THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
JOHN as wife dies
MR8. ROCKEFELLER 8UCCUMDS
SUDDENLY AT HOME AT PO
CANTICO HILL8.
HUSBAND AND SON ABSENT
Oil Magnate In Florida When End
Came Sister at Bedside Wife of
World's Richest Man Was Seventy
8lx Years of Age.
'
New York, March 1G. Mrs. John D.
Itockcfollcr, wifo of tho richest man
in tho world, Is dead. Sho passed
away Friday morning at 10:20 nt tho
Rockcfollor homo nt Pocantlco 11111b,
nfter nn Illness of several months. Sho
was seventy-six years old last Sep
tember. Although Mrs. Rockefeller had been
an Invalid- for many montliB, It In un
derstood that her death camo unex
pectedly. Her husband and lior son
were nt Ormond, Fin., and wero ad
vised that Mrs, Ilockcfeller had taken
a critical turn for tho worse. Mr.
Rockefeller and his son immediately
engaged a special train. Mra. B. Par-
maloo Prentlco, Mrs. Itockofoller'fl
daughter, and Miss Lucy Spelman,
her BlBter, wero tho only lmmedlato
rolativcB presont when sho dlod.
Laura Cclestla Spolman Rockcfcl
lcr was born In Kndsworth, Ohio, of
well-to-do New -England parents, on
Septomher 9, 1839. Sho was her hus
band's Junior by two months. As a
child sho lived in Wndsworth, In Hur
lington, Iown, In Akron, Ohio, where
her father, Hnrvoy D. Spelman,
achieved a compctcnco in tho dry
goods busInoBs, nnd later in Clovcland.
In tho grammar school at Cleveland
flho mot John Ilockcfeller, when thoy
wero fifteen years old.
Itockcfollcr was a country boy. Sho
was the daughter of ono of Cleveland's
leading citizens. Ills homo was a lit
tlo farmhouso; hers, ono of Clove
land's handsomest residences. Not
withstanding other differences, tho
nwkward youth and tho city girl had
In common a lovo of study and Blmplo
tastes, nnd they heenmo fast friends
Young Rockefeller prosperod be
yond his fairest hopes. As soon ns ho
folt that ho could ask her to becomo
his wifo ho did so. Thoy wero mar
ried Soptombor 8, 18G4, tho ovo of her
twenty-fifth birthday, nnd started to
kcephouBoin a llttlo two-Btory brick
rcsldenco on ono of Cleveland's sldo
BtreotB. Upon her mnrriago sho be
camo a Baptist, and to hor religion
and hor home sho devoted hor entlro
tlmo.
Tho surviving children aro Alta,
wifo of E.. Pnrmalco Prentlco; Edith,
who married Harold Fowlor McCor
mlck of Chicago, and John D Rocke
feller, Jr.
U. S. MAN SLAIN IN MEXICO
J. 8. McManus Murdered In Homo at
Mexico City by Zapatlstai U. 8.
Flag on House.
Washington, March IB. President
Wilson and his cabinet, In session
on Frldny, woro Informed of tho as
sassination by Zapatistas In Mexico
City of John II. McManus, nn Ameri
can citizen, of Chicago; that tho
American flag was Ignored and Insult
ed, nnd that tho United States consu
lar Gcal on tho residenco of McMnnuB
was violated whon ho was shot. Tho
cnblnot discussed tho cuuo nt length,
Lator Hrynn announced thnt tho do
mand for punlshmont nnd indemnity
would bo Insisted upon. Tho Ameri
can domands woro sorved by Brazil
ian Minister Cardozo directly upon
Gonornl Salazar, tho Zapata general
In command of Mexico City.
Two thousand Mexicans stormed tho
national pnlaco In tho capital to se
cure tho liberty of 250 priests Bald to
be Imprisoned. Tho effort failed, but
It was followed by a riot In which
Guetavlo. tho chlot of polloo of Mexi
co, was stabbed. Two Mexicans wero
killed and at least twenty persons
Injured. It wns said that whon tho
ZapntlBtaa had control of tho city Mc
Manus had troublo, nnd whon thoy at
tacked him In his homo ho killed
three of thorn. After killing McManus
the slayers aro Bnld to hnvo looted tho
houso.
