Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
CITY, NEB., FRIDAYWjAU) HI, 1908.
DAKOTA
NUMBER 22
WORLD'S DAILY NEWS
CAREFULLY COLLECTED AND
. CONCISELY STATED,
JEROME LESS FIERY
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' WW. Ol' HAKKV TH U .
IHstrict Attorney In Closing llttt. In
timates Broadly lie Would Ho Satis
fied wlUi Verdict of Manslaughter
Denounces While.
William Travel's Jerome, represent
ative of the people, Thursday made a
masterly plea that Justine be done In
the case of Harry Kendall Thaw. Vln
dlctiveness and sneers were lacking;
logic, analysis and a calm considera
tion of the facts were their substi
tutes. It was not blind appeal for
the vengeance of the law tliat Mr. Je
rome addressed to the jury, but evel
mid always there was the note of fair
ness, even rt times of mercy. The
year that "has elapsed slnc the first
trial had wrought n wonderful and
startling c-hango In Uie prosecutor.
No longer attempting to shield the
name of Stanford White, he accepted
the story told by Evelyn Nesblt Thaw
as true all but the drugging and hp
made frank confession to the jury that
the velvet swings and mirrored rooms
of the studio houses described by the
plrl were Indeed a miserable reality.
No longer attacking Evelyn Thaw hs
ii skilled ndwuiuress, Mr. Jerome
pleaded for the gill, because she nev
er had hail a chance for any of the
highci. cleaner, sweeter things of life.
The climax came, however, when
Mr. Jerome denounced both Thaw and
White In one breath and classed them
as "two degenerates iuariclii!jj ovei
a woman," and the woman, the prose
cutor declared, "knew no more had
been taught no more by the world
than to play one against the other
until In a jealous rage. In blindest ha
tred, in vengeance of an undeniably
gross wrong done to his wife, Harry
Thaw shot and kilhM-the architect."
BATTLK l-'LAG ,T Al'CTIOX.
Aiirlont American 'ovl Pontinnt
Brings S l.i.r0 ill London.
The flag of the American man ol
war Chesapeake and the "Ualaklava
bugle," two of the most valuable, war
relics of a collection of antiquities that
helonged to the late T. C. Mlddlebrook
of London, was secured Thursday at
the auction sale of the collection foi
American buyers. The Chesapeake
flag was captured In the fight with the
British ship Shannon In 1813. and
there was good bidding for the faded
and torn piece of bunting, the authen
tlcity of which is vouched for in a
written history of ownership since
Midshipman tirundy, of the royal na
vy, came into piSs'session of the torn
trophy nearly a century ago. The Map
was sld for J4.2&0 to a London arl
dealer, who also purchased theotigk
for $1,500. It was upon this instru
ment that the order to the light bri
gade to charge at the bntllevof Uala
klava was sounded. The dealer ad
mitted that these highly interestlnc
curios had been purchused by him for
different parties in America, but more
than this he would not say. There
wus u rumor that he was acting foi
Cornelius Vandeibilt, but this was sub
sequently denied, and London does not
yet know in whoso bands the flag am
bunlc have fallen.
big iiouiim. coxtkst.
.-.0(1 in Purse Will He Distributed
Ht Cincinnati.
All entries for the international tour
nament of the American Bowling con
gress at Cincinnati. O., have been re
ceived and show a total of 345 five
man teams. 746 two-men teums, and
1.440 Individuals.
About $23,500 will be divided among
the bowlers, not counting the extra
prize money by the Cincinnati Bowling
association. The tournumcnt opens on
the night of February 8.
Krnpp OUicittl Arrccicil.
An oflicl.il of the- Krupp gun works,
a-hose nnme hi not given, was arrested
at Essen Thursday . on the charge of
betraying military secrets. It is de
dared that he cold the plans of cer
tain guns which the Krupps are build.
Ing for Italy.
Big I'lrc in Montreal.
P. T. Dodd's puint and varnish
wurchouso and the E. V. Walters hurd.
ware building in Montreal were burn
ed Thursday. Loss, $125,000. Many
firemen suffered, their hands, nuses'
ond checks being frozen.
Sioux tliy Mvc Stock Murket.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Eeeve
$4. 7500.25. Top hogs, $4.20.
For Buying Stolen Coul.
E. O. Anderson, alderman, coal deal
r and prominent citizen, of Aberdeen,
8. D., has been arrested at Minneapolis,
Minn., accused by the St. Paul railroad
of purchasing coal which was stolen
by employes of the road.
