Burlington Deducts Taxes.
The 'Burlington railroad last week
filed with the auditor for the use of
the state board of equalization In Its
assessment of railroads the statement
of earningB for the year 1907. By de
ducting from the gross amount of
earnings for the year, the sum of
$382,960.44 back taxes paid as a result
■of the injunction suits won by the
stale, the total amount is sought to
be decreased by this sum.
The Burlington figures for the year
compared with 1908 are as follows:
jro£s t?Rrn
.$19.166.3&S.47 $15,863.060.28
Operatii ‘j ex
penses .. .. 10.709,500.37 3.224,049.60
_ $ 8,456,858.10 $ 7.639.010.68
Taxes . 494.380.99 466.579.81
Net carn
ings . 7.962,477.11 7,172,430.87
Back taxes
paid in 07 382.9C0.44
Tlie railroad
counts net
earnigs tor
1907 . 7,579,516.67
In 1906 the road deducted $1,176,
682.75 arbitrary of 4-10 of one mile
allowed lines west of Missouri river
on freight business. This left the net
earnings for the road $2,066 per mile.
Figuring the mileage at 2,611.23 for
the state, the net earnings per mile
not allowing the back taxes as an off
set in thi6 year’s bu sines.;, were $3,
051 per mile. Figuring the net earn
ings per mile according to the rail
road method, they would be $2,902.
The railroad schedule sets forth the
net earnings for the year at the sum
of $7,579,518.67 being the amount se
cured by deducting the back taxes
paid.
Must Give New Bonds.
The state depositories must give
new bonds if ;hey desire to have
state funds on deposit up to the full
amount of the bonds given. This is
the ruling of the attorney general. He
holds that Tbe recent enactment or
the legislature cannot affect contracts
already existing between the state and
depository banks. The bill that is now
a law is S. F. No. 275 by Randall of
Madison, and it applies only to state
depositories. Under its provisions if
a state depository gives guaranty
bonds, as all do now, the state treas
urer may deposit an amount equal to
the bond. If a personal bond is given,
the treasurer of the state may deposit
one-half the amount named in the
bond. Governor Sheldon vetoed S. F.
No. 281. by Randall of Madison, mak
ing a similar provision for county de
positories. The governor signed S. F.
No. 410 by Clarke of Adams, which
permits county depositories to give
two or more bonds, such bonds to be
concurrent. Botn bills signed by the
governor contain an emergency clause
and the laws are now in force. In the
bill relating to state depositories j
there was a provision permitting banks !
to deposit certain securities in lieu of '
a bond, but this was stricken out in j
the senate. The same provision was.;
in the county depositor}- bill that did !
not become a law.
Kearney File* Suit.
The mandamus suit to compel Sec
retary of State Junkin to certify that
the bill carrying the $85,000 appprop
riation for the Normal school at Kear
ney. became a law by reason of the
failure of the governor to take action
within five day6 from the date he re
ceived the bill, was filed in the su
preme court by Oldham, Sinclair and
T. F. Hamer. The decision in the
case will determine whether the chief
executive has five days after the leg
islature actually adjourns, in which
to act upon bills, or whether he must
act within five days of the record ad
journment of the legislature. The bill
actually reached the governor April
4 at 11:45 o’clock and the records
show it reached the office of the secre
tary of state April 10, but as a matter
of fact It was not actually filed in the
office’until April 11 at 2 o’clock. Those
bringing the suit will contend that the
record made by the secretary of state
Is wrong and will endeavor to prove
the same. This will bring directly be
fore the court the question whether a
person can go behind the records on
these matters.
Young Greek Wants Pardon.
Friends of James Touris, a Greek,
serving a one-year term in the peni
^ tentiary for manslaughter, are trying
to get Governor Sheldon |o pardon him
before the sentence expires in older
to prevent him from being sentenced
to prison in Greece upon his return
to that country.
From An Escheated Estate.
The state treasurer received a draft 1
for $771.56 from the county treas- j
urer of Antelope county, as the amount i
due the state from the escheated es
tate of John Morley, who died with
no known heirs. The money will be
paid into the general school fund.
