NEBRASKA NEWS
JOHN HAMLIN FOUND GUILTY OF
MURDER.
A FIRST DEGREE VERDICT
Jury Imposes the Death Sentence on
Man Who In Jealous Rage
( Shot His 8weetheart to
Death Other News.
Tho jury In tho cuho of John
Hamlin, accused of tho murder of
Rachel Englc, rolurncd a verdict, of
murder In the first degree and lm
posing the death penalty. The trial
Iiuh been In progroBs at Grand iBlaud
and Interest haH hcen IntotiHC. Miss
Englo was ahot In the hack by Ilaniltn
last August, which Hho, her brother
and others were on their way to an
entertainment. Hamlin was in- love
with the girl and was jealous of her.
The bullet which he fired Injured the
glrl'H spine and though she lived un
til January, she finally Huccumbed to
her Injuries. Hamlin waH captured
la ah adjoining county a couple of
days later, lie was, after the death of
tho girl, arraigned and plead guilty to
the charge of murder, but this ploa
was afterward withdrawn, District
Judge Hanna, finding thai he could
not Imposed sentence for murder upon
a man who had not been tried.
UNION PACIFIC MAKES MONEY.
Report Filed. With the State Board of
Equalization.
The Union Pacific railroad has tiled
with the state board of equalization its
tilatcmcnt of earnings and general con
dltlou for tho year ending December
ill, 1900. Tho statement reveals that
the railroad has been making money
though tho operating oxponses have
beon much larger and the earnings of
tho Nebraska lines show up with a
deficit. The gross earnings of the
ontire road wore $1(5,311,930.95 in 190G
as against $14,130,S33.84 in 1905. Oper
ating expenses in Nebraska were $9,
270,257.34 in 1900 as against $7,098,
132.15 in 1905. The net earnings per
mile were $7,317.10 in 190(5 as against
I7.314.U0 in 1905.
On u capital stock or $395,049,200,
the dividends of tho system including
901.50 miles were $10,532,155 last year
as against $11,087,014.50 In 1905.
Tho road declares that tho Kearney
branch was .operated at a deficit of
$200.95 per mile while the Omaha and
Republican Valley branches were oper
ated at a deficit of $101.75 per mile
during the year.
Last year tho average assessment
aer mile of main lino and branch lines
was $00,500 per mile.
To Meet Burlington Fares.
The Missouri Pacific railway has
nsked the state railway commission
jfor permission to meet the short line
rate of tho lluiiington between Lincoln
and Falls City.
The request was wired by Passenger
Traffic Manager II. C. TownBond of
the road, and recited that tho faro be
tween Lincoln and Palls City via tho
Missouri Pacific is $2.08 and via tho
Burlington it is $1.80. The request to
meot this competition was made by
wire and an immediate answer was do
sired. An answer wns wired by tho
commission granting the request with
tho provision that a greater sum
should not 'be charged for tho shorter
hauls to Intermediate points. It is
understood that the Missouri Pacific
Intends making this offectlvo tho firs
of the month.
Boy Is Brought Home.
Bringing lltlo Oswald Kooppon wltl
hlm, but leaving tho father of tho boy
In Jail at Brockonrldgo, Minn., whero
lie wns apprehended by the authorities
as ho hurried north to the Canadian
border, Constablo Roy Cook arrlvod in
Fromont. Mrs. Kooppen came down
fiom Snyder to meet her son and there
was an affecting little scono at the un
Ion passengor station when alio took
the little fellow In her arms. It has
beon over eighteen months since Mrs
Koppqn has boen able to seo he
son. During that time he was kop
by his father, who hurried away with
-him when he learned that the com
had given Mrs. Kooppen her decree o
divorce and the custody of tho chl
dreu. Kooppen at once started for
Canada.
Fulleton Post Sold.
Tho Fullorton Post has changed
editors 'and proprietors twjco during
April. The first of tho month Bon Cur
Vln sold tho plant to Robert Adams, a
former owner, and after two Issues of
the paper ho again disposed of the pa
per to . ex-County Treasurer John R
Doff of Atchlnson county, .Aiissour
Mr. Doff is already In tho field am'
lust week issued his first number. The
(taper will continue to be straight re
publican In politics.
