Nebraska
Legislature
An emergency appropriation meas
ure in the house of the finance com
mittee provides for an appropriation
of $600 at once to tide Gov. Shallen-
berger over until the regular appro
priations are available and to prevent ,
HS the author says , the executive going
Into his own pocket to pay his incident
al expenses and those of the office.
Clark look occasion to point out that
the retiring governor had been liber
ally provided with funds for the bien-
nSum and had spent it all before he
stepped down -and out. leaving the in
coming governor poverty stricken and
the end of the biennium still ten weeks
away. Mr. Clark said he would ask to
have the rules suspended and the bill
advanced and passed so that the execu
tive wheels can roll smoothly on for a
while.
Clark would have the legislature ap
propriate $275 for books , stationery ,
telephone bills , etc. . in the office of the
go\ernor , $100 for the contingent fund ,
and $225 for the maintenance of the
governor's mansion and servant hire.
This is to last until'the biennial appro
priation is available. It takes the
place of the
ordinary deficiency ap
propriation that is passed for almost
all the offices and "state institutions.
* * *
Senator Ollis got in again Tuesday.
He would abolish the office of county
assessor in all counties with a popu
lation under 20.000. He would also
change the salaries of these officials
so that in counties with a population
of 20,000 to 30,000 he may receive
J700. in counties of 30,000 to 50,000 not
more than $ SOO. in counties of f.0.000
to 100.000 not more than § 1,800. and
in counties of 100,000 or more not to
exceed $2.400. One of the problems
to be figured out is hov the law. if
passed , will get rid of the county as
sessors .elected in 1907 for foui-year
terms. They were se'ected under the
revenue law passed in the legislature
in 1.905 and can hardly , it is said , be
legislated out of office by the present
legislature.
r * *
Pygland of Boone would have the
state engage "i the business of manu
facturing aJng lines that were consid
ered last summer when the state board
had the split with the contractor at
the pententiary over wages to be
yaid tre convicts. Mr. Bygland has in-
) du-ed a bill providing- that the state
sluil' manufacture binding twine at the
peritentiary using convict labor for the
factory. He asks that $50.000 be ap
propriated to equip a factory with nec
essary machinery and that $150.000
be set aside for running expenses and
operating expenses. This latter sum
he would have spent for nothing but
raw material and such help as is need
ed outside of convicts. To secure this
appropriation the bill authorizes the
issuance of $200.000 in bonds , to run
ten years , with an option of payment
after two years , and to bear 3 per cent
interest. The bonds are to be bought
out of the permanent school fund , and
the profits of the factory are to be used
to wipe out the bond issue. The use of
convict labor by the state itself instead
of hiring them out. has been a ques
tion of legislative debate for many
The State Senate.
The senate met Tuesday in the fore
noon after a three-day adjournment
o\er Sunday. Little was done other
than to introduce new bills and have
them read. Several ot these bills
caused some interest. That of Senator
Bartos of Saline county asking for a
committee to consider the advisability
of moving the state capital to Kear
ney since the present capitol is too far
east and the present building is in
bad state of repair. He picks on Kear
ney , not because it last session landed
IL normal school , but because it is of
ten spoken of as "the hub of the na
tion. " His resolution went over one
day under the rules , and will be con
sidered if lie calls it up.
Between them , Ollis of Valley and
Donahoe of Holt worked out a revised
primary law that will make politics un
known in the race for certain offices ,
and will make all primaries open , elim
inating the embarrassing situation of
it a man having to state his politics be
fore he can vote. . Xo discussions took
place in the senate. Oratory is on the
wane after the spasmodic effort of a
week ago.
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House Proceedings.
The house met ofter the week-end
YTujournment at 2:30 Tuesday and took
up routine business. The bills intro
l ! duced Friday morning were read the
second time and referred.
