HIE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
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WORTH PLATTE, . . NED1U8ICA
A Coiling Down of the More Impor
tant Events Here and Tlierc
Foreign.
A now dlrlglblo torpedo recently
planned by u Swedish Inventor lints
uroused great Interest In Swedish
naval circles. The torpodo Is operated
by oloctrlclty.
Tho Hnsslan embassy lit Constant!
noplo baB addressed a ahurp noto to
tho port, calling the attention of tho
Turkish authorities to tho advance of
Turkish troops into Persian torritory,
north of Uromlah, and requesting
their immediate withdrawal.
The Biiffragottos in Holloway Jail,
London, who lmvo been making trot
bio for tho authorities by refusing to
comply with tho prison regulations,
hnvo been ordered conllned to their
colls for a porlod of 24 hours. But
hoir spirits do not appear to bo do
pressed, and they nro as determined
ns over to rofuse to work or submit
willingly to tho treatment usually ac
corded to criminals.
Tho Peruvian govornmont hns given,
orders that passogo money bo ad
vanced to nil Peruvian subjects in
Bolivia who deslro to leavo tho coun
try on account of tho ill feeling en
gendered by tho arbitration award of
President Alcortn or Argentina In tho
boundary dlsputo botwoon tho two
countries.
Cbancollor Von Buelow will resign bo
fora tho adjournment of tiio rolchstag,
according to tho report In woll in
formed political circles, A soml
ofllclal noto, published In tho Koel
ntscho Xoltung, gives similar indica
tions. Count Casimlr iladenl, former Aus
trian premier, died at Vienna, Count
Casimlr Badonl wbb born in Poland
in 1840. Ho studied law, untorcd tho
Austrian civil sorvlco and bocamo
governor of Austrlan-Pdland,
KITES
CONDENSED
Qenoral.
Albort Itynn of Colorado, an organ
izer of tho Western Federation of
MlnorB, shot and killed II. F. Bnydor,
and fatally wounded Otto Miller, a
portor, at tho United States hotel in
Los Angeles,
' Kormlt Roosovelt, son of tho ox
prosldont, Bhot a hlppopotnniUB.
John T. Mjlllkon, St. Louis, cleaned
up ?300,000 In n recent wheat doal.
Detroit was soloctod as noxt ycar'B
convontlon city by tho oxocutlvo board
of tho Cnthollo Educatlonnl Associa
tion, and tho dates wore fixed as July
G, 0 and 7.
Prosldont Diaz of Moxlco will come
to El Paso, Tox., to confor with Pros!
dent Taft upon tho occasion of tho
lattor's western tour this fall.
At tho eloso or tho first day of regis
tration for tho SpoUano, Coour
D'Alono and Flathead reservation
lands It Is-ostlmntod that 28,000 appli
cations wore filed.
A stato oniqlal with a mathematical
turn of mind has Jlgurod t out that
tho rccont Hoods in Kansas havo cost
tho people moro thnn $1,000,000.
Congress will bo asltod at tho in
Btnnco of Prosldont Taft to authorlzo
tho issuanco of bonds to tho oxtent of
tho latest estimate of tho cost of tho
Panama cnunl.
Upon conviction by court martial for
passing bogus checks and falling to
pay hlB debts, Major Charles J. T.
Clark, Twonty-slxth Infantry, has boon
dismissed from tho army.
Kyolyn Thaw was again on tho wit
hobs stand and said hor husband had
threatened to kill her whon hp got
freo.
Tho Persian shah has takon rofugo
In tho Russian legation, nud his cos
sacks aro negotiating mirroudor,
"As soon us tho tariff Is out of tho
way," said Juntos J, Hill, tho railroad
magnate, "this country will onjoy a
prosporlty which will at loast equal If
it does not surpass that which It know
under tho McKlnloy administration.
Prosldont Taft called tho tariff con
foronco loadors Into consultation and
told them tho corporation tax mimt
innko good.
A call haB boon Issued by Chntrman
Warren Kolfor for a republican Btato
convention to bo 'hold In Lincoln, Nob.,
on July 27.
