THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL
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N01U 'OL.K NlfiUHASKA Kit 1 DAY JANUAHY ' & 11)01 )
Sturdy.Settler of Cuming County
Died This Morning.
WAS EATING HIS BREAKFAST
Mr. Bauman'n Was One of the Early
Settlers Who Came to West Point
and His Interests Were Very Ex
tensive Banker , Brewer , Capitalist.
West Point , Nob. , Jan. 21. Special
to The News : Otto Baumnnn , ono
of the oldest nnd best known settlers
of Cumlng county , dropped dead at
the breakfast table in his homo hero
shortly before 9 o'clock this morning.
Heart fnlluro wns the cause of his
I
death.
Mr. Baumann was ono of the very
substantial citizens of this city. Ho
was vice-president of the West Point
National bank ; manager of the West
Point Electric Light & Power com
pany ; treasurer of the West Point
Brewing association ; and owner of
a drug store and other property.
A Sturdy German.
Otto Baumann was ono of the stur
dy Germans who came to this country
as a young man and who , having
worked hard nnd steadily , reaped the
reward for his indefatigable industry
during the closing years of his life.
Many years ago Mr. Baumann cnmo
to West Point from Fremont. Ho set
tled In Cumlng county before the rail-
rand thought of passing through West
Point. Ho saved little by little. Three
eons grow to manhood's estate under
Ills care. Ono daughter 1ms spent the
past two years in Brownell Hall ,
Omaha Two sons are locnted In West
Point. J. T. Baumann is in the West
Point National bank. Henry Baumann
is in a store and Edward hns a posi
tion i V'r ) Warden Boomer at the
stateHlary , to which ho was
appon. 'ife"ornor Mickey.
Mr. Bau. > staunch repub
lican. Ho \ , ° fyc sixty-seven
years old. Arraiij/Sb/ ' nave not
yet been made for the . ? 0-ral.
A 10-year-old daughter , Eunice , is
the youngest child.
'SCHEME OF ELOPERS IS NIPPED
Knox County Couple Could Not Get
a License to Wed at Yankton Be
cause they Were Not Known.
Yankton , S. D. , Jan. 21. The power
of the law by means of the long dis
tance telephone Tuesday nipped In the
bud a charmiufe romance when Sher
iff Burn of Knox county , Nebraska ,
telephoned to S. A. Boyles , county
judge of Yankton county , to hold
James Davis and Emma Nix , a youth
ful couple who had eloped ffom the
home of the girl's parents in Knox
county.
The young couple called at the of
fice of the clerk of the courts In the
morning , and giving their ages ns 23
and 18 years , asked for a license.
They were without witnesses and the
clerk was compelled to refuse them
the coveted paper. The lovers had
had a long hard drive from the girl's
homo and the disappointment well
nigh put the wouldbo bride In tears.
Determined not to bo thwarted they
set out In a city almost unknown to
them In a vain search for someone
who could vouch for thorn. Meanwhile
the sheriff of Knox county was mak
ing fi antic efforts to get the ear of
the county court. Sheriff Burn was
J called upon by the parents of the
t' , youthful bride , who , they aver , Is but
9T 1C years of age , to ask the elopers
bo nrrested nnd held by the sheriff
of Yankton county until they could
bo returned to Knox county. Later
in the afternoon Mr. Davis called at
the clerk's olllce with a friend who ,
could swear to but a part of the an
swers required. Ho was informed of
the state of affairs nnd thnt the sher
iff of Yonkton county was looking for
him.
him.He
He lost no time in further search
for witnesses , but jumped into his rig ,
in which ho drove to Yankton , made
a speedy departure with Miss Nix for
.Hartlngton , Neb. , where ho hoped to
outwit the officers and the Incensed
parents by getting a license and be
ing married before they could be ap
prehended.
HE WANTS DAMAGES OF $25,000 ,
J. A. Anderson Sues His Father-In-
* Law , John Berg , for that Amount
/eft on Various Counts.
