State Hi Soclet
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
NUMBER 41
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, JUNE .12. 1908.
VOLUME XVI
CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
BEATS. RACING GAME
HUGHES VICTOR IX LONG STRUG.
GLE IX NEW YORK.
mils Prohibiting Gambling at Tracks
Go Under Wire In State Scnato a
Nose In front, Senator Fuc4kcr Car.
ried from Sick Red to Vote.
The first of the New York anti-race
track gambling bills passed the senate
by a vote of 26 to 25 Thursday.
This was the bill amending the pen
al code so as to eliminate the "exclu
sive penalty" under which gambling
at race tracks has been virtually ieg-
The second antl-raclng bill passed
hv 26 to25. It amends the Percy Gray
law by abolishing betting anywhere
within or without a race track enclos
ure
Senator Foelker, of Brooklyn, who
Is 111, arrived in the chamber at 10:45
and cast his vote with the majority.
The bill will return as a matter of
routine to the assembly, where they
originated, but without further vote
they will go to the governor ror ap
proved. The bills take effect immedi
ately after approved by the governor
Senator Foelker, who underwent an
operation May 10 for appendicitis and
whose condition for much of the lnter
.nina limn was critical, came up
from Staatsburg Wednesday evening,
the tourney of sixty miles being a se
vere tax upon his strength. He was
somewhat stronger Thursday morning
and was taken to the senate chamber
Just as the roll call on a dilatory mo
tion was being taken. He was plain
ly suffering from weakness, and his
response when his name was reacnea
was scarcely audible. He was encour
aired bv his fellow senators' sympathy,
and on both of the roll calls 'on the
final passage of the bills voted with
the majority.
Afterwards his doctor said: "Sen
ator Foelker stood the ordeal as well
na could be exoected. He is extremely
nervous. We have not decided when
we shall return to Staatsburg."'
CHILDREN DIE IX TRUNK.
Urotlicr and Sister Hide to Escape
Day lu School.
After a long search the bodies of
Joseph and Andre Beaudry, of Fall
River, Mass.. 8 and 5 years old re
spectively, were found locked in a
trunk in which the children are sup
posed to have hidden themselves in
order to escape going to school. The
trunk has a spring lock. The medical
vimlner decided that their deaths
ere due to suffocation. The interior
of the trunk and the clothing and bod
ies of the children gave evidence of
the struggles which the little ones had
made to escape before death finally
overtook them.
Joseph and Andre were the sons, of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beaudry, .who
worked in the mills at Fall River, and
the little ones were left in care of the
older brother. Wilfred, who was sup
posed to get them ready for school.
Wilfred is 11 years old. He says that
he thought Joseph and Andre had
sarted for school when he went him
self, and he knew nothing about their
disappearance until he returned homa
AUTO RACERS IX HARD LUCK.
Make Slow Progress Along the Sibe
rian Haili-ond.
A disnatoh to the Pari Matin from
Tchila. capital of Trans-Alkalla, SI
berla, says the German car in the New
York to Paris race arrived at Harbin
on June 4 In a lamentable condition,
havlna unset three times. After re
pairs it departed on June 6 by road
abandoning the Trans-Siberian rail
road cuts and passed Tsltslkhar on
June 8.
The American car was reported
n,75 miles from Harbin on Tuesday last.
It had been greatly delayed because
" the railroad authorities forced it to
stop at every station until the tracks,
were clear. The Italian car on June
8 was at Progranitchnaya awaiting a
telegraph operator to accompany It
along the railroad tracks.
Daring Chicago RobU-ry.
Early Wednesday morning thievef
smashed the window in the jewelry
store of Hyman, Berg & Co., Chicago
and escaped with watches and Jewelry
valued at $3,000.
(ieniiun.PnixT Suspend'
The Cincinnati Volksfreund, a Ger
man daily newspaper, ofter more than
a century's existence has suspended
publication.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, $7.25. Top hogs, 6.45.
London Feels Meat Famine.
The English retail trade organiza
tions have given notice of a further
general rise in the price of meat, the
bdvance being attributed to the short
age of cattle there and the scarcity
in America.
Kcdalla to Kwii Suloons.
' After a campaign of extraordinary
bitterneMS the voters of Sedalla, Mo.,
rolled up a majority of 438 against lo
cal option.