Dotrolt was solectcd ns next year's
convontlon city by tho oxocutlvo board
of tho Cnthollo Educational associa
tion and tho dates woro fixed as July
6, C and 7.
Tho Phllllplno tariff bill passed by
the senato last wook provldoB for du-
tics on noarly 400 artlclos imported
by those islands.
Fifteen thousand men with decorat
ed floats and carrlngos forming a lino
moro than four miles In length com
posed tho groat Elks pnrado In Los
Angeles.
Paris , thcators jiavo raised their
price of admission, whereat there Is
great protest.
Tho Homo Trlbuna anya Arch-Dlshop
Farley of Now York will bo created a
cardinal at tho consistory to bo hold
in November.
Tho tariff conferees ngreed on new
cuBtom court except ono provision,
and dispute over drawback provision
of law.
A falling building In Philadelphia
killed soven people.
Tho Kotnll Lumber Dealors' associa
tion of Mississippi and Louisiana was
sued In tho ennncory court of Holmes
county at Lexington, Miss., under tho
nntl-trun stntuto for tho recovery of
ponnltloB aggregating $11,181,000.
Stnto troops woro called out to koop
ordor among 3,000 rioting stool work
ers nt Pittsburg, Pa.
A conference at tno whlto house re
sulted In conclusion to reduce corpo
ration tax from two to ono per cent.
Tho Btory of a recent fight of Philip
pine constabulary with Moro outlaw
has reached Amcrlcn.
A wind storm at St. Louis was de
structive to property.
Flro at Duluth, Minn", destroyed
$500,000 worth of lumber. ,
When tho Pnclfh coast Unitarian
conforonco affirmed Its approval of
tho MothodlBt platform, It chnnged
two words In plank No. 1 to commit
tho Unltnrlnn church to woman suf
frage. Civil sorvlco employes aro anxious
to have .congress Investigate tho sys
tem, for they bollevo they will got bet
tor salaries.
If dopartinonta nt Washington wnnt
to show low estimates noxt winter
they must not expect congressional
relief.
Dolaya in harvesting In tho wheat
bolt has caught warohouso men short
and boosted wheat seven cents a
bushel. ,
Two powerful banks in Chicago hnvo
united, giving thorn a financial power
of $83,000,000.
Conforonco committee on tho tariff
Is working night nnd day, but rofuses
to divulge details of work.
Oormnny hns raised tho tax on beer,
tobacco and brandy.
Mombors of congress seo no hopo
of Insnrgont buccoss and predict coin
ploto Aldrlch victory on tnrlff com
promise. Prosldont Tnft speaks favorably of
tho plan to connect church nnd gym
niuilum, and prnlsos tho worker whose
vacation Is short.
Congressman Klnknld has persuaded
tho secretary of tho navy to loan No
braBkn tho flguroheud of the battle
ship Nebraska.
Moro than 4,000 Western Union tele
graph polos In Iowa were broken by
the recent storms and Hoods through
out tho stato.
Wolgast and Nolaon fought a ton
round bout ut Los Angolos, tho for
mor getting much tho hotter of it.
Dolegntcs of a number of Now York
business nssoclatlotiB will go to Wash
ington to urge thnt n tariff commis
sion bo Incorporated us a part of tho
'arlff bill.
There Is about to como from tho
pross an 8,000-word booklet by Mrs.
Mary Coploy Thnw of Pittsburg, deal
ing with tho case of hor son, Harry K.
Thaw.
Washington.
Tho rovolutlon In Colombia 1b at an
end, nccordlng to a message which
was rceolvod by Senor Gustnnn. Co.
lomblan chnrgo d'affalrs, who rushed
immediately with It to tho stato de
partment. A shnko-up In tho personnol of com
morco nnd labor took plnco whon np
proxlmutoly 100 omwloyos woro ro-
duced, nnd tho resignations of nbout
ton outers woro nccoptod. This ac
tion wns tnkon by Secretary Nagol as
a rosult of nn tnvostlgntlon Into "tho
olllcloncy" record of tho omnlovoB In
his department.