TO TEST ANTI-PASS LAW.
Friendly Suit Brought In a Cass
County Court.
A friondly action to teat tho anti-
pass law, recontly enacted by the stato
eglslaturo, wns filed by County At
torney Hawls In Justice Archer's court
at Plattsmouth. The defendant to tho
action Is Judge A. N. Sullivan, and
10 Is charged with accepting a pas
from the Missouri Pacific Hallway
company the pass having been tend-
ored to him aB the local attorney for
he company.
A warrant was duly served on Mr.
Sullivan, and that gentleman nppearcd
joforo the court, waived preliminary
xaminatlon, and was bound over to
tho district court. By this action it
a sought to settle the question as Jo
whether attorneys or physicians em
ployed not more than half of the time
y railroads lean legally accept passes
from such roads. Tho law merely
permits bona fide employes to rldo
upon passes and designates these as
persons who are occupied for a major
portion of their time In the service of
the railroads.
KILLED IN A TRENCH.
Scott Miner Covered by Cave-in Near
Tekamah. -
Willie pulling tiling through tho
back of tho Peterson trench about
seven miles north of Tekamah, Scott
Miner wns killed by tho excaved dirt
slipping into the trench covering him
with over three feet of gumbo. Robert
JalmantIor was working with him at
the time but had crawled out of the
trendi upon the bank a few minutes
before tho accident happened. Ho
leard Miner yell as the dirt com
menced to slide vind immediately start
ed to dig him out. He couldn't succeed
n time.
CARS THROWN FROM TRACK.
Wreck of Burlington North-bound
Train Near Leshera.
The Burlington north-bound train
was wrecked a mile east of Lc3hera,
Neb., thrown from the rails by a bro-
ten flange. Tho train ran for 100
yards on tho ties cutting them up,
and finally the tender rolled Into tho
ditch and the baggage car tipped over.
All of the cars left the track. Tho pas-
songers were brought to Fremont on
the south-bound train which ran to tho
point of the wreck and returned. No
one was seriously hurt.
Booming Town of Rosalie.
The Rosalie Townslto company has
been Incorporated. Frank B. Rhoda,
John F. Piper, Frassber L. Cook, Ceo.
C. Muryott und Harry l. Keefo are
named as Incorporators. Rosalie is a
new town on the B. & M and Great
Northern connection between Lincoln
and Sioux City, located in Thurston
county, In a line farming district. The
town now has two grain elevators, a
bank and several other business es
tablishments. Another elevator will
bo built Immediately and a lumber
yard established. The townslte com
pany will push the town to tho front
and It already offers oxcellent Induce
monts in many lines.
No Effect on Nebraska.
A telegram sent out from Washing
ton to tho effect that the commissioner
of the general land office had Issued
Instructions to registers -and receivers
and local land olllces permitting the
various states to select school land In
lieu of the land In the forest, reserves
has occasioned numerous inquiries
at tho ofllco of Land Commissioner
Eaton. Nebraska has considerable
land In the forost. reserves in this
stnte, but there will be no other land
taken in lieu of this. At this time Ne
braslw has about 120 acres coming to
It from tho government, but that, is all.
Tho land Included In the forest, re
sorvos and belonging to the state and
leased Is being used by. the lessees,
who have permission to go to and from
tho land at will.
Lay Corner Stone of Church.
The corner-stone to St. Michael's
Catholic church was laid by Bishop
Scannoll or Omaha in the presence of
a largo gathering of people from all
sections of that part of the state. Tho
dodicatory address was delivered by
Rev. Father Harrington or Omaha.
When completed the building will bo
tho finest in that part of Nebraska.
Imposes Occupation Tax.
Tho city council or University Place
has passed an ordinance Imposing an
occupation tax on telephone com
panies, ninklng the tax $100 per year
for each system operated within Its
borders and $25 for a toll station. The
council of that city Is contemplating
building a largo water reservoir or
system for oniergeucy use.
