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INDICATIONS POINT TO NO ELEC
TION IN MEXICO.
VETERANS WILL GET BADGES
Registration for Land Drawing Closed
Saturday with a Total of 76.618
Few Votes Are Cast
in Mexico.
Mexico City. At tho cloBe or the
taction Sunday tho Indications wero
that not sulllrlent votca had been cnsl
to constitute n legal cholco for the
presidency to succeed Oeneral Vic
torlnno Huorta. No ofllclnl report has
been mndo nnd It Is estimated, Judging
from tho results In tho cnpltnl, where
It war expected thnt the voto would
too up to tho average, that Iohh than
80,005 eligible voters In the republic
went to the polls. There nro mild to bo
more than 3,000,000 eligible voters In
tho republic. It would be no surprise
U congress, tho members of which
-were also voted for, declared the elec
tion void when the body Is organized
and rcviseK tho returns.
DOINGS IN CONGRESS
WHAT LAWMAKERS AT WASHING
TON ARE DOING.
Result of Deliberations on More Im
portant Measures Given In
Condensed Form.
ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS
Land Registration Closed Saturday
North Platto :i(,0."!t
Broken Mow .iO.MI)
Valentino in.CL'0
Total
North Platte, Neb. Itcglstrntions
booths closed exactly at midnight Sat
urday nlKht with total registration
kere of 30.9C9. The last person to
register waB Max Vongoetz of this city.
After 9 p. ru. registrations catno In
lowly and no ono who wanted to reg
tater failed of the opportunity.
Broken Bow, Neb. The total num.
r of registrations when tho doors of;
til booth closed here was .10,039. Tho
last person to register was Miss Byrd
Mack, a newspaper woman from Fay
ttevllle. ind.
Friday.
The Senuto Not In session; meets
Monday.
Hanking committee continued hear
ings. Tho House Transacted no business
and adjourned at. 12:37 p. in. to noon
Monday.
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Thursday.
Tho Senate Met at noon under an
agreement to voto on the seaman's
bill.
Hanking committee continued hear
ings Passed seamen's tervltude bill, with
LuFollctlo amendments.
Considered noinlnatloiiH In execu
tive session.
Adjourned at 4;r2 p. in. to iio.m
Mondny.
Tiie Hoiiho- Met at noon and ad
journed at 12:43 p. m., without tr-uiiv
ictliig r.ny business, to noon Friday.
Wednesday.
The Senate Senator Ashurst pre
sided In the absence of Vice President
Marshall and President protemChirke.
Consideration of seamen's servi
tude" bill went over until Thursday.
Nominations considered In execu
tive session.
Adjourned at G:.ir. p. m. until noon
Thursday.
Tho House Met at noon and ad
journed at 12:30 p. in. to noon Thurs
day without transact lug any business
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RIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
VETERAN8 MAY SECURE BADGES.
Those Entitled to the Distinction Will
Be Supplied.
Washington, D. C American veter
ans; both volunteer and regulnr, may
ow obtain badges commemorating
their services at tho front during cam
Taigns. Tho superintendent of tho
United Statos mint will supply them
on authorization of tho ndjutant gen
eral of the army. Tho now provlsibn
f tho war department applies to boI
4lera who served In tho regular army
tJefore January 11, 1006, and In the
voluntoers during tho civil war, Span
ish war, Philippine, Chlneso and Cn
kan campaigns. Upon application tho
adjitant general will verify records of
TeUrans and will authorize the supor
tatendent of the mint to Bell the
fcadges to the applicants.
Tuesday.
The Senato Met at noon.
Leaders on both sides assailed lack
of attendance.
Banking committee continued hear
ings. Adjourned at C:25 p. m. to noon
Wednesday.
The House Met at noon.
Republican Leader Mann refused to
consent to a recess whllo the senato
works on the currency bill.
Adjourned at. 1:09 p. in. until noon
Wednesday.
CAN HANDLE MEXICO ALONE cretion proposed instead
OF CURRENCY BILL.
