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Loup City Northwestern VUEL'ME XX V_LOTI* (TTY. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY ■ MARCH 2fi, I’.nis NE'MbEll 20 , IN A me CASE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS SION MAKES RULING. OCEAN IS A FREE HIGHWAY T-affic Over it Not Subject to Same RrstHction as Over Railroads. Which Are Chartered. Was! ingten—A decision was pro mulgate bv t!ie inter-state commerce I commit sun in what probably is the I most important case which the coni nlifeio’i for a long time has been called upon to determine. It is that of the Cosmopolitan Shipping com pany. a Philadelphia organization chartered under the laws of New Jer r.e> against the Hatnbur-gAmerican Packet company. the North German L.'o>d Steamship company, the Wilson < Hull i lines and the Scandinavian American lines. The complainant's petition was filed with the commission nearly a year ago. Some time subsequently the de f fondants filed a demurrer, attacking the jurisdiction of the interstate com merce commission. Oral arguments or the demurrer wpre heard by the | commission. Ward W. Pierson appear ing for tiie Cosmopolitan company ard ; former Senator John C. Spooner. Judge William G. Choate anil Harring ton Putnam for the defendants. The oral arguments were follewed by ex tensive briefs, which the commission has had uuder consideration for se\ Hsi oral weeks. The opinion in the cits*. which is voluminous, was prepared l»y Com missioner Franklin 1 ane. It is an exhaustive discussion of the law bear ing upon the case and a lucid stato piPF meat of the conclusions of the com The decision is peculiarly itupo tnnt. not because it affects large in icrests which hitherto have not been brought before a judicial tribunal of This country, but because it affects materially the powers ot the inter state commerce commission, in brief and in -ffect. the commission decides against itself. It holds that it has no authority over oceanic transporta “■* von anti thus determines the case ad versely to the contention of the com p'ainant. To this claim defendants demu- ed. on the ground first that the commis sion has rfb jurisdiction of the su'y rt matter and no power to pro! ted against the defendants, anil second that the complaint sets forth no mat ter which is cognizable by the com mission or which it has been given I authority to remedy. The commission sustains the de murrer and directs in an order that the complaint be dismissed SENATOR W. J. BRYAN IS DEAD. Seventh Member of Senate to Die Since Last March. Wu kington.—United States Sena tor William James Bryan of Florida died at the Providence hospital Sun day morning of typhoid fever. It was oul> seventy-three days since lie took liis seat as the successor of the late Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who Ui<-d December 22. and thirty-three days of that time was spent in his fight against disease. Several times dur ing Mr. Bryan s illness his friends despaired of his recovery, but as late as Saturday night the reiiort was giv en out that his condition had taken a turn for the better. His death Sun day. therefore, came as a surprise • and a distinct shock. Big Robery in Nevada. Reno. Nev.—Three bandits, heavily armed, overcame Edward Hoffmanau and companion on a road two miles rfrom Rawhide on Sunday, threw them to the ground and made off in their victim's two-horse rig, taking gold and bank notes amounting to about JtT.OOt! w ith them. The money was consigned to the Coalition .Mining company at Rawhide. \V. A. Miller, one of the owners of the Coalition property, re , sides in Reno, and stated that he had received only meager details of the al iened crime. KING WILL LOSE HIS ARM. Monarch cf Portugal Suffering From a serious Wound. (Madrid.—El Alundo says that it learns on pood authority that the wound Prince Alanuel—now king of Portugal—received in the arm when King Carlos and the crown prince were assasinated has not healed, and has re cently become very much worse. The attending physicians, savs the paper, declare that amputation is imperative. "Death to Milukcff." . St. Petersburg.—The Znarnya. the ■organ of th<- union of True Russian People, today prints threats cf asina tion. headed by a black cross and the . words “Death to Aliluffoff.” “Pay as You Enter Car." New York.—New York was intro* •lin ed to a novelty in surface car traus. pollution Sunday when the pay-as-you enter cars were placed in operation on tiie Madison avenue line from Harlem to Brooklyn bridge. Baker Has Been Found. _ Hermosillo, Alex.