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MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con"
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs,
WASHINGTON.
Formal stops io start the adminl
Itration nuti-truut legislation through
congress w'cro taken by tho houso
mles committee when It mot to for
mulato a special rule for tho expedi
tious passage of tho three bills which
tnako up tho anti-trust "program."
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Tho United States legations In Ar"
gcntlna and Chllo will bo raised to
tho rank of embassies under bills
passed by tho house. Tho Argentine
Mil already has passed tho senate and
deeds only tho president's, signature.
Tho Chilean bill now goes to tho
tenato,
It has becomo apparont that the
icnato cannot reach a voto on tho pro-
fosed repeal of tho tolls exemption
laueo of tho Panama canal act for at
least ten days or two weeks unless
democratic leaders mako an extra
ordinary effort to speed up tho pro
ceedings. Tho controversy betwoon tho Den
ver & Mo Orando Railroad company
nnd tho Arizona Railroad company of
Now Mexico over a right of way from
tho Colorado-New Mexico stato lino to
Farmlngton, N. M down tho Animas
river, was decided by tho supremo
court In favor of tho latter.
Reports filed in tho senate Bhowod
that Senator Chamborlaln of Oregon
npent $58.55 in his campaign for re
liominatlon, and R. A. Booth, his re
publican rival, spont $1,1.36.45. The
primaries aro to bo hold May 15,
Senator Chamberlain received no con
trlbutlons whllo Mr. Booth's amount
ed to $1,550.
Carrying a total of $37,273,270, an
Increase over tho houso provisions of
$705,169, tho senate appropriations
commltteo reported tho legislative,
executive and judical appropriation
bill. Tho bill Is $914,551 over tho act
of" 1914, but nearly $2,500,000 under
tho estimates." Tho Indian appropria
tion bill, carrying $12,049,G7C, an In
crease over tho houso bill of $2,403,
$39, also was roportod,
President "Wilson has signed tho
Mils passed by congress raising tho
Amorlcan legations In Argentina and
Chllo to embassies. Minister Naon of
Argentina and Minister Suarez of
Chllo, who aro conspicuous figures in
Washington Just now as two of tho
mediators in tho Mexican difficulty,
woro present, togothor with Secretary
Bryan and other high olllclals of tho
government.
A supplemental appropriation of
$50,000 for army medical and hospital
supplies, "to moot omorgency condi
tion's now existing or likely to ariso
'ji tho near future," was asked in an
(estimate sent to tho houso of repre
sentatives at "Washington by tho War
department Secretary Garrison said
the money was noeded to covor oxtra
Ordinary expenditures lncldontnl ;to
tho occupation of Vtra Cruz, and to
tho mobilization of troopa for sorvlco
Abroad.
DOMISTIO.
Testimony was given in the trial at
Herkimer, N. Y of Jean GlaBhinl, 16
years old, by his father and a phyBl
can to tho effect that tho -youth wus
tnsano when ho klllod his school
teacher, Llda Boecher, for whoso
inurder ho is on trial.
Thomas Ryan, a millionaire land
ownor, who dUnppoarcd flvo years
ngo from bis home hi Marion, Ariz.,
has boon located in a Winnipeg hos
pital. For many mouths search for
him has been conducted by detective
agencies along tho Pacific coast, in
tho RocktoB and finally across tho
prairies.
Colonel James Lockett, commander
of the federal forces In tho Trinidad
district of Colorado- aro adjusting
casoB growing out of the order bar
ring minors. Eight men woro allow
cd to work at tho Oakdalo mlno and
elxtoen wero barred. At tho Primorn
mine ono of llyo was pormlttod to
work.
In'dcilnlto torms ot sunshine, frosh
nlr and honost work woro doclarod tho
only way to reform society's immoral
nnd diseased cltlzons by spoakors be
fore tho Nutlonal Conferonco of Char
ities nnd Correction at Memphis.
Honry Slogel, undor indictment In
Now York charged with grand lar
cony In connection with his dry goods
establishments and also for receiving
deposits of money attor ho had know
ledge that his private bunk was in
eolvent, landed at Plymduth, England,
Jrom Now York.
