NEBRASKA NEWS
OFFICIAL CANVAS MADE OF THE
DIRECT PRIMARY RETURNS.
ALBERT LOSES NOMINATION
Error of 39C Votes in Returns From
Lincoln County, If Made, Gives
George L. Loomis the
Nomination.
'Plus official canvna complete with
'the oxcupflon of signing llio record
disclosed Mint George L. Loomis is
nominated for supremo judge by holh
tbo (lomocratlo ami ptiullHt parties,
providing itn error of 390 votes in the
report or Lincoln county 1h corrected
by tho hoard. If this change Is made
it will nave I. L. Albert of Columbus,
Hio populist candidate the emburras
miont of u withdrawal from (lit popu
HhI. ticket lo give way for Mr. Loomis.
I Jul It moii worn on both the democratic
and populist lickots and tlie first re
ports Indicated tlml ouch was nomi
nated by lila respective parly. The
Mtftlu canvassing hoard has no olllcial
knowledge of tho error in the ah
ulrael. from Lincoln county, and can
not make the correction without Homo
mi l.horll.y.
On tho face of tho returns the mis
(alio in Lincoln county was apparent.
.It wan dlHcovored when the Htato board
whs canvuHslng the vote behind closed
doom.
Tho olllcial count gives Loomis
15,188 nopullst voles and Albert 2,577
(opullHt voles. Thu abstract from
Lincoln county gives Albert '100 popu
votes and Loomis 10 populist
votes. Although the number -100 for
Albert was given in both words and
"figures it. was apparent from tho total
vote cast in the county and tho voto
Hlvou other candidates that, an error
iuul been made. County Clerk KlUot
of North Platte was called up by phone
und In reply suld he would examine
Join office record or the county can
vass. Ho found It. showed 4 populist,
voles Instead or 400 Tor Albert In that,
county. Deducting the difference, "DO
from the total vote received by Al
itor!, fn tho stale loaves him seven
Hhort or 2,188 received by Loomis, thus
making the latter the nominee of
both the democratic and populist par
ties. The Lincoln county abstract on file
iu tho office of "Secretary of State Jun
ciu shows that tho total vole cast, iu
the county was 1.1 124, Albert, demo
crat, received 35; Loomis, democrat,
37; Meier, 13; Albert, populist, 400;
iLoomis, populist, 10; Meier, populist,
11; KeoHO, republican, 092; Sedgwick,
republican, 300; Gravos, prohibition,
7; Slabbing, socialist, 23. This makes
u total of 1,520, while tho official total
voto roporlcd Is only 1,124, showing
Hint Albert's populist, vote ought to
have been 4 Instead of 400.
The Official Count.
No ohangc or any Importance wan
mado by the ofllclal canvass In the
case or any othor candidates, Clarke.
Hill! loading Caldwell for railway com
mlsslonor by 22S. Tho following are
Iho totals that have boon vorllled by
Sec.rol.ary of State .lunkln:
Supreme Judge.
M. B. Itocse (rop)
fiamuol H. Sedgwick (rop.)
30, m
22,757
2,577
. 7.570
9,059
2,1 8S
ns
'i. L. Albert (pop.)
1. L. Albert (d em.) ,
Ooorgo L. Loomis (dem.)....
Goorgo I. Loomis (pop.)....
Otlo William Melor(dom.)
Otto William Meier (people's
ind)
Julian Craves (prohibition)...
Luolon Slobblus (socialist)....
Railway Commissioner.
I. A. Culdwoll (rep.)
Hotiry T. Clnrko, Jr. (top.)....
B. M. Wallaco (rep.)
Hainual Llchty (prohibition)...
W. F. McCluro (socialist)
Regents of University.
Charles 11. Anderson (rop.) . .
GoorgH Coupland (rop.)
Dr. A. S. von Mansreldo (rop).
