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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1909)
as THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE , 9 IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE) NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA A Boiling Down of the More Impor tant Events Here and Tlicre Forelan. Announccmi'iit of an umlcablo set tlomunt of all pending questions that liavo served to disturb tho friendly re lations between Japan and China will bo made ofllclnlly within a short time. ArrnngemontH of tho differences relat ing to the Antung-Mukdcn railway probably will be contained In n noto to tho powers, Grccco's reply to the last Turkish nolo regarding Creto han heon com inuntcatcd to tho powers. Its terms nro conciliatory, and. diplomats hero consider that It should bo satisfactory to tho porto, to which It was delivered noon, Tho noto regrets that after Greece's provlous assurances tho Turkish government still complains of tho attltudo of Greece In Rumellu and Crote. A delegation or thlrty-nlno business men, representing tho civic and com mercial organizations of Toklo, Yoko hama, Osaka and Magoya, sailed on tho steamer Minnesota for Hcuttlo. They will tour tho United States as guests of various chambers of com mtrco. A dispatch from Portsmouth to tho London Dally Graphic says thcro Is much alarm there owing to tho dis covery thrlco lately of supposed dynn mlto cartridges among coal shipped to Portsmouth for tho battleships. Tho latest And of this character was during tho coaling of tho cruiser Duko of Edinburgh. Oscar Malmros, American consul at Rouen, Franco, Is dangerously 111, ac cording to a dispatch received at tho stato dopartmont in Washington. Mr. Malmros has boon In tho consular Borvlco for many years, having boon appointed In 18G5. Ho Is from Minne sota. Madamo D. F. Gayan, thu wife of tho Argontlno consul gcnoral at Hilda pest, In a Budde fit of madness, drowned two of her children In tho ea at Clrkvenca, Hungary, and was restrained with dtniculty from putting an ond to tho life of her third child and horsolf. General. Rocso lluck, a promlnont farmor, was shot ' to doath and four others woro probably fatally wounded, In a foud fight growing out of a contro versy over a dog, at Huntersvillc, twclvo miles from Charlottovlllo, N. C on Sunday night. Goorgo B. Tumor, chlof taxidermist of tho Smithsonian InBtltuto, has been recalled from hts vacation in order that prompt attention may bo given to tho olglity-two skins of African ani mals that havo boon sent to Washing ton by tho Itoosovolt party. Tho nnvy officials opened bldB on two huge battleships soon to bo con structed. Tho naval board of Inquiry reaffirms former vordlct that Llout. Jns. N. Sutton committed suicide. Tho Into dry and hot woathor Is said to havo cut down former esti mates of tho corn crop. Waltor Johnson takes lssuo with tho statement that Gcnoral Howard choso tho battlefield of Gettysburg. Naval officials aro satisfied with tho hid on battleships, regarding tho prlco us reasonable. Ronowed talk is heard lately of tho nppolntmont of Charles E. Magoon, until lately governor gcnoral of Cuba, as vice govornor of tho Philippines. Mr. Magoon Is not In olllco now, but Is recuperating in Europe Gustavo Horlng, sr., a bookcopor, shot and lnstnntly killed his wife, Louisa, probably fatally wounding his son, Gustavo Horlng, Jr., and then killed hlmsolf nt tholr homo In Chi cago, Twonty casks nnd ulna casos con taining trophies of tho hunt collected by tho Roosovolt oxpodltton In South Africa woro brought to Now York on tho steamer Provlncla from Mar: Bottles. Thirty porsons were Injured, at least nlno of thorn sorlously, when a por tion of Twolfth street brtdgo over tho Chicago river nt Chicago, which was woakoncd by construction work, col lapsed. Governor Ilrown of Georgia Blgncd tho recont net of tho Georgia logls laturo which prohibits tho uso by negro secret societies of tho Inslgntn, ritualistic work, grips, etc., of ordors composed of whites. President Toft Ib preparing some speeches that ho will deliver on his southern and wostern Jaunt. Boyonty-flvo work horsos In tho barns or tho Croppor Stnblo company at LouIbvMo, Ky woro cromated In n $30,000 flro which destroyed tho build