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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIDUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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WILSON TO RUN AGAIN
CANDIDACY HINT IN THE PRESI
DENT'S ADDRES8 AT
INDIANAPOLIS.
LETS PUBLIC JUDGE HIS ACTS
Defends Mexican Policy and Party
Record on Currency and Tariff
Hopes That U. 8. May Yet Become
Peace Aid,
Indianapolis, Jan. 11. President
Wilson on Friday voiced what n crow J
of moro than -1,000 pcoplo assembled
hero to hear him make a Jackson day
speech Interpreted as a hint (hat he
might bo a candidate for the presi
dency again In 1D1C. Tho people
leaped to their feet and cheered until
the president himself raised his hand
and called for nulot.
Tho president had been discussing
the Mexican question, and rcfcired to
his bollof that ho know tho tempera
ment and prlnclplo of tho American
people, adding that ho would not bo
Jit to stay whero ho was if ho did not
understand them.
"There may como a time," ho went
on, "when tho American pcoplo will
havo to Judge whether 1 know what I
am talking about or not."
There was a slight pause, nnd thon
tho crowd, which Included tho mem
bers of the Indiana legislature, Jumped
up and began shouting arid chepring.
Realizing tho construction which had
been put on his words, tho president
held up his hand for Bilence, and said:
"I did not mean to Btlr up any
thing. That was merely preparatory
to saying that for at least two moro
years I am freo to think I know tho
American people."
Previously tho president had at
tacked tho Republican party, defended
tho record of his administration on
tho Mexican policy and tho tariff and
currency questions nnd declared that,
a careful examination of tho returns
from tho elections last November
showed that if it had been a presiden
tial year a Democrat would havo had
A majority of about eighty In tho elec
toral college
Tho prcsidont criticised Republican
senators opposing tho government ship
purchase bill, whom ho characterized
"self-styled friends of business." Ho
said tho Republican party has not had
a new idea in thirty years and that
"tho Republicans do not know how to
do anything but sit on tho lid.'
A warning to Democrats not to
break up tho solidity of tho party was
spoken of gravely by Mr. WllBon. Ho
declared that any ouch men will gain
im unenviable position for thomselves.
He continued that "If a man won't
play on a team ho muBt got off tho
team," and later spoke of himself as
"tho captain of tho Democratio team
for tho present."
Tho president npoko briefly of Mex
ico. Ho said that tho pcoplo thero aro
entitled to liberty, "no matter how long
thoy tnko In determining it." Speak
ing slowly and carefully, ho declared
that "so far as my influence goes,
while I am president nobody shall In
terfere with thorn."
"Havo not European nations taken,
ns long as they wanted, and splllod as
much blood as they pleased to sottlo
their own affairs?" ho continued, "and
shall we deny tho samo right, to Mox
Ico? No, I say."
Much of Mr. WIIbou'b address was
dovoted to tho Independent and pro
gressive votors. Ho said that about
one-third of tho Republican party is
progressive, and about two-thirds of
tho Democratic party Is progresslvo.
Ho spoke of himself as an "animated
conservative" '
Referring to tho European war, tho
president said that the pooplo of tho
United States should not pay too much
attention to it, but should got their
own affairs In such order that they
can bo of tho greatest assistance to
tho countries lighting.
Ho closed his address with prayer
that tho tlma might como whon tho
United States could bo Instrumental
In restoring peace
Ho characterized tulk of business
depression ns & "state of mind." and
said that tho Democratic party had
already douo much to froo business,
and that Its program was not yet com
ploto Tho president advocated tho estab
llBhmont of a grcnt federal employ
ment bureau, said some moans should
bo found for quickening and cheapen
ing tho processes of tho courts, nnd
spoke of tho necessity of passing tho
conservation bills.
Cheering and handclnpplng Inter
rupted tho president at Intervals.
Ho was Introduced by Qovornor Ral
ston ns ono of tho great Ugurcs of
the world, and thon an actress sang
"Wo Take Our UatB Off to You, Mr.
