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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1897
Page
2
Summary of measures enacted by the recent Nebraska legislative session with provisions taking effect immediately due to emergency clauses. Includes items affecting income operations and other immediate implementations as reported by the paper.
The Nebraska legislature sent multiple bills to the governor for signature. Measures include a $90,000 general appropriation for salaries, a $3,060 incidental expenses fund, and provisions for the Trans Mississippi Exposition with a $100,000 board, plus a public funds sale plan. Other acts cover law on body snatching, township public scales, county clerk rebates, and corporate filing fee schedules. Governor signatures noted for several bills with and without emergency clauses.
Governors signs diverse measures including corporate fee revisions and emergency clauses. Bills authorize capital stock changes, state university funding, Burt county reimbursement, and enforcement against price-fixing while approving Omaha charter tweaks and tax procedures.
A long ledger of bills signed by the Nebraska governor includes commissions for Doane college cadets as retired officers to serve in defense, with emergency clauses attached. Other measures authorize mutual hail insurance, regulate fraternal societies, fund Peru normal school dormitory repairs, and recounts for a constitutional amendment.
The text outlines annual mowing obligations for railroad rights of way with penalties and compensation for landowners if ignored. It lists multiple House rolls and concurrent resolutions proposing appropriations, building contracts, librarian funding, adoption procedures, a conference committee, insurance company organization, embalming board creation, and irrigation district discontinuance procedures.
Washington police sought information from Judge Stixie about Sam Long of South Bend Nebraska who vanished after planning to attend the March 4 inauguration. Long, a prominent contractor, had wintered in Heston and last spoke with a Nebraska congressman about a Senate gallery ticket.
The legislature debated overhauling revenue laws as Governor urged a thorough revision. A Pollard bill in Cass county faced House committee rejection but a substitute echoed its main points. The substitute prompted lengthy debate and was ultimately postponed, leaving the subject unaddressed for the session.
The article discusses an amendatory act passed by the late legislature abolishing deficiency judgments. The law became operative via constitutional limits without the governor's signature. The attorney general advised the governor that the law did not prevent mortgagees from seeking deficiency judgments in court. A bill to extend redemption time for real estate sold under foreclosure failed in the senate after partisan pressure.
In the closing hours the adjourned line dies at noon on the 18th as work completes. The governor signs with good feeling. Arbull is mentioned as the Onval Flin in the fragment.
The twenty fifth session of the Nebraska Legislature adjourned at noon on the tenth after a record lengthy run from January. Bi ll activity included 1 007 introduced with 6 enacted and sent to the governor who had not vetoed any of 135 before adjournment. Bills signed covered juror summons taxes for court houses and other general laws as party tensions eased and leaders praised decorum.
Frank A. Acocks began a journey from Gridley to walk around the world carrying the Stars and Stripes. He plans eighteen miles five days a week with two rest days, crossing waters and following the coast. Gridley townspeople trail him as a brass band leads the procession from the capitol building.
Pension Commissioner Evans cites a Supreme Court decision from 1878 ruling pension examiners who charge $2 for examining applicants are not government officers. He notes about 4,120 examiners exist, with an estimate of 3,000 Democrats among them, suggesting their removal if the view is upheld.
Rumor ties Alan Arthur son of the late President to a ministerial post in The Hague with several U S senators endorsing him. He paid respects to the President today as courtiers sought to influence the decision and push favorable action.
A 5,000 mile interchangeable mileage book for travelers has proved a failure. Commercial travelers and passenger agents are disappointed as sales fall short and the book does not meet expectations.
Fragmentary report from Qanada Ostend Neb April 16 notes reduced risk of river cut off and mentions weather conditions. Details are unreadable and no clear event or outcome is established.
The dialogue depicts a judge questioning a quiet citizen and an officer testifying that the man is passionately devoted to cricket, illustrating a humorous emphasis on temperament and pastime within a courtroom setting.
The Austro Hungarian empire holds a public debt of 5 620 000 florins, largely incurred during the French wars of the early century and the seven weeks war with Prussia.
The article extols Alabastine as a pioneering nail coating that began modestly and spread worldwide. It notes the term kalsomine losing favor among owners, as rivals use other names to ride on Alabastine’s reputation. It argues merit drives consumer choice and supports quality products against cheap imitators.
Following the release of the Queen, the press was flooded with fairy stories and imitations, just as Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress inspired hundreds of similar works.
In a tense exchange a man declares a fellow is doomed to an early death. The other questions the claim, asking how such a verdict follows from his seeming frailty and alleged reliance on body fat.
A reader testimonial from Cons Cord, Wisconsin claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cured their sister's painful ear eruptions that spread and worsened before treatment. The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best and the one true blood purifier.
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