Nebraska Newspapers

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the Country.
WASHINGTON.
Tho Owen bill for federal retalia
tion of stock exchanges reported to
tho isenato was sent buck to tho hank
committee. Senators who objected
to the favorable report from tho com
mittee meeting attended by loss than
half of tho membership succeeded in
Betting tho senate to re-refer the bill.
Attempts by Gorman Interests to
outbid tho United States for rights to
construct an lnteroceanlc canal across
Nicaragua were revealed to tho sen
ate foreign relations committee by
NIcnruguun Minister Chamorro. Tho
minister said Germans had urged that
the $3,000,000 offered by tho United
States for cnnnl rights and other con
cessions was not enough. ,
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President Wilson Is expected this
week to nnnounco a decision on tho
petition of Frank M. Ityan, former
president of the structural Iron work
ers' union, and tho other twenty-nine
defendants in tho dynamiting con
spiracy who havo asked for executive
clemency. Tho convicted men aro at
liberty on ball, but unless tho presi
dent Intervenes they must go to Jail
this week.
Houso leadera aro erIiI to have
about agreed not to forco a voto at
this session on tho Nobson resolution
to amend tho federal constitution so
as to provido a nntion-wldo prohibi
tion. Many of tho democrats In the
house have protested strongly ngalnst
inimcdinto action on tho resolution
nu account of tho effect it might have
upon their fall campaigns for re-election.
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It took a roll call, a recapitulation,
n challenge of tho rosult, a second
voto which roaulted hi a tie, and
finally a third roll call In tho house
to decide that Vice-President Mar
shall and Speaker Clnrk would not
get government automobiles and then
the question was loft In such shape
that It -will then bo taken up in con
ference Parliamentarians snld tho
situation was most unusual.
Seventeen railway companies, con
stituting transcontinental freight
routes, aro liable under tho decision of
the United States supremo court in
tho Bo-cnllnd lnterinountnln cases for
many millions of dollars In reparation
on shlpmontB mado since tho Institu
tion of the cases. Tho precise amount
involved In claims already filed with
tho interstate comniorco commission
has not been estimated, but It approxi
mates $12,000,000.
Railroads nro not liable for Injury
to Interstate employes or mombors of.
their families riding on passes which
contain stipulations that tho passen
ger tissumos nil rlsksk whllo bolng eo
transtiortod. Tho United States su
premo court so decided, and held
that a pass is not to bo regarded as
part of tho compensation for which
tho omployo works, but Is in reality
1-co and subject to any conditions, the
railroad may impose.
DOMESTIC.
Forraor President William II. Tuft
received the honorary degree- of doc
tor of laws at tho Amherst commence
ment ut AmhorBt, Mass.
A score of persons Injured, two of
whom aro expected to die, and about
ilfty homes either totally or partially
wrecked, aro tho results of a tornado
which struck Watortown, S. D.
Shots fired Into a crowd of Insur
Gent miners by sheriff's doputles sta
tioned in minors' union hall In Hutto,
Mont., killed n byBtandor, wounded
two othors, one fatally and led to threo
partially successful attempts to dyna
mite tho building,
A minimum wookly wngo of $9 for
women und girls employed In laund
ries and dyo works In Washington
has been recomiiioiulod to the Btato In
dustrial welfnro commission by the
conference of employers, employes nnd
interested cltlzons called to llx a wage
for thut Industry.
Announcement baa been mado that
on July 1, W. Avorlll Ilarrlinaii, son
of tho lato 13. II. llarrlman, will suc
ceed V. V. S. Thomo ns vlco president
and dirootor of purchasers of tho Un
ion Pacific railway.
Delegates to tho Northorn Baptist
convention at Boston subscribed In
person $50,000 townrdB wiping out tho
debt of $270,000 hanging ovor tho
Homo and Foroign Mission soclotloj.
In uddltlon, John D. Kockofeller gao
$50 000 and promised a second in
btallment ol tho same size, If needed.
