I THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL
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ir. iS'OUKOUC NMUHASlvA l < MtflAY ) JANUAIIY UiJ I'.IOI.
Sturdy Settler of Cuming County
Died This Morning' .
WAS EATING HIS BREAKFAST
Mr. Baumnnn 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 Baumann , ono
of the oldest and best known settlers
of Cuming county , dropped dead nt
the breakfast table In his homo bore
it * ? > shortly before ! ) o'clock this morning.
} Heart 'failure was the cause of his
death.
Mr. Baumann was ono of the very
substantial citizens of this city. Ho
wns vice-president of the West Point
Nntlonnl 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 wns ono of the stur
dy Gormnns who came to this country
ns a young man and who , having
worked hard and steadily , reaped the
reward for his Indefatigable Industry
during the closing years of his life.
Many years ago Mr. Baumann came
to West Point from Fremont. Ho set
tled In Cuming county before the rail
road thought of passing through West
Point. Ho saved little by little. Three
eons grow to manhood's estate under
> his care. Ono daughter has spent the
) past two years In Brownell Hall ,
Omaha Two sons are located In West
Point. J. T. Banmann is in the West
v Polnl National bank. Henry Baumann
is in a store and Edward has n posi
tion i Jur Warden Boomer at the
state ° t > jtlary , to which ho was
appoiu ® ftf "crnor Mickey.
Mr. Bail. jstaunch repub
lican. Ho - \ , ° fye sixty-seven
years old. ArranBsoCy'7'r nave not
yet been made for the / 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 menus of the long ills-
tance telephone Tuesday nipped In the
bud a charm L.fe 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 wns compelled to refuse them
the coveted paper. The lovers had
liad a long haul drive from the girl's
homo and the disappointment well
nigh put the wouldbo bride In tears.
I Determined not to bo thwarted they
set out In a city almost unknown to
thorn In n vain search for someone
who could vouch for thorn. Meanwhile
the sheriff of Knox county was mak
ing frantic efforts to get the ear of
the county court. Sheriff Burn was
called upon by the parents of the
youthful bride , who , they aver , Is but
1C years of age , to ask the elopers
bo arrested and 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 office with n friend whox
could swear to but a part of the an
swers required. Ho was informed of
the state of affairs and that the sher
iff of Yonkton county was looking for
him.
him.Ho
Ho lost no tlmo In further search
for witnesses , but jumped Into his rig ,
In which ho drove to Ynnkton , mnde
a speedy departure with Miss Nix for
HarMngton , Neb. , whore he hoped to
ouf \ the officers and the Incensed
PIT ts by getting a license and he-
inn -married before they could he ap
prehended.
HE WANTS DAMAGES OF S25.000
J. A. Anderson Sues His Father-In-
Law , John Berg , for that Amount
on Varlotte Counts.
Lincoln , Jan. 21. John A. Ander
son , formerly of Wavcrley , has filed
a sensational damage suit for $25,000
ngnlnst John Berg , his father-in-law ,
of the sixmo town. In substance the
plaintiff charges that Berg beat his
( Anderson's ) son Carl , a boy 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
while lying Kick from paralysis , caused
by being struck with n timber , Berg
jumped on him and beat him unmer
cifully and threw him out of the house
because ho had quoted the words of
the dying child.
The affections of his wife , Andor-
A
mm doclnroH , were alienated by the
( lofoiiiliuil In numerous \vnya by de
claring lu her presence Mint HIO ! ought
to Imvo married n man with greater
moans and that the iilulntlfi' ought to
have nioro inonoy than ho bail.
This persecution , Anderson nays ,
contlnnod until ho lost his job IIH
bridge carpenter with the Burlington ,
the defendant sending the foreman of
the gang n letter that the plaintiff had
deserted his family and refused to
Hiipport them. . At this tlmo Anderson
Hays , ho was thrown out by his falhor-
ln-la\v and not permitted to llvo with
bis wife.
THERE IS GOOD TRADE IN.WEST
Activity Thus par In 1904 has Exceed
ed Expectations In Some Lines.
Demand Solid and Promising.
Chicago , .Ian. 21. The general
wholesale trade in the central west
Is solid and of the promising sort. In
many lines the activity thus far In 1001
has exceeded expectations. This is
especially true of the grocery and dry
goods trade. In the general grocery
trade the present business Is very no
ticeably above the normal , ami In sta
ples the activity is pronounced.
