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SATURDAY SIFTINGS II II Heibison wnb over horn Madi Ron tliis morning II S Daly was in- Norfolk from ONeill yesterday John Eberly was in Norfolk ovor night from Stanton N Ochsn was in Norfolk from tho county Bent yostefday II W Smita was n Norfolk visitor yesterday from llumphroy B W Woolverton wns in tho city ycbterday from Pierce on business M Lambert is building n fine bnru nt his home on West Norfolk avenue M Curbery of Warnervillo was trans acting bnsineBS iu Norfolk yesterday Miss Eva Darnell of Creighton wns in tho city today doing some trading 13 W Hayes of Indianapolis is visit ing bis parents Mr and Mrs S W Hayes Miss Josio Hagey will return this evening from Cedar Rapids for n vinit with her parents Misses Dnisy and Ina Martin of Atchi son Kansas are visiting their sister Mrs Frank Davenport and renewing old acquaintances T E Moolick of Grosso was in tho city yesterday on bnuiiesjAiul greeting old friends He is at present engaged in the hardware business Mrs Henry Seinmler and Miss Liaio Semmler leave tomorrow morning for a weeks vhit with their daughter and sibter Mrs Paul Karo at Lyons and with friends in Omaha F W 13inery arrived last night from Chicago and is a guet at the home of Mr and Mrs Herman Geroako Mr Emery and Miss Gerecko are to be united dn marriage Monday morning W W Roberts special rtgtnt for tho Continental Insurance company satis factorily settled the loss of John Fer guson yesterday morning His barn was struck by lightning last week and some stock injured A ball game between the Wayne and Norfolk Junior league teams is being played this afternoon at the new babe ball park north of the city ffhe boys were rather modest nbouttho affair and probably have not as largo an attend ance as they merit Mr nnd MnOW 0 Toliver arrived this miorning from Pierce Mr Toliver will leave tonight for JVinsworth to -visit relatives over Sunday and Mrs Toliver will bo the guest -of her sibter Mrs Katharine Handley They expect iL to lenve Thursday for their new homo in Culiforuia It is expected that tho ball game at the new base ball park tomorrow after noon between Plaiuview and Norfolk will be of unuscal interet Tho teams are said to be well matched and a close contest is expected The Plaiuview folks are expected here hi forco their -borne team to its best endeavors llev A W Clark superintendent of the ohild saving institute of Omaha of which Geo F2iidwell ia president is expected hero today and will be the guest of J3 E Adams overSunday He will preach iu the First Baptist cherch tomorrow morning at 10i30 and iu the eveningat 8 oclock Sunday school at 2 30 audyoung peoples meeting ui 7 oclock Everybody invited The pormauentT7alk movement is mcik ing a decided improvement to Main street With tho completion of the cement walks now being laid in front of Durland Sisters store and itbe Johnsoa Dry Goods oompany building there will be acontiuuons line cf permanent walks for a block on the south sideof Main street with the exception of tho east corner occupied by Naegles meat market The riding gallery oc the vacant lot wett of P J Fueslers tailor shop is proving more attractive than any such feature that has beeu here for years The machinery is new and clean and a smooth swift ride is giTeu thobe who patronize it The manager R Boston is gentlemanly and nooommodating and has a corps of assistants who aro deserving of the popalarity they are en joying If you have not yot treated the children to a ride yon should lose no time in doing so Up to Tuesday Grand Island experi enced 24 successive days with a nmxi mum temperature or iw uegrces or more The hot spell began on June 23 and was broken but temporarily Wednesday Tho minimum tempera ture was as high as 78 and the maxi mum was 10L Norfolk has experienced but ten consecutive days with the tem perature at or above 100 degrees That wos of sufllcieut length however to en list the sincere svrapathy of tho people for those of less favored localities Tho Martinsville Ind Daily Re porter of the 12th gives an account of the drowning of Rev Arthur J Cheese 4V mn which occurred in tho White river near that oity on the afternoon of the 11th He was bathing in the river and at the time of his death was en gaged in pushing a log on which was his son and three small ueighbor boys He slipped and went under tho log and being unable to swim was soon drowned Rev Mr Gheeseman was a Methodist minister and served in the North Ne braska conference for Beveral years holding pastorates in