MiirsliaJI HaNtcad Dead.
Marshall Holstcad. former United
Slates consul at Birmingham, Kng.,
died Wednesday at the German Dea
coness hospital following an operation
(or appendicitis
m:vv loss i. hue.
Wue lii Chicago Business District
Costs 1.0(10,00(1.
The third disastrous fire In the busi
ness district of CTilrngo In as many
days caused a loss Tuesday night es
timated at $1,000,(100 In almost com
plcte destruction of the building 01
14 1 Wabash avenue occupied by At
fred Teats & Co.. dealers In wall pa
per; the building adjoining it on tin
South occupied by John A. Colby &
Sous, furniture dealers, and that In
the rear, fronting In Michigan avenue,
occupied by the millinery llrm of Ed
son Keith. Those to the north and
south of the Keith building were oc
cupied by Oage Bros. & Co., Theodore
Aseher & Co. and Rdson Keith & Co.
The lira started In the engine room
of the Peats building and raged for
three hours. Street car lines through
out the downtown district and the ele
vated lines were tied up and theater
goers were delayed, muny of them
more than an hour. In reaching the
playhouses. The work of, the firemen
was witnessed by at leat 15,000 per
sons, who, attracted by the glare which
could be seen for ml lea, thronncd
the streets in spite of the cold.
The losses, as apportioned nmoim
the various firms were; Alfred Peats
& Co.. ll'&O.OOO; John A Colby & Sons,
$200,000; Kelson Keith & Co. JfiOO.OOO;
(Sage Bros.. JLTp.OOO; Theodore Aschor
company, SlTi.ooO Others who suffer
ed loss chlelly by water and smoke,
were Carl Nelchort. artificial (lower
dealer. $10,000; Hemingt-Mi Typewriter
company. Sii.000. and John A. Bryant
company, pianos, $...00.
sik:cki; bi:i t am tv,
Prisoner in Illinois Itcinrmntnry
Tortured.
The members of the hoartlof man
Ago rs of the Illinois reformatory at
Pontine. 111., at a session .that lasted
almost throughout Monday night
heard stories from the lips of officers
of the Institution themseHes of bin
tality and tort-.tre Inflicted upon Will
iam Hamlin, of Qnincy, an Inmate,
whose death and' the conllictliig 'ex
planation!! thereof have raised a storm
of criticism.
The, original story that the board
convened to Inquire into, that Hamlin
was beaten and kicked into a conditio. i
that resulted In his death, has as yet
received no conlirmnttort other than
the boy's ante-mortem statement to
his mother. But though seeming to ex
plain that they did not beat him, the
disciplinarians of the institution ad
mit they administered punishment be
side which beating would be child's
play.
AI'ITXITIF.S AUK TO WEI).
Artist Fa lie Soon to Marry Miss liuK
nor.
New York advices slate that Julia
Kuttner and Ferdinand Plnney Earle.
the original n (Unities, are soon to be
married in Palis, thus fulfilling (he
si range compac t which set aside the
conventions of society and shocked Its
proprieties last September, when the
artist sent his wife and baby away lo
France to get a divorce that he might
be free.
Through the Influence of C. V.
Fischbocher, the father of Mrs. Earle.
it is expected by the relatives of both
Artist Earle nd Miss Kuttner that
the divorce decree will be granted by
the Flench court within u very few
weeks. Just as soon as that obstacle shall
have .been Wmuvcil theic will be a
wedding. v a
fiuk ix Chicago.
I
Scvcnty-FSe Thousand Dollar liluze
Machinery District.
Fire in the uholcmlo machinery
district of Chicago Sunday night can
'd damage of $75,000 The Humes ni
tacked and wen? confined to a flv
story structure at 22-3(1 Canal street,
which housed half a dozen linn-.
While driving at fnM'speed to h I'm
the horses of engine company No 2 1
and truck company No 9 collided at
Ftate and Vuuhiiigton streets Th
drivers escaped injuiy by jumping, bli
the engine apparatus was so badly
damaged that it had to be relumed !
quarters.
Idle Men Sock Work.
After holding a meeting at which
resolutions were adopted asking May
or Thompson to aid them to lind work,
about 1. 000 unenipliyed workmen
marched to the city hull at Detroit, i;t
noon Monday and the leader presented
the resolutions to the mayor There
was not the slightest disorder.
Minister Sorby Critically
Tho American minister to Bolivia,
William B. Sor.sby. who recently suf
fered an apoplectic stroke, resulted in
paralysis', is in a dangerous condition.
