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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1909)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA R NOTE! CONDENSE 1 A Boiling Down of the More Impor tant Brents Here and There Foreign. Mall advices from Colombia roport n very critical condition of affairs In that republic. Ah tho result of the do parturo of President Reyes for Europo tho vorl6us political parties which a few months ogo seemed to bo united nro now completely disorganized, and thcro are Indications that Colombia Is on tho verge of a great rovolutlon. Tho Gorman potash syndicate has renewed Its agreement, Hermann Schmlttman nnd Ills son, Waldomar Schmlttmari, representing tho Aahor lebcn and Solstcdt mines, having af fixed their signatures to tho contract. A' portion of tho urmy -stationed at Uaranqullla took up arms against tho Colombian government, made prison ers of tho municipal authorities nnd proclaimed Gonzales Valoncla as tho president. A special dispatch from Bclgrado says that 250 Austrian soldiers and CO Austrian gendarmes havo been cap tured on a Servian Island In tho Illvcr Drlna, on tho frontlorv Tho Borvlan government lias protested to tho ad ministration at Vlonna against tho Intrusion. Tho British, Gorman nnd French bankers concomed In tho Hankow-Szc-Chuon railroad loan of $27,500,000 begun consideration of tho torms un der which Amorlcuns nro 'to bo ad mitted to participation. Samuol Gompors, president of tho Amorlcan Federation of Labor, was tho guest at n dlnnor given by tho labor party at tho English houso of commons. A young woman, who for ton days wiw caught In a cavo-la of n railroad tunnel at St. Gall, Switzerland, was dug out allvo. Sho suffered ngonlos of cold nnd hungor during this porlod, but managed to sustnln ltfo by sucking moisture from hor clothing, on which water occasionally trickled During tho recent fighting In front of Foz, botwoon tho forces of tho pretender nnd tho troops of tho sultan, fourteen of tho Imperial soldlors woro captured and docapltnted nnd tholr honds exposed In tho protondor's enmp. General. An Investigation of tho charges made by James It. Whoelor, a grndu ate of tho Cnrllnlo (Pn.) InHlan school, tho students woro crucly treated In that Institution was begun at Carllslo by Inspector 10. P. Holcomb" of tho buroau of Indian affairs. Jnmca Yadkin Joynor of North Car olina was chosen president of tho Na tional Educational association. Senator Aldrich had whip hand in tho scnato nnd sent all nttomptcd nmondmonts to tho tnblc, drawing to wnrds tho final voto. Customs officials will lmvo a hoavy task In adjusting to tho now tariff schedules if it is effective when signed. Tho Govornor of Nebraska may call nn extra session of tho loglslaturo to enact n now guaranty law. Tho crop roport of tho dopartmont of ngrlculturo shows grains In moro nourishing condition than tho nvor ngo In July. Tho Nebraska Liquor Dealers' asso elation has decided to go Into court nnd light tho early closing law. The suit will bo brought In Oauihn. It is said tho temporary In Junction granted by Judges Van Dovcntor and T, C. Mungor wll tlo up tho enforce meat of tho Nebraska bank guaranty law for a yoar, oven though It Is do- clarcd valid. Ernest W. 8. Plekhnrt of Now York died In a Loudon liotol on July I of an ovordoBo of a drug takon to lnduco sleep. Mr. Plekhnrt was tho divorced husband of tho Btopdaughtor of tho late Robert Itoosovolt, uncle of Tuco doro Itoosovolt. Commander John Hood has boon designated as tho head of tho board appointed to make a socond Inquiry into tho causo of tho death of Socond Lieutenant James M. Sutton of tho Mnrlno Corps at Annapolis, In Octo bor, 1907. Tho Htoamor Carolina milled from San Junn for Now York, having on board all tho American school toach crs who taught In Porto Rico last yoar, undor contract. Wages of tho 3,000 men and boys employed In tho plant of tho Mary land Stool company at f-pnrrows Point woro Increased 10 por cent Tho sonato worked on Indopond onco day, It being tho twelfth tlmo In the history of tho country that this high leglslatlvo body so mot. Oscar Straus, who wbh recently ap pointed Amorlcan ntnbnsHador to Tur koy, soiled for his now post nt Con' Rtnntlnoplo. Prosldont Tnft, If tho tariff bill