Hon. Church Howo, consul gonoral
nt Mnnchestor, Englnnd, arrived In
Washington. Mr. Howo haB roturnod
to tho United States upon a lonvo or
ubsonce, nnd nftor trnnsnctlng BOtno
business In connection with his ofllco
will start for Nebraska to snond tho
rcmnlndor of his leavo at homo.
All discrimination Is not forblddon
by tho net to rcgulnto commorco, but
only such dlBcrlmlnntlon ns is undue.
This, In effect, was a doclslon of tho
intorstnto Commorco commission nn
nouncod In tho enso or tho Morbock
Domor company against tho Baltitnoro
& Ohio railroad and tho PonnBylvnnln
railroad.
Presldont Tnft was prcRontcd with
a "big ntlck," a bludgeon six feot long
and shaped much like tho big omblom
of Roosovoltlan authority, which be
came famoiiB In cartoons during tho
Inst administration. Tho donor was
J. 11. Forbos of Ottawa, KaB.
As an Indorsomont o? his stand dur
ing tho qisctiBslon of tho tariff, tho
Union Loaguo club of Chicago has In
vited Sonator Dolllver to address tho
annual dinner of tho club, Washing
ton's birthday, Fobruary 22, 1910. Tho
Invitation has boon accepted.
By tho dcclslvo voto or 317 to 14,
moro than tho necessary two-thirds,
tho houBo passed tho sonnto Joint
rosolutlon providing for tho submlB
s.on of tho Income tax amendment
question to tho stntoa. Tho ncijntlvo
votes woro all cast by republicans.
Tho resolution now gooa to tho presi
dent for his signature.
Personal.
Charloa It. Crnno of Chicago, vlco
presldont of tho Crnno Elovator Com
pany, has boon clioson by President
Tnft ns tnliilBtor to China.
James U. Santmls hns boon elected
Exnlted Ruler of tho Elks.
Prosldont Tnft announces that hla
datos for tho trip boglnnlng Sopt. 16
nro llnblo to revision.
Twonty-ilvo thousand dollarB will bo
at ProBldont Tnft'B disposal on his
westorn tour.
Rockoreller has decldod noarly all
his property In Clovoland to hla son.
Terry McGovorn, onco foathor
wolght champion, is a physical wreck
and hns boon tnkon to snnitnriuni.
Tho Roosovelt oxpodltlon which hna
boon hunting for tho Inst ilvo wooka
In tho Sotlk district, arrived at tho
farm of Captntn Richard Attonborough
on tho south ahoro of lnko Nnlvnslm.
Gov. Johnson of Minnosotu who hna
pnsscd through soveral operations, Is
said to bo lmprowlng.
El OF THE TARIFF
PRESIDENT WILL PROBABLY SIGN
NEXT WEEK.
FREE IRON ORE AND OIL
These and Other Items Will Be Taken
Up by the Conference at an
Early Day,
Washington. Tho republican con
ference commlttoo Sonatora Aldrlch,
Burrows, Penrose, Halo and Cullom,
nnd Representatives Payno (N. Y.),
Dnlzoll (Pa.), McCall (Mass.), Boutol
(III.), Caldcrhend (Knn.) and Fordnoy
(Mich.) is now near tho end of its
deliberations on tho tnrlff bill nnd Its
report Is expected to bo comploted by
tho latter part of this week. How long
It will take tho senato and tho hotiHo
to pass finally upon tho work of tho
conforonco committee nnd whnt will bo
tho ultimate fnto of tho mensuro na a
wholo Is tho subject of vnrylnfc conjec
ture, but tho gcnernl Impression In
quarters usually woll Informed Is that
tho report or tho commltteo will bo
ndoptcd by both houses and will reach
tho hands or tho president early next
wook.