1 Clark's two appropriation bills for
the session , the one for $20,000 for in
Bi cidental expenses and the other for
$80,000.for salaries of members and
employes , were taken up. They had
by agreement never been referred to a
committee , but had come up for third
reading as soon as printed. Until these
two bills , have been passed by both
houses and signed by the governor it
will be impossible for either members
or employes to be paid , or to have
incidental expenses settled. Neither
bill received a negative vote in the
house. In amounts they are the same
as the appropriations made last ses
sion.
sion.Wilson
Wilson moved that 1,000 copies of
his banking bill be printed for distri
bution. Already a resolution had been
passed authorizing 500 copies of- the
bill. He said that he had so many
calls for the document that he feared
they could not be supplied. Taylor ot
Custer opposed , saying that particular
attention would be given to two
pledges of the party , the bank guaran
ty. , and physical valuation of railroads.
J5e understood that whatevel- bill was
j&hally framed which had a chance of
//passage would be the work of joint
committee work. He did not think
' copies should be strewn .broadcast
throughout the land until something
more definite had been accomplished.
Other members , both democratic and
republican , favored the larger number
printed , and the resolution passed.
The G. A. R. post of Elm wood peti
y tioned the legislature to loo& with fa
vor on the bill to appiopriite funds
for the erection of a monument to
Abraham Lincoln. Thy pointed out
in the memorial that they had sub
"i scribed liberally and hoped the bill
would receive favouble attention. The
petition wns adopted as a resolution.
All bills up to and including No. 91
were read the second time , sent to
committees , and ordered printed.
Twelve new bills were introduced and
advanced to lirs-t reading. The house
adjourned at 4 o'clock until Wednes
day at 10 o'clock. Xo bills except the
legislative appropriation have been
read the third time , or have been re
ported from committee. Clark of Rich
ardson gave notice that he would ask
to have an emergency bill just intro
duced advanced to third reading and
passage without waiting the three days
or having it referred to a committee.
He intimated that the emergency was
great indeed.
* * *
It was a woman who first signed her
name on the lobby record in the office
of Secretary of State Junkin. Mrs.
ranees B. Heatd , of Osceola , lobbying
for the cause of "temperance and re
form , " as shu puts it , was recorded
'Vednesday. She represents the. wom
an's Christian Temperance union ,
which has headquarters in the Farm
ers' Siiid Merchants' building in Lin-
coir. .
The ice having been broken by a
woman , the register soon bore the
names ot Edson iiich. attorney for the
L'nion Pacific railroad , ana C. C.
Wright , attorney for the Chicago and
Northwestern road. The three are
registered as required by the antilob-
by law adopted by the last legislature.
A 4 A
Col. P. G. Cooper , , J. M. Brner , Rep
resentatives Chase and J. E. Porter
of Crawford ; Senator J. E. Meyers and
Col. John ( . ; . "llaher called on Gen.
Hartigan Wednesday and the claims
of Cra\\ford for Uie next encampment
of the Xational Guard.
King of Polk ha's .introduced S. F.
Xo. Hi I. This measure provides that
in all cases where a person is con
victed of a crime other than murder
the district court before whom the
trial is iuui shall make inquiry as to
the age.helher or not this is the
first olieiu-e. If , after full investigation ,
the judge believes that the one for
uhich the defendant has been convict
ed is the lir.st olt'eiuse and that no other
crime will be committed , he may sus
pend further proceedings and parole 01 *
allow tiie defendant lii.s liberty on bail
Irom t'-nii to term. The whole time of
the parole. ho\e\er , must be as long
as the maximum sentence provided for
the crime of which defendant has been
coin icted.
At the end of this time the action
against tin defendant may be dis
missed. Shutiid the parole be violated
or other crime committed the court
ma\ order the real-rest of the offender
ami hi. ; sentence may be pronounced
by the court in v. hich he was found
guilty.
M * *
Both houses of the legislature ad
journed before noon Wednesday to rest
up tor a trip to th state farm in the
alternoon. They had been invited by
the managers of'the faini. by the re
gents and byV. . It. Mellor. secretary
of the state board of agriculture to
take the trip and see what they \\ere
supporting with their good money lor
the aid of agricultural communities.
