Omaha daily bee., 1914-09-04
Nebraska
STATE COUNT READY SOON
With Arrival of Figures from Doug
las Totals Will Be Made.
KINKAID Is SOME RUNNER
Receives Nomination for Congress
ON -Four Tickets-Stack Yards
Valuation Begun by the
state Experts.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

NtTOm starr correspondent
LINCOLN, Sept S-(Special.) 1.-The
watchful waiting in the office of the
secretary of state is about TO be ended.
word having been received that the Doug
las county election returns would be in
today
This is all on account of the present
primary law which has enable done-half
of the inhabitants of Douglas county 70
run for office and the election board has
had to count vote on them ALL
Kinkaid Popular.
In places where results have been OBJ
tanned, especially in the congressional dis
tricts II is discovered that some candi-
dates have more than their share Of
nominations For instance in the Sixth
district Congressman Moses Kinkaid has
received the nomination of four tickets
the republican progressive, socialist and
prohibition. In the Fifth district Con-
gresham Barton. not only received the
nomination in his own party, the republi-
can, but defeated the regular nominee
for the progressive nomination. Thomas
NJ. c. Birmingham of Grand Island, who
filed for the nomination on six different
tickets. landed in the front on two of
him seriously when he made affidavit
that he affiliated with their own and so
he has to be contented with just the
prohibition and socialist nominations
which he landed hands down.
EdgcrtOn Makes Talk.
Frank Edgerton, assistant attorney gem
eral has gone to Germantown today,
where he will represent the republican
party in a political speech in which An
drew Morrissey, private secretary to the
governor, will be his opponent. AS 1t is
n German picnic. Mr.. Edgerton Will not
tell his celebrated Irish story, while Mr.,
Morrissey will sound the audience little
before talking on women suffrage.
Miss MuIdOOn Wins Prize.
Miss Mamie Muldoon of the fire COM
missioners' office won one of the prizes
Offered by the Nebraska Panama Pacific
exposition for the sale of medals, the
proceeds to go toward building a Ne
braska building at the exposition in San
Francisco. She will receive a round trip
ticket including Pullman sleeper for ths
trip. Miss Gladys Van SAINT Of Omaha
Won the other prize.
Valuation of Yards.
The work of making a physical valua-
ton of the South Omaha stock yards be-
gan yesterday. when Rate Expert U. c.
Powell of the State Railway commission,
with his two assistants Messrs. Boyer
and Gregory, began looking over the
situation. The investigation will be made
starting back in 1892, when the associa-
ton was first formed, and thorough
going over of the books of the association
will be made. 1t is not known how Ions
it will take to make the valuation, but
considerable time will elapse before II
will be finished. The work is being done
on a complaint made by r. B. Howell OF
Omaha.
Cost of Encampment.
Major Arthur Haysel, assistant adtutant
general of the Nebraska National Guard
returned to the rifle camp at Ashland
where the state encampment of the
guards has been held since August a.
having completed the payroll on which he
has been working for a couple or days
The encampment will have cost the state
when the troops have all returned home
about $500. OF this amount A,l12.5S will
be for pay of the states share due the
men. The other expense, amounting tc
about $4,000 will be borne by the United
states government
Order Goes in Effect.
The fact that the railroads have notified
the commission that they will contest II
the courts the order of the commission
known as No. 10, making a reduction il
freight rates on all lines of railroad II
Nebraska, will not stop the going int
effect of that order on next Sunday, Sep
TENDER 6. The roads will have to put thu
odder in effect and pending decision o.
the courts 1t will remain so.