It. .1. Millard (dem )
811
023
305
18,857
19,085
12,459
OSS
300
37,190
20,527
17.40S
10,954
John L. Sundoan (dom.) in.r21
John Ij. Sundoan (people's
Ind.) 4,845
John 11. von 'Steon (prohibi
tion) J, N. Curler (socialist)
Julius llollender (socialist)...
Ixjo. I. Lambrlggor (socialist)
O. C. Porter (socialist)......
J. M. Schulor (socialist)
W. C. Rogers to fill vacancy,
hoc.)
071
103
93
78
105
95
114
Falls From Top of Car.
On a freight train pulling Into Falls
lllty wan tho crow of Robort Malono,
of Lincoln, a railroad contractor.
Among them was John Summors,
about 23 years of ago, who took
cunnoce ot sleeping on tho running
fjoard on top of a box oar. As tho
train was coming to a stop It jerked
onough to roll him off. His hoad struck
tho cinders and ho was rondorod un
ooobciouH. Ho died tho following
rooming from his injuries.
NEDRA3KAN TO CONGRESS.
E. L. Fulton Elected to National Body
From Oklahoma.
Nebraska rurnlshed one of Okla
homa's new congressmen, 13. L. Fulton
wlio has Just been elected, was a stu
dent lu the university of Nebraska
about twenty years ago, hailing from
Pawnee county. He loft his studies
to go on the comic opera stage, ult!
mutely landing In the Lilian Itussel
company, whero he remained four
years. Later ho returned to Pawnee
and entered tho practlco of law, with
music as his principal recreation. Ho
conducted little operas In the southern
part of the state and oven wrote an
opera that received some praise. Three
or four years ;igo he removed to Ok
lahoma. Mr. Fulton became a silver
republican In 181)0, and was at onu
lime a candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor. Like many of the silver repub
licans he graduated into the democrat
ic party and now goes to congress
as a democrat. He is a brother of Sen
ator Fulton of Oregon, who also came
from this slate.
Forest Reserve Appointment.
State Superintendent McBrlen has
just made his first apportionment un
der tho rorest reserve fund. Tho
apportionment is made on tho acreage
In thu reserves, .001341 cents being
accredited to each acre. The total
acreage In the Nebraska reserves Is
5S9.002.93 acres and there was divided
$700.37, and It was glvon to the coun
ties as follows: Blulno, $8 52; Thom
as, $103.39; McPherson, $1112.2!);
Grant, $200.7:5, and Cherry, $105.44.
One-fifth of tho money is divided equal
ly between the school districts, one
llflli to the public road fund ami three
fifths Is divided according to the enu
m'oratlon of school children. The for
est reserves In Nebraska are divided
as followr.: I.llsmnl River Preserve.
Ulalnc county, 0,27:1.10 acres; Thomas
county, 77,021.09 acres; total 8:5,294.25
acres. North Platte reserve, McPher
son county, 2:52,802.7:1 acres; Grant
county, 149,008.85 acres; total, 382,
411.58 acres. Niobrara reserve, Cher
ry county, 123,297.10 acres.
New Cream Rates.
An order cffoctlvo arter November 1.
changing the rales on cream and mill:
has been issued by tho stato railway
commission. Tho now rates are prac
tically tho samo now charged by the
Burlington road, but terminal rates
for Omaha, Lincoln and central points
arc abolished and distance rates es
tablished. This Increases the rates
to Lincoln and Omaha, but it is un
derstood that tho Increase Is not suffi
cient to prevent tho central creameries
from continuing to ship from long dis
tances. For tho short, haul a cheap
or rate Is given and this may stimu
late co-operative creameries to ship
from points horetoforo not reached
on account or high freight rates.
Run Down By a Thresher.
G. Y. Smith, ono of the prominent
rarmers of Jefferson county, met a viol
ent death In an accident. Mr. Smith
and son Frank started to movo their
threshing outfit from one job to an
other. In going down a stoop hill the
pin holding tho longuo collecting the
separator to tho engine dropped out
allowing tho separator to run up onto
tho engino. Tho young man called to
his father notifying him of tho danger
and then jumped rrom the engine. The
elder Smith, Instead or jumping also,
tried to swerve the engine rrom tho
front or the soparator and was caught
between tho two hoavy machines when
the crash camo .