Physicians are constantly at his bed
side. Trunk O'Xoil Dead.
Frank R. O. O'Xell, of St. Louis,
Mo., vice president of the Pulltzor
Publishing . company and assistant
manager of the Post-Dispatch, died
Monday of pneumonia.
Iteluuan Acquitted.
Dr. Benjamin Reltman, who led the
march of the "unemployed" at Chica
go last Thursday, was Monday acquit
ted of the charge of disorderly con
duct preferred against him. by the po
lice. Cardinal Itit'liard Dead.
Francois Marie Benjamin Ulchard,
;ardinal and archibshop of Paris, died
Monday of congestion of the lungs. He
was born at Nantes on March 1, 1819,
and was made c;.rdl:ia In 18S9.
LIBKHALS TUMI SAILS.
Brltb-h lawmaking Ih-ogrnm In Groat
ly Modilied.
Big as Is the llbe! d program of leg
islation for the session of 1 ho British
parllument which opened Wodii'sd.iy,
and earnest as tho government lead
ers have shown .themselves to be In
their endeavors to meet the vlws of
all factions constituting the present
radical majority In the ho;;ne of com
mons, there Is a well deftr.i1 feeling of
disappointment among the ministerial
supporters ' that the cabinet has not
been more definitely radical n its pro
posals. The speeches of tire cabinet
representatives since the last session
of parliament have led to the expec
tation of More definite proposals with
regard to tire government's Irish poli
cy, old age pensions and education, to
mention only a few subjects referred
to which in- the king's speech did not
satisfy the respective elements espe
cially Interested therein.
Humors from Dublin had forecasted
another Irish council's bill, but there
lias been substituted for this measure,
which if it passes will only deprive the
landlords of their grazing lands in
certain sections. Similarly forecasts
with regard to educational and old nge
pension proposals promised much
more than was indicated by the refer
ences to these matters in the speech
from the throne. There is an Inclina
tion to believe that the king used his
Influence as far as he was able with
out overstepping the constitutional
bounds to modify the more sweeping
proposuls with which the cabinet Is
credited by those usually in their con
ference.
"AFITXITV" ion oi:o., adi:.
Boosters Sprin;; Startling ,)oko on the
Humorist at a Dinner .
Dramatist (ieorge Ade's alleged "af
Unity," fashionably attired, but with
a voice filled wiih bitterness, tears of
woe streaming down her checks, and
with a dramatic air which carried
conviction, entered the Auditorium an
nex Wednesday .night, where mem
bers of the Indiana Society of Chicago
were gathered for a spread. She
claimed Ade as her own, caused blush
es of the brightest crimson to mantle
his cheeks, and then led htm away to
one side, where she tried to converse
amicably with him. The stranger
claimed to be from France.
The members of the Indiana society
were all deeply chagrined for the time
being by the unlooked for Intrusion.
especially as Ade was one of the guests
of honor. Chagrin changed to hilarity
when the' feminine treble of the sup
posed affinity changed to a deep
bass and the fact became apparent
that the stranger was not a woman at
all, just a plain male member of th
society, with false hair and other fix
ings, and it was all a joke, anyhow.
The occasion was the Indiana socie
ty's third anniversary, the celebration
starting with a reception at the Press
club, where President Hlchard Henry
Little toasted the 300 members and
concluded early Wednesday morning
In the ball room of the annex with
verses on Indiana as a State of Mind
orrSr
CAUGHT WITH THK BOOTY.
Accused Itobbers lluvo $3,000 In Their
l'ofisofwion.
Shortly after midnight Tuesday
two masked men entered the office of
the Adams Express company at. the
union station at Mansfield, O., and
knocked William Depew, theNigent.
unconscious, and got away with $3,
000 while nearly fifty passengers stood
aDout ine station waiting for trains. A
bag containing $40,000 in gold ns
overlooked by the robbers.
Two suspects, John McCue and Jo
seph Stevens, were taken Into custody
at New London Wednesday morning.
They hnd a sack taken from an ex
press oflice containing $3,000. The of
fleers bellev- they are the men who
robbed the express office at Mansfield.
Coul Hates to Continue.
At the annual session of the traffic
officials of the coal carrying ruilroads
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Vir
ginia, which transport coal between
me I'liisDurg district and the lake
ports, heldit Pittsburg Wednesday, It
was decided that the rates for coal
shipments past will continue for th
ensuing year,
Killed In Fist Fight.
