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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1908)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS: 11.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE), NEBRASKA SUMMARY OF NEWS CONDENSATION OF THE M08T IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS. BOTH AT HOME A! ABROAD General, Political, Religious, Sporting, Foreign and Other Events Re corded Here and There. Political. President Hooscvolt, In a lottor to Sonntor Knox, makes nn oxtondod ro view of Inbor Ibsuch of tho campaign and .ihIib Mr. Bryan If tlio domocratlc party Intondfl to legalize secondary boycotta. Edgar Howard' haa boon nolcetcd to bo tho editor of tho democratic mat ter to bo publlahod In tho Lincoln 8tnto Journal nnd othor republican nowepapera which have Bold space to tho domocratlc stato committee ProBldcnt Ilooaovolt hold a long conferonco with Senator Dixon of Montana, chairman of tho republican speakera' buronu at Chicago. Senator Dixon gavo tho president somo glow ing optimistic reports for tho cam pnlgn in tho wost and told hi in Judgo Taft would carry that section, with, tho possible exceptions of Colorado and Nevada. Tho domocats aro planning to send their best speakers Into Indiana and Ohio for tho finish of tho campaign. Taft will spond threo days In Ind iana tho Inst wock In tho campaign. Arrangements woro mndo whereby Taft and Urynn will not c1ib1i In their datoB nt Port Chefltor, N. Y. Candldato Shorman nayB tho demo cratic commlttco mlsroprosontcd him. What Is announced at democratic headquarters' as a "whirlwind finish of tho campaign In Indiana and Ohio" will bo mndo In tho two ntntcs mon tlonod, Oct. 24. Four special trains will bo usod, two In oach stato. General. Tho Injunction naked by fifty-six western rallroada ngalnst tho Inter stato Commorco commission to pro vent tho enforcement of reduced rates on Hvo stock was refused by tho fed eral court In St. Louis. Joa James was banged at Spring field, III., for tho murdor that Btnrtod tho raco riots, A physician from Centorvlllo, la., has been sont to Paris by Thoodor Shonts to treat IiIr daughter, tho DnchosB of Chaulnos. Social functions In Japuu in honor of "the vlsltlug American nnvnl oulcors woro concluded with a banquet on tho battleship Fuji. Emperor "William has boon vory friendly to David Jayno Hill, tho now American ambassador. Two pcoplo wero killed and sovon otherH Injured In a wreck on tho Now ton & Northwestern near Gowrlo, la. Omaha factories aro furnluhlng In cubators to poultry misers In Pales tine. Tho supromo court of Nobrnska up holds tho cniiBtltutlonnllty of tho Sun day law, but duos not docldo whetnor selling cigars or nowBpapors la viola tion us was charged In tho complaint ngalnst Omahn mon, Broughton nrnudonburs, wns arrest ed and locked up at Dayton, O., on a chargo of forgory and grand larcony. Tho Inst fnrm In tho Dallas lottery No, 0,000 was drawn by a Nebraska man, Morris J. Morgan of Alnsworth. Tho Stnto bnnlc nt Virgil, 8. D., was robbed of 14.400 cash. Tho bank Is protected by burglar Insurance. Trains In Montana on tho 22nd woro tlod up bocnuao of snowdrlftH. Women Biifrraglats will post bills In their lntorcHt nt election booths ovor tho Unltod States. Reports to Nebraska Odd Follows' grand lodgo show nn incrcnao In inombershlp during tho year of 1,400. Land drawing nt Dallas has onded and It la cstlninted that six million dollars havo boon spent by land seek crs Incident to tho Tripp county open ing. Martin R. Lux, a Ilurllngton onglno mon of Lincoln, got f 1,000 nnd a Car negie modal for bra vory. Chnlrman Hitchcock; In an Inter view before leaving Now York for Chicago, oxprossod hlmsolf ns well plenBod with tho progress of tho cam palgn. Chalrmnn Mack Bald a poll of throe states Now York, Ohio and Indlnnn convlncod him Urynn will bo oloctcd. Bonnott Siogol, a morchnnt of Dos MolneB, Iowa, wna denied a petition 'In bankrupt)' by tho Unltod States circuit court of appoals nt St. Lottls nftor ho had oxplnlnod that ho had lost $100,000 at pokor within a fow months. Shoop quarantine In Nebraska hns boon