NEBRASKA NEWS
SECRETARY OF STATE JUNKIN
CALLS DOWN STATE BUYERS.
BILLS CONTRARY TO RULES
Finds That a Number of Vouchers Is
sued By Heads of Institutions Do
Not Cover Conditions and
Sends Thsm Dack.
Secretary of Stuto Jiiukln has found
that heads of statu iiiHtltittloiis are
buying goods not con traded for,"goudn
In excess of iiormltB Ihhuo(I, anil goods
that aro noltlier contracted for nor
covered by a permit. He has sent
buck a lot of vouchers for correction
In this account. This will serve as a
romlnt'cr that f.lio state hoard of pub
lic lands and buildings means yhat it
Hays when It adopts rules governing
tho purchase of goods for the state.
The secretary of state has notified
Superintendent Sherman of tho school
for boys tit Kearney that hereafter he
muat mate In his vouchers for travel
ing expenses the mission on which
ho traveled. Mr. Sherman presented
n bill for several trips and accompany
ing tho account were receipts for the
funds paid out, but the secretary of
etnto desires to know something about
tho purpose of tho visits and will in
sist on this In the future.
Tho Institution to which vouchers
wore roturned for correction to coin
ply with contracts and permits were
tho Institute for feoblo minded ut Be
atrice, Hastings hospital, Lincoln
hospital for the Insane, school for boys
at Kearnoy, soldiers and sallow'
homes at Grand Island and MUford
tho Industrial school for women at
MUford, home for the friendless and
orthopedic hospital at Lincoln. Prom
ono to ten .vouchors for each Insti
tution wore found Incorrect.
Governor Will Quarantine.
Goyornor Sheldon has decided to Is
euo a ouurnntlne proclamation in co
operation with the government quar
antine .to go Into effect December 1.
The government Inspectors will act
at state inspectors and the oxponso of
tholr work will fall upon the govern
ment. The same rules that apply in
tho government quarantine will apply
In tho state of Nebraska. Tho proc
lamation will be issued before Satur
day evening. The western part of the
state Is now under government quar
antine. Under the governor's procla
mation as it will be operated, inspect
ed cattle will bo given a clean bill of
hoalth while thoso that ure not. In
spected will hnvo to go to the quar
antine pens. This will give those who
have been asking for a 'proclamation
what they want and will leave thoso
who oppose It Just whore thoy aro In
respect to a bill of health for their
cattle.
McBrien Discharges His Wife.
State Superintendent J. L. McBrien
has discharged his wifo from his of
fice force' und Iuib told why he em
ployed her. This announcement fol
lows close onto tho publication of a
list of offlcors at the state house who
employ relatives. Mr. McBrlen's ex
planation and action in this case has
caused many eyes to bo cast in the
direction of Land Commissioner Eaton,
State Veterinarian C. A. McKlm and
Chief Game Warden Carter, all of
whom have tholr wives on the state
pay roll, and to bthor state officers
and heads of departments who belong
to what has been termed the amal
gamated association of husbands,
wives and sons and daughters of pro
tetalon, Free High School Ruling.
State Superintendent McBrien has
ruled in regard to attendance of non
resident pupils under tho free high
school law that If a pupil Is iu attend
aace but one day In any one week, ho
hall be counted as belonging to the
school for that week, and that on such
noa-resldont attendance the public
school district, where such pupil so
attends, will be entitled to draw 75
cents per week high school tuition
therefore as provided for by law. On
the other hand he holds that where a
non-resident pupil fails to attend a
single day In any one weok tire public
school district will nt be entitled to
any tuHlon for that week's non-attendance.
Harris' Record Unique.
According to statistics gathered on
the last election ;R. Clement Harrlss
of Falrbury is the only candidate in
the state of Nebraska who ran against
a women this year and defeated her.
Harries was a candidate for super
intendent of public Instruction of
Jefferson county on the republican
tloket. He defeated Mrs. Olive W.
True, the democratic nominee, by a
majority of 161.
DEATH OF WILLIAM H. LOWE.
One of First Pioneers of State Dead'
at Nebraska City.
William 11. Lowe, who was one of
tho best known pioneers of Nebraska
and one of Its very first settlors, dlcd
Wednesday at tho home of his daugh
ter, In 'Nebraska City, from a com
plication of diseases Incident to old
ago. Air. Lowe vas born In Michigan
January I, 1829, In what was then a,
wilderness and shortly after his fathor
removed to Indiana, from thenco to
Illinois and shortly afterward to Mis
souri, landing In Aachlnson county in
1847. That year Mr, Lowe onllsted In
tho United States army In what was
known as tho Oregon battalion, ex
pecting to be sent to Mexico to seo
active service, but instead, was sent
to the frontier, the company coming
to old Fort Kearney, which Is now No
braska City, whore ho remained for a
month and -then was discharged and
then for a short time herded cattlo
for the government. He returned to
Missouri for a short stuy and In 1855
camo to Otoo county,
Uniform Telegraph Rat6s.