About 100 of the posMble 1X3 members
of the t\\o houses availed themselves
of the chance and took the trip.
f. i : f
Wilson's bill for testing those undei
sentence of death to see if they may
be insane , and providing the method of
this examination directly affects the
proceedings \\hen Curker. ofVeb -
ster county , was tried for insanity in
Lancaster county , and a dispute arose
over \\ln > should pay the bill. Wilson's
bill provides that the superintendents
of the three asylums , Lincoln. Hastings
and . \orfoll : . shall be the commission
to examine into the canity of the con
victed criminal. The cost of such ex
amination is to be borne by the county
in which the accused was tried and
convicted. When Barker was tried on
the insanity charge the trial took place
in Lancaster county , although the con
demned man was convicted in Webster
county. Lancaster county had no par
ticular interest in the case more than
any other county in Which a crime had
n < t been committed.
* *
Chief Clerk Cone , of the house , fail
ed in obtaining cash from the state
treasury to pay for stamps allowed
daily by the house to representatives.
He had obtained the consent of State
Auditor liarton to draw a warrant for
the money , but State Treasurer Brian
said he never had and never would
countersign a warrant on the state
treasury when no appropriation had
been made by the legislature back of
it. The house provided for stamps by
resolution , but a resolution does not
suspend the constitution so far as the
state treasurer is concerned.
* *
The senate listened with interest to
the reading of .S. F. 131. by King , of
Polk , a bill introduced for the pur
pose of enforcing the Lincoln system
of saloon regulation. "The bill makes
it unlawful for any one to sell or give
away intoxicating liquors between the
hours of 7 p. in. and 7 a. m. . or any
time on Sundays or election days , in
cluding primai y elections. The pen
alty is a fine of $100 or revocation of
the saloon keepers' license.
* * *
Urown. of Lancaster , put in a bill
providing an emergency appropriation
for the ho ; ie for the friendless at Lin
coln. He asked that $ -i , . " 00 be appro
priated to run the institution unril
April 1 is reached and the next bien-
nium's appropriation is made. This
bill is of the same nature as the one
providing for appropriation for Gov.
Shallenberger's office and mansion ex
pense because the appropriation made
to last through the biennium was well
nigh exhausted when the new governor
arrived to take his seat.
Exclusive to the I.nnt.
An instance of exclusiveness main *
rained under difficulties is reported
from the ladies' cabin of an Atlantic
liner. All wore sick except one lady
find a cat. which wandered uneasily
about. The lady ventured to stroke
the cat , remarking. "I'oor pussy. " Th
tat \vas inclined to respond and elevat
ed its tail in token of good will , when
from a neighboring berth "ame in
; -hoking tones the word's. "Excuse me ,
that is a private cat ! " Argonaut.
Privileged.
"O , but wasn't Tennyson a great popt ! "
"You bet ! lie could violate every rule
of rhyme or rhythm without being called
down for it. "
IN IHE 1111
Cost of Alaintenzrtce $7 < iooo Out
side of President Roosevelt's
Salary.
BILL WAS $10,000 IN 1885.
Expenses of Chief Executive , Except
Board Bill and Clothing- , Borne
by the Government.
Washington correspondence :
VERY four years a
"suggestion" origin-
a t e s somewhere
that the $ .10,000
per annum paid by
Uncle Sam to the
chief magistrate Is
inadequate ; that
the salary should
be increased to
$100,000. President
Roosevelt , n o w
to retire , advocates
doubling the pres
ent stipend. Will
iam J. Bryan , who
has had three shots
at the White Hou e bull's-eye and
missed them all , combating the Presi
dent's view , declares that $ r > 0.000 a
year is ample.
The expenses attached to the White
House have enormously increased dur
ing the past twenty years , and perhaps
the greatest increase ha * booh witness
ed during the Roosevelt administra
tion. By this is meant the expenses
that Congress pays have jumped from
$10.000 in ISSTi to $ : > 3.000 in 1000. ex
clusive of an appropriation of $2f ,000
for traveling expenses. The total ex
penses of the President's home and
other expenses amount this year to
$78.000. as compared with S10.COO in
ISSo. This is in addition to the $30,000
salary.
Prior to 1873 the salary of the Pres
ident wts : $25.000 a year. It was in
creased in that year. Andrew Johnson
retired from the Presidency with a
comfortable estate , and there was
never a suspicion that ho made a dollar
lar except legitimately , lie saved from
his salary , which was only half of
what William II. Taft will receive.
