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BUBSTED LAMP THE CAUSE
Flame In the lliuiklnc Koom Were Stiuot
nff llaU War to the Cellini When
Kane rroinpt Work
Have ContURratlun
From Monday Daily
The Mast block had ft very narrow es
cape from flro lost night aud it it owing
to the good judgment nud preBouco of
inind of Night Watchman Ktino that
Jfao building iB not a iiiobs of ruins to
day About 880 Inst evening throe
traveling men were walking up the
street and when in front of the Norfolk
National bank which occupieB a part of
the lowor iloor of the Mast block thoy
raw llanies inside the counter stream
ing half way to tho ceiling They im
mediately yollod Fire which brought
Jvauo to tho scene almost instantly
Quick as thought ho took in tho situa
tion and tried to break iu tho front door
of tho bank Failing in this with tho
assistance of tho traveling men ho used
his body as a battering ram and sent his
feet through tho heavy plato glass iu
the door Through tho oponiug thus
wade ho went insido tho room now
llllod with smoke and using his ovor
coat ho commenced to whip out the
flames which ho sneceoded iu doing in
a very short time In tho meantime
someone had turned iu n tiro alarm
which brought the compauies to tho
sceno in a few moments but their serv
ices were not needed ns Kane had the
dlames chocked before they arrived
Tho fire originated from a lamp which
had boon left burning on ouo of tho
desks As tho electric lights only run
until midnight it is customary to leave a
lamp lighted iu the bauk all night so that
tho watchman may see in at any hour
aud know that everything is all right
The lamp was lighted last night as
usual early in the evening aud tho
supposition is that it must have exploded
as fragments of glass were found in the
vicinity of where the lamp stood Oil
had spread over the desk and run down
to the floor which was ablaze when dis
covered and deBk and floor were consid
erably charred If the fire had not beeu
seen for 10 minutes more it would have
made on ugly conflagration and probably
destroyed the whole Mast block
with perhaps some of the other buildings
adjoining
The loss was comparatively nothing
the broken plate glass in tho door and
the charred desk and floor being the
only damage to the bank When Kane
went through the broken door the jagged
vnds of glass caught his clothing and
placed his pantaloons beyond tho stage
of repair but the bank officials pre
sented him with a f 10 bill this morning
with which to purchase a new covering
for bis limbs
DOUBLE TRACK
JTurthwectern Railroad Will Have Due
Between Ouiaha aud Chicago
The Omaha Daily News of Saturday
contained the following concerning the
Northwestern systems double track be
tween Omaha ondOhicogo
The Northwestern railroad will have
the first complete double track between
Omaha and Chicago according to a state
ment made this morning by an official
of that road
Work on this proposition has been
under course of construction since last
summer and it is expected that the last
of the rails will be laid by July 1 or
possibly before In order to greater
facilitate thiH work the freight trains
will hereafter be run between Deuuisou
and Ames la by way of Sao City aud
Jewel Junction This will clear the
main line of everything except passenger
trains and local freights and thereby
afford more time for the work being
done
tween DonniBou and Aniep tho North
western has already comploted its doublo
track and this work ittbolng pushed with
all possible speed Tho sharp competition
botwoon roads running from Omaha to
Chicago has created awarm rivalry aud
when this piece of work is comploted the
Northwestern will claim tho best and
shortest routo between tho two cities
It is intimated that an outiro now
fast train will bo put on with tho com
pletion of tho double track that will
afford tho finest train service in the
west
WOMANS CLUB
rrolltahle Meeting In OIhu kc of the
Iloimehulil Kconomlc Department
The Womans club mot yesterday
afternoon at tho homo of Mrs Bullock
with about forty members prosont
After a short business session tho meet
ing was taken in charge by tho House
hold Economic department when a
niOBt oxcollont program was givon
Mrs Seymour gavo a talk setting
forth tho aims of the department
This was followed by a story on
Child Life told by Mrs llazeu in her
clear and delightful manner
Mrs McMillan discussed this subject
in hor earnest thoughtful way aud tho
mothers presout could not help being
benefited by hor talk
Mrs Hays read a very comprehensive
paper on Household Service which
was written by MrB Perry of Dcs
Moines
Tho meeting was favored with vocal
solos by Mebdumes Green Teal and
Snyder
This is tho firbt time the club hns had
tho opportunity of hearing the beauti