Ings. Four hundred skilled machinists nt tho Pugot Sound navy yard woro dls shurged, and COO nioro woro laid off. Prcsldont Taft has accoptod an In vltatlons to visit Moxlco on Octobor 1C next, whon ho will oxchnngo visits with Prosldont Diaz cf Moxlco at El Paso Culdnd Juaroz. pes notes! i CONDENSED Prlnco Albert Leopold, heir to tho Belglnu throne, arrived nt Antwerp on his return from tho Congo, nnd was glvon an ovation. In nn address at Shawnee, Okl., Cholrmun Yoakum, of tho Rock Island said railroads and farmers should co operate. Tho navy department has decided that David Williams, a moss attend ant on tho battleship Vormont shall bo surrendered to tho Massachusetts authorities. No postal savings bank legislation can bo expected of tho next con gress. After five months of strict prohibi tion, liquor soiling and gambling wero temporarily resumed In Wichita, Kus. Whllo driving to church at Frlsbeo stntlon, Mo., flvo children of H. A. Hyde, a fnrmer, wero killed by St. Louis nnd San Francisco train No. 811, which struck tho wagon on a crossing a mile cast of tho Hydo homo. President Gomez has selected a new cabinet for Venezuela. Members of tho Omaha Grain ox chnngo aro Inclined to dismiss ns un true stories of damngo done to corn nnd wheat In Nebraska by tho recont hot wnvo. A boy of 18 was drowned In tho Niagara whirlpool after making n despornto fight for life. Allon Nowton, aged 21, of Helena. Mont., drew No. I In tho Spokane re servation land drawing. David C. Ruhl, or Ord, Ncbr., drew No. 41. Nino nro dend ond fifty Injured In a head-on collision on tho Denver & Hlo Grnndo near Hustcd, Col. Mlstnlc Ing tho headlight of nn englno on a switch for a section of another train wns the causo of tho accldont. Tho dopartmont of ngrlculturo ha3 Issued a report showing tho crop con ditions of foreign lauds; with Indica tions that they aro loast favorable In tho central part of Europe Tho comptroller of tho cunoncy Is compiling n list of national banks with afllllatcd stato Institutions. Governor A. C. Shnllonborgor of Ne braska and many Nobraskans and ox- Ncbrnskans, took part In tho celebra tion of their stn'to's day at tho Alaska- Yukon-Pucillc oxposltlon. Secretary Naglo says taking of tho census will not coat, ns much as ex pected. Ohio republicans nro looking about for a strong man to run for governor. American cities aro pronounced twonty-llvo years behind progressive Germany In n bulletin Issued by tho commlttco on congestion of population In Now York. A number of Ncbrnskans and lownns woro successful in tho lnnd drnwlngs nt Spokane. Already, tho olllco of tho commis sioner of Internal revenuo Is beginning to bestir Itself In preparation for tho collection of tho now corporation tax. Tho first work to bo dono Is to draw up blanks nnd prepare regulations. Many bulldlngH woro ruined by tho earthquake shocks In Japan. Arthur Halo Smith, third son of Josoph Smith, who founded tho Mor mon church, died nt Montroso, In., whoro ho was attending tho conven tion of Latter Day Saints, Washington. Trcusury ofllclnls aro much gratified over tho recolpts of tho bureau of In ternal revenuo for tho- month of July tho first month of tho now fiscal yoar which shows an Increase of $939,320 over July of last year. The rocolptB during July, 1909, woro $22,- 9G8.G42, nnd during July, 1908, $22,- 020,314. In tho view of tho officials, this tncrenso nugurs well for tho gen oral prosperity of tho country. Prosldont Toft may rldo In tho big white house automobllo In tho llornl automobllo parndo to bo held here this fall under tho nusplccs of the Washington chamber of commorco. Sovornl cablnot officers will appear In tholr own cars. There will ho throo section to tho parndo, a governmental, n floral and a commercial. Much interest was manifested In Washington by Intorior dovolopment ofllcluls In reports from Denver, Colo., that a hearing In Seattle WaBh., noxt month will dlscloso proof of gigantic frauds In connection with conl lands In Alaska. Senator Norrlu Brown of Nebraska, author of tho Income tax amendment, believes that tho legislatures of three fourths of tho states will Indorse the measure, Sinco Alabama leads tho al phabetical list of states ho regards Its Indorsement of tho measure as an onion of success, Ratification by a majority