Is out of tho way by August 1, will visit a number of wostorn states, Including Washington nnd the Alaska-Yukon Pacific exposition. Washington, D: C, 80t an examplo for tho rost of tho country in n trnfo and sano celobratton. In Now York 4 woro killed nnd 332 fnjnrcd as the price of Fourth of July patriotism. Carrying four great boxes of E. H. Harrlman's fnvorlto olgars, thrco of his children, Mary, Caroline nnd Ro land Balled on tho Kron Prlnz Wll helm to Join him In Europe Moro Outlaw Chief nnd tho wholo of hla band have been wiped out In tho Philippines. Tho Germnti nnd Austrian railroad authorities have informed Russia that they nro nbout to take steps to lnstl tuu n quaranttno on tho frontier gainst cholera. President Tnft paid high tribute to tho federal constitution in his spooch at Lake Champlnln. Tho American Woman Suffrage as sociation decided to establish na tional headqunrtorfl In Now Ydrk City, Harvard was vlctorlus lu tho threo bont races against Ynlo on tho Now ,ondon, Conn., course. Employes of tho bureau of ongrnv- ng and printing havo been placed on per diem Instead of monthly payroll. Chnrgcd with using tho United States mall for lottery purposes threo Chinese shops In Washington wero raided and tholr proprietors arrested. Rear Admlrnl William F. Pottor who commanded the fourth division of tho Atlantic battleship fleet on Us voyage around tho World, last week becamo chief of tho bureau of naviga tion, relieving Rear Admiral John 13. Plllsbury, retired. Tho United Stntos and Nlcnraguu are hopeful of reaching nn amicable understanding on tho Emery claim. Prof. Ijuls T. Mooro of Cincinnati, who, it Is understood, will sppnd tho summer with IiIb sister-in-law, Mrs. Tnft, has arrived nt tho summor cap ital In Uovorly. Tho man and woman who committed suicide by rowing a bont ovor tho dnm n tho 8t. Josoph river nt South Bend, Ind., wero II. Llndoman and wlfo of Chicago, Thoy wero on tholr bridal trip. An order was Issued nt 1'lttsburg. by tho local board of tho United Mlno Workers of America Instructing tho striking minors In tho Kansas dis trict, 8,000 in number, to return to work. President Taft hopes to mako n western trip this summor, providing tho tariff bill can bo cleared up by August 1. Tho Alaska-Yukon-Pacinc exposition nt Scnttlo will bo the pres ident's destination. Ho will visit Omaha either going or returning. A tontatlvo Itinerary nnd program is bo ing made nut. Washington. Tho sonato will bo roprosontcd in tho conference on tho tariff bill by eight men, llvo republicans nnd threo democrats, all of whom will bo select ed according to seniority of member ship on tho committee on finance. Senators Aldrich, Burrows, Ponroso, Halo and Ctillom will bo tho republi cans, nnd Senators Daniel, Monoy nnd Unlloy tho democratic members of tho conforonco commltteo on tho part of tho sonato. Cynlcnlly disposed statesmen nro opining thnt tho effort to Bavo from $30,000,000 to $50,000,000 n year In tho oxponso of tho federal government will not only full, but that within tho noxt threo yoars thoro will bo a largo upward turn in tho national budget. In connection with tho bureau of plant industry of tho department of agriculture tho forest sorvico hau boon cnrrylng on a aorles of oxperl- monts relative to-tho ro-seedlng of overgrazed areas upon tho national forests In tho wobL Unltqd Stntos Sonntor A. I). Gum- mlnB of Iowa nnd members of tho Fifty-third roglment band, stationed nt Fort Dodge, will bo guests of honor nt the midsummer picnic arranged by tho Hawkeyo club of Spokane, Wash., at Nafcatorlum park thero on August 7. A lettor rocolved In Kansas City from Seerotnry of Agriculture Wilson announced tho govcrumqiSJwould par- ucipaio in iiui oxperimonts Doing con ducted thoro by Dr. G. J. Shllor, who Is attempting to find a cum for hog cholera. It Is stated an oxport on hogs will bo sent therofrom Wash ington. John W. HobertH of Lincoln has been appointed scientific assistant lu connection with agricultural dopart mont. G. E. Qampbell of Omaha wr.a appointed mcssougor in army head quurters In Omaha. Personal. Supremo Court Justico Ga'ynor do nlod tho motion recently mado boforo him for tho removal of tho Thaw In sanity hearing from Wostchostor county to Now York county Chancollor von Duolow will