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WILL TEST JWO-GENT ACT A FIGHT IN COURTS BY THE NEB RASKA RAILROADS. They Are Said to Be Now Preparing Their Plan of Attack Upon the New Enactment. OMAHA—“You can say that a pri vate report from Chicago authorita tively announces that the railroads of Nebraska affected by the 2-cent pas senger fare are preparing to contest that law,” said a railroad official. “I must enjoin upon you the promise that you mention no names at this time. The fight will be made from the higher offices of the roads." Local railroad attorneys have not 4 been apprised of the plan to contest this law. hut the official quoted asserts they probably will receive direct in structions within a few days. "The railroads are now preparing their plan of attack upon Lhis law in the courts to determine its validity,” goes on this report. “The higher au thorities believe the law will prove invalid, for the simple reason that, they believe, they can prove it non compensatory and confiscatory. They have gone over the situation thorough ly and have their minds made up. “Governor Sheldon when on the stump during the pre-election period. . argued against a flat 2-cent law on the ground that it would prove confiscatory in the case of small or branch lines. Other members of the legislature dur ing the campaign took similar posi tions. When the legislature passed the bill the governor, you recall, hesi tated to sign it, because he held to the same opinion as voiced by him during the campaign, that the law might prove confiscatory. But the governor finally signed the bill because he did not wish, if it should go into effect and prove constitutional, to have it said that he had withheld his support and. together with the fact, as certain friends of the bill contended, without ly.' signature, provided for in the emer gency clause, the law might prove de fective. He did not want to stand in the way of what the majority of the legislature, elected with him aud on an aati-railroad platform, deemed a wise measure. But Governor Sheldon, and members of the legislature, we be lieve. still question this law.” Chicago—W. B. Biddle, traffic man ager of the Rock Island-'Frisco sys tem, said he would not be surprised if the railroads should take the question of reduced passenger fares into the courts. “1 know' this matter has been discussed informally," be said, “but 1 am not prepared to say that any defi nite line of action has been determin ed upon. The action of the Nebraska legislature placed us at a serious in convenience. We did not have time to revise our rates." #R. DOWIE 13 DEAD. Founder of Christian Catholic Church Passes Away in Zion House. Chicago—John Alexander Dowie died o.ta» 7:40 Saturday morning at Shiloh house. Zion City. There were pres- j ent with him when he Jied only Judge D. N. Barnes and two personal at tendants. It had been his custom ail summer to hold religious services every Sunday afternoon in the parlor of Shiloh house. About 350 of hlfc or iginal followers remained faithful and attended these services. Dowie al ways wore his apostolic robes. and made a characteristic address. A few weeks ago these meetings ceased and Dowie appeared no longer in public. Since that Mr. Dowie nas been grad- j ually failing. Many Saved from Suicide. New York—Commander Miss Booth of the Salvation Army, as a result of an analysis of the work accomplished during the ten days of its existence in this city announced that the anti-sui cide bureau of the army had suc cessfully passed the experimental , stage add that it would now be added ! as a permanent feature of the organi zation in this country. Since its in ception the new departure, it was stated, hail saved many men and wo inen from self-destruction and proved of assistance to a large number. Uncle Sam’s Imports of “Sparks.” Washington—A statement issued on Saturday by the bureau of statistics shows that, the importation of manu facturers' materials contiuue to in crease materially. The value of the imports of raw materials for use in the manufactures in the seven months ending with January. 1907, was $2G2, 000,000. against $223,000,000 in the same months of last year, while man ufactures imported for further use in manufacturing amounted to $158,000, 000. against $123,000,000 in the corre sponding period of last year.