SEES RlSlNESS GAIX.
Gould Talks Hopefully on Leaving for
Euvoe.
Before sailing for Eurwpe on the
steamer Kron Prltire.sTln CVcllle Tues
day. Tuesday, Cco:;;o J. Gould said he
felt that in tfMr.E way he is leaving
his properties in a comfortable posi
tion. Ho expressed himself as "moder
ately optlm:rtic" on the general busi
ness outlook. In this connection he
referred to the earnings of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, which
he said he looks upon as the best cri
terion of general business, and said
they are showing a smaller ratio of
decrease by comparison with last year.
He snld political agitation against the
railroads in the southwest had made a
difference of between $4,000,000 and
$5,000,000 in the net earnings of the
Missouri Pacific, and added:
"The stockholders may figure out
for themselves what this means.
Referring to the troubles of the
Wheeling and Lake Kilo and the Wa
!ash-I'tttsbure Terminal. Mr. Gould
suld:
"The receivership for the Wheeling
and Lake Erie was Inevitable after
the Wab:ish-Plttsburg terminal had
defaulted.
"The Wanash-nttshurg Terminal
company unfortunately was over-capi
talized. We probably could have car
ried is through, but I thought it was
time to Btop on behalf of tho Wabash
The Wabash Is a fine property with
great earning powers and it will not
be permitted to become further in
volevd. The $8,000,000 Wheeling and
Lake Erie notes coming due in August
and guaranteed by the Wabash will
not be permitted to embarrass the
Wabash. The Wabash Is perfectly
able to take care of Itself."
GIRL WHIPS NEGRO BURGLAR.
Remarkable Encounter In a Kansas
City Home.
Displaying remarkable courage and
p'uck, and making use of her athletic
prowess. Miss Fay Bergen, daughter
of Dr. J. P. Bergen, and a welk known
society girl of Kansas City, Mo., cap
tured a negro burglar, who was mak
ing an attempt to enter the home of
her father.
Miss Bergen, upon discovering the
negro, grappled with him, and strik
ing him repeatedly with her clenched
fist, forced him to the floor. Half
dazed by the blows, the negro made
no attempt to defend himself. ' Miss
Bergen grasped a chair nearby and
rained blow after blow upon the bur
guar's head.
After beating him into unconscious,
ness Miss Bergen summoned the po
lice. A surgeon took seventeen stitch
es In the man's head.
BIG ARMY OF HOMELESS.
Seven Thousand Forced to Leave
North Topeka.
About 7,000 persons have been drlv
en from their homes In North Topeka,
Kan., by the flood In the Kaw river.
The major portion found shelter in
Topeka proper, where the Auditorium,
school buildings and private homes
havfe been opened to. them. No loss
of life has been reported. But there
has been much property loss.
The crest of tho flood reached To
peka Tuesday morning, when the wa
ter began to recede and by 9:30 had
fallen three Inches. The indications
are good for a continuation of the fall.
PIANO MAKERS UNITE.
Merger Formed of Three of the Lend
ing Eastern Firms.
A consolidation of tho piano manu
facturing firms of William Knt.be &'
Co., of Baltimore; Chlckering & Sons,
of Boston, and tho Foster-Armstrong
company, of Rochester, N. Y wus ef
fected in New York Tuesday. The
articles of incorporation which were
signed Tuesday confer upon tho con
solidated concern the name of tho
American Piano company. It will be
In eorporated In New Jersey and will
have a capital stock of $6,000,000 pre
ferred and $6,000,000 common.
Kentucky Woman Kills Itivi. '
. Mrs. Thomas Murrlll shot and killed
Miss Mary Terry In Breathitt county
Ky., Tuesday night. It is stated Mur
rlll had deserted hlfi wife and gone to
live with tho Terry woman. Mrs.
Murrlll armed herself and searched
for them. She found them together
and shot Miss Terry three times, kill
ing Instantly.
No Objection to Spulcra.
President Amador, of Panama, hat
cabled the Panama legation ot Wash-
Innton through Arias, his secretary of
foreign affairs, to deny for him news
paper reports that Minister Squlers is
pesona non grata.
Forgot Her Sister' Nnmes.
In a will which has been filed at
Santa Barbara. Cat., Mrs. Mary Ryon
left most of her $50,000 estate to three
sisters, whose names and residences
she had forgotten.