rosign boforo tho ndjournmout of tho Rolchs tng, according to tho roport in woll lu formed political circles. Mrs. Mory Larned Dorrnnco Aldrich, wlfo of Edward Burgess Aldrich, old' est son of Unltod Stntos Senator Nel son W. Aldrich, was granted u divorce from hor husband op tho ground of non-support. Unltod Stntos Immigration olllclnla at Soattlo arrosted Mrs. Vera Do Nolo, who arrived recently from Hongkong, charging thnt she Is not ontltled to on tor tho United States. Charged with using tho United States mails for lottory purposes, throq Clilneso Bhops woro raided lu Washing ton and tholr proprietors arrosted. Dr. Georgo W, Martin, prominent ns a priBon reform worker and ns chap lain nt state penal Institutions, died nt his homo in Lincoln, Neb. Ambnssador Bryco rosponded to a toast at tho banquet given in honor of Prosldont Tnft nt Champlnln tor centenary colebrntlon. T, L. MeWhltney, n woll writer, sponker and minister Christian church, died at Springs, Ohio. known of tho Fellow PRESIDENT'S ' JAUNT UNDERSTOOD HE WILL MAKE MANY STOPS ON THE WAY. TO TRAVEL BY SPECIAL TRAIN Is Being Bombarded With Requests for Visits and Speeches from All Kinds of Places. Washington. Indications multiply that Prosldont Toft's announced itin erary for his wostorn and southern trip this fall will bo materially ex tended. Tho president himself did not include in tho tontatlvo list which wns published nil of tho places whero ho expects to stop long enough to mako nn nddross nnd hold n brief car-end re ception. Tho ltlnorary was mado of thoso cities whero tho president will spond from ono to thrco days. Strong offortn will bo mado by con gressmen nnd stato officials to havo tho president Btop, at least for a few minutes, nt nil tho towns of npprecl nblo slzo through which his train will poss In tho daylight hours. Already tho prosldont hns boon bombnrded with such requests. Ho hnB suggested to nil his callers nnd correspondents that thoy tnko tho matter up with him later. During tho trips ho haa mado thus fnr tho president hns ndhorcd to tho- policy of Journeying In n slnglo prl voto car attached to regular trains. On his fnr western trip, however, whero trains nro run hcnvlor and nt longer Intervals than hero- In tho cast, It Is likely tho president will havo to follow tho policy oTlils predecessors In chartering a special train, especially If ho stops at tho smaller cities that dot tho way botween tho larger places ho will visit. Tho president expects to be nwny for two months on this trip, nud will carry n complement of Btcnogrnphers, clerks nnd telegraphers, In addition to his secretaries. Thus fnr tho presi dential party has been confined to tho chief oxccutlvo, Captain Archibald W. Butt, his military nld; Assistant Sec retary MIschlor, Major Arthur Brooks, who, in addition to bolng tho presi dent's confidential messenger,' Is com manding officer of tho First sopnrato butalton of colored troops in tho dis trict of Columbia; nnd two secret ser vice men, James Sloan, Tvho wbb with President Roosovolt for sovon years, and "Jack" Wheeler, who has accom panied Mr. Tnft slnco his election to ofllco. Tho portors nnd cook assigned to tho prosldont whenever ho travelB havo been traveling with presidents for a great many yoars. Will S. An dorson, tho porter, was promoted to presidential ucrvlce In 1001, and was with President Roosevelt on nil of his travels. J. C. Broadbus, chef to the president whllo on routo, began tils presidential sorvico under Mr. McKIn- loy, nnd has caused both President Roosovolt nnd President Tnft to mar- vol nt tho wonderful meals ho turns out of tho tiny kitchen lltle bigger than cIoboIs which prlvato cars carry. Tho third mombor of tho crow, E. B. Lotchor, hns also seen sorvico undor threo presidents. Lotchor usually acta ns waiter. DOWNWARD OR A VETO. President Will Talk Plainly to Tariff Conferees. Wnshlngton.