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STRIFE IN CENTRAL AMERICi! WHOLE CONTROVERSY SAID TO tE ABOUT A MULE. Nicaraguan Soldiers are Charged With Seizing the Animal in Hon ' duran Territory. Washington—One mule—a mule be longing to Senor Irenio Saldago—was the chief object of dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras when they began the quarrel which finally ended in the war that is threatening the peace of all Central America, accord ing to the official communications ex changed by rite ministers of foreign affairs of the two republics, copies of which communications have been re ceived in Washington. The controversy began when Senor Agtisto C. Ooelio. the Honduran min ister for foreign affairs, wrote a note to Senor Jose D. Gomez, the Nicarag uan cavalrymen, who were charged with entering Honduran territory. In reply Senor Gamez said the Nic araguans did net quite enter Hon duras. although they passed near to the little town of lots Manos in that republic. The taking of the mule was not denied, but Senor Gomez insisted in his letter that Salgado was not a Honduran citizen, but a Nicaraguan who had to leave that country because of the part he played in a revolution two years hefore. Consequently Nic aragua maintained that Honduras had no right to fiy to the defense of Sal gado’s mule. This note brought a spirited reply fiom Honduras, the minister for for eign affairs announcing that Irenio Sal gado was in Tegucigalpa, happily en gaged in trade there, while a man by the same name, a most reputable and respected farmer, a Honduran of un questioned citizenship, lived at 1-os Manos and owned the much mooted mule. • Nicaragua replied that it was true that Colonel Juan Rocha, who com manded a party of cavalry, took a mule near Los Manos. but reiterated that the animal was taken in Honduran ter ritory. Dispatches grew longer as the controversy waxed warmer. Other questions arose. Then the arbitration tribunal was opened and finally the break came when President Zeiaya of Nicarague withdrew his member of the board of arbitration and war between Honduras and Nicaragua began. BIG GIFT FROM ROCKEFELLER. Oil Ki.ig Will Leave $250,000,000 to Education and Charity. New York.—The Herald says that ac cording to a member of John D. Rocke feller's, jr., Bible class, and who is also a personal friend of John f). Rockefel ler and in a position to know of his affairs, the latter proposes soon to make a princely gift to New York City. It will amount to at least $50,000,000. It will be partly charitable and partly educational. The Herald adds: This man said that when Mr. Rocke feller was conferring with his sou at Lakewood, N. J., a fortnight ago, the meeting was not for the purpose of dis cussing any immediate gift, but was on the subject of Mr. Rockefeller's will, which document the oil king was then completing, with the aid of his son and bis lawyers. It was said that this docu ment will astonish the world when it is made public. It will, it is declared, donate no less than $250,000,000 for charitable and educational puritoses, and it will bo so bestowed that the benefit therefrom will almost be per petual. ROBEINC UNCLE SAiyi. Disappearance of Much Money Cannot Be Accounted For. Washington.—The mysterious disap pearance of $173,000 from the sub-treas nry at Chicago, following so closely the $*>3,000 shortage in the St. Louis sub treasury, which was never satisfactori ly explained, leads some of the officials here to believe that an organized gang of robbers perpetrated both crimes, and unless their scheme ot operations is discovered will continue their raid:-, on ihe national strong box by visiting other large cities. Germany Has New Bullet. Berlin—Germany, it now appears, lias not armed its infantry with a new model rifle, but the model adopted in 1903 has been changed to accommo date the new ammunition known as “S.” the bullet of which is pointed in stead of oval. The muzzle velocity has been raised from an average of 2,034 feet per second to 2,690 and the tra jectory has been flattened considerably so that at 550 yards the trajectory is 4 feet 8 inches. The total range of the improved rifle is 4.360 yards. Burton Will Make a Speech. Abilene, Kas.—Ex-Senator Joseph R. Burton, who is expected to return to his home here this week from Ironton, Mo., where he is now in jail serving a six months’ sentence, has engaged the local theater for March 23. when he will deliver a public address. Comet Is Feared in Italy. Rome;—The statement of Prof. Lor enzo. Matteucci of the Royal Observa tory on Mount Vesuvius to the effect that towards the end of March the sub stance of the new comet discovered by Signor Marchetti will come into con tact with the atmosphere of the oarth and the consequences may be danger ous. has not only attracted a great deal of attention the world over, but the Inhabitants of this part of the world are alarmed lest eruptions of Vesuvius and earthquakes ’may follow in conse quence. Alt Hearings in Washington. Washington—The work of the inter state commerce commission has grown so heavy that it has been decided to discontinue the hearings, which have been conductec by members of the commission outside of Washington. Powerful Revolution in Venezuela. Wllemsted. Curacoa.