The teaching or sex hygiene in
SundBy schools wub approved in tho
roport to tho convention of the Inter
national Sunday School association
by 13. K Mo.br, superintendent of the
piu It; dppai'mont,
Seceders at Hutto launched a now
union of minors.
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Mediators at Niagara Kails bollovo
they seo a possible solution of exist
ing problem. (
Tho fourteenth Intornntlonnl Sunday
school convention has opened In Chi
cago with -1,000 dolegntes
Incorporation of the Women's Bar
Assoc'atlon of Illinois hns been an
nounced at Chlcngo by Attorney Not
tlo Hothblum, ono of the incorpora
tor?. A forty-year Tend over timber lnnd
ended wlfen Charles Harris, a farmer,
was Instantly killed by a ballot fired
from tho revolver of his brother,
Tamos. Tho slayer gavo himself up
Ho said his brother had attacked him
with an ax.
In n thrilling four-mile triangular
atn.ggio with Pennsylvania utiil Cor
noll. the Columbia university eight
oared crew won by n scant length tho
premier race of the twentieth annual
regatta of tho Intercollegiate Rowing
association on the Highland course.
A cloudburst at Lunesboro, Minn.,
made tho village of 1.000 people a
lake six foot deep. Railway sorvlco
has boon abandoned, l.nnosboro can
not bo reached by telephone and res
cuers nro obliged to go about in boats.
No loss or life has been reported.
Forced to leave Mexico, they clnlm,
because their property was confiscated
and their stock stolen, seventy-live
Klcknpoo liiillans, who migrated to tho
nouthern republic from Oklahoma sev
eral years ago, are encamped at Eagle
Pass, Tex., awaiting aid froin the
United States government.
General Garland N. Whistler, U. S.
A., retired, aged fifi, Ib dead at his
summer homo at Pensaeola, Fla. Gen
eral Whistler invented smokeless
powder and a system of fire control
for artillery coast defense, by which
ofllcers in n contr.il station can map
out the exact location of approaching
vessels.
Tho threo days' song and music
program In connection with tho thirty-fourth
saengerfest, closed at Louis
vlllo, Ky., with tho lost of a series of
live concerts. On feature of the pro
gram waa tho singing of "My Old
Kentucky Homo," and Breus "Spring
time on the Rhino," by the mass
chorus of .1,000 male voices.
Because tho wheel of the Storstad
was first put to port and then, It is
alleged, without tho authority of the
officer in charge, was put hard aport,
when' It had steerage, Butler Esplnall,
K, C, In his address to the Empress
of Ireland "wreck commission at Que
bec, contended tho collier was ro
sponsible for tho disaster on May 29,
In wlllch 1,014 persons lost their liven.
By tho will of Mrs. Morris K. Jcsup,
filed nt Now York, millions of dollars
are left to public ecclesiastical Insti
tutions and to Mrs. Jcsup's relative.
Tho American Museum of Natural
History recolved $1100,00 for research
work; tho Syrian Protestant collego
at Beirut, Syria, $400,000; Yolo tin!
verslty, $300; Union Theological sem
inary, $300,000, and tho Young Men's
Christian association, $250,000.
An appeal to strengthen tho Irish
volunteers and "enable them to con
front adequately this audacious at
tempt of British aristocracy and nn
Irish minority to put down by forco
the liberties of tho Irish people" was
declared by Michael J. Ryan, presi
dent of tho United Irish league of
America, nt Philadelphia, In a cable
gram from John Redmond, lender of
tho Irish nationalist party. The ca
blegram wns sent rrom London.
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Alba B. Johnson, president of a lo
comotive works In Phlladolphlu, em
Dloylng 15.000 men when running full-
handed, told the United States Com
mission on Industrial Relations at
Philadelphia, that tho so-called effic
iency Bystein of scientific manage
ment Iiob found no place in tho plant
of which Tie Is the head- and also. that
In tho opinion of tho management of
tho workB, organized labor "lovols
downward."
FOREIGN. .
An unexploded bomb was found In
tho porch way or tho Church or St.
