TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1D07.
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KURSE CETS THE BIG MONEY
Ma Horn Rewards Woman Who Gave
Her Care.
KOitHWESHaSTEDADS EARN DIGS
Makes Foir TlnM as Much from
Stnte Bnalnms la Jnly tram
Inlrntlnlr notiam -Travelers
Pleased.
MXCOI-.V, Sept. 23.-8peelal.) Mrs. A.
M. Slievallcr, wife of tho local baggage
agent af the J'orthwestem. haa fallen heir
' t the lioo.ooo left by Mrs. Holen A. Horn,
whi died Jat Thursday. Mrs. Horn lived
alone and cared for hej property and re
tk '',n,IJ, became 111. Mrs. Bhevaller, who tbi
her constant friend, took her to her own
home and nursed her. When the will was
t opened It waa found the good Samaritan
i had been left tho entire fortune, estimated
I at $100,000, consisting of two buildings In
j the business part of Lincoln, two farms and
a home here. Mra. Horn haa a slater living
In New York. She was married. It Is said.
I five times, thai last venture being to a man
1 In St. Louis, who robbed her of $500 and
left her. She was divorced from him.
Sheldon to Omaha.
Oovernor Sheldon went to Omaha today
to attend the Masonic meeting. He will
return tonight, G. D. Bennett, secretary of
the Btate Board of Equalization, Is also In
Omaha for the same purpose.
The Travelers' Protective Association haa
filed a communication with the railroad
commission In which the organization ex
pressea satisfaction with the recent change
on the Union Pacific whereby the fast
tralna aro opened for local travel.
iorth western's Earnings.
A statement of Nebraska earnlnga of the
Northwestern road for July shows the
money received from state business to be
t2S.977.37, and from 'Interstate business In
Nebraska 16.956 .82, or a total for the montb
from, passenger business of t35.934.ZS.
Itrvan Has Returned.
W. J. Hrj on and Mrs. Bryan returned to
day from their western trip.
Doctor Sets Good Example.
Eddie Wright, aged t years, waa struck
by an automobile driven by Dr. Borglum
of Bprague this morning and slightly In
jured. Dr. Borglum picked the boy up and
took his home, and after treating his In
juries, left his name and address with the
child's 'mother and promised to call up
later by telephone to know the little one'a
condition. The action of Dr. Borglum In
looking after hJa own Injured was so differ
ent from most automobile ownera In Lin
coln as to create considerable favorable
comment. Dr. Borglum was formerly police
surgeon of Omaha, where he made a good
reputation extending first aid to the In
jured. , i
EXETEtt DOKS MUCH Ilt'ILDIVVl
I'M bile and Private Improvements
Under Way.
KXKTKR. Neb., Sept. 23. (Special.)
Contructs hae been let for an up-to-date
system of water- workaclty hall and Jail
and a franchise grunted private parties for
furnishing electrlo light and power serv
ice. In addition to these, contracts have
been let for nine brick business buildings.
Exeter has spent more than $50,000 In
schools, churches and other public Im
provemcnts'durlng the last couple of years
and the amount will be doubled In tho next
two. The town needs more people to han
dle the work, better facilities for housing
and foedlng them and the men to do the
Fork .and.thejvprjie.il,, to, help. It is short
-in restaurants, roonilng houses, furniture,
"Vliardware, and reieeds an up-to-date gro
cery. Only h, single meat market handles
the business of some 4,000 people, and
herds help. .'
Nehavrkn's Social Pair.
NEHAWKA. Neb.. Sept. 23.-(8peolal.)
The third agricultural and social fair
at Nolyiwka closed today and was a de
cided success. Owing to late frosts the dis
play of fruits was not up to former years,
but m other lines It exceeded former dls
playa. That of corn was better than that
at the state fair. The horse show waa
particularly fine, and consisted of work,
driving, tiding and fancy blooded horses.
Individual displays were made by several
of the business men, that of F. P. Shel
don being noticeable, consisting of some
$1,000 wqrth of bottled and canned goods.
He also had three demonstrators at work
making biscuit and coffee, and cooking
wheat hearts, a Nebraska product.
No fakirs, games of chance nor any
gambling device was allowed on the
grounds. No entrance fee was charged for
Individual exhibits. The whole expense of
the fall; waa borne by private subscription.
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Get a can of jap-a-lac
today, and sec for your
self how wonderfully it
will rejuvenate an old
.chair, or in fact any
piece cf furniture that
is marred and scratched.
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pt. Jap-e-Uo, any color lo
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1 pt. Jap-a-lau. any color
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v.itulsl.M ana liruslkM.
SHERMAN & McCONKELL 0RU6 CO.
Career 18tU and Dodge Streets,
OWL DRU6
, Corner lGta and Harney Streets.
