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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1909)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA A Boiling Down of the More Impor tant Events Here and There Foreign. Earth Bhockn, accompanied by sub torrnnenn rumbles, contlnuo daily In tho Rlbntoja district, Portugal. No casualties hnvo boon reported, al though many walls lmvo collapsed. A dispatch from Loopoldvlllo in tho Congo says tho trial of Rov. William Morrison nnd tho Rov. W. II. Shop pard, Amorlcnn missionaries, for al leged libel, lins boon postponed to Juno HO. Emperor Nicholas will visit King Edward nt Cowea Aug. 2. Tho Rub Blnn Imperial aqundron will go first to Cherbourg, nrrlvlng July 31, and stay ing until tho noxt day, A dlupatch recolvod nt tho Btuto de partment from Lisbon uayn tho Por tuguesu government hnB authorized tho Importation of 8,000,000 bUshols of whoat up to July 10. Tho liberals nnd the radicals at) well ns tho socialists hnvo refused to par tlclpato furthor In tho dlscuBBlons by tno finance committee of tuo (lorman rolchstng of tho matter of now taxa tion. unnuol V. Domonecii nnd Francisco P. Qulnonos, ropresontntlvcs of tho re publican party of Porto Rico, dis cussed with President Taft conditions In tho Inlands. Tho prosldont was urged to consider tho mnttor of cit izenship for tho pcoplo of Porto Ittco nnd to recommend legislation nlong that lino. Minister VuTln& Fang of China called on Secretary of Statu Knox to Bay farewell preparatory to a two inonthB' absonco in South Ayiorlca. Tho Qhlneso diplomat Is also tho dip lomatic reproHontntlvo of China to Peru and It In to presont his creden tials to tho president of Peru that ho Is making this trip. , General. Tho Unltod Statoa transport John A. Dlx arrived nt Boattlo from Honolulu Friday, bringing the Hawaiian exhibit for tho Alnskn-Yukon-I'nclilu exposi tion. Marked Interest abroad In tho cur rency problem of tho Unltod States was noted by Jacob H, Schlff, bnnkor, who roturned frbm n six wcoIcb' trip In Europe Government ntlornoys In tho crim inal llbol suit against tho Indianapolis Nowh wero forced to take n contlnu nnco to socuro wltnosBoa. By adopting n resolution for night Bosnians nnd by Interpretations of rules, tho Bonnto will endeavor to curb western Bonntors, Tho Nebraska tax board incroaaod tho nasossod valuation of Burlington, Northwontorn and Union l'aclllo rail rondB, and decreased Missouri Pacific. At Mason City, la., Judgo Clark Hon tonced Edward McNamnrn of Grafton, who shot nnd lclllod his father, Mar tin McNumarn, hut Novoinbor, to 18 yenru In tho Fort Madison ponlten- At Ithaca, N. Y., Prosldont Jacob Gould Schurmnn of Cornoll university, In nddrosslng tho graduating class, criticised tho reported statomonta of Prosldont Woodrow Wilson of Prince ton, Uint ho doplorod tho decrease In lntelloetual vitality and nlackor spirit of study In American colleges. Tho unlverBltlcB of WIscoiiHln, Mich igan, Minnesota and Toronto hnvo boon ndmlttod to participate In tho pro fcBBorB' nllowanco Bystom of tho Cnr noglo foundation for tho advancement of teaching, according to announce ment mado In Now York. Tho llrst night soflslon of tho senate brouglit a display of temper and ox chango of personulltloB, Sonatoi- Burkott had n nnrrow os capo In an automobile accident near Washington. Juclc Bholton, under arrest in Den ver, 1b conaldorod fourth man in tho Union Pacific tralu robbory. Ho la known to have boon In Kenrnoy nnd North Plntto, Nob., In nn automobile, nnd 1b bolloved to lmvo carried tho bwor. Dotoctivo McDonald, from Spoknno, Wash,, arrived In, Omaha and at onco Idontifled Woods, Torgenson and Gor don, tho throo men under