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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NKWS..1OURNAL. FRIDAY , MARCH 22. 11)12. ) \ U. C. T. Election Held. Officers ( or the coining year wore elected mid liiHlallcd Saturday evening nt thu mi'.otlng of the Norfolk coun cil No. 120 , IIH follows : Senior councilor , E. E. Miller ; jun ior councilor , F. L. Cunimlngs ; past councilor , C , L. Chaffeo ; secretary- troiiHiirur , George 11. Spear ; conduc tor , 8 , A , Eraklno ; page , M. W. lloo- lie ; Bontlnol , F. U. Lowry ; delegates to the Grand Council nt Beatrice In May C. L , Chaffoo , K. K. Mlllor and 1' . 11. Heels ; alternates 0. II. Taylor - lor , E. C. Englo and A. 10. ChainhcrR ; oiocutlvo committee for two years II. M. CulbcrtHon , William W. Mo- Hart ; for ono year , J. F. Dunhavcr and Samuel II. AndurBon , Working on Y. M. C. A. Work IIIIH begun on the Interior of the Y. M. G. A. building. About a dozen local carpenters started opera tions In the Interior of the building yesterday. The partition ! ) are being constructed , but how long this work In to continue IB not known. The car- pentern now at work arc- donating their services to the cause and are taking advantage of the slump in their regular work. The building rush will soon be on. There Is now $11,000 In the fund an the result of the snowball cam paign. About $4,800 of this amount Is pledged on condition that $15,000 Is raised by April 1. The actual amount of money collected during the tag day campaign Is $170. The solicitors held a joint mooting with the executive committee In the Commercial club rooms. Hereafter on Tuesday and Friday of each week the Y. M. C. A. workers are scheduled to meet In the club rooms to discuss the proposition of raising the remaining $4,000. H. A. Allen a Candidate. Atkinson , Neb. , March 18. Special to The News : H. A. Allen of this city filed for the nomination at the primaries in April as State Senator In the Twenty-fourth district , mdo up of Uoyd , Garfleld , Holt. Key Palm and Wheeler counties. Mr. Allen Is ono of the early settlers in this sec tion of the state and is well known In political circles , having served sev eral times In the lower house of the state legislature , his last service being ing in the last legislature. Threatened His Wife ? Nelight , Neb. , March 18. Special to The News : Ed Rasmussen was arrested Saturday night by Sheriff Bennett , Chief of Police Nichols and Officer Jackson , for drunk and dis orderly conduct , and was taken to the Antclopo county Jail where he will remain until some time today. According to the officers , Mrs. lias mussen stated that her husband was cruelly treating his horses , and she remonstrated in his actions. She says that ho threatened her with a pitch fork and chased her around the barn. The officers say that the wife will file charges against him. Emerson Woman n Victim. St. Louis , Mo. , March 18. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Webster of Emerson , Neb. , testifying in the trial of E. G. Lewis in the United States district court on charges of using the mails to defraud , said she invested ? 1,210 in the Lewis Publishing company's 7 per cent notes. Of these $900 were of the unsecured issue. She also bought $120 of the preferred stock. All she over received in return , she said , was $ . " . . ' \ MONDAY MENTIONS. fi \ M. F. Harrington of O'Neill was here. here.D. D. Mathewson went to Wakefield on business. R. M. Peyton of Creighton was here on business. William Zutz of Hoskins was hero transacting business. W. C. Roland and A. Bucholz re turned from Omaha. Eugene Crook of Winner was hero transacting business. A regular meeting of the city coun cil wil bo held this evening. H. M. Snyder , ono of the prominent traveling salesmen , has just accepted Earl Ransom , who has been suffer ing from an attack of tonsllltis is able to bo out. Miss Audrey Elliott and Mrs. Mary Palmer of Sioux City are the guests of Mrs. Palmers parents Mr. and Mrs J. C. Wenrlck. D. J. Sheean of Ogden , Utah , spen Sunday with George Williams. Mrs. Henrietta Breltinger returnee : to her homo nt West Point after sev eral weeks visit here-with her sister , Mrs. Louise Asmus. The regular spring vacation of i week is being enjoyed by state uni versity students. Among those In Norfolk are : Louis Logan , Glndy Weaver , Susan Gillette , Donald Mape Edwin Macy , Donald and Charle Bridge. Harry Witt , who has been laid up In his home at South Norfolk almos the entire winter , will