NEBRASKA NEWS
FEDERAL COURT RULES IN FA-
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VOR OF THE STATE.
IN THE EXPRESS RATE CASE
Issues Are Joined and the Injunction
Suit May Now Be Tired On
Its Merits -Other
l" 8tate News. ,
Judge W. II. Mnnfrit of the federal
court has ovorrulod tho expectlons of
express companies to the answer of
the stale in nn injiirirtlon Hiilt which
the oonrpanles Instituted lo prevent
the Nebraska railway coiutiiiHsiuii
from enforcing tlio Sibley act which
trainees harge on merchandise uitd
imoiiey. TIiIh joins tlio issues mid tlio
liijntiction hiiI L may now lie Irlotl on
its merits. A Kiilt. hied hy tho state
lo prevent express companies from
violating tlio Sibley net Is ponding In
tho supreme conn of Nebraska.
In the injunction stilt ponding In
he federal court at Omaha Attornoy
General Thompson's answer contained
tho allegation thai, the express com
panies pay linroaHoiiiililo rates to rail.
roadH for carrying goads, that the
stockholders and officers of tlio rail
roadH and express companies are In
fluma instances tho same and that the
olllcors receive unreasonable salaries.
To this the express companies filed
exceptions, hut these are overruled
by Judge Munger.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT STANTON.
Rabbit Hunter is Killed by Explosion
of His Shotgun.
George Brlorlon, u farmer living In
"Spring Branch, near Stanton, Nob.,
called at the home .of his neighbor, D.
W. Lycan, and proposed a rabbit
limit. Mr. Lycan assented and he
and his sou equipped themselves and
Joined -him. The course of tho hunt
Jay over the farm occupied by Brier
ton. Ah lie was going along with Lycan
and his son Brlortoti thought ho saw
a rabbit, undor soino earth or brush.
Taking hl hotgun by tho muzzle he
etruck at the projecting dirt Intend
lug to scare the rabbit, stating to Mr.
Tiycon: "You take him if ho gots
away from me." Tho projection under
.'which the rabbit was supposed to be
.'hiding proved to bo hard frozen
jround. The shotgun Brierton held
!iri his hand was discharged by the
Mow, the load taking effect in his
foody at. the waist band. Lycan at
omui -sent for help but Brierton died
within fifteen minutes aftor the shoot
ing. State Treasury Flourishing.
'State Treasurer G. L. Brian's re
port for the month of December,
mows no effect of the recent financial
flurry. A big Increase in collections
and cash on hand indicates that the
last Iraco of tho Hurry has disap
peared. The treasurer has collected
enough money to make up all or the
Htnto warrants that wore bought by
film apd held as cash Items and only
tho $60,000 of Idaho bonds purchased
by him I ant fnll remain in the "cash
item" list. There is $106,n.11 in the
permanent school fund loft over for
good measure. The $346,800 in the
'temporary school fund is not all velvet
because not u great, deal of tho $264,
000 semi-annual apportionment that is
to come from this fund has yet been
paid to the counties. The item that
jcounta is one of $500,518' cash on hand
in state depositories. Tho total
.amount of cash, Including. $60,000 ol
.Idaho state bonds, which tlio treas
urer Is accountable for and lias on
liuml Is $501,998.16.
Morning Fire at Edgar.
Fire was discovered In the lurge
Store building on the corner tof C ami
Third streets, Edgar, Neb. Tho fire
company succeeded In conlliilng the
fire to the building In which it started.
The building was "owned by Captain
'William Sax to n of- Hastings and was
occupied by J. W. Roomer as a storo
room for farm machinery and auto
mobiles. The building and all Its con
ten (a wero destroyed. The lo-as on
building and contents will he about
$10,000 to $12,000. There was $1,000
Insurance on the building and $6,000
on the machinery and automobiles.
The origin of the fire Is not known.
New School for Valentine.
A special election was held at Val
entitle, Neb., to determino whethor or
not the district -would Issue $5,000
'bonds to build a two-story addition
to ttie school house, and make it poa
ible to add n twelfth grade nnd be
come a first class four-year high
school under the new law. The vote
was 201 for and sixteen against. The
building will be started in the spring
nd will probably be ready for the
uert fH tr in 1998.
LIBRARY FOR FAIRBURY.
Carnegie Promises $10,000 to Start
One, With Conditions.
According to n letter received In
Falrhury from James Bertram of Now
York City, Andrew Carnegie contem
plates giving Falrhury a donation of
$I0,0U0 to build a public library
building.
