Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-18

and for information as to the size of fire.
crackers that can be used the coming
Fourth of July. There is no firecracker
law in this state. A bill was offered in the
house last winter by Representative Ofal
of Jasper county, but II failed Of passage
in the senate. There is, therefore, no law
governing the size of hrecrackers or the use
of explosives In Iowa on the nations BIRTH
day other than have always existed, and
these have nothing to do with the size of
firecrackers, II a person discharges a fire.
cracker and Injuries another he 1s liable for
damages under the laws OF civil action for
damages II person carries a revolver on
the Fourth of July he is liable for concealed
weapons, II he has It concealed. whether he
has blank cartridges or those with bullets,
just on any other day in the year. A man
can fire off firecracker as big as a house
so long as he does not interfere with the
rights and liberties of anyone else so far
as the laws of Iowa are concerned. The
last thing that Representative Offal said be-
fore leaving for his home at the close OF
the session last winter was that IL he didn't
get back for the next session he wanted
some of his colleagues to introduce another
firecracker bill. At the republican conven-
ton in Jasper this week Representative
Offal was renomnated by both the regular
and boiling conventions, and so seems sure
of returning to introduce his own bill,
Lawyers for Legislation.
The meeting of the State Bar association
to be held in this city July u and 10 may
result in some resolutions asking legislation
along the lines of the law business that will
be of far-reaching Importance. Scarcely
has the bar association met but some rad
ical change in legal procedure and long es-
/ NaAI taIz. L.. .
one annual convention the association, at
the suggestion of the late Judge Kline, then
member of the supreme bench. strongly
and unanimously recommended legislation
restricting the marriage of criminals the
same as imbeciles. At the last session
Judge Martin ]. Wade brought up the prop
osition to abolish the grand jury, though
the resolution favoring IL was defeated.
There are indications that both of these
subjects will again be raised at the conven-
ton this year along with questions of re-
stricting the granting of divorces The leg
islature never acted on the suggestion of
preventing criminals and paupers r2srrying
At the convention this year Judge John
Campbell of the supreme court Of Colorado
will be the chief speaker at the banquet at
the Slavery the night OF July -.
| This Years Night Attraction.
Secretary John Simpson of the state agri-
cultural department announces today the
evening program for the state fair, to be
held the last week in August. Heretofore
the department has contracted with a show
or vaudeville company to put on the even
! ings program at the race track, This year
the department puts on its own program.
hiring the acts. buying the fireworks. etc,
and managing the whole AFFAIR itself In
be given for the same expense.
A feature OF the evenings will be the fire.
works. which will be more elaborate than
ever Besides them there will be six vaude-
VILE acts and a concert. The concert will
be by Liberatrs band. which gave perfect
satisfaction year ago. 1t will begin at
and last until o'clock. Following the con-
cert will be an hour and halfs vaudeville
and fireworks, given simultaneously.
Probably the most sensational act will be
the double loop-the-loop. Two bicycle per-
formers start down inclines in opposite d.
rections and while in this act one
loops a gap the other turns somer-
sault under him, also looping a gap, and
the riders dart on finally in directions OPP
posite from those in which they started
There will also be a troup OF trained ele-
plants. comedy artists, musicians. etc.
The fireworks program will include the
display of forty-elght pieces every night
Among other features will be a string OF
Chinese crackers clear around the track,
shot OF In quick succession during several
minutes. other features will be rockets
which rise two or three time after explod-
ing and bombs which explode from three to
hve times in the air, giving out different
displays each time.