of both housos of tho legis latures of throe-fourths of tho states Is necessary for tho constitutional amendment which will admit of thu tax. Rules governing tho Philippine tariff act wero sent to customs of ficers. Personal. Mayor ijiisso announced tho appolnt mont of Loroy T. Stoword, suporln tondont of city dollvory of malls In tho Chicago postofllco, as chief of police to succeed George M, Shlppy, roslgnod. President Tnft may meet In Now Or- leans on hts visit there about Novom- bor 1 Prosldont Obaldla of Panama and Prcsldont Gomez of Cubn. Congressman Hlnshaw, In a speech printed In tho Record mndo a dofonso of tho now tariff. Tho stato dopartmont announced tho appointment of Ozro C. Gould of Minnesota, who has been a studont Intorprotator at Toklo, to bo vico consul general at Seoul, Korea Enemies of Senator La Folletto lu Wisconsin aro maneuvering to beat hint for re-election. Dr. C. D. Oakford, editor of tho Doorllold (Kansas) News, was Imaged In ofllgy by tho citizens of that plnco. bocnuso lu an article ho appealed to tho puoplo of tho United Stntos to en ter tholr protest ngafnst President Toft's, shaking bonus with "tho bloody liutchor Diaz -of Moxlco." SEVEN DEAD IN RIOT AT LEA8T TEN MORE ARE FAT ALLY WOUNDED. OFFICERS USE THEIR MAGES Men Gather at Pressed Steel Car Works and Suddenly Make Con certed Attack Upon the Gates. Pittsburg, Po. -One stato trooper, ono deputy sheriff and threo foreign ers wero shot nnd killed Sunday night In a wild riot at tho Pressed Steel Car plant In Schoenvllle, whoso em ployes nro now on strike. At least n score of persons wero seriously wounded, ten fatally. Tho rioting fol lowed a day of quiet nnd broke with out warning. At midnight the following partial list of dead and injured wns made up from reports from tho morgue, hos pital and Bovornl physicians' ofllcos: Dead: John L. Williams, state troopor; Harry Exler, deputy sheriff; three foreigners. Fatally Injured: John C. Smith, stato trooper; Luccelan Jones, state trooper; seven foreigners. While tho riot lasted, mounted, stato troopers gnllopcd Indiscriminately through tho streets with riot maces drawn, cracking tho heads of nil per sons loitering In the vicinity of tho mill. Deputy sheriffs nnd troopers broko In tho doors of houses suspect ed of bolng tho rctrent of tho strikers, and wholesalo arrests owro mode. From 9:30 to 11:30 scores of porsons wero nrrcsted nnd placed In box car Jails In tho mill yards. During tho early stages of tho riot ing women wero conspicuous. Somo of them woro armed and othors effect ively used clubs and stones. These women, nil foreigners, lnsano with rage, wero mainly responsible for In citing tho men to extreme measures. Shortly beforo 9:30 o'clock a mob of mon gathered about tho Schoenvllle ontranco to tho Pressed Steel Car works and without warning mndo a concerted attack upon tho big swing ing gates of tho stockade. Tho at tack was resisted by stato troopers and deputy sheriffs, who used riot maces. In tho moleo Hnrry Exler. a deputy slioriff, aged 50 years, wob shot and instantly killed by n bullet fired, it Is said, by an nlleged strike sympathizer. In on effort to arrest tho man picked out of tho crowd as tho ono who did tho shooting. Stato Trooper Smith was lnstnntly killed by a revolver bul let. Two other troopers on foot wore also shot, falling Into tho arms of tholr comrades. For tho llrst tlmo sinco tho Incep tion of tho strlko tho stato troopers opened volloy flro on tho mob. Six strikers fell at tho llrst round. Tho mombors of tho mob then opened flro with rlfloB. Two mounted troopers dropped from tholr horses fatally Bhot. They wero taken to tho Ohio Valloy hospital In n dying condition. As on ombulonco mndo Its way from tho car plant to tho hospltnl carrying wounded troopers tho vehlclo was at tacked and tho driver forced to Iloo for his life. Tho frightened team of horses attached to tho ambulnnco plunged wildly In and about tho crowd. Two mon wero trampled un der tho horses' hoofs. Tho nmbulanco was flnnlly driven to tho hospital by a detachment of troopers. MILLION DOLLAR FIRE. Heart of Business Portion of Decatur, 111., Destroyed. Docatur, 111. Tho flro which started at 1 o'clock Sundny morning lit tho HoorehouBO & Wolls hardware store on Enst Main street was not