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City \- , _ ■ . ■ • - IiOUP CITY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2<>. 1!Kls' ; NUMBER 15 •-• - — ■ . 1 .. '■ —. .. ’ — - : ••__! CLOUD IN BALKANS RUSSIA ALARMED BY AUSTRIA AND GERMAN MOVEMENTS. VIEWS OF FOREIGN OFFICE * 'v '• 1 Action Regarding Railroad Violates Agreement Entered Into and May Cause Trouble. St. P>y rsburg—Baron von Aehren thail’s rein-ration of the determination of Adstria to build a railroad through Novipazar. a connecting link for the :\ustrfan'viine through Bosnia with the Turkish line to Salonki. and the an nouncement by the Owrnan foreign of . fige.ot its financial support to this plan! have left no illusions here re garding the fate of the agreement looking to joint action in the Balkans, negotiated by Emperor Nicholas asd Emperor Francis Joseph at Muerzes teger in tite autumn of lfH)3, which was the ground work of the subse quent. program- of reforms in Mace donia. * The attitude of the Rus-ian foreign office as learned through an inspired [tress is that. tfcA agreement, which is* regarded as already violated in spirit by the Austrian foreign ministers' ef forts -to extend and consolidate the Austrian spherd of influence by a pri vate : bargain’ with the sultan^for the construction pf.tbe railroad- should be anbiogated. Russia is now left a free hand to work.out its own-policydin the ' near east. ’ Negotiations are still be ing conducted ho the end of inducing Austria to withdraw its railroad scheme, but -no hope of their success is held out on either the Austrian or the Russian side. The principal efforts at present are being devoted to at ranging a new grouping of the powers, it being thought' here that Russia and tireat Britain might enter into, an agreement for joint action in Mace donia and that these two powers would he supported by France and perhaps by Italy. The def€*ction of such an important power as Austria, which -on account of its geographical position, shared with Russia the leading role in Hie r-.fforts *to sett)-' ffit Macedonian .prob lem. readers the outlook dark. Since the seriousness of the Russian oppo sition to Austria's plans has become evident, hints have been thrown oitt from Vienna that Russia and Italy," as tiic powers most directly interested, would be allowed in the way of com pensation to construct railroad lines, Italy one through Albania and Russia a line from the Danube to the Adriatic . it. Both .powers, however,* decline t- accent this proposal., _*_L_ - i NAVY'S CRITICS ANSWERED. > • >. . ' ' Admiral Converse Reports on Its Fighting Condition. V, ?immon—By direction vof tit ■ i r sident, Secretary Metcalf hj mad' public the report of Admiral Converse 0:1 ihe fighting ships of the American navy. caHfti forth by "many criticisms, recently published in' magazines .rand otherwise. This report was prepared, primarily-. :o satisf^Vhe president as to the exact state ot our naval ships, compared with those of other navies, and its publication is authorized with the design to reassure the American sailors as to the quality of the weap ons with which; they must go into battle. THE COLLEOTORSHIP' FIGHT. Ross Hammond Recommended by the Nebraska Delegation. vYashington-^The fight over the United States internal revenue coilec torship for the district of Nebraska has been finally ended by the recom mendation of Editor Ross L. Ham mond of Fremont as the choice ijf the Nebraska delegation in congress. It follows as a matter of course that the president will make tife appointment. CHARLES W. MORSE ARRESTED. Promoter and Banker-Taken Into. Custody on His Arrival. New York—Charles \Y. Morse, finan cier and promoter of many .large com j binations, including the so-called ice trust and a merger of nearly all of the coastwise steamship lines, ‘ re turned Sunday front his brief trip to Europe, was arrested in hig .stateroom when the ’steamer Etruria reached quarantine. Wilt Shut Down March 1. Paterson. N. J.—The Rollers'' loco motive works, branrb of the American Locomotive, company,*will shut down March 1. it was stated, unless there is a revival in the .industry before that time. Flowers for Assassins. . Lisbon—Republicans, who.' were T.ot permitted to show' their respect for the assassins of King Carles and the crown prince at the funeral of these men. went in large numbers so the cemetery and laid flowers on tlieir graves. ' PRESERVATION of coal lands. '■a •" ' _ Steps'Taken for ^Lessening of Specu lation. Washington—The records of the general land office disclose some in teresting data, especially with regard to the' sale of coal lands under the act of March 3, 1873. up to and includ ing June 10, 1907. __ During the year 19d0 practically all I of the coal lands in the public land 1 states were withdrawn from appro priation pending their classification, i based on the distance of the land from constructed lines of transportation and the grade of the coal such lands contained. The imsition was taken that the remaining public coal lauds ! should be conserved apd that the coal land law. which hail kjsf its effective ; ness through'subterfuge on the part i of many applicants desirous of secur , ing such lands, restricted the sale of such lands to such an extent that | lands known to be coal lands and chiefly valuable for such were taken under other laws. In this connection figures showing the area of coal lands ! sold since the passage of the act of 1873 up to June 3d, 1907, have been compiled, from which it appears that during that time, or thirty-four years, but 3.032 purchases.' embracing 429. 