Wilson."
Aftor his Bpccch tho president at
tended a reception given by tho In
diana Democratic club nnd at C:t5 de
parted for Washington,
Premier Vlvlanl's Son Clnln.
Pnria, Jan. 11. Premlor Vivlano on
Friday waB Informed of tho death ot
his youngest son on August 22, during
tho storming of German trenches by
French In eastern Franco. His body
wjll bo brought to Paris for burial.
Duko Left In the Cold.
Cincinnati, Jan. 11. No part of tho
millions of tho Into Colonel Zimmer
man, rail magnate, will fujl into tho
hands of his son-in-law, duke of
Manchester, if provisions of finan
cier's will aro carried out.
200 HURT IN SUBWAY
PASSENGER8 FIGHT TO ESCAPE
SMOKE IN NEW YORK BORE.
Police and Firemen Rescue. Many Un
conscious on Floor of Tube
Woman Dies of Injuries.
Now York, Jan. 8. The worst' acci
dent In tho ten years' history of Now
York's subway occurred during tho
morning rush hours on Wednesday,
when 700 passengers In two stalled
trains were stricken with panic in tho
darkened tubeB by tho denso smoke
and acrid fumes from a short-circuited
cable
In tho ensuing Btruggle to cHcnpo
some two hundred porsons wore In
jured, ono a woman fatally. Others,
wero overcome and were rescued, un
conscious, by pollco and firemen, while
BcorcB of others struggled to tho
street, unnerved or hysterical, their
clothing torn and faces blackoned by
smoke
As tho result of the accident the city
at night was in tho throes of a trans
portation blockade without parallel In
its history. It was not until lato in tho
afternoon that a wheel again turned In
tho subway, and at that time only a
limited local service waB In operation.
The accident occurred between (ho
Fiftieth and Fifty-ninth street stations
and called out virtually tho ontlro flro
and nmbulanco service on Manhattan
Island.
Tho hundreds of thousands of pas
sengers were diverted to tho olovated
and BUrfaco Bystem. Neither system
had adequate facilities to accommo
date tho tromcndouB crowdB which
sought transportation.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
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ITEMS
Brunswick, Gn Jan. 7. Six lives
aro reported to havo been lost when
tho tug Rambler, which went ashore
Monday, was battered to pieces by a
northeast gale
Laporto, Ind., Jan. 7. Calvin Sol
lers, aged five, wns burned to death
and hlB Bistqr, aged throe, Borlously
burned at Goodland when playing with
matches.
Akron, O., Jan. 7. Charles W.
Hyslop, a trainman, shot nnd killed
IiIb wlfo and thon shot Josoph
Schrader, a boarder in the samo house,
through his heart, after which he
turnod tho weapon upon himself, dy
ing instantly.
Hammond, Ind., Jan. 7. Mrs. II. S.
Krout of Jasper county, mother of nlno
children, waB accidentally shot nnd
killed by her Bon-in-law, Clarence Mil
lor, while loading a gun.
' Rockford, 111., Jan. 8. Horatio Taft,
cousin of William Howard Taft, who
boro a remarkable resemblance to tho
former prosldent, dlod suddenly in, a
taxlcab here
Washington, Jan. 8. Increases of
from ono to six , cents per hundred
pounds on class and commodity rates
betwoon Quincy, III., and Hannibal and
Louisiana, Mo., and points east of
the Mississippi river ovor all rail
roads operating in that territory wero
declared not Justified by the interstate
Commerce commission.
ILLINOIS MOOSE AID G. 0. P.
Three Progressives of Legislature
Announce Their Afflllatlbn With
Republicans.
Sprlngflold, 111., Jan. 7. Tho thrco
Progresslvo members of tho Illinois
legislature announced on Tusday
their intention of afllllatlng with tho
Republican party.