The navy department has sent -or-ders
to tho tiuval recrutlng stations
to accept no more applications for. en
listment in tho iuvy except Crpin
, those who havo beon honorably discharged,
Havana Is to havo a capital building
to cost $1,000,000,
Tho silver alone stored In tho Unit
ed States treasury at ,Ncw York
weighs 2,500 tons.
William "Walnwrlght, first vlco pres
ident of tho Orand Trunk railway,
died at Atlanta, Qa., of. a complica
tion of diseases.
Two tanks, containing approximate
ly 50,000 barrels of oil, tho property
of tho Plerco Oil corporation near
Tulsa, Okla., were fired by lightning
and efforts to extinguish them havo
been abandoned. The lots is estimat
ed at $50,000.
Strung up with a log chain to tho
rafters of a barn near Farmlngton,
Utah, tho body of John S. Morrow, a
Salt Lako City laborer who had been
employed on construction "work, was
found recontly, the man's head having
been crushed in' with a hatchet.
Protesting his lnnocencd, "Hand
some Jack" Koettcrs was takon from
Chicago to tho Illinois stato prison
at Jollet, to servo a life sentence for
tho murder of Mrs. Emma Kraft, the
Cincinnati widow, who was beaten to
doath in Chicago with a hammer in
November, 1912.
Special prayer for tho success of
the mediation conference nt Niagara
Falls, looking to an adjustment of
differences between tho United Statos
and Mexico, will bo offered by tho
general conference of the Mehodlst
Episcopal church, South, in session at
Oklahoma City.
At a meeting of tho board of direc
tors of tho Missouri Pacific Railroad
company In Now York it was voted
to petition tho holders of the
$25,000,000 three-year notes maturing,
Juno 1 to extend tho time of pay
ment for one year, Increasing tho rato
of Interest from 5 to 6 per cent.
Thlrty-ono states of this country
and Bovoral sections of Canada wero
represented at. tho socond annual
conference of grand masters of tho
MaBonic Ordor of the North Amorlcan
Continent which opened in St. Louis.
Tho grand lodges of Missouri and
Iowa conferred tho third degree on
now applicants.
A coroner'B jury which Investigated
thtf sulcido of Charles W. Post, the
cereal food millionaire, returned o
non-committal verdict, simply finding
that ho died from tho effects of a
gunshot wound. Dr. J. C. Balnbrldge,
his physician, testified that Post un
questionably was sufforlng from tern
porary insanity when he shot. him
self. Mrs. Mary Bonnomoro, known as
tho cattle and sheep queen of - tho
west, died at Salt "Lako City. Mrs.
Bonnomoro came to Utah from Scot
land In 1865 at tho age of 20 yours
and immediately engagod In tho cat
tle and sheep business with great
success. Later sho became Identified
with tho real cstato business in Salt
Lako City, which with her cattle ven
tures netted her a fortune computed
at $2,000,000.
FOREIQN.
Tho military , aviator, Semichkura,
fell from an aeroplanoat Sobastopoj
and was killed.
Tho London nowspapois are mak
ing a renewed complaint over Pre
mier Asqulth's delay in dealing with
tho question ot British participation
In tho Panama-Pacific exposition.
Tuxpam, in tho" oil Holds south ot
Tnmplco, has been evacuated by tho
federal garrison nnd occupied by tho
constitutionalists,
In spite of tho efforts of tho Ameri
can authorities to get all Amorlcans
out of Mexico there aro still about 1,
000 in the Mexican capital who ap
pear determined to remain there.
Tho tomb of ArlBtomeuos, tho colo
bratod MesBenlan horo of tho second
Spartan wnr in tho Seventh century
before 'Christ, was diBcovorcd at
Rhodes by Italian oxcavators. Numer
ous antiquities wero found in tho se
pulchre. Nicholas II Is having a new wall
built "to tho north ot Potorhof park,
where ho dwells overy Bummer, and
ho will shortly havo tho high gates
of Tsarskoo Solo made still h.gher.
Those aro signs nnd symbols ot his
latest hormlt-llko phase.
