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NEBRASKA NEWS REPRESENTATIVE THI ESSEN H Aft A GREAT IDEA. CORN LAND TO BE HIGHER After Much Caroful Study of Present' Day Condltlonr,, He Concludes That Values Will Reach High Figure. I Ion. John l. Thlosson, of Falrbury, one of tho most, conservative farmers in tho Htitlo, Iiiih been doing ti little IlKurhiK recently along (ho lino of ad vancement in Imitl values. Mr, Titles Hen's idea Is that possibly not more Minn ton yearn hence, the price of land adapted to tho raising of corn will liavo advanced to $150 to $200 an uoro. Ho contends tlial the corn belt of thla country Is fully developed and It ,'h limited to a very .small port ion of tho United States when the conn try au a whole Id taken Into considera tion. On the other hand, he days that nil the new land that Is coining In Ih adapted to tho raising of wheat. The result of this condition will he, he contends, a constantly Increasing sup ply of whoat, while the demand Is not. Increasing nearly as rapidly us the demand for corn. Tills moans that the prlcos of these two commodities are hound to Uncinate; corn will go up and wheat will go down until tho prices meet. The raising of corn does not entail nearly as much expense as tho glowing of wheat; one man can tend a bigger Held of corn Mum he can of wheat, and the result Is going to he that farmers will be in tho mar ket for corn laud. With the IncroaBo in demand for corn the price Is going up to such a tlgure that the net re turns from an acre of this grain will pay a bigger dividend on the amount Invested and tills Is bound to result in a scrliiiiuiige to get possession of tho land adapted to the raising of corn. Mr. Thlesson does not wonder ot the fact that people are today will ing to pay $100 an acre for good corn land. MAY CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES. 8trlp of Merrick County Land May Be Traded to Nance. The question of changing the boun dary linos between Merrick and Nance counties will be submitted to the voters of both counties at the general olectlon In November, and If the prop' osltion carries, all of tho land Mor Tick county embraces north of the Loup river will be exchanged for all of Nance county south of the river Included in township 15, rango 8. There is a strip eight miles long and one-half mile wide which extends up from the northwest corner of Merrick county between Nance an.l Howard comities, and its distance from Con tral City, tho county seat, has been n source of great Inconvenience to per eous living up there. No supervisor has been able to look properly after tholr roads and bridges and the chil dren of the families residing there have in the past been transferred to school districts in neighboring coun ties as there was no school accessible to Miem In Merrick county, sonio of ihom being as much a ten miles dis tant from the nenrost Merrick county Bchool. Accordingly tho citizens of Loup township petitioned to haw the Btrlp transferred to Nanco county In exchange for a small tract of Nance county south of the river and the prop osltion will be submitted to the voters of both counties at the election next month. Before tho exchange can be made tho people of both counties must vote favorably. Tho land in Nance county to be transferred is only about lialf tho size tho tract they will receive In return. State Board Mandamused. A writ of mandamus issued recent ly bv the supremo cou t has been obeyed by the board of educational lands and funds and as a result Mrs Delilah Rutledge becomes tho purchas er of a lease contract covering SO acres of state land-in Jefferson conn ty. The local appraisers first apprais ed the land at ?1.200. This was re jectod by the state board as being too low. An appeal was taken by Mrs Rutledce to the supreme court. The court held that the board had power to review the appraisement and stat ed that the land1 was evidently np nralsad from S400 to 1600 below Its actual value. A second nppralsentont was had and the value fixed at. $200 less than the minimum amount which tho supreme court said was tho real value. This appraisement tho board rejected, but the supreme court Issued a writ of mandnmus to compel the board to approve. Land Commission er Eaton has completed the necessary papers in the case and the board has approved, his action. STOCK YET TO BE SHIPPED. Scarcity of Cam In Northwest Pre vento Rapid Movement. Reports from tho range country In (he northwest part of Nebraska Indi cate that the movement from that Htoek-ralslng section has hardly begun. II Is claimed that snippers have been tumble to make shipments because of lack of cars, A shipper who canto to Lincoln said the railroad com pany Is evidently making strenuous efforts to get cars to shippers, because on the way down they passed many