under control until 4 o'clock In tho nfter noon. Tho loss Is estimated at $1,000,- 000, with lnsurnnco about 80 per cent of that ohtount. Following tho flro, tho worst In tho history of tho city, Decatur faced a water famine. It be enmo. nocossory to shut off tho rosl- donco district, tho supply of water In tho resorvolr being down to sovon feet. Scandal In Prison Fund. Pittsburg. Discovery haB boon made, It Is alleged, of a deficit of $82, 000 by n board of auditors appointed to fix tho financial statim of tho West ern Pennsylvania ponltcntlnry. Trainmen Rob Cara. Wvmoro. Nob. Followlnc tho dis charge at this placo on Sunday of thirteen trainmen m tho omploy or tho Chicago, Burlington & CJulncy rail road on chargos of porslstent rifling of freight cars, comos tho Btntemont that further discharges aro to bo made. Captain Selvert'a Sentence Commuted WnshlnKton. In tho case of Cant Herman A. Solvort, Ninth cnvalry, charged as post quartermaster at Camp McGrnth, Uatangns, P. I., with rulsirying ins nccouuts, omnozzio mont. etc.. nnd sentenced by court martial to bo dismissed front tho sor- vico nnd to pay a flno of $1,000, son tonco has been commuted. Great Conflagration In Mexico. Mexico City. Flro Sunday night doBtroyed property in tho business contor of Moutoroy to tho vnlue of about $1,500,000. Tho whole business section of tho city was threatened, but escaped destruction lnrgoly because thero was no wind. Tho flro Btnrted In tho establishment owned by the son-in-law of Gonornl Trovlno, com mnudor of tho Montoroy mllltnry zone nnd tho opponent of General Reyes and It was first thought that It was tho work of political malcontonts, but defective wlrlug wob tho cause. NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Her and There Over fhe State. Tho school levy In Hastings has boon considerably reduced. Louisville will hold- a merchants' carnival from Septembor 1 to C. Tho building going forward In Alns worth amounts to a"vorltablo boom. Enraged bocauso ho bad bcon Jilted Harry Bliss of Portsmouth, 18 years old, shot and fotnlly wounded Miss Minnie Clarke, nged. 17 years. Tho best yield of wheat reported so far In Gage county is on tho farm of C. A. Rcol, 22 lA acres threshing out 52 bushels, or 38 bushels to tho acre So many cows belonging to Omaha dairymen havo been condemned by reason of tuberculosis that tho prlco of milk Is going to bo put nt ten centi a quart. Etta Johnson, tho llttlo daughter of Mrs. W.. J. Johnson, living northeast of Beatrice died from Injuries re ceived by bolng crushod against tho manger by a horse. Ed. G. Maxfleld Bold his farm, which wns ono and a half miles north- cast from Dorchester, to Andrew Kro mer for $121 nn acre. This Is tho highest price paid for land thero for somo tlmo. Although uninjured, Arthur Allon, formerly privato secretary to ox-Gov. Mickey, was n passenger on tho Den ver & Rio Grande train which was wrecked at Hustcd, Colo., when nine wero killed and fifty or moro Injured. II. II. Stlne, o farmer living two miles north of Hastings, was sorlously Injured In a collision with nn automo bllo at tho outskirts of tho city. Ho was driving homo with his daughter, when o touring enr ran into him. Mrs. Gertrudo Seymour of Pender received it telegrnm from tho sheriff at Davenport, Wash., stating thnt her son, Hiram, aged 30 years, had been killed. No details wero given, nnd further Information Is awaited with jtnxlcty by tho family. Tho new Edholm Grain company of Schuylor, composed of farmers, havo hod Buch a prosperous season that thoy will eclobrato their success by holding a picnic. A noted Chicago speaker will bo present to entertain and Instruct. Frank Mnrsh, living eight miles northwest of Beatrice, has an orange trco growing In his yard which will bear considerable fruit this yoar. A branch of tho trco containing about sixty peaches tho slzo of plums was exhibited In Bcatrlco. "Sod" Reynolds, tho young man from Humboldt, who drew No. 909 In tho Cocur d'Aleno land allotment, -Ib a son of Mr. nnd Mrs. I. M. Reynolds, pioneers of that section. Ho has spent tho last fow years traveling through tho west. Tho 7-year-old son of Honry Moclle, of Custer county, found a pistol and somo cartridges. Ho loaded tho gun nnd then by somo means fired It. How ho did It Is not known, for