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RESIGNATION, RULER ATTEMPTS
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CRISIS BELIEVED DUE SOON
United States Withholds New Parley
Dictator May Call Mexican Con
gress to Prevent Humiliation Seek
to Reopen Negotiations.
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Washington, Nov. 17. Instructions
woro sent to Charge d'Aftalres
O'Bhaughnessy Friday Indicating to
him tho extent to which the United
States government will go In ro-open-
lng negotiations with those counselors
of Provisional President Huerta, who
earlier in the day sought to renew tho
parleys.
Tho Washington government will
not assumo negotiations until assur
ances can be given of provisional Hu
erta's intention to resign.
Efforts by counselors of Huerta to
Induce John Llnd at Vera Cruz to ro
opon thesentlro subject has not been
Buccessful, It was reported.
Mr. Llnd refused to go back to
Mexico City ' unless somo definite,
promises were forthcoming from Hu
erta. Tho latest news from Mexico City,
aside from that was that Huerta's
counselors' had failed, to obtain any
pledge from him.
Chairman Bacon of the foreign re
lations committee, discussing dispatch
es saying that Huerta's counselors
were seeking to reopen the negotia
tions, declared the only "condition on
which that could be done would be the
complete surrender of Huerta to the
American demands.
Administration officials continued to
be optimistic over the Bupport they
were getting from tho great' powers
- abroad, but did not discuss tho Mexl-'
can situation beyond Indicating again
that Huerta's elimination was inevit
able. City of Mexico, Nov. 17. "I do not
believe that intervention by the United.'
States will be necessary," said Nelson
O'Shaughnessy. The American charge
d'affaires added: "There Is no imme
diate danger to Americans."
Another said that after convening
of the newly electe'd'eongress w6u!T
rush-through a measure to wring addi
tional revenue from the people,.
The ever-present rumor that Huer
ta was. preparing his own elimination
was voiced on all. sides, but thejjresk
dents counselors seeking to reopen
negotiations with the United States
admitted they could offer no' definite J
pledge that he would quit.
Against the United States' demand
that the new congress be not allowed
to meet today Huerta's aids suggested
that it be permitted to organize under
definite assurances as to its legislation
bo that Huerta might have a body to
which tefsend his resignation if he de
cided to quit.
Meantime Sir Lionel Carden, the
British minister, conveyed to Huerta
an Intimation that the United 'States
was earnest In Its Intention and ..told
the president that the British govern
ment was disposed to back the United
States morally.
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TO TAX M. 0. HOUSES
KANSAS
CATTLE MEN
NEAT TRICK.
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GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Before the largo3t crowd over assombled in Amorlca to witness a football game, these youiig men from tho
Naval academy will meet the West Point. cadets at tho Polo grounds, Now York. '
TRAIN CRASH KILLS 12
HUNDRED8 HURT WHEN CAR8
PLUNGE DOWN BANK.
FINDSPENGERBUILTY
Congressman Clayton's Brother Badly
Injured In Central of Georgia
Railroad Wreck.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 15. Twelve
bodies were recovered Thursday from
the wreckage of passenger train No. 12
of the Central of Georgia railroad
four miles east of Clayton, Ala. One
hundred persons were Injured.
The train, which consisted of five
cars crowded with excursionists, was
en route from Ozark, Ala., to Eufaula,
where a fair Is being held.
Among those who escaped with
minor Injuries was Jefferson D. Clay
ton, a wealthy Alabaman and brother
of Congressman Henry D. Claytqn of
this state.
A broken rail is said to have caused
the accident vAs the crowded excur
sion train rounded a curve the three
cars at the rear, literally packed with
passengers.'Biiddenly left the trackend
breaking away from the others, rolled
down the cieep embankment.