Two Wedding Anniversaries.
In honoi of the sixtieth wedding an
niversary of tho marriage of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin ltlchards of Edgar, a
largo numbor of relatives and frlonds
surprised thorn. About 150 relatives
and friends gathered at tho home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Robb to holpjhera
celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary,
CAPITAL CUT CHAT
RAILROADS ANNOUNCE THAT
RATES WILL BE CHANGED.
NOTIFY THE COMMISSION
Will In the Future Make Rates on
Their Interstate Travel Conform
to Local Tariff Schedule
Other Lincoln Gossip.
Roads Make Announcement.
Tho state railway commission has
received an intimation that both the
Burlington and Northwestern railroads
will in the near future make their
rates on interstate travel conform to
the local tariff schedules. Tho infor
mation was announced several days
ago unofficially, but the matter has
been convoyed to the commission ill
uch a form that they beliovo they
re safe in relying upon it. This will
leave the Union Pacific undecided, but
the belief is that this road also, will
Join with other Nebraska lines and ad
Just the schedule of charges.
Monthly Report Forms.
The railroad commission hus drawn
up blank forms for railroad ugents at
all stations to use In making' a month
ly report of business as follows:
Freight forwarded Number cars of
wheat: number cars of corn; number
cars of other grain and grain prod
ucts; number cars of live stock, east
and west; all other cars forwarded;
weight In pounds, all less than car lots,
merchandise; weight in pounds, all car
load lots; total amount line charges,
less than car load lots; -total amount
line charges, car load lots.
Freight received Number cars of
lumber; number of cars of lime, cc
mont and sand; number cars of other
building material; number cars of
grain and grain products; number cars
of coal, hard and soft; number cars of
live stock; all other car loads re
ceived; total weights In pounds all
merchandise, less than car load lots;
total weight In pounds merchandise
received, car load lot's; total amount
line charges, less than car load lots;
total amount line charges, car load
lotB.
Ticket sales for month Total
amount sold to state points; total
amount sold to interstate points.
This report must be made up not
later than the 7th of the month suc
ceeding that for which It Is Issued and
mailed to the railway commission, Lin
coln, Neb.
The commission has decided to de
mand a weekly report from railroad
officials at division points showing the
number of cars on hand and their lo
cation. This will bo done to prevent car
shortago.
Commission to Work.
When the railway commission this
week takes up the matter of consider
ing complaints it will have one of the
blggeBt tasks on 'hand that it has -as
yet tackled. It has served notice that
the railroads which desire to discuss
tho mattor of rates with the commis
sion may be on hand and has also
asked that any persons with com
plaints to register may appear. -It Is
likely that matters already formally
complained against will bo tnken up
llrst. Tho commission Is waiting for
an opinion on the interstate phase of
tho two-cent fare In Nebraska in view
of tho decision of tho United States
supreme court reversing a long line of
othor decisions in this respect. If tho
commission is to enforce the two-cent
faro law as it affects western Nebras
ka, It may be obliged to take a case
Into tho courts on Its own motion or
.it is poslble that the authority granted
In tho North Carolina case decided
recently by the United States supremo
court, giving almost unlimited powor
to a railroad commission empoworod
to "regulate'' railroads, may bo sufll
dent to force tho railroads to comply
with the spirit of the law In Nebraska.
As to Pure Food Law.
A letter was sent to the secrotnrv of
state recently asking whether It was
a violation of tho law to Include in a
package of oatmeal a dish. Tho new
law provides that any premium clven
with a package Is not permissible and
the applicant sought to ascertain
whether it would bo adjudged a pre
mium if a dish woro placed in a pack
ago out or tho goodness of the honrtf
of the manufacturers. The secretary of
state did not know and he soiiuht to re
fer the matter to the attorney genoral
but. the legal department, was at the
time busily engaged In flndlmr ou
some other questions of vital Intorost
to the stato at large and If anything is
none, it. will bo by tho manufacturer
engaging enmlnent counsel and testing
uie Jaw in tho courts of the common
wealth.
