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New Laws Passed by the Forty-Fifth General Assembly. Chicago Charter* Local Option, Drainage* In- ̂ -c : surance Reforms and Pure Food Con- : V • , sidered the most Important. 120,000,000 Appropriated. APPROPRIATIONS.---The total amount of funds appropriated for state institu­ tions, salaries, public improvements and other state expenses for the ensuing two years is over $20,000,0)0, compared with IMS,090,000 two years ago. The items are: SENATE BILLS. Incidental expenses Forty-fifth general assembly 22,000 Employes Forty-fifth general as­ sembly 100,000 Illinois at Vicksburg 5,000 I. C. R. R. attorney general 50.000" I, C. R. R. governor ;. 100.000 Charitable institutions, ordinary. 4,977,000 Charitable institutions, special.... 2,078,402 University of Illinois, ordinary... 1,502,7S0 " 550,000 8S6.000 50,000 3,0t*i 5.Srt3 200,000 17,500 130,000 4,625,400 1,400,000 1,805 if W 6,000 757,995 2,000 15,000 1.000 1,000 150,000 500 2,000 5,000 430,000 1,000 60,000 10,000 161,000 299.500 23,443 University of Illinois, special University of Illinois. P. and S. 'Agricultural experimental station Btate entomologist Lincoln homestead, repairs Awards of court of claims Supreme court building Sh'awiiegtffwn levee Agricia&rhJ fairs - State government Salaries of state officers ......... Estate Jacob W. Wilkin, salary. I. and M. canal comrs., river im provement 78,200 State board of agriculture, build­ ings 125,000 Deficiency in printing 13,000 , HOUSE BILLS. w Surgical institution, children *" 60,000 Erecting monument Quincy, 111... Ordinary expenses Illinois, na­ tional guard and Illinois naval reserves Vicksburg" Illinois State Bee­ keepers' association Soldier dead at Andersonville.... Illinois Firemen's association Illinois Live Stock Breeders Purchase overcoats, etc., Illinois national guard 90,000 Armory site, Illinois national guard 44,000 Ordinary and other expenses of Illinois state reformatory, Pon- tlac 631,900 Illinois Horticultural society 10,000 Illinois Dairymen's association... 6,000 Armory, Seventh infantry, Chi­ cago Tomb E. K. Kane, second Illinois senator, repairing Illinois State Poultry association.. Sell real estate S. and S. home, Quincy, 111., and purchase real •state Ordinary expenses southern Illi­ nois penitentiary, Chester State Milk Producers' insurance.. Building at Chicago for state busi- ^ness Repair bridges Illinois and Mich. canal State educational institutions Ordinary expenses state educa­ tional institutions Illinois Farmers' institute, etc Purchase land Illinois state peni­ tentiary, Joiiet. ordinary 512,000 Northwest Historical 10,000 Incidental expenses Forty-fifth general assembly 7,000 Salaries of dead members .. 600 JJprinrrfl-M.- Afif-r a session lasting four months, the Forty-fifth general as­ sembly has passed out of existence so far as the enactment of general laws are concerned. What are classed as the biggest pieces of legislation passed by the law-makers are: Chicago Charter. Local Option. Drainage. ' Insurance Reforms. Pure Food. Up to a week before adjournment the local option bill was the obstacle that held up legislation. For four months the members indulged in merry warfare, the victory lying sometimes on one side and then on the other. By a supreme effort "the measure was at length passed and the current of bills rushed forth. It Is the only bill affecting the entire down- state territory. It provides for a vote on local option by cities, towns, villages and election precincts in counties not under township government, and although it - is not as extensive in its scope as the Anti- Saloon league officials at first planned. Still it is considered a triumph. It does not apply to Chicago. In tabloid form the most important of the legislative work is as follows: Charities Fund. CHARITIES.--Over $800,000 was lopped Off the funds asked to place the state charitable institutions on a higher plane. Although some of the ultra-conservatives denounced all scientific innovations as "fads and fancies," funds have been ap­ propriated for hydrotherapeutic equip­ ment, psychopathic hospitals and for a start in the direction of fire protection. One great Btrlde toward humanitarian- ism Is made by a measure providing that the insane now housed in county alms­ houses shall be placed in state institu­ tions. This bill does not apply to the Dunning institutions. The failure to ap­ propriate funds enough for the board of charities, however, will force that body to abandon many of its plans to ameli­ orate conditions at the great charitable Institutions. One meritorious feature of the charitable enactments is the estab­ lishment of a state surgical Institution for children, where the crippled and disabled under 14 years, whose parents •*e poor, may be treated and nursed. Labor Reform. liABOR REFORM MEASURES --Labor legislation was confined to three meas­ ures. although seven were fought for by the organized labor lobby, with the sup­ port of the administration. The Sollitt bill provides protection for structural iron workers--the safeguarding qf floors and scaffolding--and it is expected JM lessen materially the death-from-acci®nt rate hmong tiie workers on bridges lm<l sky­ scrapers. The rest of the latiot l>-gi*la passed contains \all the Important fea­ tures of the original measure recommend­ ed by Gov. Deneen. • State officials sav It is an excellent supplement to the federal statute, and that its enactment will keep Illinois from becoming the "dumping ground of the nation." It enables the state pure-food commissioner sot the standards of purity and strength; pro­ vides that grains shall be colored only under official supervision, and that they shall be tagged, and permits the sale of 'blended' whiskies only when the bot­ tlebears a conspicuous label. Another bill gives the live stock, commission the right to condemn diseased cattle, bogs, and all animals intended for food which are found to be infected with contagious or infectious disease. Health Powers Enlarged. HEALTH MEASURES.--The state board of health is given additional pow­ ers to enforce quarantines against the spread of contagious or infectious dis­ eases,,, and is given an appropriation large enough to put into operation some of its plans for extending the work of the laboratory, and for increasing the dis­ tribution of anti-toxin. Nurses S.re re­ quired to be registered, a bill being passed for a state board to be appointed by the governor. COURT PRACTICE.