Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-01-05


BE- of some interest. The proceedings
Incident to the election of senator be
IN on the second Tuesday after Ie.
meeting and organization Of the legisla-
! tire This will be Jan. Il Each house
y'tes separately on that day and the
mime of the person voted for who re-
cGves Il majority of the votes east in
each house must be entered on the jour
nal. or if either house fails to give such
majority that day, the facts must be en-
tered on the journal. At l. o'clock
noon o, the following day both houses.
meet in joint convention. the Journal Of
eacl house IS read and if the same per-
son has received a majority of the votes
in Zach house he shall be declared elected
senator; otherwise the joint convention
SHAH proceed to an election. and the per-
son who receives Il majority of all the
votes of the joint convention. Il majority
of al the members elected to both houses.
bein; present and voting, shall be de-
clarjd duly elected. In this election
each member votes viva voce.
Alter having been through 4 siege Of
diph'heria, measles, scarlet fever and
Other diseases that affiict children III par
ticul;r and other people in general, the
home Of the fricndlcsS in Lincoln has
emerged mt the end OF two years with
only ten deaths charged up against it
One Of these was a little colOred girl II
years old. who had heart disease. ana
anOth.r had long since lived out her al
lotted time on earth, being 81 when SUM
mons came for. her. Old age was the
cause Of her death. OF the others that,
died one was under s months old, one
under ; months and six less than =
months. Dming the two years three chill.
dren Lad >.:pLtheria, three had scarlet
fever, four pneumonia, thirty-Seven mea-
sles. The average number OF patients
durlngfhe first year Of the .ieanum was
sevent3seven and for this year seventy
eight. The per capita cost for mainte>
nance, BASED on all expenses, for the first
year wis S245.11. while for this year it
was $2lJ.91
Late Friday night young George Coiu
Of DAVIS County, walked from the peni-
tertiary at Lincoln to the trolley car
station It Lancaster free man. beneti--
ciary fOne Of Gov. MIickey's Christmas.
commut:tiOns. Coil was convicted five
years aiO of numbering sheepman
named ryan, with within he and his
father. cattleman. had had trouble
over the angc The jury found him guilty
of murchr III the second degree. but.
recommended that he be given Il five
year sentence. whereas the statutory
term Is tn years. In pursuance of that
recommendation and that of District
Judge W'stover, the Communication was
issued to take effect ut this time. Coil
left for Lyons, where he spent Christmas
with his grandmother. Later. he will
return to Dawes County. The man has
been Il motel prisoner.
After sin years of litigation and wait
ing young Nurty O'DonnelI. the crippled
newsboy, viii get the $1,000 awarded
him by Jury in Lancaster County dis
trict court gainst the Chicago. Rock Isl
and and P;cific Railway. The supreme
court has inally decided that the boy.
did not lost his cause of action because
several yeals after the institution of the
suit his attorneys had amended the petit
ton so as 70 charge that the engineer
Of the freight train which caused the i'll
jury saw Inn when i'll a perilOus posi-
ton. One day in November. 1898. Young
ODonneH, then boy of . or s years,
was returning to his home from school,
along Vine street. According to the pc
tition filed lie found the street blocked
by very l'ng freight train which hatb
Deen standin, on the track an UNUSUALLY
long time.
The state printing board has let rhe
contracts foI printing the senate ana
house bills AID the bill titles. The State
Journal Company got the contract for
the Legislative stuff for these prices.
Bills. 300 copies. for both the senate ana
house. Sl.44 a page this is > cents high
er than the brice paid last session. but
was the lowest Of three bidders; 3OG-
copies of bill titles at 311a cents Gast
year this price was ~ cents; food com
miSsioner's reEort. 1000 copies. CIafing-
Sl.O3; state Librarians report, Gille>pie
X Phillips. 500 copies. $1.22I2.
The recommendation that the Home
for the Frendess in Lincoln he made q
part of tine MI ford Industrial home may
he so strongly urged before the next leg
ISiature that the change may be accom-
pllshed. 1t Is believed that Gov. Mickey
1avorS such move not only because il
would be much better for the inmates
nut as Il matter Of economy rs well. lie
dld not desire to discuss it. but it is not
improbable that he will make such rec
ommedation III his forthcoming message.
State Superintendent Fowler said Sat
nrday that he had been told by Il large
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