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TITE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. JUNE 7. 190S. BENEFITS OF TERMINAL TAX Lincoln Geta a Big Slice In Spite of It Own Legislator. HELPS ALL T0WH3 IN STATE Lincoln Wholesale Grwri !. In cline G lata Conrt Flgnt Rata. fFrom a Start Correspondent) LINCOLN. June . (Special.) Tha poll- tlclane of the city ot Lincoln and mem- Vv.r nf ih. legislature from Lancaster courrty who for r'" opposed tha enact ment of a terminal tax law, will shortly share In the cutting of watermelon to the tune of IMS.t. dJ to tha operation! of that same terminal tag law. Thla aum wlir be derived by the city of Lincoln from the Increase on the Burlington main n- .ion. tn addition there will ba large increases .from every other road en terlng the city. Tftese figures are baaed on the tentative agreement of the State Board of Assess ment to apportion the valua or tne rail roads according to tha vatloua corporations e-oln to make up the different systems. For Instance the valua of the main line. leal croperty and the traachise and rolling stock, will ba ap- hsnds could tide while cultivating crops and thus do away with tha health destroy Ipr walking plows and cultivators, has caused some uneasiness to a few farmers at least. One farmer, writing to the gov ernor thla morning, has a word to say about farm bands In general and which tends to show that even tha prosperous Nebraska owner of a section hss his trou bles with tha labor question. This farmer writes that he uses riding Implements, but even ha has on hand some walking plows ha cannot afford to throw away and con sequently tn soma Instances these arc used. However, ha said his own boys used these plows Just as much as did his hired hands and his own boys were not Injured by their use. He said also that very few farm hands knew how to use riding plows and cultivators, and It was tha esceptlon when farm hand la found who can drive In telligently more than two or three horses at one time. Most farm hands, he said, would In a very short time destroy Im proved or riding machinery, and for that reason many farmers who would like to use Improved machinery could not afford to with the present croy of farm hands. As the governor still follows a plow himself once In a while It Is not likely he will advo cate tha passage of a bill to do away with the old machinery, even though his sym pathies go out to the farm hands. tat Property Damaged. A telephone message was received this morning from tha superintendent of the Olrls' Industrial school at Geneva saying the windstorm there last ' night had de stroyed tha boiler house and otherwise Land Commls- ,.,...., , mir. line mtleace. All Other namagea in innnuuon. corporations that go to make up the But- sloner Eaton, chairman of tho Board of llngton system will be treated in line man- -onm inQ. w..w ... .. win the corporations going to Geneve, to look Into tha matter and will tn.k. nr. the rnlon Pacific system. Thla report back to- tha board tha extent of plan of apportionment has tha endorse- in aamage. ment of the attorney general and Is1 based Steele Yards rails ta Report. on the supreme court decision, which re- The Unron Stock Tarda company of South cenUy upheld the action of the board In Omaha baa not yet complied with tha order the 1507 assessment when the vslues were of the supreme court recently handed down distributed sccordlng to corporatlona and to. compel, it to comply with the request not under the unit system. I 0f the railway commission for a report of t'nder this system of assessment It la lti business. Instead tha attorneys for the believed that practically every town on a company have applied to the supreme court railroad in Nebraska will benefit ny tne for a rehearing on tha petition for a man- operatlona of the terminal tax law. some dlmul an(j th matter Is now under ad figuring haa been don on the main line ylsement. of the Burlington, and the result Justifies Morrill Geee Mlanetota. tha board In thla belief. The main line Morrill left tonlaht for Os f the Burlington runs from Kearney te Plaltamouth and la 191.81 miles In length. Of this mileage 28.2 la In towns. The value of th property In towns aa returned by ' tha' assessors la 1S.124.S1S. whtTe the value of the main track In towns, exclusive of ' depots and other buildings, is $896,177. The physical value of the entire system la fig' tired at 117,000 a mile. This would make tho physical value of the road from Kear- nev to Ptattamouth 13.257.170. From these figure tha board deducted the valua of th property' In towns aa returned ty th k assessors and then added the total value of tha depot property and other physical property, making a total valuation for the ' road, exclusive of franchise and rolling atock, of $5,466,001 Tha state board valued this line at I16.2S6.860. which would leave for the value of the franchise and rolling stock IIO.SOO.MS, or tS6.36 a mile. On this basis Lincoln gets an Increase of almost