rrolght trains inailo up of empty stock cars. Ho said the arrival in the north west of empty cars menus prompt loading and the prompt return of tho loaded cars, and that the efforts of tho railroads for several weeks to come will bo needed to move all thu stock that Is ready for tho market. Thu labor problem Is getting to be a seri ous ono In the northwest. Men are In demand on the ranches and In the hay and potato Holds. It Is clalmo.1 that potato raisers In tho vicinity of llnnce are offering from $12 to $2.75 per day for men to pick up potatoes. DEATH OF DR. S. D. MERCER. End ComcB to n Prominent Physician of Omaha. Dr. Samuel David Mercer died at lis residence, Fortieth and Cuming streets, Omaha, at the age of slxty II vo. Dr. Mercer's death marks the pass ng of ono of the pioneer physicians and surgeons of the state and a man who had made Omaha his homo for forty-one years. Convicts Earn Money. Warned A. D. Reenter deposited $1,- 051.71 In a Lincoln hank to the credit of convicts In tho state penitentiary. le said that It represented the money earned by the convicts for over-time work during the month of September and that Mils was less than the amount isually earned by them in one month. rout 250 to 'J (50 convicts are repre sented in the list of those who earned the money. Last mouth convicts in tho prison spent $1,000 for the various hlngs which prisoners usually buy. deluding pies and cakes once a mouth and the services of attorneys. Train Speed Limit. Without waiting for the return of Commissioner II. J. Winnett tho rail way commission is likely to adopt, the ecommeudatlon of Commissioner Wll lams that the speed of trains on tho Missouri Pacific railroad be limited la the interests of the safety of the trav eling public. Commissioner Clarke has read the recommendation and is of the opinion that somo such order should be Issued without delay. Tho proposed order will come up for dis position within a day or two. It pro vides that passenger trains shall be linlted to twenty-live miles an hour, freight trains to twenty miles and iteavy freight engines to llfteen miles. Child Shot Accidentally. A very distressing accident occurred at .Hartley the other day. Mrs. Dean Vanderhorf while loading a 38 revol ver to shoot a chicken accidentally discharged it, the bullet paused entire ly through the head of her llttlo two year old baby girl. The child Is still alive with some chance to recover. The cords of the left eyo were sever ed and will destroy tho eye If she lives. Tho mother is prostrated over tho affair. Woodmen Erect Monument. The Plattsmouth camp of tho Wood men of the World, assisted by a num cor of visiting camps, unveiled the monument erected to the memory of the iato Edward Orassman, who was killed aevctal months ago In a gas explosion. Senator Josso L. Root act ed as master of ceremonies, whllo ad dresses were given by Rev. Dr. II. G Schleh and Edward Walsh, itato man agoi of the Woodmen of tit's World Farmer's Neck is Broken. Andrew Hesse, a farmer who lives seven miles southwest of Crete, mot his death by falling from the roof of his new barn which he was siting ling, ills nock was broken by the twenty-foot fall and the physicians who answered the call found him dead.. Ho was thlrty-ntno years old and left a family of eight. Kearney Business Reorganized. The Kearney machine foundry and automobile company elected officers this week as follows: Prank E. Wll cox, president; Fred Rosso, vice presl dent; Alonzo Frank, secretary and treasurer; C. M. Kuhn, manager. The board of directors consist of the abovo and J. H. Kuhn, J. Herman, Harry Black and Fran Mott. Tho firm took possession of the old foundry business heretofore run by Black & Kuhn Bros. As soon as possible tho old building will bo repaired ami remod eled to meet tho requirements of the business. THE SECRETARY JUDGE LANDIS IS UPHELD Fine of $60,000 Assessed Against Alton Will Stand- United States Court of Appeals Over ruled a Petition for a Rehearing of the Rebating Charge. Chicago. Judges Orosscup, Baker and Seaman, In tho United States cir cuit court of appeals In an opinion dollvored Wednesday afternoon over ruled a petition of the Chicago and Alton Railroad company for a rehear ing on Its appeal from the $00,000 fine ill posed by Judge K. M. Landls a Mttlo more than a year ago for rebat ing. Tho railroad company was fined $40,000 and J. N. Falthorn, former vico president, and P. A. Wann, former gen eral freight agent, $10,000 each on a charge of having granted rebates to the packing firm of Schwarzschild and Sulzberger company in violation of tho Elklns law. The railroad company's defense In tho trial of the rebate case was that its paymonts to the packing company wero for use of that com pany's industrial tracks. Judge Gross cup, in giving the opinion Wednesday