--Sweeping changes in practice and procedure that will rid the courts of much of their-ancestral de­ bris are provided through several bills, the most important of which was drafted by a practice commission. A new ne­ gotiable instrument law is also among this class of legislation. Lake to Gulf Water Way. DEEP WATER WAY AND DRAIN­ AGE--The first step for a lake-to-gulf channel is provided by a revenue bill that gives funds for building the Evans- ton and Calumet branches, thus giving enough flow in the present drainage caneu for its use by vessels of deep draft. It removes the limit of $20,000,000 on the bonded indebtedness and increases the limit of taxation from one-half of one per cent, to one per cent. The drainage district is not to be compelled to oper­ ate moveable bridges over the ditch for ten years in place of seven. The bills providing for the extension of the canal to Lake Joiiet. to complete step two of the project are still tied up. INSURANCE REFORMS.--Of the reme­ dial measures advocated by the adminis­ tration only one--the fire marshal bill-- failed of passage. The life reforms en­ acted into law are as follows: Standard provisions and prohibitions; amending certificate in the registration law; amending section 10, concerning the valuation of insurance policies and pro­ viding for modified preliminary term; prohibiting misrepresentations by lift in­ surance companies; adding to the pres­ ent law, enlarging powers of the insur­ ance department as to the blank for re­ ports; providing for $100,000 deposit; amending section 14 to correspond with 234, amending section 10; relating to dis­ bursements and providing for a voucher for expenditures more than $100; provid­ ing for a vote and roll call of the board of directors for all salaries of $5,000 or more; relating to the investments of the funds of life insurance companies. The Lloj-ds bill, regulating- fire insurance done by individual underwriters, Lloyds and other unincorporated associations and partnerships, was passed. Chicago Charter. CHIEF FEATURE OF CHARTER AS PASSED BY SENATE.--1. The several park boards of the city are consolidated under a city park commission, appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. 2. A bonded Indebtedness of five per cent, upon the actual value instead of upon one-fifth or assessed value of prop­ erty in the city, is authorized. 3. The board of education is to con­ sist of 15 members instead of 21, ap­ pointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. 4. The mayor is ho longer to act as presiding officer of the city council, the council being empowered to select its own presiding officer and the mayor given a seat in the council, but no vote. 5. The city is to be redistricted into 50 wards and one alderman is to be elect­ ed from each ward for a term of four years. Aldermen are to be paid |3,500 a year. 6. Changes In the charter may be made without future action by the legislature, and acts of the legislature applying to cities are not to apply to Chicago unless it is expressly so stated in the act. MANY BILLS PA8SED. A Brief Synopsis of the New Legisla­ tion Enacted. Springfield.--Following is a list of the bills passed at the Forty-fifth general as­ sembly, except appropriations bills: Senate 365 (Curtis)--Providing for the payment by the state of 40 per cent, of premiums of county fairs and agricul­ tural societies. Senate 128 (Brown)--Providing for uni­ form system of accounting and examina­ tion of fee offices of Cook county. Re­ quires semi-annual reports of fee offices to county board. House 231 (Mills) Requiring state's at­ torney of Cook county to turn over all fees of his office to county treasury and make quarterly reports of fees collected. House 232 (Mills)--Fixing salary of state's attorney of Cook county at $10,000 per annum, in lieu of all fees. House 189 (Erby)--Amending Chicago police pension fund law to bring under its provisions 19 aged widows of officers. Senate 58 (Campbell)--Providing for election of superior court judge in Cook county in April Instead of November, to st.e county $120,000. Senate 83 (Campbell)--Giving governor tlon is not highly important. One bill power to provide for election in April of roisuko thn Hootli tiaKlllii' Rahitflrv rllRfHrt triifltM* tr» fill vonannv raises the death liability for coal mlner«s from $5,000 to $10,000; the other revises the > shot -firers' act. The hazardous machin­ ery bill was killed after a fierce right. The bill changing the factory Inspection bureau into a department, however, car­ ries a clause that will enable «ihe stale officials to force employers to provide ventilated, sanitary and 8u.fr- quarters for the*r employes. The department is em­ powered to inquire into labor troubles, it is authorized to inspect workshops and . bakeries, and its force of inspectors Is increased. Railroad Bills Passed. * RAILROADS.--A two-cent fare bill has been passed, but the prospects are that it will be knocked out by the courts on the (round that It is confiscatory. Of the railroad reforms suggested in the gov­ ernor's message only one goes on the Statute book. It gives Jurisdiction over crossings to the railroad and warehouse commission. The others, the bills to prevent watering of stocks and to pre­ scribe a uniform system of accounts, were swept from the calendar by the blanket motions to clear the decks for the last day's action. As for the anti- pass bill. It was not even given serious consideration in committee. BANKING LAWS.--The recommenda­ tion in the governor's message for a re­ vision of the statutes so (as to lessen the Chances of more collapses like the Stens- , land failure was met by the legislators with the passage of a measure drafted by the Illinois State Bankers' association. It knocks out the "dummy" directors; prohibits loans to officers of the bank except on the approval of the directors; ffives the depositors the right to petition or a receiver, and empowers the state auditor to suspend the business of the hank pending application for receiver. The original bill Buffered several amend­ ments, but as it stands it is considered a long step In the right direction. p . Pure Food Regulation. ^-rJPURB FOOD.