imooo. Crete will get an Increase from fltl.MO to 1134.803. Greenwood from 144.300 to S4T.41L The board will meet Monday morning to take 'up the matter and probably a formal order will be made In line with the above, Comnliiloi Orders Rebate. The State Hallway commission haa auth crlxed the Burlington railroad to pay back ' to W. J. Kelley of Roaall th aum of 11160, about which there haa been some dispute. Kelley ordered two double-deck sheep cars In which to make shipment to South .Omaha. The company did not have the r two oouoie-aecK cars ana m ineir piece the dispatcher ordered sent four single deck cars. The rate charged for double- deckers la 12.75 cents per 100 pounds, and for the single-decks 10 cents per 100 pounds. Kelley waa charged for single-deck cars. and he appealed to the railroad commission. The Burlington said it feared to give the ahlpper the rebate without authority from the commission, because of the anti-rebate law. so the commission gave It authority to pay Kelley the difference between the charges for the two styles of cars. Seek Maadnsnn Against Jadge James Q. Keefe of Thurston county has filed a petition in the supreme court for a writ of mandamua to run against District Judg Guy T. Graves, to compel him to abide bv a recent lnlunrtlnn he tsati1 snrf to vacate certain modlflcationa he made to that injunction. Keefe tn his petition said he secured an Injunction to prevent ' Silas Lleb from entering a certain tract of land and that later Judge Graves modified the order to prevent Keefe from entering the land, and after that modified th orig inal Injunction so that Lleb codld go on the land and farm a crop ha has planted . mere. .. . Lincoln 1111 Not Anneal to Coart. . Wholesale grocery dealers are not en 5 thuslastlc about going Into court to prevent a raise In the sugar rste by the transoon , itnemai lines, though they are willing to ,. help out all hey can In opposition to the ' proposed increase. George H. Clarke of Raymond Brothers at Clarks ssid this morning that the dealers here had not . aiscassea me matter aa an association. mougn ne believed th Lincoln dealers akla, Minn., on tha advice of his physicians for tha benefit of hla health. Mr. Morrill expects to remain at the health resort un til Jun It, and then go to th Chicago convention. Mr. Morrill has been In poor health for almost a year and for the last two months he haa been feeling sufficiently 111 to be under the care of physicians. I expect to return within two or three weeks," said Mr. Morrill just before he left Lincoln, "feeling as strong as usual. My physicians tell me I need a chsnge and a rest and I have decided to go to Minne sota." Statistics aa Crops. Returns from county assessors ar being received by Labor Commissioner , Ryder, which, when compiled, will show what there really la In Nebraska., The achedulea sent out by the labor department Included space for th number of acres of farms, number acres under cultivation, owner, tenant number of milk cows, number of chickens and other fowls, and other Information not reported to th state board, but essential In getting out atatlstlcs . relating to th wealth of th state. liamson. the driver from th Mortein- Greaaon Packing company, wa caught nder the wsson and perhaps raiany in ired. His rtsht leg was broken and h s injured Internally. KFRRiRKA CITY Dr John C. Iwereon nd Mies Catherine Smith were united In larrlage at Palmyra this morning Tl room Is one of the leading physicians of h. atlrfi nnrtlnn A ft he countv SnO he bride one of the wealthy and poplar young women or that section. Alter, a western trip they will make their future home at Palmyra, wnere tn groom nas , been practicing for aeveral years. XF.nRASKA CITT The graduating ex ercises of the Toland Business university took place Thursdsy evening, at wnicn lime BnnrrnMr wna 1 1 w u j . Houlgate. County Attorney P. W. Llv Ingaton. Rev. J. A. Koser and x-Mayor John W. Steinhart. NEBRASKA CITT The Wilson reen- foreed cement company have put In a plant here and will gtv employment to some forty men, throughout the summer. They have the contract to furnish this county with all of the tiling needed, ana expect to furnish many other counties which ar adjacent to this territory. NEBRASKA CITT The band from the Institute for the blind gave a concert in the city park last evening, after which thev were entertained at the home of Prof. and Mrs. A. Ioeh. During the evening the members of the band presented Prof. Loeb with a handsome silver mounted violin bow. NEBRASKA CITT The ladles' circle of the Woodmen of the World wss organised In this cltv last evenlnr. snd the following offioers were elected and Installed: Guar dian. Lena Vanselow: advisor. Nina Baber; clerk. Myrtle Cllnkenbeard; banker, Anna vanealow: attendant. Emma vaneeiow; chaplain. Josephine TonivHle; outer sen tinel, Ohnmacht : manager, Mrs. B. F. Bry ant: physician. Dr. Frank 8. Marnell. NEBRASKA CITT A representative of the Kansas City Street Railway company Is lnrtkln iin evidence to combat the suit for f ai.oiiO which Al wyatt, formerly or this city, hss Brought against tne company oy reason of damages which he-received on the cars In that city February 17. 