raised, tho stato votorlnarlan certifying that scnbblos 1ms boon orad Icatod. W. L. CulbortEon, it lond'ag bnukor nt Carroll, Iowa, killed hlmsolf, Threo momborB qf Cleveland's cab inet nro limiting spoeclios for Bryan. John Mitchell, formor presldont of tho United Mlno Workers of Amorlca, furnlshod tho Aasoclated Proas with a statement In which ho says his posi tion Imp boon misrepresented. Tho Into spoil of warm weather greatly Increaaed tho doath ,rato In Chicago. , ' Contractor Drothcrs, wno brought charges ngalnBt Colonol GoothalH, was ncctiBcd by tho Pannma canal ongl neor of offorlng him a commission of 10 per cent to uso his Inlluonco to got a certain crnno dovlco accoptod. M. Gnaton Thomson, mnrlno min ister of Franco, has resigned. Tho death list in tho forest fires mny roach 100. Tho governor of Michigan appeals for aid for tho nufferrrs from forest fires In northern Michigan. Tho forestry service announces a reduction In chnrgos for grazing shoep on forest roservc. A forccnat by tho Now York Sue cobs Mngazlno gives Taft CO votca to aparo In tho olectornl college. j Tho Increaaed supply of wheat haa caiiBod a drop In prlcoa. Through prompt action of tho Fronch government tho Balkan war clouds nro again dispersed. An attempt to nasaalunto Rev. .1. IC. Floldlng, paator of tho Corpus Christ! Roninn Catholic church of Chicago, was made. Tho would-bo nssnssln oa capod. Unltod StnlcB Senator Francis O. Newlnnda of Novada hns broken down nftor threo weeks of aevcro campaigning for Ilryan. Senator Elklns snys his family knows nothing of tho cngngomont of tholr dnughtor to, tho Duko of Abruzzl, as reported In foreign dispatches.! Nathan Straus of tho Domocratlc Business Mon's nasoclntlon roltorntcs tho statement that Wall street Is aid ing political campaigns, but this la again denied by Tronsuror Sheldon for tho republican natlonnl commlttoo Proporty valued at almost $1,000,000 wan destroyed by a lire which con sumed tho international Salt Com pany's docks In Chlcngo. Tho woman suffrnglB'ts In session In nuffnlo doclded to mako an offort tho coming yonr to secure recognition from congress. Rear Admiral Spcrry preaontod to tho emperor of Jnpnn tho moaango of friendship sont by President Rooso volt and waa given a cordial grcotlng In r.oturn In a function that will bo memornblo in Toklo. Washington. In tho oxtrndltlon of proceedings of II. Clny Plorco of tho Wators-Plorco Oil company of St. Louis vs. Chief of Pollco Croocy of that city, tho su promo court of tho Unltod States de nied a motion for a ro-hearlng. Plorco resisted nn application for his ro movnl to Toxaa In connection with tho prosecution of his company oa tho chargo of violating tlio ToxaB anti trust laws. To guard against Indiscreet utter ances of chiefs of bureaus at tho navy dopnrtmont during tho cnmpalgn, Sec rotary Mctcalf directed, that nothing contained In any regular annual re port of thoso odlcors shall bo mado public until nftor tho oloctlon In No vombor. Another step In tho participation of organized Inbor in tho political cam paign was, takon when moro organ izers woro ordored to Ohio by tho Amorlcnn Federation of Labor. Giving as a controlling roason that hla work in Boston la still unfinished, Itev. Dr. Aloxnndor Mason, rector of Trinity KplBcopnl church of that city, has declined tho position of blaliop of Washington. "Ship and machinery satisfactory," wbb tho mc8Bngo received at tho navy department from Captain ThomaB Mc Lean, president of tho naval board of Inspection and survey, regarding tho fin nl nccoptanco trinl of tho first clusa bnttloshlp North Cnrollnn. Cleric James McKonney of tho su premo court of tho Unltod Statos cel ebrated tho fiftieth anniversary of hla entering tho clcrk'B ofllco, and tho oc casion was takon ndvantngo of by friends of tlio bar In Washington and olBowhoro to extend their congratula tions. Foreign. Tho Spanish mlnlatoi or war has rocoived nn ofllclal tologram from Meltlln, Morocco, anonunclng that all tho Riff tribes had arisen and woro uniting with hostllo intent. Tho demonBtrntlon In Toklo in honor of visiting Americans surpassed any thing in