Receipts Are Large.
The balance sheet of the state treas
urer's office for April discloses th
largest receipts of which there is rec
ord In recont years. The business at
the close of last year was large but the
receipts of April, amounting to $875,
891.52 discount them by many thou
sands of dollars. The Increase Is due
largely to tho payment of railroad
taxes under the decision of the su
preme court of the United States. Tho
funds on hand April 30, including all
moneys of whatever descrlptlon.totaled
$726,212.48. This sum Is large because
It contains $367,643.34 of the tempor
ary school fund which this month will
be distributed among the various coun
ties. It has been in process of collec
tion for the past six months. Tho in
stitutions' cash fund is newly created
by the act of the last legislature and
is rapidly increasing.
Raises Taxation Problem.
Tax Commissioner A, S. Dudley, of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway has written n letter to tho
state board of equalization In which
he asks for a reduction of tho road's
valuation in the state of Nebraska be
cause It has only "trackage rights"
over the Union Pacaflc In entering
Omaha from Iowa. He finds that the
Rock Island road, while It has track In
Nebraska, is not assessed on Its "track
age rights" from South Omaha to the
union station in Omaha and asks why
there Is discrimination. He does not
enter formal protest but declares that
theer is good cause for a reduced valu
ation on the part ol the Nebraska
board.
Re-districting for the Insane.
The board of public lands and build
ings held a meeting at which the super
intendents of the insane asylums ap
peared and asked for a re-districting
of the state with regard to the caring
for insane patients. Heretofore tho
Hastings hospital has been an insti
tution for the care of chronic insane,
but the legislature pased a law remov
ing the word "chronic" from the title
of the institution under which it will
be possible for the Adams county hos
pital to care for Insane persons of all
classes. The state board decided to
et the superintendents of the hospitals
make recommendations for re-district
ing the state and will adopt it in all
probability One division suggested
and which will probably go through U
that the Hastings asylum care for oil
the Insane coming from the territory
west of a line drawn on the westlluo
of Saline county and running to rhe
Platte and thence to the west line of
Merrick county and to the northea
boundary of Nebraska. The Lincoln
asylum will care for all Insane east of
this line and south of the Platte and
including those from Douglas county,
while the Norfolk Institution will care
for those north of the Platte and east
of the line marking off the territory
for the Hastings asylum.
Reappoints Superintendents.
Governor Sheldon re-appointed Drs.
J. T. Hay, G. A. Young and W. B.
Kern, as superintendents of the in
sane hospitals at Lincoln, Norfolk and
Hastings respectively. He also ap
pointed Dr. J. G. Muir of Milford, as
physician at the soldiers' and sailors'
home at Milford and re-appointed Dr.
W. K. Lougliridge as physician at the
Milford industrial homo for women.
The appointment of the heads of tho
Insane hospitals is niado under the
provisions of the new law, S. F. No. 28,
which specifies that the superintend
ents are to be named for a term not
to exceed six years.
Bids Defective.
At the meeting of the state board
of education held at Peru, a bid re
ceived for the new heating plant at
the school was found to be incomplete
and of such a nature that It was re
jected. It was made on plans drawn by
the Peru engineer. Plans will bo
drawn by an architect and will bo
available at an early date at the office
of the state superintendent. Another
meeting of the state board will bo held
on May 10.
Capitol Callers.
Representative J. W. Armstrong, M.
T. Harrison, Former Representative
Herbert Howe, Dr. Tyler of Auburn
and Former County Attorney F. Fer
neau of Auburn were at the caplto
recently.
Dr. Tyler Is Candidate.
Dr. Tyler of Auburn is a candidate
for membership of tho stnte board ol
education. The term of T. J. Majors
will expire on Juno 21 and at that time
the governor will be called upon to
namo his successor. Nemaha county
politics was always quito a little
aroused over the mention of the namo
of Colonel Majors and It is probable
that tho occasion of Mr. Majors' leav
ing the board will not be bewailed at
least by a fow of tho politicians in
Southeastern Nebraska. It is Bald that
a desire oxlsts to secure the selection
of a member of the board from n town
outside Peru so that local pojltlcs
may not enter into any of the school
aifalra.
