Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
JESSEN SUCCEEDS TUCKER
Nsbi ~ Justice Of AriSons
Supro- ~ ''opmm,
JUDGE OF SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Appointment Made nt Instance Of
senator Burkett, who Desired TO
Keep Appointment In
Nebraska.
(From a stan Correspondent


accepted the resignation of Judge Eugene
Tucker OF the territorial supreme court
OF Arizona, and the president directed the
appointment Of Judge Paul Jessen Of Ne
braska to succeed him.
Judge Jessen is one OF the best known
lawyers In the south Platte country, being
judge of the second judicial district OF tho
state. He was a prominent candidate for
governor when Governor Mickey was NOM
mated and the appointment. ii Is believed
will give most general satisfaction. The
appointment was made at the Instance OF
Senator Burkett, who was determined TO
not only hold the appointment for Ne
braska, when II was learned that Judge
Tucker had TO go. but to secure the ap-
pointment OF one against whom there could
be no possible objections
These rural routes have been ordered
established on December Is in Dallas
county, Iowa: Adel, route 4, population
200 houses 10: DeSota, route q population
24O houses IS; Minburn, route 3, population
S75 houses 75; Perry route 5. population
$50 houses so; Waukee, route 5, population
$50, houses 90; Woodward route (, popula-
ton 40, houses IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace G. Burt, after a
travel of twenty-one months in foreign
countries. are expected to arrive in New
York Saturday next.
international Sanitary Treaty.
An important step toward the prevention
OF contagious diseases was taken today
when the members of the International
Sanitary convention accepted the forty mine
articles of the Paris convention Of Decem-
Der 3, 1903, with only a few notifications,
required by the conditions in tropical coun-
tries. The articles, which are now en-
I Il IT. l.
signed by the delegates tomorrow morning.
and when ratified by the different South
and North American governments there
will be on practically all of the American
continent one system OF quarantine and
preventive measures. This is calculated
to put an end to the evil of good work in
one state being undone by the negligent
methods in a neighboring state. 1t was
decided that the United States Pharmacopea
should be translated into Spanish and that
a first edition of 5000 copies should be pub
lished.
After electing vice presidents from among
the delegates of the various countries rep
resented the convention elected Drs. wy
man, Moore Liceaga, Ulloa, Guiteras
Rhett, Goode of Mobile, Ala, and A. II
Doty of New York members of a body tc
be known as the International Sanitary
bureau for a period OF three years. Thi,
bureau will be clothed with semi-executiy,
and judicial powars. by the several govern
ments and will decide upon all question.
relative to international sanitary arrange
ments.
An interesting feature of the Afternoon
session was the presentation Of severa
papers on plague, cholera and yellow
fever.
DIR. Lavoreria, the Peruvian delega te
spoke Of bubonic plague ana the success
with which the Peruvian authorities ha,
some years ago stamping out the epidemi
in that country.
Dr. Guiteras declared that 'The mainte
nance in Cuba of the prophylactic meas
ures invented by DR.. ]. c. Finlay and in
stituted by the American government
against the yellow fever has resulted i
the continued freedom from yellow feve
I'm Cuba and the conclusive demonstrate
that the bite of an infected mosquito
the only natural way Of transmission Q
, yellow fever"
Tax ON Bitters md Extracts.
Replying to an inquiry regarding the cor
struction to be placed on a recent rulin
OF his Office on alcoholic compounds Ia
belled and sold as medicines. Commissions
Yerkes Of the internal revenue burea
holds as follows:
The ruling does not apply to toilet art
cles, whatever the quantity of alcohol cor
tained therein may be, nor does 1t appl
to the various essences or extracts
which you refer (viz., of lemon, vanill
cinnamon etc.), II these preparations al
such are known to the legitimate gro
Gerry or drug store trade as shousehol
= articles for culinary and other uses and M
. as beverages
: Where, however, alcoholic compound
| called essence of lemon, vanilla. cinnS
| mon, etc" or so-called essences and tim
e lures of ginger contain, as you state.
e mere triie of medicament, the main col
: ! sttuent being alcohol, and these prepar,
tions which you further say are usual
$ sold by country merchants, especially
n prohibition districts, are found by the i
= cal internal revenue officers or agents
. be generally sold and used as beverage
every merchant thus selling them .witho,
= a iiouor dealer under the Internal reven,
laws will be liable to criminal prosecute
e in addition to the assessment against hi
a OF special tax and penalty. and the man
} facturers OF these so-cailed essences al
> extracts, who are shown by the fac
$ ELECTED to have made these alcoholic cor
l. will be held liable TO special tax and pc
l. atty as rectihers Of liquor.
The commissioner has also held that ms
extracts. composed largely OF ferment
D liquor. are labeled and sold as medicine
u It is for the manufacturers to show III
:, these extracts are so combined with dru
as to be genuine medicines, not comi
within the recent ruling of his once.
Cadets Quit HaEinR.
General A. l.. Mills, superintendent OF I
,g military academy, In his annual rep,
d pictures very satisfactory conditions as
ne discipline military bearing and soldie
al conduct OF the cadets and says that hazi
m in any form has shown no symptom
n reappearing. Reporting upon improvemei
Mt for the academy. General Mills says;
u Practically all OF the necessary laI
= rights of way, and water rights for the n
u source OF supply have been secured, a
the execution Of the project is well unC
no way.
IS, With the completion OF the buildings a
Of improvements under way the militia
academy plant will be I'm a position to m
ali demands which will be put upon It
G the natural growth OF the academy
hfty years.
In The work on the buildings probably CT
not be completed before 1912
Postal Receipts of Large cities.
The postal receipts for the nifty larg
cities in the United States during septe
he Der aggregated S6.5lS5Oo. against 81, sO7
in for the corresponding month in 1894. 7
or report on the subject today shows Z
m Portland. Ore. on account Of the exp,
he tion there, had the heaviest percentage