173 DIE ON BRITISH CRUISER
Commander and 172 Other Oo Down
With the Bayone Torpedoed by
German Submarine,
London, March 15. Tho admiralty
Issuod an official statement roportlng
tho loss of tho auxiliary crulsor Bayono
whllo on patrol duty. Evidence points
to her having boon torpodoed by a
German submarine, nut 27 of tho
Bnyono'B crow of nioro than 200 woro
saved. Fourteen ofllcoru drowned, In
cluding tho commander. Tho Bayono
was a Bteol twin scrow Btcnmor of
fi,984 tons. Sho waB built In Glasgow
In 1913, was 41G foot long.
Threatened Strike Is Averted.
Milwaukee, Wis., March IB, Tho
threatened brewery otrllco wob pro
vented when tho browory owners nnd
tho workers signed n throo-yoar con
tract, which ,calls for nn Increaso In
wages of $2 per week.
General Joffre Thanks Woman.
Paris, March 15. Qcnornl Joffro, tho
Fronch commnndor, hao sont a lottcr
to Mrs. Clam W. Lopp of New York,
thanking her for tho largo Bupply of
tobacco she gathered for distribution
among the soldiers,
TOLD TO LEAVE MEXICO
8ECRETARY BRYAN WARNS
AMERICANO TO FLEE.
Obregon's Troops Evacuate Mexico
City and Carranza Denies Aid
to Periled Foreigners.
Washington, March 11. Develop
ments camo swiftly on Tuesday In tho
Mexican crisis. Hero they aro:
1. Secretary Dryan announced he
had warned all Americans In Mexico
City to depart, promising to keep open
communication for them.
?.. Secretary Daniels ordered the bat
tleship Georgia and cruiser Washing
ton to Vera Cruz in consonanco with
this program and tho plan of tho ad
ministration to bilng Carranza to
tonus.
It. Carranza resented latest Unltod
States note, but told Consul Sllllman
he would reply to It formally. Ho said
Obrcgon had not kept food supplied
out of capital.
4. Obrcgon and his Carranza troops
roportcd to hnvo ovacuated Moxlco
City and Zapata forces to liavo occu
pied tho placo.
Dispatches camo through an em
bassy on Tuesday night from threo
nowspaper correspondents In Mexico
City announcing tho receipt of tho
nryan warning, but Btating it waB Im
poBsiblo for anyono to depart even if
he wanted to do so.
Tho Villa ngoncyr however, an
nounced that Zaputn forces had begun
repairing tho railroad northward,
Communication with tho border would
bo restored in six days, tho message
said.
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
iHMMtlMMIIWWHMI
San Bernardino, Cnl., March 12.
According to roports rocolvod from
Dlytho Junction, a town 130 miles
from horo, tho placo Ib In tho hands
of a furious mob. Several persons
have been killed and many othors
badly wounded. Every nvallablo offi
cer has been sent there by a Hp-clal
train.
Tho rioters took possession of tho
railroad buildings and cut tho tele
graph wires. No particulars as to tho
causo of tho dlBordor aro known horo.
Washington, March 13. Tho etato
department was notlllod on Thursday
by Senor Rlano, tho Bpanlsh ambas
sador, that four Snanlards lmd been
assassinated In Moxlco City. Ho nlso
roportcd that residences In tho sub
urbs hnd boon pillaged nnd burned.
Madrid. March 12. Fourteen nnr.
sons wero killed and 18 Injured In
tno wreck of a nassoncor train on tho
Vlgo-OrenBo lino. A Inndslldo cnuscd
tho accident.
Berlin (via Amsterdam. March 11.
Tho debate opening In tho rolchstng
probably will bo of short duration, all
parties having ngrced to support tho
government.
Now Orleans. March 11. Tho Car-
ranza authorities at Campecho have
seized tno American achoonor Suslo
B. Dantzlor from l'nscngouln, Miss.,
and aro holding Cnntnlu Dnthlnff n
prlsonor on charges of having violated
Moxlcan navigation laws, according
to nows received horo.
