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The Nebraska Independent JANUARY 24,1907 2 The Kidiacyo Vfcca tfcay cro vcif tor pid, cr ztox&icnt, tho vfcoh oystcra suffers. Don't nsj fcct tfc-m at thb this, but fceed tho wanting of ifca cchhg fcac!:, tho bloated face, the cdlov complexion, tho urinary disorder, end tcjpn treatment at on3 vitb Hood'sSarcapariila vh!ch contains tho test end edfest curctivo cufc:tcnccs. i For testimonials of remcrkafele carei Ctsi for Book on Kidneys, No.' A. . . . . c. L Hoo C., Lowell, Jto, FIGHTING FOR RATES DENVER'S HXIIANATIOX RE L ATI SO TO CAR SHORTAGE. LONG:: HAULS :ARE - FAVORED PECULIAR SET OF TARIFFS APPLY TO COLORADO. Good Cmi He Shipped From Kt to Count nnd Bnek to Denver At f.eiiM Than for Direct " Shipment, DENVER, Col., Jan. 21. Interstate Commerce Commissioner C. Prouty be gan an investigation here today of al leged violations of law by railroads af fecting Denver and other Colorado points. Three cases are under exami nation. Two of them are upon com plilnrsTrtredtby" th OUffc&ant-sV trafflo association ' of "Denyerj'" and the third fiLT-jtntkHbwgei J.- kindei,-;a Denver manufacturer. : " J ; The railroads cited to appear, so far, axe the New York, New Haven & Hartford; New York Central & Hud son River; Baltimore & Ohio; Penn sylvania; Pittsbuig, Cleveland, Cin cinnati & St. Louis; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern; Michigan Central; Erie; Chicago, Burlington & ' Quincy ; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chica go & ... Northwestern; Chicago, ' Mil waukee & St. Paul; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Atlantic Coast line; Den ver & Rio Grande; Rio Grande West ern; Southern Pacific; Missouri Paci fic; Union Pacific and Wabash. Violation of the Law. The complaints allege violation of section four of the interstate commerce act, which forbids the charging of a rate for a short haul, which shall be higher, in the aggregate than for a longer haul under similar circumstan ces and conditions, and also the re quirement that the shipper on the longer haul hall not pay a higher rate per ton per mile than on the shorter haul in the mme direction. Generally the allegations are of un- j Just discriminations in tariff rates on I classes and commodities and unlaw ! ful combinations by the roads made ! defendant. i A dozen attorneys appeared for the j vailous defendant railroads. ! George J. Kindel was the first wit s iic.ss called. His testimony was a tech- i r.icnl expose of rates on cotton plere goods and other commodities, illus trated by diagrams and maps, show ing the discrimination against Denver. Kindel Offer Etldenee. Mr. Kindel filed & number of tables '. with the commission, according to which then; Is discrimination against Denver In many commodities from eastern points. Those tables illustrated different methods of figuring out com parative tariff rates. Home of the tabic showed that certain commodi ties could l.e shipped from eastern points through Denver io Kan Fran tlco or Salt lakc and back to Den ver nt a rat than direct to Den ver. 1 le t4ugjrw',,'d that thl might ex plain in part the shortage of cam throughout the country. The witness mid that nil h a.ked was equality tit rme. He did nru ttk for lower rates for Denver provided the city could be treated equally well tut other torn It tie. Attorney J. F. VnlK for the Dn vir ft Itlo tlninde railroad, cro-x i:;,'iet the uitnr In an effort to hf that th rate over hi railroad ttm out eeKflVi. The attorneys for the other railroads also asked a few questions of Mr. Kin-del.- A. J. Spengel, a furniture dealer of Denver, complained of the rates on furniture. He said that as president of the chamber of commerce, he had prepared a brief on the railroad ates which was presented to all the west ern railroads. Nothing came of this, although the railroads promised to take the matter up. He said that they did not ask for a specific railroad rate, but that they wanted to get into com petitive territory on an equal basis wRh other places. COMMERCIAL With the close of the New York au tomobile show last Saturday night the year 1907 is really begun. The show was a great study in mechanics; here after the subject will be one of finance. It seems possible, to judge from de scriptions of the new cars, that a per son who-treated