—The* family of O. AY. Baker, which according to reports, '.lard been carried away bv the A'aqui : Indians, after the Indians had killed "Btfker." ’has ' been found and Baker's •JjoQy has been recovered. i THE FLEET WILL VISIT JAPAN. Side Trip by the Squadron to the leland Empire. Washington—The American battle ship fleet is to visit Japan. The de sire of the emperor of the island king dom to play host to the "big sixteen" was laid before Secretary Root by Baron Takahira, the Japanese ambas sador. The invitation, which was couched in most cordial terms, was made the subect of extended consid eration by President Roosevelt and his entire cabinet Friday. Secretary Root was directed to accept the invitation and ;he acceptance was laid before the Japanese ambassador. It is re garded in official circles here as more than likely that China will be next to bid for a look at the fleet, and that should this be the case the invitation would be accepted. Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Pills bury, chief of navigation, are arrang ing the details of the new itinerary. With the exception of China, it is helieved io have been determined that all other invitations, shouid any be re ceived. will be declined, for at the best the fleet will not now be able to reach the Atlantic seaboard before March 1 next. The itinerary which seems to be the most direct includes stops at the Ha waiian islands, Samoa, Melbourne. Sydney. Manila. Yokohama—should that port be selected as the stopping place in Japan, possibly a Chinese l>ort. back to the Philippines, and then home by way of the Suez canal, with only such stops as are necessary for coaling The fall target practice has been planned to occupy a month at Manila, either before or after the visit to Japan. Although target practice is regarded as decidedly important, and the custom is to have the ships oc cupy a month each spring and fall in gun practice, the desire to have the fleet return to its home station may lead to a curtailment of the month planned for Manila. Japan will have the ships a week, according to. tentative plans. While the stops in foreign ports so far made have been on an average of ten days’ duration, a part of that time was oc cupied in taking on coal. With a visit to Manila first no coaling operations would be necessary, at least-to any considerable extent, in Yokohama. This would enable the entire stav there to he given up to the festivities and show- features of the visit. The acceptance of the Japanese in vitation is regarded in official circles as of considerable importance in tit > way of r. demonstration of the cor diality existing between the American and Japanese government. The add ed trip is nearly equal in distance to a voyage from New Y'ork to Europe. BISHOP FOWLER DEAD. Methodist Divine Passes Away in New York After Brief Illness. Xew York.—Rev. Charles H. Fow ler, bishop of the Methodist Episco pal church, died at his home here Friday. Bishop Fowler had been critically ill only since last Wednesday. His death was due to heart failure result ing from complication of diseases. He had been in ill health for two days, hut during nearly all that time he took a more or less active part in the affairs of the church. As late as two months ago he telr able to make a journey to Minneapolis, where he presided at the dedication of the Fow ler Memorial Methodist Episcopal church. His last jmblic appearance was at the Metropolitan Temple on the Sunday following Washington's birthday, when he took part in a Washington Memorial service. Burkett and Hale Clash. Washington—During debate in the senate on the ship subsidy bill a sharp colloquy took place between I Senator Burkett and Senator Hale, chairman of the committee on naval j affairs. Senator Hale had set forth that our navy, on its present cruise j in foreign waters toward the orient, ! had been attended by foreign colliers j and that in case of war with any for eign power the Fnited States navy j would be seriously if not totally crip pled. The senator from Maine took the matter seriously. SHIP SUBSIDY BILL PASSES. " Measure Goes Through the Senate Without Division. Washington—The ship subsidy bill was passed by the senate Friday. It pays to sixteen-knot vessels plying be tween this country and South Amer ica, the Philippines, Japan. China and Australasia *1 per mile, the amount awarded by the act of 1891 to vessels of twenty knots only. Appropriation Bills. Washington.