--Wlth tho tariff bHl In tho house and conforonco committees of tho two houses appointed tho scono of turlff legislation Is changed to tho tonforenco room.' It Is understood that President Tnft will toko up tho tariff bill with tho conforonco commltteo and will plainly stato tho position of tho ndmlnlstra- tlon. Substantial reductions In tho moro lmportnnt schedules on ono hand nnd veto on tho other confronts tho conforoos. Senate Amendments Rejected. Washington. Tho tariff question hns boon shifted from both houses of congress to u conforonco commltteo. Aftor ono hour nnd a half debate tho houso on Frldny, by n voto of 178 to 151, mado a rulo wheroby nil of tho 817 amondmouts of tho sonato wore dlsagroed to and tha conforonco re quested by tho sonato granted. Eighteen republicans voted ngalnat tho rulo and ono domocrnt for It. Sugar Boodter Kills Himself. To?;lo. M. Snkno, prosldont of tho Japan Sugar compnny, convicted dur ing" tho recent trial of tho so-called scandal cases, committed sulcldo by shooting himsolf through tho head with a rovolvor, Sakao was ono of tho twonty-throo porsonB on whom sontonce was pronounced. Weston Begins Last Lap. Sacramonto, Cal. With 10S miles of the 3,975-mllo wnlk, from Now York to San Francisco, still boforo him, Ed ward Payson Weston rostod Sunday nt Rosovllle, olghtccn miles north of horo. Ho will start on his last lap nt 5 o'clock Monday morning, Secures a Gift to Nebraska. Washington. Tho navy dopartmont has promised Roprosontatlvo Klnkald, lu nnswer to a request on behalf of tho Nebraska authorities, thnt the llgurohood of tho battloahlp Nebraska will bo loaned to tho state capltol or tho state university museum. Tho stato will havo to pay transportation charges, but tho government will dc tho rost. Whllo it will bo nominally a loan and subject to recall at any tlmo, It will In effect amount to a gift, ns Uioro Is small chance thr.t U ovor will ho recalled, NEBRASKA NEWO AND NOTES. Items of Interest Taken From Here and There Over the State, 1 en thousand pcoplo celebrated nt Crelghton on tho Fourth. Thero wero mnuy enthusiastic cole bratlons In Nobraska on tho Fourth. Grand Island had no formal celebra tion, but on tho 3d and Gth horse-racing was on tho progrnm. FIro, starting from some unknown causo, caused about $500 worth of damage to ono of the now barracks at Fort Robinson. York county formers hnvo reason to rcjolco ovor tho great prospects of another bumper crop, making tho thirteenth big crop in succession. Tho Republican City bank, which hai been run for tho last twonty-throo years by- J. S. Glfford, was Bold last week to tho Commercial State bank' of that place. j Tho westorn part of Merrick county Is reviving from n smallpox scare Several families wero quarantined In tho oxtremo west end, nnd for sovornl Sundays tho churches nt Polinor woro closed. Tho dlsoaso wns tho genuine article, but did not appenr in tho ag gravated form. Cloronco Cain, who has given tho pollco in Beatrice considerable trouble Is conflnod in tho county Jail, liavlng boon arrested after ho Btabbcd Edward Johnson, n relative, in tho breast with a knlfo. Miss Nettle Jacquos of Springfield, who Is attending tho collogo at Fre mont, sustained n broken limb whllo attempting to move a steam radlator- Hor right limb was fractured between tho kneo and auklo. Mnry Johnson of Shelton, tho 18- yoar-old daughter of J. R. Johnson, who wns burned by tho explosion of n can of kerosonc, when her sister Eva was burned to death, died after twelve hours of intense suffering. Tho department store of Rycrsori Bros, at Broken Bow suffered a severe loss by flro and water. Jt Is not known poBltlvoly how tho flro started, as It Is supposed to havo been caused by spontaneous combustion. City Electrician J. B. Cossto of Fre mont barely escaped death In that place, sustaining a shock of electricity of 2,300 volts, and but for somo waste that ho held In his hand, ho would havo undoubtedly been killed. Forty yoars ago on July 5th ground was brokon for tho Burlington & Mis souri rallwny In Nebraska. It was nt 11 o'clock If? the morning of July 5th, I860, that tho.llrst shovelful of dirt was thrown at Plnttsmouth. Dodgo Dlorgy, of Blue Hill, a boy of 12 years, will probably dlo aa tho ro suit of a Fourth of July accident He had his right hand torn .off as tho re sult of n premature explosion of a sky rocket. It is said ho cannot llvo. As tho result of n long feud, Involv ing a dlvorco suit and tho marrlngt of tho wife to tho other man, Thomas L. Groflus was shot and seriously wounded at Shelton by Andy Trout. nnd but for his own quickness might hnvo been killed, " When Earl Hnndly, a negro, slashed S. Crawford