At a woman suffrage mooting at
Rome, which was attended by 3,000
women and a fow mon, Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw waa warmly upplauded
during n spoech In which sho outlined
tho basis of tho demand of woman
for enfranchisement. Dr. Shaw said
suffrage for woman was opposed by
Italian and other Latin mon because
thoy believed that In giving woman
the voto it would muko her loss at
tractive. This idea was ridiculed by
tho speaker.
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iwo army airmen, Captain P. D.
Anderson und u mechanic named Car
tor, woro instantly killed and Lleuton
ant C. W. Wilson was gravely Injured
when two biplanes collided In the air
ut Aldarshot.
Tho famous yacht, PrhicesB Alice,
formerly owned by tho prlnco of Mo
naco and used by him In his deep sen
researches, has been purcn&sed fyy
Lord Inverclyde, who will take a
party of friends on ft" to San Francis
Co for the opening of tho Panama
Pacific International exposition.
CITY OF MEXICO
PLACE OF TERROR
Medill McCormick Tells Perils
Met In Huerta's Capital.
AMERICANS KEPT IN PRISON
Correspondents Are Arrested and In
sulted Trade Is at a Standstill
and All Feel Dictator's Gov
ernment Is Doomed.
By MEDILL M'CORNflCK,
Special Correspondent In Mexico of
the Chicago Dally News.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, May 12. Ameri
cans aro In prison in Mexico City,
hold incommunicado In places un
known to tho Brazilian legation. I do
not know how many aro so held by
tho police. Whon I loft Mexico City
on a Fronch special train for Puerto
Mexico, Waltor Whlffen of tho Asso
ciated Press was undor arrest for the
second tlmo within 24 hours. Mr.
Doster of tho International News serv
lco was In Jail, nnd so was Mr. Sutton
of tho Washington Post. An Amorlcan
named Schuler nnd a locomotive engi
neer who had returned from Cuba
looking for his family were also In
prison.
Luis d'Antin, Interpreter for the
Amorlcan embassy, dares not leave the
precincts of tho Brazilian legation,
whllo his wife Is afraid to leave the
houso in which sho is hiding. Tbo
Mexicans would havo taken d'Antin,
but for tho Intervention of tho repre
sentatives of Argentina, Brazil and
Chile, tho mediating powers.
Americans Are Not Safe.
Tho City of Mexico Is Inartlculato,
dazod, afraid. Americans are not safe
thoro and they ought to leave. Other
foreigners are alarmed. Mexicans do
not speak aloud tho names of con
spicuous men or of strategically Im
portant places. There are Mexican
spies everywhere and everywhere they
aro looking for American spies, The
Moxlcan authorities hold that war ex
ists, but that thoro Is an armistice by
vlrtuo of tho mediation ot tho "A.-B.-C."
powers. Yet no American Is per
mitted to send a cable messago or
tolegram. I had to get a foreign friend
to inform my family and tho Dally
Nows of my release a second time"
and ho doubted whether the message
had passed the censor.
Press messages by correspondents
who aro not Americans are censored
so that thoy are valueless. Although
Americans aro not safe and are for
bidden to cable homo, they cannot go
to tho British or German legation for
protection. Thoro may bo reasons of
high diplomacy why Brazil should
represent our Interests In Mexico, but
It Is a fact that although he does his
best, Sonor Cardoso do Ollvlera Is
unablo sufficiently to protect our fel
low citizens In Mexico City If thoro
bo rioting. Even if there is none 1
nm afraid we shall bo sorry that tho
caro of American Interests -was taken
out of tho hands of Sir Lionel Carden,
tho British minister.
Suspicion and Menace In Air.
When Richard Harding Davis and I
reached Mexico City after our trip
from Vera Cruz wo went about looking
for lodging and food. Suspicion and
menace woro in tho air. Rurales and
pollco with firearms patrolled tho
stroots, which by day wero almost as
baro of lifo as by night. Every auto
mobile bore tho flac of its owner.
Many flags hung from the windows for
tho protoction of tho houses and gave
tho city a sardonic look, like that of
a horrid old -woman dying with a
palntod foco and decked with finery.
