EPITOME OF EVENTS
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MANY SUBJECTS.
USE SHORT BUT INTERESTIN6
I' *' Me-t.o« of What Is Transpiring
la Various Sections of Our Own
and Foreign Countries
WASHINGTON.
TW »i»e adopted (he Heflin rs*
0. - * oeeignsnitc the m ood Sun
da; -a Ms; a* mother* da;
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It. restaur c* Mine eomm;Cte has
1. T-h . reported the bill to control
U .^ud ,*»ues ut utocii and hoods.
• • •
IV wauattUe ha* favor
reported the Beane hilt to cre
ate .ddn.uaai iederai .udgrsbip in
auuthem ('alitufiu
• • •
"he ru>» committee reported * pe
rn: rule it* eaprditing senate hill
y tiditig rapotry method of con
darting tb* Bo si. nation and enaction
of i died ti’atew senators
s * a
ieo f- Otu rmitfc. director of the
|ruK* - i. survey, advocated federal
caper - l p of aaler power right* be
fore *he public land* caaaitts*.
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Keparwestatinn Hay of Virginia has
fat fwd weed a >X3t resolution author
icng the president to detail l.leuien
•tt ITfuderjcfc Menus of the army in
kora’ ng and constructing the Alaskan
railway
wee
ha:-.<i gpoaih of ikad--rgartens la
the fmted Stated is shown by the
I.-* hat during the last ten years they
• .crags-*. from '-M with an enroll
men- if ciiiidret to 7.557
«..in ;mim
• • •
Representative fraar. Wisconsin,
hamduesd rewolgtion to investigate
the rnsrarter and value to the general
pa trie <-? the river and harbor project
"vp at.rt the gt.-iemm.-ni is now
Comm "ed aggregating l~xG.dco.oct"
• • •
Ik-mve: st.t leaders lb the bouse
ntiL. -- lo get ruwgrese out of VVash
ing* n by July la, tare called a party
ivu J tnrough which they hope to
cw^-di'e < «gCrtu]<w and pav»*s-- of
«• » anti trag hills on the admin istra
I » irugTwm
• • •
1 he senate woman suffrage commit ■
tee has voted to recommend favor
ably *fc# senate and S ..a?r<*h const -
tiy u! amendment requiring a state
lo vote os woman suffrage wheo 8
per of no voters petitioned for
Curb a vote.
nee
ktepreaestativa Keating of Colorado
has in induced a bill to provide for
wt-MLrti of PhiUgpiat scouts and
idctra who serv'd in civil wsr.
Wan.sh war or Philippine insurrec
tion <jt five yanrs in tha regular
tst’sd State* armj.
• • •
f«- ab..shmec.i of a parcel post cys
tsm between the failed Sta'e* and
Greece, to beroma effective at once
haa beep announced Twelve cents a
pound wiil be the rat* from the Unit
ed Aiate* Package* must not aelgh
more than eleven pound*
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v retagy Bryan baa received the
•uraeai note of acceptance on the part
ad * e Italian government to pariic!
pair cdhri»i!y ia ibe Panama Ptcific
lst«r-naUoaai 'i position ia Ann Own
rww m till An appropriation of
Sjmp.PWP :.re* bn* been made by the
1**1-an par.iamen*
• • •
With the reporting of the bouse
"omnibus anti trust bill by t’hairman
Clayton of the Judiciary committee
landers Sa the lower branch predicted
*wr!y action of trust legislation A
ru e t* bring the Clayton measure be
fure the hawse probably the first of
nes* aeeg will be taken up itnmed
lately
DC M Eg TIC.
Mrs Asm M Bruen of Belridere.
5 J„ ska celebrated ber cnsiy
e*-< ■»-« *<rtbday recently. has been a
► undo? athnel laacber for eighty
)«ara
• • •
Tto bad lea of ataety-atx of be 1*2
■uter* eat om bud la mine No. & of the
Ne» h-ier t oilier x fa. Bracked by
•a expioaaon l*a( seek have beoo
Imafb! U» i be a a: face
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Absolut* reapoba.bll.ty for :be fatal
ba-tie at Ladlou Monday. April 2'J.
