BAKER REQUESTS
UNLIMITED ARMY
House Body Grants Power to
Draft Any Number of Men
Under Act.
BILL CARRIES .12 BILLION
Says "Action Is Notice to World That
Man-Power of America Is Mort
gaged to Successful Prose
cution of War."
Washington, May 25. Unlimited
power to drnft men within the ages
prescribed by tho selective service
net wis granted Secretary of War
.Baker on Thursday by the house mili
tary affairs committee.
Tho committee ndopted an amend
mcnt to the military bill allowing tho
president to take any number of men
In any fiscal year tinder tho present
tlrnft law, observing tho order of class
ification. The complete bill was reported out,
carrying 8,509,129,310 In cash, $2,404,
410,451 In authorizations nnd a sum
estimated In excess of $1,000,000,000
for signal corps and nlrcraft, a total
of .$12,033,545,822.
Secretary Baker won n notably easy
victory In gaining authority to drnft
nn unlimited number of men. ne was
before tho committee only ten minutes
urging It. When he came out ho said:
"This is a notice to the world that
tho complete man power of America
Is mortgaged to tho successful provo
cation of tho war. It Is a signal that
congress and tho people stand firmly
for President Wilson's prosecution of-
jthe war, embodying as It does the use
of as many men ns arc essential to
.victory."
The bill provides for an army, of
2,700,000 men this being the totnl Of
men now In tho service plus those to
lc called In the next draft..
MRS. STOKES FOUND GUILTY
Judge Defers Sentence Pending Motion
for New Trial Convicted under
the Espionage Act.
Kansas City, Mo., May 25. Mrs.
Hose Pastor Stokes, charged with vio
lation of tho espionage net, was con
victed by a jury on Thursday in tho
federal court upon all three counts In
tho Indictment against her. The con
viction carries heavy penalties of im
prisonment. After conferring with Francis' M.
"Wilson, United Stntes district attorney,
nnd Seymour Stcdman of Chicago,
Mrs. Stokes' 'counsel, Judge Orba S.
!Vnn Vnlkenburgh announced that ho
would defer sentence pending a motion
for n new trial. Ho set Juno 1 as
the date for hearing the motion.
Tho limit to which criticism of the
'government may go In ttmo of war nnd
the lino between objectionable and un
objectionable criticism was drawn by
Judge Ynn Vnlkenburgh In Instructing
tho Jury.
WOMAN FLIES 783 MILES
Katherlne Stlnson Wrecks Airplane at
Blnnhamton While on Flight From
Chlctigo'to New York.
Blnghamton, N. Y., Mny 25. Miss
Katherlne Stlnson met- with misfor
tune here at 0:40 Thursday night, ab
ruptly concluding her projected Chl-cngo-to-Now
York mall flight after hav
ing covered 783 miles of her journey.
Her machine overturned ns she was
landing, smashing a wing nnd tho pro
peller. Miss Stlnson was uninjured.
Chicago, May 25. Miss Stlnson left
Chicago nt 7:34 a. m. Thursday, ex
pecting to reach Garden City L. I., nt
8:30. This would have been tho
world's nonstop record, n. distance of
078 miles. She carried, ns a regularly
appointed postal clerk, 01 pieces of
mall, but of such light paper that tho
entire packet weighed less than u
pound.
RULES COUNT ALIEN ENEMY
Federal Judge Carpenter Decides
Against Son-ln-Law of Louis F.
Swift at Chicago.
Chicago, May 25. Count James Ml
notto, son-in-law of Louis F. Swift,
millionaire pneker, will be Interned In
ii government camp as an alien enemy.
Judgo Cnrpentor ruled. Tho Judgo
brought tho habeas corpus suit to n
sudden end on Thursday when Mlnot
to's nttornoys closed their argument.
The Judgo waved aside thq,govornment
attorneys.
"It Is not necessary for me to hear
your nrgumonts," ho said. "It Is clear
to mo that Count Mlnotto is a native
of Germany nnd as such Is subject to
the president's warrant."
Two Boys In Auto Killed.
Boone, In., Mny 25. Arthur John
son, fifteen yenrs old, nnd Ills brother
were killed when n car struck an auto
stranded oh u crossing, Gus John
uon, tho father, nnd a third son wero
fatally hurt.
Reduce Rate on Ships.
"Washington, May 25. A reduction
of 50 cents a ton In tho charter rate
for requisitioned American ships oper
ating on a bare boat basis, effective
June 1, was announced by the shipping
board.