" fc Lincoln , Jan. 21. John A. Anderson
"Y
son , formerly of Waverier , has filed
a sensational damage suit for $25,000
against John Berg , his father-in-law ,
of the same town. In substance the
plaintiff charges that Berg beat his
( Anderson's ) son Carl , a hey of ten
der years , so unmercifully that the
latter died a few days afterward , and
declaring that when ho lay on his
deathbed his last words were that
"grandfather beat mo so hard that I
nearly died. " Ho also declares that
whllo lying sick from paralysis , caused
by being struck with a timber , Borg
jumped on him and beat him unmer
cifully and throw him out of the house
because ho had quoted the words of
the dying child.
The affections of his wife , Ander
son declares , were alienated by the
lefendant In numerous ways by do-
clarlng In her presence that she ought
to have married a man with greater
menus nnd that the plaintiff ought to
have more money than ho had.
This persecution , Anderson says ,
continued until ho lost his job ns
ijrldgo carpenter with the Burlington ,
! ho defendant sending the foreman of
the gang a letter that the plaintiff had
deserted his family and refused to
support them. At this tlmo Anderson
says , ho was thrown out by his father-
In-law and not permitted to live with
his wife.
THERE IS GOOD TRADE IN.WEST
Activity Thus par In 1904 has Exceed
ed Expectations In Some Lines.
Demand Solid and Promising.
Chicago , .Inn. 21. The general
wholesale trade In the central west
Is solid and of the promising sort. In
ninny lines the activity thus fnr In 1004
has exceeded expectations. This IB
especially true of the grocery and dry
goods trade. In the gonernl grocery
trndo the present hnslness Is very no-
ttconbly above the normal , and In sta
ples the activity Is pronounced.
In the Iron and steel branches the
years' beginning la very propitious
and scarcely any port of the Industry
reports other than most encouraging
prospects for at least six months to
como. Producers of agricultural Im
plements , wire nnd nails also rcpoit
the situation and outlook as highly
satisfactory.
MANY FIREMEN ARE ATTENDING
The Convention at Fremont Said to
be Largest In History of the
State Association.
Fremont , Jan. 21 , The enrollment
of firemen at the state convention
reached 307 at noon. Of this number
about 100 wore now members , whoso
applications were accepted since yes
terday. The credential committee re
ported a long list of delegates at this
morning's session , which was made
up as the roster of the convention.
The attendance Is said to bo the larg
est of any convention the state volun
teer firemen's association hns over
held.
held.The
The business proceedings yesterday
closed at noon , when an adjournment
was taken until 9 o'clock this morn
ing. In the afternoon the delegates
from out of the city wore entertained
by the local firemen. They were es
corted to various places of Interest
about town and also on the inevitable
tr.p to the Fremont Brewing com
pany's plant.
t
A picture of the convention was
taken by a local photographer at the
court house at 2 o'clock. Free tick
ets to a theatrical performance this
evening have been issued to nil the
visiting firemen.
J. A. Scheick of Beatrice , who was
a delegate to the national firemen's
association meeting at Chicago last
September , submitted a report on the
doings of that assemblage.
First Vice President Michael Bauer
of Nebraska City took the chair while
President Hartford road his annual re
port The president said lie had vis
ited n number of towns In the north
ern part of the state where there are
fire departments but which are not
represented at this meeting. A good
many of these departments ho assert
ed , are not collecting any Insurance
tax nnd not getting all the privileges
they are entitled to. Mr. Hartford
thought this was owing to lack of or-
gnnl/atVm.
A list of topics assigned for papers
during the convention was read , and
Secretary Miller followed with a portion
tion of his annual report. Ho sug
gested that the convention fix a time
limit for making entries for the state
tournament and that it also fix the
date of the tournament. Ho recom
mended that the length of hose at
tached in coupling contest bo specified
in the rules. All these suggestions
were referred to the committee on
constitution and rules. The secre
tary's , finnncial report and the state
ments of the treasurer and commit
tees of the association wore given to
the convention this morning.
