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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
2
Andrew Carnegie proposes to erect a $10,000 library in Hamburg Pennsylvania. The item appears among a series of brief telegraphic notices from the era.
Senate debates include third readings on cemetery bills and lease in writing. Several measures advance or are sent to committees, while others are indefinitely postponed or defeated. The session covers labor law reform, time standardization, education, and public notices amid a flurry of bill introductions.
The house met on the thirty sixth legislative day with irregular attendance due to illness and a severe storm. Two hours were devoted entirely to second reading bills, with no other business reached.
The Nebraska house considers ILR 60 amid splits in elites and towns committee with McClay Jefferson Ferrar Cassell Roberts backing indefinite postponement while Gilbert Nelson Dewey Beecher favor passage. Debate centers on taxation, rail terminal rates, viaduct repairs, and a Franklin county petition for four year county officers.
The judiciary committee reports M. ER. 4 on negotiable instrument uniformity. hearings show bankers oppose stricter protest paper rules while lawyers largely back it. Knox of Buffalo calls for 1000 more General Revenue bill copies printing. HW. R. 113, the famed bridge bill, stirs debate. other measures include county superintendent salaries rise and election officer appointments.
The filing lists several bills: HL R. 127 by Meredith of York restricting intoxicants within two miles of an army port, excluding Douglas county. I I. 9 by Warner of Dakota authorizing fees to the commissioner of public lands and buildings. amendments on civil procedure and action of recovery. tontine investment regulation and winding up. delivery of liquor at sale point. penitentiary transport timelines. famine relief appropriation for northern Europe. and funding for the Nebraska Institute for the Blind including a water, heat, and refrigeration plant with a 96,000 appropriation.
The first debate on the revenue bill occurs in the house with fifty amendments from the revenue committee. A motion to advance the bill and print amendments fails, others push through motions on next week’s duties and night sessions. A separate bill assigns land to Loomis to reimburse the school fund after a long dispute over school land.
The house opened committee of the whole on the sixtieth day, skipping first readings to consider general file measures IT RB 1 and H Rt 2. Nelson of Douglas clashed with Loomis of Dodge over a mortgage bond requirement for rent during appellate review in foreclosure cases. Loomis pressed amendments seen as harming property owners. Sixty-five bills were introduced, few read, and Lille’s regular introductions ended.
The apportionment bill introduced in the senate by Alden of Pierce lists districts with assigned judges. Each district names counties or areas and how many judges shall serve four years from the 1903 general election, with some districts allocated two judges.
Kennedy of Douglas introduces a bill creating a governor, public lands commissioner, and state treasurer to oversee maximum freight rate enforcement. The measure targets replacing a nonfunctional board of transportation, aiming to empower action and ensure rates are applied as law requires.
The article notes that only a handful of birds, especially the blue threat, complete their entire migratory journey in a single extraordinary flight.
A batch of short items notes a new bank in Barneston and farm land demand in York county. Depots, YMCA plans, school closures for scarlet fever, and a Beatrice damage suit are reported along with a Beatrice divorce case. Suspected poisoning in hay feeds and horse deaths occur in several counties. Several arrests, trials, and a prison escape are noted, with a Nebraska Corn Improvers association premium list and a Johnson county reward discussion.
Two leading senators announce retirement after long careers in Washington. George Graham West of Missouri, famed for wit and stories in the cloak room, ends a twenty year public tenure. John P. Jones of Nevada also plans retirement after a serious yet humorous Senate presence.
A Ram's Horn item denounces vices aboard the steamship Siberia serving San Francisco to the Philippines and China. It claims four opium smoking rooms for Chinese passengers unable to abstain, arguing America imports vice and spreads it to semi civilised regions.
A hostess asks Willie if his mother would approve two pieces of pie at home. Willie replies she wouldn’t mind here, since “this isn t her pie,” revealing a small humorous moment about parental rules and personal discretion.
The remark suggests diplomacy suffers when statesmen issue sharp ultimatums and hollow criticisms. A softer tone and constructive dialogue could improve trust, cooperation, and mutual understanding between nations.
A market note claims Defiance Starch outperforms others and offers 16 oz per pack while competing brands sell 12 oz. The piece hints grocers avoid stocking it while weekly 12 oz. bundles move slowly.
A cook aboard a coasting boat bought a 5s Tattersall sweep ticket for Caulfield cup. He won about 6750 pounds net and offered the stewardess half. She accepted the offer and the couple plan to marry on arrival in Brisbane after the prize notification in Townsville.
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