1907. Mr. Wyatt is still In the hospital and will be cripple for lire. ELMWOOD County Superintendent Montgomery Is conducting one of the largest attended county teachers' Institutes ever held here. Thirty-eight county teacn- ers hsve enrolled. The Instruction Is be- In- ablv conducted by Prof. A. J. Mercer of the eKarney Normal ahd County Sup erintendent George D. Carrington of Ne- meha countv. Prof. Mercer teaches geog raphy, grammar and writing, and Mr. Car- rlgan has charge of the school improve ment and pedagogy work. ARLINGTON The resignation of Judge Marshall has stirred up the would-be judges In this county. Several candidates will push their claims before tne county commissioners at their next aession. Those mentioned as candidates so far are Clark O'Hanlon and former Countv Judxe Ed ward C. Jackson and John Hamming of this cltv. Chances seem to favor o Hanlon, as he is the favorite son of the democratic party In this county, and two of the com missioners are democrats. As a judge will have to be chosen this fall to fill that vacancy candidates In both nasties are be ginning to spring up. Jackson and county Attorney E. B. larrigan are mentionea aa republican nominees and O'Hanlon as a democratic favorite. ARLINGTON A heavv rain fell Friday night, doing much damage to th crop and roads, washing considerable. Over two Inches fell and the creeks were soon ragelng torrents. Some hail fell, but did no damage. ARLINGTON The pupils of tho high school mirchared a piano for use in the school and gave a home talent play to pay for the same. There was no graduating class this year, aa the Board of Education added the twelfth grade for next year. PLATTSMOUTH-The 1-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Goodrough, residing on Wlntersteen hill in this city, waa eat'ng concentrated lye from a can when her mother came int the room. A physician administered proper antedotes and th child's life wss saved. PLATTSMOVTH After Charles I. Webb finished serving twenty dsys in the county iall he went into a boot and shoe store. While the 'man waa repairing his shoe Webb secreted two pair of shoes tinder his coat. Judge Archer aent him back to the county baatue for tnlrty days. PI.ATTSMOtTTH "The District Ieader" will be the attraction at th Parmel theater Monday evening, with Miss Ethel Dovey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Dovey of this city, as the leading wo man. PLATTSMOfTH The funeral eervlces of A. B. Taylor were conducted by Dr. John , Baira, aseistea dv nev. j. n. Baisoury, and were largely attended. P LA TT8MOITTH Sneak thieves ar still making themselves sctlve In Plattamouth and thus far. not one of them have been arrested. Frank Johnson and two of his Furnlshrra ol Hotel, Clubs, Restaurants, as Well as Private Homes. 0R6HRRO & WILHELM .jW6.18 SOUTH SIXTEENTH STREET. Big Sale Remnants. Odd Lace Curtains and Portieres Tomorrow, Mondaj' morning, we commence a tremendous clean-up sale of all short lengths, single curtain?, odd pairs lace curtains and portiers, all broken lines, together with drop patterns. Goods from our own stock sorted out after a busy season's selling; you will find extraordinary values. 4 SALE COMMENCES TOMORROW, MONDAY MORNING. 1 to 3 Yard Remnants Madras, net and curtain Swiss, and scrim in odd lengths from 1 to 3 yds! long. They are worth up to 50c per yard; while they Q last Monday, per yard 3 to 5 Yard Remnants Madras, net, curtain Swiss, scrim and cretonne worth up to 75c per yard; on f sale Monday at, per yard I f C 5 to " 10 yard Remnants Madras, net, Swiss, scrim, colored net, grenadine; worth up to $1.50; full pieces, not cut, per yard. JZJG BnrUp Core red Shirt Waist Boxrs Red and grcn, 30 and 84 Inches lorg worth $3.50; eleven in all, whil . they last. ea. 91.00 Matting- corered shirt waist boxei with bandies and extension ltd. each, $3.95 Odd Half Pairs of Lace Curtains Consisting of all single curtains in oar stock, all soiled, come slightly damaged. Closed out Monday in two lots, each 15c and SOc ALL ODD AKD SINGLE PAIRS AT HALF PRICE We have left over 84 pairs, all different styles of Curtains, from 91 to 130 per pair, at H Price, Odd Pairs of Lace Curtains That Will Be Closed Oat at Great Reductions I pairs Whit Novelty Nets, rerular prle $S s sal prlr a a.9S 4 pairs Whit Novelty Nets, regular prlr 13 Re sale price S3.7S 4 pairs Whit Novelty Neta. reanlar prle 14 ( sale prlr S3.TS I pairs Whit Novelty Neta. regular prle 14 "8 sal price S3.TS II pairs Whit Novelty Nets, regular prle 14 sale price ga.95 4 pair Arabian Irian Point, rerular prle I o sal price 83.TS pairs Maria Antoinette, regular price $14. IS, sale prle SbO 5 pair Blue Cross Stripe, regular price tT.SO. sale price - Sa.7 t pairs Red Madras, regular price IS B0. sale price . . . : I pairs Brussels Sash, regular prle $16 00. sale price ; . . i fa.8 t pairs Brussels Lace, regular price I2J-8". sale price fl8,8 S pairs , Victoria Lace, regular price $15.00. sale price I S14.TS t pairs Victoria Lace, regular price 118.00, sale price 4 pairs Victoria Lace, regular prle $1J.0. sale price S0.SO I pairs Victoria Lace, regular prle $11. 