NEBRASKA NEWS
INJUNCTION I88UED AGAINST THE
LUMBER DEALERS.
THOSE NAMED PAY BIG COSTS
Decree Restrains Defendant Compan
ies From Limiting or Fixing the
Prices on Lumber and Building
Materials Other News.
The supreme court has formulated.
ItH Journal ontry in Uio lumber trust
Hiilt Instituted by the Btate ntjplnut the
Nobrusku Lumber DoalorH' association.
It shows that In addition to the olflcsrs,
board of directors and oxccullvo com
itdttoc at tho tlmo the miit was com
ntoncod, and their successors in ofllco
aro unjoined from continuing to permit
tho commission of unlawful acts In re
Htralnt of trade. In addition to th's
list of odlccra the Uarnctt Lumbor
company, of McCoolc; Moore & Hun
mikcr, the StaplehurHt Lumber com
pany, P. I), Smith company, Searlo &
Chupln liiimbcr company, and the Rog
ers Lumber company, are Included as
dofeudantH who aro enjoined. Upon
the olllcors named and their succoHHors
In olllce and uputi the lumber com
mni I oh designated falls the cost of the
suit. The costs have been estimated
from $2,500 to 8,000. M. L. Fr!os, the
new president of tlio association, to
gether with tho other new olllcors, re
cently issued a statement to the pub
lie announcing that they would not
ask tho court tor a rehearing and that
thoy won in tho litigation except on im
material points which they did not
specify.
The restricting ordor Is as follows:
"It is therefore ordered, adjudged and
decreed that tho defendants, Harnett
Lumbor company, Moore & Huiisnkor,
Staplehurst Lumbor company, I. D.
Smith company, Searlo & Chap!n Lum
bor company bo, and thoy hereby are,
perpetually enjolnod from making or
entering Into any ngrecment, contract
or combination with one another or
with any other porsou or corporation
to in any manner prevent or limit com
petition In trade and comniercb hi lum
bor and building materials within the
stato of Nebraska, or any part or dis
trict thereof, or to tlx nnd control
prices .therefor or to enter Into any
agreement, contract or combination
croated or carried out In restraint of
trade, or to limit or fix tho prices of
lumbor and building materials, or to
fix any atandnrd or figure whoroby the
prices of lumber and building mater
ials to tho public shall bo in any man
ner controlled or maintained within
this stato, or any part theroof.
"Tho court furthor finds that, ox
copt as to the unlawful practices hero
Inbeforo found, tho Nebraska Lumbor
Doulors association Is not iui unlaw
ful body", nor wore Its acts, except us
horolnboforo found, so far as Is dls
closed by tho ovldonce, unlawful In
their nature-.
INJURED IN A CORNSHELLER.
Young Man Near Ellis Has Arm Badly
Lacerated.
Alex Sears, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Soars, of Boatrlco, was badly Injured
Friday morning while oiling a corn
shollor on tho farm of William Iungo
worthy, near Ellis. Tho young man
was In tho employ of a Mr. McCowan.
and was In tho act of oiling tho shol
lor when tho sleovo of his blouse
caught in the cogs drawing h's right
arm Into tho machine to tho shoulder.
He was Immediately takon to a hospit
al at Beatrice where his Injuries wore
attended to. Tho muscles of his arm
woro found to bo badly torn, tho Uesh
lacerated and his body brulBed. Tho
physicians aro of tho opinion that
amputation will not bo necessary If
complications do not sot in. Tho young
man is twenty-rour years of ago and re
cently movod to Boatrlco from 13111s
with his parents.
LITTLE RESPECT FOR LAW.
Peripatetic Citizen Can't See Why He
Always Loses.
Josoph Moyors, a peripatetic citizen
'with socialistic Ideas, was sontoncod
to four years In tho ponltoutlary by
Judgo Soars at Omaha recontly for
trying to put Into practical use his
vlows as to tho propor distribution of
wealth. Moyors- was convicted of
heaving a brick through tho window
of Thoodoro McCluro's storo in Flor
ence and taking a sackful of watches
and jewelry, which he pawned in
Omaha.
"Anything that I should say
wouldn't bo bollqvod," said Meyers,
when askod why ho should not bo
sontoncod. "Tlio law is strong and I
am weak, hut sometimes tho strong
uro wrong and tho woak nro right. 1
was sentenced to llvo days In jail In
Council Bluffs. I don't know why, un
less It was bocauso tho law was
stronger than I am."
Judge Soars gave him a leoturo on
respect for law before ho sontoncod
him, -
TWO ROADS 00O8TED.