Medlll McCormlck of Chicago and
II. S, Hicks of Rockford, tho two Pro
gressiva members of tho house, ac
cepted n formal invitation to partici
pate in tho caucus of Republican rep
resentatives. Thoy pledged thomBolveB
to nbldo by tho action of tho caucus
In tho selection of a candldato for
speaker and In other matters that
may bo considered during tho session.
Georgo W. Harris of Chicago, tho
single Progresslvo senator, similarly
took part In a conference of Repub
lican sonators.
NEW SHIPS FOR CANAL TRADE
Big Steamers Ordered for New York
Pacific Servlco by Way of
Panama.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 7. Threo now
10,000-ton steamships aro to bo built
soon on tho Atlantic coast for W. R.
Grace & Co. for sorvlce botween Now
York and Pacific coaBt ports by way
of tho Panama canal. Announcement
of this was mado hero today. Tho
now vossola will cost $3,000,000.
It was announced also that tho
Johnson lino of Swedish motorshlps
would begin a service between Europo
and north Pacific via tho Panama
canal May 1.
Boat Hits Rock; Fifteen Lost.
San Francisco, Jan. 11. Tho steam
er Eureka of tho Narrow Gauge lino
ran ontc tho rocks Just outBldo Gold
en Gate, and Is rapidly pounding to
pieces. Ono boat drifted to Bca and
searchers uro now trying to locate it.
College Willed $2,000,000.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 11. Oborlln col
logo was loft J2.000.000 and funds
ample for tho construction of a -1,000,.
seat auditorium for Joint uso by the
college and tho village by tho will of
Charles M. Hall, "aluminum king."
U.S. ASKS FOR PROOF
WILSON TELL8 GERMANY HE
WILL TRY TO STOP SALE
OF DUMDUM BULLETS.
FORMAL REPLY TO PROTEST
President In Message to Ambassador
Von Bernstorff at Washington Says
He Will Take Step Whether It Is
Duty of Government to Act or Not.
Washington, Jan. 9. President Wil
son Informed the German government
on Thursday that ho will use his In
fluence to provent, so fnr as possible,
tho salo of dumdum bullets and other
objectionable ammunition to belliger
ent Europeon powers In cases whero
an American compnny Is shown to bo
engaged In such traffic. Tho presi
dent will take this stop without re
gard to whether it is the duty of this
government to do so upon legal or
conventional grounds. President Wil
son's assurances on this point wero
communicated to the German ambas
sador, Count von Bernstorff, in tho
stnto department's formal reply to
German's protest against tho manu
facture and Bale of dumdum bullets
to the allies by American concerns.
Mr. Wilson said that if Germany
could furnish tho state department
with ovldonco any company Is manu
facturing and selling for tho use of
tho contending nrmies in Europe car
tridges, whose uso contravened Tho
Haguo convention, the government
would bo glad to be furnished with
tho ovldonco, and the president said,
that In case any American company
is shown to be engaged in this traffic,
ho will uso his influence to prevent bo
far as-possible sales of such ammuni
tion to tho powers engaged In the
European wnr, without regard to
whothor It Ib tho duty of this govern
ment upon logal or conventional
grounds to tako such action.
OFFERS AY FOR SHOOTING
Bryan Says Britain Will 3lve Dam
ages to Family of Deceased and
Man Shot by Canadians.
Washington Jan. 9. "Tho Drltlsh
government, without deciding tho
question of liability, will consider pay
ment of damages for tho injured and
to tho family of the deceased." This
statement was given out on Thursday
by Secretary Bryan ns a message from
the British embassy, stating Great
Britain's position on the disposal of
the caso of Walter Smith, who was
killed, and Charles Dorsch, seriously
wounded by Canadian troopers recent
ly at Fort Erlo in Canadian waters.
Ono of the officials said Groat Britain
several days ago had expressed her
regret over tho occurrence.
WOMAN DEMOCRATS CONVENE
Third Annual Meeting of League at
Washington Is Welcomed by
Speaker Clark.