«aa placed upon (be Greeks of the
eu-.kera entoay at Lodloa by the mili
tary board taveaugsttng (be troubln.
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The navy deparrmenr has seat or
fm te the natal recrunng ata'ions
to accept ae more applications for en
lw!carol la the navy except from
thuee a be bate been honorably d'.a
Charged
• • •
The Vea York Stock exchange offl
dailf axitt< tinted the default of the
ks annua inter eat payment cm the
4 p-r cent cad beads of the Chicago,
ksri Island ard Pacific Railroad com
pany and the (Bam) lien J per real
banes ef the fit. Umm and San Fran
CM<a iixdruM company.
• • •
rial City, la the Iditarod district,
jklaaka, »a» almost eiped out by fire,
preordtag ta atretass advices resented
Taeaty building* »ere destroyed, ia
etedtag the Arctic Brotherhood club
^***** • a a
Alberta Goedmaa. chief surgeon of
«b* Mexican Natumal railroad has
leva appoint* d health officer of the
gtry nr Iff the naval organisation of
fib* meatctpaKty. The former city
e’T-eiai* definitely refused to resume
It* * det -a eaiag to their fear of
a- repeat c«nn.-a inncea.
D • •
fv Jeaepb Htn Mbits, aanlor aar
gmm of the | ah hr health aertrice of
the t wau* rtntee. baa gone to Pan
•at te aadertnke a elady of the oon
d"bma la regard ta the baokarora
I *
Utah's factory output was valued at
fS3.T50.000.
ITto silver alcne stored in the Unit
ed States treasury at New York
weighs 3.500 tens.
• • •
John F. Je'ks. oleomargarine manu
facturer. wsa fined 110.000 and sen
i tenced to two years In jail at Chica
go far conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment of taxes on illicitly colored
oleomargarine.
• • •
Major Dsn M. Roberts of Terre
Haute. Ind . charged with conspiracy
to corrupt eiect-ons. vl.- found not
guilty b> a jury in the Terre Haute
circuit court. The jury was out thir
ty-five minutes.
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One more juror has been secured
at New York to try Charles Becker
•or the murder of the gambler, Her
man ltosenthal He is Dwight W.
Custer, a retired printer. He is the
s.xth man selected.
• • •
Payments of compensation to Wis
consin workmen Ljured through in
dustrial accidents passed the million
a year mark n April. This is shown
in the tabulations of the industrial
commission just completed for the
month.
The body of Porfirio Laurel, an
American ranchman, who disapepared
last November, has been recovered
from a grave near Nuevo Laredo,
Mexico Laurel had been arrested by
Mexican fcdera-s who persistently de
nied reports of his execution.
• • •
Eight members of the Chicago
Hoard of Education, including its
i resident, were sentenced to thirty
days ;n jail for contempt of court
for refusing to obey the order of Cir
cuit J idee Koeil r-instating four
m-mbers of the board.
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Rgh: lie-- Charles H. Brent. Amer
ican tir-hop of the Protestant Episco
;*i church in the Philippines since
1M0!. was unanimously elected bishop
of The Episcopal diocese of New Jer
sey a: the annua! convention of the
clergy and aity of the jurisdiction at
Trenton.
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A train on the newly completed
tran*continental Grand Trunk Pacific
ail way was ditched near W'estrose
laxke. in Br.tish Columbia. C. Van
vrrteo! divisional engineer; Mrs
Marion Patterson Vancouver, and
twelve others were injured, those
named seriously.
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B J Matsen. assistant general man
ager of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company, who returned to Trinidad
after visiting the Heurfano county
t eld. estimated the total damage done
by strikers to the mines in southern
Colorado in the last two weeks at at
least mMM.
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Mine No. f> of the New River Col
!er*-s company at Eceles. W. Va., was
sealed after 1SS bodies had been re
moved. Fourfen of the m^n killed in
the explosion the afternoon of April
Z* remain in the workings and will
no: be taken out until the mine has
been cleared of debris.