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The sttendancs was between looo and
WEST NEBRASKA METHODISTS
Appointments tor ksiiIsi Year or
Dlahop 11. XT. Warren at
MeCook.
MCOOK. Neb.. Sept. 21 8peclal.)Ap
pointments for the West Nebraska Meth
odist Episcopal conference were announced
here today as follows:
Holdreae District, C. C. Wilson. Presiding
Elder, Holdrege Alma. O. F. Cook: Arapa
hoe, B. P. Eherhart; Atlanta, M. I.. Gard
ner; Axtell. H H. Meeker; Hartley. J. F.
Mageman; Beaver City, O. H Wise; Ben
kleman and Max, J. 8. Davis; Bloomlngton,
James I,eonard; Box Elder, supplied by
W. J. Miller: Cambridge, D. A. I-eper;
Culbortson. C A. Norlln; Danbnrjr and Le
banon, Harry Shepherd; Franklin, W. T.
Oatley; Halgler, supplied by J. A. Kerr;
Hendlev and Spring Green. C. S. Hawley;
Holhrook, W. 8. Porter; Holdreg. M. A.
Wlmberly: Huntley and Border Chapel. R.
N. Throrkmoron; Indianola, A. D. Burress;
Loomls anil Pleasant View, v. J. Crago;
I.oweli and Newark. C. If. Chader; Mr
Cook. M. B. Carman; Mlndcn, Brvant
Howe: Norman and Oompbell. O. M. Bur
nett; Orleans, 13. R. Crlpnen; Oxford, M. S.
fiatrhcli; Hasan, John Madely; Republican
City. E. B. Crippen; Riverton, A. B. Nelson;
Trenton and Stratton. Joseph Bennett; Up
land. J. L. Murr; Wilcox and Hlldreth, F.
E Kirby; Wllsonvllle. C. A. Powers.
Kearney District. U H. Shumate, Presid
ing Elder, Kearney Anselmo, H H. French;
Annley, Raymond Rush; Arcnrlla, A. H.
Brink; Arnold, II. C. Barrett; Broken Bow,
R. II. Thompson; Burwell.V;. H. Klefer;
Cnllawy. supplied by E. MJrklev; Cosnd.
W. H. D. Hornaday; Elm Creek, J. M.
Hasklns; OihlK.n, A. J. Clifton; Gothen
burg. J. T. Carson: Kenrnv First, O. W.
Abbott; Kearney Trinity. W. C. Swartz;
Kearney circuit, supplied by Fred Johnson:
Lexington. B. F Onithe-; Lexington cir
cuit. E. 8. Fox; Litchfield. R. R. Fletcher;
loup City, J. O. Hawk; Mason City, T. W.
Owen: Merna, D. C. Hopson; North Loup,
Alfred Gllson; Ord. Morris Bamford: Ord
circuit, to be supplied; Overton, E. Smith;
Ravena, C. E. Woodson; Ringold, to b
supplied, A. O.' Wright, postofflce Cor.ad,
R. F. T. : Rose Vale. George Tabor; Sar
gent, W. E. Matthews: Shelton, A. I I'm
plehy; Sumner and Miller. M. O. Medlln;
Walnut Grove postofflce Coxad), W. K.
Hornaday, supplied; Westervllle, Alfred
Chamberlln; Whitman and Mullen, H. H.
Miles. x
North Platte District, Allen Chamberlln,
Presiding Elder, North Platte Bayard and
Mlnatalre, W. F. Harper; Bortrand, F. J.
Schank: Bltf -Springs, E. W. McMlllen;
Chappel, H. E. MacKarlane; Curtis. T. M.
Ransom: Klwood, O. B. Mavfleld; Farnam,
W. 11. Mills: Candy, supplied by O. D. 8.
Johnson; Gerlng. J. C. Jewell; Grant. C M.
McCorkle; Harrlshilrg and Pine Bluff, sup
plied by D. A. Maclean; Hershey, A. E.
Murlles; Imperial. William Haggarty: Key.
stone. O. K. Chesehro; Kimball and Potter,
supplied by E. J. Hayes; Lewellen, supplied
by A. 8. Jenkins; Lodge Pole, to be sup
plied; May wood, supplied bv E. Moore;
Mitchell and Morell, supplied bv F. J. Mc
Caffree: Moortleld, supplied bv H. L. Case;
North Platte. 8. J. Medlln; Ogalalla, Rusel
Link: Palisade. D. W. Parker; Scotts Bluff.
R. H. Carr; Sidney, A. W. James, Smith
field, supplied by R. H. Chrysler; Stock,
vllle, supplied by D. B. French; Sutherland
and Paxton. C. E. House! : Wallace, sup
plied by William Horner; Wauneta, J. O.
ilnrlhut. r
E. E. Thompson. J. W. Morris and James
Lisle are conference evangelists, members
North Platte quarterly conference
R. E. Gilpin Is missionary to Utah.
D.'W. Carno Is missionary to Honolulu.
