous
effort.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

Newfoundland CARBON make two IN
nual miGrations-south In tne tan and
north In the spring.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

Next day IN The eraGh q TIE tAea m
certain battle q Munroois Gross
Roads. he fen severely wounded and
remained % the battle 1eld tWenty.
four hours without 1ood o. medical
atteotioo. ~ . Fssalt Of the wound
received On that day and In that bet
tie he was crippled for life.' '"-Bos.
ton Journal
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11


PAPER
for the May and June market. This
celery was grown In q hothouse.
About six weeks or two months after
the plants were set in. permanent Do
sitions they we're ready for bleaching.
In the experiments reported all the
usual methods of bleaching were tried.
but without success. When. however.
the plants were wrapped with thick.
hard wrapping paper with an almost
sized" surface. the bleaching was
successful BY this method the stalks
were brought together and tied and .
width of paper reaching to within 2
or inches Of the tops Of the leaves
was rolled tightly about the plants
As the plants grew. another width Of
paper was rolled about the first, and
again reaching nearly the top Of tho
plant. Two applications of the paper
were found to be sufficient From .
month to six weeks was required to
bleach the celery by this process In .
cool house in April and May.-Farm-
ers' Review.
Expefleneeo Wanted On Cow Peaa.
From Farmers' Review: am q
subscriber of the Farmers' Review
and would like some one to tell mo
about COW peas. I have q
piece of thin land on which I intend
sowing COW peas In the spring. then
when they have made . good growth I
want to plow them In and leave the
land ..lle tin fall. then work up and
pcy wheat. VIII some reader Of the
Farmers' Review tell me their expert
ence on the subject a1d when Il u
best to plow the peas and II there =
my danger Of s0uring the soil. -
vas told?-AH. Thalman. Aa3:son
County. Illinois.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

Monument % Battery ..
port of Church and his battery. They
fought heroically during the entire
two days.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

n. r. b. Bacon Of Dawson, providing
for an appropriation Of $4,000 for the
purpose OF determining whether petrol
cum. coal or gas exists and can b OBJ
tained In paying quantities In Nebraska
has been recommended for passage IN
the house by the committee On internal
improvement. The plan Of the bill b "a
sink six wells - . means Of getting a
the desired Information.
In the house Weborg introduced . bill
TO provide that the Board Of Equalization
skall consist Of ono member to b elected
from each congressional district Of the
state. to be elected at the November gen.
eral election. Three members shall Be
elected each alternate two years there
after. The first terms Of those elected IN
even numbered districts shall be two
years and those In odd numbered dis
tricts four years. Thereafter each term
shall be four years. The board shall
have power to raise or lower county
assessments.
Senate fle 90. introduced In the senate
by Fries Of Valley. II q second edition
OF the Tooley house bill. which was killed
In the house last week. Il n . bill for
the rearrangement of the apportionment
Of school money. 1t provides that one
fourth ol the money shall be given ia
counties according to tho number OF
school district and the remaining three
fourths shall b divided pro rata accord
ing to the number Of pupils. Senator
Fries said he believed tho bin was not
thoroughly understood In the house.
hence he introduced II In the senate. II
seeks to take from the larger school
districts money that they now get under
the apportionment law and give It to the
smaller districts.
Tho revenue bin introduced In the
house on the I'D b entitled: "A bill for
an act to provide . system Of revenue
and to repeal articles I. 2 :. I and Of
sections I. s. 6. Z. 3. .. 10. II and u Of
articles vii Of chapter lxxvii Compiled
Statutes Of Nebraska for the year l9ol.' -
It was introduced by J. A. Douglas.
George L. Loomis. w. +. Thompson. W.
G. Sears. r. A. Swee1y. C. J. Warner
and w. H. Wilson. the special house
committee appointed BY Speaker Nockett
to act Jointly with Senators Brown.
Pemberton. Fries. Saunders. Day. Ander-
sen and Reynolds In the framing Of .
revenue bill. The committee has been
ut work about . month.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