J. II. McDonald, a floor walker for
A Kansas City, Mo., department store,
died Wednesday as the result of injur
ies received In a fist fight with Edward
Ralls, a butcher. Bulls Is under ari
res.
Fifteen Persons Hurt.
An Interurbah car on the Youngs,
town arl Ohio Electric railway Jump
ed the track three miles east of Salem,
O., Monday afternoon and plunged
down a 30-foot embankment. Fifteen
passengers were injured, none fatally.
Two Negroes Lynched.
Two negroes charged with having
killed their father, near Commerce,
Miss., Monday, for the purpose of
robbery, were captured by a mob of
negroes and lynched. .
MaeFarlaiul Denis Ixiuglirey.
"Packy" MacFarland, of Chicago.
nd Young Loughrey, of Philadelphia,
(ought six round before the National
Athletic club at Philadelphia Tuesday
night. MacFarland had the advantage
throughout.
DiMH-dcrs In Persia,
Henewed conflicts between the ton.
titutlonallsts have broken out at Ta-
brla and twenty persons have been re
ported killed. There huve also Li.n
disorders at Yczd.
Nebraska
State News
FATAL Al'FUAV AT .II. 1IUIST.
Frank MoXohh Killed In a I'l-lit ith
Dcllxrt WrJi-ott.
Delbert Wider tt Is dead at Gilchrist
as the result of a flfiht with Frank
McNcss, of the same place. Both of
the participants in the fight aro young
men and unmarried. Me Ness being SI
and Walcott 20 yeurs old.
The two men had an altercation In a
pool hall and this led to blows. The
two men clinched and fell to the? floor
with Walcott on top. Several nrore
blows were exchanged and the by
standers then Interfered. Walcott
arose, but McNcss was unable to re
gain his feet. Efforts were made to re
vive him, but they were unavailing, he
dying in a few minutes, only speaking
a few words.
So far as can bo ascertained no
weapons other than tlsU were used oy
either of the participants In tho af
fray, and it ii thought death was
caused by concussion of the brain.
Delbert Walcott was urn; iR nod be
fore Judge Washburn at Auroni Mon
day morning and pleaded not guilty lo
tho complaint charging manslaughter.
Bail In the amount of $:;.imhi was -riven
for his appearaiH n Frldav, .Ian.
31.
STOCKMKX fim: IT.OTKST.
Object to Quarantine t:e;;iilatli:i: bi
Xobruska.
Cnmplalrliifr that his quarantine
proclamation against mange and ilc'.r
in cattle Is working a hardship t th ?
live stock Interests of the stjle, Gov.
Sheldon was visited at Lincoln by
stockmen of the range courtly mid
representatives from the South Oma
ha stock .yards, who asked that
change. be made In Ills proclamation.
Accompanying the delegation wis
State Veterinarian McKIm and Dr.
Melbourne, of the government bu
reau, and Dis. Clark and Uatnaey. Col
orado Inspectors. The complaint w:w
that the proclamation was too general,
and prevented shipments from locali
ties where no disease existed. , It wis
also asserted that lack of funils, both
state and government, prevented In
spection of herds, even when the own
ers desired it.
Gov. Sheldon told the delegation to
draft regulations, and if they did not
violate the statutes and were reason
able he would consent to changes.
DAHLMAX TO KUKT.
Omaha. Mayor Divide to- Tuko Vaca
tion nt F.xcolslo Sprint.
Mayor and Mrs. Duhlman, of Oma
ha, have gone to Excelsior Springs.
Mo., for a ten days' vacation. This In
formation was given out by Dahlman's
secretary Monday. Immediately after
heretifrned from Sioux City his honor
was driven to his homo In a carriage
and has not appeared at his office. In
fact, he has not been at the city hull
since he left for Denver on Jan. 19.
Meanwhile Councilman Johnson, presi
dent of the city council, Is acting may
or, plthough .Miss Malone, the may
or's secretary, Is in active charge of
the city's executive affairs.
No explanation is given for Dahl
man's absence, hut It Is believed he bus
taken a vacation In the hope that the
Sioux City affair will have blown over
when he returns.
HAII.BOAD PHOJKCT.
Statement Made Construction Will
Commence in Spring.