Elections In (uclec.
The Quebec provincial elections
huve resulted In the return of the
(iouin government. The opposition in
creased the number of seats held In
;he house of 74 members from 7 to 16
Storm Hits Port Huron.
One man was killed and one woman
and two children wero badly Injured
and damage estimated at $150,900 was
done In Port Huron, Mich., Tuesday
and vicinity by a severe wind and ele
trlcal Btorm.
Twenty Hurt In Wreck.
Wabavh railroad train No. 4 east-
bound, was derailed at .Stcvensvllle
Ont., wtrly Tuesday. Twenty persons
mere Injured
GET FORTUNE IN LOil.
More Than !Sn,noo lit Mail Suck Tnk-
en by Roblers.
Reluctant admissions made by the
postofflcBS of three cities Wednesday
confirm to some extent the belief that
the disappearance of a registered mall
pouch somewhere within the jursdlc-
tlon of the Kansas City, Mo., postofllce
last Saturday night will prove one of
the biggest hauls Jn the history of the
postofllce department.
From private sources Wednesday It
was learned that a package of at least
$50,000 in currency was among the
contents of the pouch, which carried.
n addition, an unusually large num
ber of letters and packages contain-
ng money and other valauables to aii
amount which can only be conjec
tured, but which may reach $50,000
more.
The pouch was In transit from Los
Angeles city to New York, and tho pos
tal inspectors, who have had tho case
n charge for at least 4 8 eight lours,
refuse any explanation of the manner
In which it was lost sight of, as th
regulations of the department provid
ing for protection of registered matter
are of the strictest
The fact that the mall In process
of- transfer at the Union depot In
Kansas City is handled in a tempo
rary substation since the destruction
of the regular branch office , by firo
several months ago supports the the-
ory that advantage was taken of con
ditions that are said to be more lax
than ordinarily.
SUIT OVER CORPSE DECIDED.
'.V blow's Rights to Disinter and Re-
bury Hushiuid's Body Denied.
Has a widow who has been denied
by stress of circumstances the sad
privilege of burying her dead husband
the absolute legal right, afterward,
to disinter the body from the place
where it was Interred in ' a proper
manner by tho next kin, for the pur
pose of reburlal In a place- more to
her licking? This is the rather un
usual question that was Involved in a
suit which originated in Jasper coun
ty, Mo., and upon which the Kansas
City court of appeals handed down a
decision Wednesday. The court says:
"We must hold that the widow, had
she been present, would have had the
right, enforcible In a court of equity,
to controll the burial of her husband
and to select the place of interment,
regardless of the wishes of her par-
ents.at whose house he died. But she
was away In a foreign country, was Ig
norant of his death, and, .therefore,
was unable to assert her right, or,
what more was important, to perform
her duty. It Is Immaterial whether or
not her disability was caused by the
harsh neglect of her fahter-ln-lnw,
Whatever the cause, she was not there
and tho right of a dead man to nn
orderly and decent sepulture would
not brook delay. That right was sat
isfied fully by the father, on whom
the duty devolved, and we perceive
no good reason for her to remove the
)ody from its resting place.
GALE EAXS THE FLAMES.
A Whole Mock In New York Is Swept
by Fire.
A freak wlnstrom in New York,
Wednesday night was responsible for
a nre destroying anout a city uiock
of buildings In tho uptown section at
Magazine, Berlin and Milan streets.
Slmultaneaously with the outbreak of
the. Are within a few minutes nearly
the Are a high wind struck the city.
t blew the Are within a few minutes
nearly all over the block of Its origin
nto another block.
Several small stores were destroyed.
along with residences, and the loss is
estimated at the between $100,000 and
$150,000. The block bounded by Maga
zine, Milan, Berlin and Camp streets
was nearly all destroyed. Another
block bounded by Magazine. Milan,
Berlin and Constance streets was
about half destroyed.
Oregon Indorses Bryan.
The Oregon state democratic cor
entlon met at Portland, Tuesday,
elected four delegates at largo and
two delegates from ench congressional
district and passed a resolution Indors
ing Wm. J. Bryan for the presidential
nomination.
Western Union Dividend.
