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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. T5 ROM MANY POINT EVENTS OF THE DAY HELD TO A FEW LINE8. LATE EVENTS BOILED Pergonal, Political, Foreign end Other Intelligence Intnrestlng to the General Rearfcra. WASHINGTON. rrcBldent Woodrow Wilson was Dlcctod a member of tho American Antiqulnrlan society at Its annual meeting at Worcester, Mass., In rec ognition of his historical wrltlngB. Fivo Filipinos have been selected by President Wilson and Secretary Garrison ob members of tho Philip pine commission. ThlB is considered, It Is said, to bo tho first step toward Independence for tho Islands. From thousands of chrysanthe mums being grown In tho whlto houso conservatories and In tho green houses at tho department of agricul ture for tho approaching whlto houso wedding, one aristocrat of that plant family an entirely new creation now being developed Is to bo nnmed after tho bride, Miss JcbbIo Wilson. Chairman Clayton of tho houso Ju diciary committee announced tho ap pointment of a sub-committee, consist ing of Representative Webb of North Carolina, Floyd of Arkansas and Vol stead of Minnesota, to Investigate the alleged ofllclal misconduct of Fodoral District Judgo Emory Spcor of Geor gia. Chairman Clayton of tho houso Ju diciary commltteo announced tho ap pointment of a subcommittee, con sisting of Itoprcscntatlvo Webb of North Carolina, Floyd of Arkansas ind Volstead of Minnesota, to investi gate tho alleged ofllclal misconduct of Fodoral District Judgo Emory Speor of Georgia. Arrangements for tho ro-dedlcatlon of Congrosa hnll in Philadelphia on Octobor 25 am boing completed by tho commltteo In charge. President Wilson, who has stated that ho con elders it "not only an honor, but a duty to attend," will stand on tho name spot in the old senate chamber as 'did Gcorgo Washington when ho took tho oath of offlco at hlB second InaucuTatton and John Adams when ho succeeded Washington. Tho presi dent will occupy tho chair used by John Hancock when tho latter signed the Declaration of Independence In In dependence hall. ThlB will bo tho first occasion on which the chair has boon occupied slnco General Grant request ed tho privilege in 1870. DOMESTIC. Ralph nose, holder of tho Olympic und world's record for shotputtlng, is dead of typhoid fover. Tho Now York court of Impoach ment formally romoved William Sui tor from tho offlco of govornor. Tho latest and largest of the Zep pelin airships exploded in midair and twonty-sovon of Its passengers wore killed. Supporters of tho grandfather clause in tho Oklahoma election law frankly admit it is intended to re strict tho fronchlso of nogroos. By a decreo of tho Now York stuto court of appeals a -man declared a bankrupt by a federal court must somehow dig up alimony for his di vorced wife. The first quadrennial session of tho North American Division of Sovonth Day AdventlBts will be hold In Cali fornia, either at Lob Angalcs or Moun tain Vlow somo tline in 191C. Ever increasing numbers of auto mobiles apparently huvo failed to de press the carriage builders of Anor ica, who wore told by thoir presi dent, Charles C. Hill, that tho present year had been tho best tho carrlugo business had over known. , The English militant BUffrngotteB In general and Mrs. Emmolino Pankhurst li particular woro denounced by Mtb. Armlsten Chant, tho London slum worker, on her arrival at Now York from Liverpool. "Mrs. Pankhurst," eho said, "has written a most shamo ful chapter in tho hintory of womon's progress." Ton per cent of tho peoplo of Sa vannah, Ga., aTO Buffering from don gue, or bono break fever, a painful, but not serious malady caused by tho blto of tho mosquito. State Senator John L. Haro of Lexington, Tenn., an outspoltou sup porter of prohibition measures, which this special session of tho Touiiob bco legiBlaturo waB called to enact, declared that ho had been offered 2,C0Q to absent hlmiself from tho ex tra session. Four of ten rots caught in an old building near tho water front in Soat tie were found to bo infected with bu bonic plaguo when oxamined in tho city hoalth department laboratory recently. Tho French legation at Mexico City has mado a request for a warship. According to tho third officer of tho Volturno many perished In tho flro on tho Btcamor. Former Senator Aldrlch has do nouncod tho currency bill as a Bryan creation, socialistic and dangerous. S. II. Burnham of Lincoln, Neb., says that tho relations of tho bank ers and government aro growing strained oror tho provisions of tho currency bill. Secretary McAdoo has suppressed ubo of Roman letters to