V. M. C. A. BUILDING AT HASTINGS
Handsome w Strnrtore Dedicated
"hjr State Secretary Bailey.
HASTINGS. Sept. 23.-(Speclal.)-The
new $'10,000 Young Men's Christian Associa
tion building was dedicated last night.
State Secretary Bailey of Omaha and
William E. Sweet of Denver were among
the speakers.
The building Is one of the best equipped
In the state and already has a member
ship of over a hundred.
Members of the Commercial club of this
city are planning a movement for the
organisation of a compaany to build a
gaaollne motor line In this city, with
branches to nearby towns. Estimates have
been received from several manufacturers
and an effort.,rnayJe. .nade to organise this
winter, so that work of coonstructlon may
be started next spring.
The authorities of Hastings college have
been Informed that the donation of $30,000
by Andrew Carnegie for a library and
science hall Is now available and may be
drawn upon as work of construction pro
gresses. The executive committee Is con
sidering plans for the building and It Is
likely a contract will be awarded this fall.
The building will be used by the science
department of the college until a sep
arate building for that department can be
built.. The donation was made on con
dition that ultimately the building should
be exclusively for the library. The city
of Hastings now has a library building
built with a donation of $15,000 by Andrew
Carnegie. t
BRYAN TALKS FOR THE Y. M. C. A.
Helps Along- Grand Island's Effort
for New Bnlldlnsi.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Sept, 22. (Special
Telegram.) Hon. W. J. Brysn addressed an
immense audience at the Hartenbach opera
house tonight In behalf of tha movement
thereby Inaugurated by tha local associa
tion and the Commercial club to secure a
building for the Young Men's Christian
association. The association has nearly 600
members and lamentably poor headquarters.
Several hundred men and women were
turned away, It being necessary to close
the doors. Mr. Bryan was at his best. He
said he believed the Young Men's Christian
association the strongest factor in develop
ing Christian civilisation, and delivered his
beautiful and inspiring address, "A Defense
of the-Chrlstlan Religion." He closed with
a sincere appeal for the object sought
locally. Mr. Bryan left at :S0 for Lincoln.
Girl Commits Sntelda.
PLATT8MOUTH. Neb., Sept. 23. (Spe
cial.) A few years ago Rev. 8. W. Swan
of University Place brought two orphan
girls from the New York Children's Home
society, and Lillian, now IT years of age,
was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Thomp
son of this city, and her stater Josephine,
now 16 years of age, was adopted by Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Peacock, residing about
seven miles southwest of Plattsmouth. Mrs.
Teacock has been in poor health for some
time, and is now in a hospital In Omaha,
where she was visited by her husband
yesterday. During Mrs. Peacock's absence
from horn Josephine had been stopping
with the family of Coffenberger. Saturday
afternoon she went to the Peacock home to
get her clothes. About S o'clock she was
found In the kitchen dead, by the hired
man, Orvllle Newton. County Attorney C.
A. Rawla was notified, and, accompanied by
Deputy Sheriff Manspeaker and Dr. T. P.
Livingston, went to the scans. A portion
of the contents of the stomach was brought
to this city and on being analysed was
found to contain strychnine. A bottle was
found! in the room beside the girl marked
poison. It Is thought to be a case of suicide.
An Inquest will be held, which may bring
out the reason for the tragedy.
Cavalry (or Hastings.
HA8TING8. Neb., Sept Z3.-(8peclal Tele.
gram.)rOfflcers of the Frontier tournament
have been Informed that a squadron of
the Seventh cavalry, under command of
Major William J. Nicholson, will march
from Fort Riley, Kan., to Hastings to be
here during ths tournament on October 10,
U and 11 Four troops will make up the
squadron and the start will be made from
No more
Alcohol
Fort Riley on October L The distance one
way Is 170 miles. Negotiations are now
being conducted with the Rosebud and Pine
Ridge sgencles for a band of twenty-five
braves to participate In the tournament.
DEAD M. WAS YOUNG PRINTER
Frank Collins Tells ( Baralaa- of
Box Car and Man.
KEARNET, Neb.. Sept. 23.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) The man placed under arrest at
Grand Islan3, suspected cf connection with
the burning of a car at Sweetwater, In
which was found the charred remains of a
man. Is In Jail here.' The prisoner Is Frank
Collins, alias Frank Brady, an all around
character, who has been In JmII here before
and In other par's of the state. v To Sheriff
Simmons he told the following story, after
being Informed that he was wanted for
connection with the burning of the car
and the death of his companion:
Together with the dead man, who was
Fred Cole, a printer who had worked on
the Fairfield Independent for tho last nlnj
months, they got Into the car by the end
door In the Ravenna yards Thursday night,
and went to sleep with the Intention of
going to Alliance. Both had been drinking
at Ravenna. In the night Collins was
awakened by the smell of smoke and found
that the contents of the car wore on fire.