FOIL HUN-SRISH PLOT
SINN FEIN AGENTS ALLEGED TO
BE INVOLVED IN REVOLT.
Conspired to Send Arms to Erin by
U-Boats German Cash Backs
tho Plan.
Washington, May, 23. Dlsclosuro
that the United States government has
gnthored evidence In this country of
conspiracies between Irish Sinn Fein
leaders and German agents to prcclpl
tute a rebellion in Ireland was fol
lowed by announcement that govern
went agents had uncovered similar
Gorninn Intrigue with other nntlon
nllstlc groups In the United Stutes,
German money, It was said, had been
used to finance ngltntlon among ne
groes and among Finns. Lithuanians
unu otners or tho so-callod "oppressed
nationalities" which for years havo
had nationalistic grievances against
Russia or other anti-Germanic allies,
In most cases this propaganda has
been carried on by Americans nlllllnted
with these groups, paid from somo
mysterious source believed to be tho
German government. Chicago, New
York nnd Boston Irishmen arc Involved
in tho conspiracy, according to a per
slstent report. Some of them are like
ly to be arrested soon and prosecuted
ns traitors as conspiring with tho
enemy.
U. S. FLYER DIES FIGHTING 7
Ensign Stephen Potter Meets Hero's
Death In Battle In the North
Sea.
Washington, Mny 24. News of tho
death of Ensign Stephen Potter, Unit
ed States naval reserves, who was
killed while fighting seven enemy single-seated
airplanes In tho North sen
on April 25, was received hero from
the London representative of tho com
mittee on public information. Ensign
Potter, who was second pilot to a
British flying force captain, six weeks
before had shot down n Gerrann sea
plane in Heligoland bight.
Tho story of rotter's encounter with
the enemy Is as follows:
"Potter was last seen on tho sur
face ninld flames, which suddenly
turned to n huge Ojloud of smoke.
"Two of tho enemy circled over the
spot, then joined tho other side. When
the pnll had cleared , not even tho
wrecknge was visible."'
MAY RAISE ENLISTMENT AGE
Baker Sends Bill to Congress Which
Would Make 7,500,000 More
Men Available.
Washington, May 27. Another move
townrd full utilization of tho country's
man power wns made on Fridnv when
Secretnry Bnker sent to congress tho
draft of a bill proposing to raise tho
maximum ago limit for voluntary en
listment In tho army from forty to
flfty-ilvo years. All men over forty so
enlisted would be assigned to ilncom
bntnnt service. 'V
Thore probnbly are 7,000.000 men
between tho ages of forty and fifty
five, and many thousands of them al
ready havo attested their desire to
servo by bombarding the department
with npplicntlons.
HUNS TO QUIT U-BOAT BASES
Germans Forced to Abandon Zce
brugge and Ostend Following
. British Raids.
Berne, May 24. Gcrmnu navnl ou
thorltlos are preparing lo nbandon Zec
brugge and Ostend as U-boat bases bc
catiBo of tho ront blockade effected
by British naval forcos nnd tho con
stant harassing by British bombing
plnnos, according to Information ro
colved from Berlin.
Fl6h Commissions Agree,
Washington, May 27. Members of
tho Joint Amerlcan-Cnnndlan fisheries
commission, havo found themselves In
substantial agreement on all questions
with only details of operating remain
ing to bo settled.
Lieut. Fleet, Indiana, Killed.
London, May 27. Lieutenant Wil
liam Alexander Fleet of tho Grenadier
guards was killed in action May 18.
Ho was a son of tho Into Col. a'. F.
Fleet of Culver. Ind., nnd Mrs. Flonf
of Atlanta, Go.
GOING AT TOP SPEED
NINETY THOUSAND U. S. TROOPS
SAIL IN TEN DAYS.
Representative Caldwell of New York
Tells of Largo Shipments of
American Soldiers.
Washington. Mny 24. In n state
ment Inserted in the houso record on
Wednesday, Itoprcscntntlvo Caldwell
of New York, a member of thn mili
tary committee, declared Hint durlnc
the first ten days of May 00,000 Amer
ican soldiers were sent nbrond, and
said that nfter thn nxntrnflnn of ono
year from the arrlvnl of tho firrft ship
ment of troops from this country, tho
United States would havo 1000,000
men in France, enulnned with tho
necessary arms nnd supplies.