—Almost the entire session of the senate Saturday was consumed with consideration of legis lative and judicial appropriation bills. The bill as finally passed carried an | appropriation of $32,945,631. j Evidence of No War. Paris.—The Journal lies Debats in I an editorial interprets the Japanese ! invitation to the American fleet as certain evidence that war between i those two eontries is not a possibility, j Criticism of President. Washington.—More criticism of President Roosevelt was indulged in in the house Friday, when he was i roundly denounced by Mr. Hardwick j of Georgia for failing to send to con gress all information regarding cor porations which had come into his I possession. The president, however. ' found a ready and vigorous defender in Mr. Mann of Illinois, who asserted that the president had acted with the utmost good faith in sending to con gress all the information that had come to him. PEACE OR WAR—THEY ALWAYS COME HERE. | i_; i I *RFIVBATTLlb«IPi I ? L,H,roOKl^-P«OvlJ,OIK \ I MIUTAAV schools K I orders hum 'fmZL ,Mv, US™ ff. ' PROFITS WERE WOT URGE TESTIMONY OFFERED IN THE ELECTRIC BOAT MATTER. Metcalfe and Capps on tne Stand and Former Senator Thurston Has Part in the Investigation. 'Washington-—Sectetar. • ' lie- navy. Metcalf, and Admiral Oapps, chief of the bureau of construction ot the Navy department testified before the spec ial committee of the house that is in vestigating the charges made against the Electric Boat company bv Repre sentative Lilley of Connecticut. Both stated that they did not believe the Electric Boat company had secured an excessive profit on the contracts already awarded to them nor did they believe they would make an exc ssive profit on any future contracts they may secure. Edward L. Clarkson, private secre tary to Representative Hobson testi fied that Lawrence Y. Spear, a vice pres dent of the Electric Boat com pany, told him that his company had influence with Speaker Cannon and could use it to help Captain Hobson get on the naval affairs committee, but before doing so would have to know "how he stood on the proposi tion in which he was interested on the question of submarine boats." Mr. Lilley presented to thr- commit tee an affidavit, signed by Cl-’inmit E. Adams and dated Bridgeport. Conn., March 13. 1908, in which Mr. Adams swears that while he was engaged in business in the city of Washington during the summer of 190t>, .1. F. J. Arcnibald, represented to him that be was a war correspondent for Collier's Weekly and that he had been unpoint ed by the president of the United States to visit certain cities and towns of tne Pacific Coast and to report to the president upon the condition of the coast defenses in that section. According to the deponent. Mr. Archi bald said to him later, that he had visited certain cities and towns on the Pacific coast and had reported thereon to the president, that he had appeared before certain chambers of commerce boards of trade and other associations of business men and citizens in va rious cities and towns and states on the Pacific coast, had addressed them upon the advantages to be gained by the purchase by the United States government of submarine torpedo boats wherein the 1 ake submarine boat was criticised and Archibald in formed him that he was the author of the article; that he wrote the same and that the criticism of the Lake boat therein contained was incited and caused by a request to him by Law rence Y. Spear, an officer of the Elec tric Boat company and that the re quest was acceded to by Archibald be cause he (Archibald) was under obli gations to Spears and the Electric Boat company. Former United States Senator Thurston figured in the inquiry through a conversation he had with Secretary Metcalf. As a representa tice of the Lake Boat company he had asked the secretary to submit to the attorney general a question touching his right to use his discretion in awarding a contract. I Mrs. Elkins Becomes Royal. London—A news agency published the following dispatch from Rome: "The Corriere Della Sera learns that Miss lilkins, on her marriage to the Duke of Abruzz, wiii be created a ‘rcyal highness’ in her own right and that the sons of the marriage will have the right of succession to the throne.” Initiative and Referendum. Columbus. O.