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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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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.