--After many vicissitudes ,J ^ to the bouse the pure food bill as finally sanitary district trustee to fill vacancy, and making term of president of board five years to conform with term of' other trustees. Senate 257 (Ettelson)--Authorizing South Park commissioners to acquire and im­ prove submerged lands for park purposes (South park driveway bill). Senate 231 (Hughes)--Enabling Dixon 111., to accept a gift of private property to he used as a park. Senate 8 (Brown)--Authorizing town­ ships to\acquire and maintain lands for park purposes. Senate 13 iClark)--Giving park QOihmls- sioners power to purchase or condemn additional lands for park purposes and issue bonds and levy tax sufficient to pay interest and principal In 20 years, after issuance approved on referendum vote. (Part of park improvement plan.) Senate 9 (Brown)--Authorizing town­ ships to issue bonds for park purposes. House 416 (Boulware)--Allowing cor­ porate authorities to levy tax of two mills for upkeep of parks, etc. (Chicago not affected.) Senate 129 (Juul)--Providing method by which streets surrounding parks may be Improved, remedying conditions created by supreme court decision allowing park boards to enter into agreement with cor­ porate authorities for street improve­ ments and proportionate cost. House 262 (Link)--Providing for sefP tlement of fire losses over $500 in county fire insurance companies by committee of reference to be appointed by county judge in case of a dispute. (Administra­ tion bill.) Senate 428 (Berry)--Providing for list­ ing and assessing of funds of fraternal beneficiary societies and associations. Senate 269 (Clark)--Creating state hoard of examiners for registered nurses, board to establish rules for uniform standard of instruction for nurses' training schools. House 410 (ApMadoc)--Forbidding sale of liquors within one and one-eighth miles of military post or naval training station. (Highwood dive bill.) Senate 319 (Putnam)--Authorising coun- establlsh and maintain for delinquent and truant children levy tax for es tenance. Senate 318 (Putnam)--Enabling school districts acting under special charters to hold school elections for directors, inspec­ tors and members of board of education at time provided for such election under state law. (Affects Peoria particularly.) Senate W0 (Burton)--Increasing salary »of matron of Soldiers' Widows' home at .1 /Wilmington. ? House 805 (committee bill)--Making It peniientlary offense to entice or allure children for immoral purposes, giving judges discretion to sentence boys be­ tween ages of one and 21 under juvenile court laws. House 468 (Erby)--Giving state board of health supreme authority in matters of jquarantine and requiring municipal au- fhorities to cooperate. Boafd has sanl-ary jurisdiction over dairies, etc., and fiower to enforce necessary measure when ocal authorities do not act- House 134 (Hearn)--Requiring county boards to complete their work before first Monday in September and state board of review on or before first Mon­ day in December, the state board to meet the first Tuesday after the tenth day of August. House 130 (ApMadoc)--Requiring county clerks to complete their work and deliver assessment books on second day of Jan­ uary following yeiar on which taxes are levied„ instead of 20th of January. House: 1 (Boulware)--Legalizing clerks of circuit courts in counties having branch circuit courts. (Applies to five counties.) House 240 (Provlne)--Requiring that all appeals to supreme court be filed 20 days before the first day of the succeeding House 109 (Boulware)--Allowing boards of review in Peoria county to appoint a clerk, salary to be fixed by county board. House 459--Protecting fur-bearing anl- House 241--Revising the practice and procedure act. House 592--Provi<Mng protection for structural iron workers. Senate 884--Providing that members of the state militia shall receive the sanje pay when on duty of any sort as when in active service. Senate 216--Giving horseshoers a lien upon horses and mules shod uqjtll paid^ for. Senate 359--Appropriating $78,200 for re­ pairs to the locks, dykes and dams in the Illinois river at Henry and Copperas crock. Senate 396--Appropriating $125,000 for permanent improvements at the state fair grounds. Senate 61--Prohibiting the enbalming of bodies subject to a coroner's Inquest un­ less by permission of the coroner. House 6C7--Requiring towns and coun­ ties to build approaches to bridges lo­ cated within boundaries. Senate 392--Fixing the compensation of members of the state board of equaliza­ tion at $1,000 per annum Instead of five dolars per diem. „ Senate 120--Appropriating $386,000 to en­ able the University of Illinois to take over the College of Physicians and Sur­ geons at Chicago. House 177 (Hollenbeck)--Allowing coun­ ty commissioners in counties not under township organization discretion in fixing width of roads to be built. - House 107 (Zinger)--Bill of same nature, applying to road commissioners of coun­ ties not under township organization. House 78 (Lantz)--Enabling Grossdale (P.rooktield) to levy assessments for street paving and legalizing the action, made necessary by reason of change of name of village. House 184 (Adkins)--Providing for elec­ tion of cemetery trustees in counties not under township organization for one, two and three years, Instead of all for three years as at present. Senate 485 (Glackin)--Prohibiting the ad­ mission of minors to dance halls in which or adjacent to which liquors are sold. Senate 348 (Dunlap)--Providing for the use of road drags for improving dirt roads and prohibiting driving on them before they are dry. . House 24 (Kirkpatrick)--Cre&tiog. two additional terms of circuit court in Frank lin county. _ , , House 258 (Hearn)--Establishing three terms of county court in Adams county. House 343 (Potter)--Creating additional term of circuit court in Williamson C°House 641 (Hollenbeck)--Providing ad­ ditional term of circuit court In Clark county in June. Senate 312 (Hamilton)--Authorizing East St Louis to provide for election of addi­ tional judge of city court and fixing time of election. House 691 (Hearn)--Providing means for township of Quincy to build town hall by submission of question at polls. Senate 100 (Hughes)--Exempting from civil service regulations treasurers of state charitable institutions. House 235 (Gibbons)--Providing for an­ nexation for high school purposes of townships or parts uf townships to ad- Jacent school townships having nigh schools, after petition and election. ' Senate 30 (Humphrey)--Allowing mas­ ters in chancery in Cook county fees where defendant is in default. Senate 196 (Chafee)--Regulating sale of paris green. In Interest of fruit grow- eIHouse 53 (McRoberts)--Giving county judges of Peoria county authority to ap­ point prohibition officers. House 352 (Lindly)--Fixing date for ex­ amination of normal school candidates between March 1 and May 15. House 56 (Reynolds)--Increasing sal­ aries of Judges of circuit court in state at large to $5,000. . Senate 11 (Humphrey)--Provides that complaint and examination in cases of bastardy may be made in county or mu­ nicipal courts. ' Senate 304 (Dunlap)--Amending farm drainage act to make it conform with su­ preme court decisions in subject of drain­ age, and making other alight changes la the law. . „ , , i House 221 (Flannlgan)--Making provi­ sion for the election of a drainage com­ missioner in St. Clair county. • House 314 (Campbell)--Fixing compen­ sation of receivers for building and loan associations at not to exceed three per cent, of funds, and this not to exceed $1,000. House 51 (Lindly)--Requiring counties to bury Indigent soldiers and sailors of Spanish-American war, Philippine insur­ rection and Boxer uprising in other than potters' field, at expense not to exceed House 646 (Lewis)--Extending time In which county judge may appoint review hoard to July L Does not apply to Cook county. . v , .. House 175 Boulware)--Giving city councils powers of highway commission­ ers when commissioners have been abol­ ished, vesting appointment of supervisor of poor with county board Instead of city council. House 47 (Hearn)--Requiring state's at­ torney to give ten days' notice before bringing suit against corporation for failure to make affidavit that it is not member of trust, as required by anti­ trust law. _ , House 829 (committee bill)--Empowering fraternal beneficiary associations to op­ erate hospitals for care of their sick and distressed members and families. House 224 (Heinl)--Allowing highway commissioners two dollars a day for serv­ ice, justices of the peace two dollars a dav for canvassing vote at road district elections, and district clerks two dollars a day. House 142 (Canaday)--Fixing ttmit of recovery for death In mine accident at $10,000. At present limit Is $6,000. House 783 (Flannigan)--Establishing a drainage and sanitary district In Madison and St. Clair counties. House 517 (committee bill)--Giving Cook county board authority to appoint 'A county auditor to-audit books of all fee offtocs House 307 (committee bill)--Authorizing Lincoln 'park board to issue $1,000,000 bonds for connecting park and boulevard sv stems House'808 (committee bill)--Authorizing Chicago authorities to permit park boards to construct elevated roadway not more than a mile in length for park and boulevard purposes. Senate 243--Opening the Soldiers Or­ phans' home at Normal to all orphans instead of limiting it to orphans of sol- dSenate 454 and 455--Authorizing the issu­ ing of degrees by "the state normal schools. ... .... , Senate 539--Providing that foreign cor* poratlons hear a portion of the burden of the taxation of the state. Senate 317--Providing that park com­ missioners shall submit annual reports to county commissioners or supervisors. Applies to South park commissioners Senate 481--Permitting sioners to use material from the state penitentiaries in constructing tending into city and village limits. Senate 218--Increasing the salary of the secretary of the South park board, Chi­ cago, to $5,000. House --Appropriating a monument tc $6,000 for the road commls- ereetion of a monument to George Rog­ ers Clark in River View park, Quincy, 111. Senate 158--Limiting salaries of life in­ surance officials to $5,000 unless such pay­ ment is authorized by directors, and re­ quires directors to approve all important items of expense. Senate 546--The tax levy bill, appropri­ ating *3,000,000 a year for the general rev­ enue fund and $1,000,000 a year for the school fund. House 552 (Troyer)--Authorising park boards to Issue bonds for cooperation with other park boards in park and boul­ evard systems. House 818 (committee bill)--Authorizing municipalities to construct and maintain an elevated roadway and approaches and turn them ever to park commissioners. Senate 504 (Berry)--Modified local bill of Anti-Saloon league. Gives cities, towns, villages and townships in coun­ ties not under township organization right on petition to vote on question of saloon or no saloon. House S34 (committee bill)--^General law for the protection of game fish. Provides for fish wardens in each county, fixes sal­ aries of members of fish commission at $1,500; strict regulations as to use of seines and nets, closed seasons fixed, fish­ ing through Ice prohibited. House 245 (Smejkal)--Removing the $20,- 000,000 bond limitation on the sanitary canal district, increasing the tax levy from one, half of one to one per cent. House 471 (Hurst)--Authorizing cities and villages to buy, lease, operate water and sewage systems. House 777 (Bush)--Ijegallzing the mer­ ger of the roads comprising tne Chicago & Western Indiana system (owning Polk street terminal) and its bond Issues, past and future. House 291 (Keck)--Repealing statute re­ quiring owners of traction engines to carry heavy planking for protection of bridges, and requiring county commis­ sioners to protect the bridges. House 227 (Helnl)--Giving county and municipal authorities power to appropri­ ate for publication of proceedings and documents of historic interest and mark location of ancient forts, villages, etc. House 205 (Schermerhorn)--Requiring Insurance companies to show on face of each policy that it is secured by pledge of bonds, stocks and securities deposited equal to the amount of the legal reserve. House 845 (committee bill)--Establishing a state board of optometry and requiring the licensing and examination of opti­ cians. House 251 (Donoghue)--Prohibiting the Willing of entire estates for longer pe­ riod than life of person benefited. Af­ fects disposition of estates like that of Marshall Field. House 692 (Hollenbeck)--Giving supreme court power to appoint its own bailiff and fixing salary at $1,200. i House 710 (Mills)--Uniform bill on land titles (Torrens system). Drawn by state commission on uniform laws. House 860 (Lindly)--Providing for the distribution of interest and profits on public funds and investments among the townships of the county. House 459 (Bolln)--Prohibiting the kill­ ing of fur-bearing animals between March 1 and December 1. House 23 (Gehant)--Permitting an as­ sessment not exceeding 60 cents an acre on lands of drainage districts for erec­ tion and maintenance of pumping plants and necessary repairs to drain ditches and levees of districts. House 460 (Bulware)--Provides for