—The house by a vote of 100 to 16 adopted the Atwell senate joint resolutions providing for submis sion to a vote of the people of an amendment to the constitution estab lishing the initiative anti referendum. Abe Hummel Released. New York—Abraham H. Hummel, the lawyer who was sentenced to serve a year in the penitentiary for con spiracy in connection with the Dodge Morse divorce case. wu3 released iron! prison Thursday. A PROTEST BY LABOfilNG MEN WILL URGE CONGRESS TO ACT IN THEIR BEHALF. Committee Appointed to Frame an Address to Be Presented to Au thors of Legislation. Wa-hiugton—That a ammonal pro >e-iing am-iiist tlm inaction ol congress in 'he manor of legislation in the in 'orost of organized Ialior and clearly | setting forth it.-, demands with respect thereto would hr presented to the lead- ; ers of that body within a few days, I was perhaps the most important action ; taken at Wednesday’s sessions of the | labor conference In re. This duty will devolve upon one of two committees appointed by President Gompers termed the “protest committee" which was direr ted to frame an address to be presented to those responsible for legislation in congress. It was also decided to ask he leaders Jn congress 1 to fix upon a time when a committee • from the labor conference can confer I with them. It is understood that the memorial will call a'tentiou to the i recent injunction decisions of the su- ! preme court against labor organiza- ■ tions and asking that the Sherman | ami-trust law to tie so amended be so j amended as to afford relief. A feature of the gathering was the I presence for the first time in the his tory of labor gatherings of delegate- l representing the Farmers’ Naiionalun- ■ ion and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, which two bodies have never affiliated with the American federation o? Labor except in a frater nal way. There are 117 national and interna tional trades unions in America, and practically all ot them were represent ed by one or more delegates at Wed nesday's meeting. The conference, which was held behind closed doors, will continue several days. GREAT CANTILEVER BRIDGE. It is Now Ready for the Use of Ped estrians. New York—The great cantilever j structure over East river, known ns | Blackw'ell's island bridge, which was I constructed at a cost of nearly $25.- I 000.000. was traversed its entire j length by pedestrians Wednesday for the first time. Alderman Timothy P. Sullivan, as the persona! representa tive of Mayor McClellan, headed a delegation across a narrow foot bridge built on top of the single steel girder which now links the New York and Long island ends of the bridge. This girder, weighing twenty tons, was fitted in place in the presence of the delegation. — Contest for Montana Lands. Helena, Mont.—President Roosevelt after hearing a statement by a spec ial committee from the Montana mine owners association concerning alleged fraudulent classification of mineral lands of the Northern Pacific railroad, has instructed Secretary of the Inte rior Garfield to make a thorough in vestigation of the charges. Title to millions of acres of Montanat land, whose value is almost inestimable, and I whose jiossession has been claimed by the Northern Pacific, is now brought into question. Roosevelt Talks Politics. Washington—William Barnes, jr.. of Albany, N. Y.. was a guest of the presi dent at lunch Wednesday. He came here at the president's invitation to discuss political conditions in New York. CUSTOMS SHORTAGE FOUND. Between Five and Six Thousand is Amount Discovered. St. Louis, Mo.—An investigation by a cnnimitteae from Washington lias been in progress for several days in the office o? t'ae surveyor of customs here, and the statement is made that a shortage of between $3,000 and $6,000 has been discovered. Chief Deputy Clerk A. F. Shriner, in whose department the shortage was found, has been relieved from duty pending the investigation. FINES MUSI BE PI RATE DECISION AGAINST RAIL ROADS AND PACKERS. SUPREME COURT IS DIVIDED Case Affects Exports Because Rail roads Carried Meat at Ten Cents Under Published Tariff. Washing on—By a division of five to three the supreme court ot the United States affirmed the decision of the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit, -imposing fines on tiie Burlington railroad for granting and the packers of Kansas City, Kas., for accepting relia'es on shipments o* packing products intended tor export The decision was announced by Jus tice Day and his announcement was concurred in by Justices Harlan. White McKenna and Holmes. The chief jus tice and Justices Bigwer and Peckham dissented in an opinion announced by Justice Brewer which pungently cri - icised the controlling of food. Justice Moody took no part in the disposition of the case. In