007 acres and for which $6,463,507.69 was received, have been made of both public and Indian lands -containing 1 coal, such purchases of Indian lands having only been made in the state of Colorado. At the time of the withdrawal of the •probable and known coal area, in 1906, I. it is '• estimated that approximately I 66.900.240 acres were withdrawn, at w hich time it was also estimated that approximately 24,683.520 acres within ; the area had been patented or were embraced in pending entries made un der some other law than the coal land law. with very few exceptions. vThe figures, as complied, plainly show that many -acres of coal lands have been disposed of under Laws other than the coal land law. which is accounted for •largely because of the provisions cf the coal land law. which tend to les sen the sales‘under it on account of the small area one person or associa tion of persons ran purchase tan area nut sufficient to justify the necessary expenditures incident to the develop ment of a paying mine, and the price per acre at whic-li coal lands arc sold, these lands being the most expensive of at! public lauds i During the last summer all but approximately 14.dud. 0«d acres of the area withdrawn in 39uG have been classified, valued and restored, some of the lands with drawn. after being examined in the fluid, having'' b n found to be nou coal. DIVISION OF MILITIA AFFAIRS. .. ox_: New Department cf Army Service Created for Sts e Relations. Washington—In recognition of the growing intimacy between the regu lar army and the national -militia, act ing Secretary of War Oliver has is - tied-au order creating a new division <i. parmeut, to. be known as the di vision of militia affairs. Colonel K. M. Weaver of the coast artillery has been named-as chief of thernew division. The jurisdiction of ('!••■ new division involves the arma ment. equipment, discipline, training. duration and organization of militia, conduct otncamps of instruction and jmlijcipation in the.field exercises and malit inert ‘ of i he regular ‘array. ’aud Hit mobilization and the .relations of the-militia to. the regular array in time of, peace. • _ . MEMBERS SAVE THE MILEAGE. Crumpacker Seeks to Cut it to Eight Cents. Washington—The reading of the executive, legislative ami'.judicial ap propriation bill-, for amendment was begun in the house. Mr. Crumpacker (Ala.) offered an amendment reduc ing the mileage allowed to senators, members-and delegates from 20 cents a mile to 8-cents, but on'an objection by Mr Eirgjebright-(.Cat.) it was re fused on a point'of order. -—n—* Experimental- Farm Scheme. Washington—Representative;.' So>tt of Kansas, 'elrairmatt'.cif the houi:e committee on agriculture.has con ceived a novel plan which he be lieves. if adopted, will enable the farmers of the country to produce bet ter and far larger crops than hereto fore; Mr. Scott's proposition involves the establishment of 100 experimental farms of one acre each in .every county in a group of four western agricul tural states for the purpose of giving the farmers a practical demonstra tion of the best methods of growing different crops. Opposition to Burkett Bill.. Cheyenne. Wyo.—George S. Walker, secretary of the National Wool Grow ers’ association and the Wyoming Wool Growers' association, left for Washington. D. C., where he will lay before the house and senate commit tees on public lands the protests passed by the associations he repre sents against the passage of the Burkett hill or any ciher measure pro viding for leasing of the public range. MAP OF ROUTE OF 20.000-MILE AUTO RACE. Some of the longest stretches in the New York to Paris trip are be tween East cape and Moscow, one covering 3,500 miles. The distances be tween East cape on follow: Miles. From East cape, on the Bering strait, along the shores of the Arctic ocean to the Bay of Kotlutschin and the Bay of Tschaun.1.000 Thence to the mouth of the Kouyama river . 600 Through Nishne. Kolymsk and Svedne Kolymsk .. 324 Thence to the city of Verchojansk.1,500 Then on to Vakutsk on the Lena river. 