NEBRASKA NEWS
REPRESENTATIVE THI ESSEN H Aft
A GREAT IDEA.
CORN LAND TO BE HIGHER
After Much Caroful Study of Present'
Day Condltlonr,, He Concludes
That Values Will Reach
High Figure.
I Ion. John l. Thlosson, of Falrbury,
one of tho most, conservative farmers
in tho Htitlo, Iiiih been doing ti little
IlKurhiK recently along (ho lino of ad
vancement in Imitl values. Mr, Titles
Hen's idea Is that possibly not more
Minn ton yearn hence, the price of land
adapted to tho raising of corn will
liavo advanced to $150 to $200 an
uoro. Ho contends tlial the corn belt
of thla country Is fully developed and
It ,'h limited to a very .small port ion
of tho United States when the conn
try au a whole Id taken Into considera
tion. On the other hand, he days that
nil the new land that Is coining In Ih
adapted to tho raising of wheat. The
result of this condition will he, he
contends, a constantly Increasing sup
ply of whoat, while the demand Is not.
Increasing nearly as rapidly us the
demand for corn. Tills moans that the
prlcos of these two commodities are
hound to Uncinate; corn will go up
and wheat will go down until tho
prices meet. The raising of corn does
not entail nearly as much expense as
tho glowing of wheat; one man can
tend a bigger Held of corn Mum he
can of wheat, and the result Is going
to he that farmers will be in tho mar
ket for corn laud. With the IncroaBo
in demand for corn the price Is going
up to such a tlgure that the net re
turns from an acre of this grain will
pay a bigger dividend on the amount
Invested and tills Is bound to result
in a scrliiiiuiige to get possession of
tho land adapted to the raising of
corn. Mr. Thlesson does not wonder
ot the fact that people are today will
ing to pay $100 an acre for good corn
land.
MAY CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES.
8trlp of Merrick County Land
May
Be Traded to Nance.
The question of changing the boun
dary linos between Merrick and Nance
counties will be submitted to the
voters of both counties at the general
olectlon In November, and If the prop'
osltion carries, all of tho land Mor
Tick county embraces north of the
Loup river will be exchanged for all
of Nance county south of the river
Included in township 15, rango 8.
There is a strip eight miles long and
one-half mile wide which extends up
from the northwest corner of Merrick
county between Nance an.l Howard
comities, and its distance from Con
tral City, tho county seat, has been n
source of great Inconvenience to per
eous living up there. No supervisor
has been able to look properly after
tholr roads and bridges and the chil
dren of the families residing there
have in the past been transferred to
school districts in neighboring coun
ties as there was no school accessible
to Miem In Merrick county, sonio of
ihom being as much a ten miles dis
tant from the nenrost Merrick county
Bchool. Accordingly tho citizens of
Loup township petitioned to haw the
Btrlp transferred to Nanco county In
exchange for a small tract of Nance
county south of the river and the prop
osltion will be submitted to the voters
of both counties at the election next
month. Before tho exchange can be
made tho people of both counties must
vote favorably. Tho land in Nance
county to be transferred is only about
lialf tho size tho tract they will receive
In return.
State Board Mandamused.
A writ of mandamus issued recent
ly bv the supremo cou t has been
obeyed by the board of educational
lands and funds and as a result Mrs
Delilah Rutledge becomes tho purchas
er of a lease contract covering SO
acres of state land-in Jefferson conn
ty. The local appraisers first apprais
ed the land at ?1.200. This was re
jectod by the state board as being
too low. An appeal was taken by Mrs
Rutledce to the supreme court. The
court held that the board had power
to review the appraisement and stat
ed that the land1 was evidently np
nralsad from S400 to 1600 below Its
actual value. A second nppralsentont
was had and the value fixed at. $200
less than the minimum amount which
tho supreme court said was tho real
value. This appraisement tho board
rejected, but the supreme court Issued
a writ of mandnmus to compel the
board to approve. Land Commission
er Eaton has completed the necessary
papers in the case and the board has
approved, his action.
STOCK YET TO BE SHIPPED.
Scarcity of Cam In Northwest Pre
vento Rapid Movement.
Reports from tho range country In
(he northwest part of Nebraska Indi
cate that the movement from that
Htoek-ralslng section has hardly begun.
II Is claimed that snippers have been
tumble to make shipments because of
lack of cars, A shipper who canto
to Lincoln said the railroad com
pany Is evidently making strenuous
efforts to get cars to shippers, because
on the way down they passed many
rrolght trains inailo up of empty stock
cars. Ho said the arrival in the north
west of empty cars menus prompt
loading and the prompt return of tho
loaded cars, and that the efforts of tho
railroads for several weeks to come
will bo needed to move all thu stock
that Is ready for tho market. Thu
labor problem Is getting to be a seri
ous ono In the northwest. Men are
In demand on the ranches and In the
hay and potato Holds. It Is clalmo.1
that potato raisers In tho vicinity of
llnnce are offering from $12 to $2.75
per day for men to pick up potatoes.