tho ham mer of tho old pistol was broken. Tho bullet entered his chest, proving fatal in n few minutes. W. G. Temploton of Omaha, secre tary and treasurer of tho Union Lonn and Investment company, recently re colvod from tho United States treas ury department a certificate for $14.43 for back pay duo when ho was a' sol dlcr of Unclo Sam during tho civil wnr, nearly a half century ago. Cans. Knapp of Madison county, charged with shooting his wlfo with Intent to kill, nnd who was bound over until the fall term of tho district court In tho sum of $2,000 ball, which waa given by his brothers, Jnko and John Knapp, has engaged tho services of Allen & Dowlfng of Madison to uo- fond him. County Attomoy Will G. Ramsey of Cass county has filed a complaint In county court chnrglng Charles J. Ba Iter with bigamy. It Is charged that llokor deserted hlB wlfo and children nt Ashtabula, 0 und came to Platts mouth and mnrrled Mrs. Lillian Vro matt without first securing o divorce from his former wlfo. Nows has roachod West Point of the death at Meekor, Okla., of Mrs Edgar N. Sweet, tho wlfo of Judgo E. N. Swoot, formorly of West Point Tho deceased was well known there, hor husbnnd being a former county Judgo of Cuming county nnd the founder of tho Wost Point Republican tho oldest paper In tho Elkhoru vol ley, which ho established In 1870. C. L. Hoover, who recently re turned to tho'Unltod States front tho Philippines, nnd who has boen ap pointed United States consul to Ma drid, Spain, Is a sturdy dofendor of tho work dono by tho Americans In tho Islands. Tho parents of Mr. Hoo ver's wlfo live in Lincoln, and ho haB spont recently somo tlmo with thorn He will sail for Spain noxt month nftor a short visit In Washington D. C. The county board of York county, In attempting to compel an ostnto tc pay taxes on property It clnlms to havo boon hid and not roturned for sovornl years. Whon tho ostnto was probated It was learned thnt from $50,000 to $100,000 had not been ro turned for valuation. Tho county at tomoy and loading attorneys In York nftor Investigating nnd looking up do clstons, refused to tnko tho enso and advised no good action could be brought and held good. Dr. G. W. Weetor of Grand Island Is plaintiff . in n suit against tho Union Pacific, filed in tho district court, asking for $o,u00 damages al loged to havo been sustained by him In an accident whllo crossing the company's tracks. Whllo attempting to board tho way car of Burlington freight trnln nt He bron, W. G. Smith of Alvlo, Mo., had both of his feet cut off near tho an klos. Ho wns a passenger on thb freight and when It nrrlvcd Hebron ha left tho train. When It started tc lcavo ho missed lils footing and fell , under tho train. SUITE FI IS NEXT LIBERAL EDUCATION IN THE AN NUAL EXPOSITION. BIG SHOW OPENS ON SEPT 6 Duty of the People to Patronize an In stitution That's Purely Their Own Property. Whllo other stato Institutions aro nt a standstill during August, tho bus- lost ofllco In tho Btnto house Is tho ofllco of Secretary W. R. Mellor of the stato fair. Tho state fair opens Sept. C, nnd Secretary Mellor, us usual, doslres to convince tho pcoplo of tho stato that It Is tholr duty to patronize tho fair, nn institution which Is their own, nnd which enn not bo successful without tholr help. He nlso desires to con vince those who who hnvo not been convinced that tho state fair Is an edu cational Institution which should bo patronized for tho knowledge it Im parts. As n second renson why tho pcoplo should nttend it Is assorted that tho fair affords an outing nt a tlmo when most people can best af ford It and thnt tho entertainment is tho best and cheapest that can bo had for tho outlay of money. All money received by tho fair as sociation IS expended for tho benefit of the stockholders who nro tho peo ple. This year tho attractions In tho form of llvo stock, agricultural exhib its, machinery, art, music, races and other features will cxccll tho attrac tions of former yenrs. For Llbcratl's hand and opera sing ers tho Btnto fair pays $2,500. Tho patrons of tho fair in past years havo stamped their approval upon this at traction. Races in tho afternoon, Paino's fireworks shows at night, In cluding an airship, carnivals and other features, will afford wonder nnd nmusoment. Under