Smallpox Quarantine Raised at Peru in Nebraska
Nebraska news notes the end of the Peru smallpox quarantine and covers a string of local incidents. State Auditor Cornell was confined to his home by illness. Madison county pioneers die within a week, and a Bloomington revival continues. A Omaha woman Jennie Cole dies after a stair fall while Ed Bartos, 13, dies from burns at Wondra's slaughter house. Fremont insurance moves toward Lincoln, Hastings burglars briefly halted, and a Columbus jail riot injures two suspects. Central City reports new business, Russian legal matters surface near Wairbury, and local fires, bankruptcies, mortgage records, and deaths round out the region's brief.
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Peru
Cornell
Madison County
Bloomington
Jennie Cole
Omaha
Ed Bartos
Wilber
Security Mutual Life ‘Insurance Company of
Fremont
Lincoln
Hastings
Bever's ‘Clothing
W. E. Mathews
Loup City
Wairbury
Nicholas Koop
H. Leon
Shelby
Keedbaugh
Leon
Harvey B. Troxel
Beatrice
United States
Irving Mott
Adams
Plate County
Henry Axtell
Fairbury
Osceola
Santa Fe Railroad
Rufua Elmer
Arizona
Winslow
Ariz
Masonic
Modern Woodmen of America
United Workmen
Knights of the Maccabees
A. J. Marsh
Milford
Nebraska Senate Debates Early Session And Legislative Agenda
The Nebraska Senate on the first day introduced numerous bills and discussed amendments. Motions urged opposing the Anglo American alliance and territorial expansion by invasion, while several Senate files and house resolutions covered county finances, school boards, public utilities, and women’s suffrage.
Nebraska Senate introduces bills on land plots and elections
On the tenth the senate introduced a batch of measures including a land plotting ban for city lots, a bill to safeguard primary elections and party conventions with penalties for violations, and a statute authorizing mutual bond companies to insure fidelity of officers with losses funded by assessments. It also proposes state wide uniform school textbooks, a commission to select books, and optional district ownership with penalties and repeals of conflicting acts.
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Senate
Nebraska
Senate committee to arrange rooms and review revenue bill
In the Senate on the 11th a three member committee Prout Holbrook and Miller was appointed to arrange committee rooms and bill rooms. The resolution authorizing the secretary of the Senate to draw upon the secretary of state for supplies was adopted and the judiciary committee asked to study Treasurer Reserve's bond. Bills 42 to 47 were introduced with H R 187 Pollard's revenue bill copying 1897 provisions. Pollard explained the aim to tax all state property beyond farmers and broaden the assessor’s reach.
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Senate
Committee On Military Affairs
Barton
Stotsenberg
Congress
Army
Nebraska Volunteers
Senator Currie of
Custer
Ways and Means
Frank Horne
William A. Gardner
A. B. Taylor
Theodore Palmquist
John L. Doty
A. B. Carly
C. M. Rigg
George B. Mair
W. A. McKinney
Herbert J. Paul
J. A. Stanley
L. T. Miller
A. C. Gordon
Emma Munnecka
Clara Beeman
J. H. Hall
W. T Sinclar
Charles Burns
Magele Kraese
Harry Marrian
H. G. McMillin
Prout
Gage
Holbrook
Dodge
Miller
Buffalo
Secretary
Secretary of State
Judiciary Committee
Treasurer Reserve
Pollard
Legislature Adjourns as Bills Range Wide and Rules Debated
The house adjourned Friday after meeting at 2 15. Bills introduced cover diverse topics including two about the state board of transportation one to abolish it and one to reorganize it with a single secretary. Committees were named by the speaker and numerous appointments made for pages clerks and custodians.
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House
State Board of Transportation
Board of Three
Fred Evans
Henry Anderson
Bennie Mills
Anna Buck
R. C. Osborn
J. R. Campbell
Smith
Bush
G B. McGlasson
A. B. McNickels
Pollard
Committee On
Wheeler
Olmstead
Easterling
Clark
Nebraska House Debates Rules and Bills in Midday Session
The house discussed rule 54 and adopted rule 64 enabling the enroll ed and enacted bills committee to report anytime. Bills moved include printing 500 copies, pawn broker licensing, child labor ban, a bank guaranty fund, and bond redemption. A special order set for 11 o clock addressed Col Stotsenburg and a ballot production warrant was issued.