TWO OF SAVING CREW SUCCUMB
TO GASES. National Temperance Gathering Sched-
United States Serves Notice on For
eign Nations Clawson Is Sen
tenced at Wilber for
uled for Next Month Over 200
Thought to Be Victims of
Mine Disaster.
Fifteen Years
None Are Alive In the Mine.
Dawson, N. M. Positive knowledge
ow Is that nono of the 284 miners
caught In the explosion of Stag Cnnon
anlne No. 2 last Wednesday remain in
the mine alive. The ontlro worklngB
fcave been explored by helmet men
and It definitely was learned that thoso
odles which havo not been located
re lying beneath tons of debris. Two
hundred and sixty-one, tho original
teath total, was Increased by the death
of two helmet men In their herolo
efforts to savo n posslblo life. Twenty
three lives wero saved nfter tho cxplo.
aloa, which, according to government
ine rescue experts, was the greatest
la foint of vloleuce In tho history of
theUnltcd States and which they say
rankB third In Its appalling loss of life
Was a One-Sided Game.
Evanston, 111. Tho University of
Iowa overwhelmed tho Northwestern
university on tho football Mold hero
Saturday, downing the purples 78 to 6.
Thelowa backs carried tho ball almost
t will through tho Northwestern de
fense, and only frequent penalizations
ept the score from being oven moro
one-sided.
Apportioned! the Reward.
Lincoln, Neb. The reward for tho
capturo of the five train robbers, who
held up and robbed a mall car on tho
Overland Limited on the night of May,
22, 1909, has been apportioned by Fed
eral Judge Munger. Six Bohemian
boys In South Omaha get $2,700 apiece,
or each one-tenth of the entlro amount.
They are: John Bolek. James Belek.'
frank Krudnor.v Rudolph Morowskv,
John Kowllk and John Krudnor. Two
Denver policemen, Peter J. Cnrr and
Coleman Bell, get one-flfth of tho to
tal reward, or 15,400. An Idaho town
marshal, Willie B. May, is dead", but
Homer A. Semler. administrator or his
estate, gets one-fifth or $5,400 for his
capture of ono robber.
, All But One Perish.
Hernosand. Sweden. The steamer
West Kusten, which left VaBa in tho
Outt of Bothnia in a gale, ran on a
xeef a few hours later and forty-four
.persons weho drowned. A single sur
vivor was picked up.
Most Important In Its History.
Lincoln, Neb. Tho gathering of
suffrage forces In Lincoln November
7 to puBh tho campaign for a constltu
tlonal amendment to enfranchise Ne
braska women will bo the most Im
portant In the history of tho movement
lin Jhla state, according to women
prominent In tho cause.
Congregatlonallste Favor Prohibition.
Kansas City. Mo.-r-Uy a voto of 517
to 14 tho national council of Congre
'gatlonal churches went on record In
favor of prohibition.
Haskell Indians Defeated 7 to 6.
Lincoln, Neb. In a rough and
tumble gamo that wns ragged In spots
aud containing all that football should
and should not contain, Nobraska do
nated tho Haskell indlnns by a scoro
of 7 to C on Nebraska Held Saturday
afternoon. Captain Purdy, whllo
crashing through tho line, wns tackled
by two dusky opponents, and tho llgn
inents In hlB loft knee town so badly
that ho had to bo carried from tho
field by hla teammates. It Is said that
ho will bo out of the game for the
rest oC the season.
General Diaz Fears Arrest.
Vora Cruz. General Felix Dlnz re
mains nt tho homo of Mb mother-in-law.
He has escaped arrest so far.
but his friends believe that If he
should appear on tho streets of Vora
Cruz he would be taken Into custody
by President Hucrta'a forces. Detec
tives and police nro watching tho
house, and all General Diaz's plans for
a visit to tho capital appear to havo
been abandoned.