tho present man agement tho races havo constantly grown In excellence, though nono of tho agricultural features of the fair havo been weakened. Tho Nebraska stato fair now ranks well with tho great expositions of other lending western agricultural states, and Is ex celled by tho best only In tho mag nlflccnco of permanent buildings. If tho pcoplo of Nobraska will con- tlnuo tholr patronngo tho fair Is bound to surpass many others In tho west. Tho attendance within n radius of ten miles of the fair grounds is consid ered a good test of the loyalty of tho peoplo. In Iowa and Nebraska tho ottendnnco within this radius Is 200 per cent. In Mlnnesotn, where a mag nificent exposition Is held each year, and whoro thorp aro two great cities to draw from, the nttendanco within a radius of ten miles Is only C5 per cent. Opinion on Judiciary Law. Tho opinion In tho non-partisan ju diciary case which was decided some weeks ngo, was filed last week In the supreme court. It was written by Judgo W. B. Rose, with all tho court concurring except Judgo Dean, who dissents, and Chief Justlco M. 13. Reese, who was out of tho city when the caso was heard. Judge Dean filed a dissenting opinion. Tho suit was started by John M. Ragan of Has tings, who brought proceedings In the district court of Lancaster for a man damus to compel tho secretary of stato to put his name on tho primary ballot as a republican candidate for supromo Judge. Tho district court held the law unconstitutional, and tho do cjslon wns affirmed by tho supreme court In tho opinion filed Inst week. In his dissenting opinion Judgo Dean holds tho non-pnrtlBan judiciary law to bo but an expansion of tho state wldo primary law, and that It "does not come within tho Inhibitory provl slons of the fundamental laws that havo been Invoked to destroy It." A Feature of the Fair. A twonty-flvo mile relay race Is ono of tho attractions at tho stato fair. Secretary Mellor has received inqui ries from racing men living In tho Dakotas, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas Missouri and Nebraska. Flvo miles n day Is to bo run, with a chnngo of horses in front of tho grand stand each mile. Tho prizes nro $900, $100 and $200, nnd tho ontrlos promise to mnko tills ono of tho most novel and oxcltlug of attractions. Omaha Bee Protests Tax. Tho neo Publishing company of Omaha has filed a statement with tho secretary of stato showing that It has nn authorized capital stock of $500,000, but that It has Issued only a part of tho stock. Tho company romlts n foo of $50 undor tho stato occupation tax law undor protest Tho secretary of stato will Inform tho company that It must pay a fee based on tho author ized capital stock, and that it Is $25 short In Its paymont. Tho Boo Build ing company sont a foo of $75 on an authorized capital stock of $500,000, and tho Tschuck Real Estato company paid $30 tax on nn authorized capital stock of $100,000. Special Rate to Lincoln. The Railway commission hns given permission to tho Northwestern rail road to Install a rato of ono faro and n half to Lincoln nt tho somo tlmo the fall merchuntn' mootlngs uro being held in Omaha. Extra- Trains for Fair. Tho Burlington has orrauged for. a number of special trains to tho stato fair from various points during tho most Important days of tho expos! tlon. THE OCCUPATION TAX. Judge Sullivan to File Suit Tcstln; the Santo. John J. Sullivan Is going to fllo o suit In tho district court of Douglas county to tost tho legality of tho oc curatltm tax act passed by tho lato legislature. Judgo Sullivan colled up on Attorney General Thompson nnd announced to him that tho suit would bo filed within a short time. Up to this tlmo 1,195 corporations havo paid tho occupation tax, tho fees amounting to $29,150. Of this sum $2,425 has been' paid undor protest. This money paid undor protest, how ovor, will go Into the Btnto treasury with tho other, as thero Is no law by which It can bo held out. Tho fact that It was paid under protest, how over, may help tho corporation to got It back should the law bo declared unconstitutional and tho matter la taken up with tho next legislature. There nro still about 5,000 corpora tions which have not paid tho tax. Of tho letters sent out 2,000 have bcon returned because tho corporations