DEATH OF DR. S. D. MERCER.
End ComcB to n Prominent Physician
of Omaha.
Dr. Samuel David Mercer died at
lis residence, Fortieth and Cuming
streets, Omaha, at the age of slxty
II vo.
Dr. Mercer's death marks the pass
ng of ono of the pioneer physicians
and surgeons of the state and a man
who had made Omaha his homo for
forty-one years.
Convicts Earn Money.
Warned A. D. Reenter deposited $1,-
051.71 In a Lincoln hank to the credit
of convicts In tho state penitentiary.
le said that It represented the money
earned by the convicts for over-time
work during the month of September
and that Mils was less than the amount
isually earned by them in one month.
rout 250 to 'J (50 convicts are repre
sented in the list of those who earned
the money. Last mouth convicts in
tho prison spent $1,000 for the various
hlngs which prisoners usually buy.
deluding pies and cakes once a mouth
and the services of attorneys.
Train Speed Limit.
Without waiting for the return of
Commissioner II. J. Winnett tho rail
way commission is likely to adopt, the
ecommeudatlon of Commissioner Wll
lams that the speed of trains on tho
Missouri Pacific railroad be limited la
the interests of the safety of the trav
eling public. Commissioner Clarke
has read the recommendation and is
of the opinion that somo such order
should be Issued without delay. Tho
proposed order will come up for dis
position within a day or two. It pro
vides that passenger trains shall be
linlted to twenty-live miles an hour,
freight trains to twenty miles and
iteavy freight engines to llfteen miles.
Child Shot Accidentally.
A very distressing accident occurred
at .Hartley the other day. Mrs. Dean
Vanderhorf while loading a 38 revol
ver to shoot a chicken accidentally
discharged it, the bullet paused entire
ly through the head of her llttlo two
year old baby girl. The child Is still
alive with some chance to recover.
The cords of the left eyo were sever
ed and will destroy tho eye If she
lives. Tho mother is prostrated over
tho affair.
Woodmen Erect Monument.
The Plattsmouth camp of tho Wood
men of the World, assisted by a num
cor of visiting camps, unveiled the
monument erected to the memory of
the iato Edward Orassman, who was
killed aevctal months ago In a gas
explosion. Senator Josso L. Root act
ed as master of ceremonies, whllo ad
dresses were given by Rev. Dr. II. G
Schleh and Edward Walsh, itato man
agoi of the Woodmen of tit's World
Farmer's Neck is Broken.
Andrew Hesse, a farmer who lives
seven miles southwest of Crete, mot
his death by falling from the roof
of his new barn which he was siting
ling, ills nock was broken by the
twenty-foot fall and the physicians
who answered the call found him
dead.. Ho was thlrty-ntno years old
and left a family of eight.
Kearney Business Reorganized.
The Kearney machine foundry and
automobile company elected officers
this week as follows: Prank E. Wll
cox, president; Fred Rosso, vice presl
dent; Alonzo Frank, secretary and
treasurer; C. M. Kuhn, manager. The
board of directors consist of the abovo
and J. H. Kuhn, J. Herman, Harry
Black and Fran Mott. Tho firm took
possession of the old foundry business
heretofore run by Black & Kuhn
Bros. As soon as possible tho old
building will bo repaired ami remod
eled to meet tho requirements of the
business.
THE SECRETARY
JUDGE LANDIS IS UPHELD
Fine of $60,000 Assessed Against
Alton Will Stand-
United States Court of Appeals Over
ruled a Petition for a Rehearing
of the Rebating Charge.
Chicago. Judges Orosscup, Baker
and Seaman, In tho United States cir
cuit court of appeals In an opinion
dollvored Wednesday afternoon over
ruled a petition of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad company for a rehear
ing on Its appeal from the $00,000 fine
ill posed by Judge K. M. Landls a
Mttlo more than a year ago for rebat
ing. Tho railroad company was fined
$40,000 and J. N. Falthorn, former vico
president, and P. A. Wann, former gen
eral freight agent, $10,000 each on a
charge of having granted rebates to
the packing firm of Schwarzschild and
Sulzberger company in violation of tho
Elklns law. The railroad company's
defense In tho trial of the rebate case
was that its paymonts to the packing
company wero for use of that com
pany's industrial tracks. Judge Gross
cup, in giving the opinion Wednesday
on the petition for rehearing Informed
tho petitioner that a more caroful
reading of a former opinion by him
self last spring when Judge Landls'
action was sustained would show that
tho present petition was Inconsistent.