—A dispatch re ceived here from Cucuta, Colombia, an nounces that a powerful revolution has started in the state of Tachira, Vene zuela. with General Juan Pablo Pen alooa as its leader. ORDER TO LAND OFFICIALS. It Comes From Department of the Irrterio:-. Washington—-Secretary Garfield of the Department of the Interior issued | an order to Commissioner Ballinger of the general land office, intended to ex pedite to the utmost the issuance of patents to 30,000 entrymeu whose ap plications have accumulated in the general land office. The order is based on President Roosevelt’e recent ac tion making easier the procees of “proving up" under the law. It dF rects the commissioner of the land office "to take for action all locations, selections and entries upon which final certificate has been issued, and if i the proof in found regular aud com ! piete and there is no pending protest | or objection the same will be passed to patent in the regular order.” The local officers will proceed in ac cordance with the circular of Decem ber 7, 1905. governing the manner of giving notice of final proofs and the action taken tliereoh You will fur nish them maps defining the mineral areas within their respective districts as soon as they are provided by the geological survey. Ail locations, select ions aud entries of lands In nomiiiernl areas will be considered by the local officers under the above circular with a view to final action by tnem and the issuance of final certificate in the regular order. Dotations, selections and entries for lands in the mineral areas may be made under existing rules, but shall not pass to fiuai certificate or approv al except upon the report of a field nfflppr You will instruct local officers that it is equally their duty to facilitate the issuance of final certificates to bona fide settlers, as to guard the interests of the public and the government in preventing illegal entries, and that in the performance of their duties they will be held to strict account for the exercise of sound discretion and good judgment. It is expected that registers and receivers in the r respective dis tricts will obtain knowledge of the genera] character and quality o> the public land over which their jurisdic tion extends, and in the disposition of cases before these officers they should make use of such knowledge, either in aiding the entrymen or in preventing an illegal entry, as the case may he. All regulations or instructions in conflict herewith are revoked. ARTILLERY MILITIA IS WANTED Government Desires Seaboard States to Aid in Defense of Coast. Washington.—Letters have been j sent by Assistant Secretary Oliver of i the war department to the governors I of ail seaboard states asking their co operation in the devolpment of the war department’s plan for the train ing of an effective coast guard through the operation of organized militia in connection with the regulars assigned to coast artillery service. The letters were accompanied by circulars prepared by the chief of ar tillery. setting forth his scheme to set aside a portion of the state troops in alt the coast states for artillery serv ice. the state troops to have each year from seven to ten days of training at an artillery post under the direction of the regulars. Curzon Is Elected Chancellor. Loridou.—Lord Curzon of Kedleston. ex-vicerov of India, was elected chan cellor of Oxford university by 1,111 votes against 4^i for Lord Rosebery Hitherto in the history of the uni versity chancellors had always been chosen without a contest. Although much influential pressure was resorted 10 to persuade Lord Rosebery to ac cept the nomination, there was some adverse criticism of his acceptance it. the face of the almost certain elec tion of Lord Curzon, who is a con servative. t Investigate Stock Foods. Lincoln. Neb.—The senate is anx ious to know what is contained in the mixtures manufactured and sold iD Nebraska as stock foods. A resolution by Epperson of Clay calling upon the state chemist to analyze such foods and report the formulas to the senate immediately was adopted. Grand Army Eicampment. Toledo, O.—J. Cory Winans, chief of staff of the National Grand Army ’of the Republic, received notifications from the citizens' committee at Sara toga, N. Y., fixing the date of the Na tional Grand Army of the Republic encampment for the week of Septem her 9. Wagons Will Be Costly. Chicago—The retail price of bug- ! gies. wagons and general products of the wagon-makers’ craft are to be ad vanced nearly 50 -per cent this spring unless conditions regarding raw ma terial and transportation take a ben eficial change. Knocks Out Buckctshops. Jefferson City, Mo. — The house passed the bill making the operation of a buc-ketshop to constitute a felony. The penalty for violation is. from two to five years in the penitentiary. Strict Insurance Law. Des Moines. Ia.—The house of rep resentatives of the Iowa legislature has just passed a law requiring an nual apportionments and accounting of surplus funds of life insurance com panies. Folk Signs Anti-Lobby Bill. Jefferson City, Mo.