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Foreign.
A dispatch from Mellla, Morocco,
says the poHition of tlio Spanish la
precarious. Every iluy the Moors cut
the communication between Melllu
and the outposts, and since July 29
the Spaniards huvu lust fifty men kill
ed and 150 wounded in the re-estab-llshuicnt
of their lucans of comniun
icatlon. M. JuBserand, the French ambus
sndor at Washington, has arrived In
Paris from New York. Ileforu leaving
l'aris for his country Feat in the de
partment of the Ilire, where ho will
spend his vacation, he will confer
with the government on the situation
created by the passage of the Ameri
can tariff bill and the forthcoming
negotiations relating to the maximum
and minimum clauses.
The steamer Tango Mam brings
news to Victoria that there has been
a reerudoscenso of piracy in South
Chiua nnd some tragic affairs are re
ported, seven persons being rousted
to death by pirates near Shuntuk, af
ter the capture of a castlelike houso
owned by one of the locnl gentry.
In executive resslon the senate con
firmed the nomination of William K.
Sands of the District of Colunibla to
be minister to Guatemala. Mr. Sunds
Is now secretary of the embassy at
Mexico City and his promotion fol
lowed various promotions of secre
taries of legutions, most of which
were confirmed.
In the belief that the mlll'-nlum may
be ushered In any moment, over 2,000
"Cooneyltes" are holding continuous
prayer meetings at Ilulllnamallard
county Fermanagh. Ireland. The pil
grims have arrived from all parts of
the country, nnd remarkable scenes
are being witnessed.
An early and successful outcome of
tho negotiations In the participation
of American bankers In the Hankow
Sze-Chuen loan Is anticipated. Tho
English and French groups already
have accepted the American terms,
uud It Is expected that the Germans
shortly will do likewise.
General.
Nebraska, Jast week, received Its
largest fee, $70,000, for the filing of
articles of incorporation of the con
solidated Missouri Pnciiic railway.
A Lincoln woman, Mrs. Anna II.
Holmes, was No. 93 in the government
land lottery at Couer d'Alene, Idaho.
. The supply of the new Lincoln pen
nies, bearing the three initials of the
designer, hns been exhausted so far
as distribution at the treasury depart
ment is concerned.
The July statement of the Uindon
board of trade shows Increases of
$17,237,500 in Imports and JS.9n7.50O
In exports. The principal Increase
in imports were grain, flour and raw
material, while the Increases in ex
lorts were manufactured goods.
The first day of the forty-third na
tional encampment of the G. A. R.
ifound 30.)00 veterans and visitors
quartered In Salt Lake City.
The flag of Greece has been hauled
down on tho Island of Crete.
Silas A. Rarton, state auditor of
Nebraska, and J. M. Gllchirst of Oma
ha were In New York visiting the
various surety companies with a view
of securing information as to the de
pository and fidelity bond experience
of the componles operating In Ne
braska. With the tariff agitation at an end
and the new law In force, many mem
bers of congress took occasion to
compare tho old with the new. The
general Impression was that tho great
mass of the people will not observe
any material change In conditions.
The president, It is said, will not
attempt to defend the tariff law while
talking In western states.
Japan does not expect aggressive
opposition from China to her rail
road building program.
Turkey has adopted nu aggressive
attitude toward Greece' in the contro
versy over the Island of Crete.
Tuless the cost of living raises
higher the new tariff law Is not likely
to be blamed.
The porte has sent a note to Greece
demanding a formal declaration by
that country of non-intorfeiente In
Cretan affairs. In the event of a re
fusal to accede to the demand. Turkey
will break off diplomatic relations
with Greece.
The adjutant general of Kentucky
attacked a Louisville editor with a
heavy cane.
The Carmlchael bill for state wide
prohibition was passed by the Ala
bama house by a vote of 75 to 19.
Rev. Frank R. English says ho was
compelled to leave" the town of Ethel.