be able to be back at work in about two weeks. Miss Susana Kplpenbrock of Oma ha , formerly contest clerk in the land office at Gregory , has accepted n position as stenographer in the Norfolk National bank. O. J. Steffen has resigned his po sition as bookkeeper with the Nor folk Long Distance Telephone com pany and has accepted a position In the Davis cigar store. R. D. Speece has been promoted to the agency of the Standard Oil com pany at Emerson , Neb. Ray Bonish succeeds Mr. Speece in the Standard Oil company's employ here. The following democrats have been elected as the city central commit tee : First ward , Art J. Koonlgsteln ; Second ward , Carl Wilde ; Third ward , August Kaun ; Fourth ward , Fred W. Koerber. a position with Lindeke , Warner & Sons , a St. Paul dry goods house. For the past nine years Mr. Snyder has represented a St. Joseph house. His friends will bo glad to know that ho continues In this territory. District Commercial Manager M. J. Sanders of the Nebraska Telephone company went to Minneapolis to at tend a joint convention of Nebraska and northwestern district telephone managers. Mr. Sanders Is scheduled to discuss a paper on "Local Connec tions. " Dr. C. S. Parker returned from Om aha where he went to attend a meetIng - Ing of the executive committee of the state dental association. The meetIng - Ing was held to arrange for the next annual meeting of the association. Dr. Parker Is chairman of the executive committee. The funeral of E. G. Hellman , the usher of the ntnto penitentiary who was killed by three convicts last week , took place at Lincoln Monday. Among the Norfolk friends and relatives at tending the funeral are : Mrs. Mary Leubcko , Miss Llbbe Hellman , Ben Heckotidorf , Miss Laura Heckendorf. C. L. Huntley , a civil engineer of Oklahoma , who has been associated with City Engineer H. H. Tracy for the past six months , has filed for the nomination for county engineer at Madison. Mr. Huntley Is a republi can. He came to Norfolk from Okla- homo where he has been doing sur veying on a largo scale. One of the tramps taken from freight trains by the authorities this morning was Mike Murphy , the tramp witli whom Detective Peter Jolly had a desperate fight in the dispatcher's office at South Norfolk last summer. Murphy was well dressed and refused to recognize any of the other tramps taken from the trains. He declared ho was traveling alone. All of the men were ordered out of town after they were examined by Sheriff Smith. Among the day's out-of-town visit ors In Norfolk were : R. M. Peyton , Creighton ; G. W. Hackler , Winner ; A. R. York , Atkinson ; Thomas J. Malone - lone , Enola ; Minnie Reeves , Madi son ; M. C. Beck , Dallas ; Todd Hoov er , Battle Creek ; F. R. Kellogg , El gin ; T. J. Sslechta , Stanton ; Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Davis , Madison ; R. Kiicas ; Foster ; E. M. Barber , Plain view ; Fred Smith , WInside ; I ) . A. Nyspsell. Nellgh ; P. J. Mullen , Fairfax ; Ludwig - wig Ilorst , Fairfax. Seven tramps were rounded up Monday morning in railroad yards by Sheriff C. S. Smith and Constable John Flynn , who are not taking any chances in allowing the three Lin coln murderers to escape through Nor folk. Three tramps were taken from a freight train which the train crew stopped in the city after a little troti bio with the travelers who refused to get off the train. Sheriff Smith has the official descriptions of the three murderers and a diligent search is being made throughout this part of of the country for the men. Funeral of Mrs. S. G. Dean. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Silas G. Dean took place at 2:30 : Sunday afternoon in First Meth odist church. Rev. J. W. Klrkpatrick had charge of the services. Inter ment was made in Prospect Hill cemetery tery where the Order of Eastern Star had charge of the burial services. The pallbeareis were : E. J. Rix , R. C. Simmons , John Lynde , sr. , E. B. Tay lor , C. J. Hlbben , G. Halversteln. Martha L. Spauldlng was born in Wntaga , 111. , Aug. 30 , 1850. On Feb. 27 , 1873 , she was united in wedlock to Silas R. Dean , in the town of her birth. To this union two sons were born. Willis E. and Harry L. Willis died on March 19 , 1S9C , and Harry died on Nov. 12 , 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Dean lived in Illinois until 1S7S when they moved to Kansas. On March 20 , 1882 , they came to Norfolk and have lived hero ever since. A few months ago , Mrs. Dean with her husband went to California for a few months' sojourn. Last Sunday afternoon she suffered a stroke of paralysis from which attack she nev er recovered. She passed away peace fully at 10:40 : last Thursday night. Besides her husband , two sisters , Mrs. Gertrude Hlpsley of Canton and Mrs. Hattlo Powell of Thompson , In. , are left to mourn her loss. Mrs. Dean became a member of the Methodist church twenty-five years ago and has been a faithful church worker all her life. Her death is deeply mourned by many Norfolk people. Among the relatives present at the funeral were Mrs. Addle Powell , Thompson , la. , a sister of Mrs. Dean ; S. J. Whitehead , of Kansas City , a nephew of Mr. Dean. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Snyder and Mr. and Mrs , Jos eph Allbcry of Omaha were also present. Man Is Shot at a Dance. Pierce , Neb. , March -IS. Special to The News : Fred Clirisman , aged 20 , living a mile and a half northeast of McLean , Neb. , has a bullet in his hip as a result of a row at a dance in McLean Saturday night. Frank Era- mlck of Randolph is in jail at Pierce , for the shooting. Four young men drove from Ran dolph to McLean for the dance. They were : Ray Jones , Clifford Snyder , Vernlo Snyder and Frank Emmick. A quarrel arose and these four , with a squad of McLean young men , withdrew - drew from the hall where a fight started. Frank Emmick opened flro on the McLean crowd , shooting three bullets nt them. The Randolph crowd then ran to their team and drove home. Sheriff Goff arrested Emmick at Randolph yesterday morning. Emmick did not know till arrested that he had shot anybody. Ho had In his overcoat pocket a 22-callber revolver with a barrel about a foot long. The cause of the row is not known. Emmlcks * parents live In Minnesota. Ho has been working on a farm near Hartlngton. Trouble Began Friday. Randolph , Neb. , March 18. Special to The News : As a culmination of n series of drunken brawls and fights at McLean Friday and Saturday , a number of men are nursing sere lieads , black eyes and other bruises , and Fred Chrlsman Is under the doc tor's care with a bullet in his hip. On Friday , about forty men , under the Influence of liquor engaged In n free-for-all fight In which beer bottles tles , fists and other Implements wore freely uaod , with more or loss damag ing results to the participants. On Saturday night at the close of a dance , another fight was started on the street between parties who were Bill ! nursing n grudge from the af fairs of the day before. While a largo crowd wore gathered about watching the contest , Frank Emmick , standing at a distance , drew his re volver and fired three shots Into the crowd , ono of which struck Fred Chrlsman In the hip. Dr. Kcrlcy was summoned at once and probed for the bullet but was not able to locate It. The wound Is a very serious one but the patient is In no Immediate danger. Sheriff Goff , of Pierce and Consta- bio J. J. Carroll , of Randolph , were on the scero early Sunday morning and located the guilty party at the Snyder farm between McLean and Randolph. He was arrested and tak en to Plerco at once whore he will nwalt trial. Sugar Drops 10 Cents. New York , March 18. All grades of refined sugar were reduced 10 cents a hundred pounds today. South Norfolk. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wolfe , Saturday , a son. Mrs. Guy Pickerel and two child ren left for Lynch a few days ago. to remain while her parents are in Ft. Pierre , having received a message of the dangerous illness of their dau ghter , in a hospital there. Miss Lenoro Moollck arrived home from Omaha last evening where she spent the pdst 10 days with Miss Irene Cronemeyer. Mrs. Wolfe of Battle Creek visited at the home of her son , W. B. Wolfe , between trains Saturday evening. Frank Kroholer and William Roe- sche left for Bonesteel yesterday to set a tire on an engine. Ed Hyde stopped off here yester day for a brief visit at the home of his parents , enrouto from California to Missouri Valley , where he is work ing in the C. & N. shops. William Block of Verdigre , was here yesterday while on his way home from the western part of the state. Cannon Ball Roberts Here. The men who used to hold spell bound thousands of persons each year by lifting fifteen men , juggling can non balls and supporting tons of weight , is In , Norfolk. "Prof. " Rob erts , as he has been known to every circusgoer of the country , is schedul ed for a "turn" at the Auditorium , on which he has been rehearsing forever over