Mnry tho Virgin, at Reading, Eng
npparontly placed thoro by militant
Buffmgets. Tho machine consisted of
a tin can full of explosives, with a
fuso attached. The fuso hud been
lighted but had gone out.
According to Information recolved,
the constitutionalist army commanded
by General Alamlllo, has captured tho
city of Zopotlan, a largo railroad
conter In tho stuto of Jalisco, ninety
mlloB south of Guadalajara. Tho oc
cupation of Zapotlan Is regarded as
an Important step In tho campaign
against Guadalajara.
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A revolutionary plot and a plan to
nssuBslnnto Prouldent Leouidns Plaza
und proclaim the rebel loador, Col.
Carlos Concha, provisional president
of Ecuador, was discovered by tho
government nt Quito.
Sorlousness of tho Hntlen revolu
tion lins caused Prosldont Zumor to
take the Hold In person. During tho
president's absouco from tho capital
tho government will be In tho hands
of a commission, which will act with
tho cabinet. Conditions in Port An
Prlnco aro reported quiet.
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ASSASSIN KILLS HEIR APPARENT
OF AUSTRIA.
TWO FALL DEAD IN MOTOR GAR
Crime Committed by Young Native of
the Annexed Province of
Herzegovina.
Serajovo. Archduke Franz Ferdi
nand, heir to the Austro-Htingurlan
throne, and his morganatic wife, tho
iluchesB of llohenberg, were nssasBl
nated Sunday while driving through
the streets of Serajovo, tho Bosnian
capital. A youthful Sorvian student
fired tho shots which added another
to the long list of tragedies that has
darkened tho reign of Emperor Franz
Joseph.
Tho archduko and his wlfo were
victims of tho second attempt In the
Bamo day against tholr lives. First a
bomb was thrown at the automobile
In which they were driving to tho
town hall. Forewarned, howover, of
a possible attempt againt his life,
archduke was watching and struck
tho mlssllo aside with his arm. It
fell under an automobile which car
ried mombers of his suite, wounding
Count von Boos Wnldeck and Colonel
Merlzzo.
On their roturn from tho town hall
the archduke and duchess were driv
ing to tho hospital when the Servian.
Gavrlo Prlnzlp, darted at the car and
Hrcd a volley nt the occupants. His
aim was true, for the archduke and
als wire wore mortally wounded.
With them at tho time was tho gover
nor of tho city, who escaped injury.
Tho bodies of Ills murdered compani
ons collapsed across him and pro
tected him from stray bullets.
Death Comes at Once.
Tho governor shouted to tho chauf
feur to rush to tho palaco at top
speed. Physicians were In prompt
attendance, but their services were
useless, as the archduke und his wife
wore dead before tho palaco was
reached.
Until the emperor's wishes are
known tho bodies will Ho in state at
tho palnce hero. They will doubtless
be Interred in the Hapsburg vaults In
tho Capuchin church at Vienna.
Says U. S. Is Dictating.
I-irodo, Tex. "Constitutionalist
leaders who have tho sympathy or ull
tho peoplo of Mexico behind them
will not allow tho dignity of tho na
tion to bo lowered by tho interference
or any foreign power in the interna
tional affairs of tho country."
This declaration was mado by Gon
oral CaTrnnza at a banquet at Monte
rey, according to travelers who ar
rived hero. Carranza, It was said,
asserted that the United States wa3
assuming a dictatorial attitude. The
400 Mexicans who uttoudad the ban
quest recolved the declaration with
cheers, It Ib declared.
May Try to Amend Frank Law.
Washington. Chnlrman Overman
of the senate lobby committee had bo
foro him a special report of postof
llco Inspectors alleging the govern
ment was deprived of $57,000 In pos
tal rovonuo when certain so-called
boot sugar lobby literature was circu
lated freo under the frank of Senator
Lodgo of Massachusetts. Whether
stops will bo taken to compel tho su
gar interests concerned to pay that
sum has not boeti decided, but Mr.
Overman declared the Investigation
would bo tho basiB of legislation to
regulnto tho uso of the franking priv
ilege. Toeleso Shoes for Women.