Miss., because he rhook hands with a
negro presiding elder of an African
M. E. conference.
Following a bold hold-up of the First
State bank of White Hear. Minn.,
Henry Paul, the robber, and Fred Ijr
kins, one of a posse of pursuing rlti
tens, were shot and killed.
Tb strike situation lo Stockholm,
Sweden, Is assuming alarming propor-1
IPUT II
I IIP
tlODft.
Reports are In circulation of seri
ous agitation in Albania against the
attempt of Greece to annex Crete.
The tie-up of the business life of
Sweden ns the result of the general
strive is so serious that King Gus
tav has Intervened In an endeavor to
secure a compromise.
Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., temporar
ily abandoning the carpet manufactur
ing business in Connecticut, went to
New York to arrange for learning
more about aeronuutlcs.
While attending the chautauqua at
Mnrshalltown. Iowa, Governor Shal
lenberger of Nebraska was touched
and Is minus $120 as a result. Tho
governor Is In doubt Just how he lost
the money, but thinks he left It on the
writing desk of the hotel. He Is not
sure of tills, however.
The tariff has been passed and
signed by tho president and members
of congress have gone to their homes.
Returns indicate that Judge Hodgei
Mann, candidate for governor of Vir
ginia, In the state primary carried
tho state over H. St. Georgo Tucker
by between 40,0(10 and 50,imio plural
ity. The mayor of Omaha says that drug
stores must quiet selling liquor ut 8
p. m., the same as the saloons.
Don Jamie, the Spanish pretender,
says ho will not stir up strife dining
tho present trouble.
W. H. Dennett, of Salt Lake City
has been elected chairman of the laws
committee of tho International Typo
graphical union, which will begin its
convention in St. Joseph, Mo., this
week.
Colonel Roosevelt and Kermit wore
guests of honor at a banquet tendered
by men of Nairobi.
The trial of American missionaries
In the Congo has again been post
poned. Representative Tavvney, chairman of
tho house committee on appropria
tions, was at the White house and told
tho president that bis committee would
sail for the Isthmus of Panama No
vember 7 next.
The Georgia se'note tabled the reso
lution proposing to ratify the Income
tax amendment to the federal constltu
tlon. It Im expected that tho effort to
ratify tho amendment will come up In
the senate before final adjournment
The Kansas board of health has
sent a circular letter to all the county
fair associations In the state serving
notice on them to eliminate red lemon
nde nnd other fake drinks at their
fairs this year.
Colonel G. A. Rlche. said to have
been a ' government engineer on the
Panama cnnal some years ago. wa
found unconscious in bed at the Hyde
park hotel, Chicago, nnd died soon
after his condition was discovered.
The Western Federation of miners
at Denver concluded its annual con
vention with the selection of Denver
ns the next meeting place.
J. Wright Itutler of Wyoming has
been nominated to lie secretary of tho
lcgntion at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Geolge W. Stoner of Ottuniwa, la., has
been appointed messenger in tho pa
tent olllce.
Washington.
Raron Takahira, Japanese ambassa
dor to tho United States, called at the
White House to bid goodbye to Presi
dent Toft. Huron Takahira has ar
ranged to lenve Washington on August
10 for Tokio In response to tho sum
mons of his government, which de
sired to consult him In connection
with the proposed revision - of .the
treaties of commerce and navigation
about to be undertaken by Japan with
the powers of the world.
President Taft of the United States
and President Diaz of Mexico aro to
meet at El Paso, Tex., October 18.
This program has been arranged as
the result of correspondence between
the United States and Mexico.
The state department announced
the appointment of Ozro C. Gould of
Minnesota, who lias been a student
Interpretator at Toklo, to be vice
consul general at Seoul, Korea.
Dr. John G. Butler, pastor of the
Luther Place Memorial church, and
one of the most prominent Lutheran
ministers in the United States,
dropped dead of heart failure in his
home in Washington. He was eighty
three years old.