Wooster, 0..Nov. IB. Kast-bound
Pennsylvania passenser train No. 52
;was derailed two miles west ofjVoou
"ter and three persons were killed
Thursday. Half a dozen woro quite
seriously injured "and as many more
slightly hurt. One of the dead men
was Arthur Kreakle of Shreve, a
VellirsrvaWaniflSmUnwTloWlB-Apas
Benger on the train. Another was a
horseman taking a horse through In an
express car. Tho third was a brake
man, C. M. Crease of Allegheny, en
gineer, suffered serious purns and
may die.
Whilo the panic-stricken passengers
were fighting their way out of the
train a freight thundered by, kljllng
two of the three -who lost their llvcs
and Injuring several others;
JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF
MURDER IN FIR3T DEGREE
AND GRANTS HIS WISH.
CURSES JURORS AND JUDGE
Slayer of Chicago Tango Teacher
Loses His Nerve When Attempt at
Insanity Falls to Impress ths
Farmer Jury.
30 PERISH ON SHIP
THE H. B. 8MITH 8lNKS IN GALB
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7ELIE EMERSON IS .DYING
American Girl Felled In England by
Policeman During Suf
frage Riot. ,
London, Nov. 12' Miss Zelle Emer
son, the American' militant suffrage
leader, formerly; of Chicago, Is be
lieved to be dying from concussion of
the brain, the result of a blow from
a London policeman's club.
Miss Emerson led an assailing band
of women against a battalion of po
lice at the Old Bow church on Novem
ber 5, who were trying to arrest Syl
via Pankhurst The charge was suc
cessful. Miss Pankhurst was taken
by force froni her captors and spir
ited away to a place of safety. Rein
forcements of tho police dispersed
the throng of rescuers only with tho
greatest difficulty. And when the
ground was cleared Miss Emerson was
found unconscious.
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THE WIRE I
STANDARD BUYS OUT RIVALl
Big Corporation 8ald to Have Paid
" (22,000,000 for San Francisco
Oil Company.
San Francisco, Cal., Novt 16. Ac
cording to a morning newspaper, a
deal has been consummated in Son
FranciBco before the directors of tho
Murphy OH" company, a Los Angeles
corporation, and the Standard Oil
Company of California, by the terms
of which the Standard obtains control
of tho Murphy company's production
and tho ownership of Its wells in Cal
ifornia. The price paid is said to havo
been more than $22,000,000,
Chicago, Nov. 13; The pjysteriouB
robbery of a bag of registered mall
was solved and orders given for the
arrest of A. P. Tardy, a mail collec
tor. Tardy obtained papers and money
worth fully $10,000.
Superior, W1b., Nov. 13. While
showing a frlend.the workings of, his
new high-power rifle, with which he
had Just killed a deer, Roy Haskins,
twenty years old, accidentally shot
and fatally injured his mother, Mrs.'
Haskins, at their hdme near Bennett.
She died a few minutes later.
Panama, Nov. 13. Foreign Secre
tary Lafevre informed Secretary Wick
er of the American legation, who ,bas
charge of Chinese affairs in Panama,
that all Chinese mustt'pay the heavy
head tax Imposed by tho new registra
tion Jaw, or be expelled- within 72
hours.
London, Nov. 14. The gold medal of
tho Royal society was conferred on
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell In recogni
tion of his Inventions, notably that of
tho telephone
Wheaton. 111., Nov, 17. "We, the
Jury, find the defendant", Henry Spen
cer, guilty as charged, and we fix the
panalty at death," read the clerk.
That verdict was returned on Fri
day In the case of the state against
Henry Spencer for the murder of
Mildred Allison Rexroat, the tango,
teacher, whom Spencer killed noar
Wayne, and whose body he left on the
railroad tracks In the hope that It
would be so mangled as to conceal the
crime.
Spencer heard the verdict read to
him in the courtroom and instantly ho
became a wilder animal than he had
been at any stage since his arrest.
"They'll "hang me!" he shouted. "By,
God, they got mo!" Then he cursed
Ilia j'ud8v the jury, his own lawyer
and hlmaoh1. t
Spencer tank fainting Into his chair.