the payment of six per cent, interest on as­ sessment installments for farm drainage work, allowing use of such money for drainage construction or repair. House 799 (Levere)--Permitting munici­ palities to cooperate with other towns in same county in making public Improve­ ments, proportionate cost to be deter­ mined by court. House 341 (Provlne)--Giving state board of live stock commissioners power of condemnation of diseased cattle, hogs, House 633 (Corcoran)--Authorizing all cities to elect a police magistrate to hold office for four years; permitting magis­ trates chosen at time when no regular election for city officers to hold office until successor is chosen. House 248 (Troyer)--Requiring life in­ surance companies incorporated in other states to deposit securities to amount re­ quired of companies mcorporated In Illi­ nois, or a certificate showing such de­ posit in home state. (Administration bill.) House 780 (Gaunt)--Competing Insurance companies to furnish state superintendent of insurance with all desired informa­ tion concerning condition of company. (Administration bil.) House 186 (Bush)--Requiring payment of school repairs and improvements from building fund and not charged to inci­ dental expenses. No petition of election necessary for tax levy for ordinary re­ pairs for school buildings. House 839 (committee bill)--Negotiable Instrument bill. Made up largely by state commission for uniform laws. House 450 (Musgrave)--Requiring that forfeited leases on oil and gas lands be released of record in county in which land is located without cost to owner of land. House 848 (Covey)--Provides for chief grain Inspector of state, and giving rail­ road and warehouse commission general, supervision over class A warehouses. In Chicago requires Inspection of grain both on receipt and delivery by grain inspec­ tor. Deputy inspectors to be appointed by chief grain inspector. House 688 (Gillespie)--General law for protection of game, establishing closed seasons, etc. _ Senate 535 (Glackin)--Prohibiting the scalping and sale of theater tickets. , Senate--Fixing the fee of Cook county justices in contested cases at two dollars. Senate 59--A lowing the coroner to name substitute jurors when regular jurors fall to appear. Gives the coroner power to compel witnesses to testify and pro­ vides for the taking of testimony In short-hand. Senate 22--Prohibiting undertakers from embalming bodies with any preparation containing arsenic or strychnine. Bill drawn up as a result of Johann Hoch case. Senate 360--Allows municipalities to enact new ordinances and levy hew taxes for sidewalk construction when original tax levy Is annuled or set aside by bourt. House 873--Regulating amount of pow­ der to be used In charges in coal mines, and other mine regulations. Senate 483--AmencHng the Torrens act so as to make the county responsible for all acts of the registrar in connection with the registration of titles. Senate 50S-- Providing that any insur­ ance company making deposits and reg­ istering its policies and annuity bonds pursuant to law may, on January 1, 1908, cease to deposit the reserve upon, and to register its policies and annuity bonds issued on or after said date. Senate 292 (McKenzie)--Provides for ten days' extra pay for enrolling and en­ grossing clerks after general assembly closes, In order to finish work. Senate 219 (Bare)--Permits admission to Soldiers' and Sailors' home at Quincy of aged wives of soldiers and sailors. Senate 46 (Anderson)--Provides same rights of protection of property of posts of Spanish-American war veterans and veterans of army in Philippines as ac­ corded to G. A. R. posts. fc'mate 44 (Pemberton)--Making act reg- ulatS.rg the granting of relief to indigent civil v/ar veterans and their families ap­ ply tc those who served l.n Philippine in- surrrotlon, Spfiintsh-Ani©ricflin war and Boxer uprising in China. Senate 249 < Breidt)--Providing for or­ ganization of state militia into divisions under command of major general ftna raises rank of adjutant general as well to Major general; reorganization of nava^ reserve in command of captain and makes number of other changes in the ^Senate 118 (Dunlap)--Appropriating to University of Illinois money granted by congress for benefit of agriculture and m e c h a n i c a r t s . . . . . , House 817 (Hope)--Allowing mine oper­ ators to take into mine sufficient explo­ sives for next day's use. Prohibits mln- ers from opening packages of explosives with picks, makes general revisions for depth of shot holes, amount of explo­ sives to be used, etc. . House 816 (Hope)--Making changing of shot holes after inspection by shot flrer penitentiary offense If accident results. Makes other changes In mine regulations. House 592 (Sollitt)--Law for protec­ tion of bridge and structural iron workers. Requires floors, scaffolding, belting. (Factory inHouCsl0r^2bl(Austin)-ReguUtlng state hanks. Gives state auditor power of mary possession of bank under suspicion pending application for receiver. Allows depositors to petition for receiver who shall reside in same county. Prohibits loans to officers except on approval of di­ rectors, guards against "dummy" direc­ tors, etc. House 271 (committee bill)--Fixing sal­ ary of recorder of Cock county at $9,000 and abolishing the fees of that office. House 844 (committee bill)--State pure food bill; general system of food inspec­ tion, standards to be fixed by food corn- House 6-5 (linger)--Giving person fur­ nishing monument or gravestone a lien on stone until paid for. Senate 452--Giving trustees of Eastern Illinois normal school power to issue di­ plomas and confer degrees. Senate 462 (Lish)--Enabling the city of Macomb to build, acquire and maintain a bridge and approaches outside the cor­ porate limits and issue bonds therefor. House 241 (Provine)--Practice and pro­ cedure act, drawn up by state commis­ sion for uniform laws, codifying and changing rules of practice and procedure In courts. House 581 (Hollenbeck)--Eliminating fee of 25 cents for release of mortgage; also one dollar appearance fee required from House 234 (Musgrave)--Requiring super­ intendent of Insurance to make annual valuations of all outstanding policies of life insurance companies, and giving him authority to compel companies to main­ tain reserve fund equal to net value of outstanding policies. (Administration bill. House 642 (Hull)--Making regulations for form and character of storage ware­ house receipts. Drawn up by commis­ sion for uniform laws. House 