In the Iron and steel branches the
years' beginning is very propitious
and scarcely any part of the Industry
reports other than most encouraging
prospects for at least six months to
come. Producers of agricultural Im
plements , wire and nails also report
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 fireman at the state convention
reached 1507 at noon. Of this number
about 100 wore now members , whoso
applications wore accepted since yes
terday. The credential committee re
ported n long list of delegates at this
morning's session , which was made
up ns the roster of the convention.
The attendance Is said to be the larg
est of any convention the state volun
teer firemen's association has over
held.
held.The
The business proceedings yesterday
closed at noon , when an adjournment
was taken until 0 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
ti.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 all the
visiting firemen.
J. A. Scheldt of Beatrice , who was
n 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 Bailer
of Nebraska City took the chair while
President Hartford road his annual re
port The president said ho had vis
ited a number of towns In the north
ern part of the state where there are
flro departments but which are not
. ; , Denied at this meeting. A good
many of those departments ho assert
ed , nro not collecting any insurance
tax and not getting all the privileges
they are entitled to. Mr. Hartford
thought this was owing to lack of or
ganization.
A list of topics assigned for papers
during the convention was rend , 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 tlx the
date of the tournament. He 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 financial report and the state
ments of the treasurer and commit
tees of the association were given to
the convention this morning.
The district court room was crowd
ed beyond the limit of Its sentlng en-
paclty when the convention was called
to order for the first tlmo. The badges
of the delegates made the chamber
look like a royal audience hall filled
with noble personages.
DAKOTA EDITORS IN SESSION
Annual Meeting of the Press Associa
tion Began in Sioux Falls Today.
Interesting Topics.
Sioux Palls , S. D. , Jan. 21. The an
nual meeting of the South Dakota
Press association which began bore
today Is the largest in point of at
tendance over hold by the association.
A wldo range of subjects of interest
both to the editorial and business
management of newspapers was dis
cussed during the day and among the
speakers were several eastern adver
tising agents. 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 nn 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 News : Kor about an hour after
noon today n largo part of the rosl-
donco portion of Lindsay WIIH threat
ened by lire , and but for the heroic
work of the bucket brigade many people
ple would undoubtedly now he home
less.
less.The
The residence belonging to J. P.
Johnson caught lire from a defective
fine while dinner was lu course of
preparation and the house was quick
ly completely destroyed. There WIIH
another residence property within
twenty feet of the burned residence
and the Humes and burning cinders
were hurled toward It by the strong
wind that prevailed and for a Iliuo
It wns thought It would ho impossible
to save It from destruction , and If It
had caught , n largo portion of the res-
h'enco part of town would undoubt
edly have been burned.
Asked Aid of Humphrey.
When It was thought that It would
bo Impossible lo keep the Humes from
taking a largo portion of the town a
message wan sent to Humphrey for
the chemical engine of that place mid
for members of Iho lire department.
The Northwestern was also asked to
have a special In readiness to bring
the engine and firemen. Both quick
ly responded lo the appeal and there
would shortly have boon a special
carrying the Humphrey department
and their apparatus to the scene of
the lire , but the Lindsay flro fighters
found they could prevent the flames
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 anil with buck
ets of water put out the flying embers.
The people of Lindsay whoso homos
were threatened feel grateful to the
members of thobucket brigade for their
prompt and vigorous work and they
wish The N' ' > ws to express their hear
ty appreciation to the Humphrey flro
department as well as to the North
western ofilelalH1 who made such
prompt respoiibo to their hMJinl for
assistance.
Protective Tariff League.
Now York , Jan. 21. The American
Protective Tariff league hold Its an
nual meeting hero today , chose new
officers and commltteemen and dis
cussed plans for the future work of
the organization. The most Important
labors of the league will he directed
toward creating public sentiment
against reciprocity. The ratification
of the Cuban reciprocity treaty Is a
sore disappointment to the organiza
tion , but , as sot forth in the speeches
before todays meeting , 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 , Almor Hicks ,
guided the officers to a haystack
north of Cherokee and delivered to
them $70,000 of securities which the
cracksmen hid in n 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 hank robbers , loft yes
terday morning for Chicago , where
he will report to his chief and suggest
that four or five Pinkortons besides
himself be sent out hero to look after
the ycggmon.
Mr. Smith came In from Cherokee
this morning , after seeing Aimer
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 and pleaded guilty to bur
glary last Saturday , Hicks 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
bank paper the night of the robbcory.
