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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. CLASH BORDER AMERICANS AND CARRANZISTAS WOUNDED BEFORE MISTAKE IS DISCOVERED. VILLISTAS FIRE ON YANKEES Funston's Men Kill Forty Mexicans In Fight at Nogales, Ariz. General Ob regon Defeats Northern Leader's Force and Occupies Town. Nogales, Ariz., Nov. 20. Tlirco American miners woro killed, two American soldiers wcro probably fatally shot and 0110 allghtly wounded and forty Vlllistna woro killed by American troons when Mm villn mir. florin n t f tjnn ittl..lMA... .t... i, I ..u.,.. v l,.UU IVIUIUIUW II (Jill IIIU MUX- lean town of Nogaloa on Friday before an advancing foico of C.000 Carran zlstas. Stephen Llttlo of Fairmont, N. C. ono or three United States soldiers wounded In a battle with Villa troop ers in Nogales, Sonora, died hero. Uo was shot through the head. Seven Carranzlsta soldiers were shot by American troops who mistook them for Vlllistas as thoy wero ad vancing on the town. Thrco Ameri cans wcro wounded. , Tho Carranzlstas under den. Alvaro Obrcgon occupy Nogales, while tho Villlsta garrison Is scattered cast and west along tho border lino. Many of mo villa forco under Governor Han doll sought rofugo on tho American sido. Govornor Randall himself was the first to cross tho lino. Tho ovacuation of tho town began at night It was preceded by wbolo- saio looting. About 300 of the car rison got away on tho first trains. Tho last two trains on which nbout 900 soldiers woro crowded could not bo moved for lack of fuel. Trouble with American troops start ed auout 11 a. m. when theso soldiers after sacking tho town began to lire across tho lino. Colonel Sago, com manding tuo American troops, ordered tho flro returned. Of a band of forty seen firing across tho border dnly ono escaped. Early in tho afternoon tho van guard of tho Carranzlsta forco ap peared In tho hills near tho American lino west of Nogales. Mistaking thorn or Villistna again aLout to flro on them, the '.mecienn border guard opened with a volloy. Tho Carran zlstas replied and a sharp exchange of shots ensued. Th nppcaranco of a Carranza soldier with a white llag was followed by oxplunntlons and mu tual apologies, As tho Curranzlstaa drew near tho last of tho Villa garrison fled south ward. Of theso thirty-two woro killed by pursuing cavalrymen from Obrogon's forco. It wns by othors who lied In tho sarao dlroctlon that tho threo Ameri can miners, Adolfo Mongor, Lloyd Forrest and Jamts 8. Walton wero re ported killed twonly miles south of tho town. News of tholr murder wns brought horo by a Mexican rancher who sayB ho witnessed tho shooting. Ho adds that ho could not learn of any reason for tho triple killing. Washington, Nov. 2!). Thrco Amer ican soldiers woro wounded, two of thorn seriously, in a Imttlo with Car ranza troops on tho boundary lino at Nogales, Ariz., at noon, according to dispatches to tho war department. Gon. Frederick Fui.ston Is now on hla way to Nognles from Fort Sam Hous ton, Tox., to take personal chargo of tno situation. Tho roports to tlio war donartmont Btatod that tho Carranza soldiers who ontorcd Nogales, Moxlco, shortly after vnitt iroops had Hod Into tho Interior, opened nro by mltitake on tho Amort can forces, The Amorlcans Immo dlatoly returned the (Ire and aoverul Carranza soldiers and oillcors wero wounded. Tho wounded AmorlcaiiB uro PrlvntcB Herbert L. Catos, Ste phen Llttlo and Arthur L, Saute, all or Company L, Twolfth Infnntry. t'atoa and Llttlo woro sorlously wounded. GERMAN CRUISER DESTROYED 2,672-Ton Vessel Sunk by Submarine Off 8outh oast of Sweden Car rled Crew of 275 Men. London, Nov. 20. An allied subma rine has sunk tho Gorman protected cruiser Frauonlob, according to n semi ofliclal announcement at Potrograd, says a Central Nou'a agoncy dispatch on Friday. Tho Frauonlob was a protected cruiser of 2.G72 ton, and was built In 1901. Her sister nhlp. tho Undine, was Blink, according to nn olllclal an nouncement mado to Borlln, by two torpedoes from a Hubmnrine on tho uftcrnoon of November 7 whllo patrol ling tho south SwedlBli coast. Nearly tho ontlro crew was saved. Tho Frau onlob and the Undlno cnrrlcd crown consisting of 275 men each. Intern German Deserter. Now York, Nov. 29. Karl Scliultz, tho Gorman deserter who arrived as a stowaway, was ordered excluded by the board of Inquiry at 12111s Island. Scliultz will bo hold at Kills Island un til tho close of the war. Witness In Frank Case Held. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29. W. W. Rog ers, ono of thf) stntc'a witnesses In the trial of Leo K. Frank, was bound ovjr for murder. Jtogora waa charged with hilling Mrs B. C. Mcintosh, whom too utruck with bib auto. SHI: MAY INSIST TEN KILLED IN WRECK 8HOW 8PECIAL AND PASSENGER TRAIN COLLIDE IN GEORGIA. Proprietor of Carnival Troupe In Burn ing Debris Pleads With Train men to Kill Him. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 21. Ten per sons nro known to bo uead and twelve injured ns tho result or a colWslon on tho Central of Georgia railroad about oight miles from Columbus on Mon day. Passenger train No. 2, from Birmingham to Macon, collided head on with a special train carrying tho Con T. Kennedy Cnrnlval company from Atlanta to Columbus. Tho wreck caught flro Immediately auor tho crash. tno known -'oad Includo Fred Kempr, proprietor of one of tho shows, nnd his wlfo, who wero burned to death whllo onlookers were poworlcss to rescue thoni. Mrs. Kompf's body was rocovorod. Resellers found Kempf with his body half free He begged tralnmon to kill him rather than let him burn to death. Frantic efforts woro mado to roscuo Mm. but without avail. Tho Konnody shown had complotod a week's engagement in Atlanta and woro to opon Tuesda) In Columbus. Tho engineers ,,f both Ivulns mirac ulously escaped dot'tU. Tho i.assongor tram, It 1b said, had orders to tako a siding and await tho carnlvnl special, out by error ran In on the main lino and started for Macon. IMPORTANT NEWS i TTRM.Q i Chicago, Nov. 2-1. Cant. P.. D, O'llrlon, chlof of dstoctlvoa. was sus pended on Monday, following a prelim inary Investlgntioi' by tho civil Borv- Ice commission of a police slush fund purported to havo been collected for tho (lofcnso ot John J. Hatpin, former iicad or tho dctoctlvo bureau, and Do tectlvo Sorgcant W'altor O'llrlon. Chief Uoaly In his susronslon order mado Llout. Charles L. Larkln acting chior of detectives, Walter O'llrlon. who Is a nephow ol' tho captain, has been con victed ot accepting monoy for protect ing conlldenco men and Hatpin la on trial on a bribery charge. London, Nov. 23. Tho Evening jnowb states that Tod Sloan, the fa mous Amorlcan Joiiltey, and a French actress havo been arrested in London and that Sloan will bo deported. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 2-1. Mrs Thomas It. Marshall, wlfo of tho vice- president of tho Unlf.od States, was on orated upon for an abdominal aliment at St. Vlncent'B hospital horo on Mon day. Tho operation, nccordlng to tho hospital authorities, wnB In every way a bucccsb Dr. C. G. PfafT, tho attend ing physician, Btatod that whllo Mrs. Marshall's condition waa not serious, tho operation wbb poiformod In order to avoid possible futuro complications. Coliseum, Chicago, Nov. 27. Law rence and Hanloy won Chicago's sec ond annual six-day race at tho Coll Bourn on Thursday nlijht, scoring 32 points In a Horlln finish Ryan anil Thomas woro second with 35 points. Walker and Wnlthoui' woro third, with 15 points, Mltton and Hansen tlnlBhed fourth, with 51 points. Only four teiiniu of tho original 15 Mulshed. Teuton Ministers Threatened. Goncvn, Nov. 29.-'lhe Munich Nou csto Nnchrlchton utateB that tho mln Istors of Germany, AustrlnilutiKarv and Turkey nt Teheran Have been compelled to loavo owing to threats ot tho population to lynch them. French Rush to Take Loan. Paris'. Nov. 29. Subscriptions to the Fronch government's "Loan of Vic tory" uro exceeding all oxpoctatlonB. It Is estimated In llnunclal circles that Thursday's subscriptions In Paris ttlono oxeceded $5,000,000,000. WAMINQT0N STAR. ITALY TO AID SERBIA TROOPS SAID TO HAVE LANDED IN ALBANIA. Serb Victory Reported Near Mor.astlr 10,000 Bulgarians Killed and Wounded In Battle. London, Nov. 25. Italian troops havo begun landing on Olbanlan terri tory to go to the help of Serbia, ac cording to a Clilasso dispatch to the Journal Lo Suisse, forwarded on Tues day by tho Central News correspond ent at Zurich. The Italian fleet Is bombarding Do deagatch, the Bulgarian port