Nono of the new Panama bonds au
thorized by congress at the session
Just closed will be issued before con
gress meets again and has had an
opportunity to chnnge the existing
circulation tax. Announcement to this
effect was made In a statement Issued
by Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh. Purchasers of Philippine tobacco
will hereafter have a government
guarantee as to its quality and clean
liness as a result of an arrangement
mnde by the bureau of insular afairs
with the Philippine government, de
signed to Insure the strict enforce
ment of the new tariff bill providing
for the admission Into the United
States, free of duty, of a limited quan
tity of cigars and tobacco produced
In the Islands.
Personal.
It is said that house members who
have incurred the displeasure of
Speaker Cannon are to be deprived of
chairmanship.
Ambassador Jusserand says a tariff
war between the United states and
France would be monstrous.
The president on September 15 will
start west on a tour that will embrace
all hut eight or fen states of the union
and both of the territories In the fat
southwest. .
Gov. Johnson made an address at
the Seattle exposition on Minnesota
day.
Mrs. Ella Flugg-Young has been
placed at the head of the Chicago
schools.
President Taft will visit Omaha Sep
tember 20.
The senate and houi conferees
report on the tariff bill Is no1 satis
factory to President Taft.
COIR UPHOLDS I
DAYLIGHT SALOON MEASURE IS
DECLARED VALID.
THE STATUTE COMSTITUTIQNAI
Act Properly Titled and Does Not In
terfere with or Modify Power of
Board of Police Commissioners.
Omaha, Neb. The 8 o'clock law has
been declared constitutional by Judge
Sutton of the district court.
The demurrer entered by the nttor
neys for Frank Dlnuzzo, on trial for
violating the law, was overruled and
his case will bo tried Immediately. The
demurrer entered by Weaver & Giller
was on the contention that the law
was not properly titled and not proper
ly phrased according to the state con
stitution, but both contentions were
disagreed with by the court.
In order to expedite the matter for
tho benefit of tho Hoard of Firo nnd
Police Commissioners Judge Sutton
did not prepare a written decision.
"It is the duty of the legislature to
decide whether or not a law Is good
or bad and whether or not It is for
the good of the people," he said. "It
Is the court's duty to declare' it uncon
stitutional, but only when it Is funda
mentally contrary to some provision
of the written law.
"We have two questions In this case.
The law in question is titled ns an
amendment to section 14 of chapter
50, which deals with tho regulation of
the sale of liquor on election nnd
primary days and on Sunday. The,
contention first made is that, although
It purports to be amendatory to this
section it is in fact not at all germane
to It.
"The court holds that tho section 14
deals with the question of at what
'time' liquor may or may not bo Hold
and on that belief holds that the
amendment Is germane to It and does
not violate the section of the constitu
tion which holds that an amendment
must agree exactly in substance with
the original act.
"The second contention is that the
law In question is In fart nn amend
ment to section 25, although it does
not repeal or mention It In the text or
title. Section 25 deals with the
powers of excise and fire and police
boards to regulate the sale of liquor.
Rut it must bo noticed that the boards
can regulate the sale of liquor only In
accordance with the regulating laws
of tho state. Consequently a new law
regarding that regulation does not In
any way interfere with or change the
powers of tho boards.
"The court believes that the law is
constitutional nnd the demurrer is
overruled. It must be distinctly un
derstood thnt this decision does not In
any way prejudice the question ns to
whether or not the fire and police
board must revoke the license of the
dealers charged with violating; the
law. nor would the court Intimate
what Its opinion would be If the ac
tion of the board were in question."
UNDER NEW TARIFF LAW.
Collections on Tuesday Nearly a Mil
lion, a Big Increase.
Washington. Receipts reported on
Tuesday from the operation of the
new tariff law amounted to $930,944.
as against tho receipts under the
Dingley law for the same day last
year amounting lo $(570,578.
A fair comparison of receipts tin
der the two acts cannot be mnde be
fore the latter part of the present
week, as some of the collections in
eluded in today's receipts came from
distant ports and were made up of
collections under the Dingley Inw. At
the same time three-fourths of all
tho collections come from the port ot
New York, and it will be seen, there
fore, that the collections under the
new law will be much greater than
under tho old, based upon existing
condition!--.