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A six-hour day is the ultimate de
mand of the Amalgamated Associa
' non of Iron. Steei and Tin Workers
of North America, according to the
statement of John Williams of Pitts
burg. president of that organization,
in an address before the annual con
vention which convened at Columbus.
Ohio.
Jobs Agnew, an inspector in the
cit. building department, has just
completed sixty-two vvars of continu
ous serv.ce for ' hicago. His fellow
workers recognized his long service
by presenting him with a gold watch.
Agnew is eighty-taro years old and
bolds the title of being the oldest man
on the municipal pay roll.
PORKIQN.
1 Countess Edmond Pourtales, who
was famous in the court of Napoleon
1 III on account of beauty and social
power, died at Paris, aged 78.
• • •
A Berlin dispatch, says an official,
who has arrived :a Berlin from South
Amer.ca says he met Colonel Roose
velt and that the latter is very anx
ious to get into the Mexican fray at
'• the earliest possible moment.
• • •
By order of General Fidel Avila,
chief of arms at Juarez, the duty on
floor entering Mexico has been sus
pended. This action was taken to re
lieve the distress among the poor of
the state of Chihuahua who were
-brown out of work when American
and foreign mining properties were
i dosed dow n.
• • •
James \Y Gerard. I'nited State? am
' basaador at Berlin, has received in
structions from the State department
at Washington to snake a formal ex
p'ess*on of thanks to the German gov
ernment for tfc« energetic assistance
g.ven by the commander and crew of
the German Breeden in rescuing
American refugees ax Tampico.
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The archbishop of Quebec. Mon
signor Begin, recently created a car
d.nal by the pope, has left Quebec for
New York, en route to Rome, where
i he will attend the consistory on May
25 and receive 'he cardinal's hat.
• • •
ljeirtenant Saint 1-ague was killed
and Pierre Ronnenaau received slight
injuries when the French army aero
plane flying at Rabat. Morocco, cap
sized and fell from a height of 1.200
feet. The aviators were returning
from a long scouting expedition over
country occupied by hostile Motor.
• • •
The situation in Mexico City haa
; every appearance of becoming serious
(or the administrator and in well in
formed circles it was expected that
Provisional President Huerta might
resign at any moment.
• • •
Ernesto Nathan, former mayor of
(tome, who has been appointed min
ister plenipotentiary to represent Italy
at the Panama-Pacific exposition, will
sail from Rome May 13 for New York.
He will go to Washington to visit
President Wilson and then proceed to
jSan Francisco.
MUSI GIVEUP ARMS
EVERYBODY IN STRIKE ZONE IN
CLUDED IN ORDER.
UNREST IN NORTHERN HELD
Requests Have Been Made for a
Larger Detachment of Soldiers at
Oak Creek and Crested Buttes.
Trinidad, Coio.—Insistent appeals
continue to come to Colonel James
Lockett of the Eleventh United
Stales cavalry, in command of the
federal troops in the southern strike
fields, for a detachment of federal
soldiers at Oak Creek, Crested Buttes
and Glenvood Springs, in the north
ern zoue.
Colonel Lockett has suggested to
the War department the northern dis
tricts seemed to need several hundred
troops. He advised Governor Am
mons to send state troops into the
northern fields and to ask the War
department for more federal soldiers.
I cannot spare a detail from my
force in this district,” said Colonel
Ixtokett.
"The officer in command of the
troops in tile north has not asked me
for help. He reports to the War de
partment directly. My only reports
are from citizens and miners who
who have appealed to me for assist
ance.”
The proclamation for general dis
armament was published calling on
ail citizens to report at specified
hours to surrender their firearms.
The union officials, in a proclamation
directed to all members of the United
Mine Workers of America in Trindad
and vicinity, declared:
‘ You are hereby officially advised
and requested to turn over to the mil
itary officers of the United States
army ail firearms and ammunition in
your possession or under your con
trol. beginning at 10 o'clock a. m..
