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.
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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. Mitchell
of Norfolk and Judge Alfred Haxlstt ot
Beatrice are at the Sphllts.
H. B. Robinson of Columbus. F. R.
Johnson of St. Joseph and C. W. McLane
of David City are al the Hsnahaw.
W. W. Bhenberger of Aurora. Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Hersog of Herman and W. H.
Primer of Kennard are afternoon arrive la
at the Merchants.
E. H. Chambers of Columbus, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Ridgwsy. Taylor Belche of
Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Belchan
of Antiix;h. Cel.. and F. J. Donahue ot
Sioux City are at the Rome.
B. E. Hoffmaater of Norfolk. Mr. and
Mrs. John Kaufman of Seward, F. N. Lit
trell of Lincoln and Mrs. W. H. McCoy of
Sidney are at the Her Grand.
L. C. Erwln of HastirsTs. F. 8. Rumsey,
M. A. Sevanson of Fullerton. D. Solon of
Loa Angeles. J. M. Jones. B. F. Jackson of
Ames and J. Wllley of Norfolk ar at tho
Murray. --
Judge Matt Miller of David City, J. C.
Johnson of Chappell, Nelson Orlmsley of
Seattle, C. G. Shuman of Lincoln, E. L.
Myers and J. E. Myers of Newport ar at
the Merchant
A. K. Day of Kanaas City, R. A. Kinney
of Humboldt, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Kearna
and daughter of Beatrice. A. J. Lepenak
of Hastings and William Whit ot Lincoln
are at the Millard.
Mr. and Mrs. Alpha Morgan of Broken
Bow. Mr. and Mrs L. S. Coffey of Gibbon,
O. C. Crane of Boise, Ruth Mead ow Pierre.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Armstrong of Ruehvllle,
E. F. Berth of Reno, Nev.; F. W. Osborne
ot Kearney. W. R. Streeter ot Lincoln and
R. W. Foster of Portland are at the Pax-ton.
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