Saturday morning I set about my
mission to see certain woll-Informod
foreigners and Mexicans, to bring out
of tho city tho nows of conditions
which tho censor refuses to pass and
Tvhlch, lndeod, it would bo dangorous
for a resident to go about collecting.
I saw Important members of tho
Fronch, Gorman and English colonies,
as well as Americans. I havo reason
to bollsvo that no correspondent for
wcoks has been ablo to recelvo such
Important expressions of opinion.
Huerta Government Dnnmari
.Tho Huerta goVornment cannot ad
vance against General Villa, starved
aa It is for rovonuo and ammunition,
and presently It must fall. How long
It can resist Villa's advanco is problem
atical, Thoro la now talk of General
Huerta's overthrow by local revolution
and of his assassination. I Baw him
out automobillng. Many people think
mat no wishes to provoke intervention
and that ho sent General Navarott to
ward Vora Cruz for that purpose.
Trade Is at a standstill. No freight
la moving on tho railroads and oil fuel
Is bocomlng so scarco that tho number
of passenger trains has been radically
reduced. Control ot tho Mexican rail
way has boon taken by tho govern
ment from its English owners. Poo
plo fear a sacking of tho city by tho
victorious Villa forces or Its looting
by tho mob If General Huerta Is killed
or overthrown by a local revolution.
They Advocate Intervention.
Thus It happens that pomo Moxicans
and nearly all foreigners now advo
cate Intervention. Everywhere, I asked
two questions:
First "If Genoral Huerta resign aud
tho Carranzlstaa consent to a compro
hlso, aro there enough elements out
of which a reasonably representative
government can bo constituted?"
"Yos," waa tho answer most frequent
ly given, "if they and tho mediating
powers glvo to tho United States their
moral authorization to intervene, it
tho Hucrtlstas -and CarranzlsLis re
fuso to compromise their differences,
no."
Second "Is a singlo presidential
autocrat necessary to tho preservation
of order in Mexico?"
"No, if a compromise government Is
assured of American military support
in tho event of further revolution."
Pessimism le General.
But nono of thoso with whom I
talked wns sanguine. All considered
compromlso posBlblo rather thnn prob
able. I shared their pessimism as I
went past tho battered American club
to tho beleaguered and worried little
Brazilian minister. What hope Is there
for a pcoplo whoso government builds
nn opera houso more beautiful than
any such building in tho British em
pire or tho United States, whllo the
majority of tho peoplo havo neither
letters In their head nor shoes on
their foot?
Honry Rice, who used to live in Chi
cago, took mo to tho general of pollco.
Wo drovo post cabmen who looked
and dressed like blanket Ino.'ans nnd
past officers as smartly uniformed as
tho French artillery staff. Tho gen
eral gave us permission to leave" tho
city. Wo hurried pass tho boulevard
ed Y. M. C. A. building to tho French
Epeclal train, on which wo had been
invited to go to Puerto Mexico, lest
the general of police change his mind.
Describes His Experiences.
I do not like to glvo too much spacp
to our own experiences, but I must re
late them in so far as they illustrate)
conditions and tho attitude of tho
Huertlstas toward Americans Twice
wo wero arrested and onco held In
communicado a short tlmo and
searched as spies for incriminating
documents. Thursday morning Rich
ard Harding Davis, Frederick Palmer
and I left Vera Cruz by train for tho
gap In the railway where tho Moxicans
cut the track April 22. It is not sur
prising that wo wero stopped. It Is
surprising that two ot us got to Mex
ico City and back again with so little
delay.
Palmer has the appearance of an
American man of letters. Davis says
the farther we advanced into the inter
ior the more I looked like a, shaven
Uncle Sam. Davis himself looked to
mo like n mixture of John Drew Und
Theodore Roosevelt shaken well be
fore using. He and I, anyway, seemed
selected for defeat. Adam Weimar, a
German-American employed by tho
Banco National, who started with us
from Vera Cruz, did what ho could to
help us. Davis had letters from the
Brazilian consul to his minister in
Mexico City. I had a personal letter
from the French consul introducing
Davis and me to General Maas, while
in addition I had a certificate which
showed that I represented a great Eng
lish newspaper. Our credentials, like
Mercutlo's, were not much, but
enough, but Palmer had only a visiting
card.