DOMINGO GAINS
(ISLAND REPUBLIC DRAWS UP A
NEW AGREEMENT.
CONGRESS RATIFIES TREATY
Nation Has More Cash to Her Credit
Than at Any Former Time 'In Her
History Uncle Sam Now
at the Helm.
The new treaty between the United
States and Santo Domingo, Intended
to replace the treaty which haB been
pending before the United States sen
ate for the last two years, was ratified
by the Dominican congress May 3d.
The Dominican treaty marks a new
departure in the relations of the Unit
ed States to the smaller republics of
the western hemisphere, for, In the
case of Santo Domingo, the United
States now becomes legally a trustee
in u financial sense and in the dis
charge of its new duties must go so far
lii the preservation of order and the
accompanying discouragement of rev
olutions as is incident to the cqntrol
of the customs houses and the collec
tions of the republic's revenues.
The treaty really has its birth In
a revolution. While the American gov
ernment wns pressing for a settlement
of the claims of its citizens against
Santo Domingo in December, 1904,
President Morales, being beset by rev
olutionists, in the hope of securing the
moral support of the United States en
tered into an agreement with Captain
Dillingham of the American navy, un
der the terms of which the Dominican
customs houses, were to be occupied by
the Americans and the foreign Indebt
edness of the country discharged from
the receipts. Rejected at Washington,
this agreement gave place March 1,
1905, to a modus vlvendl, which has
operated up to this time. This placed
an American collector In charge and
provided for the deposit in New York
of 55 per cent of the customs receipts
for the benefit of Dominican creditors.
The modus vlvendi did not save Mor
ales from political destruction, for he
was overcome and deported by the
revolutionists and his vice-president,
General Caceres, installed as presi
dent. But the modus vlvendi did re
sult very beneficially so far as the
little republic's finances were concern
ed. Not only, did It lead to the de
posit in New York of $3,000,000, which
will now be placed to the credit of the
Dominican government, but that gov
ernment, has had more available mon
ey during the period of operation of
the modus vlvendi than at any othor
time in its history. This state of af
fairs resulted from a more econom
ical administration, the suppression
of smuggling nnd the encouragement
of business.
The Dominican government also
finds itself in possession of four fine
coast guard cutters built lnthe Unit
ed States and forming an effective
force for the protection of the cus
toms revenue and availaolj for all
toniB revenus and available for all
public, uses.
WAR ON THE COMIC SECTION.
International Kindergarten Union of
New York Favors Abolishment.
A campaign of education directed
against the comic sections of Sundav
newspnpers was declde.l upon at to
day's session of the International kin
dergarten union. It was voted to pro
vldo funds for tho distribution of cir
culars to parents calling upon them
to bar the Sunday supplement from
their homes. A sub-comniltteo of the
best children's writers and artists is
to bo selected to devlso a proper
substitute for the comic supplement.
Delegates were also urged to request
the newspapers of all sections of the
country to devote at least a part of
a column to the publication of liter
ature wholesome and attractive to chll
dren.
MISSOURI WINS IN ORATORY.
Given First Place, With Kansas Sec
ond and Illinois Third.
Missouri won first place in tho ora
torical contest held at Emporia, Kas.,
May 3rd, by the Interstate
league of state normal schools.
.Kansas and second, Illinois third. Mis
souri was represented by William G.
Neot, .the subject of whoso oration was
"Religion A Vital Factor In the Na
tion's Development."
Illinois was represented by Miguel
Nlcndo, an eighteen-year-old Filipino,
who has been in this country four
years. His subject was "First Need of
.the Filipinos." Tho other two states
represented at the contest were Iowa
and Wisconsin.
An Ottowa, Kas., Merchant Dead.
C. D. Crane, for thirty years a ty
poods merchant of Ottawa, Ivans., died,
of heart disease.
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