Representative Caldwell snld:
"Today -vo have nn nrmv of moro
than 2,000,000, of which 500.000 havo
already been shinned to Franco and n
million moro havo had tho necessary
training to fit them for forolirn service
These nro now waiting for boats to
carry them over.
"Notwithstanding that the appropri
ation measure now pending Is to sup
port nn army of only 3,000,000, I nm
confident that before nmnv months
deficiency appropriations will bo ncc-
esnry.
"Wo will probably havo between 4,
000,000 nnd 5,000,000 men before the
next fiscal year. Tho potentlnl rann
power or America for n seven-year
war may be conservatively estimated
at 20,000,000 fighting jnen of recog
nized military age."
Additional estlmntes of $1,500,000,
000 for ordnnnco. ordnance stores nnd
ordnance supplies, during Hie next fls-
cni year wero submitted to tho houso
by Secretary Bnker together with n re
quost for authorization of S7.118.502.-
400 more to he spent at tho war de
partment's discretion for ordnance.
Additional requests for naval appro
priations during tho next fiscal year
totaling $30,105,000 wero submitted to
congress by Secretary Daniels. Dnn-
lels' request included $11,000,000 for
constructing nnd equipping training
camps find .$5,533,500 for procuring
nnd testing shells.
HUGHES WANTS CLEAR FIELD
Tells Senate Committee Department
of Justice Must Not Be Hampered
In Aircraft Inquiry.
Washington. Mnv 24. In n vigorous
letter sent to the senate mllitnrv nf-
fairs committee, Charles 15. Hughes
made It plnln thnt the aircraft invest!.
gntlon by the department, of Justice
must not bo hampered by a parallel
inquiry by tho committee. In tnklncr
this stand it Is understood Mr. Hughes
reflects tho wishes of tho president
SHIPYARDS BREAK RECORD
Twenty-Nlne Steel Vessels Completed
in May Four Delivered
Thursday.
on
Washington, Mny "27. Steel ships
completed thus fnr In May exceed tho
output of any previous month In the
history of the shipping board. The to
tal output up to and including May
28 was 29 vessels of 174,001 tons. Four
steel steamships, totaling 28,200 tons,
were delivered Thursday.
TO LAUNCH SHIPS JULY 4
Every Yard Asked to Speed Up Work
and Make Day Greatest
in History.
Washington, Muj 24. Kvorv nhln-
ynrd was asked to speed up and make
July 4 the greatest launching dnv In
history. Commissioner Colby and Di
rector Gonerul Charles M. Schwab
will go to San Frnneslco to launch
nlno ships.
Physician Is War Prisoner.
Cnbool, Mo Mny 27. Lieut. Louis
M. Edens of tho medical corps with
tho American forces In France, is a
prisoner in tho Gcrmnn prison camp,
according to a telegram received by
airs, isuons rrom tho lied Cross.
Orders 8,000 Trucks for Army.
Washington. Mny 27. Orders for
8,000 throo to five-ton trucks havo boon
placed with 10 automobile manufac
turers, tho war department nnnmincwi
Tills Is in addition to 10,000 slmllnr
trucks now being delivered.
53 U.S. MEN DIE
i
i
AS SHIPJS SUNK
British Transport Moldavia Is
Torpedoed by U-Boat in
the Cliannel.
ALL KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Destroyers Rush to Scene and Rescue
444 From Sinking Craft Amerl
cans Prove Heroes While Fac
ing Death Survivors
Reach Port i
Loudon, May 27. The British
armed merchant troopship Moldavia,
with American troops on bonrd, has
been torpedoed nnd sunk, according
to nn oiiicial bulletin issued by tho nd
mlinlty.
Tho text of tho ndmlrulty state
ment roiiows:
"Tho urmed mercantile cruiser Mol
dnvla was torpedoed nnd sunk Thurs
day morning.
"There wero no casunltlds nmone
tho crew, but of tho American troops
on ooard 50 havo not boen accounted
tor.
"It is feured they wero killed In ono
conipnrtment by thd explosion."
L'J-ho Moldavia Is of 0,500 tons gross
und owned bv the Peninsular & Orien
tal Steam Nnvlcatlon comnnnv. She
was built at Greenock lu 1003 and is
020 feet lonir.l
At n Southern English Port, Mny 27.
Tho British uuxlllnrv cruiser Mol-
davlo, carrying American troops, wns
lorpeuoeu and sunk Thursday morning
in tho English channel. British de
stroyers hurried to tho sinking cruls
or s rescue nnd did remarkably effec
tive work.