632 (Fiteh)--Prohibiting persons other than members of beneficiary asso­ ciations from being delegates or having any voice In management. House 250 (Levere)--Requiring three days' notice of application to declare a person a pauper. House 220 (Erby)--Requiring mutual life Insurance companies, in determining amount of surplus to be disturbed, to re­ serve amount equal to not less than ag­ gregate net value of outstanding policies. (Administration bill) House 40 (Chiperfleld)-- Making petition of one-tenth of voters affected the legal proportion necessary for submission of proposition for annexation of territory to municipality. Does not apply to Chi­ cago. House 473 (Kirkpatrick)--Making Illi­ nois citizenship a qualification of mine examiners. Allowing mine owners to em­ ploy experienced men when Impossible to secure services of certificated mine ex­ aminers. House 857 (committee bill)--Allows ad­ mission to high schools of other districts of graduates of eighth grade grammar schools when no high school in their district, but requires permission of school board In which high school Is located. House 694 (Kerrlck)--Establishing an additional term of county court in Put­ nam county. HouBe 771 (Lawrence)--Throwing open books of treasurer of State Fair associa­ tion to state auditor. Requires yearly accounting and publication of all re­ ceipts, expenditures, attendance and oth­ er statistics, use of automatic turnstiles. In general, more publicity of affairs of State Fair association. jf* Senate 394--Specifying requirements for pharmacists in order to obtain certlfi- cates. Makes two years In school count for two years' service under registered pharmacist. House 3--Increasing the salary of mem­ bers of the legislature from $1,000 to $2,000 per session, with a per diem of five dol­ lars for extra sessions and a $50 allow­ ance for stationery. House 4--Establishing a state surgical Institution for children, creating a board of trustees for same. Appropriates $60,000 for* establishment. House 879--Making It a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $10 to $200 or im­ prisonment not to exceed six months, or both, to use state or national flags or en­ signs for advertising purposes, or to dese­ crate them in any way. House 540--Authorizing trustees of Sol­ diers' and Sailors' home at Quincy to sell certain real estate and purchase oth­ er land on the river for park and drive­ way. Appropriates $5,000. Senate 191--Providing that examinations for positions as public accountants shall be open to all applicants without regard to educational qualifications. Senate 502--Allowing live stock to re­ main in cars during shipment for a pe­ riod of 36 hours, making the State law conform with national law. House 250 (Clapsaddle)--Requiring mine owners to provide fefuye places in side walls along car and mule tracks. House 784 (Gillespie)--Fixing bounty of 25 cents on ground hogs. House 394 (Parker)--Cures defect* in title of act for election of school in. .lector at large In cities having two or more school districts. House 482 (Link)--Limiting amount of insurance on one "risk by county Are in­ surance companies to $6,000. * House 132 (Fitch)--Allows release of one or more judgment creditors without re­ leasing others, but settlement carries pro­ portionate lowering of whole judgment. Right of contribution safeguarded as set­ tlement with principal releases sureties. .Mouse 382 (Egan)--Permitting employes of public libraries of Chicago to become annuitants under library« pension fund after five years' service. House 813 (Erby)--Bill drawn up by state board of health, giving board au­ thority to license physicians without ex­ amination who have been licensed in oth­ er countries or states, provided same privileges given by those states. Senate 5 (Humphrey)--Automobile bill, requiring state registration of all auto­ mobiles, fixing limits of speed (20 miles an hour on country roads), making in­ jury to person or property prima facie evidence of violation of speed limit regu­ lations. Senate 76 (Berry)--Increasing fees of state's attorney in counties outside of Cook. Senate 168 (Dunlap)--Requiring state en­ tomologist to prescribe precautionary measures if he finds nurseries or orchards Infected by contagious plant disease and empowering him to withhold certificate of inspection if conditions imposed have not been observed. Senate 370 (committee bill)--Making It unlawful to wear badge of G. A. R., Spanish War veterans or Army of Phil­ ippines unless person Is entitled to wear ^Senate 388 (committee bill)--Regulates conditions and provisions to be contained In policies of state life insurance com­ panies. (Administration bill.) Senate 392 (Jones)--Fixes Balary of members of state board of equalization at $1,000 a year instead of a per diem, as now provided, and providing for per diem payment of needed clerks. House 485--Revising the law regard­ ing the adoption of children. Pro­ vides a form of parental consent. Bill drawn by Judge Mack of Chicago. House 390--Appropriates $5,000 per annum for the state fair and $200 per annum for each county fair. Also $13,- 020 for the expenses of the state fair association. ' House 164--Giving commissioners of townships in counties under township organization power to call special elections to vote on the proposition to borrow money for road building. House 484--Amending law regarding: delinquent and dependent and neglect­ ed children- Drawn by Judge Mack of Chicago. House 523--Amending the law com­ pelling coal operators to file annually with county recorder detailed maps or mines by attaching penalty for failure to do so. House 746--Prohibiting warehouse­ men from delivering grain inspectors from permitting delivery of grain from warehouses without notice from ware­ house registrar that warehouse re­ ceipts have been registered for cancel- House 746--Changes the title of the "deputy grain inspector" to "fujslstant grain Inspector." , House 26--Providing for the turning over to theh Statte Historical society all documents of historic interest. House 317--Placing loan and securi­ ty companies under the same state regulation as building and loan asso­ ciations; $25,000 deposit required with state treasurer; holders of contracts have privilege of withdrawal and to receive all money paid in and three per cent, interest if withdrawn after one year's connection. House 814--Putting charge of roads in counties not under township organi­ sation under control of road commis­ sioners instead of county boards. House 757--Requiring proprlet rs OI f Court 26 Years by Mail. i'i Harrodsburg, Ky.