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1 THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIRUNE NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. it u r- h b HEWS BRIEFLY I0L0 INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERO WIDE AREA. GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What Is Going On at Wash Ington and In Other Sections of the Country. WASHINGTON. The house adopted this Heflln res olution designating thu (second Sun day In May ns mothers' day. Interstate commerce commltto haB favorably reported the bill to control railroad Issues of stocks and bonds. The Judiciary commltteo has favor ably reported the senate bill to cre ate additional federal judgeship In southern California. Senator James Hamilton Lewis Bpoko In eulogy of the American blue jackets and marines who foil in the first lighting at Vera Cruz. Tho rules committee reported spe cial rulo for expediting senate bill providing temporary method of con ducting tho nomination and election of United States senators. George Otis Smith, director of tho geological survey, ndvocatcd federal ownership of wntcr power rights be foro tho public lands committee. Representative Hay of Virginia has Introduced a Joint resolution author izing tho president to detail Lieuten ant Fredorlck Means of the army In locating and constructing tho Alaskan railway. Rapid growth of lkndergartons in tho United States is shown by the fact that during tho last ten years they increaEod from 3,244, With an enroll ment of 205,000 children to 7,557 With 3C4.189. Representative Frear, Wisconsin, Introduced resolution to investigate the character and valuo to tho general public of tho river and harbor project "to which tho government is now committed, aggregating $305,000,000." 4 Democrntlo leaders in tho houso anxious to got congress out of Wash ington by July 10, have called a party caucus, through which they hopo to expedite consideration and passngo of tho anti-trust bills on tho administra tion program. , . Tho senate woman suffrage commlt teo has voted to recommend favor ably tho senate and Shafroth consti tutional amendment requiring a state to vote on woman Buffrngo when 8 per cent of tho voters petitioned for euch a voto. Representative Keating of Colorado lias, introduced a bill to provldo for retirement of Philippine scouts and officers who served in civil war, Spanish war or Philippine insurrec tion or tlvo years in the regular United States army. Establishment of a parcel post sys tem between tho United States and Greece, to become effective at onco has been announced, Twelve cents a pound will bo the rate from tho Unit ed States, Packages must not weigh mora than eleven pounds. ' Horeaftur tho second Sunday of May will bo National Mothers' day. The senate has agreed to tho house resolution requesting tho president to Ibsuo aproclamatlon naming noxt Sun day ns Mothers' day, designating os Mothers' day irt the coming years tho eocond Sunday each May. Arguments In tho last enso to bo hoard by tho supromo court until next Ootober have been made. It 1b (.understood an attempt will bo mado to decide tho 150 cases beforo ad journment for the summer. The court probably will hold sobbIoiis to announce opinions May 11, May 18, June 1 and June 15. DOMESTIC. Mrs. Anna M. Brucn of Bolvldero, N. J,, who celebrated her ninety t'econd brthday recently, has boon a Sunday school toacher for eighty years, Tho bodies of ulnoty-slx of tho 172 mlnars entombed In mlno No, 5 of tho Now River Collier's Co,, wrecked by .u explosion last week havo been bi ought to the surface. Ono more Juror has beon secured Bt Now York to try CharleB Decker (or tho murder of tho gamblor, Hor roan Rosenthal. Ho Is Dwlght W. Custer, n retired printer. Ho Is the Eixth man selected, As a sequonce to the acquittal Thursday at Torre Haute, Ind of Mayor Don M, Roberts of tho chnrgo of conspiracy In primary and elec tion frauds. Special Pioaecutor itoach dismissed all tho cases In which tho mayor had boon Indicted Tor alleged election frauds. Tho navy department has sent or ders to tho naval recrutlng Btatlons to accept no more applications