It was several minutes bofore Me could
bo even partly revived - And then he
beganr-mumbllngi'-arlow; -indistinct al
most gibberish succession of Incom
plete thoughts.
"How does that Jury now I -wasn't
Insane? I was insane I nm crazy.
They think I was Just acting well,
maybe I was and maybe I wasn't the
Jury don't know they Just make a
guess and they string mo up "
Attorney Anton Zeman, who has
represented the prisoner through the
trial, wan not present, and so Judge
Slusser himself ordered an entry of
the usual motion for a hew trial, and
set the hearing for a week from Sat
urday. Spencer heard and Jerked up
his head and cursed his at
torney.
State's Attorney Hadloy's final ad--dress
to the jury was a phenomenon
of denunciation. The impression
gained from it was like that from see
lng a surgeon turn a knife In a wound.
"You cannot believe that ho is in
sane. You have seen constantly that
he has been playing, and playing cun
ningly, to make you think him insane.
But he has failed. It was his desper
ate chance."
Spencer's attorney did tho best he
could. Ho omitted nothing that could
be done for his client. Spencer him
self could scarcely restrain his Impa
tience at the futility of tho pleas.
"What s the use of showing off? ' he
demandod. "Build your gallows and
quit wasting timo."
The prosecutor turned to the Jury
and In a stern voice demanded the
death penalty for Spencer.
Many Bodies of Sailors and Wreck
age From Vesicle Are Found
on the Shore.
Marquette, Mich., Nov. 15. Thirty
lives woro lost and another great loss
was added to tho list caused by the
recent lake storms, fyhen tho Henry
B. Smith, carrying 10,000 tons of ore,
was lost off KeweenaW Point on Lake
Superior.
The Hawgood Transportation com
pany of Cleveland, owners of the ship,
telegraphed Thursday for Information
Concerning tho , Smith's whereabouts,
stating that although five days over
due the ship has failed to roach the
Soo. 'v
The Henry B. Smith, with Capt
James Owen in command, loaded hero
and waited two days for tho storm to
abate.
Tho Smith failed to reach any port
on Keweenaw shore.Tand marine men
say It Is highly Improbable that it is
somewhere on the Canadian coast
Wreckage of a large vessel was found
late In the day. Itia believed the
Smith sank off Standard Rock, about
thirty miles from Marquette. The
Henry B Smith was of steel, 665 feet
long, 55-foot beam arid 30-foot depth.
Port Huron, Mich., -Nov. 15. Each
hour adds to tho total of disasters
I, which occurred'on ,Lafco Huron during
last Sunday's storm and the end Is
not n sight. Bodlos of sailors of five
and perhaps, six vessels: were found
on the shore of tho lake. Wreckage
from two other boats, Btlll missing,
was cast up by the waves, and no
trace had been obtained of two vesr
sols or 'their crews, totaling mora
than forty mob.
Estimates'" b'f tho number of lives
lost in tfie Btorm, declared to have
been tho worst known on the lakes,
range from 160 to 300.
Lying In various morgues along tho
Canadian shore are bodies of Bailors
from tho steamers James Carruthers,
Regina, John A. McGean, Wexford and
Charles S. Price. It Is practically cer
tain thoso vessels went down with all
on board. There are also a number
of bodies unidentified.
To Tax Mall Order Houses.
Taxation of Montgomery Ward,
Scars-Roobuck and nil mall order
houses that do business with the peo
ple of this state Is tho stop which
Representative Georgo Jackson of
Nuckolls county bolloves will ultimate
ly bo taken in Nebraska and other
western states'. Ho voldes that opin
ion In a letter recently received by
the state revonuo and taxation commission.
Thoy should bo taxed on tho volume
of business dono with tho people of
this state," ho writes. "I do not bo
llovo that this stop can bo taken Just
yet, but wo are undbubtcdlv drifting
toward that very thing."
Mr. Jackson calls attention to an
other condition which confronts many
of the sparsely Bottled counties of tho
western part of, the state. Assess
ments in Kansas, for intance, havo
boon made on March 1, and in this
stato one month later. In February,
KansaB cattlemen drive tholr herdB
across the line Into Nebraska and
thUB escape when tho assessor makes
his rounds in the Jayhawkor stato.
