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CHARLES L. HYDE,
THU REAL ESTATE DEALER,
IsGladTo Answer AnyInquiriesConcerning Pierre.
A. W. JOHNSTON & CO.,
REAL F,STATR
LARGE EXCLUSIVE LIST OF
Business and Residence Lots
AND ACRE PROPERTY.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
CAPITAL, $50,000.00.
I I HECTORS:
THOS. II. GREEN, County Treasurer, II. F. BENNETT. Cat talist.
15. A. CUMMINS, Cashier A. O. CUMMINS, Wholesale Loathe:
C. C. BENNETT, President.
OFFICERS:
C. C. UENNETT, President: A. O. CUMMINS. Vice President:
B. A. CUMMINS, Cashier.
Foreign and Domestic Exchange. Collections Promptly Made.
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
PRATT WELLNIAN'S
REAL ESTATE AGENCY!
(OLDEST IN THE CIlY.)
Sole Agents for Wells 2nd Addition, embracing one-third of plite:l area of
Pierre. Choice acre property suitable fcr platting for side,
at from $00 to $200 per acre.
PRATT & WELLMAN'S ADITION.
is now piattcu and on the market. The plat can be seen at our office in Dakota
Central Banx, opposite Wells House.
BLACK HAWK MEDICINE CO
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
DEALERS I*
Orugs, medicines and Chemicals.
Perfumery, Soaps, Combs and Brushes, Trusses, Supporters, Shoulder Braces
iancy and Toilet Articles, Books and Stationery, Graw
and Garden Seeds.
Glass, Putty, Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Dye-SMfs,
Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal Purposes Patent Medicicaj, etc.
ily Medicines aud Physicians' Prescri\tions uccurtlolT
Compounded at all Ht'urs.
RUST-OWEN LUMBER CO.
LEAVE YO LB ORDERS FOR
We Will Take Your Orders for Coal
Now, Delivered During Winter
at Car-load Prices.
80,000.00.
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A BODY FOR BUSINESS
Both Bodies Have Struck a Working:
Gait at Last, and With Good
Results.
Some Siarns That the Remainder of
the Session Will Be Crowded
With Work.
Only a Few Measures Introduced
Hiiro Become Laws—Notes
and Comment.
SATURDAY AFTKKNOON SESSION.
S. II. 100 was amended by changing
"four" to "three" per cent and allowing
no commission for sale of such bonds, and
then passed.
A resolution of Hall, relating to im
proving the sanitary condition of the
house, was adopted.
The house adopted the recommendation
of the committee ol the whole that H. B.
22 do pass.
The following house bills were read the
third time and passed:
II. B. 140, relating to the trial of crim
inal cases in circuit and county courts.
II. B. 133, amending paragraph 2, chap
ter ft"), laws of IS90.
II. J. R. 91, the Fall River county re
quest for a military post at Oelrichs.
II. B. 142, regulating the use of proxies
in state, district and county conventions.
II. 1!. 107, regulating toll oil wagon
rouds
11. 1!. 1ST, fixing terms of circuit court
in certain counties, Viz., Fall River, Lake,
Moody, Miner and Aurora.
II. II. 220, a memorial to congress, relat
ing to purchasing the soldiers' home by
the general government and converting
the same into a national home.
Furl her consideration of the following
house hills was indelinitely postponed:
28, 121, 143, and 133.
Adjourned to 10o'clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Senate, Forty
S. B. 135, providing that counties pay
for the printing of abstracts on appeal to
the supreme court on state cases appealed
from circuit court, passed.
S. B. 173, amending sections 4 and 22,
chapter 84, laws of 181)0, relating to the
returns and duties of the secretary of
state in connection with election returns,
passed.
S. B. 107, establishing the fiscal year for
closing of all s'ate accounts, providing
that the end of fiscal year shall be June
30, passed.
S. 40. amending section 1, chapter
127, laws of 1S!K). increasing rate of inter
est on tax sale certificates from 12 to 20
pe- cent, lost.
Wiekhem changed his vote to nay, and
after the result was announced' gave
notice Ins would move a reconsideration.