* Thirty-Four Drown in Sea. Berlin—A aispatch from Ciixhaven reports the loss of thirty-four lives by the foundering of two vessels—a German cargo steamer, the George Wottern and a trav/ier — during a heavy gale in the North Sea. Big Choir at Dowie Funeral. Chicago—A touch of the ostenta tion that marked th** rule of John Alexander Dowie in the Chnstan Cath olic church, which he founded, will he observed during the funeral serv ices of the deposed leader. The white robed choir which was shorn of its vestments when Overseer Voliva as sumed control in Zion City, will take part in the ceremonies, to be held on Thursday afternoon in Zion taberna cle. The burial will be at Lake Mound cemetery, Zion City, beside the grave of Dowie's daughter. Indian Dies at 125 Years. Binger, Oltla.—Canutsky, who was reported to be the oldest Indian in Oklahoma, ts dead at the Wichita In dian camp, near Binger. His exact age was not known, but was said to be 125 years. Japanese Withdrawing. Mukden—Japan is withdrawing all its troops from Manchuria except 15. 000 railway guards. The foreign con suls are strongly protesting against the non-settlement of the Likin ques tion A LUMBER ROUTE TO OMAHA. Complaint Somes From Puget Sound Dealers. Washington — Lumbermen in the Puget sound region have complained to the Interstate Commerce commis sioa that they have been unable sincy January 2 to obtain tf?asportation of-' their products to eastern points, be cause of the state inability of thy Great Northern and Northern Pacific? j railways to handle the traffic. The In- | terstate Commerce commission has> I received letters from lumbermen west, j of the Cascade mountains saying it is impossible for them to get their pro ducts to Missouri river points and ask ing whether the commission can afford relief. Commissioner Lane has sug- i gested that they can make complaint to the commission requesting it to grant them a thorough route from the Puget sound region via Portland Ore., over the Northern Pacific, and thence, via the Oregon Short Line an l the Union Pacific to Missouri river points. The Great Northern and the North ern Pacific admit that they cannot carry more than one-third of the lum ber that is offered, but heretofore they have refused to permit the Oregon Short Line or the Union Pacific tu make a through route or a Joint rate with them. It is expected the uinhermen will act on the suggestion of Commissioner Lane. Wants of Honolulu. It was authoritatively stated Friday that the recent opinion of the attor ney general, in which he held that it is unlawful under the recently enacted immigration law for a state to pay the passage of intending immigrants or to assist immigration except by ad vertisement, will not apply to the isl and of Hawaii. In that country the decision has already caused consid erable agitation, as under the auspices of the territorial immigration society immigrants are being brought to the island from Europe and the Azores to take the places of Japanese laborers on the sugar plantations. This has been sanctioned by the United States government and a shipload of imnii grants recently brought from tho Azores have proved very satisfactory. THREE-DECK SHEEP CARS. Wool Growers Suggest Possible Solu tion of Annual Car Shortage. Cheyenne, YVyo.—At a meeting of stockmen and railroad officials here A J. Knollin. treasurer of the Nationa. Wool Growers' association and man ager of the Chicago Stock Yards, pro l>osed three-deck cars for the shipment of sheep as a solution for the annua! car shortage during the shipping sea son. It was shown that three-deck cars can be built no higher than tre present furniture car. Vice President A. L. Mohler of the Union Pacific said the suggestion was worthy of consider at ion. North Dakota Solons Quit. Bismarck, N. D.—Tiie North Dakota legislature adjourned at noon Friday The closing session was marked by considerable confusion attending the passage in the senate oc the 2 Vi fart bill and the anti-pass Dill. These mea sures are now before the governor for his signature. The house passed a senate bill providing that the candi date for the United Slates senate Uav ing 40 per cent or more of votes in the primary election shall be the party’s candidate. Guthrie Gets $2b,000 Prize. St. Ixrnis. Mo.—After two years of litigation decision was rendered by Judge McEIhenny iu the circuit court at Clayton, awarding to M. Logar Guthrie of Fulton. Mo., the prize oi $25,000 offered in a contest to the per son who enterest the nearest guess tc the total number of paid admission; into the World's fair. Guthrie guessec 12,804,816, which was announced as the exact number of admissions. Several other claimants appeared and payment of the prize was held up. Butte Strike Settled. Butte, Mont.