E. B. Kauffinan, owner of tho Syca
more mineral springs, In Brown coun
ty, Kan., held a conference at Beat
rice Monday In company with Super
intendent Collinan anil other officials
of the Texas and Southern railroad
relatives to the building of an exten
sion of the line from Westmoreland,
Kan., to Falls City, Neb., and Man
hattan, Kin. The proposed line has
been surveyed and It Is said that con
struction work will begin early In the
spring.
I'o.vnter Scheme Attacked.
In a petition filed in the district
court at Lincoln Monday H. C. M. Bur
gess ulleges that the American Order
company, organized by ex-Gov. W. A.
Poynter, was formed for the purpose
of fraud. Burgess usserts that tho
concern derives all lis business from
the American Order of Protection, a
fraternal life Insurance order.
Must Pay or Quit.
At an adjourned meeting of the Te
cumseh city council Mayor William
Ernst instructed the city clerk to write
the main offices of the Adams Express
company that the company would have
to pay the $25 occupation tax ussessed
against It for the current yeur in Te
cumseh or quit doing business there.
McCook's School on Fire.
McCook's splendid new high school
building had a narrow escape from
destruction by fire late Sunday bight.
The painters are finishing the Interior
work and spontaneous combustion !n
some oiled rugs used by the workmen
came neur being the undoing of a
building costing $40,000.
1 lie lil y i'lilckeiiH Die Foully.
Eighty fine chickens met an untime
ly death when fire attacked the barn In
which they dwelt at 6U60 North Thirty-sixth
street, Omaha, Sunday morn
ing. The fowls were the property of
Joseph Prltchard. They were of the
most refined and elegant class, being
valued at an average of $2 each.
Otoe to Have PriinuricN. .
The Hepubllean county central com
mittee met at Syracuse Monday and
decided to hold primaries to elect? dele
gates to the state and congressional
conventions. The primaries are called
for Feb. 26.
Conference on TubereidoHls.
"Tuberculosis" was the tiple Tues
day for a special session tit th Ne
braska conference of charities and cor
rections at Lincoln, which was held at
the Itonre hotel, presided uvvt by Dr.
II. Clifford, of Omsha.
W.ll riUKOV UKFOHM.
IJov. Sheldon I'avors Indeterminate.
Sentence Plan.
Gov. Sheldon would give every mar.
convicted of crime an Indeterminate
sentence, and made u recommendation
of that nature In his address beforn
the Nebraska Conference of Cunrltles
and Corrections, which opened at the
First Methodist church.
"One thing which has impressed me
since these penal Institutions have
come Immediately under my eye Is
that under our present system entire
Justice Is not being done ouf ' con
victs," said th governor. "A man may
be tried for a certain drlmc and receive
a sentence of one, thrve, five or more
years, and under exactly the same
conditions, dependent only upon the
temperament of the Judge. Th'e Inde
terminate sentence would remedy this.
It would be unnecessary to have a
state board of pardons which should
Inquire Into tho merits of cases and
grant pardons when it was evident u
man had served long enough time for
punishment and wa.i likely to lead a
g od life thereafter. A constitutional
amendment would be necessary to
bring this about, but I believe it would
remit In greater Juntlce to this class
of men."
ItOIIBKUV AT CAUUOMi.
Till -ves Make NiiutU ll.ml In , tin
Cnuilitk Depot.
U ibberti broke Into the Omaha de
pot :'t Carroll between 7 anil 8 o'clock
f-'ilii' d ty evening and secured $3."
fri-ni tho till. They apnarently be
came alarmed while at work, as they
overlooked a package of bills. The
local ollleeis are without n clew.
The depot rob'oety seems to haw
been the foundation Tor a report that
tile f-afe in the hank hud been blown
open and $4,000 secured.
.lulled on Kiuoc.v.-I.'ii'.rnt Charge.
I'red I'kili."! Is in tho county Jail at
Tlohlrege on a char-ic of embezzlement,
She charge beliT tiled by Mrs Holler,
a widow from Ehvood. She gave hlir
$K,()iil, she alleges, to Invest In a busi
ness In her'iiame and he Is said to hav
gone to Alma to buy out a saloon, wifT;
her convent and In her name. Ht
went and came back, and was arrestee?
on her crrmplniiit. SUIlei persuaded
her to let him have the money on thii
old plan of her furnishing tho money
and he taking care of the business.
Sue for Indian Lands.
Seven persons claiming to be de
seendents of Margaret Murphy, u
member of the Sac and Fox Indian
tribe, Saturday at Lincoln began suit
In the federal court to establish thedi
claims in Indian lands located in
Jtlchurdsnn county, Neb., and Brown
county, Kan. The claimants in a pre
vious ciTorl were excluded by an or
der of' the Interior department, largely
because they wee unable to prove
their relationship.' '
Held for Blgmay.