Telephone Company Reports.
The state railway commission has
received the reports from twelve inde
pendent. telephone companies in this
state. They gace their rates and
other information asked by the state
commission. The NeDraska Telephone
company has written the commission
that it has an army of clerks at work
preparing the schedule which will be
presented as soon as made. They
have about one and one-haif million
different rates to record. Manager
Vance Lane said, and he asked for the
Indulgence of the commission.
Limits Passes to Lawyers and Doctors
In an opinion given to the county at
torney of Cass county, Attorney Gen
eral Thompson held that it is unlaw
ful under the anti-pass law for an at
torney or doctor employed less than
half his time by a railroad to receive
free transportation, even though he
Is subject to call at any time by the
corporation. He holds that the intent
of the legislature was to prevent any
one not exempted from the provisions
of the law from receiving transporta
tion at less than the rates charged the
general public.
Point In Two Cent Rate,
The State flail way commies ton la'
trying to work out a plan whereby the
railroads will be compelled to sell
tickets in Nebraska to points la other
states at rates not more than the to
tal of the local rates. Considerable
can be saved toe traveler, the commis
sion has pointed out, if he wUl buy his
ticket to the state line and then buy
a ticket to hiu destination, thus get
ting the benefit of Jhe. 2-cent rate in
this state. The railroads, however,
are making tills rather inconvenient
by compelling the traveler to purchase
the separate tickets at the state line
and also by re-checking his baggage,
which will mean in many cases that
he will miss his train. It may be
that the commission will take the mat
ter before the Interstate Commerce
commission to compel the railroads to
sell a through ticket, at least, not in’
excess of the total of the local rates.
A member of toe commission has made
numerous calculations on the total of
the local rates and the through rates
and in every instance the through rate
is the higher. For instance, 'he dis
tance from Omaha to Denver is 538
miles and the advertised rate U $16.15.
The distance from Omaha to Halgler,
this state, is 356 miles. At 2 cents a
mile this rate would be $7.12. From
Haigler to Deliver is 182 mllei;. At 3
cents a mile (Interstate business) the
rate would be- $5.45 or a total rate,
should the traveler buy his ticket to
the state line of $12.58, instead^of
$16.15 through rate. The total of The
local rates from Omaha to Deadwood
is $13.91, while the through rate is
$17.05.
Want Lapsed Appropriations.
It is probable that a mandamus suit
will soon be begun in the supreme
court to determine whether approp
riations made by the 1905 legislature
lapsed March 31 of the current year,'
as is contended by the attorney gen
eral. Food Commissioner Redfern,
who had about $1,800 left over from
the last biennium, will in all likeli
hood bring the suit. It was his inten
tion to use the money to equip hrs of
fice with laboratory paraphernalia
such as will be required under the
more amplified food, drug and dairy
law. but by reason of the attorney
general’s opinion, the auditor has re
fused to draw warrants against the
old appropriation. The state consti
tution says that the legislature shall
make appropriations to run untfl the
end of the first fiscal quarter after
the next legislative session. Thus
appropriations made by the 1905 leg
islature would be available until July
1 of this year. The appropriations
made by the 1905 legislature, however,
were made with the provision that
they should cease March 31. 1907. It
i* deemed questionable whether the
legislature had the power to make any
such limitation in the face of the pro
vision of the constitution, and this is
what the court will be asked to pass
upon.
Wants to Meet Competition.
General Agent R. W. McGinnis o(
the Northwestern railroad filed a re
quest with the state railway commisr
sion. asking permission for his road
to vary from the straight two cents a
mile rate published recently, that it
may meet short line rates published
by other roads. Assurance was given
by the railway commission that per
mission will be granted. This means
that the Northwestern may meet the
$1.10 rate of the Burlington betweer,
Lincoln and Omaha.
Death of Prominent Nebraskan.
Gilbert L. Laws, for more than 30.
years a prominet man in public af
fairs, died in this city the past week
after an illness of about six weeks.
Mr. Laws came to Nebraska in 1876.
