Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-14
WORK FOR THE LEGISLATORS
Indications that Unusual Number Of Bills
Will u Isireduoed.
NUMBER OF THEM or IMPORTANT NATURE
Cases OF Hasing Reported from state
College st Ames end President
storms says the Practice
Must he stopped.
CFrom a stafr Correspondent)

(From a stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Jan. 13-(special.) -Claims
that there will be few bills introduced at
this session OF the legislature and that
the session will he short do not seem to be
borne out in fact when the comparison Is
made with the last session. Heretofore
there have been few bills introduced early
in the session. Usually there are not more
than four or Ave in either house the first
week. At the last session there were
less number of bills introduced at the
end OF the second week in both houses
than there have been this year at the end
OF the irst week There are now twenty
seven bills that have been introduced in
the house and but one week passed and
on only two days OF that week were bills
introduced. For years ago there were no
bills the first week and but fifty-eight
at the end of the second fun week. Two
years ugo only twenty-eight had been In
troduced by January Is. In the senate two
years ago at the end Of the second week
there were but twenty-seven bills and
there are now twenty-nine bills in the
senate. These facts. coupled with the fact
that much OF the legislation at this ses-
sion Is of the greatest Importance and
will be debated at great length, is causing
legislators TO freely predict that the session
will be the full length OF twelve weeks.
Haxing at state College.
Information of a hazing at the State Col
lege OF Agriculture reached Des Moines
today. According TO the information the
hazings have occurred during the short
course Of three weeks which is held for the
beneht Of farmers over the state who are
unable to attend for the entire year The
report r. that one of the short course or
| 'Shorthorn" students was captured and
taken to the bridge over the Northwestern
railroad and tied to the bridge and made to
| believe that he was tied to the railroad
track and allowed to listen to the approach
| of a train. President Storms was COM
municated with today by telephone and
denied that the student hazed was just re-
| covering from appendicitis as was alleged,
but admitted that students had been hazed.
DR.. Storms asserts that the practice will
be broken up at once and the guilty stu
dents properly punished. The names OF
the students who conducted the hazins and
OF those hazed could not be ascertained.
Major Rathbun Out for Governor.
Information was telegraphed to this city
today from Cedar Rapids to the effect that
the Cedar Rapids Gazette today authori-
tatively announced Major Rathbun, editor
governor. Major Rathbun has been mem
toned In that connection many times and
was a candidate once before for the ONCE.
He is a standpatter on the. tariff.
Crabtree IL Indicted.
| As another chapter in the troubles over
the Gladiator Consolidated Gold Mines and
Milling company. C. H. Crabtree, the presi.
dent and secretary. was indicted today by
the grand jury, charged with obtaining
property under false pretenses. There are
already several suits in the supreme court
over the same troubles.
VIII Ask for Franchise.
A. e. Park. promoter of the Winterset &
Creston interurban, will appear before the
winterset council Monday evening seeking
a franchise He wants the exclusive righ
to the streets and also street car fran
chise, with three years to start operation
Of his line Mr.. Park is meeting with op
} position in Winterset where the claim 4
made that he is simply seeking the fran
chise for the Folks Of this city.
To Inspect National Guard.
Major Olmsted. L. g. A.. retired, an,
Captain Jones OF the Eleventh cavalry a
Fort Des Moines. have been appointed b.
the War department to make the annua
inspection of the Iowa National Guar
this year. Major Olmsted will inspect tn
companies in the F1fty-third and Fifty
fourth regiments. while Captain Jones viii
; inspect those of the Fifty-ffth and Fifty
sixth regiments.
The inspections will probably begin abou
: March IL and with two officers at work
) is expected that all the companies Wi
, be visited within month.
Commission sets Hearing.
The Railroad commission today announce
that hearing will be had on freight class
! ncation January 90. beginning at 10 o'clocl
The entire subject will be gone into. Their
\ are large number of matters affectin
rates and classifications before the board
The minimum weights on four and graf
and the classification on sugar beets, stear
s coal, contractors outfits, cotton piece good
4 and other matters will be brought up esps
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