Judge Recce's Appointment.
Judge Reese returned last week to
Lincoln and learned or his appoint
ment as a supremo court commission
er to succeed N. D. Jackson, resigned.
Ho has not yet filed his acceptance
and In some quarters doubts wora ex
pressed about his taking tho position.
He said he had not considered tho Mat
ter, that ho had a groat doal or pri
vate business to look arter and was
too busy to give It proper considera
tion. It is said it will bo difficult
Tor him to dispose or his business In
Umo to lake up the work or a court
commissioner by October 1, the dale
tho resignation or Mr. Jackson is to
tako effect.
Inspection of Oil.
Attornuy General Thompson has
glvon Stato Oil Inspector A. B. Allen
an opinion that ho must Inspect every
particle of oil usod In tho state. A
farmer, living near tho Kansas line,
wrote to Mr. Allen asking If ho could
use oil shipped to him from across thu
border without Inspection. It was
cheaper than Nebraska oil. Tho at
torney general said that the Kansas
product could not bo usod In Nebras
ka without Inspection.
Preparing for Terminal Assessment.
Goorgo Bonnott, socrotary of tho
stato board of assessment, Is working
on tho forma to bo sent out to county
assessors who aro to assess tho termi
nal property of railroads In cltloa and
viUagos. This form will bo tho first
of tho kind over mado up in tho statu
and as much depends upon tho form,
Mr. Bonnott Is taking considerable
pains with tho work.
THE ABSORBING ISSUE!
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THE OKLAHOMA ELECTION
The Constitution Was Adopted by a
Large Majority.
Democrats Claim Victory for Haskell
by 35,000 Statewide Prohibition
by Overwhelming Vote.
Oklahoma City, Ok. liarly returns
f-om Tuesday's election Indicate the
ratification of the constitution by an
overwhelming majority. C. N. Has
kell, democrat, is leading for govern
or.and tho state wide prohibition
proposition is believed to have carried.
Norman, Ok. Two precincts out of
three hore give Haskell 150, Frnntz
04. Haskell and the entire democratic
ticket will be elected by at least 30,
000 majority according to lato re
ports from all over the state. The ma
jority for prohibition Is steadily in
creasing and will exceed -t,000.
Muskogee, I. T. Thursday night
there was no question but that Has
kell's majority will bo 35,000 and
possibly 40,0 when tho returns are
in.
Haskell is the maker and the ex
ponent of thu lvost radical constitu
tion from a democratic standpoint in
the union. Tho democrats have also
carried four of tho five congressmen.
James S. Davenport In the third dis
trict, C. O. Carter in tho fourth dis
trict, R. H. Fulton in the socond dis
trict and C. F. Ferris in tho fifth dis
trict. Bird S. MeGulre. in the first
district, will be the only republican
congressman. Tho republicans have
seemingly accepted the result in good
faith r.nd tho leading republican
papers have como out urging tho im
mediate proclamation of statehood.
Their Names Still Good on Bond.
Chicago. Judge Grosscup in thu
United States circuit court announced
Friday that he would accept John D.
and Win. Rockefeller, John I). Arch
bold and Henry M. Flagler as sureties
on tho two bonds on supersedeas to
bo filed by tho Standard Oil company
of Indiana boforo any proceeding in
error can tie nan in tno company s
effort to obtain a sotting aside ot thu
fine imposed by Judge Landis in the
district court. Tho bonds aro for
$4,000,000 and $2,000,000, and two
sureties are required on each.
Beri-Beri In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb. Dr. I. D. Jones of
Murdock, Neb., Tuesday morning in
formed the state boarn of health that
20 cases of berl-berl oxlsted among
tho Japanese laborers at Alvo, Nob.