5, unie price 4 pair Victoria Lace, regular price $$.60, ssie price 4.10 4 rlrs Renaissance, regular price $$.00, (.ale price at SS.4S 4 pairs Red Novelty Net, regular price $4 .50. .le sVi... . aaaa 4 pairs Sutalse Sash, regular price $4.2$. sal price at i pairs Battenburg. regular price i.o. ",c at s:is.7o J pairs Arabian, regular price $29.60, sale J'cj i paira ' Irish "point. 'regular 'price' '$5.00, sale price at sai.se B-iu-t t mlr nrlra 127.60. sale nrlce :. . . n r . g27,5 J 'pair's' Novelty Lace," regular price $6.0. sale pri"J?. t, f , c rl ; 14 00. sale price 11 pairs c?i.-iiiii, b " - 9)450 . " ' .-i t nriu 111.80. aale price lani'A'r"a'bVa"nL' 'I4ala't, ' prle $$-76, sal price at e.45 Odd Lot Portieres I pair Portieres, all colors, soiled, regular prle $12.00, sale price 1 patr Bagdad Striped, regular price $16 60, saie price M.BO 1 pair Red Armour, $-ln. border, regular price $15 01. sale price $10.60 3 Pa'rs Oren and Red Armour, lea border, regular price $17.60, sale price 111.80 1 pair Blue Verona Velour, regular prle $25.00. al price 1 psir Brown Armour, corded, regular prle $1 ". sale price 1 pair rich Red Maria Silk Applique, regular prle $26.00. sal prlc ia,7 1 pair Verona Velour, with Oriental Design, regulsr prle $30.00, sale pries S14.SO 1 pair Red and Green Duple Tapestry, regulsr pries $27.60, sale prle ia.7 I pairs Rose Silk . Armour, corded, regular price, $22.60, sal price 15.71 1 pair Rich Red 811k Armour, regular prle $JS 0. sale price Sia.00 1 pair 811k Tapestry, In dark red. regular price $1 ?, sal price 1B.T 1 psir Rose and Oreen Maria Tapestry, regular prtc $25.00, sal prle ,., H.TS 1 pair Blu India Print, regular prl,- $18 .76, sal; prle 1 lot of Verona Velour. red. green nd oriental as signs, corded side and bottom, regular price $27 .75, sale prle 1T.60 1 pair dark red Verona Velour. corded, regular price $16.76. sale price au.BO 1 pair Brown and Green Silk, corded, regular price $28.76, sale price S14.00 1 pair Park Red 811k Armour ' Tapestry, regular price $22.50. sale price lie.BO 1 ralr Brown Tapestry, border, regular prle I"1. sale price M-BB t pair Golden Brown Tapestry, regular prle sal price 1 pair Red Repp Tapestry, border, regular price sale price 9-o 6 pair Oolden Brown, corded, regular prle $7.25. sal prle I pair heavy Red Armour Tspestry, regular Price $13 00. sale price 1 pair India Blue and Tan. regular prle $.7S. slj 1 rpsJr Tan' 'Monks' Cloth'.' edged, regular pric MMi. sal prle RAILROAD QUESTION ISSUE Growing Sentiment in Favor of Na tionalization .in England. PASTY MUST WAKE UP SOON Lara-er Yards far Aaklaatal ASHLAND, Neb.. June -(Special.) While passing through Ashland today on hla return from his inspection trip of. the Ashland-Sioux City eztenalon, Vice . Pre! dent Wlllard of the Burlington, gave spe clal attention to th condition of th local yarda with a 'lew. It la believed, of their further Improvement, Th freight business over the new Un to th north ha devel oped so largely sine Its construction aa to warrant greater terminal facilities at thl point, and It la believed that thla will beJ sons report that a little after midnight one of th early . pieces of work ordered Last year th yards, wer completely, al tered and enlarged at a cost ot'over 100,000 a new paaseriger station erected, large coal servlc buildings erected, subways built and a now, modern . water aervlce Installed. Increaaed trackage, notwithstanding that several miles of sidings were added last year, is needed to handle th traffic, as well as a round house and additional facilities of handling transfer freight. Bank Cavaaaea at Arlington. ARLINGTON, Neb.. June .-(Speclal.) The management of the State bank of this place will change about August 1. when T. E. Stevens of Blair aa president and Thomas Plnnell of this city as vice presi dent will retire and be succeeded by C. C. Marshall and Judge G. C. Marshall as president and vice president, respectively C C. Marshall Is on of th firm of Marshall Bros., who run tha Arlington nursery, and Judge Marshall la well known here, being ecnployed, aa a school teacher before his election as county su perintendent. After two terms aa super intendent he was elected judge and was on his fourth term. Vice President Fln nell hssmany friends in this city who re gret that he has decided to remove to the Pacific coast, where he will engage In banking. Girl Nearly Drowns la Trench BROKEN BOW, Neb., June (.-(Special.) 4 would not go Into court about th proposed -LaU yerday forenoon th .year-old rat. ; "If th rates east of the Missouri river are, also raised In proportion to the rates west.' said Mr. Clark. 