Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-15
GET BACK At The DOCTORS
Patent Medicine Bill Amended to Apply Il
Prescriptions as Well.
SHAKtUP IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Measure which would LeEisIate One
Member Out of once and Materially
Change the COuntenunces of
Several Others.
(From a star Correspondence


DIES MONIES. March A.-(Special)-I
the house today the patent medicine bill
was amended so that the terms requiring
that the ingredients be printed in red ink
on the label on the bottle shall apply to
doctors as well except that it may be
written In red ink instead Of printed. Fear
ing further emasculation Of their bill the
authors got 1t referred back TO the COM
mittee on public health and they claim
they will have reported out the national
pure drug bill The bill was drawn and in
troduced by DR.. Clarke OF Fairfield It
was supported by the other physicians of
the house. When It was taken up for con-
sideratlon today Miller Of Bremen moved
to amend so that the ingredients of a doc
! tors prescription must be written IN red
ink in plain English on the label on the
bottle or package.
Congregational RedistrictinE.
The congressional redistricting bill that
mixes the congressional districts all up and
which was prophecied some days ago. was
| introduced today in the house by Mercer of
Pocahontas. The bill changes the lines so
that Crawford county, ne home Of Con-
| gresham Connor of the Tenth, viii be
over in the Ninth with Congressman Smith
Dawson's home county, Jackson, is
changed from the Second to the Fifth and
Cousins home county, Cedar, is changed
from the Fifth to the Second. B,rdsals
home county, Wright is changed over into
the Tenth and the Third district is left
| without a resident congressman. The
changes are as follows: Davis is taken
from the Sixth and put In the First in the
Second Jackson is taken out and Cedar is
added; in the Third Wright is taken out
! a.
changes are made in the Fifth jackson Is
4 added and Grundy and Cedar taken out
in the Sixth Appanoose and Marion are ad
ded and Davis taken out; in the Seventh
Boone is added and Marion taken out; il
the Eighth Mills and Montgomery are ad
ded and Appanoose taken out; in the Ninti
Monona and Crawford are added and Mil,
and Montgomery taken out; in the Tent
Wright is added and Boone and Crawford
taken out; in the Eleventh Monona is taker
out.
Agree on Agricultural Schools.
It is believed that an agreement ha
been reached by the persons pushing tn
various agricultural high school bills.
is now proposed to raise the necessar!
funds for erecting the buildings by levy
ing a one-tenth mill tax, which will BULL
one school each year. 1t is proposed t
erect one such school in the center o
each quarter of the state all to be unde
the direction Of the State Agriculture
college.
Pioneer Lawmakers.
The Pioneer Lawmakers association II
their session passed resolutions indorsln
the movement in the legislature to have tn
remains Of Governor Ansel Briggs remove
from Omaha to Iowa, and a monumen
erected. also Endorsed to plan to have tn
state publish roster of the soldiers. w.
Moir of Eldora was elected president o
the association; Isaac Brandt, secretary
f. M. Stedman and j. NJ. Davis. asslstan
secretaries. The vice presidents named ar
H. II. Trimble, KeoSuk; Samuel McNutt
Muscatine; William Larrabee, Clermont
Jed Lake, Independence; w. B. Thompson
Cedar Rapids; e. NJ. Epperson Eddyville
NJ. A. Dashiel. Indianpola w. s. DUNCAN
Charlton; H. w. Rothert, Council Bluffs
c. A. Ericsson, Boone; r. A. Smith. spiri
Lake The executive committee consist
of p. NJ Cassidy, c. G. Nourse, G. L. God
frey and T. c. Haines
Agent Thought to He AbscOnder.
Ralph G. Palmer, city passenger an
ticket agent for the Milwaukee railroa
here, has disappeared and an investigation
of the books of the Office by the company
representatives has led to charge Of alb
sconding with $1,000 Of the company's fund
being lodged against him. Palmers where
abouts 80 unknown.
Big Assessments Raised.
AS a result of a compromise between tn
city assessor and the big public servic
corporations Of Des Moines, the assess
ments this year have all been raised wit
the exception of the gas company, an
negotiations are looking to an increase wit
It, The companies have agreed not 10 as
the Board Of Review for a reduction. Tn
street car assessment is practically double
and the electric light company and waite
works company assessments nearly 30.