Tho state board Immediately sont rep
resentatives to Investigate. Dr. Jones
declared that thu dlseasu resembled
paralysis and seemed to bo contagious.
Cage Full of Men Drops 700 Feet.
Marquetto, Michigan, Four
teen men were killed outright and
throo were fatally injured Friday by
tho falling of a cage in tho rolling
mill mine at Nogauneo. Tno cago
was full of men, and every ono In it
was either killed or seriously injured.
Tho steel cable broke and tho cago
dropped 700 feet.
Judge Reese Gets an Appointment.
Lincoln, Neb. Supremo Court Com
missioner N. D. Jackson of Nollgh
Wodnesday evening tendered his
resignation to tho threo judges of tho
supremo court, who filled tho vacancy
by the appointment
Roeso of Lincoln.
of Judge M. B.
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ROCKEFELLER OWNS MOST.
He Holds 247,642 Shares of Standard
Oil Stock Has Depreciated In
Value Nearly One' Half.
New Vork. A record of the pres
ent stockholders of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, part of which
was placed In ovidenco Friday in the
federal suit against the oil combine,
disclosed that John D. Rockefeller
owns 247,012 shares of stock, and
that his holdings are almost flvo times
larger than the shareholdings of any
othor individual Interest. Tho record
shows, though, that since the dissolu
tion of the liquidating trust Mr. Rocke
feller has disposed of nearly 10,000
shares of his holdings. Based on the
present market value of $440 for Stan
dard Oil stock. Mr. Rockefeller's in
terest in the company is valued at
about $109,000,000.
The depreciation in the price of
Standard Oil stock within the past ten
years, about the time the agitation
against the company began has been
more than $100 a share. Since the
legal proceedings against the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey were in
stituted the stock has steadily de
clined until it Is now around $140.
This represents a loss of over $100,
000,000 on thu holdings or John D.
Roekereller. Thu shrinkage In tho
market value or thu stock also affects
tho University of Chicago to tho ex
tent of about $2,000,000.
Temperance Forces Appeal to President
Oklahoma City, Ok. The Rev. M C.
Dlnwlddie, national counsel for thu
anti-saloon league, Friday night de
clared that the influence of the tern
peranco forces of the entire national
would be brought, to bear upon Presi
dent Roosevelt to secure his approval
of tho constitution. "The liquor men
who wore defeated in a fair fight at
the polls are now planning an appeal
to the president to reject the con
stitution, and not to proclaim slate
hood," said Dinwiddle. "In this
struggle the good people ought to
have, and iu my judgment will have,
thu support of thu best people of all
parties through the land."
Mississippi Railroads Indicted.
Jackson, Miss. Following up the
indictments returned several days ago
charging the Illinois Central and thu
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads
with issuing passes 1o persons not on
titled to such undor thu low, the grand
Jury of this count has reported truo
bills against every railroad In tho
state both intra and Interstate for
their alleged failure to file statements
showing tho number of passes issued
and to whom, as the law directs.
Warrants for Millionaires.
Boise, Idaho. A warrant was
Wednesday issued for the arrest of
Summer G. Moon and James L. Bar
ber, of F.au Claire, Wis., millionaires
otllcors of tho Barber Lumber com
pany and Horace S. Rand of Burling
ton, Conn., indicted for conspiracy to
defraud tho government. They were
Indicted with Senator Borah and oth
ors. They will bo brought to Bolso at
once to answer the charges.
All New Except Right of Way.
Topoka, Kan. The stato board or
railroad commissioners has Issued an
ordor to A. W. Sullivan, general man
ager of tho Missouri Pacific to make
repairs on the main line from Kansas
City to the Nebraska stato lino and
on tho Central branch, now ties, bal
lasting, raising track and better
drainage wore found to be neodwl. Tho
roud was glvri DO days to start work.
THE PRESIDENT WILL GAMP
For 17 Days He Will Be Lost in
Canebrakes.
Immediately Following His Missis
sippi Trip He Proposes to Take
a Real Vacation.
