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Comotlilng of Congress, Political Go
nip Hero nnd Thero, and News and
Notes of General character.
i 1
Political.
Pull returns from Iowa aro not yet
tn, but enough la known to show tho
cholco of Allison for United Stnton
ocnator, by probably 10,000 majority.
Tho Idaho democratic convention
divided ovor tho Mormon question
nnd two rcIh of dolcKatcfl to tho Den
ver convention wore elected.
Dcmocrntn nro aroused by dlBclos
uro of contribution of money by Wall
street to tho democratic campaign
fund and aro demanding why money
was naked.
Mr. Urynn's wook'n tour through
Nebraska wan a great success, largo
crowds grootltig him nt all Btopplng
places.
Governor Chnmborlaln of Oregon,
who Is n democrat, wub endorsed by
tho peoplo of Oregon for United
States senator, and a republican legis
lature was chosen with Instructions to
elect him.
John Hnys Hammond hns announc
ed his candidacy for tho republican
nomination for vlco president.
Novnda dcmocrntn declnro for Bry
an, first, last and all tho tlmo.
A plank for control of tho trusts will
bo plnccd In tho republican national
platform.
Democrats of Arkansas will bo for
Mr. Dryan In tho nntlonnl convention.
It la said tho nntlonnl platform to bo
put forth by tho republicans will em
phatically stand for tho vlgorlous
policies of President Roosovolt.
Hon. W. J. Drynn mndo eight
speeches In pno dny In western Ne
braska during hlB recent tour of tho
state.
Hon. Geo. W. Dorgo of Lincoln has
doubts of tho story thnt Mayor Dnhl
man of Omaha spont $15,000 to elect
tho former governor of Nobrnska, nnd
must bo "shown" In what mnunor tho
money was spent.
' General.
Cashier Montgomery of tho, failed
Pittsburg bank bought 4,000,000 Hhurou
of mining stock with money of tho
depositors.
Friends of othor candidates hnvp
formed nn alllnnco agnlnst Scctotnry
Taft nnd a united offort will bo mndo
to provont tho seating of Tnft dele
gates whoso places nro contested.
Perry A. Ycnst, a formor politician
nnd stockman of northwest Nobrnskn,
must servo thrco months In tho Hnll
county Jail at Grand Islnnd and pay a
flno of $1,000 for consplrncy to defraud
tho government out of land In Grant
county by moans of flclltlous tilings.
Tho nocrotary of tho lntorlor has ap
proved tho Indemnity school land se
lection inado by tho stato of Wyoming
In tho Lnndor land district, aggregat
ing 2,438 ncrcH.
Tho divided -democracy of Idaho will
carry Its fight to Donvur.
A rnbld enemy of tho Jows tried to
kill Major Droyfua following cxorclsea
for Emlio Zola.
Tho roport of tho condition of tho
Pennsylvania road sIiowb nn IncrenBO
In net earnings for tho year.
Forty million dollars of Union Pa
cific bonds hnvo boon sold, It Is re
ported, to foreign iuvcBtora.
Sccrotury Tnft dollverod tho memor
ial addross at Grants tombs.
Tho United Prcahytorlnn Assembly
decided to abandon tho movomout for
tho union with tho Presbyterian
church for tho present,
Sonator Dolllvor, when scon con
cerning a rumor from WaBlilngton
Baying that ho 1b Tnft'a choice for
vlco-preuldent, declared ho had heard
nothing about tho mattor.
Lawor poHtngo rates will obtain
after Octobor botwoen tho United
States and Euglnnd and lrelnud.
Tho federal grand Jury at St. l'nul,
returned three Indictments against
JntnoB L. Loverlng, publisher of tho
Mall Order Monthly and of Successful
Agriculture, charging him with using
tho malls for tho purposo of promot
ing u lottery and u Bchemu to de
fraud. Tho Now York Journal of Com
merce, In Its monthly grain crop re
view, nays: Present conditions point
to a splendid wheat harvest, Roth
wlntor nnd spring whent is In unusu
ally good condition, which, If main
tained during tho remainder or tho
season, would probnbly givo tho larg
est crop on record.
