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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. I INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Included What Is Going On at Wah Inoton and In Other Sections of the Country. WASHINGTON. Protests from Americans against the prosecution of tho "ritual murdor" case now on trial at KIov, Russia, will not be forwarded through tho state department. Postmaster General Burleson has authorized Postmaster SprliiKSton at Indlanapolln to put In a temporary au tomobile mnll service whllo tho street car fitriho hinders ordinary carriage of the malls. A resolution calling upon President Wilson to furnish tho house with a complete list of all oxecuttvo depart ment officials absent from duty dur ing tho last four wcoks to engago In political activities has been Intro duced by Representative Britten of Illinois. The "war plane" of tho army ord fiance department nro completed and for tho first tlmo lii tho history of (ho country Undo Sam Is In readi ness at a momout'B notice to arm and equip 500,000 men to send Into tho tield In tho event of war with a llrst chtss power. President Wilson will be asked to tnko an active part Ju tho American convention for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, November 14 to 17. Tho arrangements commlttoojias completed planB and has decided' to request Mrs. Wilson and ono of hor daughters to c-oporato. Democratic leaders In tho senate havo' decided that unless the senate banking and currency commlttco promptly vnted back into the adminis tration currency bill somo of tho fun damentals that It had eliminated, a party conferenco or caucus would bo ca'led. Persons In ' cIobo touch with tho White House say that William P. Mc Combs, chairman of tho democratic national committee, who waB mar ried in London' to Miss Dorothy AVill lams, would accept President Wil coi's olfer of tho ambassadorship of Franco. ' Brazil has appropriated $500,000 for representation nt tho Panama-Pacific exposition, and tho Venezuelan gov ernment has caused a bill to bo intro duced in its congress for an appro priation of $350,000 for the samo pur poses, according to diplomatic dis patches rocoived hero. Gross misappropriation of funds be longing to tho minor children of tho llvo civilized tribes in Oklahoma has boon dlscloBod by Investigations con ducted by Secretary Lnno. Tho sec rotary announced that he would call tho casos to tho attention of a federal Brand jury and begin criminal prose cutions. DOMESTIC. F. RobliiBon, a park policeman who shot and killed Charles Hlnoy of St. Louis in Swopo park at Kansas City, wns charged with socond degroo mur der and hold under $5,000 bond for trial, Novombor 22. Tho Los Angoloa jury which trlod Louis Medina, nephew of Emlllo Agulnaldo, tho Filipino luador, on a chargo of murdor, disagreed and was discharged. Medina wns accused of having killed a negro rival for tho affections of a negresB. A stick of dynamite was found in tho coal bin of tho Polls brewery of Trinidad, Colo. Tho fuso and cap ad boen brokon off. But for its discov ery tho explosive might havo wrecked tho brewery. Tho brewery workors etruck Just bofore tho mlno Btrlko was called. A week overduo tho Hamburg-Amor-lean lino freighter Arasonla with a cargo valued at $1,300,000 Is tho si Joct of somo anxiety. No word has boen heard from her slnco bIio pussed Gibraltar October 17, bound from Yokohama and othor Asiatic porta. Tho Aragonla carried u crew of fifty men. Tho revenue cutter sorvlco has ro coived word that tho cuttor Bear, Cap tain Balllugor, carrying thlrty-nlno por Bons made dostltuto by tho recent Btorm and ilro ut Nomo, had Hailed from that AlaBkan city for Suattlo. A steward on board tho Btoamshlp Hapa Zacopa from Central Amorteu ports was nrrestod at Now York on a chargo of forgery. Tho pollco claim lio is "Count" Constantino von Rosen borg, soldlor or fortune, engineer, In ventor, wlrolesa operator, BUgar expert, and Borlln university graduate. a A bulletin, IbbiiocI by Statu Factory Inspector Nelson nt Chicago, declaroa that paronts in many tenement dis tricts forco their children to work nt homo under far worso conditions than pro obtaluod In factories. IEW5 BREFLY OLD Authorities of Donvcr aro chasing fortune tollers out of town, David I. Walsh, democratic, was elected governor of Massachusetts by 50,000. Mnyor Harrison's ordinance provid ing for tho advertisement for bids on a system of subways estimated to cost $133,000,000 has been passed by tho Chicago council. Mrs. John Llnd, wlfo of President Wilson's porsonnl roprosontntlvo to Mexico, hat) reached Minneapolis from New York, whero sho arrived from Mexico last week. . At the army genoral staff offices It was said that tho only preparations for Mexico