four years , during which he has experienced some narrow escapes. Roberts has been with circuses ever since he was 1C years old. Ho has traveled all over the continent with Barnum & Bailey , Ringllng Bros. , Forepaugh , Sells and almost every other well known circus in this coun try. try."No "No , I have not quit the circus , ' said Roberts to a News man today. "I have a new turn which seems to take with the public and while the animals are getting ready to leave winter quarters I am giving the pub lic a new one. " Roberts is contracting with a van deville circuit for several months. A 3,300 automobile runs over him ; stops on top of him as he lies pros trate on the floor and starts and runs off again while his big muscles re main tense. All this without the slightest pain to Roberts. Five men are seated in the machine and he does not protest if more passengers are added to the list. His first turn in Norfolk is to be pulled off tonight in the Auditorium. Recently Roberts suffered injurie to his neck because he allowed a 2,000 pound machine to drive over that part of his bulky frame. This accident happened at St. Louis ami ho declares the soreness is all gone and he would not mind trying It over again. "I am doing this to develop mj muscles , " said Roberts. "It keeps them In good form and I don't let the machine run over any part of my body where there nro no muscles. Roberts then displayed his bulky anklets where a machine had "skid ded , " damaging somewhat the flesh "That's ono reason why I like to have them run over my muscles in stead , " he explained. The car has often skidded over my body when 1 had a strange driver. " Herbert King is to drive the car tonight. Roberts is well known in athletic circles of the entire country. He was with Gotch and Jeffries on road work and he has had confidential chats with pugilists who say Flynn will give Johnson a surprise and maybe a defeat when these two men meet. Vandals Enter Dederman Home. While the family were In town Sat urday afternoon , unknown persons en tered the farm house of Oscar Deder man , near Norfolk , and did consid erable damage to the furniture. The piano was besmeared with plum but ter , flour was emptied on the stair way , a china closet was broken and other damage done. What the motive for the vandalism was , has not been learned , J. Baum Hurt. J. Baum is suffering from two fractured ribs as the icsult of being run down by a Cottage Grove car on the corner of Wabash avenue and Monroe street in Chicago last Wed nesday. Besides the Injuries to his ribs , Mr. Baum received a slight In- lury behind the ear. Mr. Baum had lust returned from n visit to n hos pital where a sick relative was con- 'ined. He got off the car and was passing across the tracks behind It , U the same time taking notice of an approaching wagon. Before ho crossed the tracks a car on the same ilno coming In an opposite direction , struck him. Ho returned home and Is In the care of a physician. Dr. F. L. Frink up for Congress. vo , . in. ior congress in uiu mini JNO- ka district , was in Norfolk Mon day. day.H H was reported last week that Dr. Frlnk was a candidate for state rcpro- sontatlve , but this was in error. It is the congressional race that Dr. Frlnk has entered. Dr. Frlnk Is considered a strong candidate and It is believed ho would glvo Congressman Stevens a hard race. Joe Cook of Fremont Is the only other republican who has filed. The Milwaukee Into Norfolk ? Omaha Bee : The report from Chi- caugo announcing that during the next year the Milwaukee Railroad company will spend $15,000,000 on new work and In Improving Its road bed Is taken to mean much for Om aha. aha.The The next work In view and which is said to mean more for Omaha than either of the others , is the building of a line through Nebraska to the northwest. It is also said that the work will be commenced this springer or summer. People who claim to know , say that the right-of-way from Omaha to Nor folk , secured last summer by the Ne braska Traction company , will be turned over to the Milwaukee and that the road will be built on this survey. From ono source the report comes that from Norfolk the Milwau kee will build to Yankton , there con necting with its Jim river Jine , which runs to Aberdeen and there connect ing with the Puget sound line. The other report is that after leaving Nor folk the line wil run northwest , tapp ing the Chamberlain branch and go ing over It to Rapid City and thence north through the western tier of