THE VALENTINE DEBaCRflT
VALKNTINE , NEB.
r. M. RICE , Publisher.
MANY LIVES PUT OUT
JFOURTH'S DEATH LIST IS FORTY *
EIGHT UP TO MIDNIGHT.
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TFive Deatlis in Chicago and Tlircc iti
Philadelphia Caused by "Knallfix ,
the Xcw Gennaii Novelty List of
Injured Numbers 1,121.
Results of the frenzied methods by
tthich the Fourth of July is celebrated
&n the United States are given in the
Chicago Tribune's tenth annual sum
Imary of the number of persons killed
knd maimed. , Up to midnight Sunday
reports to the Tribune from all parts
of the country showed that 48 persons
; had been killed and 1.124 burned
anaimcd and lacerated by the variou :
Instruments used in making' noise to
celebrate the signing of the declara
-lion of independence.
Chicago's death list jumped from
two in 1907 to eleven this year , and
iup to midnight that city led in the
number of lives sacrificed in the largo
centers of the country. In 1907 New
[ York bore the distinction of giving up
itlie largest number of its citizens to
the frenzied patriotism , having ten
-which was one less than Chicago had
M This year Xew York has reported only
( six fatalities , giving it third place
lafter counting the seven lives lost in
{ the Cleveland fire on Friday. Cities
* in which the Fourth of July death ?
occurred were :
Chicago. 11 ; Philadelphia , 3 ; Buttc.
-tttont. , 2 ; Cannoshurg. Pa , , 2 ; Rice
{ Lake. Wls. , 2 ; Cleveland. 7 ; Pittsburg ,
U ; Missoula , Mont , 2 : Harrisburg , Pa. .
12 : Xew York. ( j ; St. Louis , 1 ; Tacoma.
Wash. , 1 ; Indianapolis , 1 : Leominster.
t&Iass. , 1 : Battle Creek , Mich. , 1 ; Bos-
jton , 3 ; Springfield , O. , 1 ; Milwaukee.
Kvis. , I.
Twenty-one of the deaths given in
fthe foregoing table occurred before
the Fourth. The live Chicago deaths
land three in Philadelphia were caused
4by "knallfix. " the new German Inde
pendence day novelty. Seven deaths
| in Cleveland were due to fire in a fire-
iworks store , and one death in Butte ,
IMont. ; two in Cannonsburg , Pa. ; one
i Pittsburg. and two in Rice Lake.
ris. , were the result of premature cel
( ebrations.
CASTELTjANE XOT KIDXAPER.
ffook His Child for Annual Visit Al
lowed by the Court.
The statement given publicity that
Count Boni de Castellane , the former
( husband of Mmc. Anna Gould , kid-
inapped his three children from Ver-
kjailles is inaccurate. The count simply
went to Versailles and took the young
est boy , who is ill , to the count's mother -
er for the annual visit of one month
Tallowed by the court under the divorce
idecree.
Mme. Gould's lawyers in Paris laugh
at the intimation that anything would
come up to prevent the marriage be
tween Mme. Gould and Prince Helie
ide Sagan , and declare this ceremony
will take place in London in a fe\v
days.
j It is now certain that George J.
'Gould , Mme. Gould's brother , who re
cently left Paris on an automobile
trip , will be present at the marriage of
is sister.
REBELS WIN IX PARAGUAY.
Government Upset in South America.ii
Republic.
Advices received in Buenos Ayrea
< state that the revolutionists have been
victorious in Paraguay and a new gov
ernment has boon established. These
advices have been confirmed by a dis
patch received by the minister of for
eign affairs to the Argentine legation
.at Asuncion officially notifying the
minister that the revolutionary party
liad succeeded in overthrowing the
( Paraguayan government and that sev
eral of the Paraguayan ministers ofl
state had taken refuge in the legation.
JThc revolutionists have appointed as
jprosident Dr. Emiliano Gonzales Na-
H'eiro. He held the office of vice pres
ident in the government which has
| nst been ousted.
of
Xcw Outbreak in Honduras.
Information reached ihc state de
partment of a proposed movement
[ against the government of Honduras
under the leadership of former Presi
dent Bonila. No details are given.
The governments of Salvador and
Guatemala have given directions to
jirevent any movement of that charac
ter taking form in those countries.
Four Killed in Wreck.