Two or three weeks later they drlvo
them back Into Kansas and thus get
out of ttie Nobraska assessor's path.
Thus they escape taxation in both
Btates.
The first "Buzz Wagon."
While neighborhood contests havo
boon hold in the past over claims to
the title of "the oldest Inhabitant"
Nobraskans of the future are likely
to tilt over the right to possession of
the appellation, "the oldest chauffeur."
The affair appears to be settled for a
time by claims set up by Beers John
Btone, who, In a letter from his homo
at Henderson, Minn., informs Secre
tary Paine of the Nobraska Hlstorlual
society that It waB ho who operated
"Joe Brown's old Btcara wagon,
scheduled to make the Nebraska City
to Denver run1 In 1861." -In the. letter
Mr." Johnstone informB tho historical
society men that tho government ap
propriated $14,000 Tor tho construction
of the ancient chug-wagon and for
preparing a .portion of tho road over
which It was designed to pass. Thus
both tho buzz-buggy and tho good
roads movements may be Bald to havo
had their birth In this state Bomo
fifty-two yeara ago.
MAKING CLOTHING OF PAPER
Garments Will Not Displace Cotton
and Linen Materials Until They
Resemble Them In Texture.
London, which recently nnnouncod
tho discovery of economical ways of
making artificial rubber, la tho scene
of experiments In paper clothing, re
marks tho Chattanooga Nowb. Pnpor
garments havo been mado and worn
as curiosities, but thoy woro pasted to
gether nnd thoy did not commend
themselves to n cllmato whoro rains
fell from tlmo To time. Paper napkins,
towols ahd handkerchiefs havo boon
offered to tho public, but their Intro
duction has been slow. Thoy do not
look enough llko tho articles thoy aro
designed to replace Papor garments
will not displace cotton and linen un
til thoy rcsomblo thom In toxturo.
That 1b tho promising featuro of tho
London experiments. It is said that a
process has been perfected- whereby
papor can be produced that will de
ceive tho oyo and paBS for cotton or
linen fabrics and will hold buttons,
seams and buttonholes. The Inventors
hopo to be able to produce garments
that will cost no moro than tho price
for laundering. However, cotton plan
ters are unlikely to tako alarm for tho
present. '
OIL CAN IS- NOW-EXPLOSIVE
Principle Used In Miners Lamp
Adopted for Receptacle Contain
ing Inflammable Liquid. t
It la a well-known principle, and
one commonly used in miners' 'lanes,
that a flame cannot pass through wire
gauzo or netting to ignite gas on the
other sldo. This principle has :beea
adopted for tho use of oil cans in
which highly inflammable and easily
volatilized liquids aro carried. In the
Bpout of tho can Is fitted a wlro screen
and nbovo this Is a disk valve that
closes by gravity. Normally, the valve
cuts off tho contents of thq can from
contact with tho outside atmosphere.
When tho can Is picked up, the liquid
flows freoly through the screen and
through tho valvo. Not only does the
scrcon provent a flamo from entering
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FILE MACHINE SAVES LABOR
By Use of Device Shown In Illustra
tion One Man Is Enabled to Per
form WorH of Many.
In theso days of centralization and
labor-saving machinery it is (about
time for the filing machine invented
by a Now Jersey man and shown In
the Illustration. With this machine
Non-Explosive Oil .Can. ,
the can and igniting Its contents, but
It also serves to strain the liquid Ma
the can. Scientific) American.
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Chinese Minister Resigns.
Peking Nov. 15. Chung Hu, vice-minister
of finance of tho Chinese govern
ment, resigned.
ISLAND CHIEF "FIRES" AID
Qov. Gen. Harrison's .Secretary
Slighted Wife of His Official
Superior.