oxpress dates on public buildings and requires archi tects to uso plain United States fig ures. Simplicity is going somo. Federal Judgo ' Emory Spcer has boon brought to his homo at Mount Airy, Ga., from tho North Carolina mountains In a condition of health which gives his friends much alarm. Ho has been In bed since his return. Stockholders of tho Chicago & Northwestern Railway company at Chicago adopted resolutions approv ing tho organization of tho Iowa Southern Railway company to roach by a short extension cortaln coal lands in Iowa. u Superior Judgo John E. Humphries of Seattlo has revoked his order "for ovor disbarring" Attorneys Glenn E. Hoover nnd Hulot M. WoIIb becauso of their connection with a recont do fianco by socialists of tho court'B anti-street speaking Injunction. James Thorpo, tho Sac and Fox In dian from Oklahoma, world's greatest athlete and a membor of tho Now York Natleonal leaguo baseball team, was marrlod to Margaret Iva Miller, a native of Oklahoma and a former student at tho Carlisle Indian school, which Thorpo attended. Deaths in Chicago from automobljp nccldents increased C13 per cent from 1007 to 1912, according to statistics supplied to the Chicago Safety com mission, which was organized recent ly to combat Buch accidents. In 1007 thoro woro fifteen deaths from motor car accidents; laBt year thoro were ninoty-two. a Tho Metropolitan museum of art will rocelvo tho groat art collection of Benjamin Altman, tho department Btoro millionaire. Mr. Altman was a bachelor and his collecting occupied most of his tlmo outside of buslncoss hours. Ho had what is Bald to bo tho finest collection of porcolaina In tho world. Tho namcB of former United States Senator William Lorlmor nnd Ed ward Hines, millionaire lumber mer chant, will play a part In tho trials at Chicago of Attorney Danlol Dona hoe and Dotectlvo Isaac Stelfol, charged with conspiring to deiamo Clarenco S. Fink, formerly gonoral manager of tho International Har vester company. A Poking dispatch says that Chen, chief of tho Poking mounted police, haa been executed. Choo nwas ar rested Octobor 10, during tho Inaug uration coromonles. Ho confossod that southern robels had bribed him to mako an attompt to nsslsinato Yuan Shi Kal as tho president was taking, tho oath of offlco. After an Investigation of tho kill ing at Seattlo of Henry N. Fnrr and tho injuring of Alfrod C. Hoglund and Thomas G. Simmons by an automobllo driven by Laurcnco Duko, son of Bro dlo Duko, tho tobacco manufacturer, Prosecuting Attornoy John F. Murphy announcod that Duko would bo hold on a charge of manslaughter. Joo Prince, a 19-year-old youth, woa convlctod of murder in tho first do groo and sontencod to llfo Imprison mont by a Jury in the circuit court at Lebanon, Mo. Prlnco shot Charles "Jordan, a school toachcr at Pea's Mill near Lebanon, last Mny. Tho Bhootlng was tho outcome of n feud, which originated over tho trcBpa&s of hogs. FOREIGN. Tho campaign in tho gonoral elec tions at Rome, Italy, which will bo hold soon, Is waxing warmer and In somo cusob political activity has tnkon tho form of vlolouco. Tho govern ment, however, haa lBsuod orders for tho prompt BupproBsIon of all disturb ances. Violent earthquakes in Nicaragua , A splondld military review was hold at Vienna, Austria, in celebration of tho contonnary of tho "bnttlo of tho nations" fought at Lelpslc October 18-19, 1813, when 200,000 of the al lied armies of Austrlnns, Prussians, Swedes and Saxons, commanded by tho Austrian field marshal, Prlnco Carl Phlllpp von Schwarzonborg, de feated Napoleon with nn army of about 180,000 French troopB. Tho combined casualties of both armies woro 94,000 killed and woundod, 30,000 French bolng taken prlsonorB. shook tho cities of Managuu, Musuya and Ornnda. Tho alarmed population dosorted thoir homos for tho publla squaros and opon spaces. Ono build ing collapsed In Jaltovn. William Marconi, tho wireless In ventor, whllo motoring Ills wlfo to Ppntochnla his motor car collided with a cart whllo turning a cornor. Tho chauffeur turned quickly and ran tho tnachtno into a horse. Tho shock broko all tho glass in tho nutomobilo and Bcattcrod It ovor tho occupants. HUERTA WINS IN DESPERATE GAME Offers Resignation to Mexican Cabinet, but It is Promptly Rejected. MINISTERS UNABLETO AGREE Mexican Deputies Are Taken Into Court to Face Formal Charges Rodolfo Reyes Among Those Kept In Custody. Havann, . Follx Diaz arrived hero from Europe and oxprcssed great surprlso when ho learned that Huorta had proclaimed himself dictator of Mexico. Ho is now closely guarded to provont his assassination. Ho said ho would contlnuo