The directors of the Western Union
Telegraph company have declared a
quarterly dividend of Vi of 1 per cent.
uuvuble in cash. The dividend for the
last quarter was nt the rat of 5 per
ent per annum, payable in stock.
(ov. .!olinoi) to Students.
ilov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesois,
delivered the annual commencement
address to tho students of the Univer
sity of Kansas Wednesday. Gov. John
son's toi-e.- wus "landmarks of Amer
ican Liberty."
EmprcHM Falls from Horse.
Empress Augusta Victoria, while
out rlillng with the emperor at Pots.
dam VWdnesduy. fell from her horse.
f-'he suffered no injury.
AiKl-ItiMlng Bill Pushed.
The auti-raving bill was passed
iV'ednesdii,, by the lower house of the
Aiuislana assembly.
Illl -Ikhm U Not Guilt).
Tin Jury In the cas of Raymond
IitohecK-k. of New York, returned a
.ei diet of not guilty at 2:50 o'clock
Hitirsday morning. The trial was con-
''ed late Wednesday In the supreme
ourt
.-! Child Luhor mil.
..v. I'nikvll, of Oklahoma, has ve-
'. tm child labor bill adopted by
"-id : ture on the ground that the
'.iir.l' t;s place 1 too hlt'h.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
iBSEassssiSSsa
BRAVE STRUGGLE IX VAIX.
Ilov Make Heroic Effort to Snv? Lire
of III Sister.
Drugged half drowned from Little
Panplo creek by her 11-yenr-ol.l
brother, who carried her half a mllj
In search of aid, which he found not.
little Lena Burke died Monday morn
ing at her homo ten miles west ol
Omaha without recovering-conscious
ness. The boy's brave efforts to save
her were futile. ' Lena, aged 9, and
her brother, Willie, two years her sen
ior, were in bathing together In their
favorite swlrnmlsg hole, half a mil"
from where they lived. The creek was
swollen from the recent heavy rains,
and Lena who was unable to swim.
got beyond her depth and sank. 11-
lie saw her struggle and bravely
plunged after her. In the deep water
It was all the little fellow couia do to
hold his own, but he managed to drag
the child to the water's edge and lifted
her to the bank. She was unconscious.
but still alive. Not knowing what to
do, Willie looked around for help. No
one was In sight, and realising every
moment was valuable, the lad gather
ed the limp, unconscious form In his
arms, and leaving his clothes on the
river bank, trudged off to nis nome.
The girl was almost as large as the
bov. but his strength proved equal to
the task, and he managed to get ner
home and laid her on a bed. He met
no one on the way, and when he ar
rived found no one at home. Before
he could summon assltance the child
was dead.
MAKE A GOOD CATCH.
, E. Tolfer, Wonted In Canada, rk-k-
id Up In Omului.
'While searching for the assailants
of Isaac Earl of Malvern, Iowa, who
,.. ol n crfTnA end rnlihpil of SO fit the
City hotel, Omaha, Saturday after-
noon. Detectives Heitfeldt and Devo-
reese made an lmportunt capture In
the arrest of J. E. Telfer, an abscond
ing agent of the Dominion Express
company, of Calgary, Alberta, Domin
ion of Canadoi Some four moains ago
Telfer absconded with two blank
money order books of the express com
pany and a valuable package or dia
monds.
He arrived In Omaha Saturday af-
tppnnon at R o'clock and had purchas
er! n ticket for St. Paul, intending to
1 An v a nn the evenlmr train. When or-
rested by the ollicers he endeavored
in rid himself of two parcel delivery
rhoeka from th Union denot parcel
stand. When taken to the police sta- missioned a colonel by President Lin
tion he refused to divulge his name, coin and served throughout that strug
but the grips he had checked at the gle as commissioner of the board of
nnroel stand were secured -and from
the contents it was learned that he
was the much sought for. express
agent. Two blank money order books
were found In the grips, from one or
which several checks had been torn.
THREE NEW WEATHER BUREAUS
Stations Are Established' In Western
Nebraska- .
Upon the approval of the chief of
the weather bureau and pursuant to
the general wish of grain and lmpie-
ment men, Weather Observer W elsh
has had established three additional
weather observation stations in west
em Nebraska. These are designed to
cover observations and reports further
west In Nebraska, particularly in the
corn and wheat belts. These new sta
tlons are at Broken Bow, Holdrege and
Culbertson and cover an additional
section of the state in which crops are
raised In marketable quantities md
which have not hitherto been included
in the regular weather bureau reports.