In 1886 he was elected secretary of
state by the republicans and in 1888
was chosen for another term. In 1889
he was elected to congress to fill a
vacancy caused by the death of James
Laird. He leaves a wife and two
daughters.
After the Illinois Central
The Illinois Central, which runs its
trains into Omaha and South Omaha
over leased tracks, has replied to a
notice from the Nebraska railway
commission that it has no tracks in
Nebraska. The company does busi
ness here and the commission does
not intend that the railroad sliall de
ny the jurisdiction of the Nebraska
officers.
Bad for Encampment.
Railroad rate legislation has made
it most likely that the state militia'
encampment will be seriously impeded.
Adjutant General Culver has been con
sidering the question of railroad rates
and location of the encampment, and
can see small prospect of getting the
lVfe cent rate secured for previous en
campments.
Wolf Vouchers Dead.
State Auditor Searie has written
each paper of the state asking them
to announce that wolf bounties are
dead. He states in his circular that
the vouchers are still pouring into the
auditor's office in an unobstructed
stream, causing considerable trouble.
A Change in Methods.
The method of buying securities for
the investment of the permanent
school fund is to be revolutionised by
the Board of Public Lands and Build
ings. cutting out the middleman, who
makes the profits, and by dealing di
rectly hereafter with the state which
has securities to sell. This the board
decided recently, and Treasurer Brian
left for Idaho to purchase Idaho state
bonds, which the board has heretofore
bought from brokers, who received a
fat fee for making the deal, usually
cutting from both ends.
After Insurance Schfemea.
The insurance department is taking
steps to sit down on the stock com
pany scheme when worked in connec
tion with the sale of insurance. The
Interstate Fiscal agency of Kansas
City, Kas., is selling stock in Neth
raska, and a report has readied the
insurance department that agents are
selling life insurance in connection
therewith. If this report is true In
surance Deputy Pierce will stop the
insurance company back of It from
doing business in the state, as he
looks upon this as a special contract
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INSPECTORS OF PORE FOOD
A BOARD CREATED TO ENFORCE
THE LAW.
Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry on
the Board with Dr. Dunlap as
Assistant Chemist.
Washington—Secretary Wilson has
created by executive order the board
of food and drug inspection, whose
duty it shall be to administer the na
tional pure food law. The board con
sists of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief
of the bureau of chemistry, chairman;
Dr. Frederick L. Dunlap, who is com
missioned as associate chemist, and
George R. McCabe, solicitor of the De
partment of Agriculture.
Secretary Wilson has found it prac
tically impossible to take the required
time to go into all the necessary im
posed in the administration of the
pure food law. The amount of ad
ministrative work in this connection,
he says, has been rapidly increasing,
and to keep up with it he has found
would take absolutely all his time.
President Roosevelt heartily assented
to the plan of placing the administra
tion of the laws in toe hands of a
board.
The board of Dr. Dunlap was the
direct result of correspondence the
president has had with presidents of
the larger colleges of the oountry. Dr
Dunlap leaves an Important post in
the University of Michigan, from
which university he graduated in
chemistry in 1892 and from Harvard
in 1895, since which time he has de
voted his time to college work in that
science. Dr. Dunlap will receive a sal
ary of |3,500 a year and will devote
his entire time to the administration
of the pure food law. To comply with
the letter of the Secretary. Wilson
will sign all administrative acts in
connection with the pure food law, but
says he will feel entire confidence In
acting without investigation on the
recommendation of the board. Here
after the board will conduct all hear
ings connected with the pure food law.
Evades Poor Food Law.
Topeka, Kas.—Dr. S. J. Gramblne,
secretary of the board of health, an
nounced Thursday that he had discov
ered In use here a preservative for,
meats, the manufacturers of which, he
asserts, are openly defying the state
and federal pure food laws. The pre
servative is made in the east and
chemical tests show that it contains
charcoal and pure sulphur, which,
when burned forms a sulphur diox
ide gas that is absorbed by the meat
and has the same effect as borax.
Dead Letters Made Lively.
Washington—All previous records
for a day’s work in returning letters
to writers from the division of dead
letters were eclipsed on Monday last,
when 20,368 letters were returned.
