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promo Courts Moody? Judgo A.- G.
Dnyton and Uio following named rear
admirals: A. 13. Luce, A. T. May
I1n.f1, William II. Folgor, Robloy D.
Evans and William S. Ctfwles.
The joint railroad committee of
U10 Nebraaka lctfiHluturo has agreed
ubon a bill providing for the physi
cal valuation of railroads, telegraph,
tolcpbono and express companies.
The duty of making the valuation is
placed In the hands of the state rail
way commission, the valuation to bo
that of tho corporations which come
under tlio law on July 1, 1909. Tho
bill ' provides that the valuation of
railroads shall include: Tho value
of all real estate. Tho value of all
grading. Tho value of bridges, cul
vorts, wator stations and liko struc
tures on tho right-of-way. The
valuo of all track material and ac
cessories. Tho valuo of all telegraph.
and- tolophono lines and apparatus.
The value of-all stores and supplies.
Tho valuo of that part of the rolling
stock chargeable to the state. The
valuo of shops, machinery and tools.
Everything else not jncluded in the
above. The commission is empow
ered to call upon the corporation to
be valued for any information, which
they may desire and it is made the
duty of the officers of such corpora
tions to make sworn statements of
tho information asked for. The
commission is allowed to employ the
necessary expert and , clerical help by
and with tho consent of the governor.
A fine of between $100 and $10,000
is fixed for failure to comply with
tho law. Provision is made for re
vising the valuation each year by
reason of new work done and old
material worn out or destroyed. Tho
corporations affected are to bo noti
iled of tho valuation after it is made
and summoned to show cause why
the valuation should be either raised
or lowered.
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havo a few hundred sots and a. few thousand odd volumes loft over
tho most miijrnlflcant aggregation of' book bargains- ever 'gathered
toirothor for a JfoHdav bariraln list. Got It buy auick or you'll miss
your Ufo's elinnco for n library at tlio price of papor and printing binding free.
Tlio panic forced many book publishers to tho wall. Others had to havo money
to avoid failure. .Result: I bought tremendous quantities of new Ntmitlnril books
and Illirnry ncm at my "own price.- and am now closing- them out quick at 1Q
to CO cents on tho dollar. Hooks Shipped on Approval subject to examination'in
your homo beforo paying for thorn, and returnable at my expense if not satis
factory. Tho following sample prices give but a faint idea of the thousands of
bargains offorod In my big free bargain list, which I will mall you on receipt
o coupon or postal card request.
8 ample Price New UooUn These bargain prices will prevail only while this
stock lasts. Imto Copyright Fiction, wore $1.50; my price, 38c. List includes
"Fighting Chance," "Half a Rogue," "Satan Sanderson," "Nedra," "Black Bag,"
"Tho Yoke," "Tho Spollors," and hundreds of others at from :8c to 45c.
THOUSANDS OF MISCELLANEOUS HOOKS AND SETS
Itf g. I'rlfe Jly l'rlte
International Encyclopedia
of Iloferonce, Half More. $18. 00 $ 9.75
Encyclopedia Brltannlca,
Half Morocco 30.00 9.75
Danto's Inferno, Doro Illus. COO 90
.Dumas' "Works, 7 vols 5.25 1.78
Hugo's Works, 7 vols 5.25 1.78
Shakespeare, 39 vols 13.50 0.75
Twentieth Century Atlas. . 7,50 1.75
Booklovers' Solonco Sot,
, K vols . 10.00 3.10
Barnes' Blblo Encyclopedia
3 vols... 24.00 5.75
Famous Pictures 12.00 1.50
Eugono Field's Poetical
works. 4 vols G.00
Law of Psychic Phenomena
-Hudson 1.50
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Bird
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Llttlo Women, reproduction
Neighbors 2,
3,
Of $5.00 edition
Dictionary of Am. Politics.
Stovonson's Wks.. 10 vols.
DoMaupassant's Wks. 17 v.
And so on through a list of
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51.00
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.98
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Voltalro's Works, St. Hu
bert's Guild Ed. 43 vols.. $124.70 $39.65
International Science Li
brary, 10 vols 24.50 8.50
Momoirs of Mad'm DuBarry 4.25 1.40
Muhlbach's Wks., 18 vols.. 27.00 9.75
Koran of Mohammed, Half
Leather 2.50 .56
Napoleon's Notes on Hlst'y 4.70 1.20
Longfellow, complete 2.00 .85
Ilakers of History, 32 vols.,
Harper & Bros.. Half
Leather Ed 48.00
2.50
14.40
.78
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.55
9.75
1.20
Robinson Crusoe, Art Ed.
l'aino's Ago of Reason....
Tariff and Trusts
Homo Law School, 12 vols. 40.00
Jno. Sherman's Rccollect's 4.00
Our Islands and Thnlr Tfn
00 .98 pie. 2 vols irc nn un
00 .85 Cyclopedia of Bullfllnrr
Trades, 6 vols 24.00 6.75
St. Louis Fair, Ofllclal Vws.
largo vol 4.25 1.10
Frank Wright's Superbly
Illustrated Homo Blblo.. mnn 1 on
thOUSaildS Of books, fill fltvcmrliiorl In mv lll...nn.i
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Rich and rare illustrations. They were ilcHiened to
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Dickons, 15 vols,
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1 Irvine. 10 vols
Thackeray, ir vols, f . .
llalznc, 18 vols
lluskln, 15 vols
Tolstoi, 12 vols
Cnrlylo, 10 vols
, Poo, U vols
Unlvorsnl Olnsslia, 20
vols
Booklovor's Shake
speare, 20 vols
nnwtliorno, 8 vols...