troop movements being made wore thoso for exchanges of posts pre viously announced. Clarcnco Fuller of Mnttoon, Illinois, 11 yoars old, was arrested on a chargo of attempted murder, In connection with tho shooting of a companion, several days ago. Presence of bubonic plague and yel low fever on tho great trado route from tho south converging upon tho Panama canal is giving grave concern to' American health officials. Tho city clerk and two members of tho council of Philadelphia havo been pinched on dictagraph ovldonco of having accoptod brlbo money in tho matter of purchasing ilro apparatus. Aftor barricading his cell door In tho Mlusourl penitentiary with a bed and setting Ilro to tho mattress, Wil liam LoVaughln, under oentonco foi burglnry, stabbed himself with a shoo knlfo and waa dead boforo guards could reach him. Figures recently published show that tiro insuranco in tho United States ond Canada proved profitable to British companies during 1912. Thoro are seventeen British com panies transacting flro Insuranco in tho United States, nnd tho promlums rocoived amounted to $5G,G34,390. Tlj Josses paid aro given at $29,484, C00. ' A. Borah, a wealthy merchant of Atoka, Okla., was found guilty of mur dering his wlfo and their daughter. Ho was 'sentenced to llfo imprison ment Tho bodies of the victims woro found in tho ruins of tho Borah homo aftor a flro on tho night of August 30. Borah escaped from tho burning houso in his night clothos. Frank Morrison, socrotary of the American Federation of Labor, ad droBBlng tho Western Labor Immigra tion congress, denounced ox-PresIdont Taft for vetoing tho immigration bill, passed a year ago, and declared that employers who opposed tho bill were bont on "tearing down tho civilization of tho country to fatten tholr own purses." Moro than sixty counties aro buyers of prunes from tills country and tho figures complied by tho' bureau of for olgn domestic commorco show that during tho fiscal year of 1913 moro than 118,000,000 pounda, valued at six and two-thlrdB , million dollars wero shipped across tho seas. In 1898 tho exports amounted only to 10,000,000 pounds. Prof. W. "W. Thomas of Springfield, Mo., told tho stuto convention of Missouri teacherB nt St. Louis that tho prcsont system of education was creating Biiobs nnd snobbery. Ho said that tho trend of education was toward tho professions and that this tended to Inculcato the Idea that man ual labor is degrading. Ho urged in dustrial education and manual train ing. Mrs. Cathorlno L. VnnWyck of Mil waukee, presidont of tho Stato Con foroncq on Charities nnd Corrections, In concluding hor annual roport ar gued Btrongly for a fodorat fugltlvo husband law .similar in operation to tho Mann whlto slavo law. Sho would havo tho national govornmont pursue tho runaway husband and send him to tho federal ponltontlary whenever ho takes up residence in nnother Btato. FOREIGN. Dr. Arthur Yager, former presidont of Georgetown collogo or Kenotucky, has been sworn In aB governor of Porto Rico. Tho body ot Princo Colllor, tho Amorlcan author whoso death occurred at Wedlesborg castle, on tho Island ot Funen, was brought to Copenhagen. 4 Tho Japaneso government holda that tho caso against John Ellis, busi ness manager of tho Japan Advortlsor, whoso extradition to tho Uulted States has been TofiiBed, was not ono of porjury, according to tho Jupaneso law, which defines perjury as fulso testimony during an oxamlnatlon In Judicial proceduru, Kills, It la said, mudo au ullegod fulso affidavit In re gard to his wiro'B insanity. Aftor being repulsed by the federal forces nt Chihuahua Genoral Francisco Villa nnd 1i!b rebel army roturnod to Chihuahua. Tho battle continued late Into tho night with nolthor sldo hav ing any advantage. Ono hundred and olghtocn hoxos of silver pcbos, oach valued at about $3, 000, forwarded by Hugo Snhero & Co., bankers of Moxlco City, for shipment on tho stoamor Moxlco, was selzod by government officials. It Is nsBortod by tho authorities that under tho law the i monoy is nauio to contlscat ou. THE END RELATIONS WITH MEXICO IN. TENSELY STRAINED. HUERTA DETERMINED TO STAY United States May Raise Embargo and Permit Constitutionalists to Buy Arms. Washington, D. C Contrary (o hla usual custom of putting asido official business on Sunday, President Wil son worked all day on tho Mexican problem. Ho summonod Senators Bo rah and McCumbor, ropubllcan mem bers of tho senate foreign relations committee nnd discussed tho situa tion with them for almost two hours, llo also had a conference with Secre tary Bryan. From tho way tho president's call ers talked tho situation is rapidly ap proachlng a climax and somo definite developments aro expected immedi ately. Officially, no copy of tho state ment of Provisional