arrest for tho Union. Pncillo railroad robbory, hb far wostorn crlmlnnla who are sup posed to havo had a hand In tho Great Northorn holdup, Edward Dana Durund, tho now dl. roctor of tho consua, was born In Michigan in 1871. ire yub legislative librarian of tho Now York statu library from 180C to 1897. Lntor ho was instructor of oconomlcs at Har vnrd and Stanford unlvorsitlos, Tho vlco president of tho Union Copper company wan sontenccd to tho Tombs for contompt of court, Germany rosonts tho charge that that country is meddling In tho tariff affairs of tho Unltod Stntes. Thoi throo nlloged bandits who hold up tho Union Pacific Ovorland train had examination nt Omaha nnd wore hold- to tho grand Jury, with ball fixed at 126,000 for each. R fill II' I CONDENSED j Marcel Provost, tho French author, has been elected n member of tho academy In Buccosslon to tho lato Vic torlcn Snrdou, In tho big rownrd offorod for appro henslon of tho Union Pacific rnllroad robbers, many will sharo, including u number of school children. Dr. Elliott, former president of Har vard college, will mako a tour of tno west. Tho one hundred nnd twonty-flrst general nssombly of tho Presbytorlnn churcn closed nt Denver Inst week. Tho session next year will bo held In Atlantic City, N, .1. Sonntora Aldrlch and Stono had an nngry clash In tho senate. Dy a premature explosion of a can non, Henry Mnhnii. aged 70 yearn, nn old ooldler, wnn killed at St. Mary'B, Ohio, whllo officially opening tho Me morial day observance. Tho Illinois leglslnturo Is ngnln in a. deadlock, this tlmo over tho quostlon of sine dlo adjournment, Tho Wright brothors will nrrlvo In Washington Juno 10, whon President Taft will present them with tho gold medals obtained through public sub scriptions by tho Aero Club of Amer ica. F. P. Raker, tno oldost nownpnper editor In Kansas, died a few days ago. Hiddon In tho garret of tho Drown Park school houso In South Omaha, within a fnw foot of tho npot whoro tho rlflod mail sacks were discovered, four sticks of dynnmlto wero found by tho two Janitors. On recor"mondnt!on of Congressman Klnkaltl, Dr. J. J. Pickett wns appoint- od pension examining surgeon ut Rrokon Row, Nob., vlco Dr. C. J. Chris tonson, resigned. Tho sonata refused, i.0 to 17, to strike tho Dutch standard test out of tho sugar schedule At Denver tho fedornl grand Jury roturned Indictments ngnlnBt tho of ficers of tho Union Lnnd company and others Interested In conl lands In Routt county, Colorado, charging thorn with conspiracy to dofraud tno govern ment ont of coal landa. Tompornnco pooplo from nil soctlons of. tho world will gather at London In July to nttond tho Twelfth Intorna- tlonnl Congross on Alcoholism nt tho Imporlnl Instltuto from July 18 to 24. Thlrtoon mon wore hanged In public nt daybrpak In Constantinople, having been found guilty of complicity In tho rovolutlonnry outbrca of April 13. Tho bodies woro loft oxposcd to vlow for a short tlmo only. Omaha pcoplo nro asking tho Wash ington authorities for bottor mall scrvlco out of that city Chlcagownrd Mrs. May Ion of Silver Crook, Nob., was nrrostcd by a federal ofllcor on tho charge of using flio malla to do fraud. Tho Santo Domlngan govcrnmont In proceeding against tho revolutionists an rapidly na possible Tho United Statoa army Blgnnl corps dlrlglblo balloon No. 1, hotter known as tho Rnldwln dlrlglblo airship, mado a BucccBBful flight at Fort Omaha. Washington. PrcBldont Tnft Bent to tho sonato tho nomlnntfona of tho following post- muBlora: Nobrnska William H. Reed, North Loup; Emplro, Sioux county, C, M. Cunulnghnm, vlco 11. U. Cunning ham, resigned. Tho attorney gcnornl soya that tho ohargoB against Judgo Edwnrd R. Mook of tho