London. The tooloss shoe for after
noon and evening wear and to be
worn With or without stockings Is tho
latoat novelty for women to appear in
tho London shops.
The now design Is of sandal form,
with high French heels and oxposos
glimpses of tho sides ol' the foot nnd
toes. They are also mado in a wide
range of colors with a view to match
ing tho gowns.
Sentence Is Approved.
Washington. President Wilson
has approved tho sentence of dis
missal imposed on Major Benjamin
M. Kouhler of the coast artljlory
corps by a court-mnrtlal. Major
Koohlor was In command at Fort
Terry, Plum Inland, N. M., when son
satlonnl charges wore brought
against him ami tho trial was held
behind closed doors.
To Put Legislation Through
Wabhlngtoii. "Wo'ro ready for tho
light and wo are going to fight until
wo put this trust legislation thtough
It It takes all summer," -said Senator
Willi hub, democrat of Mississippi.
Another Rock In the Way.
Washington, D. P. Another stum
bling block In tho jMith of early pass
ago of tho appropriation bills appear
ed when Sonator Borah announced lie
expected to conduct a fight against
the rlvor and harbor hill, tho bo
called "pork barrel" measure.
Schultz Sentenced to Hang.
Chicago.- William Schultz was sen
tenced to hang for tho murder, Feb
ruary 24, of Mrs. Elizabeth llealy,
wlfo of a druggist. Tho woman was
found in the kitchen, her throat cut.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF-
An old Bottlers' picnic will be held
it Union August 14 and 15.
W. H. Goodwin, Geona merchant,
suffered a fractured hip in a runaway
accident.
Mrs. C. C. West, a pioneer resident
of Nebraska, Is seriously ill at lvar
homo ut Dunbar.
Sidney has voted to issue $15,000
bonds for tho erection of a new city
High school building.
The Dodge Criterion. J. J. McFar
land, editor, appeared last week In a
brand now suit of clothes.
Tho Ma lison Commercial club is
making arrangements to hold a
Fourth of July celebration.
William Harrison, sr., has sold his
comont factory located at Dunbar nnd
has moved to Osakls, Minn.
Pope Coulter, Jr, was injured when
kicked by a horse at tho farm of
John Duncan, oast of Dunbar.
Harry L. Parsons has sold his half
Interest in the Central City Republi
can to hla partner, Robert Rico.
Jninea Schoonover has sold his in
terest in the Aurora Republican to his
partners, Clark Perkins and Charles
Carlson.
Fred Meyer was scritonced to servo
ninety days in tho county jail at West
Point for obtaining $90 uuder false
pretenses.
Walter Henry, twenty-two years
ohT, committed suicide at the family
homo near West Point while tempora
rily Insane.
The cky council of Kearney has
awarded to tho United Trust Co. of
Omaha $45,000 5 per cent funding
bonds at par.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Johnson and
Claud and Pearl Johnson or Cass
county have taken up homesteads
near Winifred, Mont.
Mrs. Robert Schlnkus of Madison
was granted a decroo of divorce and
7,000 alimony Monday by the judge
or the district court.
Tho remonstrance against issuing a
liquor license to Fred Benson or New
man Grove has been overruled by tho
district court at Madison.
Tho presence or army worms In
alarming numbers is causing some
uneasiness among tho farmers In tho
vicinity or Table Rock.
Soven bootleggers were recently
caught by the police of Scottsbluff.
Tho Beatrice creamery nt Oxford
was partially destroyed by fire.
J. It. McKee. scventy-flvo years old
pioneer of Palmyra, has been sudden
ly stricken blind. Ho wns prominent
In Otoe county politics Tor ninny
years.
Rev. J. P. Giffen and Mis3es Arvilla
Murray and Audra Wilkinson of Dun
bar are attending tho Sunday school
meeting of the United Presbyterian
church at Ewing.
Miss Ada Bloedorn o( Franklin has
left to' visit her brother, W. A. Bloed
orn, surgeon at the Washington navy
yard. Miss Bloedorn is dean of music
in theFranklln academy.