San Francisco, Nov. 14. After a
stay of only ten days in Manila,
whither ho had gono as secretary to
Qov. Gen. Francis Burton Harrison,
Qorald B. Seldomridge arrived here on
tho United States army transport
Thomas. It was tho gossip on tho
Thomas that Seldomridge had nogi
lected to include tho namo of Mrs.
Harrison in a list of members of tho
party while the governor general was
In Japan en route to .Manila and Mrs.
Harrison bad boon denied admittance
to an official reception In consequence.
Rewards for Sea Rescuers.
Berlin, Germany, Nov. 17. A pre
mium of $2,000 wob awarded by the
German Life Saving- eoclety to tho
lifoboat crews of three liners In recog
nition of their work during tho rescue
of the pnBscngers of the Volturno,
U. 8, Army Aviator Killed.
Washington, Nov. 17. Second Lieu
tenant C. Perry Rich of tho Philip
pine scout killed In tho aeroplane ao
cldont in the Philippines, was a
native of Indiana, born January 21,
1XR3 ?le enlisted as a private.
James H. Hyde to Wed Countess.
Paris, Nov. 15. James Hazen Hyde,
son of tho founder of the Equitable
Life Assurance society, announced
qIb engagement to Countess Louise
do Gontaut-Blron, formerly Martha
Leishman.
THREE DIE IN RACE RIOT
Deputy Sheriff and Two Negroes Shot
to Death Near Bass
field, Miss.
. Bassfleld, Miss., Nov. 17. Virgil
Stamps, deputy sheriff and pity mar
shal of Bassfleld, and two negroes are
dRd nnd more trouble Is imminent
as a result of a race riot on Friday.
The dead negroes are James Fuller
and Samuel Tillman. The trouble
took place at the logging camp of B.
J. Allmau, near here, where about
three hundred men, mostly blacks, aro
employed.
Cocaine crazed. Fuller Is said to
have sworn to kill his paramour. " For
Bevoral days tho negro had been
causing trouble. When officers were
sent for him, ho barricaded hlmsolf
In a house Two blacks sent to bring
hm" out were beaten Into Insensibility
and Marshal Stamps attempted the
arrest. Tho negro oponod the door
and fired point blank. tfho dying offi
cer returned tho firo as ho fell and
Fuller was shot through tho heart
ASK WILSON, TO END STRIKE
Southern Commercial Bodies Appeal to
President to Intervene In Rail
Walkout
New Orleans, La., Nov. 15. First
attempt to move out of New Orleans,
on Southern Pacific since when men
struck met with shower of brlckB and
stones, no one hurt and train pro
ceeded toward Texas. Commercial
associations here and In Texas United
In appealing to President Wilson to In
tervene as sugar and cotton crops of
two states aro ready to be moved.
Ammunition and muleB being shipped
by U. S. government to Mexico are
tied up hero and may hasten federal
interference.
PHONE TRUST TRIAL NOV. 19
Evidence Proves Monopoly, Says Spe
cial Examiner of Department of
Justice Jn Denver.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 17. "Tho tele
phone companies all deny that they
have entered a combination," said
Special Examiner Smyth of tho de
partment of Justice, on Friday. Evi
dence gathered hero, however, tends
to prove tho existence of a monopoly,
It has been shown that the Mountain
SUtes company crushed competition."
Tho hearing in Denver' ended and
will bq resumed on Wednesday in Chicago.
Nebraska Well Represented.
Nebraska will be well represented
at the big conservation, meotlngs to
be held In Washington, D. Ci. this
week. The two meetings of special
importance are the convention of the
national association of conservation
commissioners and the national con
servation congress, and Nebraskans
will take a prominent part In both 'of
them. There will bo at least Ave
delegates from the state In attendance
at both meetings. They are Chancel
lor Avery of the university, Dean H. A.
Burnett of the agricultural college,'
Regent George Coupland, A. E. Sad
don of the Nebraska legislative refer
ence bureau, and Dr. G. E. Condra,
director of the Nebraska Boll survey
and executive secretary of the Ne
braska conservation efnd public wel
fare commission.