Prior to this time Fairbury was the
farthest western point from which
regular reports were received at the
main government station In Omaha
The new si-rvleo went into effect
ftionuay morning
ELOPING COUPLE HELD UP.
Young Pcoplei from Lincoln Fnll to
; License lit Council HIiiITm.
Arthur Felt nnd Llda Lentz, both of
Lincoln, were taken Into custody
Tuesday at Council Bluffs while stand
ing at the county in the oflice of the
clerk of the district court waiting for
a marriage license.
Roy Argues Self to School.
Tony Pasha, a 16-year-old Omnha
boy, has the distinction of being the
first one to argue his way to the In
dustrial school fur boys at Kearney.
Judge Kstelle reluctantly signed an
order for him to be sent there Monday
and Tony was given a ticket and told
to go alone. Tony's trouble Is thnt he
runs away from home and will neither
attend school nor work.
Roy Drowned Near Oakland.
Oliver Haltmnn, aged 11 years, son
of John Hultman near Oakland, was
drowned In Bell creek Sunday evening.
Six boys had guthered on an old bridge
which went down with them.
4 has. R. Whistler Drowned.
Chas. R. Whistler, a dentist, was
drowned In Salt Creek Monday after
noon with three companions. Mr.
Whistler attempted to take a rldo In
his gasoline launch.
Miiyiuird Called to Omaha.
The trustees of Bellevui college
have tendered to Hev. H. H. Maynard,
of the Cue college faculty, the posi
tion of president for the former insti
tution. Corn Nei-bt Cultivation.
A very heavy downpour of rain at
Randolph Sunday night was added to
the unusual rainfall of the put week.
Corn fields are looking rather poorly j
and are in need of cultivation. In
fields on the bottoms sume corn is cov
ered by mud washed from the higher
ground.
Stolon Ilorw Hiooverd.
The bay mare stolen from J. M.
ITuey, of Randolph, a week ago, has
been recovered. The animal was
found near Osmond.
1HTEREST 83 HWEKiBSS
From Cay to Dai ContascJ
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FM CUB EUY BEMEHS
LEGISLATURE HAS POWER.
Position Attacked by Attorney, be.
Supreme Court Turns Him Down.
The Nebraska supreme court, In a
novel case from Mlnden, holds that
the legislature has tho right to pro
hibit or license the sale of liquor In
that state. The point ot Issue Is the
same ns that which Judge Artmann, of
Indiana, passed upon recently. Art
munn held that the saloon Is, per se,
a nuisance and the state Is without tho
power to license the sale of llijuor or
to authorize the issuance of a license
to one.
The case was presented by C. L.
Godfrey, a lawyer of Mlndon. He
Insisted that the licensing of a saloon
Was contrary to the constitution, in
that the sale of liquor was vicious and
demoralizing and opposed to the laws
of God and contrary to the letter and
spirit of the fundamental law.
The supreme court holds that the
right of the people to prohibit tho
trarllc by a constitutional provision Is
undisputed, but that having failed to
act the legislature Is the repository
of t efther pronbu or ,,'
cense. Regulation Is traced back to
the days of Edward VI. Of England,
and has been followed by every legis
lature in every state. In Nebraska
that power was assumed back In 1855,
made a part of the general statutes in
1873 and continued till the Blocumb
law was passed. The legislature hav
ing acted it does not lie within the
courts to usurp what tho legislature
could not even delegate to It.
Godfrey contended that the appli
cant ws not a man of good character,
as required by law, because no man
of respectlble character wouUl apply
for a liquor license, but the court de
clines to take this view of it.
COL. J. X. CORNISH DEAD.
nonccr lowan i-nsses Atray i
nt Ago of 80 Years.
Col. J. N. Cornish died at bis horns
in Omaha Sunday, aged 80 years'. He
had lived In Omaha for twenty years,
during which time he had been identi
fied with several substantial business
concerns. His father and grandfathet
each served In the revolutionary war.
He was born In Oneida county, Nl Y.,
and came to Iowa City, la., in 185S.