—It is understood that an agreement has been signed between the miners and the managers of the larger mines by which an amicable wage scale has been adopted. The de mand for an increase has been grant ed, contingent on the price of copper -r People Freeze to Death. Sydney, S. D.—At least two lives were lost and several persons are miss ing as a result of the terrific blizzard that swept over Cape Breton. The body of John Brown, aged 18, of Syd ney Mines, was found in a snow drift a quarter of a mile from his home. Hearst Is Seriously III. New York — WilliamR. Hearst is se riously ill at his home, according tc an announcement and his engagement; for some time to come have been canceled. The editor’s illness was. made known Friday. Arm-LoDDy Sill Kassea. Jefferson City, Mo.—After amending ilie anti-lobby bill as passed by the house, the senate of the Missouri legis iauire passed the bill, and it wen! back to the house for concurrence. Needn’t Shave Colored Men. Hartford, Conn.1—The supreme court of the state has decided that barber.* in this state need not shave colored men. The decision was reached on ar. appeal from a superior court decision in Bridgeport by Henry Foulkner, a colored man. who brought suit against Thomas Soiazzi, a barber of that city Soiazzi refused to shave Foulkner, his defense being that his barber shop was not a place of public accommodation within the meaning of the law. The supreme court upheld that contention. Graft iit Printing Ink. Washington—Irregularities in the’ purchase of ink for the printing of greenbacks, gold certificates and post age stamps are being investigated by United States Attorney Baker upon in formation furnished by secret service agents of the treasury department. Prohibited in Iowa. Des Moines, la.—The Iowa legisla ture has enacted, with the passage in the lower house, a law to prevent cor porations contributing to campaign funds. IT’S NOT THE LIGHT, BUT WH AT THE LIGHT DISCLOSES. M 1 ^ Pit i D/ifarc** ’ W : TWO GENTS AND NO FAVORS WITH NEW RATES COMMUTA TIONS ARE ABOLISHED. Clergymen, Homeseekers and Excur sionists on Same Basis With Other Travelers. Omaha—Simultaneously with their enforced adoption of the 2-cent rate law, enacted Wednesday evening by the signature of Governor Sheldon, the railroads of Nebraska affected by this law. Union Pacific. Burlington. North western, Missouri Pacific and Rock Island, abolished all passenger com mutation rates in this state, which in clude those to homeseekers. clergy men and excursionists and, of course, interchangeable mileage tickets, which sold at 2Vi cents a mile and were therefore in excess of the new legal rate. Asked if this action was taken in retaliation for what the legislature and supreme court have recently done, a passenger official of one of the lead ing Nebraska roads said: r “Not by any means. I will say this: The circular setting forth this action was issued by --ur road upon three minutes' notice." For the Burlington General Passen ger Agent Wakeley said: “There are odds and ends of prac tices to be cleaned up, but all the fac ilities of the railroad were used in the effort to furnish all agents and con ductors of our lines instructions on which to act beginning 12:01 a. m. Thursday. “The 2-cent local rate applies as the law directs, between two stations, both of which are in the state of Nebraska. Half rates for children. The usual ex tra f^re will be collected for fares paid on trains. All mileage tickets sold after March 6 will be endorsed. “Not good locally in Nebraska.' the idea be ing that these are tickets sold at 2Vi cents a miie, good on interstate busi ness over the Burlington lines west, and we do not want our conductors placed in the position of detaching mileage valued..at 2J6 cents a mile for Nebraska journeys, even if the pas senger desires to use his scrip, which would make our road a party to the, collection of a higher fare in Nebraska than the maximum 2-cent rate. Mile age tickets sold prior to March 7 will be honored under the old contract, if passenger so desires; if not. such tickets will be promptly redeemed. All reduced rates, for clergymen, railroad employes, inmates of soldiers' and sailors’ homes, charitable rates, or any other form of a reduced rate order, whether for a state or interstate jour ney, in any portion of Nebraska, have been canceled. All convention rates, homeseekers’ excursion rates, party rates, either one way or round trip, applying locally in Nebraska, have been cancelled, as was anticipated.” EFFORT TO STOP WARFARE. United States and Mexico May Stop Central American