BERLIN CLAIMS BIG VICTORY
Germany Asserts Foe Lost 45,000 In
Big Battle In Champagne District
Own Losses Were Heavy.
Borlln (Wireless to Unwind. Mnmh
12. An ofllclal statomont Issued by
tho Kcnornl staff on Wmi
clarcs that tho threo weeks fighting in
umunpagno mis resulted in a victory
over tho French equal in- Importnnco
to tho recent vlctorv nvnr tim r..
fllnns in tho Mnzurlan Lakca district
or isast I'rusBla.
Tho Gorman losses nrn mimitn,i n
bo grentor than tho Gormnn losses In
uio iunzurian lighting, but on tho oth
er hand tho Fronch lossos nro esti
mated at over 45,000 men.
Rofefonco Is mado to th
npiount of ammunition used by tho
rruiicu. ,
U. S. DEPUTIES-STILL MISSING
It Is Feared That Indians Ambushed
tho Eight Men General Scott's
Efforts Unsuccessful,
Bluff, Utah, March 12. Tho party of
eight deputies bolleved to novo boon
ambushed by Indians near Douglas
Moaa lmvo not boon heard from, and
tholr futo Is unknown. Marshal Nobo
kor has Bout out parties to look for
them. It la oxpected that Marshal
Nobokor will advnnco ngalnat tho In
dians about Saturday. General Scott'a
efforts to offect ponco hnvo boon uu
successful. A Uto thnt camo Into
Bluff said that tho IndlniiB had pro
cured plonty of ammunition from
Moxlcan sheep herders.
Jess Wlllard Leaves for Havana.
El Paso, Tox., March 13. Jesao Wll
lard Is off to Havana. Ho left on tho
Sunsot Limited on Thursday nftornoon
accompanied by Tom Jones nnd Mrs
Jones nnd will travel by way of Key
Went, Fla.
Mrs. Schleren Dies.
New York, . March 13. Just 24
hours nftor her husband died, Mrs.
Loulso A. Schlorcn, widow of tho for
mer mayor or Brooklyn, passed away
In her "Brooklyn homo, victim of pneu-monla.
DESTBOYEO U. S. SHIP
GERMAN CRUISER 8UNK AMERI
CAN VESSEL AFTER 8AVING
THE CREW.
RAIDER AT NEWPORT NEWS
Prlnz Eltel Frledrlch Is In Need of He
palro and Supplies Owners of Boat
Declaro It Carried Cargo of Wheat
No Contraband Was on Board.
Washington, March 12. Tho Gen
man cruiser Prince Eltel Frledrlch
arrived at Newport News on Wednes
day, bringing tho cantain and crow
of tho American grain vessel William
I,ryo, which tho German wnrshln
sunk nt sea on January 27.
I no ownors of tho vessel hnvo
claimed that Bho carried no contra
band of any kind. OfTlclal and diplo
matic headquartora woro much per
turbed over tho matter, but nobody
was willing to mako anv commont
until tho facts aro fully established.
Tho customs officers at Scattlo
wire that tho manifest of tho William
P. Fryo, which wbb loaded there, show
that eho carried 193,582 bushels of
wheat
Tho Fryo sailed from Seattlo on No
vember 4 for Queenstown nnd Fal
mouth. Sho passed Tatoosh, Wash.,
tho next day and had not been hoard
from Blnco. Tho Prince Eltel Frled
rlch officers roport that, on tho ground
that Bho was carrying contraband of
war, tho warship stopped tho Fryo In
thn South Atlantic on January 27,
took off Captain Kiehno, his wifo and
crow, and then sunk tho frolghter.
The Fryo was valued at $160,000
and her cargo at $280,000.
Tho Prlnz Eltol Frledrlch put in at
Newport Nows, presumably for coal
and supplies. Sho also Is said to bo
In need of repairs and may Intern
hero. Sho Is reported to lmvo 32G
French, nnd Russian prisoners of war
aboard. Ono roport, which was un
confirmed, has it that tho blg8teamor
was chased to tho mouth of Chesa
pcako bay by a British cruiser.