Taft Pardons Banker.
Auburn. N. Y. Manning C. Pal
mer, former president of the Amerl
can Exchange National bank of Syra
cuse, N. Y.. was discharged from Au
burn prison today on a pardon grant
ed him by President Taft. Palmer
was convicted In 1900 of misapplica
tion of the bank's funds.
Veterans in Salt Lake.
Salt Lake City. Utah. The first day
of the Forty-third National encamp
ment of the Grand army of the Repub
lic found 30,000 veterans and visitors
quartered In this city with the pros
pect of having their number Increased
to 40,000 by Wednesday. ,
Coeur D'Alene Drawing Ends.
Coeur D'Alene. Idaho. Judge Wit
ten completed the drawing for the
Coeur D'Alene reservation on Tues-
Cday. There was not the same enthusi
asm as was manifested on the first
day, probably due to the fact that
numbers after 1,500 are considered of
llttlo value.
Bridegroom Shot at Door.
Des Moines. Following his mar
riage to Miss Mary Saunders, col
ored, here Tuesday night, and Just
after the wedding guests bad de
parted, John Weaver, 35, colored,
was called to the door of his home
and shot to death by an unnuwn
man. Weaver staggered from the
steps and fell dead without uttering
a sound. His bride of a few hours
fainted. Tho police are looking for
James Watklns, who, they say, was
a former admirer of Miss Saunders
and who was seen near the house.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Hers
and There Over the State.
Oliver Nelson of Dodge county was
perhaps fatally Injured by being
thrown from a load of hay.
Fire at Grand Island practically de
stroyed all of the stock of Kelso &.
Walters, milliners, and of Mr. Sonin,
jadies' tailor.
Deputy Gamo Warden Geilus re
three more Friend sportsmen of il
legal seining, Charles Ladmann and
his brother and George Fndleott
l'hey were fined $15 each.
The state railway commission au
thorized the Crab Orchard Telephone
company to issue $20,000 in stock on
the Crab Orchard exchange, which it
purchased for $10,500.
(iothvnburg will have a series of
revival meetings, beginning Septem
ber 1. They are to be led by Rev
French Oliver and will probably con
tinue about u month.
Illoodhounds were culled to aid in
the capture of three men. who made u
bold attempt to rob Pete Hammond,
a farmer living five miles west of
Coznd. The men were traced to Goth
enburg, but were not apprehended.
The Munroe fife and drum corpB of
Hastings, composed of three veteran
musicians, lead the Nebraska delega
tion In the G. A. R. parade during the
national encampment in Salt I.ake
City.
The Cambridge chnutauqun closed
Its third nnnual session last week,
Chancellor William Joseph Davidson
of the Nebraska Wesleyan university
delivering the closing address. It was
the greatest chautauqua ever held In
that part of Nebraska.
A delegation of Omaha business
men nnd Douglas county officials
waited upon the state board of equal
Izatlon with a view to convincing tho
board that the merchandise assess
ment of Omaha merchants should not
be Increased.
News has reached Fremont of the
marriage of Mrs. Grace Shurman ot
Fremont nnd Ed. A. Pegeau at Den
ver. Mrs. Shurman for a number of
years was a teacher in the Fremont
schools and was prominent socially in
thut city.
Fay Woodford, a brakemnn em
ploye on the Ruiilngton between Sioux
City and Ashland, was brought to
Heatrice upon a warrant sworn out
aeainst him by Lizzie Kobjerwoski.
charging him with baaterdy. Wood
lord had his preliminary hearing and
vv-is bound over to the district court
J. Frank Jones, the noted outlaw
and horseman of Missouri, but now
residing in Oklahomn. hns been en
gaged by the Speed association as
starter for their races to be held In
Nebraska City August 31 to Septem
ber 2. He Is one of the best known
starters of race horses In the coun
try.