The largest number heretofore re
turned in a single day was 14,488 on
March 28 last. The number of letters
on hand awaiting return has been re
duced to 63,000. A little over a month
ago there were over 200,000 of such
letters on hand.
Loeb May Quit.
Washington—According to a rumor
which has been In circulation for some
time and which was more defined
Thursday, William Loeb, jr„ secre
tary of the president, will next Jan
uary become head of the Washington
Railway ft Electric company of this
city.
Canada Buys Buffaloes.
Denver—A message was received in
this city Thursday to the effect that
the famous Pablo herd of buffalo of
the Flathead reservation, Montana,
had been sold to the Canadian govern
ment Howard Eaton of Wolf, Wyo.,
telegraphed W. F. Kendrick, a Denver
mining man, that the Canadian gov
ernment had paid a deposit on the
herd. The bulls will be removed to
Canada about May 1 and the cows and
calves will be sent north in July.
There are between 400 and 500 buffalo
in the herd.
Banker Must 8tay in Jail.
Sioux Falls, S. D.—Charles C. King
the Scotland, S. D., banker who was
arrested in Chicago on Tuesday and
brought here, has not been able to fur
nish the $20,000, fixed by the United
States court commissioner in Chicago.
Nebraska Ex-Congressman Is Dead.
Lincoln—Gilbert L. Taws former
secretary of state and representative
in congress from the old Second Neb
raska district, died here Thursday
after an illness of several weeks.
THE PEACE TREATY IS SI6NED
CENTRAL AMERICAN FACTI0N8
' SETTLE DIFFICULTIES.
Conference Held at Amapal and Terms
Concluded That are Honorable
to Both Countries.
Washington—The State department
has been informed of the successful
conclusion of the peace negotiations
at Amapala. A cablegram received
from Captain Doyle of the United
States cruiser Chicago dated, Thurs
day says,
“Peace conference agreed to treaty
at 11 a. m.’’
Captain Doyle added that the peace
commissioners and their staffs would
embark last evening. It is understood
from that that J. G. Gamaz. who rep
resented Nicaragua, will be taken on
the Boston to Corinto and that the
Boston will proceed to Acapulcod,
Mexico, on its way northward. Senor
Barcia, the representative of Salvador
in the conference, was to go aboard
the Chicago and be taken to Acatujla,
Salvador, and then the Chicago was
to follow the Boston northward. The
details of the agreement are lacking.
San Salvador, Republic of San Sal
vador—A treaty of peace between Sal
vador and Nicaragua was signed at
Amapola by ministers representing
each country. The terms of the t >aty
are honorable to both countries. The
conditions proposed by Salvador were
accepted, and the demands made by
President Zelaya of Nicaragua for
reparation for Salvador’s part in the
recent war between Nicaragua and
Honduras and that there be a free in
terchange of commodities between Nic
aragua and Salvador were rejected.
Coatzacoalcos, Mex.—Former Presi
dent Manuel Bonilla of Honduras ar
rived here direct from his own country
via Salina Crus. He declares he will
await here the arrival of a steamer
from the south which will bring a
friend and then proceed to Belize and
from there back to his own country to
take up arms.
He takes a most pessimistic view of
the conditions and outlook in Central
America and places the blame on in
adequate governments. He declared
that the presidents of the govern
ments need someone stronger than
they are to thrash them into what is
right.
THE CHEYENNE RESERVATION.
Sioux Indians Willing to Lease 10,000
Acres.
Washington—The Indian bureau has
been advised of the willingness of the
Sioux Indians at the Cheyenne river
reservation to lease 100,000 acres of
their land to the band of 300 Ute In
dians who left their reservation in
Utah last summer and who wintered
at Camp Meade. Nothing has been
heard as to the attitude of the Utes
toward this proposition, but tho-Jact
that they have expressed a determina
tion to remain where they now are
leads to the conclusion that they will
accept ... , .
Methodist Training School.
8t. Louis, Mo.—The general board
of education of the Methodist Episco
pal church in session here appropriat
ed 50,000 for the establishment of a
training school at Palo Alto, Cal., to
be conducted in conjunction with Ice
land Stanford university.