Unltod Statoa court at Dallas,. Tox., and Unltod StatoB Attor- noy William II, Atwolt of tho north orn district of ToxaB "nro wholly without foundation, cruelly unjust nnd for tho purposo of Bocurlng n dolay In tho prosecution of n man whoso of fense against Innocont victims, In tho fraudulent uso of tho malls, desorved tho sovorost punishment." Senators Gamble and Crawford of South Dakota contlnuo to do business tagothor, notwithstanding that a num ber of nowspnpora In tho Btnto nro pcrslBtont In tholr declaration that nunrrolB betwoon tho sonntoro aro of almost dally occurronco. Tho sonato oxpoctB to got through with tariff work this month. Thomns C. DawBon of Council RluffB, for somo yoarB United Stntoa envoy oxtraordlnary and mlnlator plonlpotontlnry at Rogota, and ro contly promoted to bo Unltod States envoy extraordinary and mlnlstor plonlpotontlnry at Santiago, was hero, recolvlng final Instructions provlouB to dopnrturo. At tho annual conforonco of Btnto and torrltorlal honlth ofllcora with tho Unltod Statoa public honlth nnd mnrlno hospital sorvlco 'it was de clared that rableu frequently 1b con tracted from tho lutes of "flkunks, woIvob and other wild animals." Prosldont Taft approved a chango In tho navy regulations, recommended by Socrotary Moyor, by which mid shipmen nro prohibited from marry ing until tho completion of tho proscribed six yoars' courBo of train ing. Tho twonty-slxth annual readjust mon of postmasters' salaries was an nounced to becomo offoctlvo July 1. Personal. Vlco Admiral Dnron Urlu of Japan placed n wreath of rod and Avhlto rosos, colorB of tho lnnd of tho Mi kado, on tho tomb of Washington nt Mt. Vornon, Frldny. Former Gov. Folk of Missouri gavo a locturo In Creto, Nob. , Ambitious congressmen' out for good cammlttoo plncos noxt fall aro hanging close to tho speaker. Senators Uurkott and Drown took opposite sides on some tariff sched ules, James J. Hill nppoarod boforo tho grand Jury at Spokano to niiBwor questions ns to tho correspondence botwoon tho Great Northern officials and former Judgo M. J, Jordon, who Is undor Indictment on tho chnrgo of embezzling largo sums whllo counsel for tho railroad. SHELTON III Oil 8UPP08ED FOURTH MAN IN THE RAILROAD ROBBERY. ACCOMPANIED BY A WOMAN Her Name Is Lillian Stephenson, Who Says She Is Willing to Tell What 8hc Knows. Omnha. Heavily Ironed nnd In tho custody of Deputy United StateB Mar shals Tom Clarko and W. II. Robin son, tho fourth hold-up Buspect, arrest ed at Denver, and Lillian Stephenson, who wns nrrcBtod with him, nrrlved In Omaha from that city Sunday aftor noon. Tho man was taken nt onco to tho federal building In tho pollco auto, whore ho was delivered over by tho Denver authorities to Marshall War ner. From thonco ho waB taken be foro Commissioner Anderson, who asked him his name. "Jack Sholton," ho replied. Tho war rant road for "Jack Gordon." Anderson naked him if ho could furnish $25,000 bonds and tho prlsonor shook his head, whereupon tho com missioner gavo him over to tho custody of Marshal Warner and ordered that ho bo placed In tho county jail. Ho said that no examination would bo heard at that tlmo, It bolng tho Sab bath, but that the hearing would bo nt 10 o'clock. It will probably bo prist ponod, however, ns Sholton says ho Is not ready, Tho woman, who wns not In Irons, but travelod rather moro In tho gulso of nn honored guest, was nlso brought boforo Anderson nnd held as a witness for tho examination, 8ho was placed In tho mantron's dopartmont of tho county Jnll nmLtho matron Instructed to glvo hor tho host of ovorythlng. Sholton was placed In n coll opening off tho Jail ofllco nnd far nwny from tho other thrco suspects. Ho Is a quiet