the history of tho city In en thusiasm nnd volume. Recent IloodB In Luzon hnvo caused tho loss of many lives. Tho fourth son of tho omporor of Gormnny was married to tho duchess of Bchleswlg-Ilolsteln. Olllcors of tho Amorlcnn battleship licet wero guests of Premier Kntsura at dinner nnd gnrdon party In Toklo. Tho Prussian parliament wns open od by Kaiser Wlll:olm. Tho fact that tho Duko of Ahruzzl will shortly loavo for tho United States has boon confirmed, but tho members of his housohold nro oxor cUIng rosorvo In connection with his trip. It is roportcd tho downgor queon of itnly has given consent to tho mnr rlngo.of tho duko of tho Abruzzl to tho daughtor of Scnntor Klklna, Personal. Judgo Taft had to caucol boiiio of his sponklng engagements on account of throat trouble. Richard Crokor, Dublin, lrolnnd. sent $1,000 to tho nntlonal domocratlc fund, Mr. Rrynn Is on nn cnBtom tour that will laBt until tho night beforo oloc tlon. Irish peasants arc maintaining tholr ropntatlon for longovlty, nccordlng to tho records avnllnblo In tho Emornld Islo, Lord Ivcngh, tho head of tho great browing firm of Gulncsa, who has mndo ninny gonorous gifts to hla native city of Dublin, hns Just presontod threo well known and valuahlo pictures to Iho Dublin municipal gallery. INDICT NIGHT RIDERS TENNE8SEE TO UNRAVEL THE RANKIN MURDER. OFFICIALS POSSESS EVIDENCE Expect to Convict Every Member of tho Gang that Hanged Former Army Officer. Momphls. What may happon this weok bb a rcault of tho investigation of tho night rldor dopredntlons In tho north-western section of this stnto la a matter of conjecture. Monday, with tho convening of tho circuit court for Obion county in special session at Union City formally to Investigate tho doath of Qulnten Rankin, who wna killed by n night rider bnnd In tho vicinity of Rcelfoot lako Monday night last, thnt section will bo undor com plete mllltnry domination. Flvo com panies of tho Tcnncssco National Guard will bo at tho disposal of Col. Tatom. To aid tho militia tho adjoin Ing counties have been drawn on' for poasos of picked men. In tho Rcelfoot lnko district tho lako Itaelf Is tho sourco of contention. It wna asserted by thoso living In tho vicinity that It was their right to ply tholr vocation as llBhermon In Its wa ters without moleatntlon, whllo tho ownora of tho land upon which tho lako Is locatod took an opposlto vtow. In tho courts tho latter, tho Western Tennessee Land company, of which Captain Rankin nnd Colonol R. 55. Tnylor of Tronton an tho orgnnlzors, aro largely Interested, wero uphold. Thon followed night-rider warnings, threatening death to thoso who op posed the wishes of tho hand. It was upon tho flrBt visit In many montha to tho lnko roglon that Captain Rankin wob killed. Of a ntimbor of men ar rested, ten aro being hold, nnd It 1b promised that when tho grand Jury Is convonod sufllclent ovldenco will bo furnished to securo tho Indictment of ovory mombor of tho night-riders or ganization. Tho sosslona of tho court will' ho under military protection. Governors of sovcral states of tho Bouth have approved of a suggestion of Governor PnttorBon, that a conforonco of tho oxccutlvos bo hold and plans de vised whoroby they can act In concort in nn effort to destroy tho night-rider organizations. Camp Nomo, Roolfoot Lako, Tonn. Fourty-four moro prlsonorB, Including tvo women, wero brought In Sunday bb tho rcault of tho murdor at Walnut Log Inst wook of Captain Rankin by masked night riders. In addition, sovon others, including ono woman, woro arrostcd by tho troops but pn rolod. Among thoao solzcd nro Wil liam Pratt, hotel koopor at Sambarg; J. D. F. Carpenter, Union City nttor noy, who, Colonol Taylor charged, wroto letters to Taylor nnd Rankin which woro liiBtrumontnl In carrying thorn on tho fntal trip to Walnut Log; William Browor, a C0-yoar-old farmer, his wlfo and son. Highwaymen Kill Victim. Pittsburg, Pa. Hugh McGulro of Camp Hill, a suburb, was killed by highway robbers botweon that placo and Carnoglo Sunday night. Ho wna rendered unconscious by n blow on tho head and then thrown Into tho crook, whoro ho drowned. John