counties of South Dakota to a point on the Puget sound line not yet de termined. Claims Rosebud is For Egan. Fairfax , S. D. , March 15. Editor News : Hon. George W. Egan of Sioux Falls , candidate for governor on the republican ticket in the state of South Dakota , spoke to a large and enthusiastic audience in this city , it being the largest crowd that ever assembled in this city nt a political meeting. Mr. Egan is a very forceful and con vincing speaker , and the largo audi ence present gave him their closest attention for one hour and forty-five minutes. Mr. Egan will carry the Rosebud country at the June primary by a laigo majority. A News Reader. Steam Rollers. New York Herald : Here is the Roosevelt committee again resorting to old fashioned methods. This time it is the voice of the colonel himself , calling out in the wilderness for direct primaries , even though there should be a late spring , and summoning heaven to witness that the Taft machine is using , patronage against him in the south , even though the negro troopers at Brownsville were disbanded. Somehow it seems to have the sad ring of the cry of the hard loser. It makes all the difference about a "steam roller" whether you are driving it or are in front of it. The colonel has driven the "steam roller" so often that he cannot get used to the experience when some body else drives. He saw it go over Frank Black in 1S98. He saw it go ov er everybody in the Hanna old guard in 1904. Ho saw it go over Messrs. Foraker , Cannon , La Follette , Knox and Fairbanks in 1908. He drove it over Mr. Barnes and all his friends at Saratoga in 1910. "Did that country jay buy the watch ? " asked ono of the light fingered gentry of another nt the county fair. "Sure he did , " was the reply , "and he paid me in counterfit money ; and when I called the constable he proved to be a friend of the jay and I had to give the money back , too. But he kept the watch. " Cnesar Was Ambitious. Fremont Tribune : No longer than a year ago last fall at the Now York state convention a dictagraph hang ing in the convention hall at Sarato ga recorded a warm approval of the president's record by the colonel in his address to the embattled repub licans there and then In session. The colonel had accepted the chairman ship of the convention which he had compelled the delegates to "tender" him. He approved of Mr. Taft's work. He did it In no uncertain manner. Ho found his warrant for it in the things that had been actually achiev ed. It was logical and natural that he should do at the time Just what ho did. He took advantage of the situation in the way ho knows so well how to do. Again , the colonel Is game enough to declare that he will support the nominee , no matter whom he may be. There is no possibility of its being other than himself or Mr. Taft and little probability of it being other than Mr. Taft. A fair analysis of this situation justifies the conclusion that the can dldacy of Mr. Roosevelt is not war ranted. We had his endorsement of the Tnft administration only a year ago last fall. Now we have his de dared purpose to stand by Taft if the latter be nominated. A good rec ord deserves this treatment , and the colonel has fhown discrimination with respect to It. If ho really believed the record a failure he has stultified himself In endorsing It and pledging support If he himself falls. Only a bad record would warrant the cole nel's candidacy. Ambition leads many a mini to disregard logic and consist ency. Caesar was ambitious , and his old friend Brutus handed lilui his final reply. Dogs Being Poisoned. South Fifth street residents owning valuable dogs are up In arms over the recent dog poisoning campaign on the part of sotno malicious persons In that neighborhood. Several of the dog owners have visited local drug stores endeavoring to discover pur chasers of poison with which the dags have been killed. Four valuable dogs have been poisoned within the lost few ( days. James Gray is the loser of two flno bird dogs ; Earl Perry's pret ty pet dog and n valuable dog owned . by Paul Bnnkraht are among the vic tims. SHOE NOTES. Black and White Footwn r tha Smart Spring Fad. Some of the smartest of the new kid low cut shoos have whlto uppers , but shiny black hcols and a mere line of black kid about the top. An ultra smart model has the vamp of soft ilnlsh black and the uppers- side and back of whlto. The black heel will be seen on uomo of the white canvas and buckskin shoes In place of the tan or whlto covtred