The fire was In some plumbers' packing
and burned fiercely. Collins tried to put
It out with his hat, but that caught fire.
Almost suffocated, he made a dash for the
end door, which, as a precaution against
being molested by the train men, they had
previously wedged shut. He had some
difficulty In getting It open, but finally suc
ceeded and got out. The train was In
motion and he rolled off the bumpers and
fell In the train ditch. He did not know
what the fate of his companion was until
Informed of the same by the sheriff.
There seems to have been no motive for
any crime, and when asked why he had
told conflicting stories at Ravenna and
Grand Island, Collins said It was from fear
of being connected with the accidental
burning of the car by the railroad com
pany, and he did not know but what his
companion had got out safely. Collins Is
frightfully burned about the face and
hands. No Inquest was thought necessary
on Cole's remains, but Collins Is held
pending further Investigation. The dead
man was U years of age and said to be
of a roving disposition. His parents re
side at Sturgls, 8.D., and have been noti
fied. TI.MEY RESCUE HOME MUST WAIT
Johnson . County Will Cnse Decided
Aaralnst It.
TECUMSEH, Neb., SepL 23.-(Speclal.)
County Judge James Livingston has given
his decision in the case In the county court
here, wherein the managers of Tlnley Res
cue Christian1 Home of Omaha asked for
a construction of the will of .the late Mrs.
Sarah Brandon of Tecumseh. The conten
tion of the home was It should come Into
immediate possession of certain personal
property of the deceased, not enumerated
In the will. Inasmuch as the Instrument
states that most of the property, both per
sonal and real, are to eventually become the
possession' of the Omaha Institution. A sW
ter of the deceased. Miss Helen Marble of
Michigan City, Ind., objected, and aside
from certain properties left her, other peo
ple have bequests left by deed. The whole
amount involved in this controversy is
$.000.
The finding of the Judge was that the
revenue derived from the properties In
question, both real estate and personal,
should go to Miss Marblo during hei; life,
after the expenses of maintaining tho
property Is deducted. At her death all
the property In question Is to go to the
Tln.ey Rescue home. The managers o
the home announce they will appeaf to
the district court.
The question of possession comes up
over the construction of item No. 24 of
Mrs. Brandon's will, and the same is here
given:
I give and bequeth to the Tlnley Rescue
Christian home of Omaha, all the residue
of my estate, after the debta, legacies, ex-
rnses of administering have been paid,
also give and bequeth the land or the
proceeds thereof to said Tlnley Rescue
Christian home of Omaha, Neb., that I
have heretofore set apart for the support
of my said slater, Helen Marble, after
her death. The Intention of this twenty
fourth Item Is to give all my estate, after
the death of my sister, Helen Marble, to
said home,
Nebraska News Notes.
ANSLEY Thomas Wright was appointed
postmaster at Ansley and will take posses
sion of the office on October 1.
PAPILLION Fred Selk was brought be
fore the county judge and a Jury Saturday
morning for carrying concealed weapons.
After a trial lasting all day, the Jury found
Selk not guilty.
BROKEN BOW-H. M. Plnckney has Just
returned from Spring' lake. He brought
home aome fifty-five or sixty pounds of
fish, mostly black bass, caught with a 6
cent line and a 6-cent cane pole.
GENEVA Mrs. Kimball, mother of Mrs.
H. P. Wilson, passed to her rest this morn
ing. She had been an Invalid for years
and for a long time had made her home
with Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Wilson.
GENEVA Two carloads of poles have
been ordered by the Farmers' Telephone
company. Work will be commenced at
once upon the system. John Ward is presi
dent and J. IL Morgan secretary.
GjORDON The Sheridan County Agri
cultural society closed a successful four
days.' fair and carnival at Gordon yester
day. The attendance was the largest of
any ia,ir ver neia in tne county. The ex
hibit of vegetables and field products was
not so large as In former years, but the
quality, waa exceptionally good. The racing
waa the best ever held on the local track.
The main street of the town was given
over to carnival attractions at night.
TECUMSEH After an Illness of but a
few days' duration, Leonard Morland Stew-
art, the little son or Mr. and Mra. 8. 8.
Stewart, who live Just east of the city, died
i of diphtheria at 1:10 o'clock this morning.
I He was aged but t years, 7 months and 27
I days. Owing to the nature of the disease,
I the funeral waa held at the home this aft
1 ernoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R.