S. B. 174, defining the duties of the of
fice of secretary of state, passed.
The following bills were read the first
lime:
S. B. No. 248—Crawford: tiivfng women
the right of suffrage In cities
of the first
and second class and incorporated towns.
Suffrage.
S.B. No. 149—Birch: Amending sec
tion 4, chapter72, laws of 1890, relating to
counties furnishing seed grain. Counties
and towns.
S. B. No. 350: Providing for the pay
ment of certain claims for labor and ma
terial on the new wing to the insane lios.
pital at Yankton. Appropriations.
S. B. No. 251—Clark: Authorizing tho
state treasurer to transfer $588.80 balance
from settlement fond of territorial settle
ment to state general fund.
S. B. 252—Ilindman: Amending sec
tion 7, chapter 1, laws of 1889, relating to
fees for abstracts.
S. B. 253—Ilindman: Amending para
graph 8, chapter 21, laws of 1890, relating
to assessment of railroad and telegraph
companies. Revenue.
S. B. 254—Scholfield: Providing for tho.
levy and collection of a tax of $2 on all
civil actions, to be paid into the state
fund. Judiciary.
S. B. 255—Melville: Establishing an
artesian well experimental station-on sec
tion 36, adjoining the city of Huron. Ir
rigation.
S. B. No. 250—Kennedy: Providing for
the state treasurer to make an annual re
port to the governor of the state. State
affairs.
S. B. No. 257—Appropriation Commit
tee: Providing for deficiency expenses of
the soldiers home, to the amount of S3,530
existing in completing furnishing of
same.
Among the house bills that were given
first reading in the senate was H. B. 3,
providing for resubmission of article 24,
of the constitution, being the prohibitory
clause of the same, which w^s referred
to the judiciary committee.
The sonate refused to concur in the
house amendment to S. B. 101 providing
for issuing refunding bonds of the state,
the rate of Interest provided for therein
having been reduced to 3 per cent by tho
PIEKRE, SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1891.:
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Senate reconvened at 2 u. ni.
Roll call showed a quorum present.
S. B. ISO, Abbott's bill providing that
the grand jury of the county investigate
all claims of individuals against any cor
poration having a capital stock of over
?50,000, was recommended by the judi
ciary committee for indefinite postpone
ment, which was adopted.
house. The sonate appeared to be of the
opinion that state bonds could not be ne
gotiated drawing 3 per cent per annum.
A confercnce committee, consisting of
Messrs French, Scott and Austin was ap
pointed to confer with a like committee
of the house.
Tho sonate then went into committee of
the whole with Senator Kittredge in tho
chair to consider S. Bs. 92 and 201.
S. B. 92, a joint resolution requesting
congress to foreclose tho government
mortgages on the Union and Central Pa
cific tallways and operate and control the
same was taken up and discussed at con
siderable length. Several different mo
tions were made resulting finally in the
recommendation that when the committee
arise it recommend Indefinite postpone
ment, the linal vote being 17 for and 10
against.
S. B. 201, authorizing civil to-vnships
to sink artesian wells for public purposes
and to Issue bonds therefor was then
taken up by the committee and considered I
section by section.
Tho committee arose, reported progress
and asl-ed leave to •sit again, which re
port was adopted.
Senate adjourned until 10 o'clock Mon
day.
Senate. Forty-nlntli Day.
Senate met promptly at 10 a. m. Lieut.
Gov. Hoffman presiding.
The rules were suspended and on motion
of Wiekhem the vote by which S. B. 40,
increasing rate of interest on tax sale cer
tificates from 12 to 20 was lost, was re
considered.
Rules wore suspended and the senate
went Into committee of the. whole to con
sider S Bs. 1S7, 201,171 and 100, Ileintz
in tho chair.
S. B. 187, tho educational bill, was taken
up and in addition to tho amendments re
ported by the committee, a few amend
ments were adopted and the bill as
amended was recommended to pass.
S. B. 201, the township irrigation bill,
was slightly amended and as amended
was recommended to pass.
