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V 1 v L i.- ItATE LAW IS UPHELD UPREME COURT HOLDS SHIPPER GUILTY WITH ROAD. For Receiving Rebate on Export Ship menu Four Large Flrtna Mutt Pa ' Fines of $15,000 Each Justice Brevi er Olsaenta from Opinion. Washington, March 17. Th pro seeding! by the government agalUBt the Armoar Packing company, Swift A Co., Morris & Co. and tho Cuilahy Packing company, all of thetu operat ing in KanwiB City, Kan., timlcr which the cwnponleB were each fined $10,000 by tht United States circuit court for h western district of Missouri, on the charge pf receiving rebates too trary to tho provlftiona of tho Elkics ut, wae decided by the supreme court of the Iftiited States udveraviy to thoBe companies. The cowl's opinion waB announced by .Justice Day, who held that the Elklns net It applicable fo transportation anywhere and thut an offense is not confined to the initiul joint. Ho hIbo held it applicable alike to shipper and' carrier. Ilia announce ment wan concurred in by Justices JIarlau, White, McKounn uud Holmes. The decision of the lower courts In tao complementary case against the Chicaco. Burlincton and Qulncy Rail road company, holding th.it company Tosnonsitilo for granting tho rebates to tho puekerrt and lining that com pany for the offense also wa? adit mod.' Justice Brewer dissented from tlni view of tho court on tlve ground that the declBion would wot k a violation of contract, "which," ho said, ".shocks JiIk kciibo of justice." The chief justice and Justice Pock ham concurred in Justice Grower's de cision. They alto held the Missouri court to be without jurisdiction. STUDENTS WRECK THEATER Police and Fire Department Unable to Quell Riot at Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor. Mich , .March 17. Col lege feeding among the .siuuVnU of tho University of Michigan bmvt forth In to a riot, last night. .Moie than a score of Btudeuts were locked up in jail and the Star theater, u 5-cent place ol amusement, was lite: ally wrecked. Later In the- evening, the mou ot .stu dents, which numbered hilly '-.0i)(t, di rer ted a college rush" agaln.t tho iroal ot tbo Udfldihj, tearing away wlnaowa and aoors and piaster ana rolling the theater piano out Into tho troet, where loaders of tho students mounted the Instrument and per formed a dance to the accompaniment of mad cheers and' yells from the un manageable crowd. The trouble dates 1ack to Saturday night, wheu a Btu- dent in the audience, who persisted u repeating tho Ann Arbor college yell too often to suit tho management, was cjocUd and thoroughly clubbed. The trouble aturted with a flmall crowd of atudents throwing egs at the building. Thia diversion soon gavo way to a fuaillade of rocks, and when th police were called to quell tho disorder tho yclle of derision sent up bf the young men brought rein forcementa from every direction. Ab the attacking party grew wilder, Its aim broadened proportionately, and window of the upper Btorlea of the building and those of neighboring hiininB nlnrou heciin to crash. Find ing ttwo police unable to subdue the j rioters, Mayor Henderson summoned the flro department. Sevoial police officers had been felled with flying misallPH and others fought on, hatless after their helmets had boon stolon to decorate some student's den. The firemen had no sooner laid their lino of hose to the scene to give tho mob n drenchlmr. than, with a wild yell, a I detachment of tho boys captured 100 feet of the hose and ran yeiung (town the street with it. The disorders in creased until the work of devastation was complete. GENERAL HORNE ON TRIAL Missouri Editorial Writer Answers In Court for Killing H. J. Groves. Kansas City, March 17 The trial of General It. C. Home, charged with the killing of II. J. droves, managing editor of the Kansas City Post, be gan in the criminal court here. Nov. 2li last Oeueral Home, who was ice picsldcnt of the Post Pub lishing company, shot flioes and wounded O. 1). Woodward, a part owner. Giovea died three ilH3s latet but Woodward iccovered. Home, win had Invested his savings in the paper asserted ho had been robbed. DANGER OF WAR GONE CHINA AGREES TO MAKE FULL REPARATION TO JAPAN. Feeling of Relief at Toklo Over Set tlement of Incident Fraudulent Passport Manufactory Unearthed at Aomorl and Several Arrests Made. Toklo, March 11. A satisfactoiy set tlement of the Tatsu affair bus heon announced. China has conceded all the Japanese demands. Site will pur chase the arms and ammunition on board thw Tntsu snd will hoist the Japanese flag over the vessel. While the flag la being rehoAsted a Chinese warship will fire a salute. There la a general feeling of relief In conse quence of the settlement of the in cident. Th uovernment ban unearthed a fraudulent paspot iiiumifuctoty at Aomorl, a seaport town In not them Japan. Several arrests haie been made, Including two police officers, who are charged with having sold over 300 passports to America for 31)0 vnn neh. The final reply from Washington re garding the immigration quest Urn ban greatly pleased Jnpau. Thw government of Japan, tlndlng that the self-imposed burden of na tionalized rnllioads Is likely to ptove ton beavv. is now engaged In consid eration of tentntlvo piojccts Tor re lieving Itself and at the mine lime serving the double purpose or building up the Industries of the country, pro viding additional exports for Its sub sidized steamship lines and increasing its own income by the revenues de rivable from increased production. Tho tremendous outlay on ainiy and navy has been and still continues to be the point on which statesmen, poli ticians and financiers are quarreling. RUSSIAN PRISONS OVERCROWDED r,...n- orintpr Stllllncis Resigns. Washington. March 17.