Immediately after Bho dropped an
chor tho coast guard cutter Onondaga
went alongside Whllo nt sea tho Ger
man crulsor had been painted white
on ono sldo nnd black on tho other.
Tho Prlnz Eltel Frledrlch started
out on hor caroor aB a warship from
Tslng Tao. Sho formerly was a regu
lar liner of the North Gorman Lloyd.
Sho reached Tslng Tao shortly after
tho outbreak of hostilities and tho Ger
man marine authorities at that port
oqujpod hor with naval guns nnd
turned hor Into an auxiliary cruiser.
Sho cnrrles a crew of 350 men and
officers.
The crulsor palled from Tslng Tno
boforo tho Japaneso attacked that port
and early In Novombor sho was report
ed off tho westorn coast of South
America, whero for several months sho
has been actlvo In tho pursuit of Brit
Ish nnd French shipping. Ono of hor
exploits waB tho sinking early In De
cember of tho British Btoamor Charcaa
oft Chllo.
Washington, March 13. "A moBt
searching inquiry will bo mado and
whntover action Is taken will bo based
upon tho result of that Inquiry."
President Wilson Issued this stato
mont on Thursday regarding tho sink
ing of tho American sailing Bhlp Wil
liam P. Fryo by tho Gorman auxiliary
cruiser Prlnz Eltol Frledrlch. Tho
president took tho Initiative In direct
ing tho investigation and will lmvo a
personal hand In It. That tho United
Stales will call on Germany for proper
amends and reparation for tho sinking
of tho American ship was tho consen
sus of official nnd diplomatic circles
In Washington.
MAKE- GAINS IN FLANDERS
British Forces Make Material Ad
vances Against tho Germans
Take 700 Prisoners.
London, March 13. Material ad
vances for tho British forces and tho
destruction of tho Coutral-Mcnln rail
way Junction In West Flandors Is an
nounced In an official statement from
tho war offlco on Thursday. Tho Btato
mont follows:
"An advance woa mado by British
forces on March 4. Tho Indian corps,
oporntlng over a front 4,000 yards long,
gained throo-qunrtors of a rallo on
Wednesday,, taking nil tho Gorman
trenches and occupying positions for
merly hold by tho Germans. Sovon
hundred prlsonora woro taken. A'
British airman destroyed tho Courtral
Menln railway Junction."
BATTLES WELSH TO DRAW
Willie Ritchie Holds Champion to an
Even Break In Teh Tamo
Rounds of Milling.
Now Yotk, March 13. Wllllo Rltchlo
nnd Fredtilo Welsh boxed n tamo ton
round draw In Madison Squnro Garden
on Thursday night boforo a big crowd.
Mystery for Chicago Police.
Chicago, March IB. Tho police
faced a doop 'mystery In tholr Inves
tigation of tho death of F. C. Whlto,
whoso body fell or was hurlod from
tho BovontcenU floor of a down town
ofllco building.
To Kill Rockefeller Herds.
Now York, March IB. Virtually all
of Westchester county was quaran
tined bocauBO of tho discovery of hoof-ami-mouth
dlseaso among herds there.
Order affects estato of John D. Rockefeller.
COST H. K. THAW $6,000
SLAYER OF 8TANFORD WHITE
PAID TO FLEE ASYLUM.
Defense Loses Fight When Conspl
racy Charge Is Denied Million
aire Planned Escape.
Now York, March 12. Tho story of
his cscapo from Mattcawan, of tho
plot leading thereto nnd tho subse
quent flight into Canada was told by
Harry Kendall Thaw beforo Justice
Alfred Pago in tho criminal branch
bt tho supremo court
Thaw denied conspiracy. Ho as
sumed nil credit for the escape Ho
admlttod paying Richard Butler $6,000,
out of which Butler was to reward
tho others and gave Richard, alias
"Educated Roger," Thompson, tho
chauffeur, a "presont of $1,000 in addi
tion to $10 to $15 dally wage"
Thaw declared that ho had been ad
vised, prior to his escape, by tho lato
Alfred Henry Lowls, that thoro was
no law in Now York state making It
a crime to escape.