Last August a letter was nddrosscd
to Mr. Carnegie by tho Commercial
club of Falrhury asking for a dona
tion for a library building. Nothing
was heard from the request until
about a month ago when a letter was
received stating that Mr. Car
negle had Just returned from abroad
and wan ready to act upon the re
quest. Tho letter also contained u
list of questions relative to the status'
of tho present library niid tho willing
noss of tho city to maintain a li
brary after It was built, The an-
Hwers to those questions were for
warded to Mr. Carnegie ovor the sig
nature of Mayor Kavanaugh, and a
letter Just received from New York
City from Mr, Bertram, M. Carnegie's
agent, signifies that the donation of
$10,000 will be forthcoming as soon
as the council hy resolution votes a
maintenance fund of $1.0J)0 a year
and the city buys a site.
Mayor Kavanaugh is of the opinion
that It will bo easy to comply with
the demands mado by the man of
public library fame which undoubted
ly melius that work -will be started
on tho building not later than spring.
NEW HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Mississippi Valley Association Is
Formed C. S. Paine, Secretary.
C. S. Puluo, secretary of tho Ne
braska historical society, was elected
secretary of the Mississippi Valley
Historical Association when that or
ganization was formed at Madison,
Wis., last week. The society as
formed grow out of the movement
started In Lincoln last fall when the
secretaries from state historical so
cieties In the Mississippi valley were
called together to take over tho work
of historical societies. It was found
at the meeting at Madison that there
was a real demand for the middle
western society and so a division of
the national historical society t was
mude. Tlio object of tho new society
Is to write and keep records of tho
Mississippi valley. Meetings are to
lie hold semi-annually, the next one
taking place June 25, at Lake uMlnne-
temka, Minn. Any one interested in
the history of the valley can becomo
a member of tho new society. Other
officers woro elected as follows:
President, Dr. ThomSs M. Owno,
'Birmingham, Ala.; vice president,
Profossor Clarence W. Alvord, Uni
versity of Illinois, Urbana; secretary,
C. S. Paine, Nebraska historical so
ciety, Lincoln; additional members
executive committer, Colonol George
W. Martin, Topeku, and Dr. Rueben
O. Thwaltos, Madison.
BLACK BASS BEING SAVED.
Thousands Taken From Ponds Near
Crystal Lake.
Game Warden Carter received
word from W. .1. O'Brien, superintend
ent of state firsh hatcheries, that ho
has secured ton thousand black bass
from the ponds and- sloughs near
Crystul lako in Dakota county. These
bass are taken from the shallow
sloughs and ponds along the Mis
souri river bottom and placed again
In Crystal lake. In one haul with
a net 'Mr. O'Brien roports eighty-nine
black bas being caught, weighing
no in one to nvc ikjuikis oacn.
THREE FIRMS LOSE BY FIRE.
Early Morning Blaze at Aurora, Neb.,
Starts in Barber Shop.
Flro on tho north side of the square
at Aurora cleaned out threo business
firms. The fire originated In tho rear
of Tony Henilksen's tailor shop and
spread rapidly to adjoining buildings.
The tailor shop and barber shop ad
joining wero totally destroyed. Most
of the furniture was removed from
tho barber shop before tho flumes
reached there.
Will Shorten a Long Bridge.
Twelve spans of the present big
steol bridge of tho Burlington at
Fremont will ultimately be removed
for tho use at another point when tho
road finishes Its river channel diver
sion scheme. By this scheme It will
turn all the water of the Platto Into
a narrow channel near the south end
of tho bridge. Work on tho dyke Is
now ' In progress. Two trains and
fifty men are employed on the job
and it is tho intention to get It fin
ished before spring.
Loaded? Oh, Yes.
The three-year-old daughter of Her
man Wintor, living north of Sweot
water about four miles, was very se
riously ir not fatally vvdunded by tho
accidental discharge of a target title
In the bauds of a nolghbor boy named
Meyer. Although tho child- Is ullve,
her recovery Is very doubtful since
the bullet penetrated the stomach nud
other vital organs.
WHEN THE NAVY PUTS DOCTORS
SHIPS.
By McCutehon, la Chicago Dally Tribune.1
'TIs a fearful thing In winter
To be shattered by the blast,
And to hear the trumpet thunderi
"An Mtate te mM"
FLEET MAY KEEP THE PEACE
A German Authority Affects to Be
lieve Conditions Are Critical.
Transfer of Tremendous Naval Powef
to the Pacific Thought to In
sure Peaceful Relations.
Berlin. The next two months are
regarded hy the Gorman foreign of-
llce and the admirallty as constituting
a critical period in tho relations be
tween the United States and Japan.