1 do not believe tne increase will have any other effect on Lincoln than t raise . th. jrlc of augar to ye consumer. The railroad, of course will be reaping the profit from the raiaa If U goes Into effect." and the Sugar trust win b obliged to advance Its selling price to cover the additional vosr of transporta tion r H. B. Orslnger of . Gralr-get Brothers: company also expressed the onl.iion that the Lincoln Jobbers will not be l.icllned to go Into court to prevent the Increase In the rates on sugar. He considered the rigiit daughter of 8. F. Blmonson, a prominent business man of thla place, narrowly es caped death by drowning. The little girl and her 4-year-old sister wer playing about a large water hoi several feet deep, caused by a leak In the water main, when the bank suddenly gave way and she suppea in over ner need. The elder sis- Babies Btraaarle4 ter s frantic screams wer heard by Mine j by croup, coughs or colds ar Instantly rs- frrtm tha railinsr unstairs they saw a man In a room below, and a ball from one of the three revolvers missed the fleeing man and lodged In the wall. The next morning they discovered tnat tne stranger naa ran sacked every room below and taken every thing that he could carry 'Off that he wanted. PLATT8MOUTH The continued excea- slve alns have made the ground so wet' that farmers cannot get Into the fields to cultivate tha corn. BROKEN BOW The Broken Bow Junior Normal will begin Its summer term next Monday, under th direction or lr. w. a. Clark of the State Normal school at Kear ney. Blaine. Loup and Thomas counties will loin with Custer In th Institute this year. It Is the first time those counties have ever consolidated in this sort of en terprise and good results are confidently expected. The entertainment course will be especially attractive, a numoer or promi nent people already having been secured In order to help make It a success. nn ' rv r. ' , .,1 hi " . n . who Is a delegate to the republican national convention, left here today and will go by easv stages to Chlcsgo, where he will es tablish headauarters at the Palmer houae. At the cloae of the convention Mr. and Mrs. George will make a tour covering two months, visiting Nova Scotia before return' ing Imn-e. BEATRICE Dudley eastl No. 1. Royal Hlghlandera. met taat night and elected theae offlcera: H. W. L. Jackson, lllustrt- o-ia protector: J. F. Harklns, chief coun selor:' Ellsa Carre .worthy evangel; Emma M. Savage, secretary; G. H. Van Horn, treasurer: O. L. Savage, warden; Prank Breltler. sentry: George Krsl, guide; Grace Hutchlna. herald; Ida Harklna, chief spears- man: May Rodgers. chief archer: D. W. Carre, first prudential chief; A. C. Brad ley, second prudential chief; F. J. Chitten den, third proudentlal chief. BEATRICE The home of Daniel Free man, the first homesteader, who Uvea on Cub creek, seven miles northwest of Pe at rice, was partially submerged last night and tna family waa obliged to seek nuar- ters In the second atorv of the build In a. The creek was the highest yesterday It has oeen in years. Ross Rogers, a neighbor, who lost no time In rushing to the drowning child's assist ance. The little one, taken out unconscious. wss worked over a considerable length of time before ahowlng any signs pf return ing life. Nebraska News Nta. HUMBOLDT An Imnnmni tl h.. as prtween the sugar refiners and the rail- JU" Dn completed oy the terms of which the Oberlie lumber yard at Eighteenth, and R streets l.lnmln . iniuu. mr ine reason thkt I possession qi me r-nupoi at Tanner com- road lines, rather tharj between the Job- sugar is oougr.i ey in Jobbers at a de livered price In each city. This pries Is fixed by the Sugsr trust, which corpora tion will probably be the most active party In any contention with tha railroads. ' Farmer Takes Matter Serloaslr. Th recent letter of two farm handa writ- ten io uovrrnor Sheldon asking him to ccmrel th pessage of a law to fore farm' era lb use machinery upon which farm Pny. a Iter Is t Early or Late 0 I"rmarlr calUd 1 OSl VOllah'.Manna ) Toasties A t&aka breakfast a supreme delJiht Tho taato lingers." Made by Posture Cereal Company. Limited, . Battle Creek, Mich. Humboldt corporation. The trank- take Place at once. Tha Pin.nm A Tanner company operatea yeards at thla city, Pawaon. Arapahoe and Tawnc City. ASHLAND The heavy rains nf ihm i. week, especially thoae of last night, have raised Salt Wahoo and other streams sev eral feet above their banka. At unu points ths valleys are from on to two miles wide with wster. It Is ex Dec led that the Platte- will be very hlgl.y to morrow, and both the Buriingiu and the Ruck Island are taking precautions to protect their bridges and tracks. ASHLAND Ths members of the Com mercial club last night choose Thomas McCartney president for the ensuing year; H. A. Wiggenborn, vice president: Arthur Fowler, secretary, and L. A. Via. dleton. treaaurer. -ASHLAND Deputy Assessor Gorman announces the following total assessment of valuation In Ashland precinct as the re sult of hla