for en listment in tho navy except from those who havo boon honorably discharged. Utah's factory output was valued at $93,750,000. The silver alone stored In tho Unit ed States treasury ut New York weighs 2,500 toiiB. John F. Jclks, oleomargarine manu facturer, wns fined $10,000 and sen tenced to two years in Jail at Chica go for conspiracy to defraud the gov ernment of taxes on Illicitly colored oleomargarine. Mayor Dan M. Roberts of Terro Haute, lnd chnrged with conspiracy to corrupt elections, was found not guilty by n Jury-In tho Terre Haute circuit court. Tho Jury was out thirty-five minutes. Payments of compensation to Wis consin workmen Injured through in dustrial accidents passed tho million a year mark In April. This Is shown In the tabulations of tho Industrial commission Just completed for tho month. Eight members of tho Chicago Board of Education, including its president, were sentenced to thirty days In Jail for contempt of court for refusing to obey the order of Cir cuit Judge Focll reinstating four members of tho board. . Right Rev. Charles H. Brent, Amer ican bishop of the Protestant Episco pal church In the Philippines slnco 1901, wns unanimously elected bishop of tho Episcopal diocese of New Jer sey at the annual convention of the clergy and laity of the jurisdiction a) Trenton. A train on tho newly completed trans-continental Grand Trunk Pacific railway was ditched near Westroao Lake, Jn British Columbia. C. Van Ardsol, divisional engineer; Mrs. Marlon Puttcrson, Vancouver, and twelvo others were Injured, those named seriously. B. J. Matsen, assistant general man ager of .tho Colorado Fuel and Iron company, who returned to Trinidad after visiting the Heurfano county field, estimated tho total damage done by strikers to tho mines In southern Colorado In tho last two weeks at at least $500,000. Mlno No. 5 of the Now River Col lerles company at Eccles, W. Va., was Bealed after 15S bodies had been re moved. Fourten of tho men killed In tho explosion tho afternoon of April 28 remain In tho workings and will not bo taken out until the mine has been cleared of debris. An appeal of tho stato of New York from tho decision of Federal Judge Edgar Aldrlch, granting Harry K. Thaw's petition for a writ of habeas corpus td provent his extradition to Now York, has filed at Concord, N. H. Tho appeal contends that tho court erred In nine particulars. A six-hour day Is tho ultimata de mand of Uio Amalgamated' Associa tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, according to the statement of John Williams of Pitts burg, president of that organization, In nn address bofore the annual con vention which convened at Columbus, Ohio. John Agnow, an Inspector In tho city building department, has just completed sixty-two yearB of continu ous servlco for Chicago. His fellow workers recognized his long service by prer -ntlng him with a gold watch. Agnow 1b olghty-two years old and holds tho tltlo of being tho oldest man outho municipal pay roll. Judge J. M. Lowe of Kansas City, Mo., waB re-elected president or tho National Old Trails Road association at Its annual convention at Indiana polls. Tho 1915 meeting of the asso ciation will bo held at Grand Canyon, Ariz. Other officers elected arc-; Jtov. Harvey M. Shields, Dawson, N. M., vlco president, and 'rnnk A. Davis, Herrlngton, Kan., secretary-treasurer. c At a Joint session at Memphis of the National Conference on the Edu cation of Backward Truant, Delin quent and Dependent Children and tho American Association of Officials of Charities and Corrections, Miss Julia P. Lathrop, chief of tho gov ernment's children's bureau, made u plea for cooperation between official and volunteor agencies In child wel faro work. FOREIGN. Countess Edmond do Pourtnles. who was famous in tho court of Napoleon III on accouut of beauty and Boclal power, died at Paris, oged 78. Jumos W. Gorard, United Stnto3 am bassador nt Berlin, has received' in structions from tho Stato department at Washington to make a formal ex pression of thanks to the German gov ernment for tho energetic assistance given by tho commander and orow of tho German Dresden