In charge of Sheriff Hognn and Do-
tcctivo Smith , Hicks piloted them tea
a hapstack where all the securities
were found Intact. On the way ho
talked about the robbery , admitting
ho wns the ono who handled the nitro
glycerine.
"Wo wont out of Sioux City the
night of December 15 on the flyer
which loaves hero at 7:30"said : Hicks.
"Wo got off all four of us at Cher-
okeo ami then walked down to Qiilm-
by , arriving thorn shortly after mid
night Everybody In the town up-
toured to bo uslcop. Only two lights
wore visible unil those idiono from the
itllco of the hotel. Wo wore HiieaklnK
ip the iitreet toward the bank when
i young follow , whoso name I after
ward learned was Johnny llnnnan , re
turning from a dunce , onmsod In front
if us. I know wo ought to Imvo him
nuzzled , for ho appeared lo ho the
inly person at Qulmby awake. Ho I
lollnrod at him to hold up a bit and
talk to me. Ho took one look nt ns
and then cut and run. It was a good
thing for him that ho did , for wo In-
londod to bind and gag him and lock
ilm In a box car. Tim hey llew Into
the hotel and the llghln went out Im
mediately. Well , wo went on and
tackled the hunk , two of the hoyn
watching the hotel cloudy for wo
feared that the kid might arouse iiomo
of the guests and start for us with
guns. But I guess ho went to had
and kept ipilet for nothing happened ,
oven after the three or four explo
sions at Iho bank. "
Charley Whlto , the Slotiv City gam
bler , commented on the fear of the
Qulmby citizens.
"An a matter of fact the burglars
are n darn sight worst ) wared of the
citizens Mum Iho oltlzemi nro of the
burglars , hut the cits don't know Mint , "
he said. "That night In Qulmby 1
was nfrnld every minute iioinehody
would open lire on us , ami If they
had I don't doubt that I'd led the re
treat. "
Dunning and Wicks were milieu and
had little to say. They took their
sentence harder than Whlto and
Hicks. The latter Is a well educated
man , Detective Smith says , and very
companionable , with a sense of hu
mor well developed.
Wilson , ( ho fifth man arrested In
KniiBiu. ! City , Is still In jail , suffering
from delirium tremens. Nt ) charge
has been palced 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 that forty-bolow-zoro
weather would wander around In this
direction , " said ( loorue Schwenk , the
iceman , "wo would possibly got In a
second crop of the crystallized niiua
before the sunshine of the sprlngtlino
returns to create a demand for our
commodity and n lark of Its supply. "
The first freeze of the year enabled
the Icemen of this section to get In
one crop. It Is now very necessary
that some more of the frosty typo < > f
atmosphere should get Into the game
HO that the refrigerators next summer
will not linve to stand out on ttio hack
porch waiting in vain for the man on
tho'back of the wagon who weighs
out the ice.
The Schwenk Ice houses In Hlvor-
sldo addition are pretty well filled. A
largo number of other Ice houses , In
cluding the various boor vaults and
the Dexter cold storage plant , remain
yet IcolcsB.
George Stalcop has the contract for
filling most of these and has prepared'
a place In the Norfolk river above the
sugar factory dam where ho gets a
clean , clear quality. It makes a haul
of about two miles. Mr. Stalcop has
not started In the lining of the vaults ,
vaults.
The tlmo of year is still young
enough If4 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 a little hit too
far up Into the skies for just the
porfcctest sort of ico. While It will
freeze solid at any old tlmo of the
year that brings 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
nro not HO 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
Ainsworth , Neb ,
Charles Mlllncr , a prominent attor
ney from Fairfax , S. D. , was In Nor
folk this morning enrouto homo from
Ainsworth , where he has boon In con
nection with the habeas corpus case
of Thomas S. Seals and Chris Sorton-
son. Seals and SorteiiRon 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 ono which has
boon running for some tlmo.
Debs 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 ,
and predicted that the great struggle
between capital and labor will even
tually end In government ownership
of public utilities.
"Tho 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 Desperadoes Held
Four Men Off With Rapid Firing
Revolvers , the Other Two Looted
the Safe Seven Exploslorm.
Mol.ean , Neb. , Jan. 20. It IH
bought that Mm authorities now have
i eluo ( o Iho four robbers who looted
ho McLean Htnlo bank early yoslur-
lay morning. .Four men got off ( ho
Short Line train from Sioux City Iho
light before and they nro sunpoi'tod.