Washington, Jan. 9. With delegates
present from practically every state in
the Union, the third annual convention
of tho Woman's Natlonnl Democratic
league was opened htre on Thursday.
Speaker Clark welcomed the Indies
on behalf of official Democracy, after
Mrs. William A. Cullap, wlfo of tho In
dlana roprcsontatlvo and president of
tho league, had called the convention
to order,
Commissioner of Education P. P.
Claxton mado nn address pointing out
ways in which tho women of Democ
racy may hqlp In the ork of enlight
ening tho rising generation. Comp
troller of tho Treasury Downey also
spoke.
TWO SHIPS SUNK BY MINES
Forty Lives Are Lost When Danish
and British Vessels Are Sent
to Bottom.
London, Jan. oj Forty Hvc3 wero
lost In tho sinking of two Bteamor3
by mines in tho North sea on Thurs
day. Tho Danish steamer Shlngolf was
lost off tho east coast, nnd 17 mombors
of her crow drowned. Tho British
steamer Alfcodla was sunk off Scar
borough. Tho crow took to tho boats
nnd nlno of thorn arrived hero. The
captain and 12 others are missing,
nnd aro believed to havo porlshed.
VOTE OUT NEGRO EXCLUSION
House Strikes Out Senate Amend
ment to Immigratfon Bill
252 to 75,
Washington, Jan. 9. By a vote of
252 to 75, tho houso -on Thursday
struck out tho senate amendment to
tho immigration bill providing that "all
mombors of tho African or black raco"
shall bo excluded Yom tho United
States.
Mine Destroyu Trawler.
Grimsby, England, Jan. 9. Tho
trawler Cyngus has bfn blown up-by
a mlno In tho Nona a with a loss
of nlno HvoB. Thin Is tho thlrty-Boc-ond
Grimsby trawler captured or sunk
since tho war begun.
Says Cardinal Net Arrested.
Borlln, via AmstorJam, Jan. 9. For
mal denial wns mado In official circles
at Borlln on Thursday of reports that
Cardiol Morcior of Belgium had boon
arrested by Gornun troopB because of
antt-Gcrmau advlco
TURK CORPS CAPTURED
RU8SIAN GRAND DUKE TELLS
JOFFRE OF QREAT VICTORY.
Czar's Forces Claim to Have Won Big
Battle In the Caucasus Take
Many Prisoners.
Paris, Jan. 7. The following tele
gram which General Joffro has re
ceived from Grand Duke Nicholas of
Russia, was mado public on Tuesday
by tho war office:
"1 hasten to Inform you of glad tid
ings. Tho army of tho Caucasus, In
spite of tho fact that Its forces were
reduced to tho minimum In ordor nol
to weaken our nrmies In tho principal
theater of war, won two decisive vic
tories on tho 21st nnd 22d of Decem
ber over Turkish forces superior in
number at Ardahan against tho First
Turkish corps and at Sarykamysch
against tho Ninth and Tenth corps
The entire Ninth corps (40,000 men)
has capitulated. Tho Tenth Is mak
ing every effort to escape, but Is be
ing pursued by our troops."
Ardahan is an Important fortified
town in Russian Armenia, about sixty
miles from the Turkish frontier. It
formerly belonged to Turkey, but it
was stormed and captured by tho Rus
sians in 1878 and remained In Russian
possession after the closo of tho war.
Sarykamysch is a small town near
tho Russian frontier. In Biblical times
the region In which it Ib situated was
known ns, Ararat, from tho mountain
of that name, upon which, according
to tradition, Noah's ark landed after
the flood.
DISCUSS U. S. DEFENSE PLANS
Cabinet Members and Lawmakers
Take Up Program for Increasing
Military and Naval Forces.