Trouble. Washington—Mexico and the United States are using their kindly offices in an attempt to effect a settlement of the trouble which threatens to involve all five of the Central American coun tries in war. Mr. Creel, the Mexican ambassador, had a long conference with Secretary Root today, and Mr. Corea, the Nicaraguan minister, and Mr. Caivo, the Costa Rican minister, also called at the State department, but there were no late advices and none would even comment on the sit uation. Swettenham Causes Joy. Kingston, .Jamaica—The news of the resignation of Governor Swetten ham has been received here with sat isfaction. His unpopularity has great ly increased since the Davis incident. Ex-Governor Mickey Will Build. IJncoln. Neb.—It is announced that ex-Governor John II. Mickey has pur chased a block of ground in University Place and will soon begin building a residence. Five Frozen to Death. Chippewa Falls. Wis.—According to word received liere Thursday from Ole Overby, his wife and four chil dren were frozen to death at their home in Ward county. North Dakota, during the recent cold spell. Overby writes that he had been away from home for several weeks and that up on his return he found his entire family dead. Their home was fifteen miles from the nearest neighbor. The family ran out of fuel and the woman had burned all the furniture and everything else available. Adams Jury is Discharged. Wallace, Idaho—The jury in the trial of Steve Adams for the murder of Fred Tyler, after being in dllberation for many hours, announced through Fore man George Ellers tnat is was impos sible to agree upon a verdict, and was discharged. British Steamer is Lost. Castellamare Di Stabia, Italy—The British steamer Malagar was lost in sight of this port during a severe storm. Twenty-nine bodies have come ashore from the wreck. I I ..yl I ■■ ■ 1 j ____ I |A predictionsy harriman IF RAILROADS ARE NOT LET ALONE PANIC WILL COME. He Thinks That More Attention Should Be Paid to the Currency j and Less to Tariff. _ Washington—E. rf. Harriman grant ed a farewell interview to fifteen news paper man. announcing that he would j return to New York Thursday and stop talking for publication. Mr. Harriman discussed transpor tation problems, railroad legislation, the tariff, the currency question, the attitude of the public toward the rail road corporations and the probability of a panic in the future. •'[ notice that the afternoon papers say that the New York Central hold ings and those of the old Wassennau pool in the Reading railway were taken over last night. That is not true. I have not purchased a single share of railroad stock since 1 have been in Washington.” He refused to answer the direct question as to whether he had secured control of the Reading. As to the currency and the tariff Mr. Harriman said: "I think tlie currency and tariff questions should be settled in a more definite way before congress and the . present administration devote so much precious time to regulating the rail roads. The interests of the country demand that there should be some modification of the tariff out we have no McKinley or Dingley and I fear the prospect for such legislation is not very encouraging. The United States will not always enjoy the prosperity that has prevailed during the last de cade. Hard times certainly will come again unless congress and the people generally change their tactics towards railroads and corporate interests." As an argument against the ten dency for a wholesale reduction iu railroad rates Mr. Harriman called at tention to the increased cost of every thing that enters into the mainten ance of railroads. "Even money is higher,” he said, "than it has been at any time in the 'last ten years. This is just the same to the railroads as if the cost of labor and material is raised.” Admitting that the railroads to a great extent are responsible for flip hostile movement now sweeping over the country, Mr. Harriman said the only way to solve the problem was for the government and the greai corpo rate interests to get into closer har mony anu to try to bring about a solu tion that will be to the interests of the government and to the railroads as well. Hanna Wlii Offer No defense. Cleveland, O. — The News says: Dan R. Hanna will offer no defense to the charges of his wife's suit for di vorce. The question of alimony will be left to agreement between counsel and even on the matter of the custody of the 5-year-olri daughter there will be no contest. Union Pacific Advances Wages. Cheyenne. Wyo.