A boat was upset with three boys
In the flood water of Beaver Creek,
near Ravonna. George Bushhousen
ivas drowned, the others escaped. His
body has not been recovered.
A coroner's Jury exonerated. Mrs.
freno Mariclch of South Omaha from
iny responsibility concerning tho
ieath of her husband, who died from
un wounds received during a quarrel
with his wire
Fred Salto, a Japanese, was ar
raigned berore United States Commls
Jioner Cloary at Grand Island Mon
day night on a charge or violating the
white slave law. Ho is hold under
&3.000 bond.
The seven-year-old son or Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Shaffer of Cedar Crook
has been taken to Chicago to receive
treatment. He was recently bitten by
a dog which was believed to be af
fectod with rabies.
While Itolltt Gilbort was cultivating
corn south or Beomor his team be
came frightened, and started to run.
Mr. Gilbort recelvod a bad cut on tho
thigh which required several stlches
to draw' together
Prisoners in the county jail und
county olllcers at Fremont have col
lected $40 ror tho hospital expenses
of John Carey, convicted or stealing
brass. He has boon ill for some time
and his condition is critical.
Cord Nelbulir, Ed Palmer, Mrs. J.
W. McKay and Miss Nell Bums, res
idents of Syracuse, whilo returning
from Lincoln In their auto went Into
a ditch. Tho women wore severely
Injured, while tho men escaped with
only minor bruises.
Wheat harvest is on in full sway
In Gago county. Although the farm
demonstrator reports that a groat deal
of damage has been wrought by tho
Hessian fly, ho estimate that tho
wheat will average from fifteen to
twenty-five bushols to tho acre.
Thnt the young peoplo who aro to
bo married on one of 'the principal
streets of Beatrice on tho Fourth of
July at noon will recelvo a groat va
riety of gifts, for both Immediate antf
future use. from the merchants' of tho
city hns been assured. They will re
celvo a baby buggy, infant's shoe?,
clothing, groceries, dry goods, auto
. rldos, etc.
Wort L. Kirk, who sold tho Crolgh
ton Nows to Nolan & Strong. Bivon
mouths ago nnd went to Idaho to grow
up with tho country ,ls back In Ne
braska. Ho Iibb purchased the Intor
ost or Mr Strong in tho Nows and hla
namo again nppoars nt tho masthead,
aa editor.
E. W. North, newly installed oolloc
for of intornul rovonuea for UiIb dis
trict, states that between 1,800 and
2,000 Individuals and corporatloiiB In
said district must pay tholr Incomo
taxo berore Juno 30 or bo subject td a
big penalty This number havo us yet
failed to respond.
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ROAD GAINS NEARLY EVERY
POINT.
NO RECEIVER TO BE APPOINTED
Supersedeas Bond of $100,000 Sug
gested by Defendants Is Granted
and Filed.
Lincoln. Tho United States court,
with Judges T. C. and W. H. Muugor
on the bench, 1ms handed down a de
cision In tho St. Joseph & Grand
I Bin ml railroad caso In which th
Union Pacific won nlmost everything
for which its nttorneyo asked. Gen
eral Solicitor N. II. IiOomia and Edson
Rich for the Union Pacific and Attor.
noy Myron Learned for tho minority
stockholders of the Grand Island' road,
battled before the court In the matter
of settling tho decree which was
handed down by the same court on
May 27.
The original decision was altogether
against tho Union Pacific, owner of
tho majority stock of the Grand
Island and the larger line was ordor
ed to divest Itself of Its stock In tho
smaller or.p within sixy days or seo
a receiver appointed for tho latter
road. Tho Bamo decision enjoined tho
Union Pacific from voting its stock
In the Grand l6lund property.
In the later proceedings the court
made a number of modifications
which, for the time being, leaves the
Union Pacific in control or affairs of
tho Grand Island line, although the In
junction restraining the former con
cern from voting Us stock In the lat
ter line is left standing. Tho Union
Pncllc is also enjoined from receiving
siny dividends on its Grand Island
stock.