620 Following the Lena river to Irkutsk on the Siberian railroad.2,000 From Irkutsk along the line of the Siberian railroad to Moscow.3,500 From Moscow to Paris..1,800 EMYEB'S LIABILITY BILL PAY FOB IRRIGATED LUNDS IT IS BACKED BY THE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. Measure Is by LaFollette and Pro vides for Recovery of Damages by Injured Employes. Washington—A comprehensive em ployers' liability bill was introduced in the senate and house by Senator La Foliette of Wisconsin and Repre sentative Sterling of lllions. The authors say the bill has the endorse ment of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen and Engineers and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and is . intended to mce the recent decision of the supreme court ill which the employers' liability act of June u, i;h)i'„ was declared unconsti tutional. Every common carrier while en gaged in interstate or foreign com ' nieree or commerce he; ween the pos ■ sessions of the United States is made •liable to its employes . who are in jured while employed in such com merce. when such injuries are due to the negligence or mismanagement of any officer or employe of such car rier. or when due to defects or insuf ficiencies ill equipment. This pro vision is made equally applicable to carriers in the territories, the District of Columbia and the Panama canal zone and carriers engaged in the transportation ‘ of the United States mails. - •. . The hil! recognizes the doctrine of "comparative negligence." as it is now recognized in the states of Wis consin. South and North Dakota. Ne vada. Georgia and Florida, and in the act of congress which was declared, unconstitutional. It permits an em ploye to recover damages if he had been guilty of contributory negli gence. but says the jury shall dimm ish the damages In accordance with the amount of negligence they may find is attributable to such employes. It is provided also that an Injured employe shall not be held to be guilty of contributory negligence in any case where the violation of law by the car rier contributed to such injury; also that questions of fact relating to neg ligence shall be for the jury lo de termine. lu the event of a verdict in favor of the employe ..it is required that the court shall allow as part of the costs a reasonable attorney’s fees not ex ceeding an amount eqwl to 2a per cent of judgment recovered, and an additional fee equai to 5 per cent of the amount finally recovered for each appeal. it is made a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding 51,000. or imprisonment not to ex ceed six months, for an attorney to exact or receive any fee or compen sation other than or additional to the amounts so allowed by rhe courts. FARMERS ARE FOR CORN SHOW. Burt County Growers Endorse Project of National Exhibit. Craig. Neb.—The Burt County Farm ers’ institute closed a most successful two days' meeting Thursday. In a resolution presented by Senator Joseph Hall, the farmers pledged their hearty support for the National Corn exposition and promised to organize and he there with the goods in De cern iter. RULING ASKED IN REGARD TO RE CLAMATION SERVICE. Senator Burkett Interesting Himself Concerning a Matter of Import ance to Nebraskans. WASHINGTON. — Senator Burkett has been interested through friends o' his in Nebraska in, securing from the reclamation service some definite rulii\g as to payments on the North Platte project, now about due. It has been the senator's contention that the reclamation law was weak in demand ing payment from entrymen at the be ginning of the first year of his taking up th>- land and water rights on the ditch. Recently the senator received a letter from M. E. Getter, who had a holding on the North Platte project, asking for an extension of time in which to begin payments upon the lands taken under that project and ■which promises to be one of the'great enterprises which the government has undertaken for the benefit of tiie people in the arid or semiarid regions of the country. Director Newell, in a letter to Sena tor Burkett, states that on July 29, 1907, the secretary of the interior gave notice that water would be fur nished for certain lands in the North Platte project at the opening of the irrigation season of 190S and the first installment would be $3.90 per acre, consisting of the building charge of $3.50 per acre on the basis of a total cost of $35 per acre and charges for operation and maintenance of 40 cents per acre. Vnder these explicit directions no payment is necessary un ti: 1909. on the theory, as Director Newell states, that the reclamation act provides that two payments must-be in default before an entry can be can celled. Accordingly, the entry will not be subject to cancellation on ac count of the failure of payments un til after December 1. 