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30.00
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IIuro, 8 vols 21.00
I'.Ulot, 7 Vols 21.00
Do Foo, lGvols 48.C0
Hondo, 12 vols 30.00
nulvor-Lytton,13vols 30.00
Cooper, 12 vols 30,00
llronto, Ove ... 13.00
Gulzot. B votai. ... 21.00
Mncnulny, 5 vol 15.00
Olblion, 0 vols 15.00
Proseolt. 12 vols 30.00
Austen. G vols inn
Gtcon, Ivnls 8.00
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31.00 15.50
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unvriluson, 3 vols G.00 2.85
niuucriiiuioquonco, 10
vols
Writings of Thomas
Joilorson, 10 vols...
I.es Mlsoruules," 5 vols
LlbraryofNnturalllls-
tory, G vols ...
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Economy and Economic. nK finrS ninniClr,!-Ss ,on Sociology, Polltllckl
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In a special message- to congress
President Roosevelt endorses- Gov
ernor Magoon's recommendation
that an appropriation be- made1 for
the raising of the 'battleship Maine
from the Havana harbor.
The speech delivered by Represent
ative Willett of New York in which
he applied a number of epithets to
President Roosevelt has been ex
punged from the records of the
house of representatives. A com
mittee reported to that effect and
the house unanimously adopted the
report.
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Darwin. Silencer. Hneelcol if !!m :.-?UiC -?J",.rtI.1.? .. EmerMon,
' binding arid similar nr& "' -....., nunc ana
samis pf lino Library Book, Gift Books
books for Girls, etc.
iiit!CfUmltciV ,T1V0S0 bargains aro
1 llmltod to tho stock I now havo. I do
pot know that I will ovor secure such
bargains again, and cannot undortako
2JlU "raors Jongor than this stock
JJifAf- ..a01 nblBr, free illustrated bar
gain list boforo ordering any of tho
SbpStabl?Slay.SlBn tU " 0r
DAVID B. CLARKS0N, The Book Broker,
211 Boseli Bldg., Cblengo.
h and roil nt
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tor young and .old; books for
thou
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Representative Burke of Pennsyl
vania has introduced into the house
of representatives a bill requiring
the installation of wireless teleg
raphy on all seagoing ships using the
ports of the United States.
The senate has confirmed the nom
ination of Samuel B. Donnelly of
New York to be public printer.
licity upon affairs--in thecanai-zone
in- a-. startling- speech hr support of
his resolution providing for an in
vestigation by congress of the Pana
mar canal purchase-' -
"In their efforts: in: this direction,"
lie continued, "they have had' so far
the complete co-operation and.- active
assistance ot the- present administrar
tion and of the president."
Mr. Rainey traced the history of
the proposed canal four hundred
years back and warned the house
that "we have already started in the
direction of the rocks upon which
the first cruisers were wrecked."
Referring to the government's
libel suits against the New York
Benoit-Constant Coquelin, the
great French actor, who. was on the
stage for- fifty years, died at Paris.
BOOKS RECEIVED
The Cause of our Financial Panics
and How They May be Averted. By
S. Fourtner. (Pamphlet.) The
Sargent Printing Co., 312 Denny
Bldg., Seattle. S. Fourtner, P. O.
Box 877, Seattle, Wash.
The Passing of Gold, or What is
Lawful Money? By Hon. Albert
Talmon Morgan. The Myers-Kuhn
Printing Co., Denver. (Pamphlet)
The Railroad a Public Servant. By
Carr White Taylor. Pamphlet. The
Times Company, Hutchinson, Kan.
The Troubles of Adam. By Her
bert George, Denver, Colo. (Pamph
let.) The Voice of Truth. By Reinhold
Llncke. Published by Tomorrow
Press, Chicago. (Pamphlet.)
How to Get Rid of the Devil. Bv
H. W. Kemper, Louisville, Ky.
(Pamphlet.) The F. A. Crump
Printing Co., Louisville.
The Race Problem. By Charles
Wesley Waddell. (Pamphlet.) The
Burd & Fletcher Ptg. Co., Kansas
City. Price 25c.
RAINEY ON THE PANAIMA CANAL
MYSTERY
Following is an Associated Press
dispatch :
Washington, January 26. A bit
ter attack on William Nelson Crom
well, President Obaldia of Pn.Tin.mn.
and others by Mr. Rainey of Illinois
was made in the house today. The
postofftce appropriation bill was un
der consideration but Mr. Rainey
spoke under license of general de
bate and. was unsparing in his
cnarges or corruption and fraud
against the persons named. At the
conclusion of his speech Messrs.
Stevens of Minnesota and Kuster
man of Wisconsin expressed their
uiaapprovai or nis remarks -and- en
tered a defense of the accused
During the morning hour the
house passed a joint resolution mak
ing February. 12, 1909, which marks
the one hundredth anniversary of 1 the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, a legal
holiday. When the house, at 5 p
m., adjourned,' the postofflce till-was
still pending. '
Charging that William 'Nelson
Cromwell, ' Roger L. Farhliam,
Charles P. Taft and others are' part
ies to the ''most Infamous 'railroad
proposition ever, submitted f to" anv
government' and that they'We be
ing permitted not only to rob the
republic of Panama, but indirectly
the treasury of the United States "
Representative Rainey of Illinois to
day directed the searchlight of pub-
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