But the Union Pacific will continue
operating tho Grand Island until a
final decision is made in the case. In
the meantime tho Union Pacific asked,
and It was allowed, an appeal to the
United States circuit court at St.
Louis.
Tho plaintiffs won a strong point
when the court ordered that, pending
a final decision, St. Joseph & Grand
Island must not purchase the Hast
ings & Northwestern railroad, a small
line which the Union Pacific built be
tween Hastings and Gibbon as a con
necting link between the main lino
and the Grand Island line at Hastings.
Nor, under the decree, Is Grand Island
permitted to spend any more money
on betterments to its property.
On tho other hand the Union Pa
cific scored strongly when tho court
ordered that no receiver be appoint
ed for tho Grand" Island until tho final
appeal be heard and settled. This
was one of the most important poiuts
of tho action.
The Union Pacific was ordered to
givo a supersedeas bond in the sum
of $100,000 in the case, this amount
being suggested by Mr. Loomis. This
bond will cover any damages which
may accrue to tho plaintiffs should
tne nnni decision no in ineir iavor.
Supreme Court Decisions.
Lincoln Supreme court opinions
handed down cover a few cases that
have been through the Douglas county
district court. A saloonkeeper who
voluntarily gives up a business loca
tion and moves to another location,
thereby allowing another saloonkeeper
to locate in the former location, can
not have his saloon license refunded.
In an action against an employer to
recover damages Tor the death ot an'
nmployo, alleged to have been caused
by the negligence or such employe,
Hie burden or proof Is to show somo
act of negligence as the proximate
causo of decedent's death. This is the
opinion or the supremo court in the
caso brought by Elizabeth' C. Ripe,
administratrix or the estate oT Joseph
Rhine, who was killed whilo employed
by A. Schall "& Co. The court holds
that tho Douglas county district court
orred in reruslng to direct tho Jury to
return a verdict Tor the dofondant.
The supreme court hands down a
lengthy opinion involving tho rights
of stockholders or a defunct corpora
tion and their liability for stock hold
therein.
The case was brought by the re
ceiver, Charles T. Dickinson, to re
covor from tho stockholders of tho
Omaha & Nebraska Central Railway
company for the nmounta secured
against tho stockholders by judgment
of tho court. Tho high court holds
that tho decree of tho district court
against the defendants is not valid
and roversos the case.
Frank B. Hollenbock, as a creditor of
the estate of Adam Greon. deceased,
has petitioned tho county court for
the appointment or Fred C. Foster as
admlnlBtr .tor. Ho states that the mem
bora of tho family havo fnlldd to ap
ply Tor administration.
Stout Gets Life Term.
Lincoln. -Harry M. Stout, tho De
wltt murderer, will not try tho elec
tric chair. He appeared In district
court and changed his former plea ol
not guilty of manslaughter, and wns
sentenced to llfo imprisonment. Com
mitment papers were at once mndo
out and ho wns taken to the peniten
tiary to begin IiIb sentence.
Stout killed his wife and wounded
her sister by shooting on a Burlington
train In tho Lincoln yartjs about a
month ago then nearly ended bis
own life l; cutting his throat.
WHEAT HARVEST UNDER WAY.
Enormous Yield Is Found From tho
First Fields Cut.
Tho wheat harvest la in full blast
in tho southern tier of counties In.
Nebraska and by tho middle of next
week It Ib expected that cutting will
begin in tlio northern half of tho state.
Tho yield is hotter than tho most op
timistic predicted and railroad men
aro placing the total anywhere be
twoen 80,000,000 nnd 90,000,000.
In Gago county reports to the Bur
lington nro to the effect that somo
threshing has been done nnd In fields
that have been considered only about
an average, wheat has turned out aa
high as forty and forty-flvo bushels.
pe"r acre.
General Superintendent D'Bernardt
of the Missouri Pacific, just In from
Kansas City, made a trip through)
northern KnnsaB and asserts that from
there south, tho wheat will practically
all be cut by tho end of the present
week and that threshing will be well
along.