May 9
“You will bring all firearms and
ammunition to the tent colony, close
to the San Rafael hospital, and a re
ceipt will be given to you by the
United States army officer in charge
wli.i authority to receive the same.”
This proclamation was signed by
William Diamond, as international
representative of the union. Mr. Dia
mond supplemented the proclamation
with the published declaration that
“anyone failing to comply, who is a
member of the union, will be stricken
from the relief list and be barred
from membership in the United Mine
Workers of America.”
Nation Must Save Fish Supply.
Atlantic. N. ,T.—Unless the govern
ment takes immediate action to reeu
ate the use of nets and pollution of
streams, the supply of fish in the riv
?rs of the country soon will be ex
hausted and a great number of per
sons employed in the fish industry
will be thrown out of work, it was as
serted by Representative Charles Lln
thicum of Maryland, in an address be
'cre the convention of the National
Association of Shell Fish Commis
sioners.
Denver Wont Workers Released.
Denver, Colo.—Twenty-six mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World have been pardoned by Mayor
I M. Perkins and released from the
■•ounty Jail, on recommendation of
Alexander Xisbet. commissioner of
safety, and permitted to speak on the
streets. The men were serving sixty
lav sentences for speaking on the
streets without a permit. Certain
street corners designated were occu
pied by speakers.
McAdooa at Summer White House.
Cornish. N. H.—William G. Mc
Adoo. secretary of the treasury, and
his bride, who was Miss Eleanor Ran
dolph Wilson, daughter of the presi
dent. have arrived here to spend their
noneymoon at Harkalenden, the sum
ner White House. Three servants pre
ceded them here by only three hours
»nd the great house, which has not
been occupied since last fall, had
barely been opened when the couple
enterd.
—
Negro Shot to Death.
St. James, La.—Driven from his
! place of refuge when a posse fired a
jam in which he was hiding, Sylves
;er Washington, a negro, was shot to
Jeath near here. Before he was driv
en from cover, the negro shot two of
•he posse, fatally wounding one.
i Washington was wanted for slaying
me white man and wounding another.
Emperor Is Godfather.
Berlin.— Emperor William acted as
godfather at the christening in Berlin
of the infant daughter of Lieutenant
Commander Walter R. Gherard,
; American naval attache.
Roosevelt Writes, Back Home.
New York. — Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, who has sailed from Para.
Brazil, on the steamer Aldan, wired
nis cousin. W. Emlen Roosevelt, that
he would be home about May 20. His
message read: “Feeling better; home
19-20“
Seymour Stuart Is Commander.
Jacksonville. Fla.—Seymour Stuart
pf St. Louis was elected commander
in-chief of the union of confederate
veterans, succeeding W. W. Old, jr..
of Norfolk.
Thank Great Britain.
London.—The thanks of the Amer
ican government for the assistance
rendered by British naval officers in
getting American refugees out of
Tampico were conveyed by Ambassa
dor Page to Foreign Secretary Sir Ed
ward Grey.
Baehr Goes to a New Post.
Washington.—Max J. Baehr of St
Paul, recently transferred as consul
at Cienfuegos, Cuba, to Berne, Switz
erland, expect8 to reach Washington
soon and prepare to go to his post.
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Mrs. McAdoo in Bridal Gown, and Mr. McAdoo.
ELEANOR WILSON
NOW IS. NI’ADOO
j President's Youngest Daughter
Married in White House.
CEREMONY IN BLUE ROOM
Wedding Gifts Are Many and Hand
some—Description of the Bridal
Gown. Going-Away Dress, and
Other Costumes.'
Washington. D. C., May 8.—The
wedding of Miss Eleanor Randolph
Wilson, youngest daughter of Presi
dent Wilson, an® William Gibbs Mc
Aaco. secretary of the treasury, took
place Thursday at six o'clock p. m.. in
the blue room of the White House.
The wedding procession proceeded
from the main stairway into the cor- ,
ridor, through the north door of the
blue room, to the platform erected in
the south bay window of the room.