Men Placed Under Arrest.
From tho gap wo rode by rail to
Paso del Macho, where wo stopped
for luncheon.
It was very hot and tho platform
was packed with waiting Mexican ref
ugees from Vera Cruz. Suddenly I
saw Davis going through tho crowd
with a shabby little officer at his el
bow. As I started to hla rescuo an
other officer, still shabbier, tapped me
on the arm and invited me to follow
him. I did. As the guard closed
around us wo turned to welcomo
Palmer's eolomn accession to out
rankB.
Off to tho Jail wo marched, little
sandaled soldiers shuffling along on
either sido. They drove a crowd of
men and women out of tho Jail court
Into tho Jail and asked us for our pa
pers. Thoy read tho papers and then
offered a chair first to Palmer, not to
sit on, but to facilitate tho removal of
his boots to see if his sockscontalned
dispatches. They searched us, but I
politely refused to glvo up ray lettei
to General Maas, which saved us. 1
unflmbered my Spanish. They put us
in a nico cell and sent for anothor
officer.
Sentinel Loads Hla Gun.
Meanwhllo a lieutenant, who looked
like a doorkeoper In a "movlo" show,
put a sentinel over each ot us and os
tentatiously loaded his gun. Davis
said something by way of condolence.
"Sllcnclol" said hla sentinel.
So wo sat, cross, hot and mum
abovo all, mum. Presently came a
lieutenant who could speak French. I
unllmbered that language, too, and out
wo were sent without a guard. Gen
eral MaaB was very civil. Ho did not
ask Davis or me about our nationality,
but Palmer's visiting card would not
do. Ho had to go back to Vera Cruz.
Wo had no more adventures. A
drunken brakeman said ho was death
on Americans, but if we were English
wo could glvo him a fow contavoB for
beer. At Orizaba wo spout a comfort
ablo night in a hotel kept by a French
man. Friday wo left for Moxlco City.
It was not until wo woro leaving the
railroad station for our hotel in tho
capital that anything befell us. Then
a young man with tho manners of a
hotel runner stopped us. Wo dlscov
ored that ho was a detoctivo.
Accompanied by this man and n
halt a dozen ot hla colleagues, wo
wont to tho ofllco of tho Inspector of
pollco. With us went E. T. Oakley,
resident correspondent ot the London
Times, to soo us through. There we
found Waltor Whlffen, who had beon
conflnod for twenty-four hours without
a bed, linon or sanitary facilities. Sut
ton also was there. Oakley vouched
for uo and presently wo wore taken
to tho Brazilian legation and after an
hour's parley were released upon our
agreement to leave tho Aty within
twenty-four hours and to send no news
by mail or cable during our rtuy there.
PEACE OVER MEXICO
HUERTA ENVOYS WILL URGE
COMPLETE SETTLEMENT.
WOULD ELIMINATE GARRANZA
Favor Selection of Future President
Who Would Be Acceptable to All
Factions In Mexico,
Washington, D. C -Peace delegates
of 'tho Huerta government, who havo
departed from Washington for Niaga
ra Falls, Canada, to attend tho medi
ation conferonco, are confident of tho
Buccess of 'their mlslon, which it was
learned 1b the broad question of paci
fying all ot Mexico.
Tho three Mexican envoys havo lit
tlo Idea how long- tho arrangement of
& settlement will keep them at Niaga
ra Falls, but they arc confident that
their trip will not havo been in vain.
The Mexican delegates aro said to
roalizo that tho present administra
tion in Mexico City Ib fast crumbling
and that the choico of someone to
succeed Huerta 1b inevitable.
But conceding tho retirement of
Huerta, tho delegates are said to bo
most interested in tho vital question
3f what is to follow, what guarantees
are to be obtained against tho pos
Blblo confiscation of property by tho
'.nvndlng constitutionalists, protection
against conditions of anarchy, and
what kind of government will bo
stable and will obtain world-wide re
cognition. Question of Pacification.