his 1906 model well may be permitted to use it in 1907 without, being"-troubled by the street gamin's derisive cry of "ice;" for the outlines of the body of the new cars have not been radically changed. Whether one can fare as well in social standing is more of a question, for the new cars are equipped with changes, not to say improvements, that will tend to keep a ba.ck number out of the con versation. There are some new forms, Including a seven seated touring car and a runabout with special equipment for dodging policemen. Then there are the usual improvements in motors and steering devices, schemes to save cranking the motor and improved brakes. Those to whom money is a burden will take no special notice of the fact, that automobile prices this year are keeping well ahead of the course of commodity prices in general. Those who are not so fortunate but are trying to appear as if the opposite were true will merely have to shut their eyes a little tighter. Life insurance will never, be a strict-3XinettiBatT-business,--4nsistei- a. re.r . former - Jatelyy.T -until",, .'the: coTOmhssion paid agent is eliminated. The Massa-" chusetts legislature has taken up this 'idea so far as it applies to insurance for wage workers. To devise a form of life insurance on the industrial plan that will avoid the making of multi millionaires out of people's penny sav ings, as has been the ca.se with Sena tor Dryden and his company, and that ,wll .also save' the great expense of soucuoih ana cooecLors, is uie sum m bills which are to be discussed there this whiter. It. is.. thought that a system of savings - bank : insurance may ;be made a success, but it is all a question of human nature. People will always buy clothing and bread without being urged, but whether the value of life insurance has come as yet to appeal to them so strongly as to make them hunt up an insurance office and ask for it is a question. Fire insurance has become as. staple as wheat, and yet the old line company -that-tries to get busi ness by making cheaper rates by elimi nating the commission agent, has yet to come to the front. The general subject ot convict labor, and the question of the powers of con gress under the interstate commerce clause of the constitution, come jointly into interest in a bill fathered by the union labor interest which passed one house of congress last week. The iota! annual value of the convict, mado goods sold in the entire country iy about $33,000,000. Approximately fcal of this amount is marketed In the plate where it is prod.JCtd, and the .oth Ay half in other states: Now a state nv-iy prohibit manulaciure by convict labo1 within Its own jurisdiction, thus pro tecting Ha labor from the competition of its ovn convicts, l:ut tt cannot pro ven r the sale of merchandise mads in the prisons of other states. Under the supposed, authority of the inter state crnmerce c2use tho house of representatives last week raised a bi!l providing that convict icade goods I rafs-carted into aoy etata or territory or lemalning therein lov ue, consump tion, hfda or istorasoj hah' bo subject to tlit; laws of the utate governing that ciag or goou- This in effect gives, tho states th rlfrh to prohibit tho tia! of convkt . ma(! jdsi from ethej states. BR0WER MUST STAND TRIAL DeeUlon In ev York ie U Aft-nlnftt Hint. NEW YORK. Jan. 21.' William A. llrower, Jr.. president of the Washing ton Llf- Insurance company. mul pUtnd trial on Irull. tincnt returned against ' charging perjury and forgery under a ,d-t hlon handed down today by .Justice Newherger. The de cision denies u iituiUm for dhmlMul of the Indict .nent. The rm.e grew out or the imi report of the company tiled with th state In sura nee- department In which MOO.QOtf worth ol polit ies had been ehsrrd off the rt'Po i n having 1j.mI and the dny aft r the r,tort h.ol hi n tll.t wire i.nfered In iht toKs of the rflrr.rfjsi'. THE LAWYERS ARE DEFEATED HOUSE REJECTS REPORT OF JUDU CIARY COMMITTEE. SENATE ON THE LIQUOR LAW COMMITTEE OX JtDICIARY FAVORS TWO STRINGENT BILLS Phillips of Holt Present a Bill to Require Railroad . to . Give .' Publicity to AH Pass Holders. MONDAY The senate asked the railway commis sion and state auditor to obtain from railroads freight schedules in force Janu ary 1, 1907. Phillips of Holt introduced a bill changing the passenger fare