S. B. 171, tho revenue bill was then
taken up, section by section and
considored. After having progressed
as far as section 14, the. committee arose
and asked leave to sit again at 3 p. m.,
which repoi was adopted.
The vote appointing a conference com
mittee on the house amendments to S. B.
101 was reconsidered and the amend
ments made by the house were refused to
be concurred in.
The president appointed Potter, Wiek
hem and McFarlano the committee to ex
amine and report on tho resolution of the
housobfo ..examine into, the chances, of
making the penitentiary available to
wards supporting itself.
The senate then took a recess until
3 p. m.
AKTKti.VOO.V SKSSIOX.
Senate met promptly at 3 p. m. pur
suant to adjournment.
A communication from Vice President
Morton was read acknowleding receipt of
the seed grain memorial.
The senate then went into committee of
the whole with Senator Ileintz in the
chair to resume consideration of the rev
euuobil. After reaching section 54 the
committee arose, reported progress and
asked to sit again.
Matthews moved reconsideration of tho
vote whereby joint resolution 92, asking
foreclosure of the mortgages on the Union
and Central Pacific railroads was indefi
nitely postponed.
After several motions had been put and
lost Potter moved to adjourn to 10 a.m.
tomorrow. At this juncture Kittredge
and others demanded a call of the house.
The sergeant at arms was despatched for
absentees.
Finally at 0:30 a motion to suspend
further proceedings under the call carried
and immediately a number of senators
rushed out of the room through doors and
windows leaving no quorum present,
whereupon a motion was made to adjourn
which carried, and under the rules the
senate met at 2 p. m. today.
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Speaker Seward and Clerk Cone being
on the sick list, First Assistant Clerk Coy
called the house to order. Roweof Brule
was olectcd speaker pro torn.
Tho rules were suspended, and the third
reading and final passage of house bills
was taken up.
II. B. 105, providing for tlio taxation of
express companies was postponed until 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon.
II. J. R. 79, requiring county officials to
furnish estimates of seed for destitute
farmers, was indefinitely postponed.
H. B. 100, amending section 1 of chapter
33, laws of 1890, establishing a board of
pardons and defining its duties, was lost.
II. B. 157, authorizing the state agri
cultural college to hold farmers' insti
tutes, was carried by 89 yeas, or.o aay.
H. B. 77, regulating the practice of vet
erinary surgery and medicine in the state.
O'Neill amended to make the board of
pardons three instead of two, which car
ried The bill brought out the opposition
of tho different horse doctors on the floor,
and the anti- horse doctors, after which
roll call gave 69 yoas, 15 nays, and the bill
passed.
Upon the question of its title, Jiilson
finally got a chance to have his say, after
ropeatedly being sat down on.
H, B. 97, establishing the highest rate
ofinterestatlOporcent. Roll call gave
27 yeas 54 nays, and the bill vas lost.
The house took a recess until 2
o'clock.
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Tho houso was called to order at 3
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II. B. 114, the "bller inspector" bill,
failed to pass.
The following house bills passed on
third reading:
II. B. 97, requiring railway companies
to furnish cars on five days notice.
II. B. 137, making railway corporations
liable for damages to livestock and by
lire.
II. B. 1G0, legalizing the acts of the
state treasurer in negotiating the sale of
certain bonds.
II. B. 88, amending sections 4S3 and 494
of the compiled laws.
II. B. 94, to provide means for defraying
expenses of selecting the 020,000 acres of
endowment lands.
II. I!. 11!) amending ihe noxious weed
law, and II. R. 179. fixing time for print
ing the session laws, wc-ie indefinitely
postponed.
Thirty-two houso bills were read by
their titles and referred.
The following bills were read the first
time:
If. B. No. 275—Welo (by request): To
iirnend the act establishing state and
county boards of health.
II. B. No. 270—Harrison: To provide
for sinking of artesian wells.
II. Ii. No. 277—Gardner To authorize
circuit judges upon their own motion to
hold special terms of court.