In the senate on the ID senate hle No.
ID was placed on the general file. with
the recommendation that 1t be passed.
This bin provides for the regulation.
treatment and control Of dependent. neg
lected and delinquent children. The dis
trict and probate courts Of all counties
Of the state will have original jurisdic-
tion In all cases coming within the terms
OF this act. H. r. l67. requesting con-
gres to amend tho constitution 20 that
senators may be elected by . direct vote
Of the people. was referred back by the
committee. with tho recommendation
that It BE- passed. 8. r. IA. roQuesting
the Nebraska delegation In congress to
support an appropriation for . larger
navy: 8. r. los. requiring insurance COM
panies to file semi-annual statements OF
their financial condition with the state
auditor. and 8. F. IL providing . decree
Of divorce shall not be operative until
six months after trial and decision. were
referred hack by committees for passage.
n. r. le. empowering township boards
20 establish and maintain cemeteries,
was read the third time and passed. In
committee Of the whole 8. r. z. provid-
ing for the election OF certain county
officers for . period Of four years. was
indefinitely postponed. H. r. %. which
was voted on yesterday and failed to re-
ceive q majority Of the votes cast. was
taken up again on . motion to recon-
sSder and was passed. The bin provides
that q lease to be valid must be In
writing. 8. +. II. providing for tho ten
ure Of ONCE Of the commissioners and
stenoEraphers Of the supreme court. Was
read the third time and passed.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

0seoehsa0 cslssy.
There are several methods q
ola1cAing. four Of which are illustrat.
q ID . recent CoveTnmsat bullstin.
Celery = blancAed for the purpose a
depgivinG Il Of III natural greea color
and Of certain bitter properties, thus
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
SALARY BILL INCREASED.

II. r. 3A. introduced by Mr.. Wilson
Of the finance. ways and means committee.
10 tho general salaries appropriation bill.
paying the salaries Of state oincers and
those OF state institutions for the coming
biennium. Tho total amount appropriated
is approximately $ses.ooo. an increase Of
$4,000 over tho appropriations for the
last session.
In the governors of1ce tho salary Of
the recording clerk b raised from 500 per
annum to 81 200: the salary Of the deputy
secretary Of state 10 raised from $3.50
to S1.70o: deputy superintendent Of pub
lie instruction. from 800 to $l.70o: dep
uty land commissioner. from $500 to
8, 100: stenographer in land commission.
er's ONCE. from $40 to 500: secretary Of
State Board Of Irrigation. raised from
q 800 to 5000: salary Of assistant secre-
tary OF State Board Of Irrigation. raised
from 5000 to 81 200: the salary OF $3.50
tor deputy clerk Of the supreme court
Is stricken from the bin. n are the sal.
aries Of three assistants to the reporter
at 800 per annum. Salaries for the Home
for tho Friendless at Lincoln are raised
to SG7eo: salaries for the normal school
at Peru are increased from 500 to $ss.-
600: Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln.
the salary Of the matron Of 0.1oo for
the biennium 10 stricken out.
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11

One Of the most popular members
OF Congress II Representative Lving.
ston Of Georgia, . former Confederate
soldier. who was thoroughly recon.
structed" soon after the last gun Of
the conflict had been fred. He vas
telling . story Of the war in the ap-
propriations committee room 1t the
capitol the other day Of his narrow
escape from Yankee soldiers during
operations at Atlanta. He and .
Texas scout were sent on . perilou.
mission In citizens' clothes. Il
knew every path leading to the city
and the streets - well - did the
hog paths around my own farm. and
Gen. Hardee directed me to ascertain
information about the enemy. which
believed I could do from Q woman
living in the city," I'D Mr.. Living.
ston.
I'VE rode up to the back gate, but
to our astonishment the Yankees were
in her house. I sprang back into my
saddle. and We galloped away. the
Yankees hot after 10. Years after
ward. the late Gen. Coggswell OF Mas
sachusetts, and met here In this
committee room. and I happened to
learn that he was the military COM
mander at Atlanta at that time. Then
I told him my story.
when I finished telling It Gen.
Coggswell put his arm ON my shoulder
and said:
"Let 10 be frienas through life.
I am mighty glad the boys did not
catch you. Az . soldier. you know
what would have been your fate
under the circumstances and we
never would have met under such de.
lightful conditions.'
From that day until his death
Gen. Coggswell and myself were -
fast friends - any two men who ever
wore the blue and gray. I was one
Of his pallbearers and saw him laid
to rest among the people he served %
WELL"
The Columbus journal., 1903-03-11
4: Dedicated
: in grateful Memory
TO the mothers who gave their sons. :
To the soldiers who gave their lives:
a.: and :
/: TO those who. daring to die. :
: survived ::
!: The War Of the Rebellion, :
4: 1861 to 1866. :
Dedicated
grateful Memory

This is the only soldiers monument
that have ever heard Of that recog-
nizes the mothers who % vicariously
sent their sons to the war. and I
thought 1t would be . good thing to
let the people know Of this good ex-
ample that has been set them in this
little obscure town in Connecticut.
from whose borders many noble men
in the country have come.