Oyster Bay. Far from the scene of
ofllclal routine President Roosevelt
will enjoy L7 days In camp In Louisi
ana. This Is to be the nearest ap
proach to genuine vacation that the
president has allowed himself.
Though nominally on his vacation at
Oyster Bay this summer, there have
been but few hours in which ofllclal
business has not intruded. President
Roosevelt will pitch his camp iu the
northeastern corner of Louisiana, on
or about October 5. The exact spot
Is yet to be determined. The plans
provide for a "camping trip," but
every one who knows Northeastern
Louisiana knows that the cane brakes
shelter game worthy of a huntsman
of presidential calibre. While the de
tails of the trip have not been thor
oughly worked out, tho main features
were announced by Secretary Loeb
Thursday. The president will leave
Oyster Bay for Washington next.
Wednesday and on tho following Sun
day will start on his western and
southern speech-making tour. At
Memphis, Tenn.. on October 4, thu
speechmaking programme will bo in
terrupted and tho president will start
for the earn ping grounds, lie will
break camp on October 21. going di
rectly to Vicksburg, Miss., to make his
promised speech there. The return
to Washington will immediately after
be begun, and tho White House will
bo reached on the afternoon of Octo
her 23.
Standard Oil Profits.
New York. Dolvlng In tho financial
workln, or the Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey, the holding com
pany of all the subsidiary organiza
tions or tho so-called oil trust, Frank
R. Kellogg, conducting the federal
suit Tor the dissolution of the com
pany, brought to public view Tuesday
for the first time tho enormous profits
made b tho company. In eight years
from J 899 to 1900, Inclusive, the Stan
dard Oil company by a statement
spreud upon tho record Tuesday, was
shown to have earned profits of $490,
815,934 or at. the rate of more than
$01,000,000 a year. It distributed to
its shareholders iu tho same period
$30S.359.403.
Guarded the Vatican.
Rome. Armed men in the service of
the Popu were on guard all day Fri
day at. the entrances of thu apostolic
palace and the Vatican has been un
der the especial protection of a de
tachment of Royal troops, but there
has been no active outbreak of anti
clerical sentiments, and September 20,
the thirty-seventh anniversary of the
occupation of Rome by Italian troops
and the fall or the temporal power of
thu papacj, has passed without thu
fulfillment or any of the rears en
tertained by thu Vatican, that thu
Italian people would then
deeds of violence their
against the church.
show by
ill-feeling
Five New Torpedo Boat Deotroyers.
Washington. Secretary Metcalf Fri
day awarded the contract for the con
struction of five torpedo boat destroy
ers, provision tor which was made by
thu last congress and bids for Avhich
were1 opei.ed at the navy department
about, a month ago. Thu following
wore the successful bidders: Wm.
Cramp & Sons, two ships, at 9585,000
each; the I kith Iron Works, two ships,
at $024,000 each. Tho New York Ship
building company, ono ship, at $015.
000. Turbine ieachincs of thu Par
sons type are lo be installed in all
the ships.
Ordered Rates Increased.
La Crosse, Wis. By a decision
handed down Friday by tho state rail
way commission, tho electric lighting
rates charged by tho La Crosse Gas
and lilectrlc Company, aro declared to
be too low, unremunerativo and the
company is ordered to put a higher
scalo into effect. This is thu first de
cision of this kind over made lu the
! state.
Under the new law, public ser
vice corporations, as wull as custom
ers may appeal to tho commlsslou
Missouri's Navy Has Sailed.
Washington. Tho navy department
Thursday received a message from
tho commandant of tho navy yard at
Pensacola, stating that tho converted
yacht Huntress, which is manned by a
crow of Missouri naval militiamen
sailed from the yard on thu 17th,
but was obliged by bad weather to put
about and only Thursday evening was
able to get away again for Now Or
leans.
Russia Will Have a Big One.
St. Petersburg. Tho Russian ad
miralty has ordered a battleship of
22,300 tons from tho Baltic ship build
ing works.
