Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-02
Nebraska

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were received by the secretary Of state this
afternoon. This was the last county to
report. The official vote OF Judge Fawcett
IL 1881 and for Judge Hamer 1884. giving
the nomination to Judge Fawcett by S7
votes. The state ~oanvassing board will
meet tomorrow to canvass the returns.
Prtce-ThompsOn.
In the presence Of Governor Shallen-
berger and most of the other state Of
ficers and a large number Of relatives and
friends Miss Vivian Thompson, eldest
daughter Of Attorney General and Mrs.
w. T. Thompson. was married at 2sO this
afternoon to Mr.. Donald Price, chief clerk
in the office Of the state engineer. The
wedding occurred at the home Of the at
torney general, 212O Garfield street. After
the ceremony light refreshments were
served and the newly married couple left
for a honeymoon trip to California. They
will be at home after October 1 on Wash
ington street.
Mrs. Guy wait.
Mrs. Cora E. Wait, wife of Guy wait,
son of the deputy secretary of state, died
this morning at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Prey, 172 South Twenty-seventh
street. She leaves a husband and three
children, the eldest 1s years. The funeral
will be held at Palmyra, the home of
Guy Wait. tomorrow. Mrs. Wait was SO
years of age and had suffered for more
than a year with tuberculosis.
Mail Service at state Fair.
During the state fair, to be held from
September 3 to 10. inclusive, Postmaster
sizer has secured authority to furnish spe-
cial delivery and collection Of mail to
the state fair grounds. There will be
three deliveries and collections made at the
grounds daily and the State Fair associ-
alton will receive and distribute the mail
after receipt at the grounds, so any parties
desiring to receive mail at the fair grounds
during the fair should have same ad-
dressed Care State Fair Grounds" and n.
will receive prompt and proper attention.
This special delivery of mail will be ad-
vantageous to the state fair management
and the many exhibitors on the grounds
who desire to receive their mail on the
grounds.
After the Milk Dealers.
State Food Commissioner Mains has sent
out his deputies into the byways of the
city of Lincoln and today they gathered
In thirty-four samples of milk from vari-
Gus milk dealers, and the samples will be
tested. Some Of the buyers of milk in
this city have an idea they are not get
ting the pure article, hence the activity
Of the food commissioner.
object to Lowering Rates.
At Lyons the Home Telephone company
concluded to reduce it's rates and pro-
posed that the State Railway commission
grant the authority. Before the commits
sion got busy, however, the Lyons indie
pendent Telephone company, which has
not yet started business, appealed to the
commission to permit it to show cause why
THESE rates should not be reduced, so a
hearing has been set for September 10.
Bishop Talks Agriculture.
State Superintendent Bishop is one OF
the judges of the agricultural exhibit at
the Iowa State fair, and on Tuesday he
addressed the boys and girls agricultural
clubs, which are organized along the
lines of the Nebraska club.
Rebate On Car of Freight,
Henry karspeck, through the State Rail-
way commission, secured a rebate. or a
comeback, from the Burlington railroad NJ
$6l, which was the amount he alleged had
been overcharged him. Karspeck. WIN
hNes IN tted Willow county, said he had
been charged a grain rate for a carload
OF immigrants goods, which consisted
partly of grain and feedstuff. Such goods
take a lower rate than the grain rate.
More Telephone stock.
The Plattsmouth Telephone company has
received permission from the railway com
mission to issue stock to the amount Of
$4,000, in addition to It's present stock of
$lS'5OC' for the purpose of paying off $23. 900
of debt and improving it's plants at Weep
ing Water, Louisville and other places.
Compromise Telephone Rate,
Railway Commissioner Cowgirl has again
demonstrated that ne is somewhat of an
arbitrator. He went out to Bloomington,
where a number of citizens were protesting
the rates proposed by the State Railway
commission for the Republican Valley Tel
ephone company, and though the telephone
people and the citizens interested had
worked themselves up into a bad frame of
mind, he secured a compromise which pro-
vided for an increase to the company on
It's regular rates and a decrease for the
people over the rates proposed by the com
mission.