In rescuing American refugees at Tamplco. A Berlin dispatch, says an official, who has arrived In Berlin from South America says ho mot Colonel Rooso volt and that the latter Is very anx ious to get Into tho Mexican fray at tho earllost posslblo moment. - By order of Gonoral Fidel Avlln, chief of arms at Juarez, tho duty on flour entering Mexico haB been sus pended. This uctlon was takon to ro llovo tho distress among tho poor of tho "state of Chihuahua who were thrown out of work wnon American mlnJuR properties wero closed. IBBB iBEj'&SjBiVjilBBBBBBBBv BBBBBByjrjwMB vBBt " vfc. ti . IbBBBBBBbI bbt itHPtf&IPJli bHbbVB?t xfiffi W? i t- K bbbbbH ft 1 jvBBBBBel KtKr B cBt Jfe? s'laHaTiw & "" '' .TsBBB bBiLt i tff jfffipTMJMh iiirwftJW"CTtilLwiLLBLB LgjBg &t'fj? $ks IHIrkbbbV !BBBBBBa v'jQ'KuBB&nKtTfoHMMBUBKHTwS'immK j.t Jka&? . j"jV ?fy 5 16 W BBBBBBBn ' SSImlveRBfwiA'31SlmM' P&& ?-a l y JjJBg jtBJw abbbbbw1 1 t -" ttujCTr "j j Mre. McAdoo In Bridal EL S now is. Mum President's Youngest Daughter Married in White House. CEREMONY IN BLUE ROOM Wedding Gifts Are Many and Hand; some Description of the Bridal Gown, Golng-Away Dress, and' Other Costumes. Washington, D. C, May 8. The wedding of Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, youngest daughtor of Presi dent Wilson, and William Glbbs Mc Adoo, secretary of tho treasury, took place Thursday at six o'clock p. m., In tho blue room of tho White Houso. Tho wedding procession proceeded from tho main stairway Into tho cor ridor, through tho north door of the bluo room, to the platform erected In tho south bay window of tho room. Miss Salllo McAdoo led tho proces sion, followed by Mrs. Sayro and MIbs Margaret )VIlson. Miss Nancy Lano directly preceded tho brldo, who was escorted by tho president. Tho groom, with Dr. Cary Truvers Grayson, met the wedding party at the altar. Mr. McAdoo wore evening clothes and Dr. Grayson wore his uniform. Rev. Syl vester W. Beach performed tho cere mony. After tho coremony the wedding party proceeded to tho red room, where they recolvcd congratulations and good wishes of tho company. The Marino baud furnished tho music. Supper was served at small tables In tho stato dining room. Tho decora tions of the bluo room were lilies and ferns, and the decorations In the dining-room wero pink and white roses. Handsome Wedding Presents. In splto of tho small list of Invited guests the wedding presents were nu merous. Prominent among them wero tho beautiful silver tea service, given by tho members of the house of rep resentatives, a piece of jowclry from momborB of tho Bonnte, twelvo silver plates and a platter from tho cabinet mombers and their wives, nnd a hand Bomo gift from tho Justices of tho Su pneiue courL From tho diplomatic corps, no member of which was In vited, came flowers nnd good wishes. The bride's bouquet was of orange blossoms, white orchids nnd lilies of tho valley. Tho flower girls carried whlto chip hats, hung by ribbons, filled with flowers. Miss Margaret Wilson's gown was of soft bluo crapo with panniers and waist of bluo tullo. The neck was flnlBhed with a cream lace ruff and n flowered sash completed tho costume. With thlH coBtumo wub worn a blue lace hat, trimmed with pink roses nnd touches of black, Mrs. Sayro's cos tume wns exactly like Miss Wilson's cxcepl that tho color was pink. Tho gowns of the llttlo flower girls were white, with bluo nnd pink ribbons. Beautiful Wedding Gown. Tho wedding gown worn by Miss Wilson is mado of Ivory-white satin nnd trimmed with renl old polut lace. Tho bodlco Is softly draped with satin, which crosses In front and Is brought to a point below tho shoulders, front and back. Tho V-shaped neck Is fin ished with folds of soft tullo. The long mousquetalro slooves aro made If Gown, and Mr. McAdoo. of tullo. Tho real old point lace Is gracefully draped over the right shoul dor to tho left side of tho waist and is fastened with a spray of orange blos soms; the laco then continues as a border to the long transparent tunic of tulle, which graduates to the sldoot tho skirt at tho train. Tho sweeping train is three and a half yards In, length. A cap effect