-Publlc Pi inter Charles S. Stillings tendered, bis resignation to the president an , it has been accepted. Large Number of Death Sentences Have Been Passed. St. Petersburg. March 1U. A large number or death sentence-, were passed in various parts ol Russia. Those who will suffer the death penal ty include ten lohhers at Krcineut (hug. four lubbers: at Kiev, thiee men who made an attack upon tin pus.tol' lice a) Pioskuiov, three brigands at t.iz, a peaant'of Karkov and two po litical prisoner at Kursk. At Yekaterinburg, seven men were sentenced to bo hanged and one to imprisonment for life for nn attack upon tho counting house connected with n mine, Iho property of one of tho councillors of tho empire. M. Chtcheglovltoff, tho minister of Justice, has asked the dttiiia for $1, 000,000 for enlargement of tho Rus sia n prisons, which are overcrowded. The olllclal figures show that them have becMi an increase in the number of prisoners of 111 per cent alnco 11)00. In January, 1908, the total num ber was 16fl.S37 and in FVbruory, 165,- S88, of which 13,01)0 were political prisoner!. IDWKLLS ARE CONVICTED Promoters of Cold Motor Found Guilty of Operating Confidence Gams. Chlcato. March 1C Benson Hidwtll and bin son, Charles F, promoters of the lUdwell Klectrlc company, the so ualled "cold motor concern," wore round guilty of operating a confidence game. Reason llldwell, who Is a brother of George and Austin llldwell who de frauded the Ilnnk of Kngland out of $Ji,000,000 started tho electric com pany in WOli. Ho declared Hint he had invented an electric motor that would not bum out. Inventois from all patts or the United States an sweied these advertisements, sending into the company $225,000, accoidlng I to the books ot the concern. Two Bodies Recovered. Natchez, Miss., March H -The day has been one of ceaseless acthlty foi city ofsclals and the volunteers en gaged In searching the ruins of the Nalencv. Drug company's five-story building, which was wrecked by an explosion of gas. causing the death or eight persons The remains or two or the victims have been recoveied, that of Cleveland haul), the ihcmlM. In charge cu the laboratory, and Inez Netteivllle. one of the young uoinan employed In that department Go Somcvhei c Metke That California. Trip Now Low one way Colonist rats dairy until April .TOtb to Utah, Gili nia, (Orogon, Washington arwi Montana. Winter Totira To tho South and Onlf 7ftsort dally untilAprll 30th. Homeaeeksrs' Rctca First and third Tuesdays of wwis month to Colorado, llig Horn Hash), Montana, uud tho North west. The Big Horn Bnsln The Kreiieb method of administering castor oil to alilng children Is eliarae teilstle. The oil is poured into a pan over a moderate fire, an egg broken into it and the nilxtuie well stirred. I The omelet thus made is erved with a little sail. Migar or a spoonful of eiir- rant Jelly. I Eyes Tested Free OPTOMETRY n & ml ) Eyes Tested Free 7 Mr I). Clem Denver, LamKtb seohor.H' Information llurojin, Omnhn, will personally euiduet laiidsceker.s to thin country tlio first and third TuesdiiyM n April. Write Mr. I leaver foi in I'ormntiou about very desirable, irrigated hinds in tho Ua.sin.sub-i'-cL to homustead under the blc fJov.ernmont Ditch or tinder pri vato dltehoH. 100,000 iwres of new Uasiii laud will come under water in 1!K)S. Business Openina . Wo have u list of excellent busi ness elinnoes in now growitiR towns on Uiirlingfon extensions; get established early ahead of the coming population. Write Mr. Doaver. J. P. Knw.wst's Ticket. Agent. L. W. Wakeley, Q. P. A., Omaha, Neb. Sheriffs Sale. i Notice is borutiy Kbon. tlmi under mm hy vlitiif or hii oritur of Hnlu lusucil fruni tlnMillue ol tJco W. ItutclilMiii. C'li-rk of the lhtrli'l t'onrt of tins Tenth .tuillelnl DlKtrlef. within unit for 't'l)Ktcr county. Nciiriihlm. iiu.ii n ilu ercu In mi nttlou icmlliit; tlietiiin. Mlivrttu Kiluurd It. C'iiwIi'hIs iihilntlir am) nqnlnvt .lohn i). lclM.rimil llcttlo I,. YflHer uro ilefniiilniiti. 1 hluill oiler for hhIu lit imhllc wuiltir In Hit hlh'lieht lilli)er for eiisli In hniul. in the ih1 ilour of tho court l)(iue. nt He, iMiaul, In mill Wutihtcr-county. Nubniiku, (tlmi bniiiK lt,c ijullilliiB wlieruln the laM ten.) of miW i-nurl wen lioldcu). on tho :!nl day of Muroli . !. I fun, ut t o'clock p. in. or mii I a .lay, the fuilm? Iiik duhcrlbt'd property, towlf The Mirtth twunlj three (2.'t) roct or tot iihiotcen (19). I iiiocKiuiriyonB(ai) inuioclty o: mil c'luucl, Webster county, Nebrnnkn. Olvoni uniler my Jiutul this 1Mb Ony ut Kebrw try. A. I. 190d. UVJ (). I). IlISUllK. M.rrltr. Optometry is the science of measuring the refraction of the eyes and the fitting of Spectacle Lenses Many people suffer from headaches which would be relieved by the use of properly fitted spectacles. Children suffer with inflamed eyes, sick headaches, stomach troubles and many other ailments which are relieved by the use of spectacles. For twelve years we have fitted spectacles in this city and our best recommendation is tne host oi satisnea custom ers, many of whom have tried other optometrists without success and have paid from one and one-half to double our prices before coming to us. In frame fitting our lonfe expe- PARKER'S m HAIR BALSAM Clif and tutir.i U.f rli. 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