There Is a -well defined opinion
at the state house that the railway
commission belluvos It has been bun
coed Into giving permlslon to tele
phone companies to chango rates and
that changes have been desired by the
companies merely to drive out compe
tition. The commission feels so strong
ly upon the subject that It Is likely
that somo subject may bo taken to
open tip the telephone rate question
for the purpose of establishing uniform
long distance rates throughout the
state. Different rates are charged In
different localities, although all tele
phone companies are said to establish
rates on air line mileage. This would
mean uniformity, but It Is alleged
there is no uniformity. Attorney W.
W. Morsman of tho 'Nebraska Tele
phone company contends that tho com
mission has no rate making powers as
applied to telephone companies, but
ho admits the companies must flic
changes In rates with the commissions,
Elk Creek Boy Insane.
Loltoy Stanton, the nlnetcen-year-old
boh of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stanton,
who live near 151k Creek, has been
adjudged Insane, and the boy's father
and Sheriff H. U. Minor took him to
the asylum at Lincoln for treatment.
It seems (ho young man's mind has
been affected for some time, and the
tragic death of the threshermen, O. A.
Geil, Roy Carmine and August See
man, not far from where he lived
on September 12, 1906, seemed to
weigh heavily upon his mind at times.
Tho men went undor a threshing ma
chine to escape a rain storm and light
ning struck the machine and killed
them. Young Stanton, in times of his
most pronounced dementia, has Insist
ed on going to the train at Elk Creek
to meet the men whom ho seemed to.
bellevo were away and wero coming
back.
Registration of Automobiles.
Secretary of State Junkin has an-,
nouueed that all members of registra
tion of motor vehicles Issued from IiIb
office prior to January 1, 1907, from
number 1 to number 1,087, Inclusive,
which have not been re-registered as
roqulrod by section 141, chapter 78,
compiled statutes of Nebraska, for
1907, will be subject to cancellation,
on and after January 1, 1908. All reg
istrations mado in 1907, beginning
with number 1,088 must bo reregister
ed on tho corresponding day and date
In 1908. Tho registration fee Is $1.
Blanks can be obtained from the sec
rotary of state.
Mail Clerk Badly Hurt.
Mail Clerk T. B. Burg, running be
tween Omaha and Kearney on tho
Union rnclflc met with a painful ac
cident Tuesday night, stopping off tho
mall car. Ho attempted to step on the
mall truck but ns he did so the 'truck;
was moved and he missed his footlnc
and fell .to tho ground. In falling, his!
foot was doubled under his body in'
such a maunor that the ligaments were
torn. Dr. Hoover was called and ban
dngod tho Injured mombor. Tho doc-
tor advised Burg to -take the first
train for home as ho would, no doubt
be laid up for somo time.
Death Warant.
A death warrant, prepared by Dopu
ty Clerk Victor Seymour of the su
preme court, has been sent to Warden
A. D. Beenier of the penitentiary. It
directs him to hang Harmon Clarke
December 13, between the hours of 11
a. m. and 3 p. m., and wub prepared in
accordance with the deoision of tho
court. The document recites the rec
ord of tho case from the trial and sen
tence by the district court of Omaha
affirmance by tho suprorao court and
denial of a motion for a rehearing and
other factB that appear iu the record
Unless Governor Sholdon " interposos
tho death sentence will bo carried out
After a Fire or Wind
Loss you neod the money. Friends
may sympathize but if you want a
company which pays cash try tho
Farmers and Merchants Ins. Co., es
tablished since 1885. Over a million
dollars already paid to patrons. .
GREASING
She starts, she moves, she teems to feci
The thrill of life along her keel.
MR. BRYAN WOULD ACCEPT
States, However, He Would Make
no Fight for Nomination.
Thinks He Owes it to His Party As
sociates to Make His Po
sition Known.
Lincoln, Neb. William J. Bryan
will accept the democratic nomination
for president in 1908, but he will
neither ask nor make a fight for It.
Ho Bays that for a year or more he has
been pressed to answer tho question,
'Will you accept nomination?" and he
believes the public is entitled to an
answer and to know the position hoi
occupies. The question that ought to
weigh most, ho says, Is whether his
nomination will strengthen tho demo
cratic party more than the nomination
of some one clso. Not only will ho
not seek or ask for tho nomination,
but ho will not assume to decide the
question of availability nnd if the prize
tails to another, he will neither be dis
appointed nor disgruntled. At the
same time, he denies that ho has wait
ed this long in a desire to see whom
the republicans are likely to nominate
or to ascertain the chances of victory.