The Utica flyer on the Rome , Water-
town and Ogdensburg road was wreck-
led near Booneville , N. Y. Four per-
isons were killed and fifteen hurt. The
passenger train with two engines col'
(
lided head-on with a freight train.
Dies as He Quits Hospital.
On his way from a hospital tat Elgin -
, gin , 111. , supposedly cured , Martin
\Rucker \ , of Cornell , la. , dropped dead
Jin a railway station at Aurora. Death
Kvas caused by heart failure.
WHiL BLOW UP POWDER TRUST.
Uncle Sam Is Ready to Attack the
Combine.
Final plans for the institution of the
government's suit against the so-called
powder trust are now being made.
There will be a consultation of the
lawyers on both sides soon at Wil-
/nington , Del. , and arrangements
made for the hearings , v. hichill laku
place in Xew York City , Wilmington
and several other places.
The powder companies under at
tack are capitalized at about $100-
000,000. The De Nemours company ,
of New Jersey and Delaware , is the
largest of the powder concerns under
fire. The .government alleges that this
company is the holding1 concern of
about seventy smaller ones , all in the
powdw business , and that prices are
dictated by the holding company. It
is alleged by the government that the
defendants are acting In restraint of
trade and In violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law.
A special examiner will be appointed
' "v the judges of the second circuit
of the United States court for Dela
ware. It is likely that the hearing
will occupy a year or more. Next to
the government suit against the Stand
ard Oil company now in progress , the
powder trust suit will be the largest
ever brought in this country.
TELLS OF THE MURDER PLOT.
Sensational Story of the Killing : of
KingCarlos. .
Dr. Jose Maria de Alpoim , chief of
the progressive dissidents , smarting
under insinuations that he was implicated -
cated in the assassination in Lisbon.
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last February , of King Carlos and
Crown Prince Luiz , created a sensation
in the house of lords Thursday by I
revealing what he declared to be the
true history of this regicide plot. He
asserted the assassinations had been
decided upon at a meeting of the'lead-
ers of the progressive and regenera
tor party a few days before they were
rried out. A number of republicans
also were present at the meeting.
Alpoim charged the republicans
proposed to obliterate the entire royal
family , with the exception of Maria
Pia , mother of King Carlos , but the
monarchists insisted that such a gen
eral slaughter would be useless. Fin
ally Manual Silvia Buissa and Alfredo
Costa were given $20,000 and 10.000
respectively to kill King Carlos and
Premier Franco. Arrangements were
made by other men to cover the flight
of the assassins , but when Buissa and
Costa were given $20.000 and $10,000
heads and opened fire also. These
shots resulted in the death of Crown
Prince Luiz.
OVER SIX HUNDRED DROWNED.
Great Loss of Life in Storm Which
Sweept Over Harbor of Rat.-jvin.
News of a boat disaster was received
at Victoria , B. C. involving the loss of
over 600 lives at Batavia , was brought
* " the Empress of China. Many large
overloaded boats were overturned in
the harbor during the storm and the
shrieking passengers struggled in the
water with no chance of rescue , as
more fortunate boats in the neighbor
hood were already too crowded to
permit of any others aboard. Others
were snapped at by sharks. About
thirty were rescued by fishermen , but
over 600 were drowned. During thfc
week following 359 corpses were
found , many being mutlitated by
sharks.
Mine Swindle Alleged.
An Investigation by postoffice inspectors
specters of the affairs of the Ameri
can-Mexico Mining and Developing
company , a $3,000,000 corporation , j |
with Its principal offices in Chicago , '
resulted Thursday in indictments
against W. A. Arms , promoter of the
corporation , and Walter S. Dillon , em
ployed as manager in Mexico.
Wreck in Texas.
A Texas and Pacific passenger train
went through a washout at Boracho ,
Tex. , Thursday morning. The engine
and two coaches went over an em
bankment. Engineer Jones was in
stantly killed and several passengers
Injured.
Victim of Black Hand.
Four persons wer seriously injured
ind two dwelling houses partially
wrecked early Thursday , when a
charge of dynamite was exploded at
the home of George Deavotoria , a
wealthy Italian , living at McKeesport ,
Pa. '
Wholesale Murder.
News was brought by the Empress an
China from Korea that near 1,000 on
pro-Japanese Koreans , members of
the II Chin Hoi , a society favoring : i
Japanese , have been murdered by Ko
rean insurgents , according to statistics
collected by Japanese officials.
Trains Collide Head-On.