1909. The question of graduated payments, which has been a subject of serious thought on the part of Director Newell and his associates, especially the twenty-payment proposition which Se nator Burkett has had in mind, does not meet with the approval of the reclamation service. Mr. Newell teresely says: 'Experience has shown that no mat ter how easy the terms are there will be a considerable portion of the men in a new country who will not suc ceed and who will ask further favors. In fact, we are even now asked to endeavor to have the law amended to make payments in twenty annual installments, but with this concession it will not be possible to carry to completion many of the works now planned out.” In the judgment of Director Newell this year—1908—is the most crucial year for the reclamation service, be cause returns are exjtected to come in to the reclamation fund and the success of the act is largely depend ent thereon. Indian Bill is Passed. Washington—The Indian appropria tion bill, after days of consideration on the floor, was passed by the house of representatives practically in the form recommended by the committee. The bill carries a total appropriation of approximately J8.bon.ooo. | THE LAW MUST BE OBEYED, r# ’ ' _I „ • \ f *• ! So Says a Ruling ‘of’-Interstate Com *• " . mission-. ‘ - : WASHINGTON-—An important an nouncement as made by the Interstate Commerce commission • respecting its attitudq toward t!re'*request re^fnily made by the operating vice" presi dents o'f the railroads*"of the -United Slates that tin so-called •-liiije-ljo.iiriLa'iv relating to the -w jijd'jiioiit' of train’ tl.ispachers: hUgryiph-.;»pcratois and tower men be suspended by the.'com mission until such time a?, the law could be amended to meet t^e t of all co.ncerped. -The reA&feii-ssfon • hobls in brief, that' it 'Jin's no author if tv to extend .the time *<?£'suspend the j operation of the law except in a par tie;;;;!; case or in cases where a hear;, ing lias been held and good cause shown for the extension ashed. . « Following is a pdrtibn of tl%;'text. of the commission’s .announcement: ■'Thousands of "letters, and tele grams received within the ^.iijt^few days indicate widespread misappre hension as to the power-of the com I mission to ‘extend-(he. .law,' whicl}. goes into effect March 4. next, limit-1 ing the hours of service-.o& emplo.-^eg. engaged in the rnov'enient of trains upon interstate- railroadp .{ "The only anrhorrtV ifl’ tile record is expressed ia. the - law.' as .follows: "Tlie Interstate Commerce commis sion may after full heating in a par ticular case and Xpr good cause" shown.' extend the period within which a common carrier shalle.cory1 ply with the provisions of this proviso as to such case. “The proviso referred to is', that part of section i which provides that no employe who handles train orders by telegraph or telephone shall be „re quired or permitted to-be on Vt&fy more than nine hours out of the twenty-four_at offices continually ope rated night and day. tier mofe *than thirteen hours out of the twenty-four at offices, operated ‘only during the daytime.' except in case of emer gency. when four additional hours may be required on not more than three days'in any week. •»-. “No other provision of the Rtw can be extended or modified-- Py the com j mission. • ■.- ... "The j lower to extend under this proviso is extremely limited, .Tills -is j evident from the plain .import of the j language above quoted, from the eon* j text to which-it relates and front the [ obvious puriibse of the entire—enact ! meat. It seems clear to its that no thing more' was intended than to authorize the commission in excep tional instances, where conditions are unusual or are unforseen.’ to enlarge somewhat the time allow-d .to .pre par • ttnftl ance.”.’ . i FIFTY -THOUSAND DISAPPEARS. Safety Deposit Box Containing Valu> able Papers is Missing. Minneapolis—A safety deposit box j containing louds and securities valued at $50 000. the personal property erf Daniel C. Hopkins, vice-president of I the Hopkins Land company,. nas dis j appeared Croni his office iri'lhe Met : roi-olitati i.ife Insurance building. MANY PASS SUITS ORDERED. Railroad Commission to Proceed at Once Against Nebraska People. ( Lincoln—Following close ujion -the ! submission-of lists of passhoiders by i the Missouri Pacific and .Union Pacific railroads, the Nebraska Kailroad com mission has directed Attorney General i \Y. T. Thompson to take • necessary steps to prosecute the.. railroads is stting the passes and the persons who have received them in cases .where the law has not been obeyed. -The anti-pass law provides a penalty.-of-a fine of from $100 to $1000 for of fenders. Suits are to be brought' by the county attorneys of Hie counties having jurisdiction. - • SENIOR GOMEZ LOSES HIS SEAT* Filipino Member of Assembly Un-' seated at Manila.. Manila—After a*'series of exciting session'*. Sen or Gom6z was unseated by a vote of 4u to 35. Senor tlorn^z mace a sensational appeal on February 10 in which he accused party leaders, of playing him false. The speaker, was compelled to call him to order this morning before the ' vote was taken. The action of the assembly declares his election void. TAFT SWEEPS OHIO. All Delegates from Buckeye State st’-ucted for Secretary. Columbus—The net result of the re-' publican primaries held throughout Ohio Tuesday was in favor of William H. Taft. Four delegates-at-large. forty two district delegates to the national convention in Chicago and a list of delegates to the state convention, to be held March 3. which will'be