ful voices of Mrs Green and Mrs Teal
and their singing was much enjoyed by
all
Mrs Snyder Bang a lullaby by request
iu hor usual sweet nud gifted manner
Then followed demonstrations the
first of which was lettuce served wit
oil by Mrs Baum
Tho next was a chafing dish demon
stration of Virginia panned oysters
by Mesdames Reynolds Hays McBride
Seymour and Chapman
Tho next Household Economic meet
ing will bo Monday afternoon March 11
at Mrs Bakers Subjects Is House-
keeping a Failure Paper on
tic and Economic Furnishing
niMiiiuontl Louisiana An Ideal Health
it ml Wluter Ilort
The passenger deportment of the Illi
nois Central Railroad company has juBt
issued a now edition of Hammond
Louisiana as a Winter Resort a beau
tiful illustrated folder showing a few of
the winter attractions in and about
Hammond copies of which will be
mailed free on application to tho under
signed
For those in good or moderate circum
stance no point in the south oilers such
inducements The climate is unsur
passed The artesau water excellent
Society almost entirely northern and
the hotel aud boarding house accomoda
tions far superior to any town of its size
in the north and at moderate rates
J F Meiuiy
Asst Gen Pass Agt 111 Cent RR
Dubuque Iowa
Washington D O Genessee Pure
Food Co Le RoylJ Y Gentlemen
Our family realize so much from the
use of Grain 0 that I feel I must say a
word to induce others to use it If
people ore interested in their health arid
the welfare of their children they will
use no other beverage I have used
them all but Grain 0 I have found
superior to any for the reason that it is
Bolid grain Yours for health
C F Myers
David City Neb April 1 li00
Goueseo Puro Food Le Roy N Y
Geutlemeu I muBt say in regard to
Graiu 0 that there is nothing better
or healthier We have used it for years
My brother was a great coffee drinker
Ho was taken bick and the doctor said
coffee was the cause of it My brother
has been well over siuco we started to
With the exception of afew miles be- use it Youre truly Lilue Sochor
THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY MARCH 8 MK1
Grand Opening Sale of SHRIJIG FOOT WEAR
Beginning SATURDAY MARCH 23 and continuing for ONE WEEK ONLY
Wc will place on sale one of the Most Complete Lines of Footwear ever shown in Northeast Nebraska We have bought for this sale one thou
sand six hundred pair of SAMPLE SHOES which wc arc going to sell you at less than the manufacturers price It is not necessary for us to tell
you about the values we arc going to offer as our previous sale of Sample Shoes tell the story First come first served Positively no Sample
Shoes sold before above date as wc wish our patrons to all have an equal show Remember the date
NORFOLK SHOE COMPANY
POPULAR PRICED FOOTWEAR
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Carload of People From Hos
kins Leave This Morning
A COLONY AT ST ANTHONY
Have Speolal Car on the Union Inclllc
Extensive Improvement Heine Made In
the Overland Itoute Where It Croe
the Kocky Mountain
From Tiietdnys Daily
If n person were really going to leave
Nebraska no moro favorable time could
bo selected than a day like today when
a cold bleak wind is whistling across
the country from tho north while the
thermometer iB hovering near the zero
mark Tho weather today is the most
disagrooablo penetrating and chilling of
tho winter and if it were not that peo
ple know this climate has few such days
in tho course of the year there might be
an inducement for moro to leave tho
state I5ut tliefio discomforts of a
climatic nnturo aro Eoldom met with
here which is probably the more reason
why they aro felt so keenly when they
do come Nebraska weather as a gen
eral thing is far superior to that of any
other section of tho country This state
has an abundance of gonial sunshine
and while tho wind may occasionally
blow a little it is a cheerful bracing
breeze not laden with the fogs and rains
of the east tho malaria of the south
nor the dust of the west
But as stated at the outset if a per
son has really determined to seek his
fortune elsewhere this is the kind of a
day ho would want to go He could
curry with him tho memory of this
March wind aud when disagreeable
features in tho now climate ariso he
could recall his last day in Nebraska and
console himself with tho thought that
even though he has encountered worse
things yet he has escaped that wind
Such no doubt is tho thought of tho
people who aro todaytaklng advantage
of the homesoekers rates over the Union
Pacific among whom is a carload of
people from Hoskins who left on the
11 oclock train this morning for St
Anthony Idaho A special cor was at
tached to the regular train and the
party was in charge of A K Curts