Practically every expense , except his
board bill and tailor , is borne by the
government. For ordinary care , repair
and furnishing at the White House
and for the "purchase , maintenance
and driving of horses and ve'iicies for
official purposes" the sum of $33,000
was appropriated for the current fiscal
year. This estimate is made for 1010.
and in addition an estimate is made of
$13.000 for interior decorations , etc. ,
which will be enjoyed by the Tafts.
What the Government Furni.she.s.
The government heats the White
House at an annual cost of $ b'.000. It
provides greenhouses at a cost of
$0.000 a year , in addition ( o annual re
pairs and improvements amounting frequently -
quently to $ . " . .000 or $4.000 additional.
It pays $23.000 for the traveling ex
penses of the President , his family and
any persons he may choose to take
with him when ho travels about the
country. It pays for the lighting of
the White House and grounds , at an
annual cost of about $20,000. a part
of rhis money being taken from the
revenues of the District of Columbia.
The government pays the salaries of
the President's secretaries , all the
clerks ami White House officials. It
pays the expenses of most of the house
hold servants.
In addition to the breakfasts , din
ners and luncheons which come with
daily regularity , the President gives
about three state dinners in the course
of the season , one each to the cabinet ,
Supreme Court and diplomatic corps ,
lie must pay for these dinners from
his own pocket , and frequently is call
ed npon for similar functions for the
entertainment of distinguished guests
of the nation.
When a President leaves the White
House and goes upon a journey all the
expenses of the trip are paid from the
traveling fund of $23.000. The Presi
dent's only expense is the amount
which he may give in tips. When a
President has a summer home and
spends part of the year away from
the White House the expense which
he must boar is necessarily increased.
Other Onic-tnls' Pcr iii .ile.s.
The Vice President receives SI2.000
a year , but practically no perquisites ,
not even house renl. The cabinet of
ficers receive the same stipend , but
they get carriages free and a few other
minor perquisites. The Chief Justice
of th'e Supreme Court receives $13.000
a year : the Speaker of the House
$12.000 , together with mileage and the
ustia'l perquisites of a Congressman.
Byarefnl economy cabinet officers
can live within their $12.000 a year ,
provided they do not engage ton ex
pensive ? a house in Washington. The
Supreme Court Justices are able < <
save qulite a penny , but that is beu a
they arie not expected t' > entertain
quite asjmuch as members of the cih/
The flush ut the Capital.
And still we read of slaps , Roosevelt-
ian and congressional..Milwaukee Senti
nel.
Now it is the Senate nnd the President ,
and it begins to look as if the fight would
this time beallowed to proc ed beyoud
the skirmish line. Providence Bulletin.
When it comes to a row bet\\eeu the
present Congress aud the President , we
can only say , as the old woman did ' 'go
it husband ; o it , b'ar. " Augusta Chrou-
icle.
Anyhow , it would be cheaper to pay the
President $100,000 a year than to undo--
take compensating him on the basis of his
l-Uniry output at $1 a word. Washington -
ton Times.
President Roosevelt stoutly resents Hie
assumption by Congress that usurping the
functions of a co-ordinate branch of the
government is a game two may play at.
Kansas City Journal.
Forecast for Washington : Area of high
pressure includes both Senate and llonse
wings of the capitol , moving in a north
westerly direction. indicating severe
storms in the vicinity of the While
Tfouse. Houston Post.
Reaction in f'hiiin.
It looks as if the Chinese government
were being really run by that . ' { -year-old
emperor. Cleveland Leader.
Fortunately for Kuan Shi-Kai. having
the rheumatism in only one leg isn't a
capital offense in China. Toledo Blade.
The Chines" premier has been dismiss
ed because he has * "rheumatism in the leg"
and progressive ideas in his head.
Atlanta Journal.
It no doubt was because he had pro
gress ! vism rather than rheumatism that
caused the removal of Yuan Shi-Kai from
the Chinese army. Milwaukee Sentinel.
In removing from office Gen. Yuan Shi-
Kai. the Chinese regent explains that he
retired because of "rheumatism in the
leg. " Chinese diplomacy evidently con
sists in being able to tell lies that yon
don't expect anyone to believe. Augusta
Chronicle.
The Secret Service.