on railroads from three to two and one quarter cents, and another bill requiring railroads to file annually with the coun ty clerk a list of names of persons who receive free passes for persons or prop erty and the reason such passes are issued. The attorney general was au thorized to sue the State Journal com pany for failure to print legislative bills within the time required by contract. Three bills were passed, one defining adultery, another relating to peremptory challenges of the state in criminal cases and a third giving the governor power to remove the superintendent and two assistant physicians at the Lincoln hos pital for the insane at his discretion. Representative Redmond's bill appro priating $:i,000 for the orthopedic hospital for crippled , children in Lincoln to be used for running expenses until the funds for the coming biennium are available, was ordered to a third reading in the house. On motion of Chairman E. P. Brown of the house judiciary committee, the two bills, H. R. Nos. 47 and 48, providing that a reversal of judgment in criminal court shall not he majiR nn a mp tech nicality when justice has been done, were rJar.l m 'ai;AHnt-i)t. - uu fccuwcu.uiu over a recommen dation of the remaining members of the vunumii.ee mat tney oe inaettnitely post poned. The hOUSe killed H.'R Nn hv irm. 8ti"sr- of Nemaha, to repeal the statute piuviumg a oounty on scalps of wild ani- 1 1 1 0,1 3. In a flisnisRinn nf tho qHUiwIa v. w-. vuv ukkliuuu V L house committee on medical societies to mo uui relating to Christian scientists, while no direct action was taken, it was made plain that .standing committs are to--givc--the--fullst possible- faring -to" ad persons interested in bills; What was thought - to-; have been -tr refusal of the committee to grant a hearfng wa's found not -to have been the action of the committee. The legislature convened yesterday and both houses took up the work be- tore them with considerable vim. The house, always ready for a scrap, in dulged in a little tilt with the lawyers of that body and the legal lights were snowed under, the house reversing the Judiciary committee report In opposi tion to two bills by E. P. Brown of Lancaster. The bills provide that a reversal of judgment shall not be given in a criminal case on technical error when it appears that substantial jus tice has been done in the court below. The bills were placed on the general file by order of the house. Tonight the joint committee to consider railroad legislation and some progress toward formulating a bill ta confer power upon the railroad commission .may be mad.. Two and Fourth Cent Fare. Phillips of Holt, is willing to brave the charge that he is splitting the dif ference with the railroads. lie has in troduced S. P. No. 177, making two and one-fourth cents the legal price for riding one mile on a ralUad train in Nebraska. The present rate is three cents and there are three bills before committees that provide a two cent fare. Senator Phillips has a!so Introduced an nntl-free pass bill, or a bill Intended to give publicity to the names and ad dresses of persons who receive free transportation for r.i"UH or property. Ills plan Is to require the railroad to fU an annual statement with the county clerk containing tho name of all peixMiw within lite county who have received fire parses for persons or property and tho reasons such piMe were k I ven. .Senator Phillips .ays hi hill stand singly and alone, that It will bo get. 1 If (he anti-fret pan bill become n law because that bill In likely to contain a long list of peron to whom the road may legally give passis. Ho say hi publicity bill will also b good If no antlp.i Mil In adopted, (oHBiliwiiwNNl 4 tMPHitoirMl, Hanrm of t'herry Introduced th nrt pioi-oed contltuilotial amendment In the mi. ate. It tt, N. J63 utid pro vide that the peimuneht seho. fund may be InvMeJ hot only In I'uKtd b'Utte and tate tecurtth utid county It is of but little use to try to doctor the kid- ; neys themselves. Such treatment is wronr. for the kidneys are not alone to blame for their weaknesses or irregularities. They have no power no self-control. They are operated and actuated by a tiny shred of a nerve which is largely responsible for their . streDgth, or weak ness. If the Kidney nerve is stronj and bealtby tbe kidneys are strong and