heel. heel.Tho The two piece skirt Is a pronounced favorite. It gives the seamless effect at front and back that is so much lik ed , it is simple and easily made , and It MODISH TWO PIKOB SKIM. bas. Indeed , almost every advantage to commend It This one can bo inado with pointed extensions on the front that lap into the buck and form a novel trimming or plain , just as preferred. JUDIO CHOLLET. This May Monton pattern is cut In sizes for misses of fourteen , sixteen and eight een years of age. Send 10 cents to this office , giving number , 733 , and It will bo promptly forwarded to you by mall. If In haste send un additional two cent stamp for letter postage , which Insures moro prompt delivery.Vhon ordering use coupon. No Size. Name Address AS TO A THIRD TERM. Brooklyn Eagle : On Juno 11 , 1901 , William McKinley , who had been reelected - elected for a second term and who Imd been urged by some republican leaders to stand for a third term , made the following announcement to the people through the newspapers , and himself handed it to the Washing ton correspondent of the Eagle that day : Executive Mansion , Washington , D. C. , June 10 , 1901. I regret that the suggestion of a third term has been made. I doubt whether I am called upon to give to it notice , but there are new questions of the gravest Im portance before the administration and the country , and their just con sideration should not bo prejudiced in the public mind by even the sus picion of the thought of a third term. In view , therefore , of the reiteration of the suggestion of it , I will now say , once and for all , expressing a long settled conviction , that I not only am not and will not be a candidate for a third term , but I would not accept a nomination for it if it were tendered to me. My only ambition is to servo through my second term to the accept ance of my countrymen , whoso gener ous confidence I so deeply appreciate , and then with them to do my duty in the ranks of private citizenship. William McKinloy. In September , 1901 , following this statement of June 10 , 1901 , President McKinley was assassinated and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt entered on his first term as president. After his election to a second term , in 1904 , President Roosevelt Issued his two renunciations of a third term. * None of these extracts needs any more comment than they make of themselves to any candid and intelli gent mind. President McKinley went to hla grave loved , lamented , trusted , honor ed and , wo hope , not yet forgotten Mr. Roosevelt has brought himself to the observation of the country with the results which the speech of inei Is not withholding from oxprcssloi at this time. In contrast with Mr. Roosevelt's equivocal attitude Mr. Cleveland's statement on the matter of a thin term has been recalled. In 1903 the Brooklyn Eagle began advocating the omlnatlon of ox-President Cleveland or another presidential term. This llclted a letter from Mr. Cleveland .ml . dated at Princeton , No\ ember 25 , 9011 , In which , after expressing his urprlse at such advocacy , as well s his appreciation of the compliment- ry responses it had evoked , ho said : In the midst of It all , and In full lew of every consideration presented , have not for a moment been able , ior am I now able , to open my mind o the thought that In any clrcum- tances or upon any consideration , I houUl over again become the nominee if my party for the presidency. My termination not to do so is un- \lterablo and conclusive. This you , t least , ought to know from me ; and should bo glad If thu Eagle were nadc the medium of its conveyance o the public. SOUTH DAK > TA AT A GLANCE. The Cheyenne river Is out of Its milks and doing a small amount of lamago at various points along Its course. Mrs. Ellen Clifford , aged 70 , an In sane woman , held the officers away torn her homo near Hlghmoro for wo weeks with two loaded shotguns. She was captured through the dollv- ry of a fake telegram. At a special meeting of the cltl- sens of Watertown a special com- nltteo which had been previously ap- lolntcd reported a comprehensive en dorsement of the commission plan of government. A vote may bo taken on he question this year. Tlu > annual state convention of the Y. M. C A. is in session at Huron. Many prominent men from various parts of the state arc In atttendance. What Is believed to be the head of : he last buffalo known to have exist ed In South Dakota Is on exhibition at Rapid City. It belongs to