young man, npparontly botwoon 23 to 27 years of ago. Ho was not particularly woll dressed, but is un questionably tho mnn in tho fnmouB photo. Judging from his appoaranco tho pollco and otlior officials aro again Inclined to doubt that ho Is Gordon's brothor. Tho womnn npponrs to bo about 30 yoars of ago nnd Is fairly attractlvo Wind well drcssod. Sho Bald that L11-' llan Stophonson la hor real namo "I used to know him out In Spo kane" sho Bald, Bpcaklng of Sholton, "and I mot him ngaln Just a Uttlo whllo ngo nt Donvor. Ho said ho had boon cast, but didn't say what for and bo I don't know nnythlng nbout It." Sholton nnd tho woman woro both undor hoavy guards who woro Instruct ed that absolutely no ono should speak to thorn. Thoso who woro on tho Union Pa cific train, which brought tho suspect to Omnhn, nay that as thoy whirled past tho vory Bpot, whoro tho fnmous hold-up occurred, Sholton poorod out tho window with grent Interest and smiled. Tho train was mot nt tho station by Special Agont Cnnnda of tho Union Pncinc, Marshall Warnor, Captain Mostyn of tho local pollco, sovoral postal Inspectors and a Plnkorton man. No ono naldo from thoso nnd tho prosB had hoard that tho suspocta woro coming and thoy woro himtlod nway bofore tho gathorlng crowd had tlmo to ronllzo what was transpiring. 1 8TORK GETS BUSY IN FRANCE. Vital Statistics for 1008 Show In- crease In Birth Rate. Paris. Tho vltnl statistics of Franco, which in 1907 Bhowed an ox cesa of 19,892 doaths over births for that year, a fact that led to tho most posblmlBllo predictions for tho futuro of tho Fronch raco, havo now beon published for 1908. Their study brings to light moro roasaurlng official flguros and shows nn excess of 40,141 births over deaths for that yoar. VIRU8E8 TO BE INVESTIGATED. Government Will Adopt Measures to Prevent Use of Impure Stuff. Washington. Radical changes In old regulations regulating tho sale of vi ruses, serums, toxins and analogous products havo boon mado In tho now uot of regulations Just promulgated by n government board of ofllcora. Tho now regulations aro tho outgrowth of tho recent outbreak of tho foot nnd mouth dlsoaso In cattlo, It having boon discovered that in all probability tho dlsoaso was causod by tho impor tation from abroad of Infected vacclno virus. Cudahy Company Paya Tax. Topokn. That tho Cudahy Packing company haB paid $82,000 to tho gov ernment, this bolng tho amount duo undor tho indictments secured ngalnst tho company for nllogod violation of tho Intornnl rovonuo laws, waB an nounced by Unltod StatoB Dlatrlct At torney 11. J, Bono. Canada Taking Our Products. Washington, Morchnndlso from tho United Statos forma u Btoadlly In creasing Bharo of tho Imports of Canada, as sltown by llguros from Canadian ofllclnl publications, just ro colved by tho Ruronu of Statistics of tho Department of Couuuorco and La bor. Imports from tho United States to Canada Increased from 34.03 per cent of tho totnl Importations of Ca nada In 18C9 to C0.4 por cont In tho fiscal yoar ondlng March 31, 1909, whllo Imports from Gront Britain havo decreased 23.G9 por cont NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTE8. Items of Interest Taken From Hera and There Over the State. The Midwest Llfo wants moro gen eral and local ngents, Writo to N. 2. Snell, president, Lincoln, Nebraska. Fnlrbury is preparing for a big cele bration on tho Fourth. Two modorn wood school buildings nro to bo erected- In North Platte. Pollco mado a raid on gambling places in Schuyler, making a number of arrests. Tho next Cuming county teachers' Instltuto will meet nt Wlsner dn Aug ust 9, and will contlnuo for ono week. The now Union Pacific passenger depot at Columbus is about