W. Kern, Jr., Is Better. IndlnnnpollB Tho marked Improve ment Jn tho condition of John W. Korn, Jr., which wbb notod Sunday will onnblo his father, democratic nomlnoo for vlco president, to con tlnuo his speech mnking. SERVIAN RESERVES CALLED. King Peter Orders 300 Maxim Guns and 400 Automobiles. London A dispatch to tho Dally Mall from Rolgrndo says thnt tho Ser vian government hns cnllod out all tho first roBorvoB and Imb ordered 300 Maxim guiiB nnd 400 mllltnry nutomo blles. According to this dlspntch King Potor has informed tho Turkish min ister thnt an alllanco probnbly has been concluded botweon Servla and Montenegro, but that thin Is In no way lntorforod with tho friendship ot thoBO contrlcs for Turkey. MORE CHOLERA IN MANILA. Slight Increase In New Cases' Is Re ported. Manlln Sovon now cbbos of chol era woro roported In this city for tho day ending Sundny night. Tho Blight Incronso in tho spread of tho dlscnso is nscribed by tho othorltioa to tho many gatherings of tho pooplo on Sat urday night nnd Sundny und tho feasts that accompanied theso nssoinblles. Tho situation is not considered to bo gravo and tho health dopnrtmont' fools ns though It Imb tho opldomlc well undor control. Garfield Answers Haskell. Muskogee, Okla. A statement was recelvod at tho olllco of 'tho commis sioner of tho Flvo Civilized Tribes from tho interior dopartmont at Washlngtou, with Instructions to pub lish tho snmo for tho Information of tho Osago Nation, dlroctly concomod, and tho Flvo Civilized Tribos, lncl dentally Interested, nnd to take ovory necoBsarry atop to bring it to the notlco of tho individual Osago Indlnns, Tho Btntomont la nn nnswor to Gov ornor Hnskoll's churges, for tho In formation of tho Indians. NEBRASKA NEW3 AND NOTE8. Items of Greater or Lesser Impor tance Over the State. Sugar boots aro being dollvorcd from tho farms near Sutherland quite rapidly and tho yield is about as good an that of Inst year. Tlio potato yield around Sutherland Is vory good and as there Is a largo acreage shipments will bo mndo from that section. A samplo of Nobraaka com fields on exhibition Jn Falls City is n stalk of corn sixteen foot high, with tho ear ton feet nbovo tho ground. Tho school board of Elwood lot tho contract for tho erection of a now. $12,000 school buldllng nt Soward. Tho contract wont to Peterson Bros, of Hastings. Mrs. O'Laughlln sued Pawneo City for two thousand two hundred Blxty dollars for a fall on a defcctlvo side walll Tho Jury gavo her ono thousand dollars. Farmors Bhould all havo telephones. Wrlto to us nnd learn how to got tho host sorvlco for tho least money. Ne braska Tolqphono Company, 18th and Douglas atrcots, Omaha. "Uso tho Bell." Tho largo barn on tho farm of Mrs. W. G. Rogers of Humboldt was burned Jtogother with hog shoda and a numbor of barn yard buildings, which with tho 'contents, belonged to tho renter, Otto 'powoll. Whllo riding on tho rear ond of a buggy the nlno-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Williams of Clovcland precinct, Dawson county, had hor limb caught In tho whcol and hor thigh badly fractured. An accident occurred at tho Leona school near Adnms while playing ball.' Charllo Horton was batting and in throwing tho bat, his broth or, Fred, waa struck knocking out two teeth and splitting his Up. Tho contract for tho orectlon of tho now $10,000 school building at (Cook, Johnson county, wns secured by W. I. Smoots of Avoca. Elmer Do vol of Auburn haa tho contract for jtho boating plant. A. M. Allen of Cozad has Invented ;an nlfalfa monl mill which promises to rovolutlonizo tho manufacture of tho raw material into tho finished product Tho Platte Valley Milling company ,nt Gothonburg has put in a new 100 horso powor gasoline onglno. At York LobIIo Moss narrowly es caped being dragged to death by hla, foot catching In a stirrup as ho was thrown from a horso which Bllpped, and foil on a wot pavomont. Tho' horso started to run with tho drag-; glng boy but was fortunately Inter coptod b ysovornl mon nearby. Whllo loading stock In tho yards at Alliance, Switchman A. L. Wood was caught botwoon a car and tho chutes and