—Governor Folk signed the antl-ioboy bill and it be comes a law ninety days after the ad journment of the legislature. The leg islature adjourned sine die on Satur day. Job for Oliver. Washington.—Wi liam J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tana, whose bid for the construction of the Panama canal was recently rejected, was elected presi dent cf ike newly organized United States Trust company of this city. New Divorce Law Passes. Des Moines, la.—Hereafter in Iowa divorced parties will have to wait one year after their decree is filed before they can re-enter the matrimonial slate, except where the court makes [ special order for such marriage. V . i V CONCERNING THE WEIGHT OF SOULS. [ c/Acrffri yot/M/iu JAP QUARREL IS AT AN ENL — PRESIDENT’S ORDER SHUTS OU1 ORIENTAL LABORERS. Educational Board Permits Japanesi Children to Return to San Francisco Schools. Washington—President Roosevelt oi Thursday issued an executive order di reeling that Japanese or Korean la borers, skilled or unskilled, who hav< received passports to go to Mexico Canada and Hawaii, and to come there from, he refused permission to entei the continental territory of the Unite! States. This is practically the fina chapter, except so far as the questior may be taken up in treaty negotiation! with Japan, in the issue growing oui of the differences with that country over the action of the San Francisco authorities in prohibiting Japanese school children attending the school! set aside for the whiles. Aiflhority to refuse permission to the classes of persons cited by the presi dent to enter the continental territory of the Unitefl States is contained in the immigration but approved Feb ruary 21. It was incorporated in that measure at the reqquest of the presi dent, and in fulfillment of a promise he made to Mayor Schmitz and the school board of San Francisco during their negotiations at the White House, if the Satt Francisco authorities would rescind their action on the school ques tion. Coincident with this order the presi dent has directed dismissal of the two suits filed in San Francisco at the di rection of the department of justice which had in view the testing of the question of the treaty rights of Jap anese children to enter the white schools. This step the president had promised to take when the school board rescinded Us origin?.! action bar ring Japanese children from the white schools. VIOLENT FALL IN STOCKS. Conditions Akin to Panic Prevail in Wall Street Exchange. New York—Under the effect of 25 per cent money and the generally pes simistic sentiment developed as a re sult. of the recent heavy decline trading on the Stock exchange Thursday reached a stage of demoralization bor dering on actual panic. The worst pe riod of the day was shortly before the closing of the Stock exchange session, although there was an extremely vio lent falling off hi prices between 12 and 1 o'clock. New low records for the year and in some instances for several years were established in the active speculative issues under precipitate selling, with the market apparently without buying orders other tnan those of the bears to cover their short con tracts and realize their profits. HAVE FOUND 103 BODIES. Search of Blown-Up Battleship lana Is Completed. Toulon—The thorough search of the interior of the battleship Iena was completed Thursday, when the men engaged in this work penetrated to the engine room where a large num ber of bodies were found. Their faces were burned beyond recognition. It is now believed' that all the bodies have been recovered. The number is given as 103. No Statue for John Brown. Topeka, Kas.—One of the last acts of the house was the killing of an item in the general appropriation bill of $0,000 providing for the erection of a statue in the hall of fame at Washing ton of John Brown of Osawattomie. GRAZING RIGHTiTpRESERVED. New Forest Reserves to Be Open Range During the First Year. Washington—In the national foresl reserves which have been created since March 1, all stockmen who have regularly used ranges within theii limits will be allowed to graze all ol their stock during the present yeai without payment of grazing fees. II it iB found that these ranges are being injured by overgrazing the number cl stock allowed will be reduced grad ually until the damage is stopped. Holds Enactment Good. Washington—Information has jus' been received by the interstate com merce commission of the decision ol Judge Triebor of the United States dis trict court in the Eastern district ol Arkansas sustaining the constitution ality of the employers’ liability act it the case of Henry Splain against th< St. Louis & San Francisco Railwaj company. Judge Triebor agrees will Judge Hanford, in the Western dlstrici of Washington, in holding that th< enactment was within the powers o congress. BRYAN TALKS ON RAILWAYS ' REFERS TO SINS OF OMISSION AND COMMISSION. i Says Securities Are Unsettled as the Result of a Bluff by Corpora tions. . i Buffalo, N. Y.