The Pox Rutte County Fair asso
ciation was fully and formally launch
ed at Alliance last week, with a paid
up capital of $10,000 and all sub
scribed for. John O'Keefe was elected
president and Earl Malloy, secretary.
Forty acres of lend has been pur
chased east of the city upon which
permanent buildings will be erected
and a race course made.
As Mr. and Mrs. Hans Jorgensen
and five children were crossing the
railroad tracks in an automobile in
I Hair they were struck by a freight
train that was switching near the
Acme mill. They were pushed nlong
the track for about thirty feet before
the train could be stopped. The mot
or car was crushed, but no one was
killed.
James Hruskn, the 16-year-old son
of the late James Hruska of Table
Rock, met with an accident which re
suited In his death. He had been as
sisting In threshing and started for
home on horseback, riding in oonsid
orable haste to get up his cows be
fore dark. His horse stepped into a
gopher hole, stumbled and fell, pre
Burnable on the boy. who was not able
to explain the circumstances.
Thnt the right-of-way of the Union
Pacific Railroad company embraces
an area of 400 feet in width, or 200
feet from the middle of the tracks on
each side is established by a decree
just handed down by Judge W. H
Munger in the United States circuit
court in the case of the Union Pacific
Railroad company against Cecilia
Kargcs, Martin Kargcs, Kelm Gonder
and others.
Chris Ipsen, the pioneer druggist of
Grand Islnnd passed away at the St
Francis hospital In that city after nr
operation for the removal of gal'
stones. Mr. Ipsen had been a 'rest
dent of Grand Island for over fort)
yetrs. He emigrated to this counirj
from Denmark when a youth. Hit
father was at that time spiritual ad
viser to the royal family nnd Mr
Ipsen ns a boy often played with thi
present. king of Denmark.
H. P. Runion 'of Benkelmnn, who
owns a profitable private fish hatch
ery, arrived In Lincoln from a visl
to the state nnd government hatch
erics In Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohii
and Illinois. He also attended th
national meeting of state nnd gov
eminent flshculturlsts. The hatch
erles In Michigan and Wisconsin art
the best In the country, but Mr. Run
ion, alter visiting them said he had
seen no better than the Nebraska
state hatchery near South Rend.
The proposed class rate hearing be
fore the railway commission, assigned
to begin August 24, will be postponed
until December 1, providing the rail
roads will allow tho testimony Intro
dnced during the trial of the 2-ceni
and Aldrlcb bills to be introduced if
duplicate in the class rate hearings
Secretary William Ernst of the
Johnson County Agrlculturol and Me
rhanlcal association announces that
the annual county fair will be held in
Johnson ror.nty. The committee
licltlng a guarantee fund to carry on
the fair reports thut the required
amount has been raided. 1
IHKILI
ATTORNEY FOR THE STATE FILES
HIS BRIEF.
LIMIT OF BANKING BUSINESS
Reply to the Brief of John L. Webster
and William V. Allen, Op.
ponents of Measure.
Judge I. L. Albert, attorney for the
Btate In the defense of the banking
law enacted by the late legislature,
has filed In the federal court his brief
in reply to the brief of John I Web
ster and William V. Allen. It is be
lieved an early decision will be handed
down.
In discussing the right of the state
to limit the banking business to in
corporations and- the right to Issue
notes for circulation, Judge Albert
said :
"Counsel concedes thnt the righj to
to issue such paper is no longer a
common law right, to be exercised at
the pier-sure of the citizen, but one
that rests on a grant from the state.
Now we have already shown that it
Is one of the incidental rights which
accompanies the right to engage in
banking generally; that It is so es
sentially a pnrt of banking that an
institution without the power to Issue
such paper Is not a bank. The court
will take Judicial notice of the fact
that there is nothing in the federal
constitution which prohibits tho Issu
ance of such paper nnd that It is pro
hibited by no act of congress. If it is
true, then, as counsel concede, that
the right to issue such paper must
rest on a grant from the state, and,
that the right to engage In banking
generally carries with it the right to
Issue such paper, does It not follow
that the right to engage In banking
generally is no longer a common law
xight, but one lawfully exercisable
only under a franchise from the state?