—A large number of clerks employed by the Union Pacific, who were not members of a labor un ion. have been advised of an increase in wages. The increase is not uni form. nor does it apply to all clerical departments. Nebraska Flour Bleaching. Lincoln—Dr. Alway, chemist at the experiment station, has completed a bulletin dealing with the bleaching of flour in Nebraska. It states that bleaching is generally practiced by millers in this state. The compound ! used for bleaching is nitrous acid. — Pope Did Not Interfere. Paris—The Madrid correspondent of the Eclair, in a dispatch published Tuesday, quotes Garcia Alix, who was minister of finance in the Villaverde cabinet, as denying that the Vatican authorities made efforts to prevent King Alfonso from visiting Prance. Additional Receiver. Sioux Falls, S. D.—The difficulties existing among the stockholders of; i the Missouri River & Northwestern | Railroad company, which resulted in j the appointment of a receiver for the j company in February, have been ad- j justed by the appointment of C. O. Bailey of Sioux Falls as additional receiver. He will represent the inter ests of W. J. Hayes & Sons of Cleve land, bondholders of the road. Verne E Crouch. flr*t appointed receiver, will co-operate with Mr. Bailey. To Supplant Negroes. Baton Rouge, La.—A plan which contemplates supplanting negro plan tation laborers of Louisiana with state imported white immigrants from Eu rope was announced by Charles Schuler, state commissioner of immi gration and agriculture. Frank T. Campbell Dead. Des» Moines—Frank T. Campbell, formerly lieutenant governor of Iowa, and for many years a resident of Des Moines and the state, died at Lima, O., Thursday. NICARAGUE HAS A BIG JOB. She May Have to Contend With Fouf Republics. Washington—The gunboat Prince* ton. now on the southern California, coast, will he ordered to Central Amer ica to assist the cruiser Chicago in looking after American interests threatened by the war between Nica ragua and Honduras. It also has been decided to send either the Dubuque or the Paducah to Bluefields, Nicaragua to assist-the Marietta in looking after Americans oil the Carribean side. There now appears evr indication that Salvador, Guatemala and Costa Rica will join forces with Honduras. This state of affairs, it is said, is duo to a conviction that Nicaragua has been the real aggressor in the bound ary dispute with Honduras and if al lowed to prevail over her she would also overrun the other republics. "What Honduras now fears more than her war with Nicaragua,” said a passenger, "is internal troubles. A rev olution among its own people is threat ened; in fact, there aue signs of re volt on every side. "Americans are prevented from leaving Honduras except by permis sion from the minister of war, who is at Teguc igalpa, if an American de sires to leave he makes application to the eommandante, who telegraphs the the minister of war for permission. Conditions in Honduras are really alarming.” Tegucigalpa, Honduras—The army; of Honduras is mobilized on the fron-; tier tinder the personal command of President Manuel Bonilla, whose ar rival at the front has inspired the. troops with enthusiasm for active op-1 orations against Nicaragua. < The first fighting since February IS occurred the evening of Ma.cn 3. when General Chamorro, a Nicaraguan lead er who is serving with Honduras, at tacked and defeated 400 Nicaraguan troops and captured l.fty prisoners. The Hondurans' loss was small. BURTON NEAR FREEDOM. Former Senator From Kansas Will Be Released March 22. Abilene. Kan.—Former Senator Jo; seph R. Burton of Kansas will be re leased March 22 from the Ironton (Mo.) jail, where he is serving a six months’ sentence for practicing before the postoffice department as attorney for an alleged get-rich-quick concern of St. Louis, according to a letter re ceived here Tuesday from the ex-sen ator. His six months' term is short ened thirty days for good behavior. Burtqn says he and his wife, who has been living in Ironton since last fall, will return directly lo their home at ^bilene. General Booth in New York. New York—General William Booth, the aged leader of the Salvation Army, arrived here from London. He will spend two days as the guest of his daughter, Commander Miss Eva Booth, who is in charge of the American work of the organization, and then will leave for Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Van couver and Seattle, whence he will sail for Japan. After a short stay in that kingdom he will go to India and thence return to England. In the fall he will again come to