Filing Machine.
one man can do the work -of, many
and do it much more accurately and
with tho expenditure of comparatively
little energy on his own part Like
practically all labor-saving devices,
however, this machino is operated by
power, all that 1b required of the
workman being that be shall feed It
properly. Tho file is adjusted In a
spindle which is moved rapidly up
and down in tho spindle operated by
a wheel and belt. The work to be
filed is fed against the file on a plate
which can be tilted to any angle de
sired. Of course, any weight file can
bo UBed, and it is easy to change from
one to another.
Prison Association Issues Statement,
It having come to the knowlodgo of
tho Nebraska prison association that
unauthorized solicitors are raising
funds by asking aid In tho name of
tho organization, its offlcors havo Is
sued a statement asking posslblo con
tributors to request credentials from
any one claiming to bo acting under
Its authority. Tho only authorized
agents to secure funds In the state
are Rev. B. M. Long, Mrs. Margaret
Cams, officers of the association and
resident directors In towns over tho
state, and all other persons claiming
to reprosont the association are acting
without authority and fmposlng upon
Its patrons.
COMBINED KNIFE AND RULE
Although Little Used Until Mldklle
Ages Were Knewn to Ancients- '.,.,.
Some, Interesting Point.
Fremont, In his recent work oaitk
origin, otscrews-and-gears;-. bring out:
some interesting points oa tkk awb-t
Ject, remarks the Scientlfta Amerieam; . ,
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ihq uimu are BuypuBvu w jmt uar-
vented the screw, but' the twe Robmuk
authors, Pllny,and,VltnmusiV9
most aucleatreeordiwe poftttesa'oa't&e
subject, although It must certawly
have bene known long before their ,.
time. Certain authors think thatf th
Idea of the screw comes from obser
vation, of a natural object of hellcat .
form, such as a gasteropod rnollusk,
but Fremont things that It arises fro' .
forms in movement For tastaa.ee, jf
iraeu.nn euiuie suau is arswu, uwtitn, ,-j. .. .-
ii8 sneii wo nave tno mea or, screw; jg .
and nut. Unfortunatolr. the-ancientr1 iatSsss
"records throw scarcely any light ,on , .
thu subject. Tho principle JtofSthesfe
oiauw huuuis io imvu uoou uui mue
used until the middle ages, whea It;
was first applied for wine or cigar
presses I
During tho first centuries of our era
bolt and nut was replaced by thread
less bolts having a hole containing &..
conical pin, bo tlmt. driving lnl.the.pln
increased tho pressure; such bolts had
holes spaced along for adapting to dif
ferent thicknesses of material. The
Egyptian norla may account for the
origin of gearing. This seems to have
been a wheel working on a horizontal
shaft and operated by a crank. Along
the wheel surface were cleats for re
taining the bucket chain which de
scended lntovtho well, and in this way'
the buckets were raised, one after the
other, full of water. But to' drive the
floria by au animal makes a vertical
shaft necessary, and an Ingenious per
son may have extended the cleats en
one. side In order to make them engage'
with a sort of lantern shaped plnloa
"placed on a vertical shaft )J
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Useful and Interesting Combination of
Pocket Tools Shown In Illus
tration Given Herewith.
An Interesting combination of
pocket tools is shown in tho accom
panying illustration. It is a two
bladed penknife, ono sldo of tho han
dle of which, wbon oxtonded, Is a
Wreck Victims at Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 15. Sixteen men
and two women of tho crew of tho
steamer L. O. Waldo of Detroit,
wrecked last Friday morning on Gull
flock reef, in Lake Superior, reached
Cleveland.
Troops for New Zealand 8trlke.
Chrlatchurch, Now Zealand, Nov. 16.
The labor situation rapidly 1b ap
proaching martial law, Two moro
Btrlke leaders wero arrested charged
with sedition. Moro thnn 1,000 armed
constables are on duty.
McManlgal Flees From United States.