on the petition for rehearing Informed tho petitioner that a more caroful reading of a former opinion by him self last spring when Judge Landls' action was sustained would show that tho present petition was Inconsistent. Dutch Troops Massacred. Victoria, B. C. Mall advices from Batavla report the ambuscade and massacre of two companies of Dutch troops by natives In tho Celebes. Eleven men sent to secure a native ewer were attacKeti while in camp, Bomo being at breakfast and others swimming, and they were butchered to man. Lloutennnt Mathes, com mandlng the force, had gone with six men to the chief's stronghold and re turning Joined forces with Lieutenant Klles and 15 men. The company had heard nothing of the slaughter of tho other force and when they were shift lng camp, they wore sot upon a largo force of blacks. Not one escaped. No Rights In Indian Territory. Tulsa, I. T. All malt nnd fermented liquors have no property rights In In dian torrltory and are contraband, ac cording a decision by Federal Judge W. R. Lawrence Friday. The decision was In the case of Geo. E. Josolyn, local distributor of Pablo, a 2 per cent alcoholic beverage against Special Federal Olllcer W. E. Johnson. Joce- ijn sougitt to restrain .loitnson rrom wi.owwj iuH ma iiuiun. v. i iKtuitiiiiuiK irauo in sanio. jttuge Lawrences (le- clslon it Is believed will bar all al leged 2 per cents from Indian territory. Captured Ocean Records. New York. The Cunarder Lusltania, with practically all the trans-Atlantic records to her credit, arrived abeam tho Sandy Hook lightship nt 1:25 Frl day morning. Tho time for tho trip from Daunts Rock to tho Sandy Hook light, tho olllclal course ovor which speod trials were made was four days, 20 hours. The last day's run was ap parently the fastest of the trip, tho giant liner hitting up her speed to 25 knots an hour over a smooth sea with little wind to Intorfore with her. Wheat Prices Going Up. Chicago. Wheat prices on the local exclTattge touched new high record marks Thursday when the May deliv ery sold up to $1.11 and tho Decent her option to $1.05. Cold weathor In Argentina was the chief reason for tho fresh advance in prices. OF PEACH. KELLOGG HAS THE EVIDENCE- Books Show the Standard Oil Trusl WaB Never Really Dissolved He Says. Now York. From statements culled from ledgers and books found In the oillco of the Standard Oil company, Prank B. Kellogg, counsel for the United States governmont, succeeded In placing on Tuesday's record of fed oral proceedings against the oil com bine the processes and stagos through which the combine passed in its changes from tho old Standard Oil trust to the present Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey. Out of the maze of llgttro developed from the com pany's books and from the testimony given by Clarence G. Fay, assistant auditor of tho Standard, called as a witness Tuesday, tho government's counsel says ho believes he has proved tho federal allegation that tho Stan dard Is an illegal corporation and that by devious devices has maintained its entity, and that It Is under tho same ownership as when it was formed. A Nebraska Primary Decision. Lincoln, Nob. Unless the supreme court reverses the decision of tho district court of Dakota county which ruled that names written into the pri mary ballot must be counted, all of tho election boards of the state will have to meet again and recanvass the vote of the .ast primary for, on the recommendation of Attorney General Thompson, these votes wero disregard ed. Judge Welch rendered the dacis Ion Tuesday evening ordering the county clerk to put on the ballot, the names of candidates written into the ballot and receiving a plurality of the votes for their particular offices. Work at The Hague Finished. The Hague. The report of James Brown Scott, on tho proposed Inter A. 1 1 I. Jt . i 1 . imuuiuu iiign court oi justice was adopted Thursday by the committee by 38 to three votes, three delegates oeiug aosont. The resolution of Sir Edward Fry to the effect that the gov ernments Institute tho court so soon aB thoy have agreed on the method by which the Judges are to be chosen, was then passed almost unanimously. The work of the peace conference Is now practically finished. Tho sitting briday will merely agree on the form of a declaration regarding obligatory arbitration. John Mitchell Will Retire. intllanapolis, I ml. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers announces In tho United Mine Work ers' Journal that be will not be a can- amnio lor ro-oiectton us nies ihnt Mr Mitchell underwent a surgical oper i luiiiii anout six months ago and it Is said that he has not fully recovery and that it is possible that it. will be necessary for aiiother'operation to bo poriormcd The Frisco Alco Prosperous. St. Louis. Mo. The Frisco railroad annual report lor the lineal year end ed on June :i0. 