to Mexico City to stund for election to tho presidency but his frlendB expect him to change his mind. When Diaz arrived ho found orders awaiting him to send all uIb sulto to Paris to Join Francisco do la Barra. Moxlco City, General Huorta has played a desporato game In his efforts to retain the dictatorship of Mexico, but he has won nnd is therefore mora firmly established than over before. Ofllclal announcement was mado that ho had offered his resignation to tho Moxlcan cabinet, but that It had been rejected. Tho cabinet's action was not duo to Its loyalty to Huorta, but to tho fact that its members wero unablo to unite on a man to Bucceed him. Thoy woro nbout evenly divided between Pedro Lascuraln, Madero's minister of for eign affairs, and Gonoral Blanquot, commander-in-chief of tho army. 74 Deputies Placed on Trial. Seventy-four deputies arrested when Genernl Huerta overthrow congress wero today ordered to trial on charges of "rebellion, sedition and insulting tho government," becauso they asked an investigation of tho disappearance of Senator Bellsarlo Domlnguez. Among them is Rodolfo Reyes, ex-minister of Justice. Bail was refused. Nino of thoso in custody were re leased because tho charges had been "unproved" at the preliminary exam ination. By tho refusal to accept ball, tho deputies aro barred from taking any part In the presidential campaign. They aro all Huortn's political oppo nents. A decreo fixing rules for tho voting in tho federal district this week were posted. Cabinet ChangeB Explained. Tho recent chnngos in tho Huorta cablnot wero thus explained by a prominont supporter of tho consti tutionalists: "Tho situation was becoming so se rious that Huerta knew ho must mako n master stroko. Ho therefore filled his cablnot with men of such radically different political faith that they could novor unite on any ono man to suc ceed him. Then ho presented his res ignation. As ho expected, thoy refused to nccopt it. "Tho resignation was presented on Thursday and late that night thoro woro Indications that Hucrta's coup might fall and that his successor would bo selected. Goneral Blanquot heard that Lascurian might becomo president nnd ho therefore ordored tho national palaco surrounded by troops, intending to Bolze tho reins If Huorta fell. Huerta Held a Prisoner." "Huorta and his cabinet wero held prisoners in tho pnlaco untjl late Fri day, when It was learned that no change In tho government would be mado. Then Blanquot withdrew tho troopr.. While they had been on guard at tho palaco Blanquet had the report circulated that they wero there be causo of an attempt to assoBalnato Huerta." ThlB statement was borno out by the fnct that Huerta did not go to his residenco outside of tho city Thursday pight, but spont tho night thoro. Diaz Ib Threatened. Havana, Cuba, Oct. 20. .Placards purporting to bo signed by "'various Mexicans residing in Havana who threaten to reslBt tho landing of Gon. Felix Diaz and to assasslnato him It ho should como ashore wero posted throughout tho city. Ex-Envoy Wilson Attacks Government Spokano, Wash., Oct. 20. Honry L. Wilson, former nrnbasBador to Mexico, bitterly attacked tho United States government for its treatment of Gon eral Huerta In n speech hero. Ho do clared that during tho rulo of Fran cisco I. Madero, 84 Americans had boon klllod In tho southern republic, without a single murderer being pun ished, but "tho American government had been more agitated by the murder Of Madoro than tho murder of Ameri cans." "Tho government of Huerta Is Just sb legal as tho government of Roobo velt, when ho succeeded McKlnloy," continued WiUon. "President Wilson could Btlll recognize Huerta and savo his faco. If wo do not get behind Huorta chaos is suro to como and wo will have to tako caro of tho country. Wo would have to supervise tho elec tions and as soon as wo left tho Mexi cans would got out their knives and we would havo to go back again. Germany Protests "5 Percent. Clause." Washington, . Germany fol lowed tho oxainplo of Groat Brltafn, Franco and Japan and filed a protest with tho state department against tho "fivo per cent. clauBo" of the Under wood tariff law. NEWS OF NEBRASKA. Tckamah will havo a now $100,000 court house. Nebraska City 1b having trouble with a surplus of tramps and mendicants. Tho Richardson County Teachers' association Is in session at Humboldt. Tho new German Luthoran church near Vordon was dedicated last Sun day. The Lincoln district Epworth League was In session at Soward tho last of tho week. Tho Nebraska Grand Lodgo of Odd Fellows was In session at Lincoln, Oc tober 14-16. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Morlodgo cele brated their golden wedding at Hast ings last week. Apple picking Is about completed at Shubort, and soventy-flvo car loads will bo shipped. Tho southeastern Nebraska horso show at Auburn was attended by sev eral thousand people. Tho "Home Day" at Hyannls was tho biggest thing of tho kind over held In Grant county. Several hall stones larger than eggs wero picked up after the storm that visited Burwell last week. Tho Albion Commercial club haB taken steps toward securing a form demonstrator for Boone county. Tho Prince of Monaco, who has been hunting big gnme with Buffalo Bill out west, has returned to his home. E. C. Heck and wlfo, for forty years residents of Neraska City, will mako their future homo In California. Frank Johnson, a laborer at Lincoln, fell Into a vat of hot asphalt and was badly burned about the legs and arms. Chicken fanciers of Fremont aro planning on holding tho biggest county show ever held in Nebraska in Decem ber. Kearney Y. M. C. A. has purchased a lot and is making preparations for tho erection of a homo for its mem bers. Fred Keim, a 9-year-old Tecumseh boy, suffered a fractured arm when h'o fell from a swing on tho school grounds. Mary Wyers, 11 years old, a Nemaha county girl, was bitten by a rattle snake, but suffered no serious incon venience. A. T. Bosloy, a prominent Jefferson county farmer, is in a precarious con dition ns a result of falling off a load of lumber. Mrs. Lena Faulkner of Tecumseh raised peaches that weighed seven ounces and were nine Inches In cir cumference. An order against tho slot machines in Tecumseh has been issued from tho office of tho county attorney and the machines have vanished. Only five of the 400 prize hogs sold to Nebraska stockmen by exhibitors at tho state fair wero found to have beon subjected to cholera surround ings. O. P. Hocldnson of Swedeberg was struck and instantly killed by a North western train one mile east of.Ceres co. His automobllo was completely demolished. Charles Jackson, a Falls City grocer, had an exciting tusslo with a burglar, when he returned to his store after closing, late one night. The intruder finally escaped. Hastings boasts tho only messenger boy In tho state who makes his de liveries in an automobile, in tho per son of Verno Scriven, employed by tho Western Union. Mahlon Meeker, a fnrmer residing near York, is feeding his hogs a tcc ond grade of flour. Ho mixes tho flour with shorts and feeds the mixture without cooking It. Whllo alighting from his horso. Dr. B. L. Shollhorn of Peru stepped on somo object and fell, breaking his leg near tho ankle. He was found a few minutes later unconscious. The gathering of tbo 1913 corn crop has commenced around Osceola and while' somo have not started there is ijugh in already to predict a crop that will, average from twenty-five to forty-five bushels to tho acre. George Maxwell, an Omaha man, was killed when he got caught beneath the counterweights of an elevator which ho was adjusting. Jack Brandt of Pawnee City was shot in the faco by tbo accidental dis charge of a gun In tho hands of a companion whllo out hunting. John Noble, a farmer noar Albion, sustained a fractured collar bono and arm and numerous other injuries In a runaway whllo gathering corn. ' Sixty tons of coal in tho basement of tho high school building at Beaver City burst Into flames from spontane ous combustion Saturday evening. Falrbury expects to get Into tho Btato league noxt season. Tho NobraBka Master Bakers' con vention Is In session at Omaha. Dele gates are present from South Dakota, Iowa and Missouri. Whon E. S. Dodds, an Omaha man, went to get into his auto to take his wife down town, he discovered a four-days-old girl baby neatly dono up in a bundle on the seat Tho contract for tho erection of Wahoo'B now fifty thousand dollar high school building 1mh been let and tho old building Is abcut removed for tho commencement of work. John TyBon of Nemaha county, In a baseball game fractured his right leg whllo sliding Into homo plate. The ligaments of tho log also wero badly torn. Farmers around Tecumseh bollevo that many flolds of corn will yield as high as twonty-five bushels to tho acre. A month ago ton bushels was the highest yield expected. George Wilkinson has Just finished sowing eight hundred acres of winter wheat noar Chappell. This Is the largest field of wheat In one body and belonging to ono man In that section of tho country. BRIEF U POULTRY INDUSTRY BIG ITEM ON MANY NEBRASKA FARM8. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our Readers. In a statement covering his investi gations and collection of figures on tho subject, Commissioner of Labor C. W. Pool Bays: "In 1912 there were shipped from points in Nebraska, 47,628,822 dozen oggs. Owing to tho high price of meat tho consumption of eggs on farms was undoubtedly much greater than in 1911, when 60,180,650 dozen eggB wero shipped. Tho fancy price to be real ized from the salo of livo and dressed poultry In 1912 no doubt had its effect upon tho egg production, as in that year the shipment of this commodity reached the enormous total of 40,628, 280 pounds, as against a total ship ment in 1911 of 26,748,604 pounds. In 1911 there wero Bhipped from Nebras ka Btatlons a total of 60,180,660 dozen eggs. "It is perfectly safe to assume that tho 127,723 families upon farms used 33,980 dozen eggs. Figuring tho price at 20 cents per dozen In 1912, it will bo observed that tho Nebraska hen is no slouch when it comes to getting tho coin. "Without fear of being nccuscd of unduo friendship for tho hen, it Is safe to state that she brought to the pockets of Nebraska farmers during 1912 not less than $10,000,000, to say nothing of tho part she played In satis fying tho craving of the inner man." Committed to Reduced Freight Rates. The state railway commission Is practically committed to a reduction of .class freight rates an average of 20 per cent or more from what thoy now are. This reduction will be mado un less the railroads, in their hearings of protest which begin about October 20, can make a better showing than the figures of the commission's experts in dicate aro possible. The commission told the last legislature, when on firo before that body, that if the Sanborn decision were overturned by the su preme court, releasing tho commission from an embarrassing dilemma, some thing like schedule 19 would bo put Into effect and that It would lower clasB rates more than was contem plated In a pending bill, 10 per cent reduction on commodity rates and 20 per cent on class rates. Want Departments Separated. Separation of tho food, drug, dairy,, weights and measures and oil depart ments, the dairy work to bo placed under tho control of the board of re gents and made a part of state farm activities, and tho others to remain at tho state house, as at present, is a move which state dairymen and other agricultural interests plan on propos ing and backing the coming year. Thoso who are making first ground In tho attempt say that interests of dairy ing can be better subserved by con necting the interests that are working for improved dairy conditions. The scheme has been tried successfully in other dairy states, according to report, and Is believed to have tested out bet ter than affiliation of this department with others which burden officials down with work. Tho railway commission has granted permission to tho Union Pacific Rail road company, to reduce its rates on corn to the extreme western part of the state to a parity with the rates of the Burlington road. The reduction was mado for the benefit of cattle feed ers in Union Pacific territory adjacent to Burlington territory. Attorney General P. L. Hall of tho Nebraska national guard has an nounced complete scores made at the national guard rifle camp at Platts mouth. Captain It. E. Olmsted of the Fourth infantry, of York, had the highest Individual score and received n gold medal. Important Popcorn Centers. Two communities practically sup ply the popcorn for tho civilized world and make possible tho frequently heard cries of "Five a Back!" C. P. Hartley of tho federal crop servlco has investigated the popcorn subject nnd has written a careful bulletin, copies of Vhlch havo beon received by tho Nebraska state board of agri culture. Valley county, Nebraska, and Sac county, Iowa, are tho two import ant popcorn growing, centers. Valley county leads by a narrow margin. Will Make Personal Inspection. Adjutant General Hall will person ally Inspect all of tho companies of tho Nebraska national guard this year, Instead of delegating that duty to a subordinate officer on his staff. Gen eral Hall desires to see for himself Just what each company has In the way of stores on hand, the condition of tho nrroorieB and the general sfllclency of the companies in drill and other duty. He will start about No rember 1 and expects to finish Janu ary 20. 