Deadlock Unbroken.
Madison, Wis.—Three ballots were
taken Friday in the republican sena
torial caucus, but the deadlock is un
broken.
Decision in Devlin Case.
Topeka, Kan.—Over $300,000 worth
»f indebtedness was wiped from the
records of the Devlin Coal company
and other Devlin corporations by a
iecision of N. H. Loomis, special ref
eree in bankruptcy, handed down Wed
nesday.
Des Moines, la.—It a letter addres
sed to George E. Powers of Orange,
la., Governor Cummins declares Pres
ident Roosevelt should withdraw his
statement that he will not accept a re
nomination.
Assassinate Prison Chief.
Odesso—The chief of the political
prison was killed here by four terror
ists whose indignation he had pro
voked by alleged atrocities \ipon pris
oners. One of the terrorists com
mitted suicide, another was captured
ind two escaped.
Dies With Fiah on His Line.
Kankakee, 111.—With a fish struggl
ing mi his line and the pole grasped
in his stiffened fingers, George Powell,
in aged fishermen, was found dead In
ihe river near this city.
DEADLOCK STILL ON.
Outlcok in ths Central American Con
trove ray.
Washington—The Central American
controversy is no nearer a settlement
today than it was some time ago, ac
cording to a dispatch received at the
State department from Phillip Brown,
the American charge at Guatemala, ca
bling from La Union, Salvador.
Mr. Brown stated that the deadlock
is still on. He held out no hope o! an
early agreement.
Both the United States and Mexico
are striving to bring some under
standing between the belligerents.
Conferences were held Tuesday be
tween Assistant Secretary Bacon and
the representatives of Mexico, Salvador
and Costa Rica as a result of which it
was announced that important devel
opments may be expected within
twenty-four hours.
In the present apparently hopeless
state of affairs it has been determined
that the only way out of the difficulty
is by arbitration of all the questions in
dispute and therefore Nicaragua, Hon
duras and Salvador today have been
urged to agree to a proposition of that
nature. Should it be accepted there Is
no question, it was stated from author
itative sources, that President Roose
velt will be asked to sit in judgment
on the case.
Mobile, Ala. — Passengers arriving
here from Honduras say President Ze
laya will declare war against Guate
mala in about two months. They say
the natives of Port Barrios believe
this fervently enough to begin work
on sandbag fortifications fronting that
town. The general opinion is that
Zelaya will now turn his attention to
Guatemala. All traces of the recent
trouble have been smoothed over and
the Nicarguans are theoretically in
control. Peace is only kept by the
present of American marines, the gun
boat Paducah lying in the harbor of
Ceibu and the Marietta patrolling the
coast.
MOTHER OF GOVERNOR DIES.
Aged Pioneer of Nebraska Succumbs
After Two Weeks Illness.
Lincoln, Neb.—Mrs. Julia Sheldon,
mother of Governor Sheldon and
widow of the late George Lawson Shel
don, died at her home in Nemaha Tues
day, after an illness lasting about two
weeks, which began with an attack of
pneumonia. Mrs. Sheldon was a pio
neer settler of Nebraska, having come
to what is now Nehawka from Ver
mont in 1867. With her husband Bhe
settled on a horhestead, which was
her home until the last few years,
when she moved across the town to
her late residence. She was the mother
of five children, Frank Sheldon, Vilas
Sheldon, George Lawson Sheldon, jr.,
now governor.
ENDORSEMENT FOR TUCKER
Stockholders in Oil Company Say the
Corporation is Solvent.
Kansas City,—One hundred and fifty
stockholders of the Uncle Sam Oil
company from Illinois, Iowa, Okla
homa, Missouri and Kansas met here
and passed resolutions endorsing H.
H. Tucker, the indicted manager, and
insisting that the company is solvent
and should not be reorganized.
Plea for a Prisoner.
Kansas City—The Missouri house of
representatives at Jefferson City,
Tuesday, by a vote of 64 to 30, joined
in a petition to President Roosevelt to
pardon W. C. Anderson, who was ar
rested in Kansas City last Friday
and taken back to the federal peniten
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kai., from
which institution he had escaped nine
years ago. Anderson was convicted of
breaking into a postoffice in Sweet
water, Okla., and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary. After
serving three years he escaped and
came to Kansas City, where he went
into business, married and raised a
family.