—The Times prints an ■ interview with William J. Bryan, in ■ which when asked for his opinion of ! the proposed conference between President Roosevelt and the railroad ■ presidents, Mr. Bryan replied: “The republican leaders object to the doctrine ‘with the consent of the governed’ in the Philippines, but some of them seem to think that nothing can be done in the regulation of rail roads without the consent of the rail road magnates. The principal part of that announcement, however, is that the railroad magnates want the su pervision of the railroads transferred to the federal government that they may avoid state legislation and this contradicts the president's theory that the corporations favor state rights as a means of avoiding federal control. “The great corporations would much rather risk control by congress, which is far away from the people, than by state legislatures, which are close to the people." Binghamton. N. Y.—A representa tive of the Associated Press asked William J. Bry;*n on his arrival here what effect the Harrituun and other investigations would have on the agi tation in favor of government owner ship or management of railroads. He replied: "The most interesting phase of the situation is the refusal of the people to lend money freely to the railroads. The railroad managers say that this is due to hostile legislation, but this is a mistake. There has been no hos tile legislation of sufficient severity to impair the real value of railroad securities where the railroads have been honestly conducted npon an honest capitalization. “If the investing public is alarmed ,'t is because the railroad managers in a vain effort to terrorize the legis latures have carried matters too far. If any other answer is needed for the hesitancy on the part of investors, the investigations furnish it. for the In quiries have shown to what extent railroad stocks have been watered." EDWARD WALSH OF OMAHA. Elected Head Consul of the Woodmen of the World. Leavenworth. Kas.—Edward Walsh of Omaha, was elected head consul of the jurisdiction cl' Woodmen of the World comprising Kansas, Nebraska ind North and South Dakota. Others officers were elected as fol lows: H. Francke, Wichita, head adviser; D. F. Dudley. Arkansas City. Kao., head banker; N. H. Wolff. Topeka, head clerk; J. L». Hourhin. Omaha, head escort; C. .1. Prischman. Creigh ton, Neb., head watchman. Election in the Philippines. Washington—Secretary Taft's pro posed visit to the Philippines in Sep tember to attend the opening of the first Philippine assembly has directed attention toward the new legislative body to be created for the island. The assembly will consist of sixty-one members, proportioned on the basis ,of one delegate for each 9,000 persons and provision is made to increase the number to a total of 100. It will in a general way correspond to the American house of representatives, while the Philippine commission will correspond to the United States senate. J. J. Hilt on Freight Rates. St. Paul—“1 want to go on record here that your rates will be advanced in the northwest instead of being re duced. They will be advanced simply because it is necessary to provide the service. This course will begin in the ' ea^it. Now I am not complaining about rates, but present conditions would bankrupt some of the roads in this ; state." Thus declared James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, be fore the Sundberg senate committee Investigating the value of railroad property In the state. Chief of Police is Held. Salt Lake City—Chief of Police George G. Sheets, charged with con spiracy to defraud tourists passing through Salt Lake City, was held by Judge Whittaker to answer to the criminal division of the district court. Bomb Kills Six People. Kharkaro, Russia—While the police were searching the rooms occupied by . a student a bomb explodeo, killing an ' officer of the gendarmerie, three po ’ llcemen and two civilians. Six other were injured. BIG WAR VESSEL BLOWN UP. French Battleship Dest-oyed By An Explosion. Toulon—The powder magazine on board the French battleship lena blew up at 1:35 Tuesday afternoon and as a result Captain Adigard. commander of the battleship; Captain Vertiez, chief of staff of the Mediterranean squadron, and from seventy to eighty bluejackets are dead, while Rear Ad miral Mancerou and hundreds of other men are suffering from injuries. Naval circles are aghast and the public is stunned by the appailiug catastro phe coming so soon after the loss of the French submarine boat Lutiu, In which sixteen men met death. The entire afterpart of the lena was blown to pieces. The bodies of the victims were hurled through the air by a succession of explosious and panic-stricken workmen at the arsenal fled for their lives from the vicinity of the dry dock. Scores on board of the lena jumped overboard on to the stone quays and sustained serious injuries. The primary cause of the accident was the explosion of a torpedo. What caused the explosion is not known, but the powder magazines of the lena were set on fire and the resulting explo sions practically destroyed what was considered one of the best vessels in the French navy. The lena bad just