Board Raises the Valuation of Bun
lingtort and Union Pacific.
Tho valuo of ull the railroad prop
erty In Nebraska as fixed by tho state
board of assessment Is $200,814,799,
iui against $205,18.'l,rGG In 1907, an in
crease of $1,031,234. Increases were
made only on tho Central City branch
of tho Union Pacific, $20,000 to $300,
000 a mllo; the O'Fallon branch of
the Union Pacific, $17,600 to $20,000;
Sioux City & Western of tho Burling
ton system, $25,000 to $32,000 a mile.
This will Increase the assessed value
of the railroads, a total of $32.0,247 or
one-fifth of the Increase on the actual
value.
Govurnor Sheldon desires to , In
crease tho value of the Union Pacific
from $73,933,389 to $83,900,000, and
Secretary of State .finikin moved to
lucrcuso the total value of the Bur
lington from $110,170,870 to $119,374,
Of'O. These two voted aye on these
motions. Treasuror Brian Land
Commissioner Baton nnd Auditor
Searlo voted In tho negative. The
motion of Treasurer Brian to assess
the railroads the same as last year
with tho exceptions noted was then
carried.
Since the assessment of last year
both tho Union Pacific nnd the Bur
lington have materially -Increased
their mileage, which accounts for th5
Increase on these two systems,
though lowering In the caje of the
Burlington the average valuo per
mile.
At the conclusion of tho meeting
Secrotary of State Juukln said the
valuation of the roads was high be
cause tho railroads earn dividends to
justify such a valuation. Were freight
intcs reduced he said tho board would
hiive to lower the valuation. The
valuation he said was made In ac
cordance with the rates charged.
The valuation of the Burlington will
bo distributed according to separate
cr rporatlous though the road report
ed as one system Oils year.
The valuation of the Northwestern
nnd Hock Island remains the same as
last year.
KEPT HER PRISONER.
A David City Girl Victim of Chicago
Men.
Frank Carr, twenty-three years old,
accused of taking Gertrude Forrest to
a resort at 21S Armour avenue, Chica
go, and forcing her to remain there n
week against her wishes, was sen
tenced to one year in the house of
correction by" Municipal Judgo Gommll.
"This man Is a brute of the lowest
l3le, and 1 would send hlni to the pen
itontiury for ten years If it woro In my
power," said Judge Genmill. "I have
heard of tlio t nil lie in women but this
Is my Hrst experience with the men
who deal In them. Such things are a
dlsgraco to tho city of Chicago."
Tho Forrost glnj, who is nineteen
years of ago, said sho had been taken
there by Carr and that tho keeper of
tho place would not allow her to leave
there because he said, sho owed the
house $30 which had boon paid for her.
"My home is in David City, Neb., and
1 came to Chicago about a year ago,"
said tho young woman. "I was working
as a clerk In a storo when I mot. Carr.
After ho took mo to the pluco on Ar
mour avonuo I tried to get away, but
they took my clothes from me and
would not let mo out."
RUN OVER BY AN ENGINE.
Young Man at Louisville Has Nar
row Escape From Death.
N. Vaughn Hardy, tlme-lreeper for
the National Stone company at Louis
ville, had a remarkable escape from
death In tho quarry yards, just oast of
town, on Tuesday evening. Ho was
standing on tho front footboard of a
switch engine moving about ten miles
an hour, and in stopping around the
bumpor missed his footing and foil
between the rails. Tho engine passed
entirely over him, doubling him up and
rolling him like a ball, mid lacerating
Ins llesh and bruising them terribly. A
deep ragged wound ton Inches long
extending around back of tho lort thigh
and cutting dungerously near the blad
der and intestines is the most serious
hurt and Invltos dangorous compli
cations. No part of his person escaped
abrasions, bruises and contusions. Drs.
Lowls and Worthinan dressed his
wounds In ono of tho quarry buildings
and brought him to town. Ho is In a
hopeful but by no moans safo condi
tion. It will be wooks beforo he can bo
removed to his homo, and months be
foro ho roaches a point of rocovory
that will permit him to roturn to
work. His paronts woro summonod
from St. Michael, Nob., where his
father Is agont of tho Burlington rail
road, and aro at his bedside. Tho
stono company otllclals aro dovotod
In their euro of him, and tho Modern
Woodnion of tho local lodge, of" which
ho Is a much-loved moinber, aro unre
mlttlng In their nttontlou.
Park Bonds Carry.