Wlillo two of the rohhorn with rap-
d firing revolvera nlood elf four ell-
ZOIIH who were iirmod with double
mrrolod shotguns , Iho other two went
UHlile and il.Mininllod the safe.
llnl Iho persistent and nolny demon
stration made by the cltlzomi hurried
he robbers HO mui'h that they depart-
id leaving $1,201) ) In the Inner com-
mrlmont of the safe.
Still firing hullelH ill Iho clllznim ,
ho withers' rot rented to the uoulli
mil disappeared In the diirknomi.
I'horo are only about twenty men in
lie town and only four wore present
o resist a llko number of denpornto
mrglnrs. No ono WIIH hurt by the
fuiisllndoH but Iho whole village WIIH
cringing In terror.
Seven Explosions.
There wore seven explosions , nitro
glycerine being used freely. Itev. Mr.
Moo , pastor of the Methodist church ,
WIIH Iho Urn ! to bo aroused. His homo
s about 110 yni'ds from the hunk , llo
vent to the residence of Emll Hoehler ,
igeut for Iho HdwnrdH Bradford
oiupany , and hard warn donlorii bore.
I'lio two got PhurloH IliirrowH. hotel-
{ ooper , and CJoorgo Jeiikti , a traveling
minimum from Sioux City , ami pro
ceeded to the hardware Htoro and
irmod IhonmolvoH with Hliotguns.
1'holr present' ! * on the slreols liad not
loon observed , and when they began
Irlng In the direction of the bank lo
H'lng the rohbcni Into the open two
if the bandits came out and fired vol-
ey after volley nt the citizens.
Mcnnwhile the two robbers libido
irocoeded with their work ami worked
'or some time , hut finally gnvo It up
mil lotreated.
Work , on Safe.
The robbers went nbo.nl their work
lollborntoly. A base burner with a
flowing lire Blood right In front of M0 |
safe. Evidently fearing an explosion
would knock the stove down and sot
Ire to ( ho building , thus thwarting
their plnns , the burglars carried water
from n nearby well , extinguished the
flro , removed the stove pipe , and sot
the steve to one slilo.
Operations wore Mien begun on the
safe. The big door was blown elf , ) ml
the inner door was tough. The best
hey could do was lo bom ! it up from
the bottom , making an nperturo about
'our inches wide. Try Ihoir best they
could not innko the opening any great
er. A crowbar , which with ether toohi
mil been stolen from the blacksmith
shop of Fritz Kodoek , was used to
try open this stubborn door , and whan
the crowbar broke the robbers had
exhausted their resources. They then
mil to roach through this awkward
) poulng and extract the money. All
they could reach was $500 , and had to
desert the place leaving $1,200 behind.
If the robbers had chosen the night
icforo for their depredation they
might have fared hotter. There wns
then about $5,000 In Iho safe. Yostor-
lay a shipment of currency was mndo
to the bank's Sioux City correspond
ent , nud sovornl largo chocks were
paiil off on that day.
Money Bent.
Some of the money which the bur
glars could not roach felt the effects
of the explosives. Coins were bent
and hills mutilated. The inonoy which
was left was today placed in a hank
at 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 State hank was orga
nized In 1001 , with $10,000 capital.
Its deposits have run largo and It has
had a very prosperous existence. The
officers are : President , Cliff A. Smith
of Washta , la. ; vice president , E. V.
Barnes of McLean ; cashier , A. H. Me-
Council of McLean. One of the di
rectors is W. T. McConnell of Wash
ington Springs , S. D. , president of
the Wosslngton Springs National
bank.
"LET US START FROM TODAY"
A Prominent Local Grain Man Sug
gests That Tomorrow the Rose
bud Will be Filled.
"I should ho heartily in favor of
the projected trip up the Bonostool
line , " fmld n prominent grain man this
morning. "It strikes mo ns a good Idea
ami one which the whole city shoultl
tnko hold of. Now more than over be
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 nosy iiorthwcs
whii an- only iinxloiiM lo como hero If
hry won- but Invited. Now In Iho
line ( hat wo miiHl get nequalntod with
lint country or novur. Now It lit a
voimg country. Llko nil things obio ,
'imnlrloH have Imbllii. A city has Hit
uililtH and peculhirlthiM JIIH ! IIH do
leoplo. Some towns are Mouuilngly
rn/y. Homo are coiiHorvallvo. Homo
ire nil for HportH and no mo till for
inslnoHS. So It hi with u noctloii of
oimlry. The now uorlhwoHl IH Jmit
loglunlng lo grow. Llko an Infant
HIll ! , II hi ready to form Homo norl of
uihlt or another. It In a great land
mil IIH noon an It hi filled wllh people
t will ho no doubt out ) of Iho grout-
nl MoclloiiH of proiiperlty lu the world. I
s'orl'olh can help that now northwest. -
Norfolk can nud will bo of mirvlco to
ho upbuilding of the new northwest.