the United States, this time l'or a general tour of the country. His present visit is purely a private one and he will make no public ad dresses. Richards Is Out of Office. Washington—Judge Richard A. Bal linger of Washington on Tuesday suc ceeded William A. Richards of Wyom ing as commissioner of the general land office. After being sworn in, Commissioner Ballinger held an in formal conference with the bureau and division chiefs. J. H. Ballinger of Seattle, a cousin of the commissioner, will act as his private secretary. Judge Ballinger enters upon his du ties as commissioner coincidentally with the entrance of James R. Garfield as secretary of the interior. Harriman Gets Foot in Seattle. New York—Tlte Times says: "The agreement between James J. Hill and E. H. Harriman regarding the deveh opmont plans which they have worked out for their railroad lines in the Portland region, to which Mr. Harri man referred last week, while on the stand before the interstate commerce commission, has already resulted i t the sale to Mr. Harriman by Mr. Hill of a portion of the Great Northern's terminal property at Seattle. Post Cards Must Be Just So. . Washington—An order has been is sued by the postmaster general provid ing new regulations governing the size, form and weight of private postal cards entering the mails. Such post cards must be made of an unfolded piece of cardboard, not exceeding three and ifine-sixteenths by five and nine-sixteenths inches nor less than two and three-fourths by tour inches. Hanna’s Wife Sues for Divorce. Cleveland. O.—Suit for divorce was filed by Elizabeth Gordon Manna, wife of Daniel R. Hanna, only son of the late Senator Hanna. Famine Sufferers Are Eating Dogs. Victoria, B. C.—Advices from Cen tral China report famine conditions becoming worse. Middle-aged women are being sold from $10 to $15 and children from $3 to $4. Complaints are made that officials are delaying ship ments of flour sent by the foreign re lief committee. A correspondent who toured the famine districts reports it denuded of animals, and lawlessness is growing. In some places dogs are being caught by starving people by traps and hooks and are eaten as soon as captured. Secretary Garfield Now. Washington—James R. Garfield took the oath of office as secretary of tht interior Tuesday. Retiring Secretary Hitchcock expressed appreciation of the manner in which the press of the country has upheld his hand. A*yan to Talk on Lincoln. Washington—William Jennings Bry an has notified the Veteran Legion of this city of his acceptance of an invi tation to address them April 14. the forty-fourth anniversary of the assassi nation of Abraham Lincoln. WORK OF CONGRESS IS DONE ANNUAL SESSION ENDS AT NOON MARCH 4TH. President in Close Touch to Sign Mea sures As They Were Completed s by the Respective Committees. Washington—The senate adjourned sine die at 12:13 Monday. The house adjourned at 12:13. The ship subsidy bill did not pass. The La Follette bill limiting hours of railway employes was passed. With a new record for large ap proportions and iar-reaching legisla tion the Fifty-ninth congress was brought to a close shortly after noon Monday. The last few nours were tame by comparison with what had been expected. Long before noon Sen ator Gallinger's fight for the passage of the ship subsidy bill had been aban doned and the filibuster against it conducted by Senator Carmack being no longer necessary, he surrendered the floor, much to the disappointment of the galleries. Extreme fatigue, due to continued night sessions in tho house last week had a dampening ef fect. upon many congressmen, and the usual excessive "last day enthusiasm” was confined to less than half the membership. President Roosevelt, wi.u his cabi net, White House staff, and a number of guests, occupied the president’s, room in the senate wing. Seated at a big table in the center of the room he signed bills as they were enrolled and presented to him. On account of the dispatch with which business has been conducted during the past week there were only forty bills to be signed. The president was at the capitol for more than an hour. He devoted most of the time in visiting with his cab inet, both the retiring and incoming members being present, and in pre senting them to personal friends of the senaie and house. Retiring senators were received, and without exception the president expressed regret that these lawmakers were to leave the service of the country. Especially warm was his reception to Senator Spooner, who Sunday announced hl3 voluntary retirement. A feature of the house session was the presentation of a club silver serv ice of 300 pieces to General Grosvenor by his colleagues of the Fifty-ninth jongress. Jn addition to the songs and stories that usually mark the close of a ses sion. the entire house rose, waved hags and sang "My Country. ’Tis of Thee.” as the gavel fell at 12:13 p. m. In the senate the last of the pro ?eediugs was the speech by Vice Pres i tent Fairbanks prior to adjournment ‘ t 12:13 p. m. ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATIONS. Congress Provides for Expenditure of $919,000,000. Washington—Statements were made o the senate and house Monday by Senator Allison and Representative Tawney, chairmen, respectively, of the appropriations committee, and by Representative Livingston, ranking minority member of the house com mittee, regarding the appropriations jf the session. The total appropriations aggregate $919,948,079.63, of which $750,662, 074.27 is for the annual expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908. The balance of the grand total is to be used as follows: Twelve mil lion four hundred and thirty-nine thou sand six hundred and eighty-five dol 'ars and thirty-six cents for emergen cies and deficiencies on account of the fiscal year 1907 and prior years; $1,000,000 for miscellaneous objects. TWO CHANGES IN THE CABINET. Secretary Shaw Retires and is Sue* ceeded by Mr. Cortelyou. Washington—George Bruce Cortel you Monday relinquished the postmas ter general's portfolio to George Von L. Meyer, formerly United States am bassador to Russia. After the oath had been administered to the new post master general, Mr. Cortelyou Intro duced him to the various chiefs of de partments. Soon thereafter Mr. Cor telyou was sworn in as secretary of the treasury, succeeding Leslie AI. Shaw. Places for Nebraska Men. Washington — Speaker Cannon In making up several committees and ' commissions provided for by acts of congress has been exceedingly frienly to the Mississippi valley section of the country. He appointed Congressman Hinshaw as a member of the board of visitors to the Military academy, ; Representative Hull of Iowa also be ing a member of the board. President Shonts Retires. * Washington — The resignation of Theodore P. Shonts as chairman of the Isthmian Canal commission and that the W. Leon Pepperman as as sistant in charge of the Washington bureau cf the commission became ef fective on Monday. Pollard Puts it Back. Washington—Mr. Pollard on Mon day mailed a cheek to the treasurer of the United States for tne amount of j salary as member of congress which had been in dispute and made much of during the last congressional cam- j paign in Nebraska. Keeling that inas- | much as there was still some doubt as . to his right to the money which as ' paid him by the sergeant-at-arms cov ering the period from the time of the retirement Of Senator Burkett and Pollard's election, he felt that he did not care to retain it. Telegrapher's Hours Fixed. Washington — The senate Monday agreed to the conference report on the bill limiting the hours of railway employes as agreed upon by the con ferees last nuight. The house also agreed to the conferees' report and in both houses the adoption was practic ally by unanimous vole. The agree ment limits the daily service of rail way telegraphers to nine hours with a provision that requirement may be ex tended as to any particular cases when a proper showing is made to the Interstate Commerce commission. The Reduced Fares. Lincoln—The orders of the North* western and B. & M. roads put local rates on a strictly mileage bas:s. This ! will make the Burlington rate to Omaha $1.10 and the Northwestern rate $1.80, 15 cents more than at pres 1 ent. If the Union Pacific follows suit, with the mileage rate and no compe tition with the short lines the rate from Lincoln to Omaha over that road will be about $1.86, and if the Rock Island orders a strict milaage con struction of rates the fare on that road from Lincoln to Omaha will be about $1.16. The Burlington will charge $1.00 to Beatrice from Lincoln and the Northwestern’s fare from Lin coln to Wahoo will be 50 cents, .vhile the Burlington’s fare to Wahoo will he about 87 cents. I _ Cannon Sells Another. Plattsmouth—One of the instru ments filed in the county recorder’s of fice shows the remarkable increase in the value of Cass county realty over what it v.Tas a few years ago. It is a deed from Joseph G. Cannon, 'h** speaker of the national house of rep resentatives, to Charles F. Timmons of Mills county. Iowa, conveying