The Nevada County picayune., 1907-04-12

wha hy few strokes of the pen rendered worthless measure in which steat majority of the people ot Atkahsas are
 Resolved further That this committee be empowered to summon witnesses. tahe testimony, etc. to the end that i3 i9'l In Ill vpstiga tfnn may be had. and that said com mittee report back their nndlhG to tuls House as soon as possible
 number of rcsolu, ions of more than passing interest were introduced lnf" 'ht Senate during the past week. ne mos, important was the one by senator Rowland asking thai The attorney gtneral begin ne ton against certain railroads oi inc H'ate for taxes due in 1SN3-S4. The measure k now in the hands of the t"mmlttee on Judiciary. and will probably be reeommend- pd fayorahly. Another resolution was lh- troducpd hv Senator Arnold ccnSuring the Iron Mountain for not granting rate 10 the ArkanSaS Athletic Association to the meeting 10 be held in Lttle Rock on the z,an of the month. The Judiciary tommtttee considered the resolution and reported uh favorably on +. on the ground that II Was hardly of sufficient importance fof the leg islature 10 handle.
 Although the Lee Browning bill to per. nit insurance companies To q" business in Arkansas If they are not Tn agreement lo fA rates in this State. whfth has paSS.d the Senate. expressly states that the anu trust law Is not ftpeattd. several H5!Sld- Tors have expressed Il desire to have more light on this phase of tha matter the efect the pending ueastrf would pave U 4n the existing law aS t whole. |" Hon !" k oldham. chairman 9t the insurance Committee If the House. Rose. liemlngWdY #Cantrell X Eoughbor"uEh lawyers "i il't.t Rock. have given Written opinion. III which they sny GneGuiN ocally that they don't doubt the Lee Browning act w9uto be valid and that the passage al ihai aCt vou{d have no effect uu the antitrust law except A. il affects insurance f"mliailes 
 Senator RovIand.s bill providing that 10 per diem be Faid to absent members weAl inc way of all piHs thet have i"t ,a"'f ii aih the reduction of he salaries oi the lesl7- Iator, Thr L.. was called m lat IHrS- daV for nnal ua~~agr. mad was ktticu "F Inc largest kind of fnal l"rltN l.Nth aH Il, tempt an the part "f the @tni lthan rom Boone io make the tttl apply [" ms own senatoriaf district was deseat"d. elmliaf measure in the Hons" s1hs"d the same fate.
 The I.arkc, general depository bill i' still Il bone of contention hetweou tho senate and the House. Mir Wilson "t Perry lu ,lsts that his county dpc> not want county depository. while Senator oldham declares that Perry county wants to remain in fhc hiA The matter k now ln me hands of conferenc" committed. and II ls expected that the dltiirnlt3 Will be adjusted in few Gays.
 = Saturday appointed ty Acting Governor John Ike Mooee To hN the vacancy in the senate caused ny tho death last | hnrS lav morning uf senator danes W Thomp- son. The cerfiAeatc of appointment was mailed and the information conveyed by wire. He arrived sunday in order [" Iahe his seat in Inc senate Monday morning.
 
 Senator James W. Thompson of Fayette- vile died Thursday morning al :3o o'clock aS the result ot an attack of mallg nant measles. The remains wer" taken to his home that night for int"rrment senator Thompson Was serving his eighth year in the Legislature. TWO terms aS Rep rescntativc and four years as Stutc senator He Was Al Nears "f age
 reports oh Senate Bil Nc. alG, hy Sen stor Mcknight, making II unlawful foi negroes to wait upon ar serve white GUS toners in barber shops or trains or ID hotels restaurants, and to prohibit whites from waiting upon negroes m similar capacities. The minority report against the bill was signed hX Senator Ar mold.
 Senator W. < Amis returned Tuesday from Mexico and occupied his seat in the days. having left here March 22 Senator Amls stated yesterday that his visit to Mexico was Tor the purpose of looking mp some private business interests which he has in that country.
 The featiire of last week was the repeal of the screen law "f l9"3. The htll was introduced hy senator Martin. The repea of the law leaves the matter aS it was three years ago when the miners and the operators handled -he coal according 10 contract.
 Representative IInrhlett Coleman of Ar kansas county has teen quite ndispoScd for the past Week and has gone te his home in DeWiit where l." VIII remain several days to rerupcrat".
 Salary. sllsoo: jan!tor. sloo fuel desks and h'rnc>. $4"o. oaditt"n to hniId- ing $d."o" miscellaneous St""
 According to Mr. Moore. tbo changes have rendered 'nc law ineffective had il been signed tl tte r"''tner.
 The Pine EoG \csua .hoel ,a colorrd instiIutiuup appropriation hlil which passed the senate Nedu,sdaS eons ain> lhc follow ing amounts
 Speaker Alien llami'cr addressed Inc Stu- dents ot lleidriN tol.tgr Ht which iuStitu ton he received E-s cdaratiou, sunday afttruUuu
 Killed Big RattIesnake.
 Dave Tens. q negro living neal Tuckerman. killed a hne" cattlesnake recently. The uptue was ; feet 9 inches in length and had l4 rattles and a button,
 Death Caused 6y Fright. Mrs. A Ray of Havana is said tc have died from fright caused by the