A representative of an Indianapolis,
Ind., motor racing promotion company
was before tho stato fair board In an
er.'ort to convince the stato board that
it should rent the stato fair grounds
to tho motor racing company for
either tho week beginning August 15
or the week beginning August 22. Tho
company, ho Bald, would put on somo
of the best automobile racing talent
and cars in tho country, but admitted
that It intended to make money at the
business. The talr board was not In
clined to favor tho Idea because it
would tear up the track and make It
bad for horso racing. Traction com
pany ofilclals were also before tho
fair board at the board's request. The
board wants to get two-minute ser
vlco to the fair grounds during tho
state ralr this year. With the new
double track to the grounds the Tail
board believes tho company can fur
nish tho service if it will.
The second filing for chief Justlce
of the supreme court under tho non
partisan Judiciary law passed by the
last legislature has been made by
Chief Justice M. B. Reese. Tho pe
tition's contained 8,400 names, coming
from seventy-five counties, tho largest
petition coming from Douglas county
with about 1,000 nafties. Threo peti
tions with 18G names came in from
Clay county, the homo of II, C. Pal
mer, the first man to file for the same
office. A number of democrats are on
the petition or Judge Reese, among
them being W. II. Thompson or Grand
Island, and I. L. Albert or Columbus,
both attostlug to tho petitions sent in.
Tho state railway commission heard
testimony Thursday In tho matter of
tho report of the Lincoln Telephone
company Tor leave to place on Its
switchboard or the Farmers' Indopend
eat Telephone company o( Red Cloud
and this company objects to tho
chnnge. Tho Lincoln company does
not propose to cut off oxchango be
tween1 the farm lines and the Indepen
dent company, but proposes to connect
its exchange with tho Independent
company's exchange by a trunk line.
Two moro republicans who have a
desire to servo tho peoplo as register
or deeds filed as candidates at the Au
gust primary. They were Douglas A.
Frye and Karl Schmltt, both of Lin
coin. Mr. Frye has boon county clerk
and is now serving as deputy in that
office. He presented his resignation
as deputy to County Clerk W'olls, to
tako effect July 1st. Mr. Frye's homo
was in Panama precinct before tho
lure of office brought him to Lincoln.
Judge Rissor of tho county court
has entered judgment in the case of
John W. Dally vs. the Capital Carter
car company, tried by him several
days ago. Tho plaintiff sued on notes
transferred to him at tho tlmo ho
bought out the business. The de
fendants maintained that they did not
guarantee payment of the notes by
endorsing them, merely Intending to
transfer them. Plaintiff was given
judgment for $404.92.
After six years of service In lhat
capacity, Ross I. Hammond formally
turned ovor tho olllco or colloctor or
Internal revenues of the District or
Nebraska to Edward W. North, for
merly his chief deputy. Mr. Hammond
Is candidate for tho gubernatorial no
mination on tho republican ticket. Mr.
North has been In the department
wonty-one years, having started
hore under bis father, tho lato James
E. North.
Tho county court Jury which tried
tho case or the Einerson-Brattingham,
Implement compnny vs. Theodore
Karr, was unnblo to agree arter many
hours' deliberation and was discharg
ed by Judge Rlsser. Tho plaintiff
sued on notes given by the defendant,
and he filed a counterclaim for breach
of warranty on nn engino bought by
him fiom tho plaintiff.
Frank R. McCormick, receiver of
tho First National bank of Sutton filed
notice of appeal in tho federal court
in his suit against Elwln E. Culver,
in an attompt to collect an asso3Siu-nt
on bank stock of tho defunct Fuller
ton bank which It was claimed Culver
owned. Culver claimed ho had turned
tho stock back to tho bank,, but tho
books oT the bank did not so indicate.
The court held that the stock hal
been transferred and Culver did not
have to pay. Mr. McCormick cluim
tho case Is identicnl with that or
Whltnev vs. Butler In 11 S U. S. 055,