Within a few wi'okti , perhaps , the
tosehud roKorvntloii , wllh UH 110,000
icron of choice , rich hmd will ho
brown open to Holtlumonl. It moans
nneli to Mm entire west. And It
uonim far more lo Norfolk , Nebraska ,
irovldliig It IH properly treated , Mum
I does ( o any oilier city In Iho United
Slntos. Now IH Iho time for Norfolk
o get busy. Tomorrow theme thou-
tnndu of HolllorH will have rimliod In
mil they will go lo whatever trading
mint their neighbor ! ) hnvu been uc-
'imlomoil | o. | nnilco by Iho record
if Mm hotel rcglHtc.ru In Norfolk that
nero of ( hone people are coining to
Norfolk every day of their llvoa. Yet
iinny do not. Lnt us got together.
, el UH Hlnrt from today forgot the
OH ( , and have n hand In Mie building
if n now Norfolk. Let's do It now. "
THEY WANT TO COME TO NORFOLK
3corge D. Dnyhn , Prominent In Nlo-
brnrn , Snyo They l-lke to do
Shopping Here ,
When ( icorgo ( ! . llnylm , who Is ono
if the boHt known men In Iho country
ironnd Nlohrnrn , WIIH In Norfolk thin
vooh , ho calk'd on n number of bin
tld tliini frlomlH and talked about
IhlngM In general for just a llttlo
while , llo arrived on the morning
rain nl ( i o'clock , transacted his husl-
IOSH anil returned lo Nlohntni at a
Itllo after ! ! o'clock the HIUIIU after-
iiion.
To ono of Iho men ho met , Mr.
laylm said : "It Is absolutely correct
lint the people of Nlohrnra. and of
liat whole country to the north and
west of tills place , would n whole lot
ather roino to Norfolk to do their
trading than ( hey would to go to
Oiiialm or Sioux City. It Is true , too ,
that n lot of them haven't been stop-
ilng in Norfolk who advantageously
night , but they are going lo do It
fit-ii ror , < - on. . . < , * * ff
"Now , for Instance , I came down
lere this morning. I might have gone
to Omaha to do the same business.
It cost mo ? 1.'JO and I'll get hack homo
ibout the middle of this afternoon. It
would have cost mo $9.20 more for
ullrond faro to go ( o Omaha ; It would
lave taken until tomorrow afternoon
o gel hack homo , adding the expense
if a hotel and a day's lime to that.
"Wo people ulI like Norfolk. Wo
oall/.o that the Interests which nro
Hirs arc the interests of Norfolk. Wo
appreciate the fact that wo can como
n here , got through trading and re
turn just twenty-four hours ahead of
) thor markets and we know a good
thing.
"There nro some drawbacks , how-
over. Norfolk doesn't seem to realize
what there Is up In our country for
t If the town would only roach out
a glad hand. A good many people on
that morning train today were going
to Omaha lo lake advantage of some
of the special sales that wore adver
tised. Norfolk will have to learn to
go after n big outside trade In the
same way that other cities do before
she will got all that ought to bo coin
ing this way. "
To Judge Powers and John II. Hays ,
Mr. Bnylm spoke very nicely of The
News In Its now ontsldu territory
edition. "Wo are reading It Instead
of Omaha papers to quite an extent , "
said Mr. Uaylm , "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.
.Jackson , Neb. , Jan. 20. Hanker Kear
ney has put In force a now Idea for
the discouragement of bank robbers
In his neighborhood , bv mirchnsintr
a half dox.cn good shotguns , each In
a canvas case , supplied with a oltb
full of buck shot cartridges. These
guns Imvo been distributed to a num
ber of determined men who llvo near
the hank , and nro to ho used In case
of an attack on the bank. The state
association , of which Mr. Kearney is
a member , offers a standing rownrd
of $500 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 nro trained on
them. "An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure , " and any en
terprising burglar wishing to see a
real Interesting time , can call at Jack
son most any old tlmo and bo accom
modated.