undergone a final inspection of its hull and machinery, the latter having been completely overhauled preparatory to joining the squadron next day. The crew was in its full strength, being composed of the rear admiral, twenty four other officers and 030 men. The magazines had been replen ished recently and contained many tons of powder as well as a number of charges for torpedoes. Tlie crew had finished its midday meal only a short time before the ex plosion and had dispersed to various parts of the vessel. Most of the men were engaged in work connected with the approaching departure of the war ship, but quite a large party had been detailed to attend a lecture that was being given forward. LAND ORDER IS CANCELLED. Examination of Patents by Inspectors Will Not be Required. Washington — President Roosevelt sent the following letter to the secre tary of the interior, canceling his or der of February 12, relating to the is- ' suance of evidence of title under the public land laws: “My order of February 12, 1907, re lating to the issuance of evidence of title under the public land laws is hereby canceled, for the reason that congress did not appropriate an amount sufficient to enable the com missioner of the general land office properly to carry out the purposes of that order, which was to have such examination made of all applicants for patents as would facilitate the issu ance of title to bona fide settlers and homeseekers, would reduce illegal en tries to a a minimum and bring the work of the land office up to date. With the amouut actually appropri ated it is not possible to carry out the order or to provide with certainty for the detection of fraud without causing unreasonable hardship to bona fide settlers and home-makers.” LAND FRAUD INDICTMENTS. Hears That Deaf With Burlington - Road is Under Investigation. New York—Several indictments were reported by the federal grand jury, which is investigating alleged violation of the federal statutes. It was rumored that among the indict ments were a number dealing with the recent taking of title of valuable coal lands in the Big Horn basin of Wyoming by certain persons residing in the suburbs of New- York. These persons assigned their rights in the; lands to the Owl Creek Mining com pany and the Northwestern Coal com pany. both said to be subsidiary cor porations of the Burlington railroad, which is now building a branch line into the Big Horn basin in order that it may get the coal haul of that sec tion. Applications for Pensions. Washington—Commissioner of Pen sions Warner stated that 185.000 ap plications for pensions have been filed under the service pension law enacted during the last month of the session of congress just closed. The commis sioner estimates that 300,000 applica tions will be received under the new law. which allows the granting of a pension for service in the Mexican and civil wars at the rate of $12 a month to veterans 62 years old. $15 to those 65 and $20 to those 70 years old. Poet to Be Abandoned. Washington—It is announced at the war department that the post of Fort Washakie, in Wyoming, will be aban doned May 1 next and the reservation and building turned over to the inter ior department for disposition. Appointment by President. Washington—The president has ap pointed Frank L. Mallory of Arkansas to be receiver of public moneys at Camden, Ark. Land Fraud* in Idaho. Portland, Ore.—A special to the Ore gonian from Lewiston, Idaho, says; Hints from Boise as. to startling land fraud disclosures at Lewiston tend to confirm reports from authentic sources that the government has for a year considered the land frauds in Idaho more gigantic than in either Oregon, Montana or Washington, and that it is the intention of the government to sift them to the bottom, bring guilty ones to trial and then bring re-en trance proceedings after conviction, to repossess. Treasury Balances. Washington—Today’s statement of the treasury balances iu the general fund, exclusive of the $150,000,000, gold reserve, shows: Available cash balance, $255,655,952; gold coin and bullion, $118,880,359; gold certificates, $48,965,710; total, $428,002,021. Both A-'ms in Corn 8hreder. Falls City, Neb.—Ed Smith, 19 years of age, was fearfully mangled while working at a corn shredder near here, j and as a result will lose both arms j between the elbow and the shoulder- | WANTS PRESIDENT TO QUIT J. P. MORGAN PAYS VISIT TO WHITE HOUSE. Urges Roosevelt to Take Action to Al lay Public Anxiety Regarding Railroad Investments. Washington—J. Plerpont Morgan c£ New York was in conference with President Roosevelt for two hours Monday night. The financier came lere at the request of certain bnsi tess men of New York to discuss the business situation particularly as af fecting the railroads. He asked the | president to grant an interview to four railroad presidents, which request was granted. The object of Mr. Morgan's visit was to urge the president to take some ac tion to “allay the public anxiety now threatened to obstruct railroad in vestments." Mr. Morgan pointed out to the president that the financial in terests of the country are greatly