on tho Aegean sea. according to 'a Central Nows dispatch from Home. Serbian forces rallying at Mount Zetovnty In central Serbia havo In flicted a serious defeat upon tho Bui gars and opened tho way to Loshovac, according to a statement by tho Serb ian legation nt Paris. Simultaneous dispatches from I-ronch headquarters nt , Kavadar, Serbia, declare tho French are hold ing tho Itajoc gorgo and tho Bojhar stl brldgo head on tho Ccna against liulgar attacks. Tho Fronch admit ro trcat to tho right bank of tho Coma after a bloody battlo with tho Bulgars along tho Rajec river, a tributary. Ten thousand Dulgars havo boon killed anil wounded In lighting for Monastlr. Tho liulgar forces attacked tho town Saturday. Salonlkl advices say. It was loarned lioro for tho first tlmo that tho assault was repulsed. Repeated earlier reports wero to tho effect that tho town had fallen. BRAND WHITL0CK ,IS BACK American Minister to Belgium Reaches New York Refuses to Discuss War. Now York, Nov. 27. After fifteen days spent on tho most turbulent of trips, Brand Whltlock, Amorlcan min ister to- Belgium, arrived horo on Wednesday on tho steamship Ryndam. Mr. Whitlock's connection with the case of Edith Cavoll. the English nurso, and tho efforts ho mado to Havo her life, led to the report that ho was coming homo for good. This ho denied. "I am going back to Brua sols," ho snld. "and I havo engaged my passago on tho Rotterdam, sail ing December 28." in tho light of this stntomont Mr. Whltlock oxplnlncd that ho could not discuss tho war from nuy anglo. TEUTONS FACE U. S. COURT ! Hamburg-Amerlcan Officials Accused of Aiding ' German Commerce Raiders. Now York, Nov. 21. Four nfiini.,1 of tho Ilambnrg-Ainorlcan lino wont 1 on trial on Monday before Judgo Howo I i.. ii... i . . . . " "- il iuu tlllHlllIll UrnilC 1 Or thn fmlnml district court. They nro charged with making onth to falso clearances u mnnlfosts. Tho govornnicnt alleges tho real purposo of tho defendants wns to coal and supply Gorman commerce raiders. Tho defendants nro Dr. Karl niiuin. uuorgo sooner, Ailolph I hick- molstor and Joseph Popplnghaus Doc , nt C0,lvU'tlnK ,,nna Schmidt, tho tor Buonz is managing director or tho r,ormu,r Now York "r,(!St- ' "'"r-Unmburc-Amnrlon.i iim, .i lD I lcr of Anna Aumuller. waa upheld on tho moat Influential Gorman residents I of Amoricn. - " - ....w in lllltl III , Australia Plans New Army. Melbourne Nov. 27. Tho common. wcnlth government has decided to raise an additional 50,000 men. It was nnnouncod horo. '''hla win hn, tho Australian contingent for tho wur to 300.000. Italians Lose 1,000,000 Men? Vienna, Nov. 27. A million havo been klllod or wounded In light lng with tho Austrians. it Is Btntnri Tho losses represent nil the Italians nro supposed to havo lost ou every i run i. 12 DIE CYCLONE MANY OTHERS INJURED WHEN TORNADO SWEEPS HOT SPRINGS, ARK. THIRTY ARE FATALLY HURT Storm Sweeps Outskirts of Town Noted as a Health Resort Visited by $10,000,000 Fire In 1913 and Many Buildings Were Destroyed. Llttlo Rock, Ark., Nov. 27. lnforma Hon obtained from passengers on a Rock Island train which reached hero on Thursday, placo tho death toll reaped by a tornudo, which visited Hot Springs Into Thursday afternoon, at 12 dead and 30 probably fatally Injured and many others lesa serioUBly in Jured. Tho known dead arc: Mrs. E. E. Edwards and threo chll dren. Mrs. Georgo Turner. Mrs. Paul Canada. Ilayden Poo. Two women nnd two children un identified. Negro womnn unidentified. It was reported that tho city of Hot bprings proper did not suffer any dan ago. but that the storm vswent tho out skirts of tho town and also a farming district, whero many farmhouses woro demolished. Pate Hlto, a farm hand, Is reported missing by a farmer. Tho town Is yet cut off from all com munication by wire. No attempt has been mndo to eatlmato tho property damage, but from reports received liero it Is feared that It will run Into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The city Is famous as a health re sort, having hot wators that flow from 72 springs In a spaco of ten acres on tho west sido of Hot Springs moun tain. Theso waters aro beneficial In a multitude of diseases. Tho government has an army and navy hospital there, built at a large cost. Tho government bathhouses aro of graceful design and have attractive surroundings. I ho city has over 100,000 visitors every year, and consequently has mnny fine hotels. In 1913 It was swept by fire, which caused a $10,000.