Thaw declared that his plan to es
capo was worked through "ono of his
agents," II. A. Hoffman of Pough-
keepsle, once undorshorlff In Dutchess
county. Hoffman, ho declared, hired
tho mon, arrangod for tho jnotor cara
and at his (Thaw's) direction sta
tioned tho cars outsldp tho gates of
Matteawan on tho morning of August
17, 1913.
Stanchfleld in his cross-examination
for tho defense tried to show that
Thaw was sano at tho tlmo of his ea
capo, renllzod that ho was sano,, nnd
tnnt as n sano porson was Justified In
leaving Matteawan.
Tho ruling out of evidence to show
Thaw eano, a vital blow to defense
camo during tho cross-examination of
Bernard II. Kolsey, deputy sheriff of
uoiobrook, N. H. Stanchfleld asked
Kelsoy whethor Thaw did not appear
entirely rational. Doputy Attorney
uonoral Cook objected and tho crucial
battlo waB precipitated. Justice Pago
sustained tho objection. Tho Jury was
excluded during the arguments.
SEEK AID FOR DRUG VICflMS
Chlcagoana Say Additional Provisions
Must Be Made for the Care and
Cure of Sufferers.
Chicago, March 11. Whllo thou
sands of Chicago drug UBers wero
cursing tho new Harrison nntldrug act,
which has cut off their supply, and a
movement looking to tho repeal of tho
law wao being discussed, loading phy
sicians, health officers and humanitari
ans declared that tho end Justified the
means.
With 24 victims, nlno of thom wom
en, in tho Psychopathic hospital, and
a rush of others expected as soon as
their supply of "dopo" Is exhausted,
County Judge Thomas F. Scully and
Health Commissioner Georco B. Younar
declared that additional provisions
must bo mado for tho care and cure
of tho sufferors.
Michigan City, Ind., March 11.
Mrs. Mabel Hartmnn. need flftv. shot
herself through tho heart becauso her
supply of morphlno ran out. Sho ato
20 grains daily.
CARRANZA REPLIES TO BRYAN
"First Chief" of Mexico. Denies Dan
ger In Mexico City Advises All
Aliens to Leave Country.
Vera Cruz, Mex., March 12, General
Carranza on Wednesday Issuod his re
ply to tho noto of Secretary of State
Bryan demanding an amelioration of
tho chaotic conditions In Mexico City.
Tho first chlof emphatically donles
that General Obrcgon has Incited the
hungry populace of tho Moxlcan capi
tal to commit outrages.
Far from preventing the entrance
of food into tho city, the first chief de
clares, General Obrcgon has facilitated
such importations in every way.
Gcnoral Carranza Bays that when
tho evacuation takes place every fa
cility will bo afforded to foreign resi
dents to depnrt. Carranza also said
that It would bo advisable for all
aliens to leavo tho country.
EXPORTS SHOW .BIG INCREASE
January Total Is $62,000,000 More
Than Corresponding Month In
1914, Report Shows.
Washington, March 12. Marked In
creases in exports of manufactures of
nearly overy description during tho
month of January lmvo boon an
nounced by tho department of com
merce January exports were shown
to bo valued at $2G3,G00,000, or $02,
000,000 moro than exported In Janu
ary, 1914.
Iron and Bteol products shipped
abroad exceeded In value the total
for January a year ago by about $1,
800,000, exports of brass goods doubled
In vnluo nnd fruit and nuts Increased
by moro than $1,000,000.
$250,000 Left to "Hobo."
St. Louis, March 15. James Eads
How, foundor of tho Brotherhood Wol
faro association and known over tho
country aB tho "mtlllonalro hobo,"
was given $250,000 by tho will of his
mother, Mrs. James Fllntham How.
Have Operation on M'Adoo.
Washington, March 15. An opera
tion for appendicitis was performed
on Secretary McAdoo at a hospital
here on Friday. Tho physicians Is
sued a bulletin saying tno operation
had been successful.
L8EAGHEY KILLED
AVIATOR PLUNGED TO DEATH IN
SAN FRANCISCO BAY.
USED MONOPLANE FIRST TIME
During Ak-Sar-Ben Bird Man Looped
Loop Over Omaha Flew at
Lincoln During Fair.