Will McCubberson, u confessed big
amist, with one wife-In Kansas nnd
one In Platte Center, was arrested at
Norfolk Saturday by Shoring Carrlg, of
Columbus. He had been working in
Norfolk about a month. The Kansas
wife started the trouble, but the fath.'r
of wife No. 2 swore out the complaint.
He' has been married to wife No. 2 for
five years.' He said he would attempt
no dcfenself unable to settle the mat
ter. Mcfook is Xot Cjiturantincd.
There are at present twenty-seven
eases of smallpox In McCnok, all of
them of a very mild character. Thero
have been no denths and no serious
cuses of Illness. All Infected and 'sus
pected persons are under rlglei quar
antine. The town has not been. Is not,
nor Is It at all likely to be quaran
tined. Water Work Finished.
The water works company seems to
be done with putting lu the plant at
Puplllion, hut It has not been accepted
by the village board, though the con
tractors finished und left ten days ago.
Everything is all right, but tho well,
which, it Is alleged. Is not according
to contract and not acceptable to the
board.
Wants $15,00(1 Damage:,.
Orland Pierce, by hi attorney,
John C. Watson, has filed a suit In the
district court at Nebraska City ugulnst
the Morton-Orogson Packing com
pany, risking for $15,000 damages for
Injuries received while working for
said company. In the unlouding of :t
cur he was crushed.
Punic Averted In Theater.
During a performance ut the Lyrn.
theater Friday night, thu fire bell rang,
and in u flash the whole audience rose
to its feet and only firmness on the
part of the management prevented a
stampede lu the closely packed build
ing, with no egress but one. The fire
was lu the reddeneo.
Willing to Live Now. '
August Swanlund, a well-to-do
farmer living ten miles north of Hold
redge attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throut with a rusr and
almost succeeded. He Is a bachelor
living alone.
Boarding Home for Bud Boys.
A boarding house for boys who
can't get along In .'he homes of their
parents Is to be starteu !n Omaha. It
is one of the avenues along which tho
Juvenile workers are walking.
' Curriers I'se Motorcycle.
Seward rural mall carriers have mo
tor cycles. They go twenty-seven
miles in two hours and thirty minutes
and put mail In eighty-three boxes.
Good roads make this possible.
XowHicr Cliunge ut Dakota City.
A deal was consummated Saturday
t Dakota City whereby the North No
traska Eagle passed into the control
it Mell A. Hchmled. The Eagle Is the
Idest paper In Dakota county, the
.junders being Atlee Hurt and Will H.
Jay. The puper was established In
lK7ti.
Chui'lcH W. S.-yiiiour . Dead. I
Charles W. Seymour, one of the best
known attorneys in the state, died at
his homo In Nebraska city Friday,
aged 69 years. ,
Safe:
Edson Rich, attorney for the I'nlon
Pacific, held a conference with mem
bers of the state railway commission
Tuesday morning, and Iho result prob
ably will be a friendly suit to test tho
anti-pass law. The Union Pacific may
also decide to fight In the courts the
recent orde" of the commission pro
mulgating new oil rates, which provld.
ed a reduction of about .10 per cent of
the rates charged for hauling oil.
Nothing definite, however, was decid
ed, as all of the members of the com
mission were not present. Mr. Rich
also desired to know the position of
the commission on a proposition rclat.
In to the retail of telephones. It Is
tlie daalre of his company, he said, to
furnish telephones to employes, the
latter to pay 80 per cent and the rail
road company to pay the remaining 20
per cent of the cost In transportation,
equal to its share of the bill. The Ne
braska uriti-pass law. It Is said, does
not cover this matter specifically, but
no encouragement was given to Mr,
Itlch by the commission.
State Senator C. A. Sibley, of Front
ier county, has complained formully
that grain rates charged by the Bur
IfiiKton road in Nebraska are too high.
He asks the railroad commission to
reduce them 15 per cent below tho re
duction of 16 per cent already brought
about by tho Aldi lch bill. Senator Sib
ley appeared before the commissioners,
at Lincoln Tuesday morning and took
formal action. A day for hearing will
be fixed and-the hoard will consider
'evidence In tho ease. An order of the
board reducing rates uas made sev
eral mouths ago, but was held up by
legal proceedings instituted by the rail
roads. Following this acllon the com
mission at Lincoln decided It bad pro
ceeded wrongfully in acting on its own
motion, and decided that reductions of
rates could be brought about only on
formal cotnpliiint. A short time later
Senator Sibley declared he would com
plain, and ho bus fulfilled Ills promise.