If they .pass without witnessing a
break in the relations, high govern
ment officials are convinced that tho
United States and Japan will then en
ter upon an easier and safer basis of
agreement.
The development of the American-
Japanese situation is being studied
here day by day because from it there
may issue events which might change
the present international balance and
deeply affect Europe as well as Amer
ica. Tho Marino Rundschau, the
principal naval magazine of Germany,
say In Its January number:
"If war does not como between
Japan and the United Staten, the
Union may thank the preponderance
of Its fleet for "the maintenance of
peace. This fleet already is sufficient
ly strong to restrain Japan from the
hazard of war."
In conclusion the magazine says
the threatened conflict may now be
entirely avoided as a result of the
transfer of the fleet to, and other de
fensive measures In the Pacific.
Tournament of Roses.
Pasadena, Cal. Wednesday was
Pasadena's annual tournament of
roses. It is the festival of flowers.
Buds and blossoms of every hue and
color; foliage and ferns of countless
kinds, plants, shrubbery, twigs, vines
of all variety, floral beauty of every
sort and description have been gath
ered together to make this the great
est day In the history of the city. It
is estimated 50,000 visitors have
poured Into the city from all ovor
Southern California.
Cracker Trust Quits Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb. Tho Lincoln agent of
the National Biscuit company Thurs
day afternoon notified the retail
grocers of tho city that the concern
would quit selling package goods in
Nebraska. This action, It was stated,
was taken as a result of the attitude
of Food Commissioner Johnson, who
Insisted that all crjicker packagos he
branded to show not weight and con
tents.
Anti-Futures Act Upheld.
Little Rock, Ark. Judge Trlobner,
In tho federal court Thursday upheld
the constitutionality of the anti-fu
tures act. Tho court declares that
the state did not exceed Its power In
enacting the statute as a police recu
latlon to protect the morals of the
public. The suit was begun by a Chi
cago brokerage Arm.
Work for 1.200 in Sedalla.
Sedalla, Mo. Seven hundred per
sons will resume work at the Mlssou
Pacific shops Thursday aftor a ton
days' lay-off. At tho Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas shops 500 will go back
work after a week's lay-off.
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IN COMMANO OF THE HOSPITAL
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HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT.
Administration Would Secure Assur
ances From Japan Making Ac
tion By Congress Unnecessary.
Washington. Further information
elativo to the contents of the com
munication from Ambassador O'Brien
leallng with the Japanese reply on
tho Immigration question was refused
nt the state department Friday. This
s the invariable rule in cases where
negotiations are still In progress and
the Inference Is that Mr. O'Brien re
gards the Japanese answer as evinc
ing a satisfactory disposition towards
the American desires, hut that the
eply Is not conclusive.
It Is expected that the Japanese
government will in some formal man
ner register its purpose of preventing
the further immigration of coolies to
the United States and when the as
surance on this point has taken satis
factory form the administration will
see to it that congress Is acquainted
with tho facts and thereby relieved
from the necessity of enacting any
legislation looking to the exclusion of
Japanese immigration as a whole. At
tempts In that direction already have
been made by the Pacific coast repre
sentatives and If the president is able
to convince congress that the Japan
ese government ts in good faith en
deavoring to do by internal regula
tion what it is proposed to do here
by statutory law. namely, stop the in
flux of Japanese coolies, he will not
find it necessary to recommend any
such legislation.
A LARGE DEFICIT.
The Government's Expenditures Are
Exceeding Receipts By Amounts
That Are Noteworthy.
Washington. The monthly state-
mont of the government receipts and
expenditures shows that for the
month of December, 1907, the roceints
were $17,288,825 and the expenditures
$if,9l2,8.i, leaving a deficit for tho
month of $8,5:55.000. The receipts fell
oft as compared with December. 1006.
about $8,r30.000 and the expenditures
increased by about $9,281,000. The
receipts from customs for December,
ivw, wero $21,741,672, which Is a de
crease for the month of about $7,000.
000. '
Internal revenue also shownrl n
marked decrease, the receipts falling
irom ?:.'3,rS3,969 in December, 1906,
to vzd.ud.'JLM in December. 1907.
For the six months of the present
fiscal year a deficit Is shown of $9,-
iim.uuu, as compared with the first
nan or tho last fiscal year. Mia .
celpts for tho last six months show a
decrease of about $1,000,000 and the
expenditures an increase of over $23,-
Movlna the Earth a
- Washington. The average amount
-w v J. UUUUIU
canal for each working day during De-
uuaiuui wuh os.uuu cudic yards, or a
total of 2.200.530 vm-iln r,-- n, .,n.