San Francisco. Cal. Tho snontfien
lar career of Lincoln Benchey, ono ol
tho most daring of American avia
tors, was ended Sunday, March 14,
when ho fell to his death at tho Panama-Pacific
oxnosltlnn In nlcl.t nl
thousands of spectators.
Beachey was comnlotlnc his second
flight of the day when tho accident oc
curred. Having previously electrified
tho crowd with a series of aerial som
orsaults, tho airman sought to add
an additional thrill by making ono ol
the sensational perpondlcular drops
which usually featured his flights.
Tho fatal fall was attributed to tho
fact that Beachoy Intrusted his life
for tho first tlmo to a now monoplane.
On tho first flight nil went well nnd
the aviator's familiar trlns wore In
dulged In with tho exception of tho
perpendicular drop. This Beachey
LINCOLN BEACHEY.
had saved for tho climax. It proved
too much of a strain for the frame ot
the monoplane.
Tho machine was at an altitude of
about 3,000 feet when Beachey shut
off his power. For several thousand
feet it dropped head-on for tho earth
and then the aviator grasped tho con
trol levers to adjust the planes' for the
graceful descent which had character
ized his previous flights.
At that polne the wing crumpled
like a collapsed umbrella and the aero
plane turning over In Its fall, plunged
Into San Francisco bay, narrowly
missing a vessel lying at the govern
ment transport docks.
Thousands of spectators ruBhed to
the nearby waterfront, but tho excep
tion of a fow splintered fragments of
tho aeroplane floating on tho surface
ot tho bay, no sign of tho wrecked
machine could bo oeen. Launches put
out Immediately, equipped with grap
pling hooks, and a boat's crow from
the battleship Oregon, which was
anchored in tho stream a short dis
tance away, Joined in nn attempt to
recover tho body of tho aviator, who
was strapped to his machine under
forty feot of water.
Divers from tho Oregon, searching
tho shallow Inshore waters of tho bay,
fund tho crushed form of the airman
entangled In tho twisted rods nnd torn
canvaa of tho machine AVith axes
the divers freed the body from tho
wreckago and brought It to tho sur
face.
Lincoln Beachey, tho most promi
nent of American aviators, looped the
lpop over Omaha last fall-during tho
Ak-Sar-Ben carnival. For three days
ho looped tho loop aB many ns five
times in succession, over Omaha's
highest buildings. Ho also flew at tho
state fair at Lincoln.
Hlndenburg Wins Victory.
Berlin. Von Hlndenberg, using tho
snmo tactics that resulted bo success
fully in the Mazurlan lakes fighting,
has forced the Russians who swept
Westward toward Augustowo to re
treat moro than twonty miles. They
have lost -at least 20,000 In killed,
woundod and prisoners.
Tho Slavs who crossed theBobr,
without rognrd for tho Germans'
strength about Augustowo, rushed
westward to pierce the German lino.
Part of a Russian division was an
nihilated; tho othor Rub b Ian forces
cut tholr way out after dosporato
fighting. Thoy abandoned dead,
wounded nnd war munitions.
Five Ships Sunk.
London. Tho submarine U-29, ono
of tho largest and fastest of German
undersea craft, had a successful three
days' off tho Scllly Islands and In the
English channel, whero on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of last week, sho
nicceeded In binklng four British
steamers and ono French stoamor.
nrtl In dnmnglng threo others. Tho
German commander gave tho crows
or mcst of tho steamers tlmo to leavo
their vessels and In soma oases towed
tho ships' lifeboats with tho crew to
parsing steamers.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Mrs. Hnrrel Bcyars, 79, pioneer of
Douglas county, died at Valley.
An epidemic of measles prevails afc
Beatrice
Henry Porry, 70 yearB old, dropped
dead at Litchfield.
Building material has arrived at
Gandy for a now depot.
C. E. Dedrlck has been ruminated,
pootmnster of Superior.
J. A. Dobsonr editor and banker, ot
Ulysses, died at his homo there.
Superintendent L. E. Chaddordon
has been ro-olcctcd at Oxford.
Work on the now s. $116,000 federal
building at McCook will begin Boon.
