Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
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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.