Dutch Troops Massacred.
Victoria, B. C. Mall advices from
Batavla report the ambuscade and
massacre of two companies of Dutch
troops by natives In tho Celebes.
Eleven men sent to secure a native
ewer were attacKeti while in camp,
Bomo being at breakfast and others
swimming, and they were butchered to
man. Lloutennnt Mathes, com
mandlng the force, had gone with six
men to the chief's stronghold and re
turning Joined forces with Lieutenant
Klles and 15 men. The company had
heard nothing of the slaughter of tho
other force and when they were shift
lng camp, they wore sot upon a largo
force of blacks. Not one escaped.
No Rights In Indian Territory.
Tulsa, I. T. All malt nnd fermented
liquors have no property rights In In
dian torrltory and are contraband, ac
cording a decision by Federal Judge
W. R. Lawrence Friday. The decision
was In the case of Geo. E. Josolyn,
local distributor of Pablo, a 2 per cent
alcoholic beverage against Special
Federal Olllcer W. E. Johnson. Joce-
ijn sougitt to restrain .loitnson rrom
wi.owwj iuH ma iiuiun. v. i iKtuitiiiiuiK
irauo in sanio. jttuge Lawrences (le-
clslon it Is believed will bar all al
leged 2 per cents from Indian territory.
Captured Ocean Records.
New York. The Cunarder Lusltania,
with practically all the trans-Atlantic
records to her credit, arrived abeam
tho Sandy Hook lightship nt 1:25 Frl
day morning. Tho time for tho trip
from Daunts Rock to tho Sandy Hook
light, tho olllclal course ovor which
speod trials were made was four days,
20 hours. The last day's run was ap
parently the fastest of the trip, tho
giant liner hitting up her speed to 25
knots an hour over a smooth sea with
little wind to Intorfore with her.
Wheat Prices Going Up.
Chicago. Wheat prices on the local
exclTattge touched new high record
marks Thursday when the May deliv
ery sold up to $1.11 and tho Decent
her option to $1.05. Cold weathor
In Argentina was the chief reason for
tho fresh advance in prices.
OF PEACH.
KELLOGG HAS THE EVIDENCE-
Books Show the Standard Oil Trusl
WaB Never Really Dissolved
He Says.
Now York. From statements culled
from ledgers and books found In the
oillco of the Standard Oil company,
Prank B. Kellogg, counsel for the
United States governmont, succeeded
In placing on Tuesday's record of fed
oral proceedings against the oil com
bine the processes and stagos through
which the combine passed in its
changes from tho old Standard Oil
trust to the present Standard Oil com
pany of New Jersey. Out of the maze
of llgttro developed from the com
pany's books and from the testimony
given by Clarence G. Fay, assistant
auditor of tho Standard, called as a
witness Tuesday, tho government's
counsel says ho believes he has proved
tho federal allegation that tho Stan
dard Is an illegal corporation and that
by devious devices has maintained its
entity, and that It Is under tho same
ownership as when it was formed.
A Nebraska Primary Decision.
Lincoln, Nob. Unless the supreme
court reverses the decision of tho
district court of Dakota county which
ruled that names written into the pri
mary ballot must be counted, all of
tho election boards of the state will
have to meet again and recanvass the
vote of the .ast primary for, on the
recommendation of Attorney General
Thompson, these votes wero disregard
ed. Judge Welch rendered the dacis
Ion Tuesday evening ordering the
county clerk to put on the ballot, the
names of candidates written into the
ballot and receiving a plurality of the
votes for their particular offices.
Work at The Hague Finished.
The Hague. The report of James
Brown Scott, on tho proposed Inter
A. 1 1 I. Jt . i 1 .
imuuiuu iiign court oi justice was
adopted Thursday by the committee
by 38 to three votes, three delegates
oeiug aosont. The resolution of Sir
Edward Fry to the effect that the gov
ernments Institute tho court so soon
aB thoy have agreed on the method by
which the Judges are to be chosen,
was then passed almost unanimously.
The work of the peace conference Is
now practically finished. Tho sitting
briday will merely agree on the form
of a declaration regarding obligatory
arbitration.
John Mitchell Will Retire.
intllanapolis, I ml. John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
announces In tho United Mine Work
ers' Journal that be will not be a can-
amnio lor ro-oiectton us nies ihnt Mr
Mitchell underwent a surgical oper
i luiiiii anout six months ago and it Is
said that he has not fully recovery
and that it is possible that it. will be
necessary for aiiother'operation to bo
poriormcd
The Frisco Alco Prosperous.