crushed so badly that ho died in loss than thirty minutes. Mr. Wood was woll and favorably known, having until rocontly conducted a amall busl (nosB in Alllnnco. William Malchow, sr., oldest living settlor of Cuming county, who suf forod tho nmputatlon of his log somo , weeks ngo Is now recovering nnd Is ablo to walk on crutches. Mr. Mai Ichow is now at homo again and In ispito of his ngo, pearly 80 years, is getting along nicely. Tho bonrd of insanity of Frontier wont to Curtis to Investigate tho con dition of Mrs, Walter Bomnr, who. wns alloged to bo lnsano. Tho board found that her condition was such that Bho should bo committed to tho asylum and Shorlff Hickman' took her to Hastings. Thomas Hopkins, charged with criminally nssaulting tho lC-yenr-old daughter of James Mecum, noar Be atrice, moro than a year ago, waa nrralgncd boforo Judgo Spafford. Ho pleaded' not guilty and hla caso was sot for hearing later. In default of ,$1,000 bond ho wns roraanded to Jail. The now Christian church at Chos tor was dcdlcatod last Sunday. Dur ing tho nfternoon sorvlcos subscrip tions woro solicited to pay for tho now structuro nnd in ono hour tho ontlro cost of tho church, $17,000, was raised, six mombors alono giving $1,000 each. ) Nebraska City officers caught threo ; men who wero trying to work tho: '"short chnngo racket" on sovornl mer chants. Whon sonrchod at tho county Jail there wna found on them a num bor of knives and othor things which thoy hnd stolen from tho Btoro which thoy visited. A flro Btarted among tho grain stacks on tho farm of Cornelius Old son near Ponca, and boforo It could bo extinguished nbout $300 worth ot grain wns doatroyod. Tho soparator owned by Hough Bolton of Ponca was entirely consumed. Tho mnchlno wim Insured for $200, but thero was no In surnnco on tho grain. Tho now barn of Will RnuthB, liv ing southwest of JInnlcy, wns totally doatroyod by llro by children who wero playing In tho ham with matches, Tho barn wbb a largo Btructuro, Just com pleted this 8ummqr, and woll filled with liny; it also contained 400 bush elB of oats, 1C0 bushels of corn nnd 200 bushels ot apples, Fifty farmors havo contributed a dollar each toward tho establishment of stock yards at Darr In Dawson county. Ton of twelvo Now York orphans wero provided with good homos In Johnson county near tho town of Sterling in ono day rocontly. J. W. Swan ot University Plnco and MIes Elmlra Hill of Now York, with tho children In chnrgo, camo to Sterling, whoro tho prospective foster parents had tho opportunity to como nnd "tako their pick" as It woro. Of tho twolvo waifs tho parties had In chnrgo good homes wero provided for ten. TRE STATE CAPITAL MATTER8 OF INTERE8T TO ALL CITIZENS. AS TO UNCOLLECTED FEES Case Submitted to the Court of Much Interest to Judges and Former County Judges, Tho Vlnsonhaler Case. Ono caso submitted to tho full bench' of tho supremo court nnd Commission orB Dulllle, Calkins and Epperson la of a character to mako county Judges and former county Judges sit up nnd take notlco. It Is ono brought by Douglas county ngalnst ox-Couuty Judgo Duncan M. Vlnsonhaler where in It Is Bought to chargo Mr. Vinson hnlor with financial responsibility for nbout $1G,000 worth of uncollected fees. Included In this clnlm is an Item for all marriages porformcd by tho county Judgo, on the theory that It la his duty to perform such coromony nnd that whothcr or not ho collected any fco ho Is responsible for $3 for each ono in which ho officiated. Tho statuto ot limitations embraces ton years for county Judges nnd upon tho decision in this case roats tho res ponsibility of all county Judges who havo hold ofllco within that period and who havo mado their settlements along tho old lines ot accounting for nil foes collected but not for mar rlagos performed or foes collected. As to tho marriage fees, It was con tended by attornoys for tho defendant that for thirty years or moro It had been customary to regard this as a prerequisite of the ofllco and that it rested with tho Judgo whether or not ho charged any fco. In fact ninny Judges, from friendship or other rea sons, havo