Washington, Jan. 7. Military pre
paredness of tho United States was
tho Bubject of an administration con
ference on Thursday night at the home
of Secretary of War Garrison. Every
phase of tho army and navy situation,
with particular reference to appropria
tions for the coming year and a gen
eral policy to be followed, was dis
cussed until midnight. Cabinet offl
cers and leaders in congress who par
ticipated declared that no definite con
clusions had been reached. , On leav
ing tho conference ono of tho partici
pants said that while no definite plan
of proceduro had been agreed upon,
every one present had conced
ed that every possible effort should
be exerted In congress to bring tho
army and navy' up tho highest stand
nrd ot efficiency that could bo pro
duced with tho resources available.
CARRANZA WINS BIG BATTLE
Seven Hundred Soldiers Killed and
Six Hundretl Prisoners Taken
jt Puebla General Executed.
Vera Cruz, Jan. 8. Gen. Alvaro Ob
regon notified General Carranzn that
ho had taken fuil possession of tho
city of Puobla and that tho Vlllalsta
forces which he defeated thero were
in full flight. General Obregon Veport
ed that ho tool: more than six hun
dred prisoners. Unofficial reports Bay
that full seven hundred soldiers were
killed In tho battle
Vera Cruz, Jan. 8, A firing squad
finished the career of ex-Huertalsta
General Andreau Almazan, who com
manded tho Villisttt garrison at Pue
bla. BIG 0LE0 TAX FRAUD ALLEGED
Government Charpes Ohio Concern
Failed to Pay $9,000,000 Tax on
Colored Output.
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Columbus, O., Jo-ti. 8. Tho govern
ment filed suit on Wednesday against
tho Capital Dairy company, asking
Judgment of over $9,000,000 nnd tho
appointment of receivers for the con
cern. Federal representatives allege
that this amount Is duo tho govern
ment, representing tho dlfferenco be
tween one-fourth of a cent n pound
for uncolored ohio Btnmps and ton
contB a pound for colored olco, which
tho company did iwt pay. Tho re
colvorshin Is asked to take chargo of
affairs of tho Capital City Dairy com
pany ot New Jersey.
AFFIRM BOYCOTT JUDGMENT
Supreme Court of the United States
Upholds Fine Against the Hat
ters' Union.
Washington, Jan. 7. Tho Supremo
court of tho United States on Tuesday
affirmed a Judgment of $252,130.93 ob
tained by D. B. Lowo & Co. of Dan
bury, Conn., against ISC members of
tho Hattors' union for damages undor
tho Sherman nntitrust law alleged to
havo boon caused by tho hatters' boy
cott against Lowo & Co.'s hat3.
Fire Perils Wlnamac, Ind.,
Wlnamac, Ind., Jnn. 9. Tho entlro
town was throatoned with destruction
whon a grain elevator caught flro. The
olovator, with tin bins full of wheat
nnd other gralu, estimated valuo about
$25,000. was destroyed.
Cape Haltfcsn's Fall Near.
Washington. Jan. 9. Another revo
lution, headed by leaders of tho gov
ernment rocontly overturned by Presi
dent Theodore, hns broken out In
Haiti. Capo Haltlon Ib being at
tacked and it may fall.
SENDS FIRST REPLY
PRELIMINARY ANSWER TO NOTE
RECEIVED FROM BRITAIN.
OMAN HAS STOCK DISEASE
Nebraska Man Suffering From Foot
and Mouth Disease In Baltimore
Hospital.
Washington, D. C. Great Britain's
preliminary reply to tho note from
tho United tSatcs government, re
questing an improvement In tho treat
ment of American commerce by the
British fleet has been made public
here and In London, by mutual agree
ment between tho state department
and tho British foreign office.
Tho Blntlsh communication concurs
In the view of tho United States that
commerce between neutrals should
bo Interfered with only when impera
tively necessary, and officials of tho
Washington government construed It
as conceding tho principles expressed
with tho American note wero Just and
upheld 'by tho previous usage of inter
national law.
While they are generally reserved
In tho coinments, It may be stated
authoratlvely that high officials of tho
United States government regard the
tono of tho note as- entirely friendly
and believe, moreover, that the dis
cussion which will follow It will be
carried on in tho samo voln.