Eight persona wero hilled and n
score Injured In a car collision near
Annapolis, Md.
Llfo Insurancu organizations dis
tributed In 1007 in tho United States
and Canada, $351,115,692, according to
computations by tho Insurnnco
Press.
Tho republican national commlttco
disposed of tho Alabama contest cases
In favor of Taft.
Tho explosion of a stonm plpo on
tho cruslor Totiucssco killed four and
Injured ton.
Floods In Montana havo practically
cut off Helena and Uutto,
ONLYBRIEFMENTION
Emporor William gave King Gustav
nnd Queen Victoria of Sweden a mng
nlflccnt military show, tho occasion
being tho annual spring paradn of tho
garrisons of Dcrlln and nelghborln
stations.
Former Senator .Tamos K. Jones ut
Arkansas died tn Washington nftor an
Illness of a few hours.
Tho United Statos supremo court
has decided the copyright cases, giv
ing dealers tho right to cut prices on
copyright books.
Twenty-one business housos of tho
business center of Hooker, Okl., forty
miles west of Liberal, wero burned.
Frederick L. Woods, an 18-ycar old
aoronntit, who was giving nn oxhlbl;
lion nt Hillside park near Passlac, N.
J., dropped 2,000 feet Into tho PaBsIac
rlvor, wlmro ho was drowned.
Eighty women nnd children wero
slaughtered by Turks on the Islnnd of,
Snmoa.
Congressman Llllcy says ho has
nothing to retract from tho charges
ho mndo In tho submarine bont caso.
Japan Is declared to bo making a
sincere effort to stop Immigration.
Louisiana democrats endorsed Mr.
Dryan for tho presidency.
Socialists and labor men in tho
hnuso of commons protested ngnlust
tho king's visit to Russia.
Charles M. Drown beat Hoko Smith
for governor in tho Georgia prlmarlos.
Police chiefs nt Detroit will dlsciiBS
tho question of dealing with members
of tho Dlnck Hand.
Tho concerted movement of tho
prosperity association nt St. Louis ro-
suited In putting 17,000 peoplo to
work. '
Tho Madrid Olllclnl Gazette an
nounces that tho nccouchomcnt of
Queen Victoria 1b expected tho end of
June.
Tho United States Steel corporation
ban cut tho price of steel bars $1 n
ton nnd tho Iron Trado Review pre
dicts a reduction on other lines.
C. S. Francis, tho Amerlcnn ambas
sador to Austrla-IIungnry personally
convoyed to Emperor Francl Joseph
President Roosoolt's congratulations
on tho alxtloth nnnlversnry of his ac
cession tn tho throne.
Threo thousand grain dealers In tho
wost will orguulzo to compete for pre
miums at tho National Corn show.
Tho government will mako valuablo
Improvements ut Forts Russell nnd
Omulin.
WnshoutB havo caused a tlelug up
of a Northorn Pnclflc train In Man-
tnna.
A tolegrnm from Washington says
that Omaha is tho only city In tho
United Btntcs to havo two members on
tho honorllst of tho 1008 class of tho
United States Naval nendemy, which
numbors ovor 200.
Tho United State Biipromo court ban
grantod tho request of tho water board
for n rovlow of tho Omaha caso.
Rov. Guy W. Wadsworth, I). D..
proBldont of Dollovuo (Nobr.) college.
liaB definitely decided to resign nnd go
to Puoblo, whero ho hns acceptod a
call to bocomo pastor of tho First
Presbyterian church.
Mr. Drynn 1b opposod to tho curren
cy net and says ho is sorry tho de
mands did not defeat tho measure
Much wool Is being rushed townrd
tho Omaha Btorlng Iioubo. Ono Wyom
ing shlppor offers 5,000,000 poundB.
Nobraska, Iowa and South Dnkota
will bo represented among tho gradu
ates of Oeorgo Washington university
nt Kb commencement.