weddbd couples free of chargo. Tho contention was that tho pudgo waa not bound to marry a couplo or to coloct a feo If ho did; that It was a long-contlnuod construc tion of a statuto by ofneors whoso duty It was to construo that law, and that by reason of this long-continued construction that construction now hns tho force and effect of law. Judgo VInsonhnler accounted for all fees ho rccolved as an officer during his six years as Judgo, but In this caso tho effort Is being mndo to mako him ' tho Insurer of nil fees on tho theory thnt ns tho law provides that all fees should bo collected In advanco, it was his duty to havo collected them, and not hnv!ng dono bo he Is liable. STOCK YARDS SWITCH CHARGES. State Railway Commissioner Decides to Reopen the Case. Tho stato railway commission Is sued nn order ro-opanlng tho caso In which tho Union Stock Yards company of South Omaha potltlons for thj privilege of Increasing its switching rates for further testimony. A hear ing has boon sot for Novembor 5. Ab tho members of tho commission understand it, tho Stock Yards com pany performs considerable Bervlco for tho packing companies for which It receives no compensation. It Ib to get thla matter straightened out that tho further hearing has been ordered. The two questions upon which tho commission wants moro definite Infor mation nro thoBo: "Tho extent and value of tho prop orty of tho applicant dovoted exclu sively to tho Bervlco of tho various industries, especially packing com panies and car companies. "Tho extent, nnd vnluo of the sor vlco In switching cars botwoon tho storago tracks, icing tracks repair tracks and docks of tho various com panies furnished by tho petitioner horoln." Delayed Blanks Arrive. Tho railway commission hns re ceived the long dolayed blanks on which railroad companies aro to re port tholr buslneBs for the year ond ing August 1, but tho railway com mission did not furnish blanks to tho roads. Tho commission wns wnltlng for a now form of report to bo ro coived from tho stato railway commis sion. From two wooks to ono month will bo required for tho roads to fill out tho blanks and return thorn to tho commission. Among tho annual reports of corpo rations that havo boon filed with tlio railway commission is a report of tho Nebraska tolephono company, whoso principal ofllco la In Omaha. Tho com pany reports $1,820,474.49 oarnlngs from operation for tho year ending Juno 30. Tho operating oxpenaos woro $1,321,201.26. An explanation is filed In regard to $77,928.31 paid to tho Amorlcnn Boll tolephono company for rentnl. It is explained thnt this is for tho uso of tolophono lnstrumento nnd for tho keeping of tho Bnmo in ropalr and replacing Instruments and othor sorvlcos. Personal Rights Ticket. Tho executlvo commlttoo of tho Lincoln porsonal rights loaguo mot nt tho homo of II. A. Fricko. iircaldcnt of the lcaguo, and ondorscd for tho log-1 lalaturo from this county tho following tlckot: For tho houso of representa tives, Loonnrd C. Fosa and Will A. Groon, republlcana; L. A. Slmmnnn. domocrat; and for tho sonnto. fl. V. Burnham, republican. Action on othor candidates was doforrwd. This notion of tho porsonal rights longuo Iti ox pocted ngnis to stir-to oarnwl iMjtm tho county o-ntionlats Kilt ' SUNDAY LAV HELD VALID, j Court Docs Not P'iss on Guilt of Omf Men. Without dc(.Jing whether or not tho magistrate wbb right whon ho ad Judged mon guilty of ongnglng In coinJ mon labor on Sunday when an attempt' wns mado to put on tho lid in Omaha last December, tho supremo court af- firms tho Judgment of tho district' court which refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus for tho dofondnnta who had boon fined for working on Sunday. Two teat enses involved tho question whether or not tho selling of cigars and nowspapors and operating a bar ber shop on Sunday constitutes "com mon labor." This is not decided in an opinion written by Commissioner Root of tho supremo court, but tho court holds that tho defendants triod tho wrong remedy and that tho Judgment ot tho magistrate cannot bo attacked by such proceedings It la Indicated that an appeal ought