The secret service is becoming almost a
misnomer. Indianapolis Star.
Congress is greatly handicapped by not
having a single battalion of niglithawk de
tectives. Baltimore Sun.
It appears that Mr. Roosevelt has found
some of the secrets of the secret service
too good to keep. Galves > ton News.
"Dementia graftiana' ' may be added to
the alienists' vocabulary by the secret
service investigators. Washington Star.
Wouldn't it be dreadful if all our pub
lic servants lived in terror of a secret
service espionage ? Cleveland Plai : :
Dealer.
The President's declaration that no
honest man need have any fear of detec
tives should have a soothing influence on
Congress. Toledo Blade.
liat Jii > , OOO , < > ( )0 Fine.
The $20,000.000 fine need not be paid.
P nt how about those lawyers ? Augusta
Chronicle.
The $20.000,000 fine will not be paid.
The price of oil will remain the same.
Brooklyn lOagle.
Blessed be the courts. Paragraphers
can now quit collecting that $2,000.000 ! )
j I fine. Cleveland Leader.
John D. seems to have been right when
he said it would be a long time before
that $20,000,000 was paid. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Standard Oil business men may be for
getful about some things , but they are
not so careless as to mislay $20.000.000.
Washington Star.
That $20.240,000 fine will doubtless
hold the record for some time to come ,
and. inasmuch as it will not have to be
paid , the Standard's attorneys can point
to it with pride. Toledo Blade.
Stick : vs. Pitchfork.
When the big stick meets the pitch-
1 fork everybody wants a front seat.
Cleveland Leader.
j Senator Tillmau has discovered that
! Archbold is not the only man with dyna
mite iu his letter files. Washington Star.
' The secret service man vho trailed
Senator Tillman must have been either
very brave or very careful. Baltimore
Sun.
j When they place secret service men on
i old Ben Tillmau's trail they are pressing
| pretty hard against some sharp fork tines.
j Detroit News-Tribune.
j In selecting Senator Tillman to sick
! the secret service npon , Mr. Roosevelt has
! evidently not sought to rough-ride it over
smooth road. Augusta Chronicle.
Mark Twain Incorporated.
Mark Twain has become a corporation ,
i but he will generously be allowed to reg
ulate himself. Atlanta Journal.
Here's hoping that Mark Twain , now
that he is capitalized , will continue to
have that funny feeling. Buffalo Times.
The incorporation of Mark Twain is
under suspicion as a first step toward
monopolizing the funny business. Butte
"
Miner. -
"Mark Twain. Incorporated. " is all well
enough , but everybody hopes it may never
become "Mark Twain. Limited. " Wash
ington Times.
If Mark Twain has capitali d himself
at what the lest of us think of him. he
has the capitalization of the steel trust
beaten to a frazzle. Washington 1'ost.
Mark Twain has organized a corpora
tion to handle his humor but it became
a rather mechanical , businesslike contrap
tion. this humor of his. some rime ago.-
News.
Xis lit School In Prison.
At Trenton. N. J. . ; ho night school for
/ onvicts wns opened in the State prison.
Almost every convict ask'-d to be en
rolled and many of them werp u-ed as
resistant instructor- ; . The woik is ex
pected to help the men to reform and
start a new life when they emerge
OMME-NT
Without , the knowledge or consent of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
its collected data concerning the larg
est stock holdings in all the leading
railroad systems of the country was
published in Wall street news clips , ap
parently based on the figures for lf)0 ) < J.
One of the striking features of the
lists is the showing that E. II. Harriman -
man is far the largest individual stock
holder , with it total of $110.000.000
shares of the common and. preferred
stocks of the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific. His interests in other
roads do not stand in his own name ,
and , similarly , the interests of Morgan ,
the Yandorbilts and other big opera
tors are represented by dummy hold
ers or by business partners. IT. C.
Frlck appears as the largest single
stockholder in the Pennsylvania Rail-
roadvwith $4,320.000.