The district court room was crowd
ed beyond the limit of Its seating ca
pacity when the convention was called
to order for the first time. The badges
of the delegates made the chamber
look like a royal audience hnll filled
with noble personnges.
DAKOTA EDITORS IN SESSION
Annual Meeting of the Press Associa
tion Began In Sioux Falls Today.
Interesting Topics.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Jan. 21. The an-
nunl meeting of the South Dakota
Press association which began hero
today Is the largest in point of at
tendance over held by the nssocintion.
A wide range of subjects of Interest
both to the editorial and business
management of newspapers wns dis
cussed during the day and among the
speakers wore several eastern adver
tising ngcnts. There will bo more
papers and discussions tomorrow and
the gathering will como to an end In
the evening with a banquet , for which
preparations on an extensive scale
are being made.
Town Was Threatened for
a While Yesterday Noon.
THE BUCKET BRIGADE SAVED IT
Residence of J. P. Johnson Burned and
Others Threatened Humphrey Ap
pealed to for Assistance and Was
Ready to Respond.
Lindsay , Nob. , Jan. 20. Special to
The Nowa : For about an hour nftor
noon today a largo part of the resi
dence portion of Lindsay wns threat
ened by fire , and but for the heroic
work of the bucket brigade many people
ple would undoubtedly now bo home
less.
less.Tho
The residence belonging to J. P.
Johnson caught lire from n defective
Hue whllo dinner was In course of
preparation and the IIOUHO wns quick
ly completely destroyed , There was
another residence- property within
twenty feet of the burned residence
nnd the llnmcs nnd burning cinders
wore hurled toward It by the strong
wind thnt prevailed and for a tlmo
it was thought itotild bo Impossible
to snvo it from destruction , and If it
had caught , a largo portion of the res
idence part of town would undoubt
edly have boon burned.
Asked Aid of Humphrey.
When it was thought that It would
bo Impossible to keep the flames from
taking a largo portion of the town n
message was iient to Humphrey for
the chemical engine of that place nnd
for members of the flro department.
The Northwestern wns also asked to
have a special In readiness to bring
the engine and firemen. Both quick
ly responded to the appeal and there
would shortly have boon a special
carrying the Humphrey department
nnd their apparatus to Iho BCOHO of
the lire , but the Lindsay llro llghlors
found they could prevent the llames
from spreading and the preparations
of Humphrey people and of the rail
road company to render prompt as
sistance were not completed.
The Lindsay flro fighters stayed by
the blaze like heroes and with buck
ets of water put out the flying embers.
The people of Lindsay whose homos
were threatened feel grateful to the
members of the bucket brigade for tholr
prompt and vigorous work and they
wish The N6\vs to express tholr hear
ty appreciation to the Humphrey fire
department as well as to the North
western officials' who made such
prompt response to their appeal for
assistance.
Protective Tariff League.
New York , Jan. 21. The American
Protective Tariff league hold its an
nual meeting hero today , chose new
officers and coinniitteenien and dis
cussed plans for the future work of
the organization. The most Important
labors of the league will bo directed
toward creating public sentiment
against reciprocity. The ratification
of the Cuban reciprocity treaty Is a
sore disappointment to the organiza
tion , but , as set forth In the speeches
.before todaysmeeting , the league will
bend every effort to prevent the suc
cess of this measure from becoming
an entering wedge which would make
It easier to bring out reciprocity with
other nations.
HIDE 870,000 , IN A HAYSTACK
Qulmby Bank Robbers Guide Officers
to the Spot Where the Money
Is Concealed.
Sioux City , Jan. 21. Ono of the
Qulmby bank robbers , Abner Illcks ,
guided the officers to a haystack
north of Cherokee and delivered to
them $70,000 of securities which the
cracksmen hid In a haystack after
dividing the booty they secured from
the bank. Hicks related with much
gusto some of the details of the rob
bery.
C. J. Smith , the PInkerton detective ,
who with Chief Davenport rounded
up the Qulmby bank robbers , left yes
terday morning for Chicago , where
ho will report to his chief and suggest
that four or five PInkortons besides
himself bo sent out here to look after
the yeggmen.