healthy. If the. Kidney nerve tfoes wronff you feaow it by the inevitable result-kidney trouble. This tender nerve is only one of a great system of nerves. This system controls not only the kldnevs. but the heart, and the liver, and the stomach. For simplicity's sake Dr. Sboophas called this great nerve system the Inside Nerves." They are not the nerves of feelinr not the nerves that enable you to walk, to talk, to act. to think. They are the master nerves aad every vital organ is their slave. The one remedy which aims to treat not the Kidneys, alone, but the nerves which are to blame, is known by physicians and druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Restorative (Tablets or Liquid). Ths remedy is not a symptom remedy it is strictly a cause remedy. While it usually brings speedy relief, its effects are also lasting.' If you would like to read an interesting book on inside nerve disease, write Dr. Shoop. With the book he will also send the "Health Token" -an intended passport to good health. Both the book and the Health Token" are free. For the free book and the "Health Token " you must ad--dress Dr. Shoop, Box Racine, Wis. State which book you want. Book 1 on Dyspepsia. Book 2 on the Heart. Book 3 on ttoeKidneys. Book 4 for Women. Book 5 for Men. Book 6 on Rheumatism Dr. Shoop's Restorative Tablets give full three weeks' treatment - Each form liquid or tablet has equal merit Druggists every where. honds, but also in registered school dls-, trict bonds. It does not stop here but also provides that the funds shall be invested In any securities that the leg islature may by statute designate. An effort has long been made to change the constitution so as to permit the investment of state funds in school district bonds, An amendment for that purpose was once defeated at' the polls, .not "receiving--the 'n'ecessaiymsrjorlty, of all votes., cast at the election. The matter of permitting-the legislatnrer-trr; designate'" what securities shall be bought is dis puted, some contending that such a. change in the constitution would be opening the way to unsound invest ments. Anti-Manor Hills, The senate committee on judiciary not only recommended - two bills directed against the liquor traffic yes terday, but in each instance the com mittee added amendments intended to make the bills more stringent. The bills are H. F Nos. 6 and 7, by Root of Cass. One provides that packages of liquor shipped shall be branded in large plain letters "Intoxicating liquors." The other provides that the place of manual delivery and collec tion for intoxicating liquors shall be deemed the place of sale. The latter was amended to provide that any agent or salesman taking orders in a city or. town where no saloon licenses hav e been issued shall be deemed mak ing a sale. This was further changed to include parts of a county outside or cities and towns. It had been re ported that a public hearing on these postponed to permit some people from bills would be held and it was once Omaha to be heard. Yesterday, tho time advertised, no one appeared be fore the .committee cither for or against the bills. Tho committee spent considerable time over tho bills. Th question of lnicrr.tattt commerce was raised and It was admitted that tho I 111 to prevent sales In communities that have no saloons may not prevent the shipment of liquor from another Mate to such communities but that It wltl prevent the sale nnd delivery simultaneously us I now done In many country communities by agent who carry Intoxicating liquor with them anil canvas the country for sale. Root of Chhh Introduced four more Miu ant ,'ndir.g or addtn to the i.inv law yenieiday. 8. 1 No. 17a permit a vote to le taken for or against tkeiise, In a city or town or outside of t it lea ml town, and If the vote I Hgainit then, none shall be H-uied for five year. Another bill by Ht. S P. No. lit. provides that county board may l.u lu-t ne under county option. etv llrwlMMwe lllll. The probb its confront In th p.j! of I Ml go county to governing the over l'o of the piatte river hi cau"t lleprejentuf Ive Knotth of K.U. In draft a Mil that h will tntroduee o-rt verlng th rut I re drainage problem. The men euro, t rieli;nntel particularly fr the rvM f of the p..pl II v iitc a knur the piatte valley thoutrli It will u( ty to the v muIk Tto rB H at i'teent u