Many wero Injured. Noisubmnrlne
was seen. There wns no nunlc. Tho
Amoricuus distinguished themselves by
exemplary cool conduct.
alio discipline disnlnvod bv tho
American troops is the innin topic of
comment oy all those who wituessed
the scene. Face to face with death,
they behaved as if they wero llnluir
up lor a review, except for tho "make
up," which was all but naradellko.
As tho survivors, hatless. shoeless.
and mnny of them with hnrdlv any
ciotnes on, were uppronchlng shore,
motor buses met -the destroyers,
bringing heartily welcomed clothes
and supplies.
Washington. May 27. Moro thnn 500
Americans wero nbonrd tho Moldavia,
oillcinl renorts available hero showed
It Is not posslblo nt this ttmo to
give the units to which thoy belonged.
No cusunlty list 1ms been received
rrom American ofllclals aboard.
WILSON DELAYS TAX BILL
President Seeks More Data on Plea of
Secretary McAdoo for Billions
Congress Ready to Act
Washington, May 27. When Sena
tor Simmons left the AVhltb Houso on
Friday ho snld tho president had not
definitely decided to ask Immediate
lax legislation. Tho president asked
tho senator to submit dnta on tho
status of legislation, prospective reve
nue and appropriations, and also on
tho nttltudo of both houses of con
gress toward tax legislation at this
time. Pending receipt of, this Informa
tion the president snld he would with
hold finul decision of tlrt question.
Congressional leaders wero Informed
by Secretnry McAdoo that now rove
nuo legislation Is Imperative. Al
though opposing legislation now, con
gress lenders have said they would
pass a bill If It wero shown to be nec
essary. CUT IN BITUMINOUS COAL
Reduction of Ten Cents a Ton An
nounced by the Fuel Adminis
tration. Washington, May 27. A reduction
of ton cents a ton In government fixed
prices for bituminous coal wns an
nounced Friday night by the fuel ad
ministration as a result of the agree
ment under which tho railroads will
pay tho fixed price for coal and nban
don the practice of giving preferential
car service to mines furnishing rail
road fuel.
U. S. MEN TO FIGHT IN ITALY
Baker Declares Infantry, Machine Gun
Units and Artillery Will Soon Ar
rive on New Front.
New York, May 27. Secretary of
Wnr Bnker announced on Friday night
n an address In celebration of Italy
day that American lnfnntry, American
machine gun units and American nr-
tlllory soon would bo lighting shoulder
to shoulder with tho Italians on their
front.
"Zep" Shot Down at Sea.
London. Mnv 27. Fishermen wlm
hnvn nrrlvnd nt Esbierir. snv thnt- n
Zeppelin hns boon brought down In
tho North sen. Tho crew of tho aer
mnn nlrshlp was rescuod by n Brit
ish destroyer,
Two Hanged for Assault.
Dallas, Tex., May 27. Leonard Dood
and Walter Stevenson wero hanged in
the county Ja.ll yard for assault on
a young woman In Juno, 1017. Dood,
In a final effort to defeat tho hangman,
took polsou.
RULES FOR REGISTERING
Governor Makes Publlo Instructions
for Enrolling Youths Who Have
Reached 21 Since Last Juno.
Governor Neville has received com
plete Instructions from the Wnr de
partment for tho registration of young
men on Juuo 5 who have reached 21
years of ago since June, 1017. Tho
governor also received Instructions for
tho local boards, which nro being sent
out. Practically tho same questions
will bo unswered by tho registrants ns
In tho first draft enrollment. Tho
questions nro: Namo in full. Age In
years. Home' address, Whom wero
you born? Aro you (1) n native of
tho United States; (2) a nnturatlzed
citizen; (3) nn alien; (4) havo you
declared your intention to become n
citizen; (5) nro you a citizen or non
citizen Indian? If not a citizen, of
what nation uro you n citizen or sub
ject? Father's birthplace Nnmo of
your employer. Plnco of employ
ment. Nnmo und nddress of nearest
relative. Racewhite, negro, Indian
and oriental. After tho registration
each man will rccelvo tho question
naire to fill out.
Ministers in virtually every city and
town In Nebraska responded to Food
Administrator Hoover'H request to uso
as their text lust Sunday tho neces
sity of abstaining from tho use of
wheat and wheat products until tho
next hnrvosL To meet tho situation
abroad und prevent suffering it is Im
perative thut tho people of tho United
Stutes heort tills request, Buys Mr.