A conference begnn at tho Whlto
Iiouho looking to tho framing of n
republican platform.
In Kansns, Oklahoma nnd tho south
ern states tremendous damugo has
boon done by Hoods.
Washington,
Miss Nolllo Stovonson of Lincoln
has boon nppolntod laboratory aid of
Bcod testing located at Lincoln.
Tho scnato commlttco on finance,
which was authorized to mako an lib
voBtlgntion of tho tariff during tho
recosa or congress, to bo In roadlnoss
to take up a rovlow of tho tariff next
winter, will hold Its first mooting for
thlB purposo about tho mlddlo or
July.
Important significance In connec
tion with President Ronsovolt'a deter
mination against a third term 1b con
tained In tho admission, thnt the pros,
ldout Is making doflnltu plans to leavo
tho United States In April next year
for Africa, whero hu will Bpond u year
hunting big gnmo.
After consideration of tho sugges
tion or his wostorn frlonds, John
Hayes Hammond has decided to ou
ter tho contest for the nomination of
vlco president on tho republican
ticket. Ho Is being urged by Ills
friends on tho ground that ho Is a
Cnllfornlnn by birth.
A postolllco hns boon established nt
Gardiner, Dallns county, In., wlt.h
JoBoph R. Gnrdnor as postmaster.
Mlchnol F. Ferroll has been nppolnt
od regular and Edward Walsh substi
tute rural carriers for routo No. 1 at
Whlttomoro, In.
That Japnn la making n sincere ef
fort to check Immigration to this
country was assorted In an lutorvow
glvon out by Rnron Takuhlrn, tho Jap
anese umhnbsador,
Captain Charles Chandler of tho
Blgnal corps, In addition to his other
duties, will UBBiimo chnrgo of con
structlon work nt Fort Omultu, re
lieving Captain Wllllnm H. Oury or
tho signal corps of thnt duty.
Personal.
At Iolu, KaB., tho Jury In tho eano
of Samuel Whitlow, charged with tho
murder of May Sapp Septombor 27,
1007, brought In n verdict or not
guilty.
Senntor Allison buvb tho noxt con
gress, whether republican or dem
ocratic, will rovlso .tho tariff.
ALLIES BACK DOWN
ANTI-TAFT FORCES DECIDE NOT
TO BOLT.
FORMAL STATEMENT ISSUED
Presentation of Evidence In Contests
Will Continue in Regular Way
Until the Close.
Chicago. ItenroHcntntlveB of tho
"nines imvo recalled tnoir statement
that they will bolt the republican na
tlonnl committee so far as tho nroson
tntlon of evidence to sunnort tho
claims of nntl-Tnft delegations from
Bouthom states Is concerned. Thero
Is cvldcnco that tho announcement
mado Saturday night upon tho nuthor
Ity of Representative Francis J,
Rurkc. manncer of Henator Knor. nt
tcr ho had been In conference with
Sonator Hcmcnwny of Indlnnn, J. D.
Kcnllng of Indlnnn nnd others Identi
fied with the camnnlKti liolnc mndo bv
tho "nllloB" crented dissension. SoniA
of tho othor spokesmen for tho "nl
llos" declared tho announcement to bo
111 ndvlsed nnd they busied them
selves Sunday to- counteract its af
fect. Aftor numorous conferences tho fol
lowing, which wub headed, "Statement
from tno nines," wns Issued:
Upon tho authority of tho retires.
ontatlvcfl or all nrcsldcntlal cnndldntes
othor than Secretary of War Taft It
was announced today that they would
contlnuo to present their sldo or tho
contested dolognto cases to tho nation
al commlttco. Tho decision or tho na
tional commlttco will not bo tnkon ns
final by tho candidates known as tho
'allies.' but nn anneal will bo taken In
caseB whero It Is believed Injustice
hiiB been done, first to tho commltteo
on credentials and later to tho conven
tion Itself.