an In- lian. lian.G. G. C , Clausen of Armour was ar- ested and fined $50 on a charge of onductlng a pharmacy without the proper state pharmacy license. Fire of unkonwn origin completely ; lostroyed the homo of John Smith of Yankton. Mr. Smith ws at Fordyce , Neb. , on business at the time. A , bill has been introduced in con to increase the pension of L. S. Hyde of Gettysburg to $72 per month. He is blind and helpless. C. W. Rohror , chief of police at Pierre , has gone to Ran Francisco in charge of Lyle Wardell , a deserto from the United States navy. The commissioners of Sully county have authorized the purchase by the county of 25,000 bushels of seed grain to bo distributed to the farmers. number of townships in Stanley and Lyman counties built dams on hection lines across ravines where found and as a result an enormous reserve supply of water for stock and irrigation has been stored up. One of the most enthusiastic meetIngs - Ings ever held in Mitchell attended a good roads convention called by the Mitchell Commercial club. The Aberdeen Industrial league is planning to hold a homo products show some time next month. A good list ot exhibits is already promised. A fight against tuberculosis among the pupils of the government Indian school at the Cheyenne agency has be gun. Those affected will be given separate arate quarters. A scientific experiment farm may bo established in Brown county. Business men of Aberdeen and other towns are backing the move and it is expected that work will begin this season. The Milwaukee railway will carrj the case of C. B. Kennedy of Canton , who recovered double damages for the destruction of his hay crop by fire , to the supreme court to test the validity of the law permitting "double dam ages. " The militia companies of the state arc being put through a rigid inspec tion on account of the possibility ol their being sent to the Mexican bor der. Permission has been granted to the Rapid river irrigation and reservoir committee of Rapid City to use the waters of Castle creek for the irriga tion of 35,000 acres of land. Michael Moffit of Centerville , plead guilty to shooting and seriously wound ing Night Marshal Soren Johnson , and was sentenced to an indeterminate sen tcnce with a limit of five years. The Watertown Herald has been sold to C. H. Gunhus , by the East wood brothers. booster club at Sisseton has raised $0,000 toward the building of an interstate highway through that town. The Hartford Life Insurance com pany of Hartford , Conn. , has finally been granted permission to do bus ! ness in South Dakota. Firebugs set fire to the lumber mill and sheds nt Sturgls , causing a dam age of $2,000. The Meade County baiiK at Sturgis closed last fall by the state bank ex aminer , is again doing business. After a search for ono year , Charles Gordon , wanted in Sioux Falls for forgery , was arrested at Peoria , 111. Gov. Vessey has reappolnted F. II. Steward of Buffalo Gap , a member of the state live stock sanitary hoard. Gov. Vessey heads the list of La Fol- lette-Roosovelt progressive delegates to the republican national convention Lem Winter , a barber of Alpena , died at a Mitchell hospital from In juries sustained when he jumped from a moving train. Flro nearly destroyed the town of Buffalo , near Belle Fourcho , In the midst of a storm. Damage of $30,000 was incurred. Miss Lillian Putnam , employed in the Martin factory at Aberdeen , at tempted to commit sulcldo by taking carbolic acid. She had formerly serv ed a term in the Planklnton refonna tory. tory.Many Many Irrigation projects arc being started in the western part of the Btato In order that they may bo ready for the coming season. The numbering of the houses in Vermllllon has been completed and system of free mall delivery will bo Installed within a short time. An attempt to start a second luml- ness college at Watertown has reunit ed In a ll\oly scrap In which uomo of the newspapers are taking an ac tive part. Hutto county \\ns the first to respond spend to the call for state taxes and urned In almost 40 percent of the otal due from that county for the ntlro year. The Cheyenne river is to he bridged t several points In Pennlugton coun- y this summer. The county cominls. lenora will Insuo $35,000 worth of lends for this purpose. The now train service on the St. . .ouls line between Condo and Lolloiui s In operation. The prohibitionists of Drown county uul vicinity are planning a big meet- ng In Aberdeen on Thursday. About 30 members of the