--As the result of j| courtship, covering a quarter of a pentury. but daring which they never Jbet in person, J. W, Reed, aged 64, of this county, and Miss Helen Jen- kins, aged 63, of Quincy, 111., have feeen married here. Another Fire to Perry, la. Des Moines, Ia.--The third disas­ trous fire within the past six months Tieited the town of Perry Sunday, pausing damage estimated at $25,000 Had destroying four business buildings. .k, Hundreds See Two Drown. La Crosse, Wis.--While 200 people watched them from the shore Sun­ day, V. Vancamp, E. O. Ellsworth and Rosa Wright attempted to cross the Mis. ssippi river in a small rowboat. The boat upset and Vancamp and the girl were drowned. Cartist Club in Madritf Mobbed. Madrid.--A mob of Republicans Sun- ay wrecked the Carlist club, and the office of the Cftrllst newspaper at Vic­ toria. There was lively street fight­ ing. Gloves for Money Counters. . Pittsburg. Pa.--To ward off threat­ ened resignations, Pittsburg banks have agreed to supply their clerks with rubber gloves, which will lessen their chances of contracting diseases from money. (ireat Fire In Belleville, Ont. Belleville, Ont.--The distillery and grist mill of the H. Corby company were destroyed Sunday by fire, orig­ inating, it iB Relieved from spontane­ ous combustion. The loss is placed at •250,000. ' * .fjSC'I Twin Trotteri In Training. Lexington, Ky.--In training at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' association track in this city are a pair of twin trotters, Star Prodigal and Starless Prodigal. So far as can be learned they are the only twin trotters ever trained, and if given records will be the only twin trotters in the list With the exception of a star in the forehead of Star Prod­ igal and the absence of the star in the forehead of Starless Prodigal, they are perfect matches In tm» conformation, size and color. Murder* Her 8on-in-Law. Maysvllle, Ala.--AEgcred because her son-in-law, fYank Albright, had come home drunk and driven the fam­ ily from home, Mrs. Mattie Connally murdered the man by shooting him with a shot gun. Strikers Let Cars Alone^ 8*n Francisco.--Fifty street were operated Sunday over two of the 20 odd lines composing the United Railroads system. Most of tfc j pas­ sengers were women. There was lit­ tle disorder. Sopls t0 furnt9h •*at" for female em- Senate «02--Providing that the city council of Chicago shall establish a pension fund for the water office em­ ployes, the fund to consist of one-half of the delinquent discount collected Senate 421'--Providing that courts of record may suspend sentence and par­ ole persons found guilty for the first time of certain criminal offenses Drawn by Judge Gilbert of Chicago. House 343--Creating public school teachers" pension fund in Chicago. Graduated scale of assessment on teachers coming under benefits of pen­ sion fund and retirement on pension after 25 years' service. House 167--Providing for biennial examination of books of fraternal in­ surance societies by state superinten­ dent of insurance, with publication of their annual statement within 30 days after filing it with secretary of state (administration bill). House 842--Requiring the turning over of interest on public funds of Chi­ cago to school fund; requiring that in­ terest on school funds be turned over to teachers' pension fund, amount not to exceed one per cent, of school fund (part of teachers' pension fund plan). House 874--The Chicago charter. House 593--Establishing a department of factory inspection, giving the office juris­ diction over conditions of labor in the state. House 841--Providing dual system of commencing and conducting criminal casea; prosecution on information instead of by grand jury indictment, but grand Jury to be summoned at loast once a year. House 742--Establishing an educational commission to report to the next gen­ eral assembly plans for uniform text­ book system and other recommendations. | Appropriates $10,000 for expenses, j House 411--Establishing a board of CoinmlssSonere of uniform state laws, for the promotion of uniformity of legisla­ tion of other Btates and the United States divorce laws, criminal code, etc. House 115--Fixing the bounty for ex­ terminating crows at ten cents and five cents for each egg. Senate 257--Providing for state control Of wild -vat Investment companies. Senate 159--Prohibiting misrepresenta* tions by life insurance companies as to estimates, illustrations, circulars of statements representing terms of poli* cies. Senate 113--Uniform fish law, conform­ ing with proposed laws of Itydiaqa, Michi­ gan and Wisconsin. NEW HAYWOOD VENIRE HEADY. Trial to Be Resumed Monday--ftu* more About Orchardkon. Boise, Idaho.--The summoning of the special venire of talesmen in the Haywood case will be finally completed Monday morning and the 100 men who have been called by Sheriff "Shad" Hodgin will present themselves in Judge Wood's court when at two o'clock Monday afternoon the case will be resumed. General expectation Is that not more thati two of the regular venire already examined will- be retained In the jury box, and that the bulk if the jury will come from the quota now called by the sheriff. Interest in the trial continues to center in the personality and testi­ mony of Harry Orchard, who is al­ leged to have killed Gov. Steunenberg and upon whose confession William Haywood and his associates in the directorate of the Western Federation of Miners were indicted. Its culmina­ tion will come when he is brought into court to relate his story. Meantime Orchard is a closely guarded prisoner in the state peniten­ tiary, that stands In the eastern sub­ urbs of the city. VSrkjus reports as to attempts to reach or kill Orchard are in circulation, the last being a tale from Lewiston of a plot alleged to have been formed months ago to shoot Orchard from the hills back of the prison. These stories lack con­ firmation, but they serve to tighten the vigilance of Warden Whitney and his deputies, , TRAMP IN ENGINE'S TANK. -- » Weary Willie Falls In and Narrowly Escapes Drowning. St. Louis.