J Pearson, pastor of the Tecumseh Methodist
I Episcopal church, and burial was made in
the Tecumseh cemetery.
! ANSLEY Arthur H. Barks, owner and
editor of tha Argosy, haa bought the Chron-
lcle-Cltlsen. owned and edited bv Thomas
Wright, and will consolidate both papers
mm uiit. i lie sale waa ciosea louay. Mr.
Wright has been the owner of the Chronicle
since the drouth year of lt94. The Chronicle
is about a quarter of a century old and
was the first paper estaollshed In Ansley.
The consolidation of the papers into on
meets with general approval among the cltl
sens and business men of Ansley.
BLUE HILL-When the cornerstone of
the Methodist church was removed last
week It waa found someone had removed
all the money, keepsakes, etc., which had
been put In the receptacle at the first ded
ication, seven years ago. The stone was
removed laswweek to Red Cloud to be re
poltshed. The Methodist church waa ded
icated Sunday and many .prominent min
isters were present from this district. Dr.
H. A. Martin, presiding elder of thlsf dis
trict, was present. The total cost of the
improvements is upwards of t,M.
ANSLEY The freight engines running
over this division of the Burlington are
setting msny fires and burning much valu
able property. Friday fire was started on
B. J. Terney's alfalfa field, about a mile
northwest of Ansley, and a big rick of
alfalfa hay waa burned. Today fire waa
started southeast of Ansley en the Negley
farm and thirty tone of Ape hay burned.
It Is getting to be a very serious matter
for all Inflammable property along the
track. Thousands of dollars worth of prop
erty has been burned by fire from the rail
road engines on this division ths last year.
Ac now made, Aycr'g Sarstparula does not con
. tain the least particle of alcobol in sny form vbst
t ver. You get all tho tonic and alterative effects,
without stimulation. Then a stimulant Is needed,
your doctor will know it, and will tell you of it.
' Consult him freely about our remedies.
'ViUnutMiaui Wi pibiuii J. O.AyerOe..
Low.ll. Mm.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Stock i3 now selling for $27.50 share. It will be on sale
at $25.00 per chare that was less than two months ago. "What
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Address
UNIFORM PURE FOOD LAWS
Six Western Statei Combine on Their
Administration.
MEETING WAS HELD AT ST
North and Snnth Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa,
to Work In Har
mony. (Prom a Staff Correspondent.)
IE8 MOINES, Spet. a.-(Speclal.)-North
Dakota. South Dakota, Minnesota, Wiscon
sin, Illinois and Iowa have gone into a
combine oft the pure food law. It Is pro
posed by'the pure food and dairy commis
sioners of the six states to administer their
pure food laws as nearly uniform as it will
be possible In order to accomplish the best
results. When the state laws were passed
the grocers fought them, at least the whole
salers, on the claim that the matter should
be taken care of by a national law, so as
to be uniform.
H. R. Wright, state food and dairy com
missioner, has Just returned from St. Paul,
where the food commissioners of the six
states held a conference. The wholesale
grocers complain that when they fix a label
for one state it is found that It will not fit
another state and that the shipping clerks
sometimes make mistakes and ship Roods
Intended for Iowa to Minnesota and Minne
sota goods to Iowa and trouble follows.
At the meeting In St. Paul It was agreed
to work In harmony and make the require
ments as nearly uniform as possible to do
under different laws. All of the stntes re
quire that there shall be no deleterious
substances In the food and the commis
sioners have about, reached an agreement
as to what will be considered deleterious In
all the states. Further meetings will be held
to care for other matters as they arise.
Furthermore, the chemists of the states
will work in harmony and each state get
the benefit of the work of the other states.
It has been discovered by the chemist of
the North Dakota commission that whole
salers are putting alum Into pickles, horse
radish and mustard. The chemists are un
able to explain it. Alum Is prohibited In
other foods, but It was never suspected
that they would put In these things for
there Is no known reason for so doing.
The North Dakota chemist claimed the
manufacturers could give no reason and
he hence Inferred that they were so In the
habit of putting something In that when
other things were ruled out they put In
alu'irt because It was the handiest they had.
The commissioners decided to prohibit its
use.
Don't Like Texas Uw,
Iowa business men who have been In
Texas bring back bad reports on the reci
procal demurrage bill. They claim that the
law works In theory, but not In practice.
In Texas the law has been In force for
some time. It Is rarely made use of by
the shipper, however, because the shippers
have found that the railroads dislike the
law. Conaequently when a shipper does
take advantage of the law In an effort
to get a car the railroad will use up the
limit of the law of six days before turning
the car over for use. It Is claimed that
at times the railroad will have a car which
it could furnish long before the six days
Is up, but if the shipper makes the statu
tory requisition for a car they will not let
him have It till just before the expiration
of the time. In other words, they use the
privileges of the law as a club over the
heads of the shipper to keep htm from
taking advantage of the law. Shippers will
rarely take advantage of the law, except
In very extreme cases, because they feel
that they stand a better chance to get the
car In a hurry If they do not. In any event
the railroad has the advantage.'