to havo been tnkon. Tho court Bustalna tho vnlldity of tho statute known ns tho Sunday law. Tho district court of Douglas county rofuscd a wrlto of habeas corpus asked for by Jacob C. Caldwell, who was ar rested for engaging in common labor on Sunday by operating n barber shop, William M. Rhyn, charged with selling cigars and newspapers, also fined and convicted, appllod for a writ ot ha beas corpus. Caldwell was fined $1 by a magistrate. Tho court does not thjnk it necos-i sary to docldo whthcr or not thoj mnglstrato erred whon ho decided that tho defendants wero guilty of engag ing In "common labor," on Sunday, but it holds that his afllrmntlvo find ing, that defendant was engaged in common labor would not bo so abso lutely erroneous as to render his Judg ment void. Some state courts havo held that a barber is ono who works at common labor. Duty of Licensing Board. Tho supremo court holds that It was tho duty of tho licensing bonrd of tho town of Ord to havo refused a llcenso for tho year 1907 to Joseph Adamok on tho ground that tho applicant dur ing tho past year while employed as a bartender sold Intoxicating liquors to habltunl drunkards. The decision of tho district court is reversed. 8HEEP QUARANTINE RAISED. . Veterinarian Certifies Scabies Has Been Eradicated. Tho Stato Board of Transportation has Issued tho following notice to. sheep owners and transportation com panies: Sheep, rango or scab. Amendment to order of February 9, 1908, eftectlvo on nnd aftor Novombor 1, 1908. Tho fact having boon determined by tho secretnry of agriculture, and notlco is hereby given, that tho con tagious and communlcabte disease known as acableB Is not now known to oxlst, or exists to a slight extent only, among sheep In tho stnto of Ne braska, which has boon under quar antine by tho Bureau of Animal In dustry and tho stato votorlnarlan of Nobrnska, working In co-oporation un der of February 9, 1903. Now, tboroforo I, Charles A. Mc Kim, deputy stnto veterinarian of Ne braska, do horoby romovo and rovoko the quarantine placed by ordor of Feb ruary 9, 1903, upon Bhoep, for scabies In Nobrnska. CHARLES A. McKIM, Doputy State Votorlnarlan. In testimony of my approval I havo horounto subacribkjd my name nnd cnused to bo afllxcd tho groat soal of the state and do horeby proclaim that tho nbovo ordor of tho doputy stato votorlnarlan Bhnll bo In force nnd ef fect from nnd after November 1, 190S. GEORGE LAWSON SHELDON. Governor. Drainage Litigation. In tho enso of Stato ex rel Thomas Sulllvnn ot nl vb. W. L. Rosa, countv clerk, nnd momborB of tho board of county commlsalonora of Dakota coun ty, tho supromo court hns sustained a demurrer of tho county board to a pe tition for a writ of mandamus to com pel tho board to procood with tho building of a dralnngo ditch. A for mor county bonrd hnd stnrtcd tho work. Whon a chnngo was mado In tho personnel of tho board, that body reconsldorcd all termor proceedings dlrmlaalng tho petition for tho con struction of tho proposed ditch. About, $1,000 of oxponso hnd boon incurred prior to the roconsldorntlon. It wns contondod thnt this had bocomo n chargo upon tho lands and thnt tho mombors of tho county bonrd rofusod to iny this nnd by roconBldorntlon nro ntteniptlng to chnrgo tho rolntors on tholr bonds. To Eradicate Tuberculosis. Congressman io. M. Pollnrd Imb re celvod notification from tho depart ment of agriculture thnt veterinarians will bo Bent from Washington to Ne braska to nil! In eradicating tuber culosis In cattle. Home tmo ago Dr. Peters of the Htnto ngrculturnl school wroto to Congrosflmnn Pollard, who took tho matter up with tho depart ment. Argue Lumber Rates. Lumber dealers, railroad men and representatives or tho Lincoln Com mercial club gathered beforo the mem bers of the stato railway commission to arguo why tho rntoa on lumbor from Omaha to Nebrnnka points or from Lincoln tn Nobrnska points Mhould bo lowered or raised or loft Juat nn they nro, according to tho particular points or view of tho sov ml spenliorM, It H alleged by Omaha lumber ilenleiM thnt thoro la n dlh iiilinlnallon In lumbor rates fnvorablo to Lincoln.