Detroit. Mich., Nov. 15. Cfrtle Mc
Manlgal, confessed dynamiter, Is bound
for Europe, fleeing for his life. Ho
will take passage, from Montreal in a
few days. It is not likely that ho will
return tb America
Weds Week After Decree.
Now Orleans, La., Nov. 17. Mrs.
Peter Cooke, from whom Commodore
Cooko obtained a dlvorco last weok,
was married hero to John Landry, her
companion on tho yacht cruise and
auto rido which led to Cooke's suit
Driven to Death by Pupils.
Now York, Nov, 15. Anna Burnett
school-teacher, committed suicide by
Jumping from the roof of a six-story
apartment house. It was said sho was
worried by tho antlcB of her scholars.
Miss Burnett was only twenty-four.
Woman 8layer Appeals to Mlsa Wilson.
Washington, Nov, 15. Mrs, Bessie
Wakefield, the Csanectlcut murderess,
who Is under sentenco of death for
the slaying of her husband, appealed
to Miss Jessie Wilson, who is to be
tho thirteenth White Uouso bride.
War a Necessity.
War Is necessary and must endure
as long as nations last, la tho opin
ion of formor Prof. G. Langworthy
Taylor of tho university, In a recent
lecture beforo tho studonts at convoca
tion. Professor Taylor has lately re
turned from a several years' trip In
Europo and ho bases his conclusions
on wide studies he has mado nmong
many nations.
Construction work on tho Omaha,
Lincoln and Boatrlco lntorurban Will
begin actively next spring.
Information relative to mobilization
of Nebraska natlonnl guard companies
has been asked for by tho central
division of the federal war department.
Tho data sent to tho department will
Includo location and strength of each
company, proposed regimental mobili
zation points nnd figures on transpor
tation, time and coBt to assemblo tho
mon, Tho request for tho Information
1b not deemed signlflcnrit Inasmuch as
tho Nebraska guard has recently un-
-dnrcono a rearrangement and tho.
changes havo not boen given in full to
the federal authorities.
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A Penknife, the Handle of Which Is a
8lx-lnch Rule.
six-inch rule, which gives both tho
standard and metric systems of measurement
London 1b organizing a furniture
muBoum for the benefit of designer's.
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Common alum melted, in an .Iron-1
spoon often will mend broken china
and Elasa. .
For many years North Carolina has
been tho greatest producer of mica
among the states.
Use for Chinese Queues.
Strango uses aro being found for
Bomo of the cues lately cut off In vast
numbers by the Chinese. A British
woolen inanufucturor recontly re
ceived an offer of five tons of such
hair for weaving Into woolen fabrics.
Peat Fuel Plants.
Although tho United States is tho
richest country In tho, world in depos
its of peat, nono of several peat fuel
plants that havo been established has
gono beyond tho experimental stage.
Production of Black Plates.
Tho production of black plates or
sheet tin In 1012 was much the largest
In our history. Tho year of noxt; larg
est production was 1911.
English onglneera'daltn that enough
coal to last the world 800 years still
is available at Newcastle.
To save time for seamstresses a
Virginia woman has invented a seam
rlpplng attachment for sowing ma
chines. Shoes with quickly removable soles
and heels have been Invented by a
Frenchman for railroad men bo that
thoy can escape from danger it their
feet aro caught In tracks,'
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Sanitary arguments aro advanced
in favor of a now bracket to suspend
a milk bottlo against the side v of a
house instead of leaving It on a door
step in reach of dogs and cats. '
Lathe tools mado of alloys of
cobalt with chromium ,and other
metals "have been found to work' sat
isfactorily at speeds greater than is
Improved Fire Place.
A Caltfornlan has designed a flro
plaoo that sends out Its heat In all
directions above the grate by steel
columns,
posslblo with
speed steel.
tools rmade of high.
A Belgian has 'invented ,a raethea
for cutting metala similar to the
oxygen-acetylene process, but wata)f
hydrogen in place of acetyls hi a
double torch, one , Jet heating the
cutting it with pure' eycarii
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