unani mously in his favor, were selected. Hardin county held no primaries. No opposition worth mentioning devel oped during the day. A More Aggressive Policy. Madrid—The press of Spain is at present occupied with recitals .of an alleged divergence of views between the governments of France and Spain rlative to the inauguration of a more aggressive policy in .Morocco. s. sJ. -g, ■ COMMISSION ADVISES CONGRESS f„V :• TO WAK^ ;mXnY CHANGES. OFFICIAL TO BE IN CHARGE Principal AssiS^snt^ tji.'Be Permanent .t A£ po i h Ab*« nSii ipi^Conducting Postal'. ■Matters. i r. Wash+ngtdn—Congress received a preliminary report from the joint com mission appoitljed during the last con 1 gress 11> inve-tigatp... the business methbds of the postoffice department and postal sei vice juuHsuhniit recom mendations for legislation to effect s changes in their- administration. The qoiimission. consisting* of Senators Penrose. C’arler and Clay, and Repre I seutatiyes. Overstreet. Gardner (New ! Jersey), pad Moon, points out many ■ objectionable features to the business : methods of both departments. Chief among the . recommendations is a-plan iff place* the actual direction of the business of the postoflice de partment and service in thy hands of an officer, vcith^necessary 'assistants, to-be appoifLted'thy the president, "hv ajnid. with'-rtle .'dilviee and consent of the senat^." for "long terms, so as to insure ..the* continuity of efficient ser vice, Ti*<h-r this plan the postmaster ; general, as a anember of t{ie cabinet, it chargeable with general supervisory crotjtr.o! And the-deterimdation of ques . rions of police. . . , , The commissfotf (also jeMnimends that The -business of the department be decentralized so “as ib avoid the con gestion at the,n»f ionab Capitaf. which ! impairs the efficiency and increases the cost of the service; that the book keeping. auditing., and accounting be simplified, unified a«d centralized to secure greater accuracy. mofe^prompt methods and elimination of duplication or work; and that the.,praqtice of re quiring needless detailed reports from small post offices be discontinued. The moderate application of (he non-ac oountiug system to small, -offices w*tll eliminate about.-:hrffit*e..,bJ£ nearly one tthlf-.'roT all tW pbstotece accounts free; the pneseuf complex rrjiq/T and bo k ; keeping?* dvsfiem. or w ould at • cast ir greater-simplify the same. TbA‘commission'says: ■ " "It appears too obvious to require argument'That the.'; most efficient ser vice can expected as long as the directici^jf the business is. as at present’jp^jgjfjtcd to a postmaster general and certuin-assistants selected withoui special ■ refereWe to exper ii nee and qualifications --and‘••IPjject :-th*i‘mjuent change. Under such con ditions" a large commercial or indus trial business would in* vitaUlv«gBWno» ■w bankruptcy, and the postoffice depart ment has averted tha je only*' be cause the United "States treasury has been available to meet deficiencies. POSTOFFICE, CHANGES VITAL.’1 Commission Recomijie-.de phange»:ta . y.Tatjjs^.DepaMii'Sifl: $r$m Politics?’ ’ Washington—Congress received a prelimina^v yej)uit>_frora the joint com mission'appointed during the Ja^Spn gfess'to invtetigate the business meih ods of the ■.ppSToffir-p/departitrenrYimf £ postal service and submit recommen dStions for legislation jffo. ...ysfie’ct change ini’ thbiVaiimitifstration'? 'The ebmtnission points out many objec tionable features <to j t^efub’usiness nfeth^fes" of both "departments. ..v; .ChiefH-mong ’ the ’tWotiini’endaJions^ is. a "plan to pla^e .the. actual direction of the’ business of the postoffice de . part men t and service. in the hands, of aa officqc:-’.-wijh .necessary assistants? to be appointed by the presidenL '.’by anti. wifth the advice and-*consent of .the senate” {or long terms sop as .to in’--’ stire-the contfeuity of efficien{ service^ t X^val Offiggys Are Afloat.' . Wa^ngipn—Responding to a re qni'j’Hy *£fre' president.’ Secretary Met-.,, calf on Monday,Bejrtfftft ,. statemettSSeimiri-lrc the" number *of f fW offieers or the navy ashore and afloat.. The--purBPS*‘*t«f • tne' StateiftSrf fs fo . refute the charge U)at-.has*-be"eri ritiuir** to. the senate committee fin af-* fairs--tbaU.iwaily one-half ofL tha-offi-. pers have- been' Aunneshed Y>v " social pnirhand. are enjoying-, “sofr bcrt-hs” * in .Washington and at ;U^8. variojls ■".?* "navy- rJrfcHC-throUgliout th£ country. .. ^ Suffragists Will Parade. Xew York—Advocates' of suffrage for women are ^pjeparingifor a mon ster paratle whiph will take: place next Sunday. The line of march will he -along Fifth avenue from Union square, to Centra! park.,; .iris exacted that’ there will be a "large number of wpmeh "in line. Government Aid to Banks. Copenhagen—The members of the financial committee of the Folkthing. excepting the social democrats, have approved the proposal that the gov ernment guarantee the liabilities of the Freeholders’ bank and the Detail handlers" bank, v.hich are in difficul ties. -" *• ^