Around the World in a Boat.
San Francisco—Jack London’* sail
boat. the Snark, started Tuesday for
Honolulu, the first port to be touched
on a six years' cruise around the
world. The vessel is forty-five feet
long, ketch-rigged, and it* occupants,
beside London and his wife, are Her
bert S. Stoltz, a Stanford graduate and
athlete; Roscoe Baines, captain; Mar
tin Johnson, the cook, and Hileshisa
Tochigi, cabin boy.
River Towns in Conflict.
Washington—A rate war between
♦he cities of Sioux City, la., and Sioux
Falls, S. D„ has been brought to the
attention of the interstate commerce
commission Jn a complaint filed by the
Sioux City Commercial club against
the Rock Island and other railroads,
Sheldon Will1 Name Delegates.
New Tork—-Governor Sheldon of
Nebraska, Johnson of Minnesota, Beck
ham of Kentucky and Vardaman of
Mississippi have accepted invitations
to send delegates to the national con
ference on trusts called by the na
tional civic federation to meet in Chi
cago in May.
New Minister from Sweden.
New York—M. De Lagercrantz, the
first Swedish minister to Washington
since the separation of Norway and
Sweden, arrived Sunday.
MILLION FOR NEGRO SCHOOLS.
Philadelphia Woman Gives Large Sum
for Education in South.
Philadelphia—A gift of $1,000,000
for jkle establishment of a fond for
rudimentary schools for southern ne
groes was announced here. The donor
is Miss Anna T. Jeans, a Quakeress of
this city. Booker T. Wagihngton, head
of Tuskekee Institute, and Hollis
Burke Frissell, president of the Hamp
ton Normal and Industrial institute,
are named as trustees of the fund.
Buffalo Bill's 8how.
New York—Indians bit the dost,
rangers galloped across the tanbark
plains and train robbers were punc
tured with bullets Tuesday night in
Madison Square garden, where Buffalo
Bill’s Wild West show opened before
thousands of spectators.
Primping is Barred.
Washington—Primping among the
women employes of the government
printing office must cease. An
order has been issued removing all
mirrors from the big building.
i
THE LABOR CHICLES'
FEWER CLOUDS IN THE INDUS-i
TRIAL HORIZON.
THE BEUTMNS HARMONIOUS
Nearly- All Trade Agreements in Chi
cago Have Been Renewed-Outlook
in- SL Louis and New York.
CMcaiEO“-Ttie relations between em
ployers and employes were never so
harmonious in Chicago as now. In the
past'on May 1 there has always been
some, sort of struggle going on be
tween-Jhe. lal»or unions and the em
ployers' in Chicago, but this year
thereMs scarcely a cloud on the indus
trial .horizon. Every union in the
building industry, with the^exeeption of
the structural iron workers, has re
newed jcontrscts with employers, and
the iron: workers expect to reach a set
tlement. without a strike Machinists
haveufemanded an increase at 25 cents
in wages^hut the indications are there
wlH pritcticahy he no trouble in putting
thenewr schedule into effect. Most of
the larger firms in the city have signi
fied *'Willingness to grant the demand,
and if any strikes ere called. May 1
they *111 be confined to individual
firms, 4
Agreements covering all the wood
workers^ mills and factories have been
entered into ,io that them will be no
trouble in that line of industry, while
the brickmakers are now holding con
ference. with their employes and will
undoubtedly reach a settlement before
next week.
St Louis Scales Signed.
St. Louis—Employers and labor lead
ers of.Ef. Louis and the southwest re
port labor conditions better for May 1
this year than for many years past.
Practically all wage scales in St. Louis
and the surrounding territory for 200
miles- are signed. I» St. Louts alone
thi&r includes 120,000 union men. The
Inioas allied with the Building Trades’
council here are all signed for the year
with tba. exception of a very few men
employed, in small shops. There are
about". 40^)00 men in these unions.