half com pleted. Apacho Trlbo No. 19 of tho Ordoi of Red Men has boon organized In Kearney with over 100 chartor mom hern, J. G. Albright, Is tho organizer. A small tornado went through tho cast part of Dutlor county, destroying tho buildings of Henry Topll, Martin Roubal and Frank Helman. A short courso In ngrlculturo wns arranged for at a meeting of business mon of Dlalr and farmers. Tho courso will bo hold from tho third to tho eighth of January. Tho public schools of tho vlllago of Bancroft, Cuming county, havo boon closed by reason of an epidemic of smallpox, two cases of which broke ut In tho school. Tho Farmera' Co-opcratlvo company, n largo general merchandise store of Lyons, was taken chargo of by a trus tee. A rccolvcr, It is Bald, may bo asked for. It is thought that tho Urn will bo ablo to pay ouL Tho local lodge of EUcb In York la preparing to hold a fair tho latter part of Juno, tho proccods of which will go to buy furnishings for tho beautiful new $30,000 building whlcll is noarlng completion. Tho Midwest Lrfo of Lincoln now hns $1,000,000 of lnsuranco lti forca. It Is nn ohl lino company doing busi ness only in Nobrnska. It offers lib eral agents' contracts to rollablo mon with or without cxperlenco in tho snlo if lnsuranco. Wrlto N. Z. Snell far, particulars. Word haB boon recelvod in Tecum noli from the damago committeo of tho national board of agrlculturo and hor ticulture that In alt probability tho govommont will proffer holp In tho durago movement which Is bolng lir iuguratcd thoro. Tho Nomaha rlvoV bottoniB nro to bo drained. U Patrick Hngerty, cashlor of tho Elk- Information of his passing away has reached Socrotary Royso of tho Btnto banking board. A clipping from nn 0,'Nclll papor convoyed tho informa tion. Hagorty fled when tho bonk, failed in 1904. Ho waa never captured. Ho died in Seattlo, April 27. William Shaw, a paroled patient of tho stato asylum, had a miraculous, cscapo at Hastings whon a Burling ton pasBongor train crashed into n team ho was delving at Inglcsldo. Tho team was attachod to a wagon full of .clndorn nnd Shaw was sitting nt tho ,read end of tho wagon bcx. Both, horsoa woro instantly killed. A Valontlno dispatch reports that work on tho now railroad bridge 1b progressing rapidly as tho big fill hnsi boon started and stoara shovels nro heaping It up fast. Sovoral coment, culvortfl uro In courso of conatructlon and grading on tho main lino has started on tho end whoro tho cut-off will bo. Whllo M. O. Dixon, nccompanlod by his slstor, his nlcco, Miss McCIaroy,' and two daughters, woro on tholr way to church at Nollgh in a doublo-seated Burroy, ono sido of tho tonguo camo down, which frightened tho team and caused it to run away. Tho occupants woro thrown out nnd nil moro or loss' Injured. Mlsa Cnrrlo Stowart, field worker for tho Nobraska Children's Homo so ciety, who was quite sorlously In jured In nn accident near Columbus, passed through Norfolk, nccompanlod by hor brother, who haa boon cnrlng for hor and who Is taking her to their old homo until sho Is ablo to rosumo her duties. Tho Star Clothing company of Lin coln has filed suit asklug tho Postal Tolograph company asking damages to tho oxtont of $4,000. It ia nlloged that tho word "hats" was omtttod from a tolograra sent from tho com pany to a buyer In Now York city, Tho omission, it is charged, waa tho fault of tho telegraph company, Whllo Charles Roadorlck, ono of tho students In tho business collego at Brokon Bow, was pursuing hla studies, ho suddenly became violently lnsano and had to bo removed from tho building by force. Tho first Intima tion tho other students had that any thing wns wrong with tho bny was whon ho commenced tearing