The commission has notified the rail
road of the filing, and will Inter tlx
the time for hearing.
State Oll Inspector Allen has filed t
report with Gov. Sheldon covering th
business done In his ofilee during the
jyear 1907. The report shows the In
spection fees amounted to $28,30.30;
miscellaneous receipts In September,
$3.60; miscellaneous fees for Febru
ary, US; balance on hand January,
1907, $1,186.69; total collections for
'the year, $27,615.58; barrels inspect
ed, 262,495: approved, 2t!l,735; bar
rels rejected, 700.' Of th barrels in
spected 348 were owned by the Union
Pacific and Bprington railroads, and
the payment of the Inspection fees It
still In dispute, the report says. The
disbursements for the yfar amounted
to $26,515.59; balance on hand Janu
ary 1, 1908, $1,100; Increase In Inspec
tion fees over 1906, 18 per cent; In
crease In office and traveling expenses,
6 per cent; increase In amount turned
Into state treasury, 60 per cent. The
report sets out In detail the various
expenses Incurred, us well as the work
of the different deputies.
The railway commission has adopt
ed the following orders of Importance
to all the state: No change of freight
or passenger depots or flag stations
from their present location, or suspen
sion of the sale of tickets, , or the re
ceiving or forwarding of freights from
stations now in use for such purpose
will be permitted without the consent
of this commission. Permission for
the location of depots and the con
it ruction of same must be secured from
II 's commission. Application for such
p inlts must be accompanied by all
Information necessary for a full and
proper understanding of all Interests
to be affected thereby. The commission
reserves the right to pass, upon the lo
cation of all switches and spurs. No
switches or spur In use in this state
ihall be removed or ubundoned without
the consent of this commission.
W. B. Rose, of Lincoln, went tc.
r' -and Island Tuesday night to argue
loo case where a temporary Injunc
tion wus secured against Die state
board of public lands and buildings to
prevent the board from taking a por
tion of the pensions of tho members of
the soldiers' home for' the benefit of
the home. In the past It was custo
mary for the members of-the home to
pay to the home all of their pension ex.
cept $12 per month. The present
board changed this so that only a per
cent of the pension over $15 Is now
taken. The action of the board called
attention to the practice, nnd some of
the friends of the soldiers objected
and had the suit filed.
Employes In the state house who
hold their Jobs at the pleasure of Gov.
Sheldon will not be able to draw their
pay for the month of January until the
last day of the mouth. The vouchers
which the governor has to approve be
fore these employes can draw pay are
copied from the statute, provide that
the employe make oath that he has
earned the money coming to him. Un
til the money Is actually earned, or
rather until the end of the month, the
governor will not approve salary
Vouchers.
February 8 Is the date set by the
governor for the hearing desired by the
three councllmen of Wayne who are
accused of failure to carry out the
Hlocum Jaw In revoking the license
of a saloon man at Wayne.
T. H. Shoemaker, of Wllsonvllle,
has notified the railway commission
of a grievance he has against the Ad
ams Express Co. Shoemaker wrote
that he shipped 240 pounds of turkeys
to Denver and the express company
raised the rate to 400 pounds. He Bent
the original receipted bill to the com
pany, he said, and demanded a rebate
of $2.63, and the company has not
even answered his communication. The
railway commission has written the
express company for its side rf the
story.
work or I
I CONGRESS I j
The Senate spent over aa hoar Wed
nesday in discussing a remlntion offered
bj Senator Hanslirongh of North Dakota
directing the Department af Commerce
aud Labor to suspend its investigation
into I lie affairs of the International liar
roster Company, which waa ordered bj a
resolution over a yenr ago. I hi ring thie
diseimsion Senator Ilanslirougb declared
that the "harvester trust" U attempting
to control the selection of delegates to
the next Republican national convention
and is especially plotting to defeat kin
for re-election to the Senate. The resolu
tion llnnlly was referred to a committee.
'The criminal code bill was again consid
ered for over two lioursi Rapid progress
was nuule In the House of Bepresenta
tives In the consideration of the bill to
codify and revise the penal laws of the
United States. The ouly amendment of
any importance which got through was
one by Ollic .In men of Kentucky, making
it a criminal offense, under heavy penalty,
to falsify government crop statistics, the
object of the amendment being to protect
the cotton nnd tobacco growers from
speculators. Over fifty pages of the bill
were disposrd of.