On tho other hand, those close to
President WilEon and Secretary
Bryan assert that tho question which
Is to bo mediated Is no longer the fail
ure of Huerta to salute, or tho
offenses committed against the digni
ty of the United States, but tho broad
question of pacifying Mexico.
Thoso who know the broad view
point of tho Washington government
declare tho Amorlcan troops will not
bo withdrawn from Vera Cruz until
a stablo government Is established or
la in sight in Mexico City.
Persons closo to Emilio Rabasa,
chairman of tho commission and In
timate adviser of Huerta, said tho
Huerta delegates would awalt sug
gestions of tho threo mediators, but
when tho timo came for their answer
to suggestions as to a successor for
Huerta, they probably would insist
that no man who had gained military
prominence or was obtaining power
"by arbitrary force," as set forth in
President Wilson's Latin-American
declaration, should bo permitted to
take tho reins of government This
would, in effect, eliminate Generals
Carranza and Villa, but there are
other men In tho constitutionalist
ranks who are looked upon as of pres
idential caliber, who would not be un
acceptable to the Huerta faction.
These, it has been stated, aro mon of
thfc type of Luis Cabrera, prominent
Mexican attorney and closo friend and
counsellor of General Carranza, and
who has won tho confidence of the
Washington administration In his in
direct dealings with them for tho con
stitutionalist cause. Cabrera at pres
ent is on route to New York from
Spain. -
Rebels and Germans Clash.
Vera Cruz, Mex. Tho first claBh
between the constitutionalists and
foreigners at Tamplco occurred when
140 refugees of various nationalities
were compelled to seek passports per
mitting their departure from tho port
after thoy had boarded the German
steamer Yplranga, bound for Vera
Cruz.
During tho conference ono of Gov
ternor Cabellero's aides usedlnsultlng
words, whereupon the Yplranga of
ficer and his aide reached for their
pistols, but wero calmed by Cabollero.
Tho governor, after tho situation
was explained to htm, assured the
Gorman consul that the passports
would bo honored.
Baseball Replaces War.
Vera Cruz, Mex. Americans and
Mexicans met in friendly battle on the
baseball field and the nine of the
Fourth infantry defeated the Agulllas,
an all-star Moxlcan team, in a four
inning game, 4 to 0.
The grandstand was crowded with
white uniformed navvy and khaki clafc
army officers and a largo number oi
tho Mexican population. Roof tops
-from which tho snipers recently did
deadly work against tho Amorlcan
forces held hundreds of cheering
natives.
Ten Killed by Blast.
Detroit, Mich. Ton men, most of
them chemists, wero killed by an ox
plosion of acid and chemicals in the
mixing room of tho Moxlcan Crude
Rubber company.
Train Strikes Auto.
St. Louis, Mo. Threo persons wero
killed at .Kaufmann, 111., eleven miles
cast of Edwardsvlllo, 111., when an
automobile in which thoy wero rid
ing was struck by a train. Members
of the train crow said tho automobllo
ran into the train.
Tom Watson Indicted.
Augusta, Ga. Thomas E. Watson,
Georgia editor, historian nnd politi
cian, has been indicted by the fedoral
grand jury here on a charge of send
ing obsceno matter through the malls.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Mayor Nelson bns placed an em
bargo on tho tango dance in York.
Tho Stato Medical association met
in annual convention at Lincoln, Tues
day. Over 1,000 children participated In
the May day1 festivities at Athletio
park in Hastings.
A stercoptlcon machine ot tho latest
design is being installed in the Metho
dist church at York.
H. W. Halg, aged 50 years, founder
of the town of Halgler, died in a Den
ver hospital last week. '
The boys of the Beatrice Y. M. C. A.
will tramp to MaryBvIlIo, Kan., start
ing on their trip Juno 1.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
all but two buildings in a block in the
business section of Dubois.
Knights of Pythias grand rougo is lr
session at Lincoln this week.
The thirty eighth annual grand chap
tor of the Order of tho Eastern Star
cohvened at Lincoln, Tuesday.
