Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-04
Nebraska
GOVERNOR TO SHAKE TREE
Shallenberger Will Soon Designate
Favored Democratic Papers.
PRISON GAMBLING Is CHECKED
Warden stops Game of Craps-stock
Yards Rate Hearing win BE Re-
sumed June =, when More
witnesses VIII ne Heard.
tFrom a staff Correspondent


LINCOLN, June 3-(Special.)- Governor
shallenberger will soon be ready to des-
ignste the democratic newspapers in which
the proposed constitutional amendments
are to be published. This was formerly the
duty of the secretary of state, who pro-
vides the sample ballots and attends TO all
the details of getting up the copy for the
proposed amendments, but the late demo-
cratic non-partisan legislature wanted the
sop for the den ocrats, so the governor was
given the job Of making the selections.
Governor Shallenberger was given the
privilege Of selecting two papers in which
to publish the list OF delinquent corpora
lions and he gave one list TO q democratic
paper and one to an alleged republican pa
per which supported the democrats In the
late campaign, but it il presumed he will
give the proposed constitutional amend
ments to the genuine democratic papers.
The law requires that one paper in each
county publish the amendments, so 1t is
probable there will be considerable Of a
fight over which papers get the sop. The
price to be paid will amount probably to
SIS or $50. Several papers have already
notified the governor that they want the
business and the governor Is now going
over the list and checking up those he de-
sires to favor.
Not Running Sleeping Cars.
The Pullman company in an answer filed
| in the county court today denied that 1t
| is running sleeping cars, but insisted that
| Il supplies the railroads with the cars. The
answer was made to the petition filed by
Elizabeth c. Sizer, who is suing the COM
pany for $500 for the loss of two rings
which she alleges were stolen from her
while going to California due to the care
lessness or dishonesty of the company's
employees,
Purifying the Penitentiary.
Warden Smith will not stand for any
crap shooting at the state penitentiary, IL
he can help it. Convicts Kelly and Waite,
both from Cheyenne county started in to
play the game of their youth, were caught
in the act and being already in prison and
having little money with which to pay
fines, thew arden simply deducted ten days
from their good time allowance. The
monthly report of the warden shows that
there are now in the prison 452 convicts OF
these seventeen were admitted during the
month and one was returned from parole
Eleven have been discharged, four paroled
land onep ardoned during the month. An
derson, the negro who was recently sent
up for life for murder, had his leg ampu-
tated. The total number of days lost from
work by all thee onvicts during the month
was $50
Hearing to BE Resumed June =.
The application of the stock yards tC
increase rates which the commission has
been considering for two days will bs
taken up again June 8, when more wit
nesses will be examined. The day was oc
cupied> by w. G. Ure, who valued the rea
estate for the commission. He divided the
property into four tracts upon which hi
placed a valuation as follows: 5000 for 4,4s
acres; q, 600 for 31.S3 acres, 81, 260 for L
acres, 5000 for 7.sS acres making a tota
of S672,5 The value of the same property
as fixed by the company was in round mum
bers, s1,2OO,O0O Engineer Hurd went owe
, his report as a witness explaining in detail
the various items.
Committee of Fifty Alarmed.
The Committee of Fifty met this after
, noon to view with alarm the scheme t.
establish a saloon in West Lincoln, the in
corporated village which threatens t
grant a saloon license. Mayor Myers o.
West Lincoln was at the meeting. He tolC
: the committeeman present that his peopl,
looked with friendly eye on the incom,
! which would result. The question will sooI
be decided by the village board.