Tho new Lincoln high school has a
couple of rooms dedicated to house
keeping. Bcllevuo college's now $20,000 nvm-
nuslum will bo finished as soon aa
possible
During tho recent snow storm ntn.
dents In Upland schools studied "Snow
uound."
Cherry county commissioners lmvo
purchased ten road scrapers and a
roau pjow.
Northwestern station at Hooner
was entered by thleveB and $11 was
taken.
Tho Lincoln county fair will onen
at North Platte August 30. and will
last four days.
Edgar has voted bonds to amount
of $13,500 for erection of new cltv
electric light plant.
Roy M. B rices of Fairfield has been
appointed cashier of Dewooso state,
bank at Doweese.
Tho Northwestern Nebraska Modi-
cal association held its annual meet
Ing at Valentino this week.
The business of the Valentino nnst-
ofllco has reached such a capacity
that tho office has been made one of
the second class.
Mrs. Louisa Hollenbeck. oldest resi
dent of Stovo Croek precinct, near
imwood, has Just celebrated her
eighty-third birth-lay.
Tho Madison TeleDhono comnanv.
now has a modern switchboard, tho
lamp signal system replacing the old
magneto battery or ringing system.
westorn newspapers, including the
Norfolk Press, aro endeavoring to
persuade the farmers to name their
farms and get a trade mark for their
products. " The County superintendent In Halt
county recommends playground ap
paratus for rural schools.
John M. Dovlne of Lincoln has sold
land in Colfax county for $140 an
acre that lie paid $12 an acre for.
work has begun on Fairburv's new-
$3,000 tabernacle Revivals will be
Held March 25 to April 25.
A grand Jury has been In session at
Wahoo about two weeks. Thus far
nlno men have been Indicted for gamb-
ling.
Tho fourth carload of sunDllos for
tho Belgian war sufferers has been
sent from Omaha by tho Franco-Bel
gian Relief society.
Irving Hook, of Dodge, was shot In
the shoulder with a shot gun bv hla
brother, Lloyd, who was endeavoring
to kill some sparrows.
Tho methods of treatment for the
Emuts of various Nebraska cereals
may be obtained in detail from Bulle
tin 131, which may be had of tho bul
letin clerk, University Farm, Lincoln.
i no roor or tho garage of H. F.
Barfkneeht at Nelson collapsed under
the weight of Bnow nnd damaged sev
eral cars to tho amount of $1,000.
Kearney Commercial club has ap
proved the proposed merger of Kear
ney and Union Valley Telephone com
panies. Henry Wohlers. a farmer living two
mileB squthwest of Avoca. suffered
serious internal Injuries, when his
team ran away, dragging him for
Delivery by merchants at Auhnrn
has been abandoned until snow melts
and the condition of tho roads Is Im
proved.
Miss Louise Williamson wns given
first placo In the annual declamatory
contest conducted by tho Albion
schools.
Miss Clnra Howard of Lincoln has
been appointed-librarian of tho new
$13,000 Carncglo public library at Co-
lumuus.
Tho United Commercial Travelers'
council No. 152 of Fremont, has pass-
id resolutions protesting against tho
bill in the legislature to rat so passen
ger rates to 2V& cents.
T. F. Ryan, living near Stella, lost
eight head of fattening cattle last
week with tho mad itch.
Tho Plattsroouth Commercial club
has taken un tho matter of establish
ing n pontoon bridge across tho Mis
souri river as soon as that waterway
becomes navigable.
Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rail
way company must pay Alva Jackson
laborer, $12,000 for tho loss of his
right leg, according to a verdict .re
turned by a Jury In District Judgo
English's court.
When Commnnder J. P. Walsh left
Humboldt for Grand Island to take up
his duties at tho Old Soldiers' homo,
ho was accompanied to tho train by
members ot tho local Grand Army post
of which ho lo a member.
Hugh Baor, .living near Eustls and
three of Everett Deboor"s boys, who
hnd been out (.hoveling snow to en
able Mr. Baer to movo to a farm
further eouth of Eustls, started homo
along the Burlington railroad track
whon thoy wero overtaken by tho
snow plow. Hugh Baer was killed and
ono of the Ieboor boys fatally Injured,