bridal wreath, with orange blossoms and long draped veil was very effective. The old point lace usd on tho gown Is a masterpiece and a work of art in lace making. It is a part of would famous collection. Her'Golng-Away Dress. Tho bride's going-away dress Is a three-ploco dross mado of corbeau-blue gabardine. Tho coat Is mado of corbeau-blue charmeuse and gabardine. The front and upper part, of back of coat Is made of charmeuse. Tho back Is gathered at collar. Tho three-quarter sleeve of gabardine is topped with thb blue charmeuse, the edge of the sleovo being bound with a flat black silk braid. Tho soft girdle of gabar dine ends in front with an oval charmeuso buckle. Tho bodlco lo dark blue chiffon over whlto. It has braided straps of gabardlno over tho shoulders, with 12 rows qf braid over belt of bluo gabardine. A whlto organdlo vesteo nnd collar are edged with a rose and green flowered narrow ribbon, fastened In front by three ribbon buttons. Long bluo sleeves over whlto chiffon end In wldo cuffs of 10 rows of narrow black braid. The short skirt Is of gabardine, with three circular flounces starting at sides of skirt. These are fastened at back with a strap of gnbnrdlno at tached to which aro four small black silk tassels. Between tho flounces, corbeau charmeuse, to which they aro attached, showing about one Inch of charmeuso between each flounce. Flounces and bottom of skirt aro edged with black silk braid. Sketch of Mrs. McAdoo. MrR. McAdoo Is tho only one of the three daughters of tho president who has ovlnced no Inclination to pursuo an accomplishment or perfect herself In any branch of study. Like her mother, she has talent as an artist In oils and has spent two seasons at tho Academy of Fino ArtB In Philadelphia. Sho has a keen sense of humor, and is much of a diplomat. She Is the only member of tho White Houso fam ily who has a nickname. Sho is called "Nell." In appearance, Mrs. McAdoo Is tall, slendor, with a girlish figure, nnd a light, swinging gait. She has a pleas ant Bmlle, fine teeth, a rathor large mouth, bluo eyes topped with dark brows and fringed with dark lashes, a flno clear white skin and quantities of Boft, straight, dark hair. Sho rides, dances, swims and rows well and Is qulto n linguist. Her place in society ns tho wife of the secretary of tho treasury will now be next to that of Mrs. Bryan. Career of the Groom. Mr. McAdoo was born In Georgia In 18C3, of a family which had been wealth, but had lost their all In tho Civil war. At twenty-ono young Mc Adoo was admitted to tho bar and five years, later ho camo to New York. Tlioro he formed a partnership with William McAdoo, who was no known relation, In 1SS5 Mr. McAdoo married Miss Sarah Fleming of Chattanooga, Tenn., who died four years ugo. There aro six children, Mr. McAdoo's principal residence Ih at IrvIngton-on-the-Hud-son, not far from Now York. EXTENDS TIME LIMIT PRESIDENT TO ISSUE NEW PRO CLAMATION SOON. NQ BREAKERS CAN BEIMPDRTED Lockett Instructed Not to Allow Their Being Brought Into the Colorado War Belt Trinidad, Colo. President Wilson through the War department has In structed Colonel James Lockett, com manding federal troops In southern Colorado, to permit no Importation of strikebreakers and announced that a time limit would bo set at once with in which tho delivery of arms must bo completed, according to a statement by Major W. A. Holbrook. Major Hoi brook said both subjets would be treated In proclamations. Colonel Lockett announced, that the War department had determined to permit tho rehabilitation of the strik ers' tent colony at Ludlow provided tho federal military officers are given a roll of tho inhabitants, together with the addresses of their former places of employment and provided further that a union man of strong Influence is placed In charge of the camp with whom the military officers might con fer. Who Shall Be Employed. In his statement upon President Wilson's Instructions upon strike breakers, Major Holbrook said- that the commanding officers here had been advised that no man shall bo employed In any mine in the Colorado coal fields who has not been actually In Its