Most people horo expoct that Presi
dent Tnft will sign tho bill. Ho, hint
self, caused a Hurry throughout con
gress last Friday night by tho Ibsuo
or what amounted to nn Inrormal mes
sage to congress, In which ho rotter
atcd his conviction thnt tho national
platform of tho republican party meant
and tho sentiment of tho people as a
wholo demanded, a bona Hdo down
ward revision of tho tariff.
In all probability tho flvo subjects
which havo received President Taft'8
porsonal attontloulron ore, coal, oil,
hides and lumbor will bo takon up by
tho conferees during tho latter part of
tho preBont weok. Thoro aro a num
ber of paragraphs In tho bill which
cannot be disposed or until rates aro
determined for tho subjects named.
Proceeding on tho assumption that Iron
ore and oil will bo plnced on tho freo
list, and that existing duties on coal,
hides and lumber will bo materially
reduced, tho conferees aro preparing
nmondmonts to ho offered on artlclos
rotated to tho foregoing raw materials.
In cotiBcqttcnco all of these subjects
may bo disposed of Immediately after
duties have boon determined for tho
moro Important subjects.
Outsldo of tho questions which nro
receiving tho porsonal attention of
Presldont Taft, tho greatest difficulty
anticipated relates to tho wood pulp
and print papor schedule. On account
of tho statement of Representative
Mann, who was chalrmau of tho spe
cial commltteo whllo investigating this
wholo subject nnd reported reduced
rntos to tho houso, that ho would voU
against tho conforonco roport unless
tho vlows or his special commltteo
wero recognized, tho conferees have
delnyed tho disposition of this sched
ule. Tho houso will bo in session Mon
day and will probably adjourn until
Thursday.
Tho senato moots Tuesday and may
adjourn until Friday unless thero np
ponra a prospect or a roport front tho
conforonco commlttoo by Thursday.
Nothing of Importance except tho em
ergency bill is beforo congress. This
measuro may bo passed by tho houso
Monday, but If It is not It Is plnnncd
to hnvo a senato scbsIoii on Tuesday.
8HAH DOWN AND OUT.
Sultan Ahmed Mlrza Takes Up Reins
of Government.
Tohoran. Mohamed All, shah of
Persia, waa dethroned Frlilny and' the
crown prince, Sultan Ahmed Mlrza,
waa proclaimed shah by tho National
Assembly, composed of tho chiof
MuJtohlds and tho leadors of tho na
tionalist forces, In tho presenco or an
lmmonao crowd in Pnrllatnont aquaro.
Mohamed All has taken rofugo in
tho Russian summer legation at Zcr
zondo, where ho Is undor tho protec
tion of detachments of Cossacks and
Sopoya despatched to Zorzottdo by tho
Russian and British diplomatic repre
sentatives. Tho now Bhah is yot In his minority,
and Azad UI Mulk, head or tho Kajar
family, has boon appointed rogont.
SIpnhdar, ono of tho most active lead
ors of tho government, has takon
ofllco ns ntlnlstor of wnr and govornor
or Tohornn.
DON CARLOS IS DEAD.
Claimant to Throne of Spain Passes
Away After Long Illness.
Route. Don Carlos of Bourbon, tho
proJLnndor to tho Spanish throne, died
Sunday at Varczo, In Lontbnrdy. Ho
had boon 111 for a long tlmo nttd tho
latoat reports Indicated that ho was
suffering from apoplexy, with tho ac
companying paralysis.
Don Carlos, duko of Madrid, who
claimed undor tho special law of suc
cession oatnbllshod by Philip V to bo
tho lcgltlntnto king or Spain, with tho
tltlo or Chnrlos VII, wns born nt Lay
bach, Austria, March 30, 1348.
New Shah Back In Palace.
Tohernn, Porsln. Tho now Bhah,
tho formor crown prlnco, Sultau Ah
med Mlrzu, nccotnpaulod by his tutor
nnd a British nnd Russinn escort,
drove from tho Russian legntlon to the
Sultannbad palaco, As tho shnlt on
tored tho palaco tho escort quitted
him and returned to tho logatlon, thus
signifying that hla majoaty was no
longor uuder Anglo-Russian protec
tion. A brlof coromony was hold nt
tho palace, at which tho rocont nnd
other mombors or tho council formally
acclaimed the now sovereign.