Does it not also follow that the legis
lative act under consideration, which
deals with banking generally, is to be
regarded ns one designed, not to regu
late the exercise of a common law
right, but to fix the terms and condi
tions upon which a franchise may bo
obtained and enjoyed.
"We come now to the guaranty fea
ture of the law. Counsel call atten
tion to the brevity of our argument on
this brunch of the case. Speaking
for himself, the writer would say that
one of his excuses Is that his argu
ment was prepared exclusively for
this court nnd not for distribution
among laymen. For that reason he
assumed that elementary principles,
matters of history and of common
knowledge would be noticed without
nn elaborate argument or citation of
authorities. For like reason he re
frained from any attempt to answer
the arguments based on the Dart
mouth college case, never doubting
that the court would take judicial
notice of our constitutional provisions
which render them wholly inapplic
able. Another and ntronger reason
influenced him in this respect, and
that is, that when he felt, that he had
shown that the right to do a general
banking business Is no longer a' com
mon right, but a rlfiht dependant on
a grant from the state, the validity
of the guarr.nty feature would follow
aB a logical conclusion. He is of the
opinion that he has established that
proposition. The validity of his con
elusion can be tested by any standard
history of banking."
Cattle Destroying Crops.
Hooker county homesteaders have
petitioned Gov. Shnllenberger to com
to their assistance nnd save theli
crops from cattle, which are beiny
grazed without being herded. In r
letter signed by twenty-four home
steaders it was set out that the own
era of the cattle hnl been appealed
to through employes, but no effort
had been made by them to save the
trops of the settlers. Some tige ao
another complaint was received by
the governor, who turned the com
plaint over to Deputy United Statet
Attorney Uine.
To Make Fish Secure.
Heavy, half-Inch glass Is to be
placed In the catfish tanks in the
fisheries building at the state fair
grounds. This will be done on the
recommendation of Superintendent
O'Hrlcn, of the state hatcheries. He
nays that a fairly bulky catfish, given
a swimming start of eight feet, can
splinter an Inch pine board. This is
the reason that thin glass will not do
for fish tanks.
Brewer Complains of Rates.
The Hastings Hrewlng company has
complained to the railway commission
that the railroads have been charg
ing It a rate of 40 cents when the
Omaha rate Is 30 and as a result it is
losing most of Its business in the
towns near Hastings. The rates on
file with the commission do not show
a 40-cent rate for Hastings and If the
brewing company produces bills of lad
ing showing that price was charged.
the commission will Institute proceed
ings against the railroad companies.
Missouri Pacific Pays Up.
Secretary of State Junkln received
a check for $70,000 from A. J. Shores,
attorney for the 'Missouri Pacific rail
road, the fee charged by the state for
filing the amended articles of lncor
poration of the consolidated company
$31,000 of the amount was paid undei
protest. The capital stock of the con
solldated company Is $240,000,000
The attorney for the company in
sifted that be should be given credit
for the fee paid on the capital stock
of $100,000,000 and he made a prof
fer of $20,000. This was refused.
A COMPANY IS SUED.
Fight Began to Enforce Anti-Trus
Law.
Attorney General Thompson filed
suit In the county court of Iincaster
county against the American Surety
company for failure to comrly with
the Junkin anti trust law, enacted by
the legislature of 1905.
The specific complaint is that tho
company hns failed to file an annua)
report with the attorney general at
provided by law, and it has also failed
to file an undertukir.g with the attor
ney general, sayln? that it will com
ply with the provisions of the Junkln
act and all other laws governing such
companies.
The penalty for failure to comply
with the law Is a fine of $5,000 or im1
prlsonment for one year or both.
The law applies to all foreign cor
porations except common carriers.
Not one corporation has ever filed the
reports and all are subject to the
same prosecution ns that which has
just been started.
Attorney general Thompson hns
contemplated this action for some
time, but the matter was precipitated
by the action of the American Surety
company in seeking an injunction
against the state bonding board and
ihe rates it proposes surety compa
nies may charge.