Four years later he moved to Sidney,
la., where through the courtesy ol
Samuel Klrkwood. governor or the
state, who loaned him his Ubary, the
young lawyer Began' tne practice oi
his profession,
During the civil war ho was corn-
enrollment and oran ir me ruin
congressional district of Iowa, with
headquarters at Des Moines
The governor also appointed him as
his aide do camp and he was made
provost marshal and brigade quarter
master by the president.
Col. Cornish for many years en-
Joyed one of the most lucrative and
largest law practices In southwestern
Iowa, but on account of his eyesight
srave ud his practice ana in
nved to Hnmbure. Ia.. and organized
th Frf(t Nalnnai bank of that place,
,t Deln(t the first national bank In the
southwestern part of the state and the
first ' bank in Fremont county. He
made his home there until moving to
Omaha in 1887.
ROY SHOT BY PLAYMATE.
Youngster Tries to Dig Out Rillo Rail
with Juckknlfc.
Houston Cobblo, the 14-year-old son
of Or. W. H. Cobble, was accidentally
shot Sunday afternoon by a playmate
with a rifle while playing near hll
home. The shot struck the second rib
and made and ugly wound. Young
Qobblo had had positive instruction
against having anything to do with
firearms, nnd so went out to his fath
er's barn and undertook to probe for
the bullet wjth a Jackknlfe. He locat
ed the boll, but could not get It out,
and Anally went to his father's of
fice, where It was extracted. The
wound Is not dangerous, but painful,
the boy's attempt to cut out the bullet
making it worse.
Reverses Greenwood Case.
The Nebraska supreme court has re
versed the decision of the district
court. In which John Greenwood was
awarded $1,000 damages from Dr.
John King because of the death of
Greenwood's daughter, which the
father alleged resulted from wrong
treatment following a mistaken .lag
nosis. Honors for Nebraska Girls.
Among the successful candidates
for the bachelor of arts degree ot
Wellesley college are Miss Gertrude B.
White, 113 Georgia avenuo, Omaha,
and Miss Etta M. Schneider, 234 West
Tenth street. Fremont. They will re
ceive their degrees with honors at
the commencement on June 23.
Brighter at Lincoln.
The flood situation In Lincoln Is not
io menacing. .Most or me peo
ple driven from their homes on Salt
creek bottoms returned Monday
evening. A farmer's family, six miles
northeast of Lincoln, was rescued Just
In time to save them from drowning.
l ive Men Caught with Liquor.
Five men were arrested Saturday
night at Beatrice by the offices, who
found them In the alley back of the
Paddock block with a good supply of
liquor.
Calls Sulojon Interest's Bluff.
i
J. A. Kemp has called the bluff ot
the saloon faction who are claiming
all Blair property has depreciated 25
per cent on account of the place being
dry, by advertising that he will buy
all such property at tho depreciated
figure.
Bryan to Woodmen.
W. J. Bryan delivered the memorial
address to Modern Woodmen In Lin
coln Sunday. He spoke highly of the
lvalue of fraternities.
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I LINCOLN
Tho state board of sssessment Is up
in the air over the distribution of rail
road property, which It assessed last
week. Heretofore the boards have al
ways assessed the property and then
nrportioned the va,ues : to
IlIIl'H 1 -' mnnc w.i7 V '
This apportionment has been arbitra
ry, but in most Instances the railroad
representatives have approved the dis
tribution. This year tho Curllr.gton
property was returned as one system
and the various corporations which la
the past have made up this system
were not mentioned. The board has
about decided, however, to distribute
the value of tho physical property Just
the same as It did In the past, even
though the various corporations no
longer exist But It has not decided
what to do with tho value of the
franchise and the value of the rolling
stock under the terminal tax law. The
average value of the Burlington In
round numbers Is almost $42,000 a
mile. Tho main line of the Burlington
Is valued at $85,000 a mile. The phys
ical property of the Burlington was
valued at about $17,000 a mile. One
board member figured this would
make the value of the franchise and
rollinar stock about $25,000. Should
the valuation be apporUoned aococd-
Itrg to mileage at the average value per
mile, the main line of the Burlington
would be worth $69,00 a mile lastead
of $85,000 a mile, and practically all
of the less valuable roads would be
enormously Increased. This procedure
would cause a less In railroad prope
ry under the terminal tax law to every
town on the main lino of tho road,
wish the possible exception of a few
tf those towns which have a lot of
sidetracks or branch line trackage.