Have Fine Rifle Ban ere. -
When the rifle range fixtures are com
pleted at the new state camp grounds and
rifle range north of Des Moines, it will be
one of the finest In the United States. It
will be as long as any and will have all
the facilities. The greatest regular dis
tance at which the range can be used for
the full range will be 1,000 yards, but for
special target practice for greater distances
a part of the range can be used up to 1.400
yards. That Is the farthest that there will
ever be shooting with rifles. That Is more
than three-quarters of a mile. In addition,
the range affords extra, targets for pistol '
shooting, which can be used at the same
time that the regular rifle targets are
In use.
Investlaate Tnkerenloals.
It Is learned that the State Agricultural
college Is making some investigations along
the lines of tuberculosis in cattle and that
the college will be prepared to take such
action shortly as will' result In greater
stringency in enforcement of the laws
against tubercular cattle. This action will
result In great benefit to the state.
The thirty-first general assembly passed
a law that provides that cattle shipped Into
the state of Iowa for breeding purposes
must be considered In a state of quarantine
Immediately on their arrival until teats have
been made by the atate veterinarian. It la
understood thst very little attention has
been paid to this law and It is proposed
now to enforce It strictly.
There Is an aroused sentiment over the
tuberculosis question in a number of differ
ent directions end It Is proposed to bring
pressure in all directions possible. ,
laoolrles on Coal.
The United Btates government Is making
Inquiries as to the Iowa coaL Prof. White,
from the national museum at Washington,
Is in the state and spent all Saturday at the
state house looking at the data and gather
ing Information at tbe historical depart-
self,
J ment and the geological and mine tnspec-
ivis unites.
Olmsted to Be Retained.
Oovernor Cummins has recommended to
the War department that Major J. A. Olm
sted, government Inspector, of the Iowa Na
tional Ouard, be retained as Inspector for
another five vears.
Ulfta to Department.
Mr. McPherrln of this city has given to
the historical department of Iowa a guldo
to the roads of travel of tho United States.
The book Is printed In the old style and
Is bound In leather. It Is in a good state
of preservation and gives In detail the
principal wagon roads and steamboat river
lines of travel. Indicating the directions to
take and the distances between points.
The wagon roads are always indicated for
a day'c travel. With the volume are a
large number of letters written to Mr.
McPherln while he was a member of the
legislature In 1847, In which Is disclosed the
politics of those times In relation to the
election of Grenvllle M. Dodge as United
States senator and tho treatment of the
Mormons In Van Buren county.
NEBRASKA FROM DAY TO DAY
Quaint and Cnrlona Features of Life
In a Rapidly Growing
Stnte.
John Whlteman came In contact with
the business end of a small mule the other
day, and he is walking with a sort of
stringhalt movement In his left limb. The
mule is still alive and looking for another
victim. Xohawka Register.
A Day Off The editor la going to forget
that he ever saw a print shop one day
next week and take In the fair. We are
going to see the squashes, beans and
hogs, buy a bum cigar of every fakir on
the grounds, ride on the merry-go-round,
treat our best girl to a melon, bet on the
hoss races, and act foolish all around,
even If the paper Is as dry as un almanac
for news. Greeljr Leader-Independent.. .
A Wild Ride Four unbroken horses
were caught up at the Clarke ranch Sun
day and four broncho busters straddled
them for a ride to Kimball, with a prize
hanging up for the fellow who got here
first. Wild antics, mulelsh horses and
saddle leather Intermingled In a confusing
mix-up and some of the boys gotNln and
some didn't, but the fun was Intense to
the onlooker. Kknball Observer.
Blown In the Glass A watermelon In
Frank G. Christy's patch, at Walworth,
was marked "Editor Republican" when It
was quite young, and was pulled from
the vine this week, after having grown
to large proportions, that is, about two
feet long and nearly as big around as a
wash boiler. The mark had grown with
It and loomed up conspicuously. Thanks,
Friend Christy, It waa the best we've had
yet. Custer County Republican.
Let Him Try Who Will-It Is a well
known fact that anybody can edit a paper
better than the editor, do better work
than the job printer and make fewer mis
takes than the proofreader. The printing
business and the profession' of critic are
the only pursuits on earth which require
neither brains, education nor training to
Insure success. If you are a qualified
critic, you might Just as well be a great
Journalist. It won't wear out your gray
matter any faster. St. Paul Phonograph
Press.