Fight on State Freight Law.
Tho railroads of Nebraska in their
5ght on the Aldric.h freight rute law
and the 2-cent fare law will stand on
tho valuation of their property as
fixed by the state board of assessment
This statement was-made by -W. D.
Mclhigh. one of the railroad lawyers,
at a conference between the attorneys
for the corporations and the -railway
rommtsslon. The lawyers asked for
a delay in the hearing on the proposed
:lasslflcatIou of freight rates, ns the
hearing on the 2-cent rate bill and the
Aldrlch bill comes up shortly In the
federal court.
The railroads will insist that the
rates in effect prior to 1007, when the
reductions were made, were then non
compensatory and evidence will be In
troduced to prove this statement, said
the railroad attorneys. Tho evidence
introduced will be the valuation of
railroad properly by the state board.
The railway commission har not yet
decided whether it will grant the de
lay to the railroads.
County Exhibit at State Fslr.
About $4,000 is offered in premiums
at the coining Nebraska State fair.
September fi to 10, for agricultural
products. These are usually shown
In county collective exhibits and are
valuable advertisements for a county
(n many of tho live, progressive conn
ties the commissioners or board ol
supervisors makes an appropriation
'or nn exhibit representing that coun
ty at the state fair, and the result is
:hat the county doins this is tho one
which attracts the attention of the
irospectivo settler to a much larger
legree thnn those which do not be
lieve in advertising. Among tho couu
Lies thnt have already made entries
r.re:
Counties and In Charge Of
Richardson Arnold Bros.. Verdon.
Washington J. H. Rallard. Blair.
Red Willow Stephen Holies. Ho.v
Elder.
Nemaha O. P. Dovcl, Auburn.
Frontier Loyal M. Graham, Stock
vlllo. Dundy W. E. Godell. Haigler.
Lancaster S. R. Hall, Hnvelocfc.
Howard Z.-T. Leftwich, St. Paul.
Wheeler C. J. lawless, Erickson.
Pawnee Arnold Martin, Dubois.
York A. J. Martin, York.
Keya Paha J. VV. McLaren, Spring-
view.
Hrown C. W. Potter, Ainsworth.
Webster L. C. Peisigor, Rluo Hill.
Furnas J. w. Turner. Reaver City.
Kearney E. H. Trough. Minden.
Sollne John August, Dorchester.
Occupation Tax Held Up.
Secretary of State Junki-j Is holding
$l,4F(i paid as or-cupntio under nro
Inpf by a number of corporations, who
insir-t that the new law is unconstltu
tlonal. Mr. Junkin is holding the.
money merely as an accomodation, a
there is no" law by which the money
can be held up. but he has notified
the companies he will hold It only a
short time, pending an attack on the.
law.
Boiler Die's Rejected.
The Hoard of Public Land and
Buildings rejected all bids on the boll
er for the Lincoln asylum and the
generator and motor for the Norfolk
asylum.
Rate to State Fair.
The EL Joseph & Graud Island
railroad has been granted permission
to install a rate of one and one-half
fore round trip from points on ita
line to Fnlrbury during the state fair.
Assessed Valuation of State.
The totul assessed valuation of the
state, as reported by the county as
sosors. with the proposed changes by
the State Hoard of Equalization -'Is
$339,014,806. Last year the gn.nd an
sessment roll was t391.7S5.464. Th
total waB $;W8.930.e83.
Omaha Road Pays Tax.
The secretary of state received a
check for $20Q from the Chicago, St
Paul. Minneapolis & Omaha rcllroud
In payment of the occupation tax pro
vlded for by the law enucted by the
recent legislature. The monv" u.
paid under protest, the compnny writ
mg mat ir understood the law was to
be attacked and that It believed it
was unconstitutional. Out of n tni
of something over 7,000 letters sent
out to corporations, over 3.000 have
oeen returned, the Comoro t inn. h.
- wU u it a t
log gone out of business