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lhis is an Increase of about 360,000
cubic yards over the provlous month
and nearly 750,000 yards over the
. w. A . l. .. e r l i
uiuiiiu ui auiHumoer fast.
Stubbs Will Be a Candida.
Topoka. Kan. W. n sfnUo
' ' mvvwm XML-
Lawrence announced Friday ho will
ue u canuiuiue ior tlio republican nom
ination ior governor.
THE "DRY" DISTRICTS GROW
Large Additions Were Made to Pro.
hibltion Territory in 1907.
Forty Million People In This Country
Are Living Without Saloons
There Are More to Follow.
Chicago. There is joy among pro
hibitionists ovor the bumps that have
been received. In the last 12 months
by "King Alcohol" and "Old John
Barleycorn," and the new year will
mark large additions to "dry" districts
throughout the country.
Local leaders in the "dry" "camp
point out that Georgia and Oklahoma
now have passed into the prohibition
column, while Mississippi is waiting
for Its legislators to keep their pledge
to pass a prohibition act for that
states. The now year, they say, will
see 40,000,000 persons living in pro
hibition territory in the United
StateB. and party leaders predict that
the 'white flag soon will wave over
states where opposition to the tem
perance movement heretofore has
been keen.
"The two latest acquisitions to the
prohibition ranks are Oklahoma and
Georgia," said Alonzo ID. Wilson at
Chicago prohibition headquarters
Wednesday. "Alabama has voted
against liquor and Mississippi will
follow next month. In Illinois we
have a good start in four counties."
To Oust Leavenworth's Mayor.
Topeka, Kan. F. S. Jackson, attor
ney general, and his special assistant,
Charles D. Shukers, filed in tho su
preme court here Wednesday "an
ouster suit, against Peter Everhardy,
mayor of Leavenworth, and a citation
for contempt for Captain J. T. Taylor.
Captain Taylor is the man charged
with being the go-between for the
jointlsts and the city. He was the
collector who secured the money from
the-jolntists and then paid It to tho
city. The ouster suit is brought
against Mayor Everhardy because he
has violated his oath of office in al
lowing saloons to run and in not fur
nishing the evidence thatt. the pro
hlbltoryjavv was being violated to tho
county attorney.
Another Kentucky Raid.
Russellville, Ky. Night, riders 100
strong swooped down on Russellville,
Logan county, early Friday morning,
and after overpowering the three po
licemen and providing against the
giving of an alarm, dynamited and
burned the two independent tobacco
concerns in the city and several oth
er establishments and rode away out
on the Hopkinsville and Clarksville
pike. Three men were wounded
and the telephone girls and police
were held prisoners for nearly threw
hours.
Adulterated the Sausage.
Lansing, Mich. Circuit Judge Wiest
Friday afternoon in an opinion held
that the use of coreal and water in
sausage Is an adulteration of the prod
uct and brings It within the scope of
the state pure food law prohibiting
adulterations. The decision was
made in the application of Armour &
Co. for an Injunction to restrain tho
state dairy and food department from
interfering with the sale of their sau
sage because cereal and water aro
used in its manufacture.
Another Mrs. Eddy Suit.
Boston, Mass. Disputing the power
of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, head
of the Christian Science church, to
make disposition of so large a part of
her fortune, formal notices, have been
served upon trustees McClellan, Fon
nald and Baker, having in charge Mrs.
Eddy's estate, ordering them not to
make the $1,000,000 to found n chari
table institution recently announced
or any other appropriation from Mrs.
Eddy's estato, pending the outcome of
litigation.
Col. M. M. Murdock Dead.
Wichita. K.in Pnlnnpl. "Marsh"
M. Murdock, postmaster of this city
and editor of tho Wichita Eagle, died
Thursday morning at 1 o'clock, after
an illness of two weeks. He suffered
from cirrhosis of tho liver and catarrh
of tho stomach. During the last two
days he could not recognize even his
most Intlmntn frlnnrla Hla nnn f!nil-
gressman Victor Murdock, arrived
Wednesday from Washington. "Marsh
jviuraock was 70 yoars old.
A Woman Ambulance Surgeon.
New York. Brooklyn had Its first
glimpse of a woman ambulance sur
geon Wednesday when Dr. Mary Mer-
rltt answered calls from tho Williams
burg hospital. Dr. Merritt Is a pre
possessing young woman of 23 years,
who won tho post of ambulance sur
geon after a competitive examination
m wnicn 34 men fresh from colKfce
entered.
Pessed the Famine Appropriation.
St. Petersburg. The council of em
pire Friday passed the famine ap
propriation of the douma and thou
adjourned for the Russian Christmas
holidays.
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