Dawson, N. M. The most tragic
hours of the disaster In Stag Canon
mine since the explosion Wednesday
afternoon passed at i o'clock Friday
night. Not only did the dead claim
the living those men who uncom
plainingly have donned their helmets
and oxygen tanks and walked unfal
teringly through the thousands of feet
of death lined chambers And entries
and then. Just at the beginning of the
day which had been fraught with pos
sibilities for the throngs of women,
ever watching the manway, came the
news that two of the life-saving crew
were dead. Instantly that which
might have been whs changed. With
but few exceptions the remaining hel
met men wavered and refused to re
turn to the work of rescue. No man
who failed to escape from tho mine
nt tho time of tho explosion Is now
alive. In tho opinion or the rescuers.
Tho death list Is probably 203.
Washington. A government con
trolled and operated central bank, to
dominate the llnanclal system of the
country, has entered the legislative
arena as a rival of the administration
regional service currency plan. Frank
A. Vanderllp, president of the National
City bank of New York, explained the
new plan to the senate banking and
currency committee.' He had evolved
the new scheme as a result of coher
ences with members of the committee,
who, he said, had expressed approval
of such a plan. '
Clawaon Sentenced for 15 Years.
Wllbcr, Neb. Clarence Clawson
vas sentenced to a term of fifteen
years In the Btate penitentiary Friday
nrtcrnoon by Judge Hurd. atter he had
been found guilty by a Saline dbunty
Jury for the murder of Rosa McKlnzio
on August 2. A motion for a new
trial was mado by tho attorneys for
tho defense and It was overruled by
tho court. Immediately he took up
the matter of sentencing the prisoner.
Clawson wns apparently unmoved by
the sentence Imposed, although he
paled slightly.
Big Coal Land Deal.
Baltimore According to advices re
celved here, negotiations havo been
closed by an English syndicate for tho
purchase of extensive coal land and
mining property In the West river dls-'
trict of West Virginia, at a price said
to approximate $50,000,000. About
550 acres of land and ninety-six col
lieries arc involved In the transaction.
Will Bring Christopher Columbus' Be
Will Bring Columbus' Bones.
Santo Domingo. Dominican Itepub
lie Tho bones of Christopher Colum
bus, now in the cathedral here, will
be Bent to tho Panania-Pncltlc exposi
tlon In San Francisco as part of the
Dominican republic's exhibit, nccord
ing to plans Just announced.
"Loaded" Confections to Be Taxed.
Washington. Sucli loaded confec
tlons as rum balls, brandy balls nnd
mint lozenges, which aro hollowed
candles tilled with spirits, hereafter
will bo subject to special taxes npply
Ing to rectifiers or liquor and to retail
liquor denlors.
SERVES NOTICE ON NATIONS.
Interference by Outsiders an Un
friendly Act.
Washington. Tho United States
government Is preparing to notify, tho
nations or the world genernlly that
any Interference In Mexican affairs
will bo regarded as unfriendly to this
government. President Wilson. Secre
tary Bryan and Counsellor John Bas
sett Moore of thn state department
havo exchanged Ideas on what tho
proclamation to tho world should ox
preaB. It will bo communicated to
foreign governments everywhere In
line with the policy established earlier
or keoplng other nations Inrormed of
every step taken in Its handling of
tho Mexican problem.
Small Prospect of Rescue.
Dawson, N. M. Two hundred aud
forty-seven miners are now believed
to be dead beneath tons or fallen
earth, timber, coal and rocks In the
cuta nnd rooms of Stag Canon mine
No. 2 of the Stag Canon Fuel com
pany here, whllo hundreds or miners,
working In shirts or lirteen each, nro
slowly rorclng their way through the
rooms and entries, fighting against
dangers or gas and tire which have
started in nn adjoining mine and
threaten to reach the space In which
the entombed men wero trapped. Only
twenty-three men have been taken
rrom the mine alive.
ANTI-SALOON MEN .TO MEET.
Clawson Guilty in Second Degree.