While some members of the board are
of th"e opinion the proper way to make
the apportionment would be to distrib
ute the valuation as under the unit
system. Secretary of State Junkin Is
of the opinion the fair way would be to I
first distribute the valuo of the physi
cal property according to main line I
aua branches, making an arbitrary dl
vision or valuation, and then add to
each mile the average value of the
franchise and rolling stock.
The contract of the state with th
Lee Broom and Duster company for
penitentiary labor, to be used In the
broom factory at the state prison, has
expired, but the board of public lands
and buildings has not made a new oor
tract. At a meeting last weon u.
R, Lee. manager of tho " company,
agreed to stand for an increase of S
per cent in the money paid for the la
bor, but this the board would not con.
slder. The Lee company now pays
60 cents a day for each convict, and
the contract provides that the com
pany must use all the convicts Bent to
it by the warden. The board intends
to Increase the price to 76 cents or $1
a day for each convict. So far, how
ever, not a single bid has been receiv
? for the labor except from the Lee
company. Until the matter Is finally
settled the Leo company will use the
prisoners under the terms of the con
tract just expired. Mr. Lee Informed
the board that he had propositions
from four penitentiaries to use their I
convicts. Including a proposition from
one of the prisons In Iowa and one at I
Rawlins, Wyo. His great trouble, hel
Bald, was In disposing of his wares be-
cause they did not have the union la
bel, and he showed the board a letter I
where an order for a carload ot
brooms had been countermanded be-1
rrr.sr rZiv. nr: .
number of letters on file where private f
broom manufacturers pay from $2,601
to $3 a day for labor and furnish their
own power, while ai tne penitentiary i
the Lee company Is furnished power!
and heat along with the convicts. Thai
board had its talk with Mr. Lee be.
hind closed doors.
It Is by no means certain that thi
state railway com m lesion will lsuse an
entire new clasElllcatton of freight
rutes, but It Is probable that the com
mission will make reductions In ths
rates for the shipment of certain com
modities and from tme to time make
still further reductions on other com
modities. This practice may be kept
up until the commission feels that the
Nebraska rates are just ana not exor
bitant. Since the hearing granted the rail -
roau onil'luiH, loiuiweu uy wiu ueui iug l
granted the railroad employes, togeth -
. . . : . v. 1 . .. I ...!... .. I .., I .it
IT Willi lin iii,.riifti,Jiin -" i n
n.,. v. .n,mii,.n .. riAPirio thl
muking of a new clawlilcatlon of rates!
Is a big task and one that will require
a long time and lots of study and In -
vestlgutlon. On the other hand, one
member of tho commission believes
that by picking out hero and there
certain commodities upon which the
rates seem high and making reduc
tions In these Instances It probably I
would accomplish more for the peo
ple than If it made u sweeping reduc
tion of a certain per cent in all rates. I
The commission s In receipt of a let
ter from the secretary of the Wlscon-1
sin commission which disputes the I
statement made by a railroad repre
sentative thut the Wisconsin commis
sion has made a ruling that tho rail
road should be entitled to earn a div
idend upon 80 per cent of its property
accredited to that state.
The commission will make further
Investigations before taking any action
looking Into the work of other com.
missions and the effect of a radical
change in rates In general.
Whether the district oourt or th
mayor shall appoint the Omaha park
hoard will be settled by tlA supreme
court. In the name of the attorney
general quowarranto proceedings have
been started, the contestants being
John Lulenser, appointed by the dis
trict court, and John L. Nebles, ap
pointed by Mayor Dahlman. A demur-
rr was filed to the petition filed by the
legal dtutartment of the state and the
cure wllr be taken up ut the next ses
sion of the court.
OVER SCORE OF DEAD
IN TRAIL OF STORM
Tornadoes in Nebraska and Kansas
Kill Many and Ruin
Crops.
OTHERS ABE HURT FATALLY.
Enormous Property Losses from.
Storms and Floods in ths
W03tcrn States.
The tonirtdn which pnssed over south
ern Nebraska nnd portions of northern
ICr.usaM Friday, evening was the most
destructive and covered the most terri
tory of nny Klmllnr storm whlcu has
visited the State in mnuy years. At
least twenty-three tire known to he
dead, live fn tally Injured nnd a score
of others hurt, some of them danger
ously. Several persons were killed; In
the towns of Byron, Neb., and Court
land, Kan.