Mr. Smith came In from Cherokee
this morning , after seeing Abner
Hicks , John Wicks , Elmer Dunning
and Charles White started In charge
of Sheriff Hogan for Anlmosa , where
they will spend seven years each for
the Qulmby job.
Since the prisoners stood up In dis
trict court nnd pleaded guilty to bur
glary last Saturday , Illcks and White
have been more inclined to talk.
Hicks volunteered to guide the officers
to a point fourteen miles northwest
of Cherokee where the gang hid the
hank paper the night of the robbeery.
In charge of Sheriff Ilogan and De
tective Smith , Hicks piloted them tea
a hapstack where all the securities
wore found Intact. On the way ho
talked about the robbery , admitting
ho wna the ono who handled the nitro
glycerine.
"Wo wont out of Sioux City the
night of December 1(5 ( on the flyer
which loaves hero nt 7:30"said : Illcks.
"Wo got off all four of usat Cher-
okoo and then walked down to Qulin-
by , arriving there Hhortly nftur mid
night , Everybody In the town ap
peared to bo iiHloep. Only two llghtu
wore vlslblo and thono uliono from the
olllco of the hotel. Wo were sneaking
up the ntroot toward the bank when
v young fellow , whom ) nnnio 1 after
ward lennied was Johnny llnnnnn , re
turning from n dance , immtu'd In front
of UH. I know wo ought to huvo him
muzzled , for ho appeared ( o bo the
only portion at Qulmby awnko. Ho I
'
liollarod at him to hold up a bit and
talk to me. Ho took one look at us
and then cut and run , It was a good
thing for him that ho did , for wo In
tended to bind and gag him and look
litm In a box car. Thu boy lUnv Into
the hotel and the llghtH wont out Im
mediately. Well , wo wont on and
tackled the bank , two of the hoys
watching the hotel closely for wo
feared that the kid might aroiiHOiionio
of the guests and start for us with
guns. But I guess ho wont to bed
and kept quiet for nothing happened ,
even after the three or four explo
sions at the bank , "
Charley White , the Sioux City gam
bler , commented on the fear of the
Qulmby citizens.
"AH a matter of fnct ( ho burglars
nro a darn sight worse scared of the
citizens than the citizens nro of the
burglars , but the cltH don't know thnt , "
ho said. "That night In Qulnihy I
waa afraid every minute ( somebody
would open lire on UH , nnd If they
had I don't doubt that I'd led the re
treat. "
Dunning and Wicks were Billion and
had llttlo to say. They took their
sentence harder than Whlto and
Hicks. The latter is a well educated
man , Dotectlvo Smith snyB , nnd very
companionable , with a nonso of hu
mor well developed.
Wilson , the fifth man arrested In
Knnsajj City , IB Btlll In Jail , suffering
from delirium tromons. No charge
has been pnlced against him.
FOR THE SECOND CROP OF ICE
One Bit of the Harvest Has Been Com
pleted and the Icemen arc
Praying for a Freeze.
"If some of thnt forty-below-zoro
weather would wander around In this
direction , " snld George Schwenk , the
Icomnn , "wo would possibly got in a
second crop of the crystallized aqua
before the sunshine of the springtime
returns to create a demand lor our
commodity and n lack of Its supply. "
The first freeze of the year enabled
the Icemen of this section to got in
ono crop. It IB now very necessary
that some more of the frosty typo of
atmosphere should get Into the game
so that the refrigerators next summer
will not have to stand out on the hack
porch waiting in vain for the man on
tho'back of the wagon who weighs
out the Ice.
The Schwenk ice houses In Rivcr-
sldo addition are pretty well filled. A
largo number of other ice houses , In
cluding the various beer vaults and
the Dexter cold storage plant , remain
yet IcelcsR.
George Stalcop has the contract for
filling most of these and hns prepared'
a place In the Norfolk river above the
sugar factory dam whore ho gets a
clean , clear quality. It makes a haul
of about two mllcH. Mr. Stnlcop has
not started In the filling of the vaults ,
vaults.