A special olcctlon was held at Ne
braska City for tho purpose of voting
$5,000 In bonds for tho purchuso of a
public park. Tho bonds carried by a
voto of 494 to 122.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
efit of Our Readers.
Congressional.
After cleaning up all the appropri
ation bills nnd passing the emergency
currency bill, In spite of tho filibuster
by 8enators LuFollotte, Stono and
Gore, tho first session of the Sixtieth
congress adjourned at. midnight on
Decoration day.
Tho appropriations of the session of
congress just ended reached the enor
mous aggregate of $1,008,801,894.
One of the last acts of the senate
was to pass the government employes'
liability bill.
The recently appointed currency
commission has organized by electing
Senator Aldrich chairman, Representa
tive Vrceland, vice chairman, and
Arthur Sholton, clerk of the senate
committee on finnnce, as secretary.
Tho special house committee which
has boon Investigating the print, paper
situation has submitted mujorlty and
minority reports, the former against
nnd the latter In favor of the passage
of the Stevens bill to place wood pulp
Hnd pnper on the free list.
The president has signed the bill
providing for the reorganization of tho
mJIttla of tho United States.
The president has signed the bill
for the romoval of the restrictions on
Indian lands In Oklahoma.
Tho house by a vote of 100 to 140
passed the compromise bill submitted
by tho currency conferees.
The house has passed a concurrent
resolution providing for the printing
of 100,000 copies of the proceedings of
the recent conference of governors at
the White House.
The house and senate conferees
have reached a tentative agreement
rogardlng emergency currency legisla
tion. A compromise bill will be Intro
duced In both houses of congress.
Miscellaneous
So far in 1908 there have been 42
cyclones and tornadoes reported.
There were 441 persons killed and
1,359 Injured. Fifty-six towns were
wrecked and the property damage is
estimated at several millions.
W. S. Stone has been re-elected
grand chief of the Brotherhood of Lo
comatlvo Engineers.
Emmanuel Ccdrino, the noted Italian
chauffeur, was Instantly killed In an
accident at tho Plnillco race track near
Baltimore.
David Jaeobson, 19 years of age, has
confessed to Implication In tho mur
dor ' Rober! C. P. Holmes, a Chicago
business man, on May 21. Besides
Jaeobson three other men have been
arrested.
At Bremerton navy yard the yellow
flag floats from the mast of the battle
ship Kentucky, ono of the Atlantic
fleot, as a result of smallpox having
developed abonrd.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw has Issued
a statement vigorously assailing "the
Insincere attitude assumed toward her
by Mr. Thaw's relatives since the be
ginning of his trouble."
Ellas Wood, who established the first
flour mill In Harvey county, Kan., fell
dead recontly at his homo In Nowton.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw has withdrawn
the suit for tho nnnullment of her mar
riage to Harry K. Thaw. Sho blames
Thaw's relatives for having tho suit
Instituted in the first place.
Tho turret of tho monitor Florida
withstood the impact of the 12-inch
shells tired by tho Arkansas at close
range In Hampton Roads In a test
made by tho government recently.
Contests for 229 seats In tho Repub
llcan national convention havo been
filed with Secretary Dover.
After resting for 90 years In tho
congressional cemetery at Washing
ton the body of Gen. Clinton, tho first
governor of Now York and once a
vlco president of tho United States,
has boen taken to Kingston, N. Y
for final Interment.
One person was killed and 11 others
injured by a tornado In tho vicinity of
Belolt, Kan.
Rev. Dr. Wilson S. Lowls, president
of Mornlngsldo collogo, Sioux City, la.,
and Rov. Dr. Edwin H. Hughes, presi
dent of Do Pauw university, Green
castle, Ind., have boen olected bishops
of tho Methodist church.
Tho Methodist conferonco at Balti
more completed Its selcotlou of bishops
by olectlng Rev. Dr. Frank M. Bristol
of Washington, tho former pastor and
intlinato friend of tho lato President
McKlnley.
Sovoro storms swept over portions
of Nebraska tho other day destroying
many buildings but causing no fa
talities. Tho application for a bar In tho Don
vor hall whore tho Democratic conven
tion is to bo hold has been refused by
the national committee.
Tho eight now bishops recently
olocted by tho Mothodlst general con
ference at Baltimore havo been conse
crated with Bishop Henry W. Wnrren
presiding nt the ceremony.
Four boys from 15 to 17 years of
age havo confessed to holdlug up and
robbing tho passengers of a Great
Northern train nt Great Falls, Mont.,
recently.
Samuel Whitlow, on trial at.lola,
Kan., charged with the murder of May
Sapp, at Moran last September, was
acquitted by the Jury after 30 hours
deliberation.