II. B. No. 278—Gardner: That circuit
judges shall hold terms of circuit court
in other districts than their own
upon disability of the regular judge, and
to determine matters in their own cham
bers from other districts.
n. B. No. 279—Bartow: Memorial to
congress, asking that when patents and
copyrights are issued the owner shall be
entitled to royally and the free manufac
ture shall occur also asking issuance of
bonds for warehouses to store the surplus
of imperishable farm products of the
United Slates.
II. B. No. 2S0— Recce: For taxation of
telegraph and telephone property the
same as that of individuals.
II. B. No. 281 —Pratt.: For establish
ment of stale library.
II. 11. No. 282—Beach: Relating to the
inspection of sheep.
II. 1!. No. 283—Sherman: Prescribing
olllcial seals.
II. B. No. 284—Heuehler: For collec
tion of a tax on civil actions.
II. B. No. 285—Harrison: Allowing
municipal corporations to amend their
charters.
11. B. No. 280—McLeod: Allowingcities
to enact a poll tax.
The houso then adjourned to 10 a. m.
tomorrow.
3=- Seiiate, pmtcth
AFTEBXOOX SESSION.
The senate was called to order at 2 p.
m., LieutenaHt Governor IlofTman pre
siding.
Roll call showed a quorum present.
The following bills were read the first
time:
S. B. No. 258—Kittredge: Providing
for the appointment of state law librarian
by the supreme court, defining his power
and duties and allowing a compensation
of $200 per annum. State library commit
tee.
The following senate bills were read
the third time:
S. B. 178, fixing the terms of court in
the Fourth Judicial circuit. Passed.
S. B. 103, amending section 7, chapter 3,
laws of 1887, relating to the state board of
agriculture and their duties. Passed
Ayes 30, nays 10.
S. B. 109, relating to electric, horse and
steam railways in cities. Passed.
S. B. 220, requiring strict attention of
the senators to business. Passed. Ayes
40, no nays.
S. B. 184, providing for appointment by
mayor of assessors in cities of the first
and second class, terra to be two years
and appointment confirmed by town com
mittee. Lost.
Kittredge moved reconsideration,
which precipitated a discussion in which
he came out winner, as the vote was re
considered and the bill again put upon its
passage and passed, ayes 30, nays 10.
Ilorton asked unanimous consent that
S. B. 130, relating to insurance tax for lire
departments of cities and towns, be taken
from the committee of the whole to which
it had been referred. Granted. lie
moved that it be made the special order
for Friday at 3 p. m.
S. B. 40, providing for increase of in
terest on tax salo certificates, having
been made tho special order for 3 o'clock,
was called up by Wiekhem, the question
being on reconsideration of the vote
whereby the vote was lost.
Peterman moved to indelinitely post
pone the bill.
Clark of Pennington presented and read
a memorial, from citizens of Rapid City,
asking to have the former rate of 30 per
cent restored. He hoped, as no prospect
of securing 30 existed, that the bill pro
viding for 20 per cent would be passed.
A protracted discussion was indulged
in, lasting for nearly an hour, when it
was discovered by Corey that the motion
was out of order, whereupon Peterman
moved to lay the motion to reconsider
upon the table.
A roll call was demanded and the mo
tion was lost.
A roll call was demanded on the origin
al motion to reconsider.
The motion to reconsider was carried.
Peterman then moved, seconded by
Stewart, to refer the bill to the committee
of the wholo for amendment. The bill
was then put on its final passage and
The time for consideration of report of
special committee foV substitute bill for
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dumber 41,
S. Bs. 3 and 4, providing for the Austral
ian system of elections, having arrived,
the report recommending the passage of
the substitute bill was read, and the mo
tion made to adopt the report resulted in
a tacit agreement to read the hill, section
by section, and consider by comparing
same with bills 3 and during tlie read
ing, which was done.
The following bills were introduced:
S. B. No. 259—French: Amending sec
tion 1, chapter 50, laws of jmk), relating to
amendment of articles of incorporation.
S. B. No. 200—Preston: Amending sec
tion 1, chapter 91, laws of 1S90, relating to
game.
S. Ii. No. 201—Melville: Submitting the
question of 'unending section 1, article 13.
of tilts constitution, relating to public in
debtedness, to a vote of the people.