Briefly, tho British note, while con
ceding the principles of the American
government's contentions, points out
difficulties in actual practice, refers
to alleged fraudulent practice by ship
pers and cities statistics showing an
increase, rathon than decrase in cer
tain neutral commerce, In support of
Great Britain's suspicions that Ger
any and Austria have been Indirectly
obtaining contraband through neutral
countries. The note promises, how
ovor.that Great Britain "will make re
dress" whenever the action of the
British fleet "may unintentionally ex
ceed" the limits of the international
law.
Officials regard as novel tho argu
ment of Great Britain that it could
not give unlimited adherence to the
rules with respect to conditional con
traband destined for belligerent coun
tries, because Britain's enemies had
departed "from hitherto accepted
rulea of civilization and humanity." It
was suggested that American com
merce should not be forced to suffer
because of instances over which this
government or the American people
would have no possible control.
As a whole, the note of the British
government was regarded as satis
factory, though the state department
will marshal statistics and facts to
dispute some of Its contentions.
These will bo set forth in the Amer
ican note of reply which will follow
tho receipt of the note that is to fol
low this preliminary communication.
In tho meantime improvements be
ing put into effect dally by tho allies
in -the treatment of neutral com
merce aro counted upon to omellorate
the situation generally.
Disease Puzzled Physicians.
Baltimore, Md. Carlisle Sanford
Lentz, a first year student of Johns
Hopkins Medical school, is ono of
the first cases of a human being on
record afflicted with the foot and
mouth disease. Ho is a patient in
Johns Hopkins hospital. Lqntz, who
is 22 years old, is from Omaha, Neb.,
and is a graduate of Creighton col
lege thero. He Is believed to have
contracted the disease in Washington
during tho Christmas holidays, pre
sumably through drinking milk from
an Infected cow. On his return to
this city ho became ill and for a
time tho physicians woro puzzled. It
was Dr. Paul W. Clough of tho medi
cal faculty, who diagnosed tho caso as
foot and mouth diseaso and Lentz
was removed to the contagious ward
of the hospital. Since then the young
Nobraskan has been a subject of
much interest to tho hospital physi
cians and tho Btudonts of tho modi
mil school. Ho is on tho road to re
covery, but on account ot tho danegr
of contagion Is still Isolated.
Jews In Deplorable State.
London. Tho Jewish Chronicle's
Jaffa, Palestine correspondent, who
has JUBt been expelled from tho coun--try,
wires his paper from Aexandria
that the Jewish colonists in Palestine
aro in doporabo circumstances. '
"Thero would havo been a high
death rate,' tho correspondent adds,
"oxcept for tho invaluable work of
tho American relief fund. Tho Turk
ish army in southom Palestlno num
bers 100,000 men. It Is Impossible to
feed those troops from Uio country
side, as the natives havo no food ox
cept bread and oil."
Iron Workers Ask for Parole.
Leavenworth,. Tho rapidity with
which they constructed -a now cell
houso at tho federal prison hero was
sot forth by seventeen structural iron
workers convicted In tho "dynamite
conspiracy," In their arguments for
parolo. '
Austria Protests to Italy.
Milan. Tho Secolo asserts that
Count Leopold Von Borohtold, Aus
trian minister of foreign affairs, has
sent a note to Italy protesting
against Italian occupation of Avlonn.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
A new paper has been started
at
Seward.
Preparations aro being made for
the Lyons stock show. f
A $55,000 Methodist church will be
built at Hastings.
Nebraska, will not be represented at
tho San Francisco exposition.
Tho hog cholera situation near
Hastings is reported serious.
Tho city council of Lincoln hos vot
ed down tho welfaro ordinance.
Ten men want to be postmaster at
Frcmon4. A primary is to bo held.
Hastings farmers are now holding
wheat for $1.23 on the locnl market.
Talmago has let a contract for a--new
municipal electric lighting plant.