Missouri Pacific passenger trains
Nos. 3 and 12 collided head-on east of
Knobnoster , Mo. , early Thursday. of
ive were killed and thirty-six injured.
Heat Kills in New York.
Eight deaths attributed to excessive
heat were reported to the police Thurs-
before noon , at which hour the tem
perature was at 83 degrees and still
rising.
the
Cull on National Banks.
Secretary of the Treasury Cortolyou
has announced a further call upon na
tional bank depositaries for approxi
mately $45,000 , to be paid on or before
was
fore the loth inst.
ZEPPELIN AMAZES THRONG.
Thousands See Marvelous Flight of
Airship.
Count Zeppelin , at Friedrichshafen
Wednesday , outdistanced all world
records for steerable balloons. He re
mained . -in the air for twelve hours
tra i-sorl the greater part of nortlierr.
Switzerland r.rd visited Zurich , YVin-
terthur and Luceren , attaining an av
erage speed throughout of 34 miles
an hour. His airship displayed splen
did qualities of dirigibility and an
swered the slightest movement of the
helm , while its stability was quite up
to the greatest expectations.
In the most desirable weather con
ditions , almost a dead calm , the air
ship , manned by a crew of fourteen ,
under the leadership of Count Zeppelin -
pelin , left its floating home on Lake
Constance at 8:30 o'clock in the morn-
ing. Less than five minutes later
Count Zeppelin shouted , "All clear , "
and the balloon rose about 1,000 feet
in the air and turned her bows towards
Constance. By 9 o'clock it had disappeared -
peared on the western horizon.
Telephone messages from Frauen-
feld , Winterthur and other towns soon
reported the appearance of the airship -
ship and her'passage over the canon
of Zurich. The giant craft remained
ton minutes hovering over the town
of Zurich and the lake and then vanished -
ished from view at a rapid rate in the
direction of Lucerne.
It was about 3 o'clock when the
airship came into view at Lucerne and
Hie thousands of astonished tourists
from all parts of the world , including
hundreds of Americans , greeted her
with loud cheering as shosailed quick-
'y over the waters of the lake. With
the greatest precision Count Zeppelin
guided ! his airship and proceeded to
carry out a long series of evolutions
which included complicated circles.
the figure S , sharp turns , descents and
.isi-ents.
'DUEL" AFTER REAL SCRAP.
Paris Editor During Encounter
Wounds Lawyer in Arm.
duel xvith swords was fought in
Paris Wednesday between M.Jouvenel.
.1 brother of the present editor of the
.Matin , and a lawyer named Baudelot.
M. Baudelot was wounded in the. right
arm. The quarrel between the two
men is an outcome of the libel suit
brought by Senator Humbert against
the Matin for involving him in the
swindles recently conducted in Paris
by Henri Rochette. The case was
called Tuesday and while it was being
heard M. Baudelot slapped M. Jouve-
nel in the face. The latter retaliated
by smashing his cane over M. Baude-
lot's head , and a challenge followed.
MAE WOOD IS INDICTED. |
Woman Who Sued Platt for Divorce It ? I
Accused of Perjury and Forgery.
Mao C. Wood , an Omaha woman ,
who sued Senator Thomas C. Platt ofr
a divorce , was indicted by the grand
jury of Xew York. Wednesday on the
charge of perjury and forgeiy.
Miss Wood i.s charged with -having
signed Platt's. name to a document
acknowledging her as his wife. The
jury indictment is based on Miss
Wood's testimony in the divorce act
ion , when she testified she was married
to the senator at the Fifth avenue ho
tel in 1901. Miss Wood is at liberty
on $5,000 bail.
WOMEX GO TO PUISOX. ,
English Suffrajrists Refuse to Pay
Fines. |
Twenty-seven out of twenty-nine
women suffragists arrested Tuesday
during the suffragist demonstration
before tl : British house of parliament
were ordered to pay a line , give
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security for good behavior for a year.
or go to prison for three months. A
majority of llunn elected to go to jail.
Two suffragists who broke windows
in the residence of Premier Aisqmtli
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were sentenced to two months at
hard labor. Mary Leigh admitted say
ing at the time she was arrested , "It
will be bombs next time. "
Ten Years in Prison.
Walter J. F.nrtnctt. formerly vice
president and general counsel of tlv -
Western Pacific Railroad Company ,
and vice president and general counsel
for the California Safe Deposit and
Trust company , which failed in San
Francisco last November for $9,000.-
000 , Wednesday was sentenced to the
penitentiary for ten years. j .