NEBRA8KA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest Taken From Hera
and There Over the State.
In Johnson county girls havo gono
Into tho wheat Hold to holp gather tho
harvest.
Thoro aro 451 prisoners at tho Btnte
penitentiary and 250 of them aro em
ployed.
Joseph Pop of Weston, who was shot
In his right hand by a blank cartridge,
was tnkon to Omaha. It Is feared
that lockjaw will set in,'
Allen Sharp, Beatrice, 75 years old,
has been adjudged an inobrlato and
committed to the asylumn for threo
years.
Ono man was killed and one seri
ously Injured by tho Missouri Pacific
freight train near Avoca. They wero
sitting on tho right of way and did
not move as tho trnln approached.
The Leigh flro department has de
cided to hold its second annual tourn
ament on August 4 nnd G. Extensive
preparattona for tho event aro under
way.
Q. W. Crozlor, formorly principal of
tho public schools of Stromsburg, hna
accepted the prlnclpnlshlp of schools
at St. Anttls, Cal., to which place ho
recently moved his family.
At Beatrice J. T. Hickman, a la
borer, became violently insano, and
whon locked up in Jail ho stripped
himself of nil clothing nnd tried to
bent out his brains against tho bars.
Androw Myor, a farmer living flvo
miles north of Lyons, Is In jail on the
charge of trying to kill his wlfo nnd
daughter. Myor la said to havo been
drunk when tho doed was attomptcd.
A lnrgo barn on tho farm of George
Callott near Plckeroll burned, with, a
considerable amount of hay und grain.
Two horses perished nnd two woro
badly burned. Lobs, $1,200; partially
insured.
Johnny Gill, tho 10-yoar-old son of
Ed H. Gill, living on tho oastorn
bordor of Custer county, was shot nnd
ilmost instantly killed by Goorgo
Crist, another 10-year-old boy. Tho
shooting wns accidental.
Tho body of Perry Jerman of Boat
rice, who was drowned in a lnko near
RnwllnB, Wyo., laBt September, was
found. Inat week. Ho was 22 years
or ago and Is survived by a widow.
Tho romalns woro Interred at Rawlins.
The cornor stono of the Congrega
tional church of Hastings, which will
cost about $17,000, was laid Inst week.
W. A. Sollock, president of tho Lincoln
Commercial club, delivered tho prin
cipal address.
Whllo returning from tho wheat
flolda on the Frod Ehrman farm, three
miles Bouthonst of Rosolaud, Henry
Warner, a brother ol Peter Warner,
a real estate man in Hastings, was
Btrttck nnd Instantly killed by light
. T. K. Mntzen sold his farm or' 100
ncres, Just . west of Leigh, to John
.Tohnnnos for $140 por acre, which Is
tho highest prlco on record paid for
land anywhoro In that section of the
stato.
Tho cattlo shipment last wcolc from
Dunbar to tho Kansas City markot by
C. J. Mulls of that place makes tho
twonty-thlrd tralnload of top-tho-mar-kot
stuff ho has forwarded to tho cat
tlo markets this season.
Albert Thomas, residing eight nnd
otto-half mllos southwest of Edgar,
shot himself. Tho victim wbb a bach
elor, 5G years of ago and had boon In
the nsylum two or throo yoars ago on
account of mental derangement.
MrB. Sarah Marklo of Hanovor town
ship, Adams county, has beon bound
ovor to tho district court for trial on
tho chnrgo or stealing a Bible from
the homo or hor fnthor, Clnus Lay, a
wealthy fnrmer.
From Germany comes tho Informa
tion that George Mauor, a tailor of
Neliraska City, by reason or the death
of nn uncle In that country, has fal
'.on heir to 100,000 marks. He has
been a resident of NobraBka City for
serno twenty years.
Stewart Tully, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wlllnm Tully of Grand Island, and an
omployo of tho Fairmont Creamery
company, wns Instantly killed by com
ing In contnet with a guy wire of the In
dependent Telephono company, which
waa charged with electricity.