Hoover In his appeal. A largo mini
bcr of Nebraska communities lvo
already agreed to follow this plan
Nebraska's local exemption bonrds
havo mado such a poor showing for
promptness in making up und trans
mitting occupation cards ot drafted
men that this state is down in thirty
eighth place, according to an oillcinl
bulletlu Issued by tho Wnr depart
ment, n copy of which has reached
'Governor Ncvlllo.
Charges against Major Walter
Steele of Omaha, former adjutant gen
eral of tho Ncbrnskn Nntlonnl Gunrd,
accused of participation In an at
tempt to defraud tho state by raised
vouchors, was dismissed by n Lan
caster county grnnd Jury because
thero wns no evidence ngnlnst him.
Tho Stnto Council of Defense has
begun tho task ot enrolling nil men
In Nebraska and boys who havo
passed their 10th birthday, to avert
any threatened shortago of lnbor, If
possible, when tho ranks of tho la
borers havo beon further thinned by
draft.
Red Cross hog sales on tho South
Omaha market now total moro than
$250,000. Four carloads wero receiv
ed Inst Wednesday. Two cars from
tho Dannobrog, Red Cross chapter
contained nlnety-ono head, which sold
at $17.10 a hundred. Tho other cars
from Wayno sold for $4,200.
Tho tornado which swept tho
Clearwater valley and tho flnts be
tween Bloomfleld nnd Crofton is esti
mated to have caused a loss of ap
proximately $300,000. Tho death list
which was at first reported at seven
teen Is now lowered to four.
Beatrlco school children purchnsed
$15,808.75 worth of war savings and
thrift stamps during tho school term
which ended a few days ago. Many
of tho pupils report thnt their stumps
wore purchused from money earned
by themselves.
Columbus business men nnd other
citizens beliovo that railroad consoll
datlon may mean tho closing of tho
Burlington depot In that city and tho
Burlington trains nnd business may
bo handled by tho Union Pacific or
ganization. Lutherans ot tho Iown synod In
Nebraska havo boon ordered by tho
synod's" committee on Information to
partlcipato In nil patriotic meotlngs
nnd to uso English In both church
nnd Sunday school instructions, or to
quit.
Tho threo Omaha afternoon pnpers
havo Increased street prices to 2
cents per copy nnd carrier prices to
15 cents per week, Sunday edition In
cluded. The Chester Community club Is
boosting tho proposition of estab
lishing n sorghum plant In tho city.
Benkolmnn subscribed $2,447 In 34
minutes nt n Bed Cross meeting. Tho
town's quotn was $1,200. i
Nebraska dentists passed a resolu
tion ot tholr recent convention at
Lincoln opposing tho uso of Gorman i
mudo material after tho war,
A fiftecn-aero tract noar Holms-
vlllo Is to bo utilized for a now con
solidated school, which is to cost bo
tweon $35,00p and $45,000.
Provost Marshal Crowder's "work
or fight" order Is oxpected to affo'.t
10,000 mon of draft ago in Omaha.
(Uonds for a now $7,000 electric
plunt at Bolvldoro wero approved by
tho stnto auditor.
Attorney General Reed has begun
suit to collect from stockholders of
tho defunt Furmers Stato bunk of De
catur tho amount of their Uubllity on
utock held in tbo bank at tho tlmo tho
Institution was tukon over by tho
State Banking board.
Tho recent stnto Eastern Star con
vention nt Omnhn wus tho most suc
cessful In tho history of tho organiza
tion, over GOO dolegates attending.
Nearly 10,000 bushols of 1010 corn
at for seed wero found In Dakota
county by county agricultural agent
Young.
A near riot occurred nt Ellt CtceTt
recently when two business mon of
tho town took exceptions to somo
posters plnccd neai their establish
ment, warning thero should bo no
German spokeu Inside tho city limits.
Tho poster nearest their places wero
torn down by tho offended onus nnd
nearly resulted in tholr death by the
ropo route. Tho men, nfter consider
able persuasion, allowed tho bills to
bo again put in plnco, whoro they nro
still riding, warning tho people thnt
this is God's country nnd that tho
peoplo of Elk Creek will stand for
no knlscrlsm.
Heavy rain over tho corn nnd
wheat bolt of Ncbrnskn broko a
drouth of weeks' standing nnd saved
tho crops from further dnutngo, al
though wlntor wheat had already
been considerably damaged. Tho
ruins enmo nt n tlmo when a few
moro days of drouth nnd high winds
would havo beon nbsolutcly disastrous
to tho winter whent nnd seriously en
dangered tho corn crop.