President Huerta to tho diplomatic corps had been re ceived nor had tho formal reply to tho American domand that Huerta re sign arrived. Tho next Btep, in the view of some of thoso who havo talked recently with tho president, prpbably will bo an announcement by tho United States not only reiterating its refusals to recognize tho Huerta government, but making It clear to tho world that it also shall refuse to recognize any acta of tho new congress soon to bo convened by Huerta. WIN Not Guarantee. Tho Washington government, it Is understood, will not undertake to guaranteo business or commprclal re lations with the Huerta regime and will probably stand by any legally constituted govornmon,t which In tho future may repudiate the loans or transactions of tho present govern ment Senators McCumber and Bo rah declined to talk of what the presi dent had told thoni in their confor enco ,but they expressed tholr own vlows later. Senator Borah told the prosldent in his opinion, even should Huerta accede to tho American re quest for his resignation ,at this time thoro would bo no responsible person or persons to establish a government Tho Idaho sonator suggested that If tho embargo on arms wero lifted tho constitutionalists probably could take possession of tho reins of government in Mexico City in about thirty days, and that the Unltod States should giro thorn an opportunity to establish thomsclves. Should thoy fall ho bo lleveB tho United States might con sider ther steps. Captain and Mate Tied In Berths. Lowes, Del. Tho bark Mang Reva, which cleared from Philadelphia Oc-. tober 9 for San Francisco, returned to tho Delaware breakwater, because tho crow had mutinied, according to Oapjaln Townsond, commander of tho vessel. Upon tho arrival of tho bark tho captain asked for tho assist ance or tho United States authorities. When tho bark arrived Captain Town Bond Bont a lottor to the ship's agent hero asking for assistance. Tho let ter did not glv6 tho causo of tho mutiny, but tho captain said he was ill when the break camo and that ho and tho mato wero tied in tholr borths. They wero later released to navigato the ship on a promise that they would return to tho Delnwaro capes. Strikebreakers Leave City. Oskaloosa, la. All tho strike broakors who havo been used In an attompt to run the Btreets cars hero havo left tho city and no effort Is be ing mado to operate tho cars. The de parture of tho strlko breakers follow ed tho wildest night of disorder slnco tho Btrlko began. A mob of 1,000 men hold the pollco powerlesB whllo they Bolzod two street cars and burned thorn and assaulted ,a number of Btrlko breakors. Six ot those woro soriously Injured. Tariff Law Sub-Section Void. Washlngtouy-Attornoy Gonoral Mc Roynolda has decided that tho sub section of tho now tariff law author izing a discount of 5 per cent on all goods Imported In American vessels 1b nullified by Its provision that "nothing In this subsection shall bo so construed ns to abrogato or In any maunor Impair or affect tho provi sions ot any treaty concluded be tween tho United States and any for eign nation." Rob Bank's Cash Box. Montour Falls, N. Y Burglars wont through a brick wall In tho rear ot 13. A. Dunham & Company's private bank nnd robbed tho bank's cash box of about $12,000. Fined for Dismissing Militiaman. Chicago, 111. Rosonnu and Strip pieman, cigar dealers, wore fined $25 oach In municipal court 'for. dismiss ing from tholr employ Charlie Brown, a membor of tho National Guard, who was away from buslnosB a weok last July during tho laat encampment. Felix Diaz, Arrested. Havana. -General Fojlx Diaz "wan arrested hero and nccusod of shoot Ing Pedro Gucrroro, tho young Mexi can wounded by a bullet during an ultorcatlon In which Diaz was Injured. E! NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE Mrs. M. M. Hall, who has been ma tron at tho Grand Island soldiers' and sailors' homo for somo timo past, haB sent her formal resignation to tho stato board of control. Commander-in-Chief Gnrdner of tho National Grand Army of tho Republic association has approved the selection of S. K. Spalding of Omnha as a mem bor of the national council of adminis tration. Tho Buffalo County, Agricultural as sociation has boen incorporated with tho secretary of state. The concern has a $25,000 capitalization and 1b or ganized by F. E. Roby, B. D. Gould and others. Registrar Rutlcdge Is compiling statistics upon attendance at the uni versity at tho request of the regis trar ot Columbia University. The figures will be used In preparing sta tistics on all American colleges, Tho grand assessment roll of Ne braska for the year 1913 has been completed by Secretary Seymour ot the state board of equalization, and it shows more than $7,000,000 Increase of