In the Senate Thursday Senator Stone
presented statistics of government de
posits in nntiotiul banks to show that
the distribution of money during the re
cent currency stringency was not "equita
ble," as contemplated by the law gov
erning the Treasury Department. He de
clared that the West and SoutlAwero
discriminated against, white New York,
and Boston were favored. Senator Teller
followed with brief comment upon the
action ot the Secretory of the Treasury
declaring that tho placing of money in.
New York City during the panic wcl
fully justified. The Senate devcrtod the
lutter part of the session to a considera
tion of the bill to revise the criminal
code, and adjourned until Monday. The
urgent deficiency appropriation bill occtH
pled the attention of the House to the
exclusion of all other business. A su
prise was sprung when Chairman Tawnejl
of the appropriations committee warned
the members that the country waa con
fronted with tho certainty of a $100,000,
(KM) deficit Unless the estimates for the
next fiscal year should be cat down mate
rially. A discussion on tariff revision
was injected into the proceedings, in
which lenders on both sides of the House
tried to commit one Another to a definite
announcement ns to whether, If success
ful at the . November elections, there
would be tariff legislation.
The Senate wns not in session Friday
Although the urgent, deficiency bill was
technically up for consideration In the
House,' hot a word pertinent to tho bill
was spoken. Under tlio privilege of gen
eral debate several members - addressed
the House on a variety of subjects, but
the speech which attracted moat attentioa
hoi a criticism by Mr. Hitchcock of Ne
liroska of a political 1 forecast by Gen.
Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio. ' The do
bate brought to their feet numerous Dem
ocrats, who sprang to the defense ot Mr.
Bryan, while Gen. Keifer of Ohio, sup
ported by several other Republicans, on '
dertook to refute all the argument con
cerning Mr. Bryan's two campaigns. Ad
lournment waa taken until Monday.
Greatly to the surprise of every -ne the
subject of slavery was introduced in the
Senate Monday. Secretary Taft waa di
rectly charged with having a knowledge
ot slavery in the Philippine Islands. The
debate was made pertinent by the sections
of the hill revising the criminal code of
the United States, which provide penalties
for dealing In slaves,- Mr. Hale asserted
that such provisions should be stricken
out. Senator Heyburn declared that not
only Is there immoral traffic in white
slaves, but that actual human slavery is
still maintained in the Philippine Islands.
The streei railway systems ot the Die-
i . .1.1 .1 .1.. C. ti
mci or i ojuMuna lino uie nuaneiai ques
tion occupied the time of the House' -
Representatives. The latter subject j
discussed by Mr. Fowler, chairman of the
committee on bnnking and currency, in an
exhaustive speech, in which he opposed
Uind-decured currency and the proposition
loukiug to the establishment of a central
hank.
The Senate Tuesday disposed of a large
number of minor bills on the calendar,
and resumed consideration of the bill to
revise the criminal code of the United
Slates. Senator Heyburn was anxious to
continue consideration of the code bill, of
which he is in charge, until more pro
gress should tie made, but adjournment
was taken. National politics, interna
tional marriages and government expendi
tures formed the themes of discussion in
the House. Incidentally it wss the long
est sitting of the House this session.-'he
urgent deficiency bill was up for consid
eration, hut in several instances it waa
IvniNifl iilwlnl 1 1 1 u liraiiiHA nf a.ina,.! l ...
bite. The presence of William J. Bryan
in the lobby of the House furnished in
piratiou to Mr. Wallace of Arkansas for
t .V- T .
a TIKUIUU. ljt-wu. luinuiuuuu II 1M
.1. a A I V. .. I . .1.1 X r
signers were denounced by Mr. McGav
. . mi i. vrn . ... . a
seuueuce werv urnuv ru idi nrM?enE a
ciencv dui. ana u was Denainsr sui t
Mouse adjourned.
TELEGBAPHIC BBEVITXZS
Republican members of the Oklahoi
Legislature indorsed Secretary Taft fi
the presidency.
The residence of Justice E. B. Ca
penter at Andovor, N. Y. was bad!
iamaged by a bomb. The justice hat
rigidly enforced the liquor law.
Thomas F. Lonergan, one of the euperf
Isors uuder the Scuruits adminlatratior
.n San Francisco, who confessed the tak
in. of bribes, died in that city of bar
jisease.
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