omploy April 22, the date of the president's first proclamation or dering tho federal troops into the field wns published. No mine that was closed down at tho time of, or before, the strike will be permitted to reopen, according to Major Holbrook's statement, but all others may be operated under full protection from the government. Strikers formerly employed at cer tain mines will be permitted to return to work at tho specific places of their former employment If they choose and If they are desired by their for mer employers, according to Major Holbrook. -. Battle Rages at Tamplco. Juarez, Mexico. Tho most desper ately fought battle of tho present Mexican revolution Is being fought at Tuuipl'jo, according to reports reach ing constitutionalist officers here. It is reported some of the oil wells and tanks aro burning and that a portion of tho town Is on Are, All Americans, it is said here, have been taken aboard tho United States warships, but other foreigners aro scattered throughout the oil well dte trJct. It was this section of tho battle field that the' United States govern ment suggested should be made a neutral zone. Tho rebel general refused to adopt this suggestion. Suffragette Bomb Is Exploded. London. A bomb placed by suffra gettes exploded In the gallery of the Metropolitan tabernacle in South Lon don, an edifice made famous by the lato Charles H. Spuergeon. Little damage was done. It is be lieved that the bomb was placed in tho gallery during the morning serv ice, which ended at 12:30 o'clock. An "hour later the explosion occurred. Demonstration in Church. New York. The pollco mado ten arrests In Calvary Baptist church In suppressing an attempted demonstra tion during tho service against John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who teaches Sun day school at the church. Mr. Rocke feller remained at his country home in Pocantlco Hills. The domonstrants were a now group called, calling Itself "the Church of the Revolution," led by Bouck White, formerly pastor of a Congregational church In Brooklyn Whlto and nine followers, Including a women, were removed from the church to patrol wagons. Several wero bruised In resisting ejection. Lillian Nordlca Succumbs. Batavln, Java. Madame Lillian Nordlca., the singer, Is dead. Madamo Nordlca had been ill 'since the steamer Tnsinan, on which she was a passenger, wont ashore on Bramble Cay, In tho gulf of Papua, December 28 last. Nervous proEtra tlon was followed by pneumonia. New Town Near Superior. Superior, Neb. A new town named Portland will bo started at tho ce ment company plant soon. It will be located about two miles west of the city limits of Superior. Negro Driven From Refuge. SL James, La. Driven from his place of refuge when a posse fired a barn In which ho was hiding, Sylves ter Washington, a negro, was shot to death near here. Before he was driven from cover, the negro Bbot two ot the posao. Balloon Struck by Lightning. Berlin. A captive military balloon was struck by llghtnlnp and destroyed at Zossen, twenty-two miles south of Berlin. The military telegraph bat talion was using the balloon. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Tho state medical association Is la session nt Lincoln this wcok. Christopher Courtwrlght of Mllford fought in tho Mexlcnn war of 184'i. Assessors at Hastings aro expected o finish their work in a few days. Tho senior class of tho Wnhoo high school this year numbers forty-eight. A summer school of missions will bo In sesion at Omaha, Juno 22 to 30. The state association of qommerclnl clubs hold Its eleventh annual session at Grand Island last week. The carnival given by tho Hastings high school for the benefit of tho ath letic association netted $80. Six head of cattle owned by Snmuel Smnll, a farmer IMng southwest of Tecumsoh, wero killed by lightning. Boys of Dawes county are taking up premium farming under tho encour agement of Farm Demonstrator Schaf fer. Tho brick work on Wahoo's new fifty thousand dollar high school is completed and work begun on the roof, Ole Jackson, Omaha negro poli tician, shot and fatally wounded A. J. Jones, an Italian, In a fight