- 000 loss. GREECE YIELDING TO ALLIES London Dispatch Says Announcement Concerning Blockade Was Premature. London. Nov. 25. Announcement from tho foreign ollico on Tuesday that no Greek ships aro being hold or seized In ports of the United Kingdom, In conjunction with dispatches from Groek and Italinu sources, indicates that tho diplomatic outlook In Greece la Imtipmidin Im-. 1. tu l v.iaiiu, uu uuempi win m mauo to disarm tho allies," said D. G. Rhallis, the Greek minister of justlco and guiding spirit In tho Skouloudls cabinet, in nn.intervicw with tbi Dally flail's correspondent at Athens. "Thoy can dig trenches and dofond them solves if thoy must. Wo will even go to tho extent of establishing a cordon to safeguard tholr retreat.'" NEW HITCH IN PEACE PLANS German Delegates Give Notice Thcv Will Not Attend Conference at Berne, Switzerland. Borne. Switzerland. Nov. 24. Pro moters of tho congress which It has been proposed to hold hero for tho study of basis of n durablo peace havo oilCOUllternil nnnMinr nhcinnln a-l... (Jonna" 'lologates havo given nbtico thoy will not attend tho meeting an- nouncod for December 14. this follow- lng tho oxamplo of tho Fronch ropro- sentatlves. It Is understood hero tlm Gormoii8 wero instructed by their cov- eminent not to partlclnato In tho nro. P03utl congress SCHMIDT VERDICT IS UPHELD All Judges of New York Court of Ap peals Concur In Opinion Killed Anna Aumuller. Albany. N. Y.. Nov. 25. Tho judg- U0R"n-'' "' 1110 of nppeals. Judgo Cardoso wroto tho opinion, In ... wuicn an tno judges concurred. Mile. Renkln Convicted as Spy. Amsterdam. Nov. 2!i. - Mile. Julletto Uonliln Hlstor of the Belgian colonial minister. Una been rled aa a spy at BruaselB mid convicted Sentence has not been Imposed saya a letter smug gled out of Belgium. To Honor Society Leader. Washington. Nov. 2'J. Viscountess BenolBt D'Azy has been recommended for n wnr cross for service alio una rendered In a hospital In Franco. She waa a leader in Washington society for year8. '""'" "( """--a aianu- pionship when he threw, with ridlcn- pc i nt. Italy hai; decided to send a i0Us ease, Yousiff Husaano, tho terrl military expedition to tho Balkans to We Turk, at Lincoln. Steelier down liolp the allies. I ed Hussano in two straight falls, the The universal deduction is that tho first in four minutes and tho second Greok government has satisfied tho jn flve, British demands, submitted by Earl Four Hastings banks show increas Kitchener. secretary for war. who was ed deposits over ono year ago, total hi Athens last week. It Is assumed lng over $300,000, in spito of the fact Greece has furnished .guarantees -of that scores of farmers aro holding the safety of tho Anglo-French ex- their wheat for increased prices. Do podiUonnry force , lts tota, ?li7B0(000 Bankers con. ALL OVER NEBRASKA SHORT NEWS ITEMS. Actual construction lias bcnun on ;tho monster sugar factory being built at uonng. Stops have been token by citizens at Wanna for the formation of a far mers' nnd merchants' club. Tho German Lutheran hospital was dedicated at York recently. It is a two-story affair and cost $35,000. A postofllce has been established nt Lcat, Cherry county, with Miss Car men M. Acoata as postmaster. Immenso quantities of Nebraska hay ire being nought by the French gov ernment in western Nobraska. Tho Dodgo County Poultry associa tion will hold Us sixteenth annual show at Fremont, December 13 to 17. Art Workman raf Beatrice has pur chased tho Hebron Champion, a news paper published for years by H. A. Brainard, and will tako possession December 1. Becauso of the anti-tuberculosis campaign at Beatrice, the city commis sioners have passed an ordinance de manding an inspection of all milk sold in the city, to go Into effect January 1. The banner corn yield reported in Jefferson county to dato coinos from Endlcott precinct. Alex Shepherd cribbed 475 bushels of corn from a five-acre field, an average of ninety live bushels an acre. Having secured subscriptions ag gregating $35,000 for tho erection of a new church edifice, the buildini: committee of tho German Lutheran church of Hanover township, in Gago county, will ask for bids soon. C. D. Campbell, a drainage contrac tor of Lincoln, died at St Joseph's hos pital, Omaha, of a bullet wound re ceived In an attempted holdun in that city. The tragedy took place ono block from the police station. For rescuing a man from certain death by crawling on the pilot of a rrelght engine and pushing tho man from tho track, It. L. Young, a Fre mont brakeman, is expected to bo awarded with a Carnegie hero medal. A fish which had four legs was caught in a slough near Ewing. It crawla on nil four legs when placed on tho floor. Such a species of fish arc found in the lakes of Mexico and how it got up hero in Nebraska is a mystery. It lias been arranged to have thlrty- flvo or moro of Kearney's representa tive business and professional men go tn masse to tho homo of Judge Hos tetler ns soon as ho returns to tho city and urge him to Jiecomo a can didate for governor. D. C. Campbell of Oklahoma City wired tho Omaha police department that 111? will nnv n tvirnr,l nf 41 ftilft each, for the arrest and conviction of tho two men who held up and killed his brother, D. C. Campbell, of Lin coln, who was killed by bandits in that city. Joo Steelier of Dodgo, retained his claim to tho world's wrestling cham- ... " n(inP tillH rf.mnrifn,i in , f f the unusual agricultural condition. Tho publication in tho state naners of the picturo of Joseph Hillstroin who was executed recently at Salt Lake City, Utah, Immediately led to tho discovery that Hlllstrom, or Joo Hill, ns ho then gave his name, was employed by Max Grconbergor, mer chant tailor, in Grand Island. On December 7 tho people of Con cord will voto on tho proposition of bonding tho village for $2,500 for oleclrIc HSts, tho power to bo fur Ytfl1in1 lt n hsv.. 1 n 4. n I T . . .. t nlshed from tho now plant at Laurel Tho proposition Is apparently meet ing with favor and it Is believed tho bonds will carry by a largo majority. Word has been received at Ne braska City that "W. M. Duncan, for merly a resident of Unndilla, in west ern Otoo county, but now of Manford, OUla., has been offered 1G0.00O for his 0,1 stocl: Purchased several years ago. For sev01'111 ynrs- Mr- Duncan was the Unaclllhi agent for tho Duff Grain company. A. J. Goodban, proprietor of a gar age at Cortland, Gage county, Is ar ranging to Install an olectric lighting plant nt that placo In the near future. He will put In a plant that will carry live hundred lights, and will probably extend his lines Into the country, a number of farmers having expressed a deslro for service. Responding to tho appeal of Juno Addams tho Hastings' AVomana' club joined tho world'a peace move. Mra. John Slaker, tho prosldent, sent tho following telegram to President Wil son: "The Hastings, Neb., Womnn's club pleads for a conference of neu tral nations, called for tho purpose of finding a Just settlement of this wnr." Stato Llvo Stock Commissioner Mc Kim reports a hdrd of calves near Ne braska City dlaensed with Infectious pneumonia. Othera reported near Wy nioro. Something now in cattlo dis eases. Whllo hunting along tho Platto riv er near Schuyler, Otto Krivojlavek captured a spoonbill catfish weighing twenty pounds, which ho found in shallow water. Tho fish put up a light when Krivojlavek tackled It Tho finny monster was four and a half feet lonp with a bill over eight inches wide. Tho new Masonic Templo at AnBley was dodlcated recently Total length of paving laid la Omaha In 1915 Is 15.70 miles. Democratic newspaper men of th stnto will banquet at Lincoln Jan uary 11. Omaha, with $283,ClJy In her postal savings bank, ranks twenty-eighth In. postal savings cities. A Kearney woman who was con tinually infcBted with hoboes, got rid of tllnm by hanging a smallpox card at the kitchen door. Flans are being prepared by a com mittee of Monroo citizens for tho- erection of a township hall, to cost! $0,000, in that place. A garago containing ten automobiles, was completely destroyed by fire at Gothenburg last week. The loss, amounted to $11,000. Bids for tho construction ot a fed oral building at Aurora will be open ed at the treasury department at Washington, December 22. The annual convention of tho Ne braska Supervisors and