tho taxable value ot all property in tho state. The now department of agricultural engineering nt tho University ot Ne braska has a registration at present larger than any other agricultural en gineering department In tho world ex cepting tho one at the University of Minnesota. For two company vacancies In tho Fourth regiment, Adjutant General Hall has applications for membership from organizations at Omaha, Lincoln, Blair, Columbus, Mlnden and Western. He will look over the field before pick ing tho pair. "Fainting Bertha" Ltebkc Is to bo examined by Dr. Tllden, Insanity com missioner, with a view to determining whether or not she is mentally unbal anced and it is probable the insanity board will order her return to the In gleslde state hospital.- John "W. Shahan, secretary of the stato hoard of charities and correc tion, after visiting jails and poor farms in southeastern Nebraska, has filed a roport with Governor More head, In which he states that the jail at Beatrice ,1s a disgrace to Gage county; that the Falls City jail is poor, and that tho jail at Nebraska City Is In good shape. He found tho state school for blind at Nebraska City, undor the management of N. C. Abbott, in flno condition. Withdrawal of Nebraska from par tlclpation In Missouri valley confer ence athletics Is promised by Chan cellor Avery of the university, unless all schools agree to competition with out regard to race or color. This Is the substnnco of a statement issued by tho chancellor following as a re sult of tho imbroglio with Kansas over the "gentleman's agreement" rel ative to disqualification of negroes on tho athletic teams of the various con ference schools. For the benefit or sportsmen who aro not aware ot the fact, It should bo known that the bald eagle is protected by federal law at all times, and the penalty for killing one is extremely strong $100 flno and ton days' im prisonment. The fact that sportsmen' have reported the killing of theso birds this fall has induced the abovo warning from the game commission. Sandhill and whooping cranes, as well as tho big blue, and tho curlew, are also permanently protected by the federal law. While farm lands In this state are advancing yearly from 4 per cent to 10 per cent in value, city and( railroad lands and lota are Increasing only be tween 1 per cent and 3 per cent on the average. And at the same time a potent advantngo Is maintained In favor of acre property when It comes to taxation. City lots and railroad property are assessed nt from 80 per cent to 100 per cent of their value, whllo farm lands aro assessed at only from 45 per cent to 75 per cent of the price they would actually bring In the market. Theso are deductions made by moiubors of tho state tax commis sion, who havo boen busying them selves In ferreting out such things for several weeks past. Four weeks' operation of the school at the state penitentiary havo been found to be extraordinarily beneficial to tho convicts and the registration In tho courseB offered Is now on its way to tho centuiv mark. Fundamentals aro recolvlng attention just now and thoro aro two class periods provided weekly for tho men. Ono branch of tho work Includes a debating society, In which much interest has been shown, nnd through the medium ot which sharp discussions havo been hold. Governor J. II. Morehead is to be In Omaha, November 18, to speak before tho stato ilro protective association, and nlso to spoak to the manufactur ers' association. Tho local manufac lurors' association has been trying for somo weeks to secure an engagement fiom Governor Morehead to tell thorn his IdeaB on convict labor on tho Lin coln highway and on the roads In tho Btato in general. Tho governor's nt tltudo on convict labor In this work has attracted boiuo attention in the state, nnd tho governor has consented to give his views, T APPLE S NEW FEATURES FOR ORGANIZED AGRICULTURE. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented In Condensed Form to Our t Readers. Chairman Mollor ot organized agri culture has outlined plans fer tho mid winter meeting to be held In Lincoln, January 19-23. An apple show, an ex cellent display of cured meats ami many striking advances in scientific agriculture are being planned as fea tures of the program. The following committee is in chargo: Chairman W, R. Mellor, Dean B. A. Burnett, J. R. Duncan, - Prof. C. W. Pugsley, W. S, Whittcn, Frank G. Odell, Secretary George W. Kllno. The following societies make up the roster of organized agriculture: Stat6 board or agriculture President, Joseph Roberts, Fremont; secretary. V. R Mellor, Lincoln. State horticultural society President, C. II. Barnard, Table Uock; secretary, J. It. Duncan, Lincoln. State Live Stock Improvers' association