out his hair, becoming rapidly violent aftor that. Nebraska letter carriers In session at Omaha, olected officers aB follows: Prosldont, J. S. Myers of Nebraska City; vlco president, E. D. Black, Oma ha; socrotary, L. M. Williams, Lin coln; treasurer, C. W. Mulloy, Fre mont; dologato at largo to national convention at St Paul, F. F. Johnson, Fnlrbury. Falrbury waa selected as tho noxt placo of holding tho stato convention. C. A. Whltford sold his 160-ntfro farm located throo miles northoast of Arlington, Washington county, for $125 per aero to Chris Dunkor. Mr. Whltford Bottled on this farm in 1857 and resided there until about two years ago, Charles Porry, a prosperous farmor, residing a fow mll.os southwest of! Plattsmouth, had a freak of naturo, in tho shopo of a colt with flvo feet, tho extra foot being on tho right log just abovo a'nothor one. As tho colt could not uso all llvo of thorn to satisfac tion, Dr. A. P, Barnes was called and, , amputated tho Buperfloua. member. VALUE THREE ROADS COMPARISON MADE WITH FIG URES OF LA8T YEAR. BETWEEN TOWNS OR STATION Burlington Assessment About Same as Last Year, with Union Pacific Something Less. Tho following figures Bhow tho val uation of tho throo big rnjlroad ByB terns of tho Btato, as mado by the Btuto board of assessment, compared with tho valuation of last yoar: 1908. 1909. nurllngton 1116,170,870 $lin.290,C0C Union Pucinc 73,030.400 7C.767.32S NorthweHtom .... 35,689,895 37,287,950 Missouri Pacific.. 11,345,620 10,732,480 Tho Burlington wob Increased $1,125 a mllo; tho Northwestorn $1,500 u mile, nnd tho Union Paclflo Central City branch was lncrensod $1,067 n mllo. Tho- remainder of tho Increase on tho Union Pacific was duo to thu valuation of now mHeago. The total tncroaso on Uio Union Pacific was $1,823,025; on tho Burlington, $3,119.. C30; on tho Northwestern $1,598,055; tho decreaae on tho Missouri Pacific, $013,140. Tho not increase on all thu railroads amounted to $5,928,470, no tual valuo, or $1,185,094 assessed valuo, upon which taxes will havo to bp paid. All tho roads other than thoso named wero valued at tho samo llguros ub last year. Tho total aasessed valuo of all rail roads in 1908, which is one-fifth of tho nctual valuo, was $53,397,972.83, and this 'year tho assessed valuo la $54, 483.C6C. Tho actual valuo of all rail road property last yoar was $22G,989, 8C0, and this year tho actual valuo 1b $272,918,330. With regard to tho Burlington, tho board adopted an entire new mothod of distribution. Instead of distribut ing to each subdivision of tho system n certain amount of tho total valua tion, tho board palxl no nttontion to tho subdivisions, 1ut instoad appor tioned tho valuation between towns or station. This, tho board bolloved, would pormlt of n moro equltablo di vision. This makes a comparison of tho apportionment this year with last year difficult. In 1907 tho Union Pacific waB val ued nt $75,000 a mllo; In 1908 It was valued at $70,970 a mllo, and this year tho averago valuation por mile under operation Is $70,827. In 1907 tho mile ngo roturned under operation waa 9G1.42. ThlB year tho mileage under operation Is 1.0G5.39, nnd In 1908 It was 1,041,75. For tho three yoars tho total valua tion of this system was as follows: 1907, $73,483,700; 1908, $73,933,400; 1909, $75,767,325. Under tho now plan of distribution of tho Burlington the main lino as now oporated from Orcopolls to Oma ha and Ashland and from Platts mouth to tho Colorado state lino by way of Ashland, is now valued at $80, 000 a mile. Last year this samo lino from Omaha to Ashland was valued at $45,000 a mile, from Kcnesaw to Ox ford at $33,500, and from Oxford to tho Colorado stato lino at $50,000. That part of the old main lino from Konosaw to Kearnoy which Is operat ed as a branch, was formerly valued at $85,000 a mllo, and Is now reduced to $25,000 a mile. Tho Omaha & North Platte, ono ot the old soparato corporations of tho Burllngtpn, extended from Omnha to Ashland and then to Schuyler, and waB valued at .