a half section being $27,157. In 1901 Mr. Cannon bought this land of Stephen : O. Salshury, ^paying for it the sum of $15,180. From the present transfer it will be seen that the land has almost doubled in value in that short period 1 of time. A Pioneer Gone. Nebraska City—Dr. J. W. Parker, who died Monday at Kansas City, was i one of the pioneers of this section. He landed at Westport. Mo., in 1853. and did missionary work among the Indians, and at the breaking out of the war came to this city and remained for many years and held several posi tions of trust in city affairs. He was one of the company of Westport men who attempted to solve the problem of prairie transportation by ihe use of sailing vessels, broad of beam and set close to the ground. “Retrench” Is the Word. Omaha—The Burlington officially announced that it would establish a retrenchment policy pending the out come of the anti railroad legislation as one other road had done. “The re port published in an Omaha paper stating that this road would build a uew freight house is absoIutel> incor rect,” said General Manager Hold rege. “WTe are not. going to buiid any frieght house nor are any other im provements to be aded until we see .he outcome of the new legislation.” Ragan Fire Was Serious. Ragan—Practically the entire bus!-, ness section of this village was de stroyed by fire. Bight business con cerns, including two general merchan dise stores, a drug store, barber shop, a hardware store, a confectioner) store, an implement store and post office, all one-8torv frame structures, were eaten up by the flames. The loss is roughly estimated at $31,000. Boys Will Take Census. Crete—Secretary I.uke of the city T. M. C. A., is making a great hit with his junior council. He has the hoys of the high school organized into a city council with mayor and aldermen in exact imitation of th real council. The first work the boys have undertaken is to secure a censuse of Crete. This is attracting the attention of Crete's citi zens for it is known that Crete has been making a substantial growth in the last three years andthe official fig ures of 19U0 are away out of date. Secretary Luke and twenty-four boys will do the worg in a day. Two Prisoners Assault Jailer. Grand Island—Prisoners Crawford, a negro being held on the charge of burglary committed here, and De freeze. a horsethief, jailed here on the account of Deuel county, from The au thorities of which he has broken jail several times, made an attack on Jailer Mehlert and attempted to es cape, but were unsuccessful. Hendee Is Found Guilty. Wilber—In the case against former County Judge Hendee on the charge of embezzling $3,385 belonging to the George Smith estate, the defense did not introduce any evidence, but asked the court to instruct the jury in favor of the defendant on technical grounds. The application was denied and the case went to the jury. They returned a verdict of guilty. Condition of Winter Wheat. Blue Hill—From all reports obtain able it seems wheat has withstood the winter especially well and that a good crop will be harvested. The ody dis couraging reports thus far received are from extremely low lands, where fields were covered with ice for sev eral days. Butler County Gets $52,000. David City—The decision of the fed eral supreme court affirming the tas cases was goods news to the citizen: of Butler county, as the taxes and in teresl from the Union Pacific and Bur lington amount to $52,500. Golden Wedding at St. Paul. St. Paul—Mr. and Mrs. John O. Phil lips celebrated their golden wedding at their residence in this city in the com pany of about 100 invited guests. The venerable couple were the recipients of hearty congratulations and many beautiful and expensive tokens of the occasion in the form of articles of gold and plate, and fro mtheir children quite a sum of money in gold. Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, though 72 and 66 years of age, respectively, are still in fair vigor and health and are enjoy ing a pleasant autumn of life. Circular to Railroad Agents. Omaha—The Union Pacific win send out a circular letter to all i':s Ne braska agents telling them to use the two-cent fare for all Nebraska local business, computing on the working time card mileage between the points within the state. This is the best that can be done at present. The printed tariff will be sent out later. This will care for the strictly interstate busi * ness. The matter of interstate busi ness presents a much more compli cated problem and will be a long time ‘ in its working out.