President, J. A. Ollls, Ord; secretary, II. J. Grnmllch. Lincoln. Nebraska Horse Breeders' association President, Frank Howard, Pawnuo City; secretary, H. J. Gramllch, Lincoln. Stato Shorthorn Breeders' association President, C. H. Chanpell, Kearney; sec retary, Irvln K. Wilson. BeMdcro. Stato Hereford BVeedcrs' association President, Robert Mousel. Cambridge; secretary, George. O. Bengcr. Callaway. Aberdeen Angus Breeders' association President, C. S. Reese, Simeon; secretary, D. N. Syford, Lincoln. Stato Red Polled Breeders' association President, Luke Wiles, Plattsmouth; sec retary, Elliott Davis, Ilolbrook. Dairy Cattle Breeders' association President. H. C. Young, Lincoln; secre tary, E. W. Frost, Central City, Stato Dairyman's association Presi dent, R. W. McOlnnls, Fremont; secre tary S. C. Bassett, Gibbon. Stato Swlno Breeders' association- President. F. C. Crocker, Fltloy; secre tary, O. S. TImmons. Ashland. Nebraska Sheep Breeders' and Wool Growers' association President, Robert Taylor. Central City; secretary, J211U Rail, Curtis. Corn Improvers' association President R. Hoguo, Crete; Secretary, T. A. Kles selbach, Lincoln. Nebraska Pure Grain and See.d Growers association President, Frank X. RIst Humboldt; secretary, T. A. Klcsselbach Lincoln. Stato Florists' socloty Presidont I. F Frcy, Lincoln; secretary, Lewis Hender son, Omaha. State Bee Keepers' association Presi dent. Rev. Alois J. Klein. Bmlnard: sec- , rotary, Frank G. Odell. Lincoln. nuuo nome economics association President, Mrs. A. E. D.ivlsson. Lincoln; secretary. Mrs. John P, Mann. Bethany. Association of State, Countv and Dis' trlct Fairs President. II. P. Wilson, Ge neva; secretary, W. II. Smith. Seward. Good Roads association President, W B. Bannlnc. Union, secretary, W. II Campbell. Clarks. Agricultural Development Commission of Nebraska President, Carson lllldrelh, Franklin; secretary. W. S. Whltton, Lin coin. Questions of National Welfare. Tho nctlvltles ot the inner circle to tho nntlonnl conservation congress the conservation commission, are plannedln Lincoln, although this fact Is not generally known by local people. Dr. G. 13. Qondra is president of the commission and it is in his office that the program Is made up and tho topics of important discussion to como before the congress decided on This commission is composed of mcr, who are actively engaged in practical conservation work In various states It meets November 17, the day before the opening of tho congress, which holds session three days, November IS, 19 and 20. Tho program for this years brings up practical questions ol national welfare and nearly all the departments at Washington will be represented. Bona Fide Residence Qualification. If otherwise qualified, it is not es sential ,that the signer of a potition for n liquor license has resided In n vlllago for tho length of time required to make him a legal voter, but It Is essential that there be a residence in good faith, according to a stato su promo court opinion handed down Id tho case of II. W. Shakleford against Frank Zimmerman of Springfield. The contention was mnde in the lower court that not thirty freeholders had signed Zimmerman's application, and that one man signod the next day after ho moved to Springfield. The high bench holds that the chief quali fication Is bona fide residence and this, thoy say, tho one signer pos sessed. Still Refuses to Attend Chapel. Shall convicts bo required to attend chapel at tho penitentiary every Sun day morning unless excused on ac count of illness or othor good causo? This Is tho question brought before tho stato board of control by Charles Woostor of Silver Creole and I. L. Al bert of Columbus. Nuither of these gentlemen are personally affected by the rule, but thoy appealed to the board on behalf of George St. Clair, a convict from Lancaster county, who has boen punished for violating tho rule. - Valuable ReJIc for Historical Society. Ono or the five living Civil War vet crans in tho Omnha tribe of Indians In Nebraska, Henry Blackbird, has given to tho stato historical socloty museum an object greatly reverenced by his people, a symbol which has boon used to secure poneo for the Omaha tribe with unrelated groups ninny scores of times. Tho valuo of this gift Is greatly enhanced by the fact that on b'ut very rnro occasions, will an Indian pnrt from ono of thoso trensurcd relics of past days. It seems a simple enough looking affair m BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. Stanton has an automobile club with moro than fifty members. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nelson ot Friend celebrated their fiftieth wedding anni versary last week. Ansclmo is lacing a coal famine. Franklin county will vote on county soat location on November 18. Mead, In Snunders county, will soon have Its own light nnd water plant, both winning at a recent election. John Sneddon, a Lincoln man, was buried under 400 sacks of cement nm florioUBly injured, but will recover. Much alarm is felt at Lyons on ac count of the spread of scarlet fever. The mid-winter sessions of organ ized agriculture will be held In Lin coln, January 19-23, 1914. Mildred Radcliffo, a two-year-old Omaha girl, Is dead from eating tho heads of parlor matchos. Work has been started on Falr bury'B new $30,000 artificial Ico plant and a large force of workmen aro em ployed. Tho Seward flro department will go to York Thanksgiving day to play a gamo of football with the local fire company. Adam Lemko of St. Mary lost an. eye when a nail ho was driving with a hammer flew put and struck him on that organ. Frank Harndon, who shot George White during a quarrel at Fremont, has been sentenced to seventy days in tho county jail. A remonstrance has been filed with the Lancaster county clerk against the granting of a saloon license in the. villago of Kramer. Members of tho German Lutheran church In York, Seward and Hamilton counties are planning to erect a $50, 000 hospital in York. . A local branch of tho Nebrnska Manufacturers' association has been organized at Grand Island with a mem bership of twenty-two. Sheldon Jackson of Filley had his right leg broken In two places just abovo the ankle when a horso he was riding slipped and fell on him. Anton Stolling a nineteen-year-old Endlcott bdy, fell from a tree whllo hunting squirrels and received in juries which may result fatally. Farm Demonstrator O. H. Llebers will leave Beatrice soon for "Wiscon sin to purchase a number of Holstoin 'cattlo for Gage county dairymen. "'Owen Daily of Lincoln was victor ious over Max Brenton of Iowa in two out of three falls at a wrestling 'match at Lincoln Thursday night. A big "Woodman rally and class adoption will bo hold in Alma on No vember 20 and the local camp has in vited every lodge in the county to take, part. "Fainting Bertha," just released from Ingleside hospital, is in trouble again this time al Omaha, where she was jailed for being intoxicated on the street. The Seward W. C. T. U. held a sun set social at which all townspepole over seventy yearB old were Invited to bo guests. A big dinner was served to an immense company. All of the old' officers and thirty of tho 175 members of the Hastings Jodge or tho Degreo or Honor have withdrawn, as tho culmination of trouble within tho organization. Governor Morehead will be the guest of the Omaha manufacturers at their first dinner this winter, tho night or Tuosday, November 18, and will speak upon convict lnbor aud good road making. Hundreds of barrels or apples In southeastern Nebraska have been rrozen on tho trees during the cold weather or tho last week, with a re sultant loss of thousands of dollars to the orchard owners. Dr. C. R. Stewart of Curtis, while returning from n professional call, In some manner lost control of his auto, which turned over, pinning the doctor beneath the machine, where he was found dead a short time afterward. The new game law, which leaves an open season or only two weeks this year, limits the bags to ten birds a day and a limit of ten in the bag when the hunter returns to his home. Dr. O. L. Beeson or Beatrice was elected president; Dr. C. W. Graff of Tecunfseh, vice president; Dr. B. L. Spollman of Beatrice, secretary and treasurer, and Dr. W. E. Ragan, mem her of executive council or tho state society at tho meeting or the SouW eastern Nebraska Dental association hold at Fairbury. Beatrice was se lected as the best place for the next meeting In October, 1914. Rev. D. J, Eppler or West Liberty, Iowa, is to bo tho now pastor or the Christian church at Fairfield. Hallowe'en was celebrated with 300 miles or bonfires between Omaha and North Platte, Nob. It was the occa sion or the dedication or the Lincoln highway, the transcontinental road be tween New York and San Francisco,, One or tho pecujlar features attend Ing tho drawing for land at North Platte was that of the Misses Eliza both C. and Jennie Todd, two sisters residing at Broken Bow, and who drew numbers 250 aud 251, respectt Ively. In a fall rrom a porch Mrs. Robert Glbb, near TecuniBeh. suffered a com pound fracture of hor left lower limb. An attempt was made to fire the livery barn or Greenfield & Stannard at HnstlngB by throwing lighted kerosene-soaked cloths into tho hay loft, but serious damage was averted by its prompt discovery. That aluminum can be separated profitably from the clay which exists In abundanco in and noar Hastings Is tho belief of J, M. Reynolds, membor of Ulie Salt Lake City mining ex change, who has examined many clay deposits noar that place.