$80,000 u mllo Inst year from Omaha to Ashland, and at $42, 500 a mllo from Ashland to Schuyler. Now that part of tho lino from Ash land to Schuylor Is reduced to $30,000 n mile. Tho lino from Nobraska City to York by way of Lincoln waB formorly valued at $40,000 a mllo. Tho new valuation for tho samo lino from No brnska City to Lincoln 1b $35,000 a mile, and from Lincoln to York nnd to tho Wyoming stato lino 1b $51,000 n mllo. Union Pacific Company Fined $100, Tho Union Pacific Railroad com pany waB found guilty in Judgo Stow' art's division of district court of hav ing violated tho stato anti-pass law by Issuing and giving to Dr. Frank A 3raham a freo annual pass over Its linos for tho yoar 1908, and was lined 1100 and costs. Tho facts In tho caso woro stipulated. It was agreed that tho annual pass waB Issued to Dr, Graham, that ho doos not glvo tho major portion of his tlmo to tho ner vice of tho company, and that he Is not Included In any of tho exceptions enumerated In tho statute Burlington Crop Report. J. J. Cox, division freight agont for tho Burlington's Lincoln traffic divi sion, lssuod IiIb weekly crop report, showing the condition of crops on tho lines embraced In his territory. Tho showing mado 1b a good ono, rains have beon frequent, and moisture hnB fallon nil over tho Nebraska corn bolt. To Seine and Net Fish. Chief Gamo Wardon Gollus has Is sued licenses to a dozen or moro per boiib tti uelno and not fish In public waters In Nobraska. Tho HconseBnro Issued undor tho terms of H. R. No 224, by Noyse of Ca88, a bill which somo persons Interested In gamo and fish bellove may In a fow months re suit In undoing much of tho work dono by tho Btnto during tho past 20 years in stocking tho waters with fish The law permits tho uso of selno or not having a 2-lnch squnro mosh dur ing daylight from Juno 1 to Oct, 31 INCOME OF FARMERS. Is Small, According to Junken'a ln vestlgatlon. Tho action of tho railroad tax agentsi In Insisting that farm lands nro as sessed at only 75 per cent or less of their actual valuo, whllo tho railroads' aro assessed at a full valuo, and aro entitled to earn 0 per cent at loast on tho full value, has led to an Investiga tion by Secretary of State Junkln of the earnings of farm lands. Mr. Junkln wrote to the county clerks In Bomo 27 counties, and ho has received numerous replies. Tho. answers are to tho effect that farmers'1 reallzo an Incomo of from 2 to 5 por cont on tho assessed vnluo of tholr lands after nil icxpcnses nnvo neon' paid. Following is tho rato of interostj earned on tho assessed value of landB as shown In tho answers received toi dnto: Johnson county, 4 per cont; Wnahlngton county, llttlo loss than 4 per cont; Clny county, G per cent; Madison county, 4 per cent; Furnaa. county, 2 per cent; Frontlor county, C. per cent; Nnnco county, 4. to 5 per, cent; Richardson county, 6 por cent;, Buffalo county, 4 to 5 per cent; York) county, 4- to G per cent; Wnyno county, 34 to 4 por cont; JofferBon' county, 5 por cent; Saunders county, 5 por cent; Otoo county, 3 Pr cunt; 1 Pholps county, 3 to 4 por cont; I Keith county loss than G por cent in sovorai instances uio cuuniy clork wroto that tho lands In his county wero overvalued, Insofar as maklug Intorcst on un investment ia concerned, tho prices being raised by parties who hud bought placos for homes, rather than for Investments. Mr. Junkln