--As' the Chicago & Al­ ton Limited pulled out of St. Louis Saturday a tramp snugly en­ sconced himself at the rear of the en­ gine's tender, and the position he took nearly caused his death by drowning. The train was well under way when the tramp fell into the opening of the engine'8 water tank. His cries for help were unheard and he was buffet­ ed about the tank in the swirling wa­ ter by the surging of the train. At Alton, the first stop, faint cries for help were heard. The train crew and a policeman investigated the run- ning gear of the engine, thinking a man had been run over and his man­ gled body entangled In the machinery. But no sign of a man was found, and yet the faint cries ,,were audible. Finally the fireman discovered the hatchway of the water tank open and peered in. The tramp was splashing in the water, feebly trying to keep his head above the surface, and was al­ most exhausted. He was pulled out and laid on the ground, half strangled and partially unconscious. The train­ men worked with him for some time before he was revived. When told there was only four feet of water in the tank the tramp said he was so frightened he believed it deeper and had used all his strength in trying to keep afloat HA8 SLEPT FORTY DAYS. Peculiar Case of I. C. Webster in Kan* 'sas City Hospital. Kansas City. -- T. C. Webster, who was taken from an east- bound train here on April 2 uncon­ scious and removed to the City hos­ pital, has slept constantly for the past 40 days and is still asleep. Phy­ sicians say he is suffering from acute melancholia. Webster is 60 years old. He was traveling from Horseshoe Bend, Ida­ ho, to Gainesville, Ga. He became de­ lirious on the trip from Denver to Kansas City and was unconscious when he reached here. Since that time he has been aroused sufficiently to take nourishment, but at no time has he been thoroughly awake. None of his relatives or friends have visit­ ed him since he was taken to tjhe hos­ pital/ - OF ILLINOIS. ^ • H- HAPPENINGS INTEREST ALL OVER THE 8TATE. Jf WANT DRAINAGE SUBVgVS Have to Be Postponed Unless A|>» 4 propriation Is Adequate." Urbana.--The state geological sur­ vey estimates that $128,000,000 would be added to land values of the state if the remaining swamp lands and lands subject to overflow were re­ claimed. The problem now before the people is the urgent necessity for river Improvement in order that out­ lets may be furnished to existing drainage works. The state geological survey plana to take up the making of maps and the study of the drainage problems of the various districts, but unless the legfa* lature increases the appropriation for this purpose the work will be great­ ly handicapped. The state senate has cut out tiie item regarding drainage surveys, and unless the house insists on an appropriation the work will have to be postponed. It may be approximately estimated that the lands may be reclaimed at an aver&ge cost of not more than nine dollars per acre, while the values would be raised from an average of $30 to $80. On the entire 4,200 square miles, 2,624,000 acres, this would give an increased valuation of $128,000,000. Ten per cent, of the lands have already been reclaimed and protected and have proved to be among the most fertile in the state Their drainage and reclamation have added notably to the healthfulness of the surrounding region, at the same time that homes have been made tat- a large number of people. If all thtf lands were brought under •cultivation the same benefits would accrue io.ir much larger extent «! f Ott>E8T LIVING CH1CAQOAN. Volcanoes Bsoome Mors Violent. Messina, Sicily.--New craters have opened in Mounts Aetna ssd Stress boll, whose eruptions ar»> Increasing. The observatories of Messina and Ca- tania continue to register earth shocks, but they are very light Mayor to Be Ousted. Topeka, Kan.--The state supreme court Saturday granted a writ to oust Peter Everhardy, mayor of Leaven­ worth, from office for failure to en­ force the laws against saloons and other resorts. IjliQirmal.--Quietly passing the gtofe Set of a long and interesting life is Mrs. Margaret Ellen Liscom, who has the remarkable distinction of being the first white child born in Chicago after its incorporation and who is with­ out a doubt the oldest living native- born Chicagoan. It is not disputed that Mrs. Liscom was antedated by many white children born in Chicago previous to its incorporation. I\ has been proved, however, that she was the first white child born after its in­ corporation, the date of her birtt. be­ ing March 3, 1836. She first saw the light in old Fort Dearborn. "LID" NOW ON IN DUQUOIN. Mayor Keeps Promise to Close 8*> loons on Sunday. Duquoin.--Following a notice served on a score of saloon keepers In this city by Mayor Pope the "lid" was screwed down tight here Sunday for the first Sunday in many months. One of the pre-election promises made by Mayor Pope was that he would rigidly enforce the Sunday-closing ordinance, and the movement he has inaugurated has met with general approval by eltt> sens and saloon keepers alike. The village of St. Johns, north of here, where the saloons have hereto" fore been a Sunday rendezvous, will take the same action as Duquoin. There will then be no liquor for sal* on Sunday in Perry county. » "-- Grant -Saloon Licenses. Stenlngton.--•-The new town bCHfd met and the new may# announced his appointments. J. I. Owens was named as treasurer; W. B. McCrese, town clerk; J. Cushing, town marshal; A. Descheur, Dr. Short and Dr. Sally* board of health. There were six applicants for saloon licenses and they were all granted. The license was fixed at $1,000. Theological Pupils Strike. Alton.--Nine Baptist theological stu­ dents at Shurtleff college serving din­ ing tables for board at the Western military academy struck for reinstate­ ment of a tenth man. Society women are now serving in the dtajtaftfooip in, their stead. New Catholic Church Dedicated. Delavan.--The new St. Mary*» Church of the Immaculate Conception was appropriately dedicated Sunday in the presence of a large number of visiting clergy and members of the church from Odell, Springfield, Pe­ oria, Lincoln, Bloomington, Pekln, Ma­ son City and San Jose. ../. JT * •' -- - • &V Ousts Officials of SleirWn§. ^ Sterling.--Mayor John L. Jansen at the meeting of the council dismissed the head of every department of^ the city of Sterling. - I •v Killed by Son in. a Quarrel. McLean sboro.--Perry Lee, chairman of the Hamilton county board of su­ pervisors, died at his home in Flan­ nigan township from a blow on the head with a pick in the hands of his son during a quarrel. Mr. serving his second term as supervis­ or, having been reelected at U election., '•••^'••'-4 ^ No Saloons at Tremont. t Vtemont.--The Tremont • nam* hoard, by a vote of 4 to 2, decided tfctf. Tremont should - * As. t*