"Tho dotcrmlnntlon of tho renios-
ontatlvcfl of tho 'allies' to contlnuo tho
prcBcntntlon of tho contests to tho na
tional commlttco Is not to bo tnkon ns
nn Indication that they approve of tho
manner In which theso contests havo
been decided. Rut In ordor to bo in
tho position to present nil of tho cases
in proper form to tho commlttco on
credontlnls It Is doomed ndvlsnblo to
comply with tho form of procedure
mid down by tho national committee.
It Is tho firm detormlnntlon of the
roprcsonlntlves of tho 'allies' to first
glvo tho national commlttco nn op
portunity to consider nil tho contests
on their morlts,"
8T0RM VICTIM DEAD.
Mrs. E. Arganbright of Shlckley Dies
of Injuries.
Davenport. Nob. Tho rcsultn of tho
tornado Friday night cast of horo,
at Carlolon, nro Just bclnir realized.
Tho wlro of E. Arganbright, who was
Killed nt his homo two mllos cast ot
Shlckley, died, nnd tho loss to prop
erty east ot Shlcklov to consorvntlvn.
ly ostlmatod at 150,000. Tho loss nt
Cnrloton, whero two wero killed, will
reacii $00,000. Following Is a partial
list: Now Bchool bulldlntr. sconn
G. W. Dnlloy, residence nnd out bidd
ings, $fi,000; Lutheran church nnd
pnrsonngo, $2,500; United Drothren
church, $2,500; W. C. Dates, $700; D.
M. Smith, $1,000; 13. E. Llchty,
l.uuu; pinup Mall, $400; Mrs. Drls
tow, $500; Lester Carter. $500: Wll.
llam G. Chon, $500; Frank Kochrow,
$000; John Edwards, $300; W. F.
urndloy, $300; Mib. Ycarnshaw, $300;
Thad Enstorbrook, $300; Frank Fitz
Blmmons, $500; Dr. WcBtorhoff, $200;
Frank Slssoll, $500; J. a. Under, $500.
President Names Commission.
Washington Carrying out his dec
larations to tho conforonco of gover
nors that should congress fall to pro:
vldo for tho contlnunnso of tho Inlnnd
Waterways commission, ho ahould
contlnuo it by executive net, and con
gress having failed to take action on
tho subject, President Roosevelt has
ro-appolntcd tho members of that com
mission. Great Crowd of Teachers.
Clovolnnd, O. Thlrty-ono thousand
members of tho Nntlonnl Educational
nBsoclntlon havo signified tholr Inten
tion or bolng prosent nt tho convent
tlon or that orgnnlzntlon to bo held In
this city Juno 29 to July 3, Inclusive.
The nttendnnco may bwoII to 00,000 or
more.
NAVAL DILL BEATEN.
Russian Duma Defeats Appropriation
for Four Battleships.
St. Petersburg Tho Duma by a
vote ot 191 to 78 rejected tho Item
In tho nnvnl budget npproprlatlng $5,
600,000 to lay tho keels of four battlo
jdilpB during tho current year. This
vote Is tantamount to i vote of lack
of conlldonco In tho presont olllclals
of tho ministry of marine and whole
sale resignations from tho ministry
uro oxpoctcd to follow.
Calls Undo Sam Bad Names.
Curacas El Constitutional, tho offi
cial organ of President Castro, pub
lishes a New York letter stating that
It Is rumored that tho United Statos
will secretly Bupport Colombia In enso
or war with Venezuela. In an editorial
artlclo that papor discredits tho re
port, but says Presldont Castro will
rulfll his duty, whatcvor thnt may bo.
Tho paper also publishes a partisan
Bpeoch In which tho United Statos Ib
called "tho Cain of America, which
Btlmulntos frntornnl cordiality in order
to dlosulBo Irutttl Instincts,"
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Greater or Lesser
tance Over the State.
Impor.
Tho Catholics will put up a
school building nt Elgin.
flno
Adams voted 15 to 28 In favor of
an Issue of $15,000 in bonds for tho
erection of a school house
Tho saloon fight at Lesharn hnB
been won by tho llnuor element, tho
town board having granted a Uconso
for ono Bnloon.