Commission ers' association will bo held In Co lumbus December 14, 15 nnd 10. m. G. Doerlng was chosen postmas ter of Battle Creek recently over Charles Zimmerman by a voto of 216 to 117 at a congressional primary. Tho City National bank of Weeping Water has been reorganized under a stato charter and will hereafter bo known as the Nebraska Stato bnk. D. Corder of Elwood was killed mnl A. Swinger was badly injured when an automobile in which they were rid ing skidded off a enibakmcnt near Haldrege. Mrs. Hay Cassadv wns (natnntiiV killed and Mr. Cassady, badly injured near Lincoln, when tho automobile in. which they were riding ran off a bridge. Arthur L. Weatherly, pastor of tho Unitarian church of Lincoln, has wir ed his acceptance of tho invitation to be a member of tho Henry Ford peace delegation soon to sail for Europe. Grand Island officers fined two auto Bpeeders flvo and costs each. The crusade for safety first is on at that place. Many accidents and deaths there recently havo encouraged it. The committee In charge of tho so liciting for threo years' membership pledges for the supporl of the county inrm uemonstralor work in Gago county reports that it is meeting with, success. Firo of an unknown orgin caused the destruction of the Mogenscn liv ery barn at North Platte. Thirty seven horses, thirty-five tons of hay and 000 bushels of grain burned. Tho loss Is estimated at $10,000. An experiment in convict road building has Just been mado at Lin coln, with the result that on a con tract of $35,000 the stato gets about $10,000 worth of services out of its guests at the penitentiary. Omaha ranks twenty-eighth among tho cities, of the United States in point of postal savings deposits. Tho deposits rose to $283,018 in October. Sixty-six cities have more than $100,000 of postal savings deposits each. Tho Nebraska Public Health asso ciation will meet in Omaha somo tlmo early in 1910. Public health officers oC cities and towns, as well aa physi cians throughout the state who aro interested in public health questions, will attend this meeting. The Omaha Coursing club plans to hold its first meeting December 1, 2 3 and 4. The sport marks contest8 be tween doga, which are released in pur suit of a rabbit. Valuable prizes and trophies aro posted for tho various events and fast dogs entered. Omaha has the lowest rate of in fant mortality under ono year of ago of any city in tho country. Nebraska Is tho only state In tho union whero cream for butter must bo pasteurized. Omaha uses moro cream for tablo purposes than any other city in Uio country. Superior Is to havo a municipal Christmaa tree. At a meeting of tho Commercial club It was decided to have exorcises extending over threo nights beforo Christmas, with band concerto, free treats for tho children, and everything that goea with tho Christmas tree. Governor Morehead nnd other influ ential state business men believe 500, 000 acres of land in Gosper, Phelps and Kearney counties can bo re claimed by use of Biibsoll aa a water resorvoir, and will ask tho federal government far financial assistance to attain this result. Tho petition of traveling men for tho now train service having been denied by tho Burlington, tho state railway commission will hold a hearing on December 4 on tho application for a local each way on that railroad be tween Lincoln and Hastings to tako tho placo of through traina taken off in Uio fall. Blank ballots for election of offlcera of the Nebraska Stato Teachers' asao-i elation wero mailed by Secretary E. U. Graff of tho Omaha public schools, to all teachers of the stato. Ballots to be returned by mail and counted in Lincoln December 11. Dr. G. W. A. Luckoy of Lincoln and It. V. Clark of Kearney aro candidates for president. C. S. Hawk has resigned his position as farm agent for Dawes county. A petition Is in circulation for a now court house building nt Columbus. Tho- Platto county supervisors, assisted by the Golumhus Commercial club havo takon active part in the matter and aro pushing the petitions If the pe titions receive tho required per cont needed, the law gives the county board tho right to make a levy of tax and tho erection of the court house without calling for a special election, tho total amount of such levy not O execed $100,000.