recent work: Assessed value of S.ttS acrea of land. $5T1,71. or at the average value of $ 7$ per acre; asseaaed value of lota In Ashland. $st2.fis; as sessed valua of personal property. $7H,. NEBRASKA CITT Th graduating ex ercises of the Nebraska City High schoul took place last evening at the Overland rheater. Th house was crowded to ever flowing and there were twenty-Hire graduatea In the clasa. The house and stage was handsomely decorated In flow ers and class colore. The address. "Day iT-firai, was delivered oy tJT. i h. Wlckersham and th dlplomaa were tented y , of the bora tented by Dr. Claude Watson, pres pre-idem NEBRASKA CITT There waa a lively runaway yeavaraay, to W&1CA su 1. VU l aved and quickly cured with Dr. King's New Discovery. SOc and $1.00. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. A Ronl Old Soldier. Probably the world'a record for continu ous servlc ss a soldier is held by a Rus sian non-commissioned officer nnamed Budnlkoff. 128 year old. He entered the army In 1797. at the age of It, as a private In the Hussar Life Guards, and served ss a soldier for more than eighty years. He fought in many wars. Including th cam paign of 1811. won all four classes of the St. George's order. for vsior. besides about forty other crosses and medal a, and now recelvee an annual oenslon of V40 He Is still hale and hearty. He was married ninety years ago and had a son and two daughter. The son was killed in th Rusao. Turkish war. ew rork Tribune. YOUR BEST FRIENDS ARE YOUR FEET "WALK EASY FOOT POWDER" A tsAllng, soothlnk deodorant. Abaoros perspiration ami kills all loot odora. AT ALL DRUGGISTS CACTUS a certain, aura, harm less con pound for Corns, Bunions and Callous. 25c at all nr. DRIGOISTS UC CACTUS REMEDY CO. aTaiaas City, Maw Liberal Leader Say tt Is Doomed rales It Realise ; the Inter. est of tne People la th Matter. LONDON, Jun t-(Speelal.) Railway nationalisation Is fast becoming one of the questions of practical politics In England. Within a very short time it will probably become part of th recognised program of th liberal party. Two of th most Influential ministers have declared already for It, They ar Mr. Lloyd George, the new chancellor of the exchequer and the man who hss the un disputed reversion of the premiership after Mr. Aaqulth, and Mr. Winston Churchill, the brilliant son of an American mother and the rising young man of the liberal party, who haa Just been promoted to the Important cabinet office of president of the Board of Trade. The latest recruit to the policy Is Sir John Brunner, a great liberal business man, who told the party plainly at its first meeting after Mr. Asqujth's ap pointment as prime mlnlsTer, that It was doomed unless It adopted a "construction trade policy" and abandoned the historic doctrine of "lslsses fairs" In trade matters. At first this declaration was hailed by the unionist press as a warning by Sir John In th cause of free trade, but he has sine explained that what he means is not the adoption of protection against foreign Im ports, but nationalisation of railways and canals and their management In the Interest of th trader and the country. People of On Mind. Strange to say, there Is little difference of opinion among tbe people at large on tha subject. Even those who are afraid of th very nam of socialism are In favor of stats railways. Th railway shareholders themselves, who have seen their profits dwindling and disappearing year after year, would be - delighted to have government bonds bearing 4 per cent Interest aa a sub stitute for their stock, which now pays an average of only (Vj per cent. The fact Is that the English railways are amaslngly over-capltallxed. Accustomed as the Amer ican, Is to the watering of railway stock, be would be astonished at comparing the real valua of aome of the leading English railways with their capital value. The total capitalisation of the railways of the United Kingdom Is about $8,500,000,000 and It Is estimated thst at least $1,000,000,000 of this la water. The water has been put in with no fraudulent intention, but, la thl natural result of th slipshod methods of management which grew up with the Eng lish railway system and hav never been altered. England was the pioneer In rsllway build ing and the railways bad to pay heavily at the beginning to acquire the necessary land for their llnea and to overcome the opposi tion and tha prejudices of the land owners. Furthermore, It has never been the custom of the English railways to set sside a part of the profits for upkeep and Improve ments. When, improvements, hav .had to be mad they have been paid for by new stock Issues. It Is estimated that, taking Into account the extra sum which would b demanded by Investors for "disturbance," and tha natural premium that la to be expected in auch a transaction, the railways would cost the government about $10,000,000,000, and the advocates declare that they could be made not only helpful to the trade of the country, but a valuable