Chicago Murder Mystery.
The body of an unidentified wom
, cut and bruised , with finger marks
the throat , and hands and feet tied
with ropes , was found Wednesday in
rooming house in Chicago. The-
woman went to the place Sunday
night with a man who since has dis
appeared. I
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Fire-Hose Quells Mutiny. :1
A mutiny in the barracks at Brest
was quelled by a fire hose and a score
soldiers are now confined to bar
racks under discipline.
Troops Sent to Border.
Gen Myer , commanding the depart
ment of Texas , telegraphed to the Avar
department Wednesday that he had
sei.t four troops of cavalry to Del Rio ,
near the scene of the operations of
insurrectionists in Mexico.
Condition of Cotton.
The average condition of the cotton
crop in the United State ? , June 25 ,
il.2 per cent , of the normal , com
pared with 79.7 per cent. May 25.
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ROAD SEEKS MORE LAND.
Railroad Contends Tlie > Arc Entitled
to a Right of Way of 200 Feet.
The Union Pacific has filed a suit in
the circuit court of the United Stateir.
North Platte division , attempting to
recover the outer strip of 100 feet
41ong the right of way of that road.
The defendants named in the case
are W. M. Cunningham , of North
Platte , Roy B. Tabor , trustee , and the
city of North Platte. For several
years there has been a controversy
over this strlp , the railroad contending
that they are entitled to ihe right of
way 200 feet in width on each side of
the t track and the property owners
contending that the right of way is
lawfully 1 but 100 feet wide on each
side of the track. Until recently the
adjoining property owners have been
in possession of all this land. The
Union Pacific Railroad company con
tends that it is entitled to this strip
of ( land by reason of two acts of con
gress , the former passed in 1SC2 and
the 1 latter being an amendatory act
passed J in 1SG4. The first law gave
the railroad a right of way 200 feet on
each side of the track and ev-ry odd
numbered section for ten miles on east
side of the track. The second law.
which , amended the first , cut down the
right ] of way to 100 feet on each side
of the track and doubled the number
of sections given to the railroad as a
bounty. For many years the railroad
never claimed this outer strip of 100
feet and their printed forms of deeds
excepted a right of way of but 100 feet
on each side. The suit which has been
filed j at North
Platte is instituted as a
test 1 case , and if the railroad wins it
is reported that they will use the deci
sion as .a precedent to gain other lands
where cirsumstances are similar.
"DRY" COUNCILMAN ELECTED.
Judge Dung-au Reverses the Ruling' of
the County Court.
The decision of Judge Dungan. of
the district court , in favor of Van Pat
,
ten in the Second ward election contest
,
test leaves the council of Hastings a
tie on the prohibition question. E. L.
Gauvreau. ( a supporter of high license.
was seated two weeks ago on order of
Judge Ragan. Judge Dungan re
versed the decision of Judge Ragan
and issued a writ of ouster of Gau
vreau. The contest resulted from the
effort of the prohibitionists to elect
U. S. Rnhrer , president of the Civic
federation j , to the office of mayor.
election had been called for mayor
on the theory that an amendment t" >
the charter by the last legislature left
no authority for such an election this
year. Votes for Rohror were written
on the ballots for councilman. Judge
Dungan held that the words , and
names on the ballots objected to re
futed the idea that they were placed
thereon t with a sinister purpose. He
followed * a liberal construction of the
law rather than a strict construction.
BRYAN GAVE CASH TO HOBO.
Claims to Have Been on Reception
Committee at Cleveland.
"I am broke. Mr. Bryan. " said a
man who looked the part and gave the
name of Miller , of Cleveland , claiming
that t he was on the reception commit
tee t which received the commoner on
one of his visits to that city.
"I thought so. " was the reply. "Will
this help you any ? " he was asked a
a cart wheel representing the vicissi
tudes of the campaign of 1S96 was
slipped into his hand.
When Miller reached the tent where
the newspaper correspondents stay , he
said : "I told Mr. Bryan just now
that I was on the reception committee
and sure I was. for I drove the ba
rouche in which he was riding and
when he left I swiped the flag that dec
orated it. He saw me , but knew that
I took it as a memento. When I met
him 1 this morning I said : 'I'm the man
who swiped the flag in Cleveland. Do
you remember me ? ' He said he did.
and I'm not going to forget him after
this , "
MAX CUTS THROAT AND LIVES.