Wilber, Neb. Murder In the second
degree was the verdict returned at
1:30 Friday morning In the caso or tho
State or Nebraska vs. Clarenco Claw
son, charged with the murder or Ross
McKlnzey at Wilber on August 2. last.
Tho Jury had considered tho uvidenco
nnd court Instructions since 4 p. m.
Thursday.
National Gathering Scheduled Next
Month In Ohio.
Lincoln, Neb. Delegates to the fif
teenth nationnl convention of the Antl
saloon League of America, which Is to
be held' in Memorinl hall at Columbus,
Ohio, on November 10 to 13, havo
been appointed. II. F. Carson and M.
S. Poulson will go from Lincoln. Mr.
Poulson will represent tho Congrega
tlonalists of the state. Rev. Mr. Doug
las of Omaha will represent the
United Presbyterians of Nebraska, S.
K. Warrick. Scottsbluff; Rev. W. Jas
per Howells, Omaha; Rev. II. II.
Sprachlln, Broken Bow; Dr. Schell,
York; Rev. F. A. High, district super
intendent of tho league of Omaha, and
Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Rohrer of Hastings
are among tho number that will at
tend. Rev. Mr. Howells will repre
sent the Baptists of the state. Rev.
Mr. Sprachlln will be a delegate for
tho United Brethren Christian Endoa
vor society, and Dr. Schell will repre
sent tho United Brethren churches of
Nebraska.
Ann Arbor. Mich. Tho net con
vention or the National Education as
sociation will be hel d in St. Paul,
Minn., July 4 to July 11. 1914. The
announcement was made by tho exec
utive committee or the board or trus
tees or the association, which met here
to choose a convention cltv.
Bronze Statue to Indian.
Keokuk, la. On tho site where
three-quarters of a century ago his
war councils were held, n bronze statue
of Chief Keokuk was unveiled In Rand
park.
Practical Demonstration Farms.
Washington. Plans aro under way
for tho establishment of practical
demonstration farms on each govern
ment reclamation project. Secretary
Lano had a conference with Secretnry
Houston nnd Assistant Seernt.irv n,i.
lowny, of tho agricultural department,
and urged them to securo tho non-Ices
of experienced irrigation farmers and
locnto them on tho several government
projects with n view to having them
Instruct Bottlers ns to tho uso of Irri
gation water, tho kinds of crops to put
out and how to cultivate tho soli.
Priest Wounded While at Mass.
Harbor Grace. N. F. Whllo conduct
ing innss, Bishop Mnrch, a Roman
Catholic prelate, was lined upon by
.lames Hare, thought to be Insane. Ono
shot grazed the head of the bishop,
wounding him hllghtly. Another buried
Itself In tho nltar.
Close Call for Nebraska Minister.
Des Moines, la. While the guest at
dinner of O. O. Roe or Pennsylvania
avenue Sunday noon, tho Rev. L. P.
Ludden of Lincoln, Neb., western sec
retary of tho Evangelical Lutheran
church, nearly choked to death upon a
chicken bone. The small piece or bono
was dislodged rrom the windpipe sev
eral hours rollowlng the accident.
Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Washington. Including tho practi
cal completion of the Pnnniua canal
among tho marks of "beneficent provi
dence," which the nation, ho says, haa
enjoyed in the past year, President
Wilson has Issued his first Thanksgiv
ing proclamation, naming Thursday,
November 27. ns a day devoted to grat
itude ror the people's blessings.
Special Income Tax Solictors.
Washington. Threo men will prob
nbly bo added to thn force under tho
Internal revenue collector In Nebraska
to assist In tho collection oj tho In
come tax undor tho new law. These
are unolllclal estimates. Tho ofllclnl
figures will not bo nnnouncod for
somo tlmo. It Is expected that about
331 clorks in all will ho needed for
tho collection of tho tax in nil h
BtatcB. Tho Interna! revenue- ofllco is
$2,000 Fire at Mllford.