Nature Fake W. S. Cheney brought to
this office this week a watermelon that
weighed Just . thlrty-sevtn pounds. The
melon was raised on dry land, .never
having received water except what fell
from the clouds. In quality there could
be no better melon than It. . He 'also
brought ears of corn gathered from hla
field of dry land corn that Is as gdod as
can be raised anywhere. , Mr. Cheney Uvea
on Indian creek and Is one who will
alwsys be a walking advertisement for
the North Platte valley. Bridgeport Blade.
A Town Fight We heard a business
man say the other day he hated a certain
town, because every time business calls
him In that direction a certain coterie of
ylp-yaps always take It upon themselves
to "Josh" him because he is a Bayard
man. Our mind Immediately reverted to
proverba, where the old Jewish king says:
"The laughter of fools la like the crackling
of thorns under a pot." Again, we-thought
of the "Virginian." when he said a man
might call him certain names if he was
smiling when he said it. And our mind
traveled eastward, and roved on fancy's
wings over-the mountains of eastern Ken
tucky and Tennessee, where feuds have
desolated hundreds of homea. In most
cases those horrible murders have been
egged on by the jibes of half-baked Ig
noramuses who never have sense enough
to know when they are out of place. The
average American Is slow to realize that
his mouth Is set to a hair-trigger, and
goes off at the sllghest touch. If a man
can't keep his Jaw still If he can't exist
unless a constant Niagara of words are
bubbling up from his hot air tubes, he
should at least endeavor to cultivate the
kindly manners of a true gentleman, so
that his flow of words may do less harm.
People say things to each other In a
"josh" that wouldn't be safe to say In
dead earnest, and many a coward has
escaped the Just penalty of hla Impudence
on tho plea, "I was only in fun." Good
manners often make a man's fortune, and
never falls to command respect. Bayard
Transcript.
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Red Cross -j- Cough Drops little sweet
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EXPRESS CASE GOES TO STATE
Railroad Injunction Suit Stays iri the
Federal Court.
RULING ON MOTIONS TO REMAND
Two Jada-es Mangrer Send Snlt of Ex
press Companies to the
8 a-
preme Conrt and Hear
tho Other.
The motions to remand to the supreme
court of tha stnte the cases of the state
of Nebraska and the Railway commission
against the several railroads were over
ruled In the federal court Monday morning.
These are tho cases In which the Union
Pacific, the Burlington, the Rock Island
and fhe Missouri Pacific railroads seek to
resist the reduction of 15 per cent made
on carload lots of a certain class of freight
as made by the Aldrlch rate bill and also
are fighting the 2-cent fare bill. The suit
was brought by the attorney general In
the supreme court and transferred to the
federal court on motion of the railroads.
Monday was devoted to hearing argu
merits by Attorney General Thompson and
the attorneys for the railroads on the suit
biouKlit in the federal court by the above
named roads and the Northwestern against
the Railway commission wherein the rail
roads are seeking to resist the 10 per cent
reduction on freight on certain kinds of
ordered by the Railway commission. Tho
railroads are seeking a temporary Injunc
tion against the Railway commission to
prohibit, the latter from sending out to the
several roads formal notices of the lowered
rates. Judges W. II. Munger and T. C.
Munger were on the bench.
Attorney General Thompson represented
the state and Ed son Rich, Ben T. White,
J..M. Kelby, B. p. Waggoner. James Orr, W.
V. McHugh and Carl Wright were among
the attorneys representing the railroad In
terests.
Judgo Williams of the Railway commls
slon was present also.
The motion to remand to the supreme
court the cases of the state against the
five express companies was sustained In
the federal court Monday on- the gTound
that the state Is the only plaintiff In those
cases and therefore they cannot be heard
In the federal court. These are the cases
In which the state secured a restraining
order and is seeking an Injunction to pre
vent the express companies from refusing
to put Into effect the reduced rates ordered
by the Sibley law.
The court was asked if it had determined
whether tho state of Nebraska waa the
party to the suit and the answer was that
the court had not o decided, but that If
the state was"hot the party then there
was no Issue.
So Indication of Rednctlon.
Attorney General Thompson, In his argu
ment against the issuing of a temporary
Injunction against the railway commis
sion, pointed out that there had been no
Indication that the commission intended to
reduce rates on grain, that the notice sent
out to the railroads on August 17, citing
them to appear September 9 before tho
commission, was a mere formal order, with
out anything in It to Indicate that any
reduction of rates was contemplated. He
held that until an order haa been made by
the railway commission lowering grain
rates the railroads have no -cause of com
plaint. He showed also that even after the
order Is made the railroads have thirty
days to resist It.
B. P. Waggoner, general attorney for the
Missouri Pacific railroad In Kansas and
Nebraska, opened the argument for the
railroads. He took the position squarely
that the railway commission does not
possess the right to fix rates.