traveling passenger agent of the Union
Pacific The party numbering J8 per
sons including tho children comprises
tho families of Chris Harrigfelt Fred
Ziemer August Garz Gust Whitneble
Andrew Johnson and A B Johnson
Quito a colony of HoskinB people is
already located at St Anthony where
they are engaged in farming fruit and
stock raising The movement was in
augurated some two years ago when
Geo Harrigfelt went to that country on
a prospecting tour deciding to locate at
the place named
PIERCE A MOUNTAIN
Eitentlve Improvement on the Onion
Iaclllo Acroi the Ilockle
The Omaha Bee of yesterday publishes
an article whloh shows what is being
done by the Union Pacific in the way
of reconstructing its line across the
Rocky mountains It was upon this
work that Owen Bros contractors of
this city were engaged all last season
and port of the season before Follow
ing is the article in part
According to the most reliable ad
vices that con be bad from the west the
new stretch of track which the Union
Pacifio has built across the summit of
the Rockies is completed and will be
come the main line of the road during
the present month The Bee reported
lost week that the lino was completed
with the exception of some truck work
within the Sherman hill tunnel and
that as soou as this was done the track
would be ready for use
The contract for this work was
awarded about a year ago and it was
thought that two years would bo re
quired to accomplish the undertaking
The improvement involved the laying
of a new track from Buford to Laramie
One Door West of Beeler Bros Norfolk Nebr
a distance of only about thirty miles
but requiring an expenditure of approx
imately 2500000 Tho officials havo
ropontodly refused to make public any
of tho details of tho improvement so
tho real cost can only be approximated
from tho figures which tho contractors
havo let drop from time to time
Naturally great results are to be ex
pected from such an expenditure of
money and these aro to bo found in tho
straightor track which has been built
in tho material decrease in the grade
and in the general improvement of the
lino through that section of Wyoming
The general pnblio has little idea of the
grade encountered in crossing the
Rockies To the layman gliding
smoothly nnd swiftly along in an ele
gant Pullman sleeper there comes no
accurate idea of the extent of the hill
climbing that the engine ahead is doing
The presentation of the figures even
does not call to mind any adequate real
ization of tho cost of every mile of that
climbing
But here are the facts The passen
ger leaving Omaha which has an alti
tude above tho sea level of lOil feet
goes almost directly west for a distance
of 519 miles when ho reaches Cheyenne
Wyo and finds that he is 0050 feet
above the sea lovel a gain of 5019 feet
The next nineteen miles to Granite
Canyon he is carried up 1200 feet
higher The seven miles to Buford are
traversed and the elevation has increased
450 feet being then 77GI above tho sea
Sherman is seven miles beyond and is
the summit of tho Rockies on the Union
Pacific The track climbs 481 feet in
that seven miles The drop down the
western slope is almost as precipitate as
that on the east tho elevation having
decreased 1098 feet in the twenty four
miles necessary to reach Laramie
It is between Buford and Laramie
that the new work has been put in the
now lino runniug almost directly west
from Buford and crossing the summit
three miles 60uth of Sherman where
the elevation is only 8001 a decrease of
240 feet in a distance of seven miles
The new line crosses the old near Tie
Siding and runs north on the east side
of the old track to Laramie
Three parts of the work stand out
above the others Those nre the Sher
man Hill tunnel the Dale Creek and
the Sherman branch of the Lone Tree
Creek fills Much has been said about
tho tunnel and it is a very important
part of the project It is just west of
Tie Siding and is about half a mile long
In the mountain it pierces is fonnd the
Archean formation one of the oldest
and hardest of granite rocks the rock
from which cornea the Sherman Hill
gravel which is used so extensively by
the road for ballast
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tho cause of the affection and leaving the
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It is not an experimental medicine but
has stood the test of years giving satis
faction in every case which ite rapidly
increasing sale eyery season confirms
Two million bottles Bold annually Bos
chees Gorman Syrup was introduced in
the Unites States in 1808 and is now
sold in every town and village in the
civilized world Three doses will relievo
any ordinary cough Price 5cts Get
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