Miss SaJlie McAdoo led the proces
sion. followed by Mrs. Sayre and Miss
Margaret Wilson. Miss Nancy Lane ,
directly preceded tbs bride, who was
escorted by the president. The groom,
with Dr. Cary Travers Grayson, met j
the wedding party at the altar. Mr.
McAdoo wore evening clothes and Dr.
Grayson wore his uniform. Rev. Syl
vester W. Reach performed the cere- '
mony.
Auer ice ceremony me weaaing |
party proceeded to the red room. I
where they received congratulations j
and good wishes of the company. The
Marine band furnished the music.
Supper was served at small tables in
the state dining room. The decora
tions of the blue room were lilies and
ferns, and the decorations in the din
ing-room were pfnk and white roses
Handsome Wedding Presents.
In spite of the small list of invited
guests the wedding presents were nu
merous. Prominent among them were
the beautiful silver tea service, given
by the members of the house of rep
resentatives. a piece of jewelry from
members of the senate, twelve silver
plates and a platter from the cabinet
members and their wives, and a hand
some gift from the justices of the Su
preme court. Prom the diplomatic
corps, no member of which was in
vited. came flowers and good wishes.
The bride's bouquet was of orange
blossoms, white orchids and lilies of
the valley. The flower girls carried
white chip hats, hung by ribbons,
filled w-ith flowers.
Miss Margaret Wilson's gown was
of soft blue crape with panniers and
waist of bine tulle. The neck was
finished with a cream lace ruff and a
flowered sash completed the costume.
With this costume was worn a blue
lace hat. trimmed with pink roses and
touches of black. Mrs. Sayre’s cos
tume was exactly like Miss Wtlson’s
except that the color was pink. The
gowns of the little flower girls were
white, with blue and pink ribbons.
Beautiful Wedding Gown.
The wedding gown worn by Miss
Wilson is made of ivory-white satin
and trimmed with real old point lace.
The bodice is softly draped with satin,
which crosses in front and is brought
to a point below the shoulders, front
and back. The V-shaped neck is fin
ished with folds of soft tulle. The !
long mousqnetalre sleeves are made '
All for 15 Guineas.
From the Lady’s Magazine of 1879:
“Wanted, for a sober family, a man of
light weight who fears the Lord and
can drive a pair of horses. He must
occasionally wait at table, join in
household prayer, look after the horses
and read a chapter In the Bible. He
must. God willing, rise at seven in the
morning, obey his master and mistress
In all lawful commands; If he caa
dress hair, sing psalms and play at
cribbsge, the more agreeable. Wages,
15 guineas a year.”
of tulle. The real old point lace is
gracefully draped over the right shoul
der to the left side of the waist and is
fastened with a spray of orange blos
soms; the lace then continues as a
border to the long transparent tunic
of tulle, w hich graduates to the side of
the skirt at the train. The sweeping
train is three and a half yards in
length.
A cap effect bridal wreath, with
orange blossoms and long draped veil
was very effective.
The old point lace used on the gown
is a masterpiece and a work of art in
lace making. It is a part of a would
famous collection.
Her Going-Away Dress.
The bride's going-away dress is a
three-piece dress made of corbeau-blue
gabardine. The coat is made of cor
beau-blue charmeuse and gabardine.
The front and upper part of back of
coat is made of charmeuse. The back
is gathered at collar. The three-quar
ter sleeve of gabardine is topped with
the blue charmeuse, the edge of the
sleeve being bound with a flat black
silk braid. The soft girdle of gabar
dine ends, in front with an oval
charmeuse buckle. The bodice is dark
blue chiffon over white. It has braided
straps of gabardine over the shoulders,
with 12 rows of braid over belt of blue
gabardine. A white organdie vestee
and collar are edged with a rose and
green flowered narrow ribbon, fastened
in front by three ribbon buttons. Long
blue sleeves over white chiffon end in
wide cuffs of 16 rows of narrow black
braid.
i ne snon SKin is or gaDarame, w un
three circular flounces starting at
sides of skirt. These are fastened at
back with a strap of gabardine at
tached to which are four small black
silk tassels. Between the flounces,
corbeau charmeuse. to which they are
attached, showing about one inch of
charmeuse between each flounce.