Otherjjranchos of trade show similarly
good conditions. The brewery work
ers, who-were on a strike a few months
ago* are now signed, as are also the
other"important trades.
Bright Outlook in New York.
NewJEork—The opening or the out
of-door construction season finds New
York, both city and state, without ap
prehension of serious labor troubles.
In thehuilding trades, especially, p.-os
peraus- and reassuring conditions pre
vail!. There is a large and well-met
demand.for both skilled and unskilled
labor, due to the extensive private con
struction projections now under way
and. the tunnels, railway terminals
and other undertakings of a public or
quasi-public nature.
MORCPAY FOR RURAL CARRIERS.
Graded. Schedule Provides for Quite
an Increase.
Washington—Postmaster General
Myer' has approved the detailed ad
justment of salaries of rurai free de
livery carriers, as submitted by As
sistant Postmaster General DeGrew.
TheTiew schedule, which will become
effective July 1 next, will make a
graded- increase in the compensation
of carriers of from 9 to 25 per cent,
based-upon the number of miles tra
versed*, The readjustment adopted,
wlttC the increase of upwards of |G,
000,000'made in the appropriation by
congress, will involve an aggregate
expenditure tor rural service during
the next ftscs.1 year of nearly $35,030,
00<r_:r
PRESIDENT CASTRO TO RETIRE.
Report' that Executive of Venezuela
Will Give Up Hie Offloe.
New. York:—The Tribune says:
President Clpriano Castro of Vene
zuela. according to information re
ceived here from two independent
source^ will retire from office on May
2S.1 Although this date might suggest
hero some other causes for his retire
ment* the reason is Ms continued ill
health*
Standing Army for Cuba.
Havana—Title plan of a Cuban
standing army of 12.000 men, as sug
gested. by the general staff of the
American army, is most attractive to
that element of the Cuban people
which, is fond of the gold lace and
regalia of Spanish-American armies,
gut among the conservative element
the- plan excites really less interest
than the preceding one to recruit the
rural guard up to 12,000 men.
Mail Carriers Qo Armed.
Omaha—-Commencing at once, each
of t.hS 107 mail carriers of the city
will be carrying a revolver with in
structions to shoot any dog that mo
lests him during the performance of
his duties. l*ostmaster Palmer issued
these orders.
Consumption of Sugar.
Washington—The consumption of
sugar in the United States in the fis
cal year which ends with June will
probably exceed that of any other
year in the history of the country,
according to a statement by the bu
reau of statistics of the department
o£ commerce and labor. The total
quantity of sugar imported in the nine
months ending March last was S.C92,
OOO.OOtT pounds in round figures, while
the-, quantity brought in doting the
firstr nine months of the high record'
year. 1902, was 2,606,000,000.
Impossible.
“There are no lovers like Romeo
nowadays,” said the sentimental girl.
“No." answered the practical girl.
“Our police would have Romeo ia cus
tody as a porch climber before he got
half way np to the balcony.”
Sizing Him Up.
“So she is going to marry the count,
eh? How much is he worth?”
”1 don’t know, but I’ll bet he isn’t
worth half what she is paying for
him.”—Houston Post.
EXPOSITION IS OPEN.
f
President Touches the Button and
Show Begins.
Norfolk, Vs.—The Jamestown Ter
centennial exposition, a land and water
display such as never was attempted
In this country or an foreign shores,
was opened Friday with that pomp and
ceremony which always attends an
event where the president of the
United States is a centra) figure, and
diplomatic representatives of foreign
nations, governors of states ana like
dignitaries are honored guests and
participants.
The day of the inaugural ceremonies
opened cloudy, but by 8 o’clock the
sun shone forth and a strong breese
from the southeast soon drove the.
cloud banks beyond the horizon, leav
ing a clear sky. The breeze sweeping
across Hampton Roads also tempered'
the beat, which bad a tinge of mid
summer in it by the time the presi
dent landed on the exposition grounds
The unfinished streets were deep in
dust, which made the grass-covered,
parade from which the inaugural func-.
tlon was viewed by the populace a
welcome refuge.