Frank Walters, 28 yoars old, was
fatally gorod by a cow at Crab Orch
ard. The young man was riding a
bicycle through tho vllage when ho
was charged by tho angry animal,
which knocked him to tho ground and
tore a nolo In his bronst.
Tho Bank of Nnpor, one of tho old
oat banks In Boyd county, which was
organized by R. L. Crosby and later
transferred to his son, C. C. Crosby,
was Inst weok Bold to John Flnnnlgan
or Stuart, Neb,, and Michael Flnnnlgan
or MlnnoapoltB, Minn.
Owing to tho continued rntns tho
fnrmorB hnvo beon cutting tholr whoat
with tho greatest difficulty. Tito whoat
is heavy and has boon ready to har
vest for Boveral days. Some farmers
aro putting six nnd eight hoad of
horsos to tholr binders nttd running
tho machines in the mud.
County Judgo Button of Adams
.county believes ho holds tho state
rocord for having issued tho largost
number or marriage licenses to ono
cnuplo. . A fow days ngo ho issued a
llconso to n couple that had twlco be
foro boon licensed In tho samo court.
Thoy woro divorced twice, but they
inslBt now thnt thoy understand each
other perfectly and that tholr last
wedding Is for keeps.
KU pntrlck Brotliors of Bcatrlco and
McArttiur Brothers of Omaha aro mak
ing preparations to ship thelrr rail
road contracting outfits to Thornton
oils, Wyo., whore thoy have tho con
tract for building 45 mllos of road. It
will take nbout two yoars to comploto
tho lino and will cost soveral millions
of dollars.
Tho big horso Bale nt-IIyannls, nt
which nearly 1,000 hoad wore Bold,
proved a grand buccoss. Byors wero
thoro from Eastern Nebraska and ad
joining statos. The prices obtained
wero satisfactory, as a whole, to both
buyors nnd sellers,
THE GliAHTV CASE
BRIEF8 RECEIVED FROM JUDGE
ALBERT AND C. O. WHEEDON.
TWO QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
Primary Object of the New Law la
Not to Protect Depositors, But
to Prevent Panics.
The legal department of the state
has received briefs from Judgo I. L,
Albert, who, with C. O. Whedon, Is de
fending tho recently enacted banking
law, which temporarily haB been en
Joined by tho federal court.
Judgo Albert discusses two quco
tlons only In hla brief tho right of
tho stato to limit tho banking busi
ness to corporations, and the right of
the state to cause the payment of n
levy for tho creation or a fund to pay
obligations of tho banks to tholr de
positors. In discussing the latter point, Judgo
Albort says tho primary objoct of tho
law Is not to protect depositors, but
to avert panics, by somo guaranty to
depositors that their money is safe.
Tho fact that depositors are incident
ally benefited by the act does not ren
der It void, the brief says. The pas
sage of tho banking net, ho says, was
tho result of tho financial disturb
ances somo months ago, and it hna
for Its object tho welfare or tho pub
lic. Tho brief calls attention to tho
enactment of a guaranty act In New
York In 1820 and In Vermont In 1831.
A search or tho records rails to dis
close, tho brief says, nn nttack on tho
constitutionality of these laws.
In discussing the right of tho stato
to limit the banking business to cor
porations, Judgo Albert Bald tho lssuo
of notes and bills was a part of the
banking business under tho common
law, and yet this had boen regarded
as a franchise This, ho said, shows
that what Is called a common law or
natural right may pass to a right that
may bo enjoyed only by virtue of a
sovorelgn grant.
A prlvato bank, the brlof says, goes
out of oxistonco with tho death of the
owner, while the corporation bank Is
oxompt from tho accidents of disease
and death.
In his conclusion Judge Albert said:
"Legislative acts aro presumably
valid. Thoy are not to be set aside
on light or trivial grounds. Tho act
may not have beon conceived in wis
dom, but It 1b easily traceable to a
deslro to serve the public good. Its
wisdom or Us lack of It does not con
cern tho court, so long as the leglsla
ture acted within the limits of Its
constitutional powers. It was de
signed to allay distrust of tho banking
system at times when such distrust
spells panic and commercial dlsastor.