Flounces and bottom of skirt are edged
with black silk braid
Sketch of Mr*. McAdoo.
Mrs. McAdoo is the only one of the
three daughters of the president who
has evinced no Inclination to pursue
an accomplishment or perfect herself
in any branch of study. Like her
mother, she has talent as an artist in
oils and has spent two seasons at the
Academy of Fine Art* In Philadelphia.
She has a keen sense of humor, and
is much of a diplomat. She is the
only member of the White House fam
ily who has a nickname. She is called
"Nell.”
In appearance, Mrs. McAdoo is tall,
slender, with a girlish figure, and a
light, swinging gait. She has a pleas
ant smile, fine teeth, a rather large
mouth, blue eyes topped with dark
brows and fringed with dark lashes,
a fine clear white skin and quantities
of soft, straight, dark hair. She rides,
dances, swims and rows well and is
quite a linguist. Her place in society
as the wife of the secretary of the
treasury will now be next to that of
Mrs. Bryan.
Career of the Groom.
Mr. McAdoo was born in Georgia In
18C3, of a family which had been
wealth, but had lost their all in the
Civil war. At twenty-one young Me
Adoo w-as admitted to the bar and five
years later he came to New York.
There he formed a partnership with
William McAdoo, who was no known
relation.
In 1885 Mr. McAdoo married Miss
Sarah Fleming of Chattanooga. Tenn..
who died four years ago. There are
six children, Mr. McAdoo's principal
residence is at Irvington-on-the-Hud
son, not far from New York.
Good in Uae of Asbestos.
Iron is a fine conductor of heat
Therefore, when an oven warms up
the hot iron conducts a great deal of
the heat to other parts of the stove
and radiates It into space. As as
bestos is a poor conductor of heat, a
lining of that material will save an
immense amount of heat. It will ac
tually keep the hidden iron part of
the oven from becoming hot. As less
heat is lost, an oven so lined becomes
hot more qnlckly or else on a less
amount of gas.
STATE BOARD
ISSUER WARNING
FARMERS URGED TO ENFORCE
EFFECTIVE QUARANTINE ON
CHOLERA.
60SSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from R*
liable Sources and Presented in
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newspaper Union News Servlc*.
Serum, the prevention of hog chol
era and the precautions to be taken
by farmers is the subject of warnings
being emphasized by the state board
of directors. Farmers are urged to en
force an effective quarantine when
cholera breaks out on a farm. It is a
mistake, it is claimed, to neglect sani
tary precautions and to rely wholly on
serum. The serum is useful, not so
much to cure sick hogs, as to prevent
other animals from taking the disease.
The following precautionary meas
ures are necessary:
"Do not locate hog lots near a public
highway, a stream or a railroad.
"I)o not allow neighbors or strangers
to enter your hog lots and do not go
into your neighbors' lots. If you are
compelled to pass from one hog lot to
another, clean your shoes and wash
them with a 3 per cent solution of
the compound solution of cresol.
“Do not put new stock, either hogs
or cattle, in lots with herd already on
the farm.
"If hog cholera breaks out, separate
the sick front the apparently healthy
animals and burn the carcasses of all
dead hogs on the day of death.
"If hog cholera appears on the farm
notify the state veterinarian at once.
"Serum is furnished from the state
agricultural college. The department
of agriculture does not distribute
serum direct to farmers."
Officials Deeply Puzzled.
State officials are deeply puzzled
over the manner in which the univer
sity location proposition should be
1 submitted to voters this fall. The
i form meeting with the greatest ap
i proval thus far. but which is not alto
I gether satisfactory, puts it up in this
' form:
"(A). For removal of the university
; to the state farm campus." At the
end of this line will be a square ovet
which are printed the words. “For re
i movai to the state farm."
i "(B). For extension of the univer
sity on the present campus." At the
end of this line wiil be a square ovet
which are printed the words, "Against
removal to the state farm."