1 G NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE Burlington officials roport that 85 per cent of tho wheat 1b sowed in tho state. Much was sowed this last week. It is expected that all will bo finished this week. Conditions aro excellent and tho early sowed wheat haB como up In an excellent condition. Tho Fanners Co-opcratlvo Union asBoclatlonfof Vordlgro has filed arti cles of incorporation with tho secre tary of state. Tho company has a $10,000 capitalization and will pur chase and sell "farm supplies and other mercantile commodities." K. Yoshlda, profesBor of pedagogy at tho Imperial university at Toklo, Japan, was a visitor at tho university last week. The professor Is touring across the American continent, stop ping nt many of tho largest universi ties and studying thoir mothods of teaching. Copies of a formal charter, issued to tho NorthPlatto high school football team by the board of education of that city, have been forwarded to tho Btate superintendent's office ns the first ex ample of that kind in (Nebraska. In tho charter tho gridiron gamo waa recognized as "an auxiliary to tho regular work of tho high school." Sixteen expert marksmen, sixty-four sharpshooters and seventy-five ordi nary marksmen wero qualified during the summer company shoots held by tho Fifth regiment, according to an nouncement of Captain Kestorson, 'arms instructor of that regiment. Tho teams from this regiment likewise captured three of tho four team shoots at tho state shoot at Plattsmouth. Tho Nebraska potato crop for 1913 sold for $4,031,855, according to the estimates of the state board of agri culture. An acreage of 107,801 wan re ported, with an average yield of about forty-nine bushels to the acre. For the last five years, tho potato crop esti mates havo been as follows: 1912, $4,745,030; 1911, $5,345,248; 1910, $5, 330,138; 1909, $5,909,202; 1908, $5,972, 128. Theoretically, the younger boys of the Lincoln Young Men's Christian association will do all sorts of aero plane maneuvering during the coming winter. But practically they will not get very far from terra firma. A class in aeronautics has been oiganized, but activities will be confined to tho con struction of model flying machines and discussion of the principles of avia tion. Adjutant General Hall .Colonel Eber ly, commander of ono Nebraska regi ment, and 'Brigadier General Storch have returned from tho country-wide meeting of the national guard organi zations. The three officers were pleased with the results of the meet ing and believe that through action taken at the gathering a much better relationship with tho war department can be built up in the future than has existed in tho past. State Superintendent Delzell has re ceived word that J. W. Lang has re signed as superintendent of schools for Thurston county and that Miss Carrie Kellner has been appointed in his place. The retiring superintend ent goes to Montana to engage In busi ness. T. C. McKee, superintendent of schools for Garden county, has also given up his position. Miss Nelllo Ol son has been appointed by tho county board to succeed him. Dr. P. P. Duket of Chicago paid a visit to the state tuberculosis hospital last week and treated a numbor of tho patients with his anti-tubercular serum. The doctor stated that a num ber of tho patients would be given a fourth treatment at this tine and said it would insure a complete cure if It is attainable. No additional patients will be trented until tho outcome of the present cases have been finally passed upon. Governor Morehead may call a Hal loween celebration for tho night of Friday, October 31, for the dedication or celebration of location of tho Lin coln highway through "Nebraska. Vice President Pardington of the Lincoln way, who was in tho state several days last week, made the request of Govor nor Morehead and suggested It might take tho form of "a bonfire, red fire, f.roworks, speech making or band con cert," at every point, big and little, cross roads and metropolis. The supreme court has taken notice of the death of Judge E. R. Dufllo of Scotsbluff by appointing a committee on resolutions. Judge Dufllo was a supremo court commissioner under tho old Judicial system. Pawnee county officials have paid In about $2,500 of tho amount due tho stato on the tlmeworn Insane fund ac count. Payment waa mado with war rants Issued In 1889 and In tho nine ties, but which had been hold up pend ing activities on behalf of tho state to mako the collections. The cement sidewalk on tho state capltol grounds laid about two years ago Is being torn up to make room for a new asphalt drlvoway in front of tho west entrance. That tho epidemic of tuberculosis among tho cows of tho 3tato herd at the IngleBlde state hospital was the direct result of filth from an opon sewer being discharged Into a pasture In which the milch cows wero grazed, Is charged by employes of the Insti tution nnd by farmers llvlug on ndjoin lng land. r-sr i