The time of year Is still young
enough if' the weather will condescend
to freeze a bit before the very warmIng -
Ing spring. But oven now It Is approaching
preaching that season of the winter
when the sun crawls n llttlo bit too
far up Into the skies for Just the
porfcctcst sort of Ice. Whlln Jt will
freeze solid at any old time of the
year that bringB the mercury down
below the thirty-two mark , yet It Is
a fact that when the sun creeps too
far up Into the heavens the chunks
are not so clear as they otherwise
might bo , being filled with what Is
technically known among ice cutters
as "honey-combed. "
FOR STEALING TEAM OF HORSES
Seals and Sontcnson Get Continuance
From Gregory County Case at
Alnsworth , Neb.
Charles Mlllnor , a prominent attor
ney from Fairfax , S. D. , was In Nor
folk this morning cnrouto home from
Alnsworth , where ho has boon In con
nection with the habeas corpus case
of Thomas S. Seals and Chris Sorten-
son. Seals nnd Sortenson are charged
with going Into Gregory county , S. D. ,
and stealing a team of horses. In
the defense they have Instituted ha
beas corpus proceedings , claiming
that their arrest was Illegal. The case
was continued. It Is one which has
been running for some time.
Oebs In Omaha.
Omaha , Jan. 20. Eugene V. Debs ,
the former leader of the socialist par
ty , was In Omaha yesterday. Ho
talked freely on the labor question ,
nnd predicted thnt the great struggle
between capital and labor will even
tually end in government ownership
of public utilities.
"The trusts are paving the way for
this stop very nicely , by collecting the
Industries Into classified groups , " ho
said.
Bank Burglars and Citizens
Shot at Each Other.
PAIR OF ROBBERS STOOD GUARD
While Two of the Dosporadoen Hold
Four Men Off With Rapid Firing
Revolvers , the Other Two Looted
the Safe Seven Explosions.
McLean , Nob. , Jan. 20. It In
hough ! that the iitilhorUloB now huvo
i. duo to Iho four robbers who looted
ho McLean Hlato hank early ycwtor-
luy morning. Four men got off the
Short Line train from Sioux City the
tight before nnd ( hey are mitspoclud.
Whllo two of the rohboi'B with rap-
d firing revolvum Blood olt four clt-
ZOUH who were armed with double
mrrolcd shotguns , the other two wont
nnlh ( ) and dynamited the ttiife.
Hut the piMHlHtout and nnliiy demon-
trillion niiido by the cltl/oiiH hurried
ho nihhoi'H BO much that they depart-
M | leaving $1,200 In the Inner com-
mrlnuMit of ( he imfo.
Still firing bullets nt the clllzeiiH ,
ho robbers retreated to the iioiilh
mil dhmppcarcd In the dnrkncHH ,
'here are only about twenty men In
ho town nnd only four were prenonl
o resist a llko number of desperate
nirglnrs. No one \VIIH butt by the
'miHllndoH hut the whole village wnH
cringing In terror.
Seven Explosions.
There wore uovou ovploslons , nitro
glycerine being used freely. Hov. Mr.
iloo , pastor of the MethodlBt church ,
VHH the Ili'Bt to ho aroused. Ills homo
B about 110 yards from the hank , llo
vent to the residence of Emll lloehlor ,
igent lor the Edwards & Bradford
company , and hardware dealers bore.
Pho two got riinrk's MurrowH , hotel-
cooper , nnd ( loorgo Ji-nks , n traveling
Riilonmiin from Sioux City , and pro
ceeded to Iho hnrdwnro store and
irmcd IhomsolvcH with shotguns.
Their presence on the streets had not
icon observed , nnd when they lipgnn
Irlng In the direction of the bank to
irlng the robbers Into the open two
if the bnndltfl ciinie out and fired vol-
oy after volley at the citizens.
Meanwhile the two robbers Inside
iiococdcd with their work and worked
'or Homo time , but finally gave It up
ind retreated.