Whllo It may not bo tho best means
of serving tho end, It cannot be fairly
said that it will not sorvo It In some
moasure. It la tho will of tho people
oxpressed by tho supreme leglslatlvo
body of the state, and as such, comes
before tho court attended by the pre
sumption of validity."
Questions Railway Board's Power.
Tho Union Pacific Railroad company
haB answered a complaint undor tho
Bartos telephono act by challenging
the jurisdiction of tho stato railway
commission to act undeV paragraph 5
of tho complaint of Representative
Georgo Barrott, who complains that
the railroad company has failed to
provido telephone service in Its do
pots at Gibbon and Sholton. Para
graph 5 at the complaint alleges that
the railroad company has failed to pay
tho bin presontcd by the telephono
company for a phono at the station of
Sholton and that if tho bill is not
paid tho telephono compnny will dis
connect Its phone In the depot, and
thus deprive all of Its subscribers of
sorvlco to the depot. Tho company
admits most of the allegations in tho
complaint.
Pardoned Convict a Guard.
Jacob Frahm, who was pardoned by
Gov. Shallenbergor on July 4, atter
having sorved fourteen years of n lire
sentence, will not leavo tho prison.
Warden Smith has made him a guard
and ho now walks the oast wall.
Frahm did not caro to leave tho placo
which had been his homo for so long.
Will Ask for Rehearing.
Arthur Mullon, stato oil Inspector,
who dofendod the nonpartisan Judi
ciary act before the supreme court,
will file a motion for a rehoarlng of
the case. Mr. Mullen Is not satisfied
with the decision of the court nnd Is
anxiously looking for tho opinion in
the enso.
Three Regents to Elect.
Tho resignation of Frod H. Abbott
as a regont necessitates tho election
of threo regents this rail and the nom
ination of candidates at tho coming
primary. So far only Regents Allen
and Whitmoro have boen tnlkcd about
as candidates.
Dope Treatment Successful.
Warden Smith of the state peniten
tiary 1b still treating his dopo patients
and he has had such success that ono
batch which ho bus confined, taking
tho troatment, has quit asking for tho
poison. Every prisoner taking tho
troatment, tho warden Bald, sooincd
anxious to quit tho habit. Tho dopo
Honda wero separated from tho other
convicts and gradually they are losing
their deslro for morphino. When he
started troatmont the warden found
ono prisoner waa using a dram of
morphine a day,
9
CHANGE GRAIN RATE.
Becomes Effective On and After
August 10.
On and after. August 10 tho Missouri
PaclHc'Hurllngton, Union Pnclflc and
Northwestern railroads aro authorized
by tho state railway commission to
apply the wheat rate on all flour ship
ments in tho stato and tho corn ratoa
on all shipments of mill stuff.
This ordor is supplementary to n
recent order nllowlng tho roada to
raise the rates on Hour to a parity
with the wheat rate between about 10
por cont of the mill stations In tho
atnte and Omaha. Theso stations had
enjoyed for many yeara a low flour
rate, rates which wero put In many
yenrs ngo to encourngo local Industry.
This order followed on n complaint of
the Updike Milling company. As soon
as this ordor was filed It was found
that the Missouri Pacific had been loft
out of tho complaint. Tho commission
thereafter avoided a discrimination
by pulling tho Crote-Omaha rate on
tho Missouri Pnclflc up to tho wheat
rate. Tho railroads then filed a peti
tion asking thnt othor mill products
besides whent Hour bo put on tho
snmo basis, as corn, the general con
tentions being thnt tho stations which
lind the lower rnto8 wero not entitled
to discrimination ns agnlnBt 90 per
cent of tho stations In the stato and
that tho finished product should, as a
general thing, tnko as high n freight
rnto ns tho raw material from which
It ir. made.
