Severe cold grips Nebraska towns as temperatures plummet
Lincoln records sub zero lows as the state endures a brutal blast from Borea. Harsh winds drive the mercury as Harley’s and Nebraska City report 10 and 30 below, with Bradshaw at 15 below Sunday morning. Farmers hail the cold as salvation for corn already thawing, while Omahan residents note the coldest day in two years and the Missouri River beginning to freeze.
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Lincoln
Harley's
Nebraska City
Bradshaw
Winside
Stromaburg
Omaha
Nebraska
Missouri
State Board Weighs Special Supplies and Penitentiary Purchases
The state board of purchases met to consider requisitions for special supplies at several institutions. The penitentiary contracts by the old board expire. the new board plans to continue supplying it like other institutions until law changes pass. Warden Lehdigh favors buying on the open market. Treasurer Reserve cashed warrants for legislative employee pay. private party cashes warrants for the first half of the session.
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State Board of Purchase and Supplies
Lehdigh
Argabright Trial Opens in Nemaha District Court
The January term of the Nemaha county district court began with Judge Letton presiding. Twenty three civil and eighteen criminal cases were listed for trial including the notorious Argabright murder case seeking a change of venue due to prejudice and jury difficulties. A prior trial consumed a special venue fee to secure a jury. A separate item notes a charity case in Harvard where farmer D W Curry aided neighbors in husk ing and storing 1600 bushels of corn and apples worth over 25000 dollars shipped from Nemaha county in 1896. The report also records the death of Frank Cuda, father of a West Point merchant, from blood poisoning after a barbed wire injury.
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Anders
District Court
Nemaha County
Letton
Law and Equity
Harvard
W. Curry
Ashland
Frank Cuda
West Point
Pearl Howells
House Proceedings A Succinct Nebraska Summary
A concise, non partisan review of recent Nebraska House of Representatives activities. The report highlights key votes, committee actions, and notable remarks while noting procedural movements and debate tone. It emphasizes legislative direction and procedural outcomes from the past week.
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Nebraska House of Representatives
Legislative actions and bills considered in state house session
Speaker Gaffin presided at 2:30 PM as 77 members answered roll. Committee reports favor the passage of house bills 8 and 36, while 47 was postponed. House 89 to reduce Geneva industrial school salaries passed committee and adoption followed. Bills 80 proposing 5000 for Lincoln statue was postponed. A joint resolution seeks legal action to settle an 1886 amendment dispute. Twenty new bills introduced, including irrigation aid and disaster reimbursements. Several bills referred or postponed, and the session adjourned after committee progress.
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Committee On Agriculture
John Currie
Soderman
Abraham Lincoln
Capitol
Roddy of
Ottie
Mundamus
Mr. Stebbins
Mr. Rich
George S. Farnham
Peru
Mr. Felker
Afr. Hill
House Woll
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Pollard
Cass
Phelps
Senate
Thurston
Omaha
Fire and Police Commission
Board of Transportation
Committee On Fish Culture and Game
Boyd County
Barrett Scott
Grosvenor
Clark
Lancaster
Felker
Douglas
Burkett
Committee On
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Dobson
Rich
Snyder
Wooster
Merrick
Richardson
Geneva Indosteint
Pissapre
State Board of
Scott
Dawes
Mnotormen
Senator Ransom
S. Fdi
Ransom
Douglas County
Heapy
State Livestock Commission
Lee
Sykes
Nebraska
Lawmakers Advance Bills in Early Session Activity
The house introduced seventeen new measures and second readings were held on many bills. H R No 4 by Eastman refunds Rebecca Perkins of Crater county 121 dollars for an alleged 1889 school land rent error, passing 87 to 0. H R 3 by Dobson repeals the sugar and chicory bounty, passage 63 to 30 after a call showed ten absences.
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House
Eastman
Rebecca Perkins
Crater County
Dobson
Legislative snippets on county clerks and civil engineers board
WR 29 by Mr Cronk provides for appointment and election of district court clerks in larger counties at non general election times. H Wee by Ar Givens aims to prevent hog cholera and other domestic animal diseases. Th R283 by Mr Van Horn establishes a state board of civil engineers. Adjourned.
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Cronk
H.wee
Ar. Givens
van Horn
State Board of Civil Engineers
Recanvass Bill Debate Delays House Session
On Wednesday January 27 the house adjourned after roll call until 10 a.m. tomorrow. The delay is seen as a tactic to gather votes for the recanvass bill with an emergency clause and to caucus on the Douglas county contest cases.
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Douglas County
Nebraska House Proceedings Chronicle January Debates
The house debated a sugar village resolution and re canvass bill while committees reported on passes liquor licenses and warehouse regulation. New measures included library establishment, tax shifts under free high school law, and penalties for bicycle theft plus other bills advancing or being amended.
Chicken stealing bill advances then dies in house
The house debated H.R. 99 by Mr. Clark of Lancaster to criminalize chicken theft and harboring thieves with penalties up to ten years. After discussion the committee report was rejected and the bill was killed.