Work on Safe.
The robbers wont about their work
lellherntely. A base humor with a
Slowing IIro stood right Iu front of fho
safe. Evidently fearing an explosion
would knock the Htovo down and BO !
Ire to the building , thus thwarting
heir plans , the burglars carried water
from a nearby well , extinguished the
Ire , removed the stove pipe , and sot
.he Htovo to ono side.
Operations wore then begun on Iho
safe. The big door was blown off , | mt
the Inner door was tough. The best
.hoy could do was to bond It up from
ho bottom , making an aperture about
four inches wide. Try tholr best they
could not make the opening any groat-
- > r. A crowhnr , which with other tools
ind been stolen from the blacksmith
shop of Fritz Fodock , was used to
iry open this btuhhorn door , and when
the crowbar broke the robbers had
exhausted tholr resources. They then
md to reach through this awkward
) pening and extract the money. All
.hoy could reach was $ fiOO , nnd had to
lesort the place leaving $1,1100 behind.
If the robbers had chosen the night
loforo for their depredation they
might have furcd bettor. There was
then about $5,000 In the safe. Yostor-
lay n shipment of currency wns made
to the bank's Sioux City correspond
ent , and several large checks were
paid off on thnt day.
Money Bent.
Some of the money which the bur
glars could not reach felt the effects
of the explosives. Coins wore bent
and bills mutilated. The money which
was left was today plnced in n bank
nt Randolph. The bank will not re
sume business until the Aetna Indem
nity company , In which the institu
tion was Insured for $2,000 , adjusts
the loss.
The McLean Stnto bank was orga
nized In 1901 , with $10,000 capital.
Its deposits have run largo and it has
liad a very prosperous existence. The
officers are : President , Cliff A. Smith
of Washta , la. ; vice president , E. F.
Barnes of McLean ; cashier , A. R. Me-
Council of McLean. Ono of the di
rectors is W. T. McConnell of Wash
ington Springs , S. D. , president of
the Wesslngton Springs National
bank.
"LET US START FROM TODAY"
A Prominent Local Grain Man Sug
gests Thnt Tomorrow the Rose
bud Will be Filled.
"I should bo heartily in favor of
the projected trip up the Bonostcol
line , " said n prominent grain man this
morning. "It strikes mo as a good idea
and < ono which the whole city should
take hold of. Now more than over before -
fore is the tlmo for Norfolk to branch
out and develop the territory which is
naturally tributary. There are thou
sands of people in this now northwcs
who urn only anxious to como hero If
hey wore but Invited. Now IH the
line that we miiHl not acquainted with
hut country or nover. Now It lit a
outig country. Lllco all ihliiKH else ,
'ouiittk'fi havn habllii. A city has lln
iiihltH and pucullnrltloH jimt im do
K'oplo. Homo IOWIIH are wumlngly
irii/.y , Homo are cotiKorvatlvo. Homo
ire all for itportH and HOIIIO all for
MIHlllCHH. Hi ) It III With II HOCtlOll Of
ountry. The now northwest IH Junt
leglnnlng to grow. Lllco nn Infant
( III , It In ready to form HOIIIO Bert of
nilill or another. It Is a great land
ml IIH BOOII us It hi filled with people
t will ho no doubt one of the great-
> nt Hoctlons of prosperity In the world ,
s'orfolk cnn help thnt now northwest.
Norfolk can and will ho of service to
ho upbuilding of the now norlhweiit.