alarmed at the attitude of the admin istration toward corporations and par ticularly the railroads. At Mr. Morgan's earnest request President Roosevelt has agreed to have a conference with four leading railroad presidents. Messrs. McCrea of the Pennsylvania, Newman, of the New York Central; Melleu, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, and Hughitt, of the Chicago & Northwest ern, to determine if some agreemeut can be reached as to the relations be tween the railroads and the adminis tration. After boarding his train shortly after midnight to return to New York, Mr. Morgan dictated to the Associated Press the following statement: “At the request pf many business men, before leaving for r.urope, I came to Washington to see the president to discuss the present business situa tion, particularly as affecting the rail roads. I suggested to the president that it would be greatly in the public interest If he would see Mr. McCrea, Mr. Newman, Mr. Mellon and Mr. Hughitt, and confer with them as to what steps might be taken to allay the public anxiety now threatening to ob struct railroad investments and con struction so much needed, and espec ially to allay the public anxiety as to the relations between the railroads and the government. The president said he would be glad to see the gentle men named with tnis end in view.” WILL RESTORE LAND TO ENTRY. Proclamation Returning Thirty Mil lion Acres to Public Domain. Washington — President Roosevelt will sign an order returning to tho public domain approximately 30.000, ooo acres of„land recently withdrawn as coal lands. Secretary Garfield of the interior department is completing: the details of this order and expects to have it ready for the president's signa ture Tuesday. The land was part of a withdrawal aggregating 64,000,000 acres. Since the withdrawal experts of the geological survey have been en gaged in ascertaining the coal bear ing value of the withdrawn rands, and while the lands t.o be restored to entry are still classed as coal lands, it is un derstood their value as such does not warrant their exclusion from public entry. CALI FOR NfANS GO SLOWER. Action on Anti-Japanese Laws Post poned at Request. Sacramento, Cal.—President Roose velt has again appealed to the legisla ture of California to stop all Japanese legislation. The president has sent a telegram to Governor Gillette urging that the legislature suspend all Jap anese legislation and expressing the fear that the action of the senate in passing the two Japanese otlls .and a resolution may render ineffective his efforts to secure exclusion of Japanese fa borers by friendly agreement with Japan. Live Stock Law Invoked. Biiffaio—United States District At torney Eass has filed fifteen com plaints brought by the government against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway company for violat ing the law in regard to the transpor tation of cattle. In each complaint judgment is ar'.ed for $500, the maxi mum penalty imposed by the law, tha amount aggregating $7,500. Passes Anti-Trust Law. Sacramento. Cal. — The assembly passed Cartwright’s anti-trust law, which is almost Identical with tho Ohio anti trust law. It is drastic in the penalties that it provides for vio lations of what constitutes a trust. The bill now awaits the governor's ap proval and goes into effect sixty days, after it is signed. Nothing for Nivaraggue. Washington—No additional advices were received by either the state de partment of the Nicaraguan minister. Mr. Corea, regarding tne conflict be tween Honduras and Nicaragua. Sec retary Root called at the White house twice during the day but the subject under discussion was not revealed. May Lose His Job. Washington — Confirmation wa> given at the postofflce department to a dispatch from San Francisco stating that Hugh M. Shang, a railway postal clerk, who figured conspicuously in tho organization of the Brotherhood of Railway Postal Clerks, a new organiza tion. has been given three weeks to show why he should nqt be dismissed. It was said, however, that the charges upon which this action was based in clude disobedience of orders and the stirring up of discontent among tho clerks. Schaefer Worid’a Champion. Chicago—“Jake” Schaefer of Chica go won the world's billiard champion ship at balk line billiards, eighteen inch, one shot in. from George Sutton here Monday night in the thirty-sixth inning, by the score of 500 to 44?, Schaefer's average was 13 32-36. Kansas Two-Cent Fare Law. Topeka, Kas.—The house adopted the senate two-cent fare bill. It pro vides for 500,1,000 and 2,000-mile mile age books, the 2,000-mlle books to bo interchangeable. HIGH RATES !N NEBRASKA. Cost of Transporting Cattle Excee-js That in Sister States. i.incoln—Burrett Bush, deputy labo. commissioner has completed his uual bulletin of the state bureau r»f statistics, and the volume has been received from the hands of the print ers. It is divided into two parts, the first being devoted to an analysis of each county on land values, crop pro duction and values, shipmeut of va rious products, classification of .lands and areas, census of fruits, popula tion of towns and railway mileage. The second part deals with freight charges and the shipments of the pro ducts of the state. Comparison i» made with the average rates in force in Nebraska. Illinois, Iowa. Missouri, and Kansas. The report shows that products to the value of $279,723. 