Opened Russian Parliament.
.St. Petersburg. The third Russlun
parliament, elected finally to the czar's
satisfaction, was opened in the Tau-
ride palace at 11 o'clock Thursday
morning, In the presenco or Premier
Stolypin and the cabinet, by M. Golu
beff, vice president of the council of
the empire. The religious service pre
ceding the opening was conducted by
tne Metropolitan Antonius and a largo
number of bishons and other hleh
occleslastlcs, and was mado tho oc
casion for a groat display of patriotic
ontlnislasm on the part of the conser
vative and moderate members. The
emperor was vigorously cheored.
Start Co Opration Reform.
Baton Rouire. La. CornnrnM mi fn.
form through the extra session of tho
general assembly Tuesday, when the
proposed new laws wero favorably re-
i a . .
porieu 10 mo stato senate. Expulsion
from the state of, foreign corporations
which carrv stato cases to Mm foWni
' .w v v 4 I 4
courts and Increased powers for tho
slate railroad commission wero tho
measures reported. One of the bills
provides that no court shall have'
power to suspend by Injunction the
railroad commission's orders until
final argument is rendered.
Banquet for German Visitors.
Windsor, England. In tho historic
hall of St. Gcorgo at Windsor castle,
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
gave a state banquet Tuesday eve
nlng'in honor of their Gorman visit
ors. Tho hall, which for centuries hns
been associated with tho order of tho
garter, was decorated with tho ban
ners or tho principal knights of tho
order, while tho tables wero adorned
with tho famous golden plate, oho of
tho great heirlooms of tho sovorolgns
of England.
Small Investor Buying.
Now York. Never In tho history
of Wall street haB there beon such
enormous purchases of securities by
investors in odd lots nnd tho transfer
books of railroad nnd industrial cor
porations scow a record-breaking
number of now share holders.
THE WAYS.
SHELLS' TO COST $3,000,000.
Thirteen-lnch Armcr Piercing Projec
tiles Cos. $325 Each-Same Grade
for Target Practice $99.50.
Washington. Bids were opened at.
the ordinance bureau of tho navy de
partment Wednesday for furnishing
$3,000,000 worth oi target, common
and armor piercing shells, the various
proportions of each class being 2G.000
target shells, T2.000 common shells
and G2.800 armor piercing shells.
For furnishing target shells, the
lowest bidders were: 300 13-inch, the
Bethlehem company at $99.50; 1,000
12-inch and 2,000 8-inch, tho Firth
Sterling company at $81.50 and
$31.75, respectively; 1,000 7-inch, tho
E. W. Bliss and Bethlehem companies
each $m.50; ,5000 6-luch, 1,000 5-Inch
GO pounders, 1,000 5-luch 50 pounders
and 15,000 3-inch 50-calibre, the
American and Lrltish Manufacturing
company at $10.72, $6.42, $5.87 and
$1.G1 respectively.
For furnishing common shells; 2,000
5-inch 60-pounders, the Bethlehem
company at $7.55, and 50,000 3-inch
50-calibre American and British Manu
facturing company at $2.14.
Armor piercing snolls: 300 13-inch,
Crucible Steel company, $325; 4,500
12-inch, Mid vale Steel company, $300;
5,000 8-Inch, Bethlehem Stee com
pany, $94.50; 9,000 7-inch, Midvale
Steel company, $62; 40,000 6-inch
Bethlehem Steel company, $31.25, and
4,000 5-inch 60-pounders, the Bethle
horn Steel company, $20.90.
All of these bids arc on the basis
of furnishing tho entire amount for
which proposals were asked.
THE PRESIDENT EXPLAINS.
Why the Motto "In God We Trust"
Was Not Placed on the
New Gold Coins.
Washington. In answer to one of
the numerous protests which have
beon received at tho White house
against the new gold coins, which have
been coined wit'.iout the words, "In
God We Trust," President Roosevelt
has written a letter which he Wednes
day m:ule public in which he states
that he finds no warrant of law for
placing tho motto on the coins and
adds:
"My own feeling in tho matter Is
duo to my very firm conviction that to
put such a motto on coins, or to use
It In any kindred manner, not only
does no good but does positive harm,
and in its effect irreveronce, which
comes dangerously close to sacrilege.
A beautiim and solemn sentence Buch
as tho ono in question should bo
treated and uttered only with that
fine reverence which necessnrily im
plies a certain exaltation of spirit.
Any use which tends to cheapen it,
and above an, any use which tends to
secure its being treated in a spirit of
lovity, is from every standpoint pro
foundly to bo regretted.