government asset at that price. Immediate Railway Refers. A demand for immediate railway reform Is made by every claas of trader In the community. ' The question of rates Is a great scandal, and the preference given by railways to foreigners has aroused consid erably the traders. For Instance, It coats $10 to ship a too of British meat from Liv erpool to London, but on account of th rat agreement between the railway and the steamship llnea It only coat $ to ship a ton of foreign meat between the same two points. A case quoted extensively la the British prese receptty was that of a manufacturer In Sheffield who was asked to bid on aa order for a large quantity ot goods delivered la London ia competition with a Germaa firm. He found that tb freight rat between Sheffield and London would prevent htm from obtaining tbe con tract, aad be bad almost decided to give up the attempt to gain It, when he learned that if he sent his goods by rsll to Hull, shipped them to Germany and brought them back to Hull, and then sent them by train to London the cost would be so much lower that he could compete with the Ger man manufacturers. He based his price on these rates and obtained the contract. It Is estimated that If the government took over the railways and ran them for the benefit of the whole people, money enough could be saved on management to reduce the freight and passenger rates sub stantially, and a the same time Insure a better service. A railway manager haa de clared that 100.000 of the S00.0CO men em ployed on the British railways are totally unnecessary, and are only employed be cause of the useless duplication of facilities caused by competition. The expense of 250 separate boards of directors and of a host of high officials could also be saved. Investigation of Uneatton. I am Informed that Mr. Lloyd George in tends before long to move In Parliament for a royal commission to investigate the whole question of th railways. This Is usually th first step taken by a British government in preparing for auch a radical change. A royal commission haa been In vestigating th railway problem In Ire land for some time and Is almost prepared to report. The evidence given before It, both by traders and railway men, -haa been altogether In favor of nationalisation, and there aeems to be little doubt that the com mission will recommend thst the Irish rsll waya should be acquired by the state. It la quite possible. Indeed, thst Ireland will be the "dog" on which Great Britain will try railway nationalisation. SUCKER AND SALTED MINE Methods Employed In Separating the Innocent from Bis -Money. In the development of the mining dis tricts ot the west there haa been always a good supply of suckers, and the sale of salted mines has been the result. Thst there Is "a sucker born every minute" Is recognised by the mining shark, and It is probable that in the new mining camps of Nevada the sale of salted prospects goes merrily on. For those to whom the term Is new, It msy be said that "salting'' Is the process of making a worthless mtne, or prospect, appear valuable to the prospective buyer. In the early days of the California placer mines, when ths gravel was washed In the open and the product waa virgin gold, mine salting waa In Its glory. One of the most successful methods of salting a placer mtne was the broadcast method. In carrying out thla scheme th owner or his sgent come to th mine In the small hours of the night and sows several thousand dollara' worth of gold dust In th gravel ha expects to wash the next day. The buyer is around every dsy, seeing things with his own eyes, and when he sees a cleanup of several thousand dol lars every day for a week or two he Is con vinced and the deal Is made. It will take Mm just two daya to find out that he has been sslted and that the dally cleanup was practically all the gold there la In the claim. In the meantime the former owner has had plenty of tlma to make a good getaway to pastures new. ' The shotgun method of salting a placer mine Is the favorite method of writers ot mining stories. It Is not In us at present, and tt la likely that Ita use has been greatly overrated. However, there was one case tn which It was used with good results to all parties concerned. t Two Englishmen were working a placer mtne In California. They had washed th gravel until they could get ne more gold, and were preparing to . abandon their claim, when they heard of two Chinamen who were looking for a mine. They saw th Chinamen, and arranged to go out and look at tha mine. They did not have time to return to the mine, so decided on a novel plan of salting. They had killed a rattlesnake the evening before and had thrown it Into th cut. They loaded a shotgun with gold dust, and when they went out to th mine on of the Englishmen kept a little ahead of the other. When he arrived at th cut he let out a warwhoop and fired both bar rels Into the snake, filling the gravel with gold dust. The scheme worked to perfec tion. Th Chinamen