P. S. Barnes, forty years a Cuss
county citizen, died at Weeping;
Water.
Citizens of York contributed 285
sacks of flour toward tho rolief of the
Belgians.
Gage county has contributed a car
load of flour for European wnr suf
fers. Nebraska paid $118,508 in war
taxes from December 1 until Jan
uary 1,
A mass meeting was held ut Hast
ings last week for the purpose of vot
ing bonds for-the new school build
ings. The $1,00,000 bond of George E.
Hall of Franklin, the new state treas
urer, lias been filed with the secre
tary of state. " '
The American Yeoman have pur
chased a lot at North Platte and it is
expected that the lodge will erect a.
$25,000 building.
Albert M. Adams, veteran publisher
and editor of the Humboldt Independ
ent for forty years, died at his homer
from abscess on a lung.
Actunl problems in Nebraska road
building will be considered at the
meeting of the good roads associa
tion January 19 at Lincoln.
The fire in a Lincoln printing shop
burned up a part of Adjutant General
Hall's biennial report, which he was
preparlng for the legislature. '
F. A. Goings, Hastings boy, who isr
in the army and stationed on the bor
der, writes that Villa's troops are .bat
tling an army Just across the border.
G. M. Pollard sustained two frac
tured ribs and a fractured collar bone
when an automobile crashed into a,
buggy in which he was riding at Falls
City.
In less than thirty minutes the Jufy
in the case of the state vs. George
Keover, charged with forgery in Gage
county, brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
Tho annual convention of the Far
mers' educational co-operative state
union of Nebraska will bo held in the
Llncoln auditorium commencing Jan
uary 13.
Tho Second and Third battalions of
the Fourth Infantry, tho Fort Crook
and Omaha battalions, took part ire
the centennial celebration of the bat
tlo of New Orleans.
During the year 1914 Lancaster
county expended for tho construction
and repair of bridges $G8,85G.98, this
being exclusive of the cost of con
crete culverts and small bridges.
The finishing touches are being put
on tho A. O. U. W. lodge hall at An- f
selmo. All the lodges in tho city vHB
hold meetings in the new building and
their work has been handicapped. ,
Twenty-five thousand dollar bonds
for tho proposed bridge "over tho
Platte east of North Platte have been
placed and bids for the steel and con
crete construction will soon be re
quested. Recount of votes for supervisor ia
tho First and Second districts at Au
rora gave J. W. Mintun a larger ma-1
Jority by twenty-four votes and G. C.
Eaton, a larger majority by eleven!
votes.
A dam in Salt creek at Roca was
dynamited Saturday night and an
othor dam was washed out by the
suddenly released wall of water. No
motive for the blowing up of the dam
has been discovered.
Tho city of Kearney in order to give .
employment to those out of work has
ordered that tho entiro line of sewer
which has boon awaiting fundH before
installation be put in at once. This
will mean a labor expenditure of ap
proximately $3,000, which will aid
much in keeping destitute families.
Judge McDuffie of tho Madison
county court awarded Mary Mustravo
of Norfolk $20 per month for six
months for the support of herself and
two children, under tho so-called
mothers' pension act of tho legisla
ture of 1913.
Nobraska railroads have dono very
little construction work during the
past year. Tbe Chalco-Yutnn cutoff"
of tho Burlington was porhaps tho
blgget piece of work begun within the
state, nnd work was called off on that
construction when tho financial
squeeze following the European war
began to bo felt in this country.
Lincoln railroad men look for a
heavy freight business on Nebraska
roads this month.
Stnto Auditor Hovard has held tho
$35,000 bond Issue of tho city ot Blair
for a municipal electric light plant
to bo valid.
Petitions are being circulated in
Beatrico asking congress to pass a
law allowing a citizen ncqultted of a
criminal chargo In one atnto to be al
lowed to go unmolested Into another
Btato. FiiendB of Harry K. Thaw be
lieve that a law of thin kind will a
low Thaw to'co back to his homo
stato.
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