County Judge G. C. Marshall of
Washington county him announced his
nuonuon or resigning his ofllcc, to
take effect July 1. Ho has bought nn
Intorest In tho Arlington Stato bank
ai Arlington.
John Smith, n Durllngton dctcc
tlvo, has been nt Wvmoro Investlcat
lng tho dlsappcaranco of grain rrom
tho cars while In tho yards, and ns a
conscquonco wnrrants will bo Issued
for tho arrest of Kovcrnl persons.
A number of farmers In Cobb coun
ty havo recently boon swindled by a
well dressed and good talking ltiBiir
nnco agent, who claimed to bo ronre-
Bcntlng tho Rankers' Accident Insur
nnco company, nnd would collect nnd
receipt for tho premium on tho policy
Tho fees collected by Secretnry of
Stnto Junkln during May nggregato
$4,205.C9. TIiIb Is nbout doublo tho
usual amount nnd fur exceeds tho
$G0,000 estlmato for two years mado
by tho secretary of stato when tho
fees of his ofllco wero Increased by
legislative onnctmonL Tho $1 fco for
motor vohlclos during tho month
amounted to $354.20.
Tho" general opinion Bccms to bo
thnt Nobrnska has a chanco to mako
an excellent showing nt tho Grnnd
American handicap, to bo held nt, Co
lumbus, O., Juno 23 to 20. At tho
stato Bhoot a series of records wero
mndo that cannot bo duplicated In any
other state, fifty-four of tho men en
tering making n score on C00 birds, or
better than 91 por cent
Mr. Crokcr, a well-to-do farmer liv
ing about ton miles southwest of Mc
Cook, throw hlmsolf head foremost
down nn nbnndoned woll,6no hundred
nnd fifteen Toot deep, on Ills farm nnd
was Instantly killed. Ho leaves a wlfo
and sovon children. Ho hnd a hallu
cination thnt tho world waB about to
como to an end, and sought to dcreat
tho forcclosuro by sulcldo route.
A potitlon liberally signed by citi
zens of Knoxvlllo, Tenn., has been
filed with Governor Sheldon, asking
for tho rolenso of Alber Crlggcr, sen
tenced to tho pcnltcntlnry for two nnd
u half years from Red Willow county
for horse stealing. Tho petition says
Crlggcr Is tho boIo Bupport of an aged
father and mother, Is only 23 years old
and owcb his predicament to bad com
pany. Opinion seems to differ among tho
farmers of thla section, says a Fair
bury dispatch, In regard to tho condi
tion of tho wheat crop slnco tho re
cent heavy rains. Some contend that
whent has been damaged, while others
hold to tho belief that no dnmngo has
been dono unlcsB tho sun comes out
too bright and hot and causes rust to
follow tho Boaklng cniiacd by A'io
rains.
Mtb. John Knox of Palmyra Is at tho
PaBteur Institute In Chicago under
treatment for rnblcs communlcntcd
by a pot cat. Tho cat was a house
hold pet nnd wns kept In tho house
nil ot tho time. Whllo Mrs. Knox had
It on hoi- lap stroking its back tho
cat Buddcnly smile Its tooth deep Into
her right hand, Her hand began to
swell nnd sho wnB ndvlsed to ut onco
go to tho Pasteur Institute.
Tho season Tor destructive storms
Is at hand. WIND nnd LIGHTNING
will destroy and damngo buildings and
lull and malm slock in barns and
pastures. Protect yourself by Insur
ing them In tho Nebraska Mutual Ins.
Co., homo olllco,. 141 South Twelfth
street, Lincoln, Nob. Wrlto us for
particulars.