Cyril Galik Believed ( o Have Been
Driven to Deed by Remorse.
Remorse which followed an extendj
j
ed spree is believed to have been
the cause of Cyril Galik. a Pole , living .
tc i Omaha , attempting to commit sui j
cide at G o'clock Wednesday morning ,
in i his room. He was discovered by a
fellow lodger , lyingon his bed with
his throat cut from e-ir to ear.
was dressed in his underclothes and
blood covered about everything in the -
room , the bed '
clothes and Galik' . "
clothes being drenched with his blood.
Ho was unable to talk , the windpipe
having been partially severed , but by
gestures and the aid of a pencil he
told his name and occupation cabi
net maker. He wan removed to the
Omaha general hospital and attondel
by Police Surgeons Harris and Fitz-
gibbons.
DIES OF BLOOD POISON.
Young Woman of .Lincoln Dies in Chi 1 IF
cago.
Miss Emma Edwards , of Lincoln ,
had trouble with her teeth. She de
cided that she would go to Chicago
and visit her brother and while thor ( >
would have them -pulled and better
ones inserted. Last Tuesday she de pn
parted. Thursday she had a Chica " *
dentist remove four teeth. The next
clay she was afflicted with blood pri
son and died in a hoppltnl rvn'"y " *
night. She was buried at Lincoln * rl
Thursday.
Burkctt Talks at Broken Bow.
Senator Burkett addressed a large '
audience in Broken How at the Tom- 1 ; p
pie theater Wednesday night. He dis "
cussed government ownership of rail- es
roads. .he
an Norn's JoHim ! .
Congressman G. W. Ncrrfo. of Mr- -
Cook , has nrriver' from Wa.chnRrtT !
and has taken up affairs in his district t
with his usual ' \s \ r and painstaking.
SHIPPER RISIv RULE D1SAD.
Provision Knocked Out by Interstate
Coin in ? rcc Com mission.
Omaha shippers had the correct idea
of the " 120 per cent shippers' risk
rule" when it was proposed by the
railroads in western classification ter
ritory , as shown by the report of the
5ro * .titc f""irivrpreo Commission , no-
Mc. " of wliich has just been sent to all
I ? /iembers of the National Industrial
'
; Traffic league.
It was the transportation committee
; ' of the Commercial club of Omaha that
, first descovered the deceptive and innocent -
, nocent looking provision made by the
| j railroad companies and the protest of
;
the Omaha club hastened the matter
, ,
before the interstate commerce com
mission.
This is the rule which the railroads
proposed to enforce :
"No carrier or party in possession of
the . property forwhich commodity rate
Is provided in this tariff shall be liable
for any loss thereof or damage thereto
from causes beyond its control , or by
floods or by fire , or by quarantine ,
floods , riots strikes or stoppage of
labor / , or by leakage , breakage , chaf
ing , crushing- , loss in weight , changes
in j weather heat , frost , wet or decay ,
rust of metals or metallic goods , escape
of bees , live poultry or live fish , tear
ing , cutting or soiling of fjibrics or pa
per in bales or bundles , fermentation
of liquids , chipping of tone or manu
factures thereof , injuries of live ani
mals to themrolves or each other , or
to property carried on open cars.
"Shippers who do not desire to forward
,
ward shipments under above provision
must note on shipping order or bill of
lading 'Carrier's Risk , ' in which case
.
an additional charge of 20 per cent
will be made. "
. When the Omaha shippers read the
| provision they snw nothing but an ad
vance in rates or the shifting of practi
cally all responsibility for shipments
from the carrier to the shipper. They
protested , that if the railroad compa
nies were charging 20 per cent for in
surance , the rate was too high .and if
they simnly wanted to renounce all re-
spoii'-'ibility for merchandise consigned
over their lines , it was not possible to
do so within the law. Anyway they
could look at it they would have to
prove that the damage to shipments
was because of nefflence on the part of
the carrier and that would be hard to
Other commercial clubs took up the
matter and the interstate commerce
commission held that it was a mis
chievous practice for carriers to pub
lish in their tariffs and on their bills
of lading rules and regulations which
ar" misleading , unreasonable or incapable -
capable of literal enforcement in a
court of law , and that a stipulation
that an additional charge of 20 per
cent shall be collected on property that
is shipped not subject to limited lia
bility it ; unreasonable.