Milford, Neb. Tho laundry nt) tho
women's Industrial homo was partly
destroyed by lire. Most or the con
tents or the building wore saved, and
tho loss sustained Is not much over
$2,000. No insurance was carried on
the building.
8. Drake of Kearney lost $13,000 In
negotiable notes on Omaha streets.
Tho little village of Daykln has or
ganized a band of twenty-live pieces.
Dr. T. E. Casterllne. editor of the
Edgar Sun, Is dead, after a lingering
illness.
The poBtofllce at Rlverviow, Keyn
Paha county, Nebraska, has been dis
continued. Martin I. Aitkin, a leading citizen of
Lincoln, Is dead nt that place, after an
Illness of over a yenr.
The coursing events nt Wymorc
brought out big crowds, and some good
races were witnessed.
Col. C. E. Adams or Superior wan
elected vice-president or the Battle of
Gettysburg commission.
Stealing chickens Is becoming an
art around Hebron, ono farmer having
lost over a hundred fowls.
I. E. McPhceley of Seward recently
celebrated his nliioty-llrst birthday.
Ho Is still halo and hearty.
The Cass county pooriinuso which
burned recently will be replaced with
a new and modern structure.
Dwlght Pcckardy, living near Al
blon, was cranking his nuto when 11
backfired and broke his wrist.
Henry Stroh was Instnntly killed in
the Union Pacific yards nt Grand
iHlnnd when he was struck by a switch
engine.
Benjamin Andrews, an Omaha man,
dropped dead on tho street n block
from his home, stricken with heart
failure. Ten sons and two daughters were
present at a ucent reunion of the latr
William KalM-r family In Saunden
county.
N. W. Bacon fell while descending
the steps nt the t'ongregatlonnl church
it Hastings, breaking his left legneai
the hip.
Hert Seymour was badly burned
about the face nnd arms by an ex
plosion of gasoline In his auto garage
it Bennington.
M. Shartzer. Thomas Dunne. Martin
Swanscm and George Vnnosdall were
injured In an automobile accident near
Greeley Center.
There Is a fight on amongst the milk
dealers In Lincoln, nnd consumers
stand for a chance to reap some of tho
benefits of the row.
Mr. aud Mrs. George F. Work of
Hastings celebrated their golden wed
ding last week. Many friends and
relatives were present.
Raymond Coffey, aged sevon, foil
and broko his collarbone while hnvlng
a beginner's football practice game in
the yard at his homo in Hastings.
Ralph Johnson, ten years old. of
Table Rock, was accidentally shot
while ho was handling a revolvei
which was supposed to be unloaded.
Mrs. J. C. Messick of Hastings, who
Buffered ptomaine poisoning from Ice
cream Inst 3iimmer, Is dead at her
home, following a third stroke of
paralysis.
Winter wheat In Adams county Is
ram to nave the rankest growth fot
thle seaso'n of tho year in history, and
many farmers aro pasturing stock in
tho fields.
Thirty-five steers in the herd of
Kent &-. Burt at Genoa were poisoned
to death by feeding on pig weed, in
which It is thought prusslc acid hnd
developed.
The question of university consoll
latlon is one or the live topics that Is
:o bo taken up at tho Nebraska farm
;rs' congress in Omaha when it meets
December 9 to 12.
Harry Olsen of Axtell, a patient al
:he hospltnl for the Insane nt Ingle
ide, committed suicide by hanging
almself from a steam pipe in his room
with a ropo made from hla bed sheets.
Tho shock and grief following the
tragic deuth of her father, E. L. Hell
man, ushor at tho Btate penitentiary,
who was killed by convicts on March
14, 1912, caused Miss Ruth E. Hcliman
to decline rapidly In health, and Wed
nesday night sho died at tho homo of
her mother, Mrs. Mary E. Hellnan, at
Lincoln.