Vlthln a few woolen , perhaps , the
tosnhud roHiirvntloii , with IIH 110,000
icreii of choice , rich land will bo
brown upon to Hottlonient. It nionntt
mioh to the enllro west. And It
luuinii lar more to Norfolk , Nebrnidcn ,
irovldliig It hi properly tiontod , than
I doi'H to any other city In Iho United
States. Now IH the llmo for Norfolk
o get busy. Tomorrow thosa thou-
iinilH of HulllorM will have rushed In
ind they will go to whatever trading
mint ( heir nelghhoni have boon nc-
imtomcd to. I notice by the record
if Iho hotel registers In Norfolk Hint
uoro of thcHo people nro coming to
Norfolk every day of tholr lives. Yet
iiiiuy do not , Lot UH got. together ,
.nt im Blurt fiom today forgot the
oHt , and luivo n hand In the building
if a now Norfolk. Lot's do It now. "
THEY WANT TO COME TO NORFOLK
George D. Bnyhn , Prominent In Nlo-
brarn , Snys They Like to do
Shopping Here.
When ( icorgo ( ! . Uayhn , who Is ono
) f the bcHl linown men In the country
irnnnd Nlobrnrn , was In Norfolk thin
vook , ho called on n number of lil
> lil I line I'rlnudH and talked about
hliigH in general for Just a llttlo
vhllo. Hi1 nrrlvi'il tin the morning
rain at I ! o'clock , tnintmctod his bust-
IOSH and returned to Nlohinrn at a
Itlle alter ! ! o'clock the mime after-
11)011. )
To ono of the men ho mot , Mr.
tnyhn mild : "It IN absolutely correct
hut the people of Nlohrara and of
hut whole country to the north and
vest of this plnco , would n whole lot
ather come to Norfolk to do tholr
ending than they would to go to
Omaha or Sioux City. It Is true , too ,
.hut u lot of them haven't been stop-
dug In Norfolk who ndvnnlitgeotiHly
night , but they aio going to do It
'li'i.i ' no1' on. * + ' % & ? * ' : * ;
"Nosv , for Instance , I came down
icre this morning. I might have gene
o Omaha to do the muno business ,
t cost mo $1.90 nnd I'll get back homo
ibout the mlddlo of this afternoon. It
vould have cost mo $9.20 more for
allioud faro to go to Oinnhn ; It would
inve taken until tomornnv afternoon
o got back homo , adding the expense
) f a hotel and a day's time to that.
"Wo people all like Norfolk. Wo
onll/.o that the IntoroHts which are
) urs are the Interests of Norfolk. Wo
ippreclnto the fact that wo cnn como
n here , got through trading and re
turn Just twenty-four hours ahead of
thor markets nnd wo know n good
thing.
"There are some drawbacks , how-
over. Norfolk doesn't seem to rcnllzo
what there Is up In our country for
t If the town would only reach out
a glad hand. A good ninny people on
thnt morning train today were going
o Omaha to tnko advantage of Homo
of the special sales that wore adver
tised. Norfolk will liavo to learn to
go after a big outside trade In the
Bnmo way that other cities do before
she will got nil thnt ought to bo com-
ng this way. "
To .Indue Powers nnd John II. HHVB.
Mr. Bayha spoke very nicely of The
News Inte \ now outside territory
edition. ' Jvo are reading It Instead
of Omaha papers to quite an extent , "
said Mr. Bayha , "and our local stock
market bases Us prices upon the
quotations that appear each day In.
the Norfolk paper. "
TO SHOOT BANK ROBBERS.
Enterprising Nebraska Banker Has a
Novel Way for Treating Robbers.
Jack&on , Neb. , Jan. 20. Banker Kear
ney has put in force a now Idea for
the dlBcourngomciit of bank robbers
In his neighborhood , by purchasing
a half dozen good shotguns , each iu
a canvas case , supplied with a oltb
full of buck shot cartridges. These
guns have boon distributed to n num
ber of determined men who live near
the bank , and nro to bo used in case
of an attack on the bank. The state
association , of which Mr. Kearney is
a member , offers a standing reward
of $ GOO for bank robbers while his
burglary Insurance company offers an
other liberal reward. The Criterion
rather Imagines that the next burglars
that attack this bank will bo consid
erably surprised when his burglar
alarm , electrical devices and about
six to a dozen guns are trained on
them. "An ounce of prevention is
worth n pound of cure , " and any en
terprising burglar wishing to see a
real Interesting time , can call at Jack
son most any old time and bo accom
modated.