Ono of tho oldoBt farmers In Now
York county, who hns wsuchod tho
great Improvement mndo In recent
years In tho preparation and plant
ing ot corn by York county rarmers,
stated that novcr before has ho scon
farmers pny so much nttontlon to tho
preparation ot corn ground and that
tho seed this yoar Is tho host. Owing
to tho grout work dono In preparing
the corn ground nnd tho flno rains ot
which ovory ounco or water was
soaked In and Is still hold Jn tho sub
noil, tho prospects havo never been
bettor.
NobraBkn crop bulletin says: Tho
week was cool and cloudy, with nn
oxcesa of rain In most parts of tho
stato. Tho dally mean temperature
was botween CO dogrcos and CI de
grees lu tho oiiBteru and Bouthorn
counties, which 1b two to threo de
grees bolow tho normal. Rut In tho
northwestern counties It was about
50 degrees, which Is six dogrocs below
tho normal. Tuesday wub tho warm
est day, with a maximum tomporaturo
qulto generally above 85 degrees. Frl
tiny and Saturday mornings wero tho
coldoBt, with minimum tempornturea
about 50 degrees lu tho eastern sec
tions nnd' 11 vo to ten degrees colder
In tho western.
Ell A. Rarnos, tho nowly olocted
commnnder of tho G. A. R., depart
ment ot Nebraska, bus reappointed A.
M. Trimble nsslstant adjutant gonoral
and quartormiiBtor gonornl and has
Bont his flrst olllclnl orders to tho
posts In tho stnto.
According to tho roport or tho coun
ty recorder or Otoo county thoro wero
cloven rami mortgagos (lied during tho
month of May, nmountjng to $31,750,
nnd flvo released, of tho valuo ot $0,
550. On town nnd vlllngo proporty
thirteen mortgagos tiled, whoso vnluo
was $7,810.10, and bovoh released, to
tlio nnipunt pf js.ido.
IDE STATE CAPITAL
MATTERS OF INTEREST 70 ALL
CITIZENS.
THE CONVICT LABOR CONTRACT
Broom Company to Continue ao Now
Until June Seventeen, at Fifty
Cents Per Convict.
Labor Contract With Convicts.
Tho Stato Hoard of Public Lands
and Rulldlngs decided to permit tho
Loo Broom and Duster company to use
convict labor until Juno 17 at 50 contB
i convict per day. Aftor that date tho
labor Is to be paid for at a rata of 75
cents a day for each convict. This
notlco was served on C. R. Leo, man
ager or tho company, bo that ho would
know ho Is expected to vacate the
penitentiary by Juno 17 unless ho
ngrces to ncccpt tho convicts nt the
higher rate of pay. The action of tho
board was reported to Governor Shel
don, who approved It.
Tho Leo compnny objected strenu
ously to paying a higher rate for tho
convicts nnd Mr. Leo said ho would re
commend to tho next legislature thnt
the stato Install somo kind or manufac
turing plant nnd uso tho convicts It-
scir. "This," ho Bnld, "will show tho
peoplo that llttlo money Is mado out
or convict labor. Tho state will novor
bo Bntlsfled, however, until It has tried
tho experiment of using tho convicts
nnd tho quicker this Is tried, tho bet
ter I will be satisfied."
Whilo ho said ho had sovcral offers
from other prisons to ubo their con
victs, Mr. Leo unlit If ho finally con
clued to quit tho penitentiary horo ho
hoped to quit prison labor entirely.
Report on Nebraska Banks.
To annual report of Secretary Royso
of tho Stato Ranking board, now In
tho hnnds of tho printers, will shortly
bo issued to tho public. Notwithstand
ing tho rccont panic the report bIiowb
tho stnto banks to be In good sound
condition and only ono failure during
tho entire year, tho Citizen's bank of
Firth. This failure was duo to heavy
speculation on tho board of trado by
tho cushion During tho yoar thoro
wore examined G89 banks and building
and loan associations for which feos
wero collected to the amount of $12,
440; forty-soven banks wero chnrtered,
for which fees wero collected to tho
amount of $1,175. Mr. Royse 'Condemns
tho ownership of a chain of banks as
follows:
"Thoro Is ono practice that exlBts
to some extent In this state which, In
my opinion, sooner or later will have
to bo remedied or serious troublo will
follow I refer to. a chnln or smnll
bunks owned, operated and controlled
by tho sumo mnnngemcnt, or used ns
feeders for somo Inrgor bank. This Is
a practlco that will require more than
ordinary skill to avoid disaster sooner
or Inter. I am firm In tho conviction
thnt somo legislation Is necessary, to
enablo tho Stato Dnnklng Hoard to
meet this practlco, when In their
opinion tho Interest of the depositors
demands It."