S. i!. No. 202—Melville: Amending
chapter l.!5, laws of 1885, relating to tho
inspection of sheep, providing for a state
inspector.
S. B. No. 203—Melville: Amending sec
tions 5 and 0, chapter 100, laws of 1890, re
lating to fees salary and expenses of state
o'l inspector.
S. B. No. 204—French: Authorizing the
funding of outstanding bonded and judg
ment indebtedness of counties.
S. B. No. 205—Jol ley: Amendingsections
10 and 12, chapter 03, laws of 1SS5, relating
to appointment of judges of elections by
county commissioners.
S. IS. No. SCO—Ilindman: Autiioiizing
tho governor to accept the conditions of
an act of congress, approved Aug. 27, 18S8,
providing aid to state or territorial homes
for the support of disabled soldiers and
sailors.
S. B. No. 207—Melville: Appropriating
money for establishing an artesian well
experimental station for the state of South
Dakota.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. tomorrow.
Legislative Notch.
Senator Kyle departed from this eit
yesterday morning for Aberdeen and
thence to Washington where, on the 1.1th
of next month, he will don the senatorial
toga of Mr. Moody. A large delegation
of independents and democrats boarded
the train and escorted him to East I'ierrt,
and quite a number went as iar as Huron
with him. There was a great exuberance
of feeling among the new made statesmen
as they gathered around their chief and
bade him a good-bye, each one giving his
hand extra pressure as if to remind him
of that little "private talk" that had pre
viously been held and at which promises
to do what he couid were made. At the
East Pierre depot he stood on tho plat
rorm In the regulation,way of a great man
passing through tho -larid—with- hat
and bowing to the right and left. As the
train pulled out he waived his hand and
said, "good-bye, boy*!" and might have
adddfd "go back and rustle your ?5 a day
for the next two weeks while I go and
rustle my $15 a day for the next six
years.'"
Some of the members Kicked like steers
when I hey learned they had to adjourn
Saturday evening to Tuesday morning.
Some of tlieui were indignant- because tho
time of "the people" was .shut oi!' a day
because of the death of an old fellow by
the name of Coorge Washington nearly
one hundred years ago. The fact is they
were disgusted because they had not
learned of the national holiday in time to
go home oil the morning train and thus
leave the dear people in the lurch for two
days.
Christensen of Turner, the gigantic
young member of the house, arose and
made his maiden speech last Saturday on
the oil inspector bill. This rising young
star of democracy expressed very emphat
ic and vigorous disapproval of this orna
mental oiiiciai sinecure.
eleven introduced a resolution to shut
off reference to Indians and Indian troub
les, but it was set down on. Itcontained
merit just the same.
Speaker Seward, like some twenty or
thirty other members of the legislature,
has been laid up with sickness.
Representative King was reported to
have died last night, but in spite of this
he is a very lively looking cadaver. In
fact Mr. Ifing is improving right along.
C. W. Bobbins, publisher of the Custer
City Chronicle, left for Custer City this
morning. Mr. Robbins had a little contest
for a chair in tho senate that availed him
nothing. However,during his stay in the
city a good many got to know Mr. Rob
bins and found him a whole-souled gen
tleman and a true representative of the
Hills.
Mrs. Representative Bach is visiting
the capital with her husband.
Representative Gamble went home to
build up from the wrestle he had with la
grippe.
Hall boomed the si eep industry yester
day by saying the cultivation of sheep
was the best and most effective way to
destroy the Russian thistle pest. This
was on consideration of II. B. 149, which
strikes out Russian thistle and substi
tutes "black seed mustard." O'Neil said
if we did not destroy the Russian thistle
is would destroy us. The bill, however,
was indefinitely postponed as it should be,
Schnauber says it takes Mclntyro to ex
plain a point in a cl»sr, lucid and em
phatic manner.
Clerk Coy looks a little disfigured—but
he says "you ought to see the other fel
low!" He went dashing into his coal
house yesterday and his face ran foul of a
piece of iron that barked a cheek which
he supposed was more adamantine than
it proved to be.
'Mrs. Representative Cornwel! returned
to her home at Clark today.
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