Soveral hearings hnvo been hold In
tho cases. Arter rororrlng In dotall
to the reasons Justifying tho order on
Hour rates tho commission In tho order
Issued says: ".Mill stuff, which con
sists of bran and shorts', benrs the
snmo relation to corn as flour to
wheat. Both nro more vnlunblo thnn
corn nnd, ir nnythlng, moro bulky, nnd
do not movo In thp snmo qunntltlea.
The commission, tor tho rensons fully
sot forth In tho caso or tho Updike
Milling company vs. Union Pnclflc
Railroad company (formal No. Gl), no
special reasons being developed to tho
contrary, finds that tho rates on flour
should not bo less than tho rates on
wheat, and that tho rates on mill
stuff should not bo less than the rates
on corn between tho stations herein
named."
Senator T. J. Majors, appointed by
Gov. Shallonbcrgor to a placo on tha
now stnto normal board, has filed u
demurrer to tho petition of tho attor
ney general challenging tho right of
Mnjors to accept tho appointment be
cause ho is n member of the legisla
ture. Tho domurrer alleges that tho
amended petition of the attorney gen
oral does not state sufficient fncts to
constitute n cause of action and that
tlto two causes or action nro Improp
erly Joined In tho Information. Tho
validity of tho now law authorizing
tho governor to nppolnt n now normal
board is involved In tho suit.
Old Soldiers Are Safe.
Members of tho Soldiers Home at
Grnnd Island, who have exposed tho
management of that Institution, aro
now getting fearful that thoy will be
removed from tho homo and not per
mitted to come back. A letter to this
effect was received by a merabor of
tho Board of Public Lands and Build
ings. Tho board has assured tho old
soldiers that none or them will be let
out ror telling what 1b going on. Tho
board haB supervision over admission
and discharges from tho homo, and
tho superintendent 1b powerless to net
In tho mntter.
For Historical Society.
Tho Btate historical society has re
ceived a lnrgo frnmed portrait of Wil
liam H. Rus8el of tho old freighting
firm of Ritssol, Majors and Waddell,
who woro tho most prominent freight
ers on tho plnlns In tho early pioneer
days. Tho portrait was tho gift of
Charles R. Moorhoad of El Paso, Tex.,
who was on tho plains as a young man
nnd know nnd worked for Mr. Russol.
Tho Nebrnskn stnto historical Boclety
has never had n portrait or Mr. Russel
and has been anxious to get ono.
Prize Packages. Under Ban.
Food Commissioner Mnlns will test
tho puro food law, which provldos that
there shall bo no prizes In food pack
ages, by arresting J. R. Burloy, n
grocer horo. Tho grocer sella rood
pnekagea In which aro library slips
which entitle tho holder to hooka for
a certnln number of slips.
City Attorney Stewart Resigns.
City Attornoy John M. Stownrt has
resigned nnd so has his deupty, T. F.
A. Williams. Tho resignation or both
are to tnke offect any time between
now and October 1.
Hospital Needs New Engine.
Attornoy Goneral Thompson, Land
Commissioner Cowles and Secretary
of Stato Junkln visited the Hospital
for tho Insnno at Lincoln nnd decided
on tho Immedlnto purchnso of nn en
gine nnd tho construction of n .stand
pipe. Tho present emergency engine
is 20 years old nnd of llttlo vnluo,
while tho present reservoir would be
of llttlo help In ense of flro.
Dullard Takes Vacation.
S. Bullnrd, bend Janitor at tho stato
houso for a number of yenrs, left for
a visit to Boulder, Co., whore his sou
resides,
Warden Needs Guards.
Warden T. W. Smith still insists
that it is a bad venturo for tho stato
ponltontlnry to ralso sugar boots with
convicts, As evldenco of tho bad ef
fect of working convicts In tho beet
Hold ho recited on his monthly roport
that four convicts escaped during last
month. The best Hold Is u mile or
more from the prison and tho convicts
hnro to bo taken through n bottom
country ncross n stream, woll wooded.
At tho time of tho recont escape of
tho four trusties, tho wardon had
guards working fifty convicts.