in a res taurant. The dedication of the Oregon trail monument on the Kansns-Nebraska state lino near Lnnham will occui May 12. Tramps robbed the money drawer of the Nebraska City toll brldgo while the gatekeeper was busy outsider the toll house. Twenty.four saloonkeepers of Lin coln were granted new licenses May 1 by the excise board, only ono Hconse being held up. Because he could not get help to run his farm properly, Chris Schlueter, near West Point, suicided by hanging himself in his ham. Miss Gladys Bunt of Fremont waa elected and crowned queen of May at the Ivy day celebration at tho state university last week. L. C. McBrlde has been appointed trainmaster with jurisdiction over tht northwest lines of the Lincoln dlvl slon of the Burlington. Wolves killed twenty-five out of a flock of sheep near Carson recently Claims for the dead animals will be made against the county. Members of the Baptist church al Surprise gave Rev. Charles J. John son, their pastor, two months' vacatlor. on full pay. He will go to his old home In Sweden. H. H. Relmund, who is to be suc ceeded next year by T. V. Truman ai superintendent of the Weeping Watei public schools, has been elected su perlntendent at St. Paul, Neb, The Wymore city council voted to issue four saloon licenses In spite ot remonstrances. Tho remonstratori havo appealed tho matter and the sa loons must await the court's action. An explosion of an empty Iron gaso line barrel on the Carse farm, neat Foster, caused by scratching a match on it, so seriously injured seventeen year-old Charlie Carse that he died in a few hours. While ten people wero In the Tuch man Brothers' grocery nt Omaha, a single bandit held 'ip and robbed the Arm of $140.20 at the point of a re volver. He was caught in his flight from tho store. The state Y. M. C. A. convention will bo held at Grand Island, May 22 and 23. Representatives from alPthe associations in the state will meet to discuss he progress of their work and the problems confronting them. John O'Connor, the Hastings re cluse, has been dead nlno months, yet none of the scores of claimants have been able to establish a relationship entitling them to the property. The body is still in a perfect state ot preservation at a local morgue. The first anniversary of the organi zation of the Avoca Woman's club waa celebrated in an entertainment at the country home ot Mrs. Oliver Harmon An Interesting feature In connection was tho fact that the very first meet ing of the club was held at this same home.. Tho Gage county board of supervis ors has confirmed the appointment of Miss Josephine McQulnn as deputy clerk of the district court, Growing out of, the recent fire that nearly destroyed Leshara, a town fire department has been organized and orders placed for two chemical wag ons. The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment ol the McCook band under the leader ship of H. P. Sutton, April 30, was one of thp swollest social affairs of the year in that city. Over a hundred plates were laid at the banquet. I. O. O. F. lodges of Lincoln, Uni versity Place and Havelock united In the celebration of tho ninety-fifth anniversary of the founding of the order, Mrs. Oscar Tapp of Lincoln, 22 years old and a bride of two weeks, by mistake swallowed corrosive sub limate tablets, and only the prompt services of a physician sayed her life. Verne Taylor, an employe of the Au burn Telephone company, came near losing his life, when a twenty-five-foot pole on which he was at work broke without warning nnd he was thrown to the ground. The body of the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cage, of Erlcson, who disappeared two weeks ago, was found entangled in a fence that spanned a creek near the Cage home, Superior celebrated the closing of Ps saloons with a band concert on Main street, the first time the town has been dry in over twenty-five years, , Howard Meeker, tho missing Lowel len young man, for whom a search has been unsuccessfully conducted for sev eral months following his strange dis appearance in Chicago, Is said to havo been located In Seattle. A ,i!mzi 3 5. ?'" , & ' :,' - i '""WR jm.t