of Deadwood, S. D. acrpsi tho face with a razor at Wahoo, s crowd threatened to lynch him. The nogro was hurried to the county Jail boforo tho gathering had a chanco to harm him. James Goff, who was injured by b lng caught In nu elevator at tho Mor- ton-Grjgson packing plant In Nobrnskt City somo six weeks ago and badly crushed nbout tho head, has brought suit ngalnat tho pocking company for $20,000. A flro nt Beldon In tho dry goods Btoro of Westropo & Harpor wiped out nn entlro block of tho town. Tho post offlco burned, Martln'a Jowolry storo, n pool hall, a saloon, n hardware store and a milk depot woro ontlroly con sinned. Tho loss will amount to $75,000 Tho community In and about Stroma burg is considerably alarmed- ovor ar epidemic or spinal meningitis, ovoi twenty ensos having boon reported tc tho physlclnns within a fow days. Th patlontH aro nltogother among tho chll dron nnd only milder symptoms of the dlseaso havo so far been manifested About six feet moro of tho mammoth tusk discovered at Indlnnoln n fow days ago, was takon out nt Indlanolt a fow days ago, was takon out last week by workmon. About twolvo feel of tho tusk haa been unearthed. Tht larger end Is ulno Inches lu diameter Sevornl other smnll bones wore found but no indications of n skeloton hni been discovered. Tho Nebraska Experiment station hnB Just lsBticd Bulletin No. 110 witb a roport on tho Nobraska Seed Loborn tory. Tho bulletin may bo had fro of cost by rcaidonts of NobrnBka on application to tho Agricultural Exporl mont station, Lincoln, Nebr. This bul letln contains n largo amount of lnfor matlon concerning agricultural seeds together with descriptions and Illustrn Hons of tho moro common weed seeds Georgo Elliott, who killed n man ic Omnho a number of years ago, wni reloascd from tho stato prison on Fourth of July pardon. Jacob Frahm tho second cnndldato for cloraoncy failed to score. Frahm la tho oldest prisoner In tho penitentiary. Ho wai wont thoro" for tho murdor of hla wlfo It la said that ho does not want tc leave tho priBon. Ho is now over 7( years old nnd has spent tho last flftceC yours of his llfo Insldo tho gray walls Cuming county's railroad assessment this yoar amounts to $267,305, nt against $269,022 for 1008, a gain o $8,282. Tho total-assessment of nil property In Cuming county for t90l amounts to $0,337,510, as against $0, 204,45,1 In 1908, a gnln of $73,059 foi tho year. Quito n sensation followed tho nn nouncemcnt of tho mnrrlngo of W. B Ralston of Republican City, a proml nont denlor In ronl estato nnd pianos to his ndoptod sister, Floronco, n beau tIMI girl of about lfj summons, whleb took placo two years ngo In Omaha Tho matter Uad boon kojjt secret. II TEST OF SAMPLES INVESTIGATIONS BY THE NE- BRA8KA SEED LABORATORY. RESULTS THAT WERE SECURED State Board of Assessment Completes the Work of Valuation of -Railroads. The experiment stntlon bullotln No. 110 presents In a popular form tho most Important results secured by the Nebraska Seed Laboratory from tho time of its establishment to July i, 1908, togcthor with a statement show ing tho various tests made up to May 1, 1909. A grand total of 403 samples was received and 630 different tests mado during the first' year nnd 617 samples nnd 950 tests during the second year up to May 1, 1909. Over 60 por cent of theso snmplca wero received from tho fnrmcrs nnd seedsmen of Ne brnska. Alfalfa. Tho 201 samples of alfalfa examined varied In purity from 50 por cent to 5)9 por cent; lu germination from 66 per cent to 100 per cent nnd contained from 0.1 por cent of inert matter' nnd from 0 por cent to 36 per cent of foreign seed. Four speclea of dodder wero found in varying amounts. Ono Bamplo at alfalfa con- tnlned over 9 per cent of dodder and If this seed hod been Bown nt tho rnto of 10 pounds to tho ncrc thcro would hnvo been sown 16,305 dodder seeds to the square rod. Buckhorn, wild carrot, wild chicory, lamb's quarters nnd tho seeds of nbout 75 other weeds wero found in tho alfalfa samples'. Rod Clover Tho 61 samples of red clovor examined varied in purity from 75 per cent to 99 per cent; in germina tion from 67 per cont to 100 per cent and contained from 0.3 per cent to 12 per cent inert raattor and frOni 0.1 per cent to 22 per cont foreign seed Clovor dodder