dumo- ratlc state central committee are In esslon at Mitchell. Aberdeen was elected for the state convention. W. H. Menzlo , of Geddes , offers u eward of $200 for the recovery of the > odles of Mr. and Mrs. Charless Dur- mm from the Missouri river before \prll 1. The couple wore drowned vhllo driving over the ice. Menzlo s Mrs. Durham's father. The new Methodist Episcopal church it Gettysburg was dedicated with special services and a big program. The building cost $110,000. U is likely that the big cyanide nill of the Mogul Mining Co. , at Pin- na , destroyed by flro recently , will jo rebuilt. The cost will be about 200,000. Gerrlt Van Hecs and John (5. Note- boom , of Sioux Falls , have been ar rested In connection with a "chariv- irl" in which considerable damage o property was done. The Yankton county commissioners mvo announced their willingness to co-operate In the building of the por- ion of the meridian road which Is slated to go through that county. Hie law firm of Philip & Waggoner , of Ft. Pierre , lias a member on each side of the fight for delegates to thi > national conventions. Philip is a re publican and Waggoner a democrat. The insurance companies doing business in the state are suing for an injunction restraining the state insur ance department from compelling the Issuance of annual statements of fi nancial condition. Miss Lllllo Putnam , who attempted suicide at Aberdeen recently , may re cover. She has been taken back to the state reformatory at Planklnton , from which Institution she was re leased a few weeks ago. Fred Schult/ and Oscar Anderson , , of Lead , are under arrest charged with perjury , committed when they swore Elsie Kalwat was over IS years old , to secure her marriage with Schultz. An organization of young men , simi lar In many respects to a commercial club , has been perfected at Mitchell. Train service on many lines in vari ous parts of the state has again been abandoned on account of the heavy snow fall. The executive committee of the South Dakota Intercollegiate athletic association has fixed the dates of the annual state track meet for May 2 ! and 25. Responses to the call for a state real estate men's convention at Aber deen on March 20 and 21 Indicate that the attendance will be unusually large. The city council at Watertown has called a special election for March 23 to vote on the question of adopt ing the commission plan of govern ment for that city. A reward of $200 has been offered for the reco\ery of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Durham , who were drowned In the Missouri when they attempted to drive cross on the ice some tlmo ago. Fred Schultz and Oscar Anderson , of Lead , have been arrested on a charge of perjury in connection with ago declarations in securing a mar riage license for the former. They swore that the bride-to-be was 18 and she was discovered to be only I. . An interstate trade of an unusual character is proposed in the nature of a request by the state game warden of Nebraska to the South Dakota war den asking a quantity of small mouth bass from Lake Andes for an equal amount of large mouth bass from the Nebraska hatchery. A class in camp cooking has been organized at the state college at Brookings for the benefit of engineer ing students and the military com pany there. The Commercial club nt Tyndall has taken steps to organize a concert band. United States Attorney Wagner has temporarily removed his quarters from Sioux Falls to Mitchell on ac count of repairs being done In the federal building at the former nlace. Small boys playing with matches started a bad flro .at Webster. Damage - ago was done to several buildings. A meeting of farmers was held last week at Wessington under the aus pices of the state grange. G. R. Malone of Presho , was the principal speaker. A special election wil bo held at Lake Preston on March 27 to decide the question of Issuing $5,000 worth of bonds for the improvement of the waterworks system. The annual meeting of the county auditors wil bo held at Plerro on March 20. This meeting Is required by law and the various counties pay the expenses of their auditors. The attorney general has handed down an opinion to the effect that of ficeholders In the state cannot remain In office longer than four years. Over 100 young business men of Mitchell have begun the organization of a commercial club. The drys won by u majority of 10 in the Ilcenso election at Bushncll , and that town will have to give up Its saloon for at least a year.