377.71 were shipped in 1905. Some of the figures contained in the compilation may he strictly up-to date, blit there are others which cer tainly are many years off, nam. ly those purporting to give the popula tion of Omaha and South Omaha. Mr. Bush has failed to take the new cen sus of these cities, picking up those most convenient, which was taken years ago when Omaha had but 1<*2. 000. The tallies show the cost of trans porting cattle to be greater in Neli raska than in either Missouri, Iowa. Kansas or Illinois. Hogs also cost more, but sheep cost less than they do in Iowa, Missouri or Kansas. Horses cost more than in either of the other states, but coal costs more in Illinois and Kansas than in Neb raska. When grain is transported more than forty miles ft costs more than in any of the other states nam !. Nebraska also has a higher rate on flour when ft is hauled over fori. miles than the other states and a higher rate on poultry than rhe other states except Kansas. Nebraska's charge on butter and eggs is less than Kansas and more than the charge in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. CAR SHORTAGE IS SERIOUS Railway Ccmmission Reports Result of Its Investigation. Lincoln—The railway commission ers. in response to the resolutions passed in both house and senate ask ing for an investigation of its ca1 supply on the Nebraska railroads with particular reference to cars available for the shipment of grain, have pre pared a report for the legislature giv ing the condition found on March 5 ai 4 p. m. The commission adopted th< method of friendly inquiry of the offi rials of the various roads and report that all possible assistance was fur nished them in their inquiry. The report says that at the date men tioned there were on all the railroa L in the state 3,203 box cars as follow? Empty cars at stations. 516. Loaded box cars at stations, 1.501. Emnty box cars In train, 581. Bad order box cars on hand. 305. During the sam • twenty-fonr hours 478 cars of grain were landed and 3,161 box cars or dered. 7t will be seen that if the or ders for chts were the same the fol lowing twenty-four hours and all oi the empty cars, both at stations and in trains, could be set for loading there would be 1,397 against an order for 3,161 or a shortage for the* day of 1,764 cars. Death of Ex-Nebraskan. Nebraska City—News of the death, of S. H. Calhoun, which occurred at Denver, Colo., caused a general feeling of sadness in this city, where he lived for so many years and was known to all of the old settlers. Mr. Calhoun was born in Boston. Mass., May 27. 1836. came to Nebraska City in 1856 and was employed in the surveyo generaLs office. He read law with Harding & Blackman and was admh ted to the practice of taw in this state in 1861. He served two terms as pros ecuting attorney and was a member of the- first state senate. Settlers Taking the Land. Hemingford—Real estate is book ing in price in the north end of Box Butte county. Farms anti ranches thtr could be bought and were bough*, for from $3 to $5 per acre last spring are now selling readily at from $ln to $15 per acre. Most of the investors are speculators from the eastern part of the state. Each year's crop o” homesteaders lor the government lands west of here seems greater than the one preceding. All the southern part of Sioux county is now practic ally entered as section homesteads tin tier the Kinkaid act. Blare at Bristow. Norfolk—Fire destroyed seven busi ness houses, constituting over hall the town of Bristow. The Joss is 000. The Are raged for two ltours be fore it was brought under control. A number of families lived in the build ings that burned, but all escaped unin. 4 jured, raaa.T In their night clothes. Railroad Constructore Active. Herman.—Barnes Bro*., railroad contractors, who have wintered at this place, have begun getting their nia chinery in shape for another year's work. Tferee Hurt in Flume Factory. KimJ>aIl.—In their efforts to save the life of one of their workmen, P. Magin nis and his son each had a hand bad ly mutilated while attempting to tear a belt from a rolling machine in their branch steel flume factory at Mor land, Wyo. The workman had caught his arm in the machine and was be in* slowly drawn in when, his cries brought Mr. Maginnis and his boy to the scene and they both caught the belt to tear It off, but before they could do so they were both drawn around the wheel. Suspension at Business College. Grand Island—Thirty students of the Grand Island Business and Nor mal college were suspended for ona week for disregarding a warning is sued to them as to public dances. la Much Wanted Man. Hastings—M. F. Kennedy, alias ^ Frank McCoy, the yonng man wh*> forged a check on A. H. Mansfield, the wail paper dealer, for $21X0 and lat-r arrested, seems to be an all-arouud crook wanted at other places.