seeds were' found in ofght of these samples and a total of over 70 other moro or leas noxious weed seeds woro found in the vorious clovor samples. Buckhorn, for ex- nmple, wns prosent In nearly 50 per cent of the cloyor snmplea. Bromo Grass Tho 26 samples of nwnloss bromo grass examined varied in purity from 33 per cont to 96 per cont; In germination from 0 per cent to 86 per cent nnd contained from 2 per cent to 46 per cent Inert matter and from 0.1 per cent to 56 por cont foreign need. Tho vnrlous spocloa of wheat grass aro most frequently found In nwnloss bromo gross, though com mon client and other sorts of bromo grnss of little or no valuo are ofton present. Puro Seeds and Suro Seeds Farm ers should not buy nnd plant weed. seeds. The Nebraska Seed Lnbora tory Is prepared to undertake, without cost, tho s"tudyof any samples of seed Bent to It for tho purpose of determin ing tho following points: 1. Presenco of adulterants or dod der. 2. Mechanical purity. 3. Gormlnatlon. . Tho bullotln may bo obtained free of cost by writing tho Nebrnska Ex periment Stntlon, Llncolu, -Nob., nnd asking for Bullotln No. 110. Franchises Are Assessed. Tho atnto board of assessment met nnd comploted tho work of plnclng o, valuation on tno franchise and rolling stock of the various railroads. This valuntlon will bo distributed to tho various towns of tho slate jjpder the tormlnal tax low according to mlloago of tho railroads. The actual valuo por mile of tho franchise nnd rolling stiok of the Union Pnclflc and Its branches Is tho snmo as last year, whllo tho North westorn la Increased from $10,0l)0v.n mllo to $11,500 a mile. Tho Missouri Pnclflc Is decreased on Its main line from $18,000 a mllo to $10,000. Both of Its branches nro also decreased Tho following table shows the value of tho franchise nnd rolling stock per mllo of tho vorious rallronds of Ne braska fixed by the Btato board of equalization: 1908. Union Pacific $07,500 Omaha & Hep. Vnlloy Hr... 20,000 Kearney brunch v ir,,000 Central City brunch 10.000 North Platte branch 2.000 Chicago & Northwestern... 1O.C00 C, St. 1'.. M. ,fc O f&.OOO C. St. 1'.. M. & O. extunslon fi.roo Uock lslmnl 25.000 St. Joo line 18,000 NoMon lino 12,000 Missouri-I'nclflc. 7 18.000 Missouri I'aclllc extension. , 19.000 Lincoln branch 19.000 Creti brunch 16,500 KiiH, City & North western. . 8.000 1'ncltlc lty. In Nebraska. . . 5,000 St. Joseph & Uock Islam!,. 10.000 11)09. JG7.500 .'fi.000 i.-.ooo 10,000 2.000 11.003 18.00.1 r.,ooa 25,000 18.00C 12.000 ifTooc 17,000 17.0CC 13.59!) fi.000 3.50C li. one Tho Burlington systom wns assessed different this year from last. Last year the assessment . ranged from $3,000 to $55,000 a mile and this year tho nssossmcnt ranges from $50,000 to $3,000. Extra Session Probable. "Should tho fedornl court mnko per manent tho temporary Injunction ngalnst tho bnnklng law going Into of feet, It Ib my Intention to call n ape clnl soBslon of the loglslaturo Immn. dlotoly after tho decision Is known.' Gov. Shnllonborger mado this state mont.. "Tho decision will sot out jus what la wrong with tuo.presont Iav nnd thou It will bo nn easy inuttor to proparo n bill In nccordnnco with ih decision. 1 seo no necessity forfait' ing until tho Btipromo court of tho United States passes on the questloa.' CHOSINQ OF JUDGES. Secretary of State Junkln Gives Some Instructions. County clerks havo been Instructed by Secretary of Stato Junkln to in cludo stnto officers In getting out their election notlcoa. Thla means that un- Icbb tho Biipreme court overrules tho decision of tho Lnncnater district court In declaring unconstitutional tho non nnrtlsau Judiciary act. candldntos for Bttpremo Judge and regents of tho Btnto university will bo nominated at prl- mary elections. Numerous county clerks hnvo cnlled tho seerotnry over tho telophono and have wrltton him for instructions nnd ono of them wlfbn Instructed to includo tho Btato ofilcors replied that tho gov ernor had not yet Issued n proclama tion for a nrlmary election. Tho secre tary of stato holds this makes no dif ference. Tho secretary has been man- dnmused to place tho name of John M. Regan on a primary ballot aa a repub lican candidate for supromo Judge and ho will follow tho Instructions or tno lower court unless this decision Is set aside by the supromo body. To Study Fish Diseases. Dr. H. B. Ward of Nebraska univer sity, accompanied by Georgo La Ituo of Spencer, In., n university student, and Edward Davis of Lincoln, also a uni versity student, havo started on a trip to AlaBka for the purpose of studying tho disensea of tho Balmon. They ox- pect to bo gono until Septembor 1 and will travel over a great deal of Alaskan llshlng.