Hnstings will ndvcrtlso her civic
beauty by distributing postcard viows
af public nnd privnto buildings, street
scenes and other points of interest
Tho half million dollar plant or tho
Nebraska Cement company at Superior
Is nearly completed nnd tho ofliclnls
expect to meet the spring demand ror
Its product. .
A $7,000 fire developed when the
Handle of n lantern broko as George
Hauptmnnn was about to enter his
silo near Plymouth. Tho burning oil
TO INSPECT N. I G.
ADJUTANT GENERAL HALL WILL
REVIEW STATE GUARD.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
National guard companies of thr
r.tato will be Inspected by Adjutant
(leneral Hall during tho coming win
ter. This Inspection embraces all the
companies of tho different regiment,
aud will take place at 8 p. hi. on the
following dates:
1'omp.iii.v II, Fifth. .Wbi.-iMlm City. Mtm
d.iy. .Nowtnlift- 17. I til. I,
foimnny I). Kifin. Auburn. WpiIiim-
tl.l.V. Nnvi'lllli'T l'.i. 'JIJ.I.
;.imp.wy C , Kiflli. lieatrlce. Friday
Novemlier 21. 1.013.
Comiimy F. Fifth. Wymore. Monday
Nuvi-niln'i- I'l. 10J8.
. "'."". "."'. ""inliiK, Wednesday, N...
rtiilii-i- SU, Kits.
vrmhT "J"' iVia nm, M,nn- Krl,ay' No-
Company 1. "rifth. Braver City, Won
day. Iii-crmlx-r 1. 1913.
Uomiuriv M. Fifth. HoldrcRn, WodncM
dliv, liccenitini- .1. J-113.
Company I,, Fourth, Kearney, Friday.
IVi'i'itiiicr J, m in.
Company C.. Fifth. Hustings, Monday.
Docpinlier S, lam.
Cuiiipauy II. Fifth. Fairfield. Wednes
day, tdci-mlar 10. litis.
Company .l .Fourth. Vork, Friday, Dc
ri'inltcr U-. 1K13.
Company K. Fourth, Oscoto. Monday.
Ilei-i-nilier tfi. litis.
CoinniillV K. Fiinrrli Holnivtoo ur.iu
day. December 17. lai.'I.
liilKado hfiuIiittarlrrH, Futlerton, Fri
day, Di-cnnlier lit. I'llll.
Company I, Fourth, IIruhin Bow, Fri
day, .la mm tv -J, t9ll,
Company 11. Fourth, Norfolk, Monday.
January fi. l;i. '
Company u. Fourth. Htanton. Wednes
day. January 7, lull.
Company A. SlKtiol Corpn, Fremont.
ITrhlay. January , inn.
Company a. Fourth, Omaha. Monday,
January is. 1I4.
Company II. Fourth, Omaha. Wednes
day. January It. 1914.
Hand. Fourth. Omaha, Thursday, Jan
uary lfi. 1914.
Companv c Fourth, Omaha, FtW.it
uary 16, 1914.
Company a. Fifth. Lincoln. Mpnday.
January lfc, 1914.
Field Hospital No. 1, Lincoln. Wednets-d.-iv.
January "0. 1914,
Organizations will be inspected in
ollvo drab woolen uniform, including
marching shoes and full equipment, as.
follows: Caps, blanket rolls, comb,
brush, poncho, tooth brush, towel,
extra stockings.
All men absent without proper au
thority will forfeit any pay they may
be entitled to and, in addition, lay
themselves llnblo to n "dlschargo with
out honor."
Labor Commissioner's Report.
Hon. Charles V. Pool, deputy com
missioner of labor, ban Just Issued
"Bulletin No. 27 of the Nebraska State-
Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statis
tics." It Is a concise and comprehen
sive volume containing information in
a condensed form regarding tho state's
various Industries, Its manufacturing
interests, llvo stock and crop produc
tion. Population und land values, and
a thorough epitome of county statis
tics, together with a well-written his
tory of Nebraska as a territory and a
state. Information regarding ovcry
Item has been gathered from thorough
ly reliable sources, and can be rolled
upon n$ being authentic.