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Committee On Rules
Evans of
Adams
Committee On
Burman of
Douglas
Beverly of Dougas
Evans
Haller
Washington
Burns of
Lancaster
Prince
Elwood
W. F. Wright
Lancaster County
Fisher of
Dawes
Stotsenburg
Senator Crow
Senate
Fisher
Stotsenberg
Jansen
Glengary
Madison
Chelsea
Fillmore County
B. B. Ogg
Geneva
House
Ogg
National Live Stock Association
Denver
Jensen
Lancaster Seven Cast Whole Vote For D E Thompson
Lincoln dispatch reports the Lancaster county delegation of seven votes will unite to back D. E. Thompson for the senator's seat. The split among four candidates was resolved after meetings over two weeks, ending with a caucus agreement to present a single choice. Lambertson Field Reese and Thompson had been argued as options.
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Lincoln
Douglas
Lancaster
Gage
Lambertson
Field
Reese
Thompson
Lancaster County
D. E. Thompson
Bill Aimed at the Leg Pullers
Olmstead introduces H. R. 184 to curb corrupt practices at elections and ban excessive political payments by candidates and supporters. The bill sets payment limits scaled by voter counts and declares any excess unlawful, potentially voiding the election of violators.
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Olmstead
Congress
Voluminous Insurance Bill Introduced in Nebraska Senate
Senator Talbot introduces a voluminous insurance bill that codifies Nebraska law, creates an insurance commissioner, and imposes taxes and license fees on European and other insurers. It requires Nebraska-written policies for foreign companies, tightens home insurers' rules, and claims to fund the new department while yielding 150000 to 260000 dollars annually for the state treasury.
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Senate
Reynolds
Congress
Col. Stotsenberg
Nebraska
Talbot
Canada
State University Wants Consolidated Funding Proposal
The legislative committee of the Board of Regents seeks to consolidate all university bills into a single package. They plan to request appropriations from both the university and general funds plus a three sixteenths mill levy for a special building fund, and propose increasing the university levy to 1 mill with all building, maintenance, and salary needs covered by the augmented university fund. A stray aside notes a remark about garter suspenders.
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Nstead
Various 1897 affairs across nations and states
Judge Arnold rules shipper pays express tax in Philadelphia. Noah Dever named receiver at Farmers Bank Portsmouth. Mendez steamers switch to American flag in San Diego. San tiago sets Washington’s Birthday events include football horse racing. Gas and electric fixture firms seek consolidation in New York. Barcelo na urges customs to allow Russian petroleum to compete with American. ETAOI railroad through Chickamauga park denied. US Court of Appeals Boston sets wool tariff start time at 4:06 p.m. Chicago Great Western shows earnings: gross 2,906,644. net 1,030,001. Nancy Welch murdered. Henry Jones lynched. C G W finance committee named. Central Passenger Association discusses abolishing second class Chicago New York rates. opposition strong. Egbert Davidson on trial in federal court over delaying mails. Marion Ohio Western Line association meets. uniform price advance speculated. Hocking Valley & Toledo sale ordered in Columbus. bids min 3.2 million. Military downsizing limping along. Fourth Kentucky mustered out. sixty-ninth New York to be discharged at home. Bath Me Independent tells of two boys, Sammie and Willie, prayers and a prank ending with Sammie claiming he can pray for himself.
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Judge Arnold
Philadelphia
Noah Dever
Farmers’ National Bank
Portsmouth
Mendez
Sansiago
Washington
Santiago
New York
el Diario de Barcelona
War Department
ETAOI
Chickamauga National Park
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O'Neill
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Kearney County
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minden
Neb
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Farrel
Weaver
Rouse
Broderick
Detweller
Detweiler
Prinse
United States Court of Appeals
Boston
Chicago Great Western
Nancy Welch
Chatham
N. C
Henry Jones
The
William Lidderdale
Howard Gilligi
Alexander Sr. Wallace
Pawn Waterhouse
C. 8S
de Pothonler
Central Passenger Association
Chicago
Egbert Davidson
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Davidson
Marion
Western Line Association
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Hocking Valley
Toledo
United States Court
Hocking Coal and Railroad Company
Gale
Miles
T.e Fourth
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry
Anderson
Ala
Kentucky
Sixty-Ninth
New York Infantry
South
Sammie
Willie
Pny
Navy Sf
Steecereesses
Lamba
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Kansas City
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