-tcrrltory. Dr. Ward goes undor tho direction of tho government bureau of fisheries and tho expenses of himself nnd ono of tho boyB la borne by tho govern ment. Tho Unlvcralty of Nebraska bears tho expenso of tho other assist ant Ab a result tho university will ecelvo a largo number of valuoblo speclmonB. Tho party will bo given asslstanco not only by tho government, but by nil tho largo salmon cannors, who nro Interested In tho work. Fleets of boats will bo at thplr command, as woll as tho nld of a number of expert fishermen. Tho salmon, according to Dr. Ward, hnvo been suffering from a largo num bor of diseases which aro rapidly de creasing tho supply. It Is to find somo moans of checking and preventing tho sprend of theso diseases that Dr. Ward is being seut on this mission. Ho is a well-known oxport along this line, his work-in connection with tho white fish Industries on tho groat lakes being especially commended. New Laws Ready. Tho first copies of tho session laws wero received by tno secretnry or stato last week from Timothy Sedg wick. Tho book la smaller than that of two ycara ago, cost less and Is printed on book paper and Is pro nounced by tho secretary of stnto to bo tho best looking yet turned out in that line. Burlington Wants Rehearing. The Burlington rood has asked the supromo court for a rehearing In tho Wllber I. Cram case, wherein tho court upheld the constitutionality of the act of 1907 which roulres llvo Btock trains to movo nt tho rate of eighteen miles an hour on main lines nnd twelve miles an hour on branch roads. Judge Bnrncs dissented from tho opinion of the corut. Live Stock Pavilion. Tho Stnto Fair board will buy tire piles and drive them in order to havo a solid foundation for its now llvo Btock pavilion. Tho prlco asked for the piles by the contractors wnB moro than the board thought it could afford o pay, so It Bccured thom nt a cheaper rato by uoing ita own ouying. Good Wheat In Hitchcock County. Tho labor bureau bee received word from Hitchcock county that L. B. Har rison of near Trenton has 200acre of wheat which will avorago thirty bushels to tho acre, Mr. Harrison ex pects to receive $1 a bushol for his wheat, which tho labor commissioner believes, taken altogether, makes an extremely good showing for Hitchcock county. Want to Raise Rates. Lincoln. Tho application of the rail roads for permission to ralso the rotes on milled feed to tho same rntc that applies on raw feed from Humphrey, Norfolk, Albion nnd Oakdalo to Omnhn was heard beforo tho railway commis sion. With It was Incorporated tho pe tition of tho roads to mako tho Mis souri Pacific put Its flour rato on a par with Its whoat rato from Croto to Omaha. Call for Health Records. Gov. Shallenbcrgor and Attorney Genoral Thompson of tho stnto board of health passed a resolution calling upon tho board of aecrotarles of tho board to turn over tho records to tho sow board of secretaries appointed by tho governor undor tho now law. Motor Car Without Smoker. Tho state railway commission gavo pormlBslon to tho Northwestern to run Its motor car between Lincoln and Fremont without a Binoklng compart ment. Tho now law provides a smok ing compnrtment and toilet room on nil cars, but It speelflea that tho stato railway commission may set asido tho law If the railroad can show the samo la not necessary. v Says Assessment is Too Low. Attached to tho history of n bond issue of the village of Cambridge is a certified statement from tho village clerk, W. J. Holloy, to the effect that for bond Issuo purposes and for tnxa tlon purposes tho property of the vll; logo haa a different valuation. Tho part of tho certified statement bearing ou that subject Is as follows: Tha nu Bossod value of roal estate nnd per sonal and other property, equalized In 1908, iRj'loa.nS. Tho assessed vnlua tlon iK'-the same as returned by tho assessor for 1008.