BIG FORCES GO TO AVORK.
Action Signifies that Railroads Will
Benin to Spend Their Money.
Official announcement was made at
Omnha Tuesday by Vice President
Mohler that the extension work on the
Ilarriman lineswill begin atonce where
it was stopped several months ago ,
because of the financial unrest.
The announcement will be received
by the west with great satisfaction , for
it practically moans that the financial
finny is all over and that the railroads
will be in to spend their money in the
development of the west. When the
financial depression struck the country
last fall Harriman ordered all new
work in the west to cease at once , and
thousands of men were thrown out of
employment.
Large forces of men are being ship
ped out to North Platte and Cheyenne ,
the first moves will be made.
The North Platte extension from North
Platte to Northport will be built at
enc and the Athol Borie cutoff will
he finished as soon as possible.
The Athol Borie cutoff connects
r'nrr ° n the Denver-Cheyenne line
with Borie on the main line west of
Cheyenne. Work on this line wasp
nearly SO per cent completed when it
\\a 5 5--topped by the orders from Harri-
man. The new line will permit the
Denver traffic to get into Cheyenne
without climbing the Athol hill.
Crop Los * Causes Despondency.
George McAuliffe , living near St
Ma IT , attempted suicide Tuesday. In
fit of despondency he took a razor
and cut a gash in his throat almost
from ear to ear. Dr. C. H. Zeigler
was called and took twelve stitches in
the wound. McAuliffe will get well. .
Tie . is about 30 years of age and has a
wife and child. The man had lost his
fM-op in the flood along the Nemaha
.
river.
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Fanners Hopeful. j
Wo t Point reports weather ideal for
igricultural ! purposes and farmers
y engaged in plowing corn. Crops
ire looking excellent and the corn is
-apidly gaining the grourjd lost. a
.
in Good Condition.
The few days of dry weather have
riven the farmers in "the T/estern part . _
f the state an opportunity to catch up.
The rmall grain will give a large yield.
The corn on an average is in good
'nape.
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Arrested for AssaultingGirls. .
A man /-ivimr the name of Charles
Murphy was nrrested at Beatrice Mon-
Iiy. Hrt is charged with attempt to
Tiult tl'c C-year-old daughter of
mil Pfeifer.
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Much Stock Drowns in Flood.
Tl" * > orts r c iv'd from Cub ere k
it th"t mno'i rt < ' : was drowned in
the "nor' rrar > - - ' ! - : > Sunday. The
' Tty IOFT will brup into the thou
sands.
Pat-dock Jiou-1 Sold.
Mis. Marie Colby , \\ife of Gen. L. W.
olby. has purchased the Paddock ho-
and opera house at Beatrice for in
150,000.
Pr:7c : frr.ri Other States.
When the premium list for the Na-
'iVnal Corn Exhibition is issued it willet
ot only show some ? 50.GOO in regular ty
vcmiumc. but many subscribed by en-
"lUFifiFtir grain growers , manufactur six
: and stock breeders in all parts of to
United States. the
Pioneer Dead.
John Lampe. an ared and highly re-
-pcrted citizen of West Point and a
rir.neer sett ! * r cf Cumins county , died
the family horr.o n Sunday morn' its'
tal
The state , board of a
. Thursday discussed a resolution'isitro-
' duced by Secretary of Stfcto , Jiinkia tc *
. apportion the'roMing stock t > nd lntarnl-j
' Ible property of raifreads irt the same ?
ratl as the -tangible property is" aj5-f
poEtJonfed. That * is the franchise. an&
rolling stookT will apjiostgmea ao-
to the various lines aod > ot
to the systems. * InsteaJ o
the'.fesol-utron tl boartk referred - ?
ferrod to it the attorney general for
an ap.inkm as to Its legality , there Be
ing B finequostion abcJut it. The.ter-
natnl tax law provides t e rollSngr
stock' and fanchie shaiU be apfcor-
Koaed' oh a mileage/basis o er thc system -
tem ani the Bo'ard is not * ure thaifc
can b opgortfoned aootjrdfcng t6 the
Unea'whicfi go * io make up ; the sys-
fedro. The adoption orjrejc lon of the-
fesoluti < Hi wilt janako.considerable dif-
ferenca rn the'operation ot. the tarmi- .
pal taxi Thejboard formally adopted"
the ftjyu5 5 recently published showing :
the value of the various roads.