W. D. McHugh, speaking for the Rock
Island and Burlington railroads, painted
a picture of holocaust and chaos If the
Injunction were to be denied, and declared
the "floodgates of litigation" would be
thrown wide open If the commission was
allowed to proceed. The law, he said,
allowed any shipper of freight, and there
fore any person in the state, to start an
action against the railroads and against
any of Its officers. The railroads, he said,
would be compelled to enjoin every county
attorney, every grand Jury, everybody in
the state.
Judge T. C. Munger Inquired whether the
same would not be true If the legislature
were threatening to do what the railroads
think the railway commission Is threaten
ing, and Chester H. Aldrlch, who was as
sisting the attorney general, suggested that
if the railroads obeyed the law they would
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Confiscation, Hays Mellngh.
Judge McHugh then declared with con
siderable dramatic fervor -that It was true
the railroads could escape litigation by sub
mitting to such a law. But ho declared th
action which the commission is supposed
to be about to take Is notbaly grossly
unjust, but confiscatory and even uncon
stitutional. It tho 10 per cent reduction is
made by the commission, he said, the rail
roads .Vould be hauling the grain at less
than cost. The multiplicity of suits and
legal actions which would be sure to follow
the making of the order by the qommlsslon
should be avoided, and, he said, this could
be done only by the granting of a tem
porary Injunction by the federal court.
Ben T. White, representing the North
western railroad, closed the argument fol
the railroads. ,
At the request of Mr. Aldrlch, for th
state, the Judges consented to hold an even
ing session, beginning at 7:30 jo'clock. At
that hour Mr., Aldrlch closed the argument.
Judge T. C. Mungerexpects to announce
his decision within a day or. two.
Judgo W. II. Munger will leave Thursday
for Puluth. where tin will preside over th
court for a few weeks. He will return
about November 1. '
BRIEF OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
In Grain Rate Cnse He Claim Fixing
Rates Is Legislative Act.
In his brief filed In the federal court Mon
day In resistance of the application of tho
railroads for temporary Injunction against
the railroad commission's grain rates At
torney General Thompson set out that thej
fixing of rate is essentially legislative in
its character and that the railroads are
trylng to enjoin legislative discretion In
their fight against the new rates on grain.
The brief recites:
It is beyond the power of a court of
equity to enjoin such discretion. The com
plainant has no standing In a court of
equity to complain of the reasonableness
of rates whlch'trtay be finally adopted and
fixed by the railway commission In the
exercise of legislative discretion With whloli
they are clothed under the constitution and
statutes of the state. Until the rate haa
been actually established by the commis
sion the question of Its reasonableness or
unreasonableness Is not open to Investiga
tion by a court of equity. The establish
ment of such a rote Is the necessary prece
dent condition to the interposition of the
equity powers.
what the Railway commission may do
In the matter of fixing rates la yet un
known to themselves; whether they will tlx
any rate Is still unknown to them, and
until a rate Is fixed the question of reason
ableness or unreasonableness of the same
Is simply a hypothetical, academic and
mooted question.
There Is, therefore, nothing to litigate.
The court will not hear and determine a
purely hypothetical, academic and mooted
question. Nothing has been done by the
commission or alleged to have been done
by the commission In the bill of complaint
that calls for the exercise of the equity
powers of the court In the esse at bar.
The attorney general declared that tha
notice given to the railroads by the com
mission relating to the grain schedules did
not Indicate that any schedule had been
determined upon. He insisted that tha
commission had done nothing1 since It
Issued the notice that had breathed vitality
Into the notice to give It the force and
effect of law or to furnish any basls for
enforcement. -t
Announcements of the Theaters.
"The New Century Girls" onens tw
days' engagement at the Krug commencing
tonight, with usual matinees. This com
pany makes Its third appearance In this
city. Last season it led all the other hn.
and this season It Is even better If the
money that has been spent on It can make
it so, and Judging from the comments oi
the press snd public of the cities visited,
it win duplicate last season's success,
Everything has been prepared with ran.
artists with reputations have been engaged
and none but the best can find a place with
i no new century Ulrls."
Thousands Of Omaha-
estx r
Rose Stahl at the Orpheum two seasons
ago can understand whr'h "o.t.ii.
O'Brien" has been such a success when pro-
jectea on the larger screen of the legiti
mate stage. It Is a character creation as
distinct and as delightful as any that evei
made an actor famous, and If Miss Stahl ,
does nothing else, her chorus ltv .m x.
cause to remember her forever. She is
coming to Omaha for a short engagement
of three nights and a" matinee, with thl
same company that presented "The Chorui
Lady" on Broadway last winter, where II
was a reigning hit during the entire season
The first performance will be at th nn..i
on Thursday evening. A matinee on Satur.
day.
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