The aim is toward simplicity. The
officials want to avoid the least con
fusion in the matter. The question
has been raised with regard to the
above form, that if the largest vote is
cast "against removal to the state
farm." that the proposition B, provid
ing "for extension of the present cam
pus," might not be held to have car
ried.
On the other hand, if the squares
for the crosses of the voters are la
I beled “for removal” and "for exten
sion." respectively, the officials be>
lieve the proposition will not be as
simplv stated as it should,
i
Aboriginal Implements.
Nebraska university museum has
j been further enriched by another con
signment of aboriginal implements
from eastern Nebraska's underground
: house ruins from R. F. Gilder of Om
aha. which have arrived at the state
mueseum. The objects contained in
the shipment comprise an exception
ally fine lot of decorated pot rims,
bone and stone implements, shell
'poons. digging tools manufactured
from rhe shoulder blades of buffalo,
bone needles and punches, arrow
heads, a large asiortment of stone
knives and blades, grooved and un
grooved stone axes, peculiar in design
to the builders of the underground
bouses, sandstone implements for
smoothing the shslt of arrows and
spears. The shipment of specimens
just received at the state museum is
the last of the material secured by
Mr. Gilder last year while acting as
archeologist in the field for the uni- j
versitv and is considered a splendid
addition to the anthropological collec
tions which have made the ins'.itution
famous.
Duncan McEwan t f Chicago, a rep
resentative of the cc-mpany now oper
ating a chair and furniture factory at
the state penitentiary, has offered the
plant for sale to tli* state apon the
expiration of the contract under which
i: is now operating. The contract will
not expire for about one year. At the
present time fifty men are emylcyed
in the factory. A law passed tv the
last legislature does away with the
working of t'ne inmates on con ract
labor following tl e expiration o' ihe
present contract.
Food Comriiss-oner Hannan is
sending out :t bulletin to ice cream
manufacturers, calling their attention
to the legal r.-quirement t*at ordinary
ice cream mast contain not less than
14 per cent t-f butter fat, and fruit Ice
•'ream at least 12 per cent. Artificial
flavors must be labeled on the con
tainers of ice cream whenever they
are used. The containers must also ■
show the net contents. This does not
apply to pa kages sold by a retailer.
The bulletin also directs the notice
«if manufacturers to the sanitary re
quirements of the law. Id a bulletin
issued to oil companies. Mr. Harman
gives warning against the branding of
containers with a greater capacity
than they actually hold. If a barrel
is branded, it must be with the amount |
of oil actually inside, and not with the ;
capacity of the barrel if filled.
The temporary school fund, which
will be distributed during May in the ;
semi-annual apportionment to the dif- |
ferent counties, by whom it will be re
distributed to the school districts, has
reached the total of $334,000. This al
lotment will be a little more than the
one in the same month a year ago.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
The state medical association is in
session at Lincoln this week.
Christopher Courtwright of Milford
fought in the Mexican war of 184*i.
Assessors at Hastings are expected
to finish their work in a few days.
The senior class of the Wahoo high
school this year numbers forty-eight
A summer school of missions will
tie in sesion at Omaha, June 22 to 30
The state association of commercial
dubs held its eleventh annual session
at Grand Island last week.
The carnival given by the Hastings
high school for the benefit of the ath
letic association netted $80.
Six bead of cattle owned by Samuel
Small, a farmer living southwest of
Teeumseh. were killed by lightning.
Boys of Dawes county are taking up
premium farming under the encour
agement of Farm Demonstrator Schsf
fer.
The brick work on \v anoo s ne«
flfty thousand dollar high school is
completed and work begun on the
roof. »
Ole Jackson, Omaha negro poli
tician. shot and fatally wounded A. J.
Jones, an Italian, in a fight in a res
taurant.
The dedication of the Oregon mil
monument on the Kansas-Nebraska
state line near Lanham will occur
May 12.
Tramps robbed the money drawer
of the Nebraska City toll bridge while
the gatekeeper was busy outside the
toll house.