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Haiplain Mailley
Gatlin
Bighing
Brown
the House
Shekton
Soderman
H.R
Clark
Lancaster
Recanvass bill debated as house settles schedules
The house recessed until 2 p m after considering liquor license publication powers and transfers. On return, third reading bills dominated the session with notes on house rolls 4 5 and 174 and a tax warrants bill 117 amid committee reports and a county contest wrap up.
Recanvass Bill Faces Senate Hurdles in Constitutional War
Fusionists in the house lack the two thirds needed to pass a bill to recount the constitutional amendment on supreme judges. Nine fusion senators oppose the measure in its present form, and a senate subcommittee plans a bill to submit returns to the supreme court for a majority rule decision. Judge Reese supports a majority of all votes cast, citing Maxwell and Lancaster county case opinions.
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House
Senate
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Supreme Court
Reese
Maxwell
Gant
Lancaster County
Nebraska Court
The Douglas County Contest Fails To Unseat Incumbents
In the Douglas County case the fusionists split over unseating Republican representatives. The privileges and elections committee favored removal in a lengthy debate while caucus adjourned without action. A majority and minority report likely, with key members listed, could trigger a House vote or evidence phase.
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House
Douglas County
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Sheldon
Dawes
Eager
Seward
Rouse
Hall
Byram
Burt
The Rose of Jericho Legend Across Cultures
The article recounts the Rose of Jericho tale revered in the East for blooming at a sacred moment and on anniversaries. It notes the flower as the Madonna’s rose in parts of Europe and its believed propitious link to childbirth. A variant ties it to St Mary during the flight into Egypt with the flower blooming where they rested.
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St. Mary's Rose
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Mary
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Mars
Electric process yields ultra thin gold foil from copper
Joseph Wilson Swan, famed for electric lighting, reported to the Royal Society on making gold foil by depositing gold on copper with electric current and then dissolving copper with perchloride of iron, creating leaves five to ten times thinner than ordinary gold.
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Joseph Wilson Swan
Royal Society
Nebraska Senate Backs Silver Coinage Resolution
The Nebraska senate adopted by party vote a joint resolution directing U S Senator John M Thurston to vote for any measure favoring free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
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Lixcoun
Neb
Senate
United States
John M. Thurston
Senate Proceedings Brief Dologs Of The Week
A condensed report outlines work accomplished during the week in the Senate session. Brief notes summarize key actions, votes, and committee items discussed by lawmakers.
Nebraska Senate Agenda Sees Revenue Reform and New Bills
The Nebraska Senate convened at 2 p m with several absences as Senator Murphy proposed a three member committee to revise revenue laws. Senator Howell urged handing papers in a court contest to the privileges and election committee. New bills include fixes to secretary of state fees and jury verdicts, foreclosure by advertisement, defense of divorces, prohibiting passes by corporations, and penalties for blacklisting discharged employees.
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Gage
Weneas
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Howell
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Secretary of State
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John Jeffcoat
Evans
Schaatt
Nebraska
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Talbot
Rsusom
Ransom
Nebraska Senate Debates Resolutions on Cuba and New Laws
The Nebraska Senate meets with readings of a Cuba sympathy resolution from Senator Allen and discussion of destitution in Chicago. A motion to reveal four day delays on bills fails, while new measures seek bank deposit safety, anti trust enforcement, and various district court and charter matters.
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Wm. V. Allen
Senate
Cuba
Allen
United States Senate
Canaday
Kearney County
Chicago
Nebraska
Nowell
Douglas
Alutz
Johnson
Dearing
Mutz
Denring
Beal
Senate considers tax on bank deposits for depositor safety
Concurrent resolutions discuss press dispatch bias and credit of Nebraska ag. Senate file 173 proposes a state bank deposit tax to fund depositor safety. Extended debate on Ransom's resolution urging Thurston to back free coinage. opposed by Republicans but passed on strict party lines.
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Howell
Spencer
Nebraska Ag
Senate
Ransom
United States
Thurston
Senate debates sugar bounty and new bills in session
The senate heard a petition from Adams County sugar beet raisers and considered bills on judgments county attorney appointments and reducing commissioners. A request for leave of absence to inspect homes at Grand Island and Milford was granted. New measures include a state board of agriculture and an immigration board, plus a national divorce law effort. The sugar bounty debate continued with calls to adjourn to Friday.
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Adams County
Judiciary Committee
Sykes
Talbot
Johnson
Ranzom
Adams
Committee On
Grand Island
Milford
Graham
Nebraska
Congress
Bell
State Board of Agriculture
Harris
Ransom
Douglas
Mutz
Gondring
Beal
Farrell
Lee
Ranson
Senator Conaway
Omaha
Nebraska Senate Debates Sugar Bounty Amid Indorsement Dispute
Senator Ransom weighed endorsing Senator Allen while opposing the sugar bounty. the body voted 24 to 8 to indefinitely postpone the resolution. Other actions included committee recommendations on juror seating, protection of milk and streetcar workers, and pay cuts for county officials. Adjourned to 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Ransom
Spencer
Senate
Alen
Allen
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