St. Louis. Mo. The Frisco railroad
annual report lor the lineal year end
ed on June :i0. 1007. which was issuer
I'flday night, shows an increase o
$(5,571,110.05, or 20 5 per cent, In gross
earnings: an Increase of $2,2 i7.3G4.71
or iti.o per cent i.t net earnings am
an increase of $2,100,447.(5(5 In the bal
mice of surplus carried to profit and
loss.
Detroit Lost Another.
Detroit, Mioli. In the first game o
i no worm s series on their own field
the DcirMt American league team was
beaten I- rlday afternoon by the Chi
cago .Nationals by a score of (5 to 1
To Colonize Siberia
bt. Petersburg The council of mln
tsiers i-ruiay appropriated $0,500,000
for colouration purposes In Siberia.
SANTA FE GAVE REBATES
The Railroad Company Declared
Guilty by Los Angeles Jury.
Was Indicted on Sixty-six Counts and
the Maximum Penalty May
Reach $1,250,000.
Los Angeles, Cal. After boini;. out
20 minutes, the Jury in the caso of tho
government against the Santa Fe Rail
road company on trial for rebating In
the federal court hero Friday after
noon brought In a verdict of guilty
against tho railroad on all of tho 6G
counts of the Indictment. Judge Wei
born will announce his decision next
Monday. An estimate of tho maxi
mum penalty which may be imposed
is $1,250,000.
The charge against tho Santa Fe
was that it had granted rebates from
its regular tariff on shipments of lime
by tho Grand Canyon Lime & Cement
company of Arizona. The defense of
tho railroad company was that the
rebates wore "concessions" made for
alleged losses In the shipments dur
ing transit. The trial began on Sep
tember 30.
In giving his decision on the law
points which arose during the trial,
Judge Welborn laid down a point of
law which Is held to be one of the reost
important since tho Interstate com
merce commission has existed. -He
Bald :
"I hold that the acceptance by the
defendant of a less eum of money than
that named in its tariff for tho trans
portation of its property described in
the indictment if here had been such
acceptance was a departure from tho
legal rate, and that it is not Justified
in so doing, nor is it any defense to a
prosecution thereof, that the acts of
the carrier were done in compromise
of claims for loss of property in
transit."
A SALTED MINE.
Property for Which $2,500,000 Wat
Refused Found Upon Close Ex
amination to be Worthless.
Helena, Mont. The Record Friday
publishes a story to the effect that
numerous Montana and Washington
investors have been mulcted to the ex
tent of more than p third of a million
dollars through the discovery that the
Red Canyon placer mines near Lean
der, Wyo., had been salted and that
the property is worthless.
A Chicago firm was so impressed
with the future of the property that
it offered the Greenoughs $2,500,0po
for their interest, but it was rejected.
Water not being available work had
been started from oither end of a
tunnel through a mountain so that the
flow of the Prophoagle river might bo
utilized. The discovery has created
the biggest sensation in the history
of Northwest mining.
Laborers Pillaged Freight Cars.
Denver, Col. Over $500,000 worth of
merchandise has been stolen on the
Burlington railroad in transit between
Chicago and Denver during the past
year, and 300 Italian laborers who
pillaged freight cars have been dis
charged, according to a report pub
lished in the Denver Times Thursday.
It is said that secret service agents
ferreted out the system by which the
robberies wero constantly committed
but failed to Becttro evidence sufficient
to convict any of the thieves.
The Average Fair Paid.
Topeka, Kan. The Santa Fe and
Rock Island Thursday fllod with the
state board of railroad commissioners
reports on the blanks furnished by tho
interstate commerce commission. The
report Bhows that the average fare per
passenger per mile received by tho
Santa Fe In Kansas for the year end
ing June 30, 1907, was .020G8; for the
ontiro lino it wns .02150; for the Rock
iBland In Kansas .022S4; for the en
tire lino .02232.
Less Than Two Cents a Mile.
Lincoln. Neb. The annual report of
tho Union Paclllc railway was filed
with the state railway commission
Thursday for the period ending Juno
30. Tho statement waB made that tho
average amount per mile for passen
ger travel was LOG cents. Tho period
covered In tho report Includes about
eight months before the two-cent fare
law went Into effect, Indicating that
the railroad received a rifle less than
two cents before the law went Into
oporatlon.
Arrested One Operator.
St. Joseph, Mo. Joseph Powers, a
Burlington telegraph oporator at Wal
dron, Mo., has been arrested by
United States authorities charged
with Interfering with commercial mes
sages and train dUpatchlng. The of
ficers expect to make further arrota.
The operators sought to harrasB West
ern Union and Associated PresB oper
ators who took strikers place some
tune ago.