Tho Commercial hotel at Kenesaw
was badly damaged by a fire that for
a tlmo threatened to destroy It.
Miss Francis Paddock, daughter or
the late Senator Paddock, died at her
mother's homo at Lincoln last week.
Harry Gcrdls of Auburn was killed
when the timbers of a roof upon which
ho was working gave way and crushed
him.
Burglars entered tho Ammon hard
ware store at David City and carried
off $100 worth of revolvers and cut
lery. Mrs. J. K. Adams of Lyons was In
jured when she fell down tho stairway
leading into tho basement of her
homo.
Sunday baseball games scheduled
at Beatrice In the Nebraska State
league will bo played in Wymore thls
season. Will Fox, a Plattsmouth electrician),
fell from a ladder at the new Elks,
building at that place, and was badly
Injured.
J. P. Gibbons, manager at Kearney
for tho Trans-Mississippi Grain com
pany, has purchased the elevator at
Kearney.
The board of education of Madison,
will let the contract for tho construc
tion of a $40,000 high school building
on May 19.
Mrs. Francelia Holmes of Hastings
by mistake swallowed a quantity of
carbolic acid and died in great agony
thirty minutes after.
The next meeting ot the association
of Nebraska commercial clubs will be;
held at Lincoln during tho legislative
session in February.
A city baseball league composed of
six teams representing business firms
has been organized at Fremont under
the auspices of the Y. M. C. A.
Tho call to tho beet fields of west
ern Nebraska Is not being listened to
by the usual number of German-Russian
laborers In the cities this season.
Rov. J. H. Salsbury, for several
years pastor ot the Presbyterian
church at Falls City, has tendered his
resignation to accept a charge at Au
burn. "
J. M. Farmer, Jiear Stella, has a
field of 'fifteen acres of volunteer
wheat which Js nearly eighteen inches
high and will probably produce a big:
yield.
William Schnell,
a farmer near
Scrlbner, suffered
a fractured leg
when he fell under
a narrow ne was
driving and was
dragged several
yards.
Henry Ruff of Grand. Island had his
left leg badly crushed when his team,
frightened by a motorcycle, dragged
him for some distance under the
wagon wheels.
C. G. Eakln, a well known traveling
man of Lincoln, was found dead In a
room at a Fremont hotel where ho
was stopping. Ho remarked that ho
was feeling badly when he was shown
to his room.
Coach W. G. Klino of Nebraska
Wesleyan is sending out invitations to
members of the Nebraska Intercollegi
ate Athletic association for the annual
state track meet to be held at Univer
sity Place on Friday, May 29.
Several head of llvo stock on tho
farm of Henry Plugge, near Arlington,
have developed hydrophobia as the re
sult of getting bitten by a mad dog.
Tho congregation of the First Bap
tist church at Beatrice has extended
a call to Rev. F, B. McAllister off
Rochester, N. Y. The church has been
without a pastor for some time,
Mrs. Lucy A, Reed, claimed by tho
Hebron Champion to be tho oldest
member of tho order of Rebekahs in
the United States, is dead at that
place. She Joined the order in. 1857.
and at her death was nearly 87 years
old.
Rev. John E. Spencer has been for
mally installed as pastor of the First
Presbyterian church at Kearney
John Ingraham, n horso dealer oC
Valley, dropped dead In the horse barn
at the stock yards In South Omaha.
Apoplexy Is supposed to havo been tho
cause. He WLaa.65 years of age,
The penitentiary baseball league Is
prospering. A number of players havo
been released from tho several teams.
These men, Warden Fenton says,
would be gobbled up In a minute by
the state leaguo If tho players them
selves were not bound by the peni
tentiary agreement.
II. H. Relmund, who is to be sue
coeded next year by T. V. Truman as
superintendent of tho Weeping Water,
public schools, has been elected an-
perlntendent at St. Paul, Neb.
Tho Wymoro city council voted to
issuo four saloon llconses in spite oft
remonstrances. Tho remonstratofs
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, near
Foster, caused by scratching a match
on It, so seriously injured seventeen-year-old
Charlie Carse that ho died In.
a few hours.
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