* * *
Sectary Mellor's face assumes a
broad smile whenever the coming-
state fair , Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 , as men
tioned. He says he exhibitors are-
coming in all departments in such *
numbers that he can now assert posi
tively that the 1908 fair will eclipse alfl
former great fairs held in Nebraska.
Applications in the lu > rse and swine-
departments are now up to the present - <
ent accommodations- large new *
cattle barn just complefed will field ;
63(5 ( head of the finest show cattle irJ
the United States. Application for-
space for county exhibits in Agricul
tural hall is being ? recclve.d. The ed
ucational department will occupy as
new building and will be the beat ed
ucational exhibit shown in any state-
in the union during the year 1908.
* * *
The anti-pass law is now before the-
the supreme court. The case came up *
from Platte county , where Dr. Mortyn <
was given an annual pass , he being- ;
local surgeon employed by the Union-
Pacific. In the Tower court the rail
road won out. It is the contention of ;
the state presented to the court
Edson Rich , that the pass was
fo the surgeon for services rendered"1
and there was not. a free p'lass. TTie'
state's case was presented by County-
Attorney Hensley , ' of Pla'tte county
and John J. Sullivan , special pros'ecn-
"tor. They insisted that except 4n the-
cases mentkmed in the law every , one-
must pay 2 cents a mile for" traveling1 :
In Nebraska.
* * i
Theboard _ of public lands and build-t
ings held another meeting Thursday
on the matter of employment of con-j
victs at the state penitentiary. Thet
board unanimously agreed again that
the Lee Broom and Duster company ;
cannot get the convicts for less than *
75 * cents a day each. The board bas
net received any offer for the prison-i
ers , but it believes it is to the best in
terest of the state not to sell their la
bor for 50 cents a day , especially wheru
the state furnishes the power to rum
the broorr , factory , the heat and lisrbt
and the buildings used by the coi.
pany.
* * *
. J. M. Dunbar , of Kansas City , says-
he . Is going to do some business in Ne
braska , right away. A letter was re
ceived . from him Tuesday by the secre
tary of state saying he intends to build ,
a railroad , beginning at Benkelmarr
and then running into Kansas and Col
orado. He requested that the corpo-
rttion laws of the state be sent him.
* * *
The railway commission has handefi'
,
down Its decisions in the cases of the-
York Commercial club against the-
Burlington and Northwestern roads , ,
ordering the two roads to construct a
joint transfer switch connecting the-
two roads and refusing an order In the-
application for a track scale of tho-
aS
Northwestern.
* * *
. W. M. Wheeler , a deputy oil inspec
tor , was in " Lincoln Thursday to cojifer-
with , the "chief Inspector , A. B. Alien.
Mr. V Wheeler with his family went
from there to South Omaha to bet
present at the marriage of his cousin
Perry . McDowell Wheeler , principal' OL
the South Omaha high school , to Miss
Florence Campbell.
* * *
Gov. and Mrs. Sheldon entertained ?
fourteen young women students o2"
Knox college Thursday. The occasion-
was in honor of Miss Statts , who is =
guest of Mrs. Sheldon while here at
tending the meeting of the Delta Tau
Delta. All the girls from Illinois were-
at , the luncheon. Miss Statts is frona
Mommouth , Mrs. Sheldon's old home.
* * *
Adjt. Gen. Charles F. Schwartz i
negotiating for a five-year lease with }
the option of buying a tract of 13O
acr s lying along the Platte river two
miles north of Ashland , to be' used as
permanent rifle range for the National -
tional Guird of Nebraska.
* * *
Albert E. Stadler , a leading farmeir
and representative of Richardson-
county in the last legislature ; commit
ted suicide by drinking carbolic acia
his home Thursday. Ill health an < 3
loss from flooded farm land are sup-.1
posed to be the primary causes of the
dead.
The supreme court has granted SL
mandamus to run against the city1
council of Schuyler to compel that
body to cancel five liquor licenses
pending an appeal to the district cour'
which the action of the council m
granting the licenses is attacked.
The report of the secretary to the ,
board of regents of the stateuniversi - *
showing the receipts and expendi
tures of the institution for a period of >
months from November 30 1907
May 31 , 191OS , has been filed with
governor. jl
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/'I /
The Omaha Independent Long Dis-L
tance Telephone company paid the
state ' $5,003 for the privilege of filing ;
its'articles of incorporation , the
stock being ? 10,00 < 3ooo.