While giving an exhibition at Pas
saic, N. J., F. L. Woods, an 18-year-old
aeronaut, fell 2,000 feet into tho
Passaic river and was drowned.
Decoration day was- observed as
usual throughout the country. At Ar
lington President Roosevelt partici
pates in the exercises.
In a initio explosion at Sallnesvillo
0 four nion lost their lives.
Twenty oil tanks and several rigs in
the Glen Oil pool in Oklahoma were
destroyed by lightning durinir n recent
storm. The loss will reach $50,000.
The observation parlor car on the
Baltimore & Ohio flyer plunged over a
high embankment near Connelsville,
Pa. Twenty-threo passengers were In
jured, threo of them fatally.
One person was killed and throe oth
ers dangerously Injured during a storm
at Hnle, Mo. Several business houses
woro unroofed.
Theodore H. Price, one of the best
known operators on tho New York cot
ton excliange, has boon indicted by the
federal grand Jury on charges growing
out of tho sale of government statis
tics regarding the cotton crop.
The Presbyterian general assembly
In session at Kansas City has voted to
hold the 1909 assembly In Denver.
Friends of William J. Bryan scoff at
the report sont out from Tammany
that Alton B. Parker would be chair
man of tho resolution committee at
tho Denver convention.
The auction salo of the personal
property left by Mrs. Bollo Gunness,
the Indiana murderess, was attended
by. 5,000 persons. Many articles
brought flvo and ten tlmos their cost.
Tho Kansas University tennis team
defeated Nebraska university by three
points at Lincoln.
The development of tho waterpower
of Japan hns been undertaken by a
Japanose-Engllsh-Anierlcan syndicate.
Tho Boston fishing Bchooner Fame
was run down nnd sunk on Chasper
Bank by the steamer Boston. Seven
teen of the crew of 19 men were lost.
Rear .Admiral Sperry, commanding
the Atlantic fleet, has recommended
that Capt. Richard Walnwrlght be ap
pointed acting rear admiral.
The 400 Oklahoma convicts now In
the Kansas penitentiary aro to be
taken back to Oklahoma and put to
work building macadamized roads.
Tho Methodist general conference at
Baltimore- has refused to mako any
change In the church law regarding
amusements.
The jury in the Snell will case at
Clinton, 111., have brought in a verdict
setting aside tho will of Col. Thomas
Snell, the aged millionaire.
Four persons were killed, n number
of others injured and a half dozen
farm houses destroyed by a recent
tornado near Alva, Ok.
At Ingersoll, Ok., three persons
woro killed and a child Is missing as
tho result of a tornado.
The government has decided not to
withdraw any of the United States
troops from Cuba at the present time.
Two Italian coal miners were
drowned while bathing In a reservoir
near Bevler, Mo.
All efforts to arbitrate the Cleveland
street railway strike have proved fu
tlio and the strike will continue.
Tho recent election in North Caro
lina resulted In a victory for prohibi
tion by a majority of more than 40,000.
Fred W. Prlesmyor, member of St.
Louis house of delegates, has been
acquitted of the charge of brlbory.
There have been 07 district and six
stato contests reported to the national
Ropubllcnu committee.
Personal
Vlco President and Mrs. Fairbanks
havo gone to their homo in Indianapo
lis to remain indefinitely.
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander-in-chlof
of tho United Confederate
Votorans, Is dead In Vlcksburg, Miss.,
as the result of over exertion in enter
taining niombers of tho G. A. R. from
Iowa and Wisconsin. Gen. Lee gave
tho order to flro tho first shot on Fort
Sumter at tho beginning of tho Civil
war.
Robert II. Greene, vlco president of
tho Farniors' and Merchnnt&to",bniik at
Waynetown, Ind., Is under arrest In
Indianapolis chargod with stealing
horses. Groono hns boen a prominent
church worker and owns ono of the
llnest farms In tho country
Roar Admiral A. S. Crownlnshlold,
U. S. N rotlred, Is dead at the Epis
copal hospital in Philadelphia.
Judge Thomas M. Macon, who road
law with Abraham Lincoln at Bloom
Ington, 111., Is dead In Denver.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas was tho guest
of honor at a dinner given by the
board of tmdo of Cadiz, O., recently,
DEATH OF JAMES K. JONES.
Former Senator and Democratic
Chairman Expires Suddenly.