were suspicious and in sisted on taking their own samples. They took samples tn seversl places, panned the gravel and wer very much pleased with th result. They offered tb Englishmen $1S for It. and after a little haggling th deal was closed. The Chinamen want to work tna next day. and their first month's work netted them about $26,000. Another day's work and the Englishmen would have struck It. But even the sucker becomes wise In time. Buyers now Insist on taking their own sample. They Insist on drilling holes and blsstlng out the ore and picking their aam plea out of the ore they have mined them selves. But In spite of all these precautions they are often salted. Sometimes the face and aides of the drift are drilled with a very fine drill, called a needle drill. The holes thus made are filled with a mixture of quarts ssnd, gold and plaster of - parts. When the prospective buyer comes along he Is , allowed to have his own wsy about sampling the mine and gets the salted sample. One of the crudest caaes of salting was perpetrated by an old negro on two United States senators and a banker. These men though the negro too Ignorant to aalt them. One dsy a negro appeared at the hank and asked to see the owner. He waa asked hla business, and produced an asssy cer tificate showing an assay of several hun dred ouncea per ton silver. He waa ush ered Into the back room and a messenger dispatched to the assay office to verify the certificate. It was found to be correct, so the negro was held while the three capi talists had a consultation. It waa decided that one of them go with the negro , and sample the prospect. The negro was held until next day, when he went out with the senator and aampled the mine. The ssmples sssayed even bet ter than the first ones. The negro wanted $10,000 for the mine, but they brought In a lot of gold coin and stacked It up In front of him, and It looked so big that he took it. There was $8,000 In gold In the pile. He explained afterwards that ha salted the samples with chloride of silver. It was tn the hotel st the mining camp. It was late at night and he and the senator were the only ones in the office. The senstor went out for a few minutes, and while he waa gone the negro opened the sacka and threw In the chloride of silver which he hsd resdy In his pocket. When the senator returned he waa asleep In his chair. Str Louis Olobe-Democrat. evergreen trees have been set out, and a pipe la now being laid from Twenty-fourth street to the new psvtllon. Over 1,500 yards of lawn In Hanscom park, trodden down by picnic parties, has been resodded. and the lots In Bemls park recently acquired by the city from Mr. Sorenson, have been graded and sodded. A gutter has been built on Lafayette ave nue, and one Is being built on Lincoln avenue. Tha board decided to advertise for bids for paving Ed Crelghton avenue with brick, from Twenty-ninth avenue to Thirty second avenue, the paving to be thirty feet wide with a six-Inch curbing. The bids will be opened June 17. Ed Crelghton ave nue forms the southern border of Hanscom park. SUIT TO BREAK THE YOKE Action Beann by Father of GlrlVWIfe to Have Marrlaae to Boy i Annnlled. The hearing of the suit by which John W. Lampman hopes to annul the runaway marriage of his 17-year-old daughter. Faye, to Edward Flnan, which was performed In Council Bluffs last February, has been started before Judge Estelle. The groom, who Is a minor, was not present, and Judge Estelle appointed John E. Qulnn to repre sent his Interests. His girl wife testified that Flnan proposed marriage on morning and later In the day they went across the river and had It performed. They Im mediately went to their respective homes Intending to keep the marriage a secret. The' bride's parente found it out. however, and started suit to have It annulled. Tb hearing was adjourned until Monday. BOARD WILL VIEW PARKS Monthly Trlpa of Inspection Designed to Give First Hand Infer, nation. Monthly trips of inspection over th boulevards and to th various parks ot the city will be made by the Board of Park commissioners In the future. Here tofore the board haa relied on the reports of the superintendent, W. R. Adams, and on Intermittent visits by members of the board. Commissioner Wstson made the motion tn the regular meeting Friday afternoon for the board to learn first band what Is being don and what should be dona, and it met with unanlmoua approval. According to the report of the superinten dent, considerable work hss been done In the parka during the last month, most of it In Elm wood and Miller parks. In Elm wood park BOO trees, mostly evergreens, have been set out, most of them on Leav enworth street and by tha newly graded entrance at the northeast corner of the park on Dodge street. In Miller park 200 PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. R. W.- Foster, Burlington representative at Portland, Ore., ia In Omaha. H. M. Rowley of Lincoln, A. L. 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