The Oats Crop.
For 1913 tho acreage devoted to oats,
in Nebraska aggregates 2,019,090, ac
cording to tho estimates of tho state
board of agriculture. The production
is r.2,:22.0G6 bushels nnd tho cash
valuo or the crop for tho year amounts
to 117.233,281.78. Tho estimated pay
roll of tho Nebraska manufacturers
last year was $15,622,204. Thus the
Nebraska ont crop for this" year would
meet a year's payroll with almost two
million dollars to spare.
Branson Goes, to Panama.
Lincoln, Neb. Charles M. Ilranson
of this place has sailed from Now York
for Panama, whither ho goes to accept
a position ns nn Internal revenue col
lector in tho canal zone Mr. Ilranson
wont last week to New York to sub
mit to nn examination In tho nationnl
metropolis ns to his physical qualifica
tions for sorvlco In tho zone. This an-
spattored over somo alfalfa, 200 tons
of which wero burned, together with
the bam and other buildings,
Tho Broken Iiow Chief Is advertis
ing for tho owner of n quilt which the
recent cyciono left nt tho homo of a
subscriber eight miles from the near
est point In its path.
Applo trees In tho orchard of A. S.
Chapman nt Surprlso havo borno two
crops of fruit this season tho last
one, however, being prematurely cut
short by tho frost.
Nebraska university gathers its stu
dents from over tho entire world. Tho
latest to arrive from tho other sldo of
tho globe Is ludu Prakash BanerJI, a
Hindu from tho University or Cal
cutta. An nlioged practical Joker with an
exaggerated sense of humor has been
victimizing Lincoln undertakers by
sending In "fako" calls from suburban
districts.
"nilly," for five years Ilrohorso at
engine houso No. 1 at Lincoln, mado
his last run to a flro Sunday afternoon
when ho wns Instantly killed In a col
lision with a street car.
Victoria Hcnnor, a 7-yenr-old Hast
ings girl, was rondorcd totally blind
for several hours ns a result of tonv
There are 920..081 horsca la the
itato valued at $73.30 on tho average,
Ofi.r.90 mules that aro worth $90.90
apiece, 1,940,192 cattle with' an aver
ago value of $29.40, nnd 1.7G2.C02 hogs
valued at $9.75, according to tho
figures Just totaled by tho state assess
ment board, with tho grand assess
ment roll for tho present year as a.
basis. All or tho values are higher
than last year. There are 4,000 Icsb
horses In tho ntato, however, than
thero were in 1912 nnd 5,000 more
mules. There are about CO.OOO less
cattle than when the 1912 figures
wero garnered in by assessors over th
state.
polntmont removes Mr. Branson from
tho raco for United States marshal of t porary paralysis of tho optic nerve
Nebrnskn. for which Dosltlon ho ha ...i, i. fu ., ...i,. i .i ...
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Tho man on tho smaller farm must
como to tho rescue or tho undorsup
plled meat market if prices are to bo
permanently reduced. So declures V.
J. Spillmnn, federal agriculturist in
chnrgo of tho ofllco or farm manage
ment or tho burcnii or plant Industry.
Tho results of his labors for tho last
two years nro embodied in a ronort
Just given out by tho stato board of
agriculture. In order to avoid tho per
manent scarcity of meat which comes
sootier or later to nil donsoly populated
countries, the causes of tho presont
Bhortngo must bo remedied, ho says.
Government Serum Station.
Tint government serum station, lo
catcd at the stato university farm, will
turn out n million cubic centimeters of
hog cholera serum this month anil will
to somo extent catch up with tho de
mand which has been very heavy In
Nebraska this summer and fall. Tho
government keeps n drovo or hoga nt
tho station for tho manufacture of
scrum and for blooding purposes.
This soriiin Is Bold to tho farmers at
tho coat of 1 cent per cubic centi
meter, which Is Just what Is costa tho
government to mnko it
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