The storm was general throughout at
least four counties, Fillmore, Webster,
Franklin nnd Tlmycr, on the southern
border of the Stnte and reached over
Into Kansas from where reports come
of great destruction. The towns of
Cnrleton, Fairfield, Peskier, Shlckley,
Geneva, Franklin, Ong nnd Rlverton ar
among those visited by tho storm, nnd
In no one of them did tho element
spore life or property.
At Cnrleton five residences nnd twe
churches were destroyed, while a new
school building nnd thirty houses were
badly wrecked. The home of Lester
Carter was demolished nnd his wife
nnd bnhy killed, while Carter himself
nnd another child received possibly fa
tal injuries. At Geneva the storro
wrought great destruction nnd In the
adjacent country claimed five victim,
two of whom were killed outright and
three futally Injured. " The scene at
Fairfield is Indescribable, more than
forty buildings were more or les
wrecked nud Borne of them, Including
three churches, were entirely demolish
ed. The loss there will exceed f 100,000.
In the vicinity of Shlckley farm house
received the brunt of tho storm.
A telephone message from Chester,
Knn., reported twelve deaths lu the" vi
cinity of Byrcn, Neb. The storm was
evldently mogt severe in the vicinity of
Byron, nnd nothing could withstand its
fury. Following the tornado a hnra
rain which lasted well into the night
soaked the Btoruntrlcken sufferers,
making their lot doukly hard. Many of
them were absolutely without shelter,
nnd tho storm occurred so late In the
evening tlmt it was Impossible for them
to seek either shelter or relief during
the night. A telepheee message from-
jinrdy, NoD ma the tewn of Court-
Innd, Knn., Just across the- eurnsga
lino, was struck by the storm and sew
ernl ensunltles occurred.
Cyclone Bweepe lows Town.
Two persons were killed, three or
missing, nnd 200 homes nnd barns were-
dp8tro-e(i ny a cyclone which passed.
irn b.--
damage wns done in the surrounding
country. Tho pnth of the storm wnav
I ten miles long nnd about twelve rods
wide. It started three miles soutnwesx.
of Charles City, tearing davn farrau
houses, barns nnd killing ninny hend of
stock, lt'struck the city in the south
west pnrt, plowing a pnlU to a point lo
the northeast pnrt of town, where it
crossed the river. The puth of the cy
clone Included no business bulldlngs,
but the residence part of tewn was
iiMidc a wreck nnd household goods
were scnttered In nil directions nil over
town.
Near Mnuston. Wis., a tornado killed'
John Pulton, a fanner, nnd his 12-year-old
son. The other occupnnts of the
house received only slight injuries. No
1 othlr janmge Was done by the tornado.
l Five I) to in Blontnna Flood.
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Never before In the histery of Mon-
tana has there been such a flood 08 re-
I centlv swept down the vsuey or ins
1 Missouri river nnd its tributaries. Five
Jives already have been lost in the wat
ers in the vicinity of Great Falls, audK
the damage to farms, railroads and In
dustrial nnd commercial institutions
will run Into the millions. Saturday
night the river was nt the highest point
ever known since the first settlement of
Moutanu. Some of the smaller outside
towns have been In eveu worse condi
tion than is Great Falls. Ckoteau wa
completely surrounded by water, and
all bridges were gone. A large part of
Belt was partially under water, aud th4
people took to the high gresmd. Sand
coulee reported severe loss and the coal
mines partially flooded. In some in
sUuwes the river has cut entirely new
channels through tho bottom, complete
ly ruining farms.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
For the first time In years the lid wat
slipped ou the beer garduns and dancing
balls In Toledo.
Fire in Ford A Co. s planing mul and
lumber yard at Mansfield, Ohio, caused
. loss of about $lU),0t)0.
Brig. Gen. Evan Xiles, retired, wn
served in the Civil, Indian and SpauUlt
wars, died in San Francisco.
The pipeshop ol tUe Ht 3ttanufactr
Ing Comiany, Twenty-fourth street an 4
tke Alkbnj VeJJsy railway, Pittsburg,
estreyvd by ore. Luse TO.OUU,