the course of his opinion Justice Brewer said; "It lias been one of ihe boasts of our jurisprudence that it upholds the sac redness of contracts By constitution al provision a state is estopped from passing a law impairing the obligation of a contract and again has this court stricken down legislation having such effect. While there is no such re striction upon the power of congress, ye; congress has in this case broken no contract. It lias simply, as held by the eourt. given permission to a car rier to arbitrarily and without any in quiry repudiate its contract. "Obviously, lrom the tom- of th" . opinion of the court the wrong done to J the shipper is recognized and the argu ment is only that the responsibility of the wrong rests upon congress. To my j mind a better way would be to enforce j the contract and thus secure justice , in this case, leaving to congress the , enactment of additional legislation, if deemed necessary, to preven; the pos sibilities of secret arrangements be- 1 tween carrier and shipper." In his opinion Justice Day discussed j the various points of the controvers- ' involved in the cases. Taking tip first the question as to what constitutes a crime in the matter of granting re bates. he said; "Had it been the intention of con gress to limit the oli aining of such preferences to fraudulent schemes or devices, or to those operating only by j dishonest, underhanded methods i; would have been easy to have so pro vided in words that would be unmistak able in their meaning. A device need not necessarily be fraudulent, the term includes everything that is a plan or contrivance.” --- STAMPING OUT HOG CHOLERA, j Matter Taken Up with Chief of Ani mal Industry. Washington—Fred Bncher of Du bois. Pawnee county. Neb., lias ad vised Congressman Pollard that hog cholera hos broken out in that sec tion of Nebraska. On Monday the congressman from the First district took the matter tip with Mr. Melvin, chief of the animal industry bureau, who, after ascertaining the extent of the infection, immediately wired a representative of the bureau at Ames. Ia., to send sufficient virus to Dr. Peters of the state experiment station at Lincoln to inoculate the herds in Pawnee county. Committee to Talk Quarantine. Washington—Congressman Pollard who is a member of the house com mittee on agriculture, received a tele gram from Jay Laverty. member of South Omaha Livestock exchange, stating that a committee of the ex change accompanied by Governor Sheldon would be in Washington March 25. and asked Mr. Pollard to arrange for a meeting of the Ne braska delegation with Secretary Wilson and Dr. Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal industry. Hurrying Irrigation Work. Washington—Senator Gamble called upon the secretary of the interior rel ative to the completion of the Belle Fourche irrigation project. It appears that one of the men having a con tract for building the dam failed and this brought the structural work to a standstill. Senator Gamble urged Secretary Garfield to relet the work to some one who W'ould carry it to its completion. The secretary, realiz ing the importance of the project, said he would take the case up im mediately. British Cruisers Sent. Londcn—The admiralty sent orders by cable to the British cruisers In defatigable and Cressy, which are both in West Indian waters, to pro ceed forthwith to Hayti for the pro tection of British interests there. Design of National Flag. Washington—Because of misappre hension in the case of the Chang? in the national flag, necessary by the admission of Oklahoma to the union of states, the war department has found ir. necessary to issue circular letters to correspondents suggesting designs for the flag, that a design has already been adopted to go into ef fect on the Fourth of July next. In the approved design the field or union of the flag consists of forty-six stars, arranged in six rows, four with eight and two with seven. SENATOR SPEAKS OF PANICS. La FolLtte Has Floor in the Upper House. Washington—“What I have to say is made more pertinent, if jatssible. by the action taken during the day with respect to the Aldrich bill,” said Mr. La Follette in beginning his speech in the senate on the currency bill Tues day. His reference was to the amend ments made to the bill by the com mittee on finance. Speaking of the "Morgan and Stan dard Oil banks." and looking across the chamber toward Senator Aldrich, Mr. La Follette declared: “I will show the connection of these great, groups with the bill pending