1007. which was issuer I'flday night, shows an increase o $(5,571,110.05, or 20 5 per cent, In gross earnings: an Increase of $2,2 i7.3G4.71 or iti.o per cent i.t net earnings am an increase of $2,100,447.(5(5 In the bal mice of surplus carried to profit and loss. Detroit Lost Another. Detroit, Mioli. In the first game o i no worm s series on their own field the DcirMt American league team was beaten I- rlday afternoon by the Chi cago .Nationals by a score of (5 to 1 To Colonize Siberia bt. Petersburg The council of mln tsiers i-ruiay appropriated $0,500,000 for colouration purposes In Siberia. SANTA FE GAVE REBATES The Railroad Company Declared Guilty by Los Angeles Jury. Was Indicted on Sixty-six Counts and the Maximum Penalty May Reach $1,250,000. Los Angeles, Cal. After boini;. out 20 minutes, the Jury in the caso of tho government against the Santa Fe Rail road company on trial for rebating In the federal court hero Friday after noon brought In a verdict of guilty against tho railroad on all of tho 6G counts of the Indictment. Judge Wei born will announce his decision next Monday. An estimate of tho maxi mum penalty which may be imposed is $1,250,000. The charge against tho Santa Fe was that it had granted rebates from its regular tariff on shipments of lime by tho Grand Canyon Lime & Cement company of Arizona. The defense of tho railroad company was that the rebates wore "concessions" made for alleged losses In the shipments dur ing transit. The trial began on Sep tember 30. In giving his decision on the law points which arose during the trial, Judge Welborn laid down a point of law which Is held to be one of the reost important since tho Interstate com merce commission has existed. -He Bald : "I hold that the acceptance by the defendant of a less eum of money than that named in its tariff for tho trans portation of its property described in the indictment if here had been such acceptance was a departure from tho legal rate, and that it is not Justified in so doing, nor is it any defense to a prosecution thereof, that the acts of the carrier were done in compromise of claims for loss of property in transit." A SALTED MINE. Property for Which $2,500,000 Wat Refused Found Upon Close Ex amination to be Worthless. Helena, Mont. The Record Friday publishes a story to the effect that numerous Montana and Washington investors have been mulcted to the ex tent of more than p third of a million dollars through the discovery that the Red Canyon placer mines near Lean der, Wyo., had been salted and that the property is worthless. A Chicago firm was so impressed with the future of the property that it offered the Greenoughs $2,500,0po for their interest, but it was rejected. Water not being available work had been started from oither end of a tunnel through a mountain so that the flow of the Prophoagle river might bo utilized. The discovery has created the biggest sensation in the history of Northwest mining. Laborers Pillaged Freight Cars. Denver, Col. Over $500,000 worth of merchandise has been stolen on the Burlington railroad in transit between Chicago and Denver during the past year, and 300 Italian laborers who pillaged freight cars have been dis charged, according to a report pub lished in the Denver Times Thursday. It is said that secret service agents ferreted out the system by which the robberies wero constantly committed but failed to Becttro evidence sufficient to convict any of the thieves. The Average Fair Paid. Topeka, Kan. The Santa Fe and Rock Island Thursday fllod with the state board of railroad commissioners reports on the blanks furnished by tho interstate commerce commission. The report Bhows that the average fare per passenger per mile received by tho Santa Fe In Kansas for the year end ing June 30, 1907, was .020G8; for the ontiro lino it wns .02150; for the Rock iBland In Kansas .022S4; for the en tire lino .02232. Less Than Two Cents a Mile. Lincoln. Neb. The annual report of tho Union Paclllc railway was filed with the state railway commission Thursday for the period ending Juno 30. Tho statement waB made that tho average amount per mile for passen ger travel was LOG cents. Tho period covered In tho report Includes about eight months before the two-cent fare law went Into effect, Indicating that the railroad received a rifle less than two cents before the law went Into oporatlon. Arrested One Operator. St. Joseph, Mo. Joseph Powers, a Burlington telegraph oporator at Wal dron, Mo., has been arrested by United States authorities charged with Interfering with commercial mes sages and train dUpatchlng. The of ficers expect to make further arrota. The operators sought to harrasB West ern Union and Associated PresB oper ators who took strikers place some tune ago.