Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-04

McHugh, Ben T. White, James Kelby. The
commission has not passed on the request.
Reports and Accounts.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has
forwarded to the State Railway Commission
its rules governing the reports to be made
by the various common carriers to the
commissions. Several important changes
are ordered from the present reports. The
distinction between additions and better
ments has been eliminated.
1t is no longer permissible to charge
such expenditures to income, profit and
loss, or special funds in such a manner as
to exclude any expenditure for additions
and betterments from the property &C
counts in the balance sheet.
The present classification provides that
operating expenses should be charged only
in case the abandoned property (other than
land %equipment) is replaced; and the
amount to be charged is now based upon
the cost Of replacing in kind the aban-
doned property instead of the original cost
as provided in the circular.
Where property is abandoned and new
road built. the value Of the property thus
abandoned must be deducted from the eX-
penditure.
A single account, Equipment" has been
substituted for the various accounts for
| meriy covered by the various classes OF
equipment
MIxup Over sample Ballots.
Secretary OF State Junkin is having a
bushel OF trouble with certain county
clerks over the make up OF the ballot. The
secretary certified out a sample ballot.
which contained the names Of the state
candidates. and he has received back a
sample which contained the names OF not
only these candidates. but also county and
precinct candidates. The secretary. acting
under the law enacted by the state legis-
lature. ~(section II, election laws) holds
that precinct officers, township officers
and municipal Officers in cities under IS,
900, are nominated by caucus and are not
affected by a primary.
He so notified the county clerk Of
Thayer county, who came back at hin
with an opinion by the county attorney OF
that county 10 the effect that these off
GERS had not been exempted by the prl'
mary law. This opinion, however, was
based on 8. F. 1e, which fixes the date
Of the primary.
One sample ballot sent back to the sec,
rotary contained the addresses of the can,
didates, which Is prohibited by the law
but II took an order from the secretary Of
state before the printer would consent tC
make the change. On this ballot Harvey
Newbranch appeared from Omaha as
populist and from Lincoln as a democrat
The secretary of state believes that thi'
is stretching the nonpartisan business too
far.
surety Company Asks order.
The American Surety company mas fileC
a petition in federal court skiing for al
Injunction against the state bonding boar
to prevent 1t making rates surety com
panies charge in Nebraska. The hearing
is set for August Z before Judge Munge
in Omaha. The bonding impair re
Gently reduced rates Of all the bonding
companies.
Alleged LITTER Appeals.
Charles ". Spence, who is charged Will
bringing liquor into Lincoln for the pur
pose Of illegal sale, has appealed TO tn
district court. The complaint was file
by Chief Richard OF the police department
July 3, and the case was set for hearinI
in the police court Tuesday. 1t was trans
ferred 10 Justice Bacon's court on a chang
Of venue and was appealed from there.
BONDING Company sued.
John Rakes, jr., has brought suit in IN
district court for 500 600 against the Lilo.
Bonding company Of Omaha, charging tina
while intoxicated by the liquor sold a
the Schneider saloon in Nebraska City h
attempted to board a train and had hi
leg crushed so that it had TO be ampu
tated. The accident occurred on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad on June 8, last. Tn
suit is brought by John Rakes, ST., tn
young man who was injured being unde
age.
DesertiOn suit is Filed.
Edna McCable of Lincoln filed a suit /
the district court Tuesday afternoon a
leging cruelty and desertion by her nus
band, William b. McCable. Nj. and Mr.
McCsble have lived al Wayne for severe
years, but the wife asserts that she cam
: 10 Lincoln some time ago because sh
was unwilling TO live with her husband
mother, where, she says that she va
compelled to do more than her share {
work. She asks separation and alimon
sufficient 10 support her and her child.