Tho Chicago, St. Pnul, Minneapolis
& Onmha Hallway company, the Chi
cago, Bock Islnnd & Pacific Railroad
eompnny nnd tho Union Pacific Rail
road company lmVd been ordored by
t)o State Rullwny commission to stop
tho prnotlco of making deductions of
one-eighth ot one per cent on corn in
making Rcttlomcnt for shortago in
shipments of bulk grain mndo wholly
within tho stnto of Nebraska.
Thd taxpayers' Icnguo of Hamilton
county has turned over to tho county
commissioners $1,384.74. This sum
represents tho halanco duo tho county
by reason of overpayments mado be
tween tho yenrs 1009 and 1015 for
brldgo material. Tho money had
been paid to the treasurer ot tho
league by county officials who wero
in ofilco between the yenrs 1000 and
1015.
Secretary of Stato Poolo up to
May 1, this year, Issued moro than
150,000 automobile- licenses. , This Is
in exooss of tho totnl number Issued
during till of last year. Tho totnl
number Issued In 3017 was 148,101.
Before tho tmd of tho present yenr it
is expected tho total will run up to
175.000.
Reports, received by members of"
tho special commission which Investi
gated tho prlco ot sugar beets Indi
cate that general satisfaction prevails
among growers, and that n Inrgo crop
will bo grown In western Nebraska
this year ns a result of tho establish
ment of n prlco by tho government.
Nebraska's subscription to tho third
Liberty loan la announced from tbo
federal reservo bank nt Kansas City
ns $40,015,800. Theso figures nre not
finnl, ns special bond subscriptions
and thoso mndo through tho railroad
bond commlttco aro yet to bo por
tioned. Lincoln police and rocrulting offl
corn havo stnrtcd a- clty-wldo cam
paign to locnto Idlers of draft age
who aro not engaged in any particular
Industry. Thoy will bo either put to
work or Inducted Into military serv
ice J. S. Tcdlar of Loup City donated
to the stnto hendquartors a carload of
Ico to bo sold for tho benefit of the
Red Cross. Tho offer was accepted,
but tho ico was held until summer,
when It will find n quicker sale.
Eight hundred wlilto-fnco cows nnd
100 bulls brought $100,000 at the cat
tlo sale on tho Gordon Valley much,
owned by P. H. Young, nenr Valen
tino. Buyers from tho cntl.ro central
jvest nttonded tho'snlq.
Several homes, a largo number of
barns, windmills and fences wero de
stroyed when a scvoro storm passed
through tho northeast edge of Hayes
county. Crops wero dnmaged consid
erably. Forty acres of corn at tho Norfolk
Insane .asylum wns entirely destroyed
by being covered with snnd duslng
.tho recent hnrd wind, Flvo ncros of
garden truck was also covered by
sand,
By 0 o'clock In tho morning on tho
opening dny of tho Red Cross drlvo In
Nebraska tho $14,000 quota of Hnmll
ton county was fully raised und was
on deposit at tho First National bank
at Aurora.
At a Red Cross auction sale at
Brock a silk American flag was sold
several times and brought, nil told,
$1,800. Tho last purchaser presented
It to the home guards of tho city.
Tho Stnto auditor has approved an
Issue of $00,000 electric light bonds
for nn electric lighting plant nnd
$15,000 water works extension bonds
for Falls City.
County ngonts of tho North Platte
district contemplate tho vaccination
0- Ovory hog herd In western Ne-
brnskn for tho 'prevention of hog
cholorn.
Tho groatest demonstration In tho
'history of Lexington took plnco last
Wednesday during tho dedication of
tho soldlorn' nnd sullors' monument,
tho flag polo nnd tho sorvlco Hug.
During n terrific electrical storm at
Hebron lightning struck tho Thayer
county court house, doing consider
able dninngo.
Tho stato board of equalization
made no lncreuso in tho valuation
of railroad property in Nebraska. Tho
total for steum railroads was $50,
702,813. Mllos of track of various
roads in tho state uro: Burlington,
2,840; Union Pacific, 1,211; North
western, 1,002; Omnhu, 803; Rock Is
land, 245 ; Missouri 'Pacific, 848;
Kansas City Northwestern, 20; Grand
Island, 112.
Charles Woostor, 75, civil war vet
eran of Silver Creek, has donated his
pension to the fund for tho euro of
French orphans.