Former United States Senator James
K. Jones of Arkansas died at his rei
donee in Washington Monday after
noon after an illness of a few hours,
aged 09. He was one of the leading
Democrats In the state from 1885 to
1893 nnd was one of the strongest
supporters of William .1. Bryan, hav
ing, as chairman of the Democratic
national committee, conducted the
campaigns of 1890 and 1900. Since
leaving the senate In 1903 r.e has coil
ducted a law practice in Washington
nnd has not actively engaged In pol
itics. A native of Mississippi, he was born
in 1839. James Kimbrough Jones re
ceived a classical education and
fought ns u private soldier in the con
federate ranks through the civil war.
He was elected to the Forty-seventh
nnd the two succeeding congresses
and In 1885 succeeded to the seat of,
James S. Walker In the United States
senate where ho served three terms,
retiring In 1903. Senator Jones was
a delegate to the national Democratic
convention of 1890 which gave Mr.
Bryan his Hrst nomination, and as
chairman of the committee on reso
lutions he represented the sixteen to
one platform. He was made chairman
of the national Democratic committee
nfter the convention and conducted
both of the Bryan campaigns for tho
presidency.
PENITENTIARY FOR F. G. COX.
Forger at Fremont, Neb., Sentenced
for Three Years.
Frank G. Cox, who passed two
forged checks on Fremont (Neb.) sa
loonkeepers, Monday morning In dis
trict court pleaded guilty. Cox was
sentenced by Judge Hollenbock to
threo years in the penitentiary. Cox
at first offered a plea of not guilty.
He was returned to the county jail to
await trial. Afterwards be said he
would go back to face the court
again. When taken before Judge Hol
lenbeck he said he had committed the
crime.
Cox Is the first forger who has been
convicted In Dodge county. Numer
ous cases of the kind have been tried
In Fremont and it has proven prac
tically Impossible, so attorneys claim,
to secure convictions with tho farmer
juries which Dodge county generally
has.
Makes Himself Sacrifice.
In the hope of discovering a preven
tative and cure for tuberculosis, Frank
Merritt, who volunteered to surrender
his body in the interest of humanity
and medical science, permitted a phy
sician to inoculate his system a week
ago with the germs of the disease. Al
ready the disease, has made consider
able progress. Merritt, who Is a nild-dlo-nged
man, was at one time a pros
perous book binder in a western state.
According to his story his wife and
son died from tuberculosis. Their loss
preyed on his mind to such an extent
that he finally failed in business and
became a wanderer.
Expenditures Pile Up.
Tho monthly statement of the gov
ernment receipts nnd expenditures
shows a deficit for the month of May,
1908, of $11,958,991, as against a sur
plus for May, 1907, of $8,575,212. The
receipts for May, 1908, show a de
crease as compared with May, 1907,
of $14,789,900, and the disbursement
an increase of $5,444,242, making a
deficit of $20,534,202. For the 11
months of the current fiscal year the
receipts are shown to have aggregated
$540,407,150 and tho disbursements
$010,010,755, leaving a deficit for tho
U months of $G3,030,G05.
New Bank for Kenesaw.
The First Stato Bank Is a now enter
prise which Is being launched at Ken
esaw. A building which has been oc
cupied by Gale's store has been rented
and Is now being remodeled prepara
tory to being occupied by the new
banking house, which expects to be
ready for business within about two
weeks. 1-1. A. Redman is president,
C. E. Taylor, vice-president, and W.
A. Lang is the cashier of the now bank,
which commences business with a
paid-up capital of $10,000.
Drowned In Raging Nemaha.
George Campbell, aged sixteen years,
Was drowned Monday about noon while
attempting to cross the swollen Nema
ha, about flvo miles southeast of Rulo,
in a boat. It is said that the boat,
which was made of cast iron, struck a
snag in tho river and sank. Tho boy
was unablo to make much of a fight
against tho raging torrents and was
soon swept under the waters to his
death.
Jumps Into Deep Well.
James Croker, a well-to-do farmer
living about 10 miles southwest of
McCook, Nob., threw himsolf head
foremost down an abandoned well, 115
feet deep on his farm and wns In
stnntly killed. He leaves a wlfo and
sevon children. Ho had a hallucina
tion Hint tho world was about to
como to an end, and sought to defeat
tho foreclosure by (he suicldo route.
Carload of Mall Is Burned.
An ontiro carload of United States
mall was burned near tho eastern end
of tho Wyoming division eff tho Union
Pacific Thursday night. Fire broke
out in a storage car containing sev
eral hundred sacks and beforo tho
train could bo stopped tho flumes had
gained such headway that tho car and
its contents woro destroyed.