here, notwithstanding the dexterous withdrawal of the proposition to in corporate railway bonds in the bill " Mr. Aldrich said the most earnest objection to this bill was made by the National City Hank of New York and that Mr. Vanderlip. vice president of that bank, has opposed the measure. “It is,” he added, "not only opposed by that bank, but by ail the banks of New York. I have received this morn ing a statement from the New Y'ork Clearing. House association, saying we would better have no currency legis lation at all than have this hill, and stating reasons why we should have an asset currency. '1 know of no bank or banking firm in favor of this bill. The fact is the banks throughout the country arc against it. and the senator from Wis consin has studied this situation to little effect if he has failed lo learn that.” "1 will inquire,” retorted Mr. La Follette.” what the position of Mr. .Mor gan is." "I do not know.” replied Mr. Aldrich. "I know Mr. Morgan is a man of wide experience and wise judgment and patriotism, and I should feel gratified if he approved this bill.” “Perhaps." repdlied Mr. La Follette and in a tone of sarcasm, in some way the chairman of the finance com mittee will be able to find out where Morgan stands. His countenance, beaming from the gallery of this cham ber. while the senator from Rhode Island spoke on this measure, rather indicated that Mr. Morgan, the head of one of these gr at groups, was not entirely adverse to tie propositions embraced in the bill.” "I suppose." said Mr. Aldrich, "the senator from Wisconsin will agree with me that this proposition should lie discussed on its merits as to what it will do and no- in view of what men in the position of Mr. Morgan think of it?” "Let me say." Mr La Follette re plied. “you cannot always 'll from the lines of the bill. I should say the proposition to wlthdiaw the provision to incorporate railway bonds in this bill throws a footlight uism the pur pose of tills legislation. Li t me say to the senator from Rhode Island further that it is not beyond question that these great organizations might put out here or there criticisms of this proposition to give, color to the idea that there is no great and mighty power organized behind 'his legisla tion.” REBATES IN LATEST FORM. Prosecution of Cheasapeake 4 Ohio Will Be Begun. Washington.—Criminal prosecution, it is indicated officially, will be insti tuted against certain officials of the Chesapeake A Ohio Railway company and certain favored shippers by that line on account of what, is asserted to have been illegal practices relative to interstate shipments. It appears from the findings of the Interstate Commerce commission rhat the Ches apeake & Ohio favored certain ship pers "at the expense of the Seabord Air Line and Aatlantic Coast Line," in the shipment of grain and packing house products and that the shippers thus favored gave to the Chesapeake & Uhio “all of the inbound business of the shippers so favored by it." CONGRESS OF MANY TONGUES. Tuberculosis Convention Will Be At tended by n/len of 46 Nations. Washington.—Representatives of 4f. nations are expected to be present at the meeting of Section of the Inter national Congress of Tuberculosis in Washington. D. C September 21 to October 12. The advance schedule contain the names of a large number of scientists of world-wide reputation expected to he present. Senator Whyte Dead. Baltimore—United States Senator William Pinckney Whyte died at his home in this city Tuesday. He was taken ill when in Washington last Thursday and returned as soon as possible. Erysipelas developed and his condition became worse, ending fatally. Knocks Out Railroad Bonds. Washington—When the senate com mittee on finance began its regular weekly meeting Tuesday the pro vision making railroad bonds good for extra bank currency was eliminated from th - Aldrich financial bill. State, county, and municipal bonds will he allowed to remain. --- Shoshoni Swept by Fire. Cheyenne, Wyo.— Fire wiped out nne-half of the business section of Shoshoni. a boom town on the edge the recently opened Wind river res ervation in central Wyoming. Smallpox Aboard Cruiser. Philadelphia. Pa—A'- a result of a case of smallpox aboard the cruiser Brooklyn, lying at the League Island navy yard, all employes at the yard and every member of the crew will have to be vaccinated and the cruiser placed in quarantine. NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. I _ ILL SUBJECTS TOUCHEO UPON Religious. Social. Agricultural. Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. Gage county is paying off the court house bonds $1,000 ai a time. Gage county estates will be made to pay the inheritance raxes. Tne anti-treating law will be tested in a case from Plattsmouth. Lincoln will make an effort to sup press Sunday base ball in that city. Peru, a Nemaha county town, will organize as a city. David l.affler of Nebraska City, an old-time telegrapher, died last week. The Southeastern Nebraska Edu cational association will meet in Be atrice early in April. John Iliener of Syracuse is a can didate for department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Kairbury needs more school seat ing capacity and will take steps to provide the same. The Missouri Pacific will make some much needed improvements in Auburn. Lincoln saloou men are on the anx ious seat over the prohibition ques tion. A store in Gering lost $500 worth of goods by theft. The lost was found and the thief is in jail. In another column of this paper will he found a list of prominent busi ness houses in Omaha. In writing them please mention this paper. Bamuel Rinaker of Beatrice comes out in a card publicly stating that he is not a candidate for congressman to succeed E. M. Hinshaw. A thief in Gage county left his overcoat behind and in the pockets were found letters tliat lead to his apprehension. Building has gone forward all win ter in several towns, and as warm weather approaches, there is re newed activity. .1. M. Brookshire of Beartice identi fied a photograph of the man killed at Kansas City recently trying to es cape from the official, us that of his brother-in-law. Thomas Price. Tnree candidates for department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for the election at Hastings. May HP. are in the field, and one or two more may enter the race. The village of 'Benkelman has ap pealed from a judgment for $1.30f> ob tained by Elia Ferman, who alleged that she had been permanently in jured by falling on a defective cross walk. Columbus had a robbery the other day. the robbers gaining admittanc'' 10 the dry goods store of Theodore Friedhoff & Co., carrying away over J4PP worth of silks and other dry goods. Herman Boche. sentenced to serve ten years for manslaughter committed in Madison county, has ap pealed to the supreme court and ob tained leave to give bail in the sum of $10,000. The State Commercial club in ses sion at Grand Island, elected officers as follows: H. M. Bushnell of Ldn colu. president; A. F. Buechler of Grand Island, secretary; G. M. But terfield of Norfolk, treasurer. John Kreitner, a prominent Ger man farmer residing three and a half miles from Adams, Gage county, com mitted suicide l>v blowing the top of his head off wit' the contents of a single barreled shot gun. Kreitner. who was well to do, had been brood ing of late and it is not known why he killed himself. The State Railway commission has ordered the 1 Jnwood Telephone com pany to charge the owners of the property the same price for tele phones that the general public pays. Heretofore the owners of telephone stock paid only $1 for residence and $1.25 a month for business tele phones. while non-owners naid $1.25 for residence and $1.75 for busiues-s telephones. Messrs. Orchard & Wilhelm, the popular wholesale furniture dealers in Omaha, are establishing quite a manufacturing Industry in Nebraska, making their ivory Polish for the cleaning and polishing of all kinds of furniture, pianos, or anything made of wood that needs a high polish. These home industries should be en couraged. as they furnish employment ior a large number or people. The Farmers’ Grain and Supply company of Atlanta, which recently filed a complaint with the state rail way commission against the schedule enforced by the Burlington on stock shipments, has reported that arrange ments have been made for the ship ment of stock every day in the week instead of twice a week. The semi weekly shipments wore too far apart for the convenience of the shippers. Myra M. Lane, administratix of the estate of Paul l,ane. has brought suit against the Fremont Gas and Electric Lieht company to recover the sum of $5,000 by reason of the death of her son, who was overcome by gas fumes while at wotv digging gas trenches. John R. Smith, who contended in the district court of Richardson coun ty that the Burlington was responsi ble for the destruction of his crops by uood water during the seasons of 1902 and 1904, won out in the district court and nas had the opinion upheld in the supreme court.