During the last fiscal year ending
June P,0 the United States forest ser
vice issued to sot tiers in the neighbor
hood of national forests In Western
Slates over 30.000 "free use" permits ,
under which the settlers received free
about 204.000 cords of fire wood , posts ,
poles and sawlogs. worth $100,320. The
different States also received for school
and road purposes 2. per cent of the
income from the national forests ,
amounting last year to $447.0(54. ( The
direct return to the States in lieu of
taxes on the 147.000.000 acres , the esti
mated area of unpatentod land in the
national forests , amounted in the last
year to $ ii ; < ; . . ,84 in cash and "free use"
timber.
The attempt of the government to
punish lynchors by invoking the rights
of colored citizens contained in the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu
tion , failed when the Supreme Court
dismissed the test ca o against Robert
Powell , who with four other members
of . ! mob that stormed a jail : .t Ilnnts-
villo. Ala. , in 11)04. ) and lynched llor-
aee Marble * , a negro accused of mur
dering a white man. Powell fas in
dicted for conspiracy to deprive Mar-
blio * of his right of trial by iury. but
the judire said there was no offense
under the law. and the irovernment ap
pealed. The Supreme Court bases its
decision on that in the whitcapping
case's last yoar.
The report of the commissi > nor gen
eral of immigration for the last fiscal
year shows a decrease of . ' 50 per cent
in immigration , the total number of
now comers being 7S2.S70. Of those
admitted 177.203 could neither read
nor Avrito. and the bulk of them came
from Southern and Eastern Europe.
They brought with them a total of
$17.704.220. an average of $23 a per
son. On account of physical defects
2.00G aliens were rejected. 370 on ac
count of mental defects and 311 on ac
count of moral defects. In the yeiu
1.032 contract laborers were rejected.
Ono of the most interesting features
recently negotiated b\
of the treaty
OTJR LYNCHINGS.
Record of 1908 Greater than That
of Last Year.
The lynching record for 100S shows
that the practice of talcing summary
of certain
guilty
vengeance on persons
forms of crime is increasing rather
than diminishing. The figures for the
twelve months beginning Jan. 1 , 100S ,
are larger than for several years past.
Thousu the most of the lynchiugs oc
curred in the South , they were not con
fined to that section by any means.
Springfield. 111. , was the scene of
riot of the year , resulting
the -reatest race
sulting in the lynching of two negroes
and wounding of a
and the killing
who participated in
number of citizens
the riots that lasted several days. Of
the other Northern States , one lynch-
, while California
inis recorded for Indiana
fornia furnished the only lynching in
the far West.
Mississippi. Georgia and Texas , in
the greatest
the order named , furnished
est number. A quadruple lynching in
Kentucky increased the figures in that
years. The
St'tte over those of previous
record of Texas for 1008 was six-fold
-reater than in 1007. In Arkansas ,
Xlabama and Louisiana there were few
er lynching * than in 1907. Oklahoma
clean slate and so do Maryland
* ho\vs a
land Missouri , Iowa and Nebraska , in
all O'f which States lynchiugs occurred
in 1907.
The lynchings for 100S total SO. This
numbers exclusive of several who met
death while being pursued by posses
or resisting arrest. Of the victims. SS
were negroes and 4 were white men.
Messlnn.
Temporary
To Build
authorities are
military
'Che Italian
said to have decided to build a tempv
r-irv city of wooden buildings on the plain
mile to the south of the earthquake-
a
ruined city. In the Italian Parliament
the president of the Chamber rev.owed .
the national calamity and Pi-rimer C.io-
litti presented a law to regulate the
changed conditions in the earthquake zone.
% ed thanks for tV quick re-
sMonse of the entire worlu m -t dm ;
help Giolitti declared that both M
and Rezzio would be rebuilt.
A
Secretary Root and Ambassador I'.ryce
ut Washington is an agreement Jo reg
ulate the use of water at Niagara Falls
for industrial purposes so as not to dis
turb the scenic be.uity. The IKsis is
that the United States shnll tse not
more than 20.000 cubic feet of water a
second to develop i'W.OOO horse power ,
and that the limit on the Canadian
side shall be 30,000 cubic feet to de
velop 42r , CK)0 ) horse power. This must
be ratified by the Canadian Parlia
ment.