Incident to the opening- President
Roosevelt reviewed from the deck of
the Mayflower the war vessels an
choreed in Hampton RoadB. He
reached Discovery Landing, having
been transferred in a naval launch
shortly before neon and amid applause
from the thousands gathered to voice
their welcome, and was received by
the exposition management. Then fol
lowed the program for opening to the
public the enterprise commemorating
the 300th anniversary of the first Eng
lish settlement in America, which pro
gram included an adddress by Harry
St. George Tucker, president of the
exposition, and one by President
Roosevelt, singing by the exposition
chorus of 700 trained voices, the press
ing of the gold button by President
RooseveK, which marked the formal
opening, and a review by the president
of the assembled military forces.
The president, preliminary to his ad
dress, said:
**I wish to say a word of special
greeting to the representatives of the
foreign governments here present.
They have come to assist us in cele
brating what was in very truth the
birthday of this nation, for it was
here that the colonists first settled,
whose incoming, whose growth from
their own loins and by the addition of
new-comers from abroad, was to make
the people which 169 years later as
sumed the solemn responsibilities and
weighty duties of complete independ
ence.”
GREAT MILITARY DIVISIONS.
An Order of Abolishment Issued From
War Department.
Washington—The long expected or
der abolishing the great military divi
sions in the United States was issued
at the war department Friday by di
rection of the president The divi
sions wil be discontinued at the end of
the present fiscal year and thereafter
the territory of the United States, ex
cept the Philippine Islands, (which the,
present organization is retained) will
be organized for miltary purposes into
the military department as now exist
ing except that the state of Missouri
will be included in the department'
of the Missouri instead of the depart
ment of Texas.
GIFT FROM ROCKEFELLER.
Ten City Blocks to Holding of Uni
versity of Chicago.
Chicago—John D. Rockefeller, it'
was annonced Friday, has presented
to the University of Chicago a tract of
land comprising about ten city blocks
and valued at 2,000. The tract extends
from Cottage Grove avenue to Madi
son avenue, in this eitv. With this
latest addition to the holding of the
university, it becomes possible to carry
out the building plan of the late presi
dent, W. R. Harper.
Nicaragua Thanks President.
Washington—To President Roose
velt has been gives the credit for ma
terially assisting in bringing about
amity between Nicaragua and Salva
dor, as shown by the following cable
gram to him from President Zelaya
of Nicaragua, received Friday: "Peace
signed day before yesterday. Am a! pa
I thank your excellency for your great
work toward achieving that happy re
sult.”
Funeral of Mrs. Sheldon.
Nehawka, Neb.—The funeral service
of Mr8. Julia Sheldon, mother of the
governor of Nebraska, was held at the
home of her son Vilas. It was the
largest funeral cortege ever occurring
in this place if not the county. Rev.
G. W. Mitchell of Chadron, Neb., 9
brother-in-law of Mr. B. Wolpb, who
married one of Mrs. Sheldon’s daugh
ters, pronounced the eulogy.
Congratulations In London.
London—All the morning newspa
pers print long dispatches on the open
ing of the Jamestown exposition and
President Roosevelt’s Speech at the
function, the editorials extending con
gratulations at the successful inaugu
ration.
Judges Are Tied to Trees.
Upper Alton, III.—Having decided In
favor of the sophomores In an oratori
cal t-jntest at Shurtleff college, which
decision was displeasing to freshmen,
Prof. M. Mug&n of SL Louis and E. M.
Dey, general advertising agent tor the
Missouri Pacific, two of the three
judges, were seized by the freshmen,
tied to trees on the campus and left
helpless until morning. Attorney Har
old Johnson of 81 Louis, the third
judge, who rendered a decision In fa
vor of the freshmen, was not mo
lested.
What Is the Language Coming Tot
“How often do your housemaids
dust?”
"Do you mean how often do they
fan the furniture,'’ asked slangy Mrs.
Nuwedd. “or how often do they skip
out?”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Getting Chilly.
The Thermometer—It seems to me
you've sunk pretty low.
The Mercury—Now, don't be too
hard on me Just because I've taken
a drop too much.