River Too Quick for Courts.
Tho supremo court has admitted Its
Jurisdiction cannot kcop up with tho
changes In tho Dig Muddy and there
fore John Rober, who sought to havo
tltlo to land on Its banks quieted in
him, will havo to go to tho Iowa
courts, for tho last reports were to
the effect that tho farm was now
cnniplng on that sldo of tho rlvor. Tho
land was settled back In 1855, when
tho plonor thought ho wna gottlng lo
cated lu Washington county, Nobrns
kn, nnd patent was sued for It In
18C0. During tho civil war tho rlvor
got to flopping nbout nnd flnnlly set
tled down on top of tho farm. Ac
cretions uttachod to tho astern bank
and tho farmor waked up ono morning
ovor In Iowa. In 1873 tho river took
a Buddon notion to go over Into Iowa
Itself, and It cut a now channel, leav
ing tho farm In question high and
dry, between tho rlvor on tho onBt and
tho old channel on tho west. Tho
court holds that In cases of thnt kind,
whoro tho changes lu tho river Jiro
sudden mid not gradual, tho boundnry
of tho Btnto remains In the old chan
nel and docs not follow tho new river
as in tho caso of a gradual change.
Street Railway Sale Void.
Tho United States court ot appeals
at St. Paul, Minn., hns sot nsldo thu
salo of tho old Homo Street Rnllway
company to tho now CUIzoiih' com
pany or Lincoln. Tho effect or tho de
cision Is to deprive tho Citizens' com
pany of tho franchises permitting uso
of tho streets ot tho city. A defect In
tho confirmation or tho salo of tho old
company Is tho basis tor tho ruling.
Tho CltlzeiiB' company claims that this
moroly sots aside tho sale, but that
under a decision or tho supremo court
or Nobrnska It cannot bo driven from
tho streets.
Bequest Goes to Widows.
Dy reason of a decision of tho su
premo court handed down tho widows
nnd servants or flshormen In tho king
dom ot Norwny will bo permitted to
partlclpnto In tho division of a trust
fund left to them by Nils O. Nllson of
Roouu comity, who died some times
ago, Nllson's only relatives were
brothors and slstors. He loft to two
churches In Norway $0,000 and $5,000
nnd two-thirds or tho romnlndor or his
estnto to bo kept In trust tor tho ben
efit or tho wldowB or fishermen and
servant glrla of his old homo town.
NO NEW CLASSIFICATIONS.
Railway Commission Likely to Stop byj
Changing Specific Rates.
It Is by no means certain that tho
State Railway commission will IsstiO)
nn ontlro now classification of freight
rates, but It Is probable that tho com
mission will make reductions in tho
rates for tho shipment of certnln com
modities and from timo to tlmo mako
still further reductions on other com-
modltlcs. This practlco may bo kept
up until tho commission feels that tho
Nobraska rutcB aro Just and not ex
orbitant. Slnco the hcnrlng granted tho rail
road officials, followed by tho hearing
granted tho railroad employes, togeth
er with Ha Investigations along other
linos, tho commission has decided tho
making of a new classification of rntcs
Is a big tnsk and ono thnt will require
a long tlmo nnd lots of study nnd In
vestigation. On the other hand, ono
member of tho commission believes'
that by picking out hero and thoro
certain commodities upon which tho
rates seem high nnd mnkln; reduc
tions In those Instniicea It probnbly
would accomplish more for tho peoplo
than If It mado a sweeping reduction
of n cortaln per cent In nil rntcs. .