Twenty-four saloonkeepers of Lin
coln were granted new licenses May 1
by the excise board, only one license
being held up.
Because he could not get help to
run his farm properly, Chris Schlueu-r.
near West. Point, suicided by hanging
himself in his barn.
Miss Gladys Bunt of Fremont was
elected and crowned queen of May at
the Ivy day celebration at the state
university last week.
L. C. McBride has been appointed
trainmaster with jurisdiction over tee
northwest lines of the Lincoln divi
sion of the Burlington.
Wolves killed twenty-five , out of a
flock of sheep near Carson recently.
Claims for the dead animals will be
made against the county.
Members of the Baptist church at
Surprise gave Rev. Charles J. John
son, their pastor, two months' vacation
on full pay. He will go to bis old
home in Sweden.
H. H. Reimund. who is to be suc
ceeded next year by T. V. Truman as
superintendent of the Weeping Water
public schools, has been elected su
perintendent at St. Paul, Neb.
The Wymore city council voted to
Issue four saloon licenses in spite of
remonstrances. The remonstrators
have appealed the matter and the sa
loons must await the court's actiou
An explosion of an empty iron gaso
line barrel on the Carse farm, near
Foster, caused by scratching a match
on it, so seriously injured seventeen
year-old Charlie Carse that he died in
a few hours.
While ten people were in the Tueh
man Brothers’ grocery at Omaha, a
single bandit held up and robbed the
firm of $140.20 at the point of a re
volver. He was caught in his flight
from the store.
The state Y. M. C. A. convention
will be held at Grand Island. May 22
and 23. Representatives from all the
associations in the state will meet to
discuss the progress of their work and
the problems confronting them.
John O'Connor, tne Hastings re
cluse. has been dead nine months, yet
none of the scores of claimants have
been able to establish a relationship
entitling them to the property. The
body is still in a perfect state of
preservation at a local m(#gue.
The first anniversary of the organi
zation of the Avoca Woman's club was
celebrated in an entertainment at the
country home of Mrs. Oliver Harmon
An interesting feature in connection
was the fact that the very first meet
ing of the club was held at this same
home.
The Gage county board of supervis
ors has confirmed the appointment of
Miss Josephine McQuinn as deputy
clerk of the district court.
. -Growing out of the recent fire that
nearly destroyed Leshara. a town lire
department has been organized and
orders placed for two chemical wag
ons.
The celebration of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the establishment of
the McCook band under the leader
ship of H. P. Sutton, April 30. was one
of the swellest social affairs of the
year in that city. Over a hundred
plates were laid at the banquet.
I. O. O. F. lodges of Lincoln. Uni
versity Place and Haveiock united
in the celebration of the ninetv-flfth
anniversary of the founding of the
order.
Mrs. Oscar Tapp of Lincoln. 22
years old and a bride of two weeks,
by mistake swallowed corrosive sub
limate tablets, and only the prompt
services of a physician saved her life.
Verne Taylor, an employe of the Au
burn Telephone company, came near
losing his life, when a twenty-five-foot
pole on which he was at work broke
without warning and he was thrown
to the ground.
The body of the two-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cage, of Erieson.
cho disappeared two weeks ago. vtas
tound entangled in a fence that
jpanned a creek near the Cage home.
Superior celebrated the closing of
i s saloons with a band concert on
Main street, the first time the town
has been dry' in over twenty-live
years.
Howard Meeker, the missing Lev el
len young man. for whom a search lias
been unsuccessfully conducted for sev
eral months following his strange dis
appearance in Chicago, is said to have
been located in Seattle.
With but few exceptions repei-ts
from over Johnson county indicate
that all kinds of fruit promises line
crops, and that no damage by frost is
evident.
Fire which started from a defective
flue in the drug store owned by G. M
Lyrick destroyed fourb uildings in the
business section of Claronia and
caused a loss of about J22.000.
A picked team of Omaha soccer
players administered a defeat to the
Lincoln aggregation Friday by ;i
score of 4 to 3 in wht was probably
the first real soccer game ever played
In Lincoln.