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Secretary Root has signed arlutra-
iou treaties with Ecuador. Bolivia and
Haiti. Secretary Root hopes soon to
sign with Ambassador Bryee a treaty
for the reference to The Hague tribu-
ial of disputed questions affect in : : the
Newfoundland fisheries , for thrvrtle -
nent of pecuniary claims , and f > r the-
uutual uses of the boundary water
ways.
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The United States Supreme Cr.irt
decided in the case of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad against the Lara bee
Flour Mills Company , that a state
ourt may compel a railroad to per
form its duty as a common carrier and
desist from discriminations , thi af-
tirminir the decision of the ICansa- ? Su
preme Court.
A remonstrance against furMr.'r in
crease of the United States ni"y has
been sent to Congress by the Bjird : of
Directors of the American Po ice Soci
ety. It was signed on behalf of the
board by Robert Treat Paine , presi
dent , and Benjamin A. Tnwbliod. sec
retary of the society.
An order issued by the Sefr-lary of
the Interior is of considerable interest
to persons now taking up lanri on the
Truckee-'arson ( irrigation pr ivt in ,
Nevada. By the new order prs - . ' - < may
live within fifty miles of th.-ir I rd as
auainst the old requirement tlu t they
live within twenty miles.
_ _ . . , _
The Geographical Survey ha = roiu-ts ;
showing that the production of coal in
T.lOS fell off from 1. to 2u per cent
from that of the previous year. In
1007 it reached the record total of 401-
3H3.424 tons , of which sr .004..12 tons
were anthracite.
_ _ -
The first and most picturesque of
the official White House romv'i.ms of
the season was that given in honor of
the diplomatic oorp * . Diplomatic , of
ficial and social Washington ns pres
ent in large numbers.
_ * _ "
Mail carriers on rural routes are to-
of each
set a holiday on Christmas
year if a resolution introduced in the
House by Representative Burnett of'
Alabama is adopted by Congress.
_ _ _ _
Hussein Kia/.im Bey. the first am
bassador appointed by the Turkis'i gov
ernment to the United States , has ar
rived in Washington.
tle )
Ciurce ) ! ) #
About 1,800 young people ,
from three church societies of Cleveland ,
Ohio. , representing 11,000 people , tinder
the direction of Rev. F. B. Waii ice of
tJie East End Baptist church , pledged
themselves to live for at least two weeks-
as they believed Jesus would live in their
respective positions were He on earth.
The advice given by the pastor was as
follows : "Be honest in your religion and
in your business and social relations.
Jesus was a manly man. When yon meet
a friend shake hands like a man. netlike
like a giraffe. Jecns allowed no = hoddy
work in his carpenter shop. Allow none
in your business. Be gentleman and la
dies. Do not be loafers , riot to work.
( Jet to work on time. Read the Bible.
Pray. Be sunny. Bring .siiiish : : : . * into-
the lives of others. "
Rev. C. W. Ileixer of the Ith. ; M ( X.
Y. ) Unitarian church ha- > btin -i . 'ries
of Sunday night free entert.i.in'ntg
financed by the Law and Order L-.jne in
a local theater. The object is ' - > give
pleasure and occupation to : ion--sirch- !
Koers and to help the liquor : " : : to en
force the Sunday closing.
Owing to the dificultie ! > 5nfo which St.
Mary's academy and the SKiIIr in
stitute of Nauvoo. 111. , liuv fallen
through the troubles of 1 * . J. M' - n"s
Fidelity Funding Company of N . . - York ,
the Mormon church may reg.iin ; > 3-ses-
sion of 'the ' property whioli was f .rmerly
owned by the founders of thu fjit.li.
The church P in the Ha'.viiijKi i-.itnd
number 101. and the membership - ; ; . : > , ' ) : { ,
hut the accessions last y.vir v . , only
. " > fl."i less than D per cent.
Dr. Carter , bishop of I'retorlt. lic. ac
cording to a Renter telegram. .t---pted
the archbishopric of Cape Town. r'fercd
vacant six months ago by i\\-- \ ; -rh oE
Dr. We > t Jones.
Gyp -y Smith lias been 'o-i- ! - ovax-
Cf-listic services in St. Louis. T ! : nioet-
iim have be-'n held in th : ' ura ,
which has a siaii. . : ; rinu\
persons , ar.d th > * MJ MM < l
meeting are