A Seat for Each Paosenaer.
Atlanta, Ga. "A common carrier
does not fulfill Its legal duty until it
provides a seat for each passenger,"
Is tho decision rendered Frldav bv
tho Georgia court of appeals. The
decision was rendered in a suit for
damagos brought against the Georgia
Electric and Railway comnany of At
lanta by Dr. Oscar Lludon, who It is
alleged was injured by the sudden
starting of a car In which he was
standing.
COINING DOUBLE EAGLES
The Mint at Philadelphia Will Turn
Out $52,000000.
This Shower of Yellow Cash is to Be
Distributed to Sub-Treasuries to
Relieve Money Stringency.
Philadelphia, Pa. The United
States mint Tuesday delivered $1,000,
000 in gold double eagles to tho sub
treasury In this city. It is stated that
within the next three months tho mint
here will coin $52,000,000 in double
eagles.
This enormous amount of gold will
be distributed among the sub-treasuries
In various parts of the "country
and will be employed to relieve the
money stringency.
The local mint is well equipped to
contribute its share of tho shower of
gold that has begun to fall upon every
part of the United States. Many of its
employes nro working overtimo how
ver, it being a nightly occurrence for
coin counters, weighers, adjusters and
others to work as late as 10 o'clock,
tho usual hour for quitting work be
ing 4 o'clock.
New machinery has recently beon
Installed in tho mint and its efficiency
was demonstrated In the operation cf
the "spilt collar," a device for put
ting stars on the edgo of the newly
designed eagles, There are 4G stars
on the edgo of each piece becauso of
the approaching advent of the new
state of Oklahoma to the union.
The machinery at tho mint is cap
able of grinding out 4,000 of thoso
pieces in an hour. There is now at
the mint enough bullion for the- manu
facture of $20,000,000 in double eagles
but more bullion from varous sources
is being diverted to the big institution.
As soon as $150,000 in half-dollar
pieces and a similar amount in quar
ters are sent out from the mint, with
in a day or two, the attention of tho
working force there will bo devoted
exclusively to the task of meeting tho
requirement for gold.
Kansas City Promoter Arrested.
Kansas City. Mo. J. C. Wilson, of
3939 Warwick boulevard, nromoter
and president of the Interstate Fiscal.
Agency company, was arrested Thurs
day afternoon on a federal warrant
charging him with using the mails to
defraud. The warrant was sworn out
by E. L. McKee, postoffice inspector.
It stated simply that the Interstate
Fiscal Agency company, which is cap
italized for $500,000, represented itself
to prospective investors as supported
by the Kansas City Life Insurance
company.
Low Fares for Oklahoma Monday.
.Guthrie, Ok. Tn a letter to Henry
E. Asp, former chief counsel of the
Santa Fe railroad in Oklahoma and
Indian territory, received Thursday
night, E. P. Ripley, president of the
Santa Fe system says: "The Santa
Fo will accept the provisions of the
Oklahoma constitution and establish
a two-cent passenger fare. It will go
into effect Monday."
Democratic Caucus Called.
Waco, Tex. Congressman R. L.
Henry, chairman of the democratic
caucus of the house of representatives
has issued a call for the caucus to as
semble in tho Iioubo November 30 at 8
o'clock. Mr. Henry, in answer to a
question, stated that he would not bo
a candidate for the minority leader
ship of the house in the sixtieth
congress.
Would Protect Mineral Land.
Joplin, Mo. The American Mining
congress in session hero Thursday
unanimously adopted a resolution fav
oring National legislation t governing
mining lands and a resolution indors
ing the National Association of State
Mining School and urging that the
.co-operation of this national session bo
secured.
Should Keep Out of Politics.
Charlotte, N. C. Tho proper atti
tude of public service corporation
toward politics was the subject of
an addross by President W. W. Fin
ley, of the Southern Railway com
pany, at the annual banquet of the
Greater Charlotte cjub Friday night.
He declared that participation of cor
porations in political affairs is not
Justified and advocated their complete
abstinence from such activity.
Great Northern Income Decreased.
St. Paul, Minn. The report of the
Great Northern railway, wTflCh has
just been issued in pamphlet form,
states that tho gross earnings for
the year onded Juno 30, 1907, wore
$65,144,402, an increase over tho pre
vious year of $3,868,121. Operating
.expenses increased $6,709,852 and
taxes $279,326, causing a decrease in
income from operation of $3,121,057.
Exposition May Keep Open.
Norfolk, Va. The directors of the
Jamestown exposition Thursday eve
ning unanimously accepted a commit
tee report favoring keeping the ex
position open next.year provided $200,
000 can bo raised by popular subscription.