asked tho county clerks, to consult with tho assessors nnd othors to sccuro tho Information.' From the Income of tho farm ho asked that there bo deducted Insur ance, taxes, tho keeping up of Im provements, and a reasonnblo amount for wnsto and diminish for tho fertil ity of tho soil. Ex-Convict Supplied Dope. August Mullcr, a convict In tho statopenltontlary, caught by Wardon Smith smuggling In morphine, mado affidavit that ho had received tho dopo from Georgo Sch'arton, un ox convict of Lincoln. County Attorney Tyrrell hns sworn to a complaint) against tho named. Nineteen ounces( of morphlno wero taken from Muller. Muller was a trusty under tho Into Wardon Boctnor, nnd tho lntter told Warden Smith that he was rellablo in, ovory way. For somo tlmo Muller had been In chargo of tho hog burn,' In which he slept, enjoying practical freedom. Warden Smith becamo suspicious somo days ngo and searched Muller for dope, but found none. Then tho wardon set n trap for his man and discovered where ho had hid olovon ouncoB of tho poison in tho barn. Mullor was then thrown In tho dun geon, with tho statement that he, would remain there until ho told nt what drug Btoro ho got tho dopo. For' several days tho man refused to dl-j vulge tho Information, but llnnlly hej mado his affidavit, implicating Schar ton. According to tho information rc-i celved by the warden, Mullor would sneak out of tho barn at night and' moot tho ex-convlct on tho ratlroadt track and pay him for tho poison nt the rato of 35 cents an ounce Ho would then bring It to tho prison and retail it to tho other convicts. Frank L. Dlnsmoro, who Is stowardi of tho hospital, was Bald to havo' bought flvo ounces from him at tho rate of $1 an ounce. In turn, Dins more retailed tho dopo at tho rato of from $3 to $5 nn ounce Wardon Smith has discovered that tho convicts havo a Bystom for got ting monoy from each other that bor ders on high finance Tho convict who has cash will oxchange It with anothor convict who has money com ing to him nt Uio ofllco nt tho rate of $1 for $2. This system mado It un necessary for. many of tho convicts to draw monoy at tho ofllco, but thoy simply had tho transfer mado on tho records of tho wnrden. Money for Soldiers' Homes. Gov. Shallenbergor has received two checks for $5,575 and $3,100 from the federal government for the support of tho soldiers' homes. The stato pro vides for tho maintenance ot tho homeo, tho federal government pro viding for the expenses of tho soldlors nt the rato of $100 por year per man. Pollard Will Speak. Secretary C. S. Palno, of tho Stato' Historical society, has secured tho consent of former Congressman Pol lard to deliver tho principal address at tho opening ot tho Mississippi Val loy Historical association, which is to bo held in St. Louis on Juno 17. Tho meeting of tho association will bo tholr second annual session nnd will Inst three days. Tho addross of wel come will bo delivered by Gov. H. S. Hndley of Missouri, and tho meetings will bo devoted to tho nddress of Mr. Pollard and to tho reading of pnpora on various phases of American his tory, particularly that portion of It re lating to tho Mississippi Valley. Military Orders Disobeyed. Adjutant General Hartlgan's orders for Company F of tho Second rogl mcnt to participate in tho -Memorial day oxorcl8oa In Lincoln woro dls oboyed by tho company nnd tho ndju. tant gonoral 1b up against the proposi tion of figuring on what punishment to meto out to tho soldlors. This com pany was ordered to report to tho com mnndor of tho post Grand Army of tho Ropubllc, and obey orders not in con flict with tho laws. Tho company failed to report and Its duties wera taken ovor by tho hospital corps.