Tho commission received a lottor
from tho socrctnry of tho Wisconsin
commission which disputes tho state
ment mndo by a railroad representa
tive that tho Wisconsin commission
hns mado a ruling thnt the railroad:
should bo entitled to earn n dividend
upon 80 por cent of Its property ac
credited to that state.
Tho Weather and Crops.
Tho week wns cool nnd cloudy, with
nn oxcesB of rnln In most parts of
the stato. Tho dally menn tompora
turo was between 00 degrees and 04
degrees In tho cnatern nnd southern
counties, which Is two to thrco do
grcos bolow tho normal. Dut In tho
northwestern counties is was about 50
degrees, which 1b six degrees below
tho normal. Tuesday was tho warm
est day, with a maximum tcmporaturo
qnlto generally about 85 degrees. Fri
day and Saturday mornings wore tho
coldest, with minimum temperatures
about 50 degrees in tho eastern boc
lions, and flvo to ten degrees colder
In tho western.
In most of tho stato tho rainfall
was nbovo normal. It exceeded an
Inch In most of tho northern and
oastern counties, and In Boveral south
eastern counties ranged from two to
nearly four inches. In somo centrnl
nnd southwestern counties tho rnlnfnl
was less than half nn Inch. Tho total ,,
rainfall from April 1 to dato uverages
Bllghtly above normal In tho enstom
counties, whllo In tho central and
southwestern it averages about 85 per
cent of tho normal.
Decision in Liquor Cases.
Tho Bupremo court handed down nn
opinion In threo liquor cases In Lin
coln that will probably havo wldo sig
nificance in tho Btato, tho court hold
ing that nn excise board may not only
restrict saloons to certain districts,
but thnt It may restrict tho total num
ber ot Baloons to which" licenses aro
to bo granted. In consequonco no sa-(
loons will bo run on C street, tho main
thoroughfare, this year, and only twon-ty-flvo
will bo conducted. j
Discharging Harmless Insane.
Superintendent Huy of tho Insane
hospltnl located hero received permis
sion from tho board of public lands
nnd buildings to dlBchnrgo harmless
and Incurably lnsano patients to mako
room for others yet to como. Dr. Hny
told tho board ho had fourteen per
sons who might Just ns well bo dis
charged, inasmuch ns tho Institution
is overcrowded.
Park Board in Supreme Court.
Whether tho district court or tho
iinyor shall appoint tho Omaha park
board will bo settled by tho supremo
court. In tho namo of tho attorney
general quo warranto proceedings
havo been started, tho contestants be
ing John Lntonser, appointed by tho
district court, and John L. Neblcfl, ap
pointed by tho mayor.
Nebraska Got $2,404,648.
Llfo Insurnnco organizations dis
tributed in tho United Stntcs and
Canada during tho yenr 1907 in claims,
dividend paymcntB and surrender
values $474,115,592, according to a
Btntomcnt which will ,bo mado public
by the Llfo Insuranco Press, a
Now York Insuranco publication. Of
this amount NobraBkn got $2,401,048.
Expreso Companies Report.
Tho oxpross companies which somo
time ngo agreed to roport to the Stato
Railway commission tho amount' of
bnslncBs dono nt ench station In tho
Btute ovory month, nro not keeping
to that premise. Secretary Perkins
mailed out letters to tho companies
who havo failed to come across tolling
thorn reports had not been received.
Courts Will Settle lit.
Attornoy Gonoral Thompson hnB
tiled suit in the supremo court to de
termine the proper nuthority of park
commissioners in Omaha. Tho mayor
hni mndo appointments nnd commls
slonerB havo nlso been appointed by
tho district Judges. Tho court will
determlno with whom tho powor really
rests. Ono suit Is against John D
Neblo appointed by Mayor Dahlmnn,'
thd othor against John Lantonsor, nn!
pointed by mombors of tho district
judiciary. A petition on bchair or tho
stato baa been filed.