havo gone out of existence. Undor tho law the tax must bo pnld by September 1, or a penalty of $10 Is tacked on. If not paid by Nov. 1, then It Is tho duty of tho state to can cel tho license of tho corporation nnd provont it doing business In No braska. Proposed Changb In'Lnw." Secretary of State Junkln has un der consideration nn amendment to tho revenuo law which ho belloves will bo good. His amendment pro vides thnt tho State Board of Equali zation shall havo power to equalize values of tho various counties solely for stato purposes, leaving to the county boards tho authority to place a valuo on the property for county purposes. Delay, then, on tho part of tho state board would not affect tho coun ties to any great extent becauso tho officials could go nhoad and extend tholr lovles for county and school purposes, while waiting for tho stato board. Tho levy for stato purposes Is always small compared with tho lovy for county nnd city purposes, nnd tho secretary believes thoro would bo no objections to tho work of tho stnto board, whether tho values wero high or low. As It Is now, ho says, persons aro vitally Interested In tho work of tho stato board bocauso It Is on the values fixed by this board that county and city levies nro made. Tho board has no right to chango tho assessment of nn Individual, but merely oquallzes values between tho counties, bo ho believes this valua tion so fixed should bo used solely for realizing taxes for stato purposes. Contractor Gets Stung. Tho contractor who Is drilling tho holes on the granlto pedestals nt tho stato house through which electric wires aro to bo run, got "stung" when ho thought ho was wielding tho stinger. When tho Olds wero opened it was discovered that tho successful contractor had bid 25 cents a foot, whllo others bid ns high ns $1.75 n foot. Tho successful contractor, sev eral days later, when asked why ho put In such n low bid, laughed at tho board and Informed Its members that the pedestals were hollow. When ho examined these samo pedestals, how ovor, ho discovered ho was badly mistaken. There nro four pedestals to bo drilled through, and thoy nro about eight feet high, which makes $2 each. Two men working constant ly got tho hole through ono pedestal In two and n half days. Big Race Expected. Secretary Mellor of tho stato fair board has received Inquiries regard ing tho twonty-flvo milo relay raco to bo pulled off at the fair from South Dakota, North Dakota, Missouri, Kan sas, Colorado, Montana and Nebraska, and tho Indications nro a big number of horses will bo entored. Horses will be chnnged at every mile and flvo miles a day will bo run. Tho prlzeB nro as follows: $900, $400 and $200. For tho derby eight horses havo al ready been entored nnd for tho No-hraska-bred 3-year-olds six horses havo been entored. Theso rnco3 aro as follows: 2:30 trot, $500; 2:25 trot, $500; 2:18 trot, $500; 2:25 pace, $500; 2:18 paco, $500. The Judicial Primary. At tills writing Fawcott still has a small lead over Hamer for tho third plnco on tho republican supremo judi cial ticket, with almost half of tho precincts In tho stato and consider ably over half of tho vote In tho stnto heard from. Tho roturns aro not con clusive, however, but front the best cstimntes of the missing counties and tho present standing of tho two It Is thought Fawcett has tho hotter chance for tho, place. Sedgwick and Borneo aro assuredly nominated, with tho for mor leading. Men to Value Railways. Tho Stnto Railway commission has appointed J. L. BIddlccom of Have lock statistician of tho mechanical de partment of tho physical valuation de partment of Its work, and Eugcno Reed of Holdrogo right-of-way ap praiser. Tho former is to bo paid $150 a month and tho latter $125 monthly. Eotlmates on Lands Vary. Engineer Hard, who has charge of the work of finding tho physical valu ation of railroads, has sont out cards to promlnont or posted cltlzons In tho various towns asking tho vnluo of real estato adjacent to the railroad right-of-way. Tho answers show a great dlfforenco of opinion. From ono town, ono party said land noxt to tho right-of-way of tho railroads was worth per aero for tho host $125, and $90 for tho poorer. Auother party wl)o Bhould be oqually ns well postod said tho land was worth $90 ami $75.