a number of pointments in this vicinity After leav ing hero ho became identified with tho Christian church and at tho time of his death was a Bnccssful traveling sales man for a Chicago clothing house Ho attended a session of the North Ne braska conference in Norfolk and a number of Norfolk peoplo will undoubt edly remember him ------ During the month of Angust I will give hewing and cutting lessons to n class of young Indies For terms call at 719 Norfolk avenue Mus Taylok RAID ON MOONSHINERS Tennessee Posse Attempt Capture With Disastrous Results Nashville Tonn July 22 UoportB from Monterey Tonn near which place an Internal revenue rnldlngiparty was ambushed by moonshiners Sat urday say excitement 4ii that district Is at a high pitch Tho natives seem In have generally sided with tho moon slilncrs and Collector 13ell deemed it advisable to take his posse to Cooke vllle to await the rolnforoemontswhlch leave here today Every deputy col lector and deputy marshal In the dis trict has been summoned to join In the laid which Is contemplated The moonshiners have boasted they will not he taken nllve and aa they are well nrnied and fortified In the mountains a serious conlllct Is expected Collector Hell reports that one of the moonshiners Frank Whlttaker has died of wounds received In Satur days fight and that another Will Putt had his leg amputated as a result ot a wound received In tho same affray Thomas Prince tho wounded deputy marshal has been taken to his homo in Spartn while Corder Mnckny tho wounded posseman Ij at Cookevllle and is reported to be In a critical con dition United States Marshal John Overall will head the reinforcements leaving here today Colonel Chapman reve nue agent of this district will also accompany tho force which will In vade a wild country inhabited by hardy and desperate people nlmost universally hostile to the revenue men on general principles Two Bodies Recovered New York July 22 The bodies of tho Misses Elizabeth and Annette Col burn the daughters of Arthur T Col burn of Philadelphia who were drowned with their father whtjn the two masted yawl Venitza sank in Long Island Sound last Thursday are now at the establishment of a Brooklyn undertaker awaiting orders from Phil adelphia for llnal disposition The bodies were found In tho cabin of tbO Venitza when she was raised yester day So lar the bodies of only tho two daughters have been found leav ing those of Mr Colburn Captain Flint and a sailor known as Frank still to bo located Continent Also Suffers London July 22 Over the greater part of the Uritish Isles the weather continues very hot An extraordinary number of persons have been struck by lightning in storms of short dura tion Eight instances are reported in England six in Germany and seven in nonanu in 1aian France some children went to ring tho church bells believing that they would thus avert the lightning but four were killed by a bolt Phenomenal heat prevails throughout Russia and Denmark Baseball Scores Yesterday National League St Louis li Cincinnati 2 Chicago 5 New York 2 American League Chicago 9 Philadelphia 4 Detiolt 3 Boston 4 Milwaukee C 5 Baltimore 107 Western League Minneapolis 3 Om aha 1 Colorado Springs 15 Kansas City 7 Denver 11 St Joseph 4 St Paul 91 De s Memos 710 Iowa Town Burned Away Osage la July 22 The town ot Riceville which has 1000 inhabitants was practically destroyed by fire Sat urday Nothing lc left of the busi ness portion of the town Tho loss is estimated at 200000 The fire was soon beyond control as there was no water with which to fight Jt and It imd to burn Itself out TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD General Corbin an army of 12000 is likely to enlist natives to serve 1b the Philippines Au Indian was shot nnd killed near Slsseton S D In a dispute with C E Hall over a land title Drought has destroyed cropB In many regions of Russia and famine Is expected next winter Frank Long and Giover Lemon went to sleep on a railroad track at Nevada Mo and were killed by a train Tho Home for Dependent Children at Berlin Wis wns destroyed by fire Sunday Nineteen children are made homeless Court at San Francisco has ordered the Immediate distribution of 5000 000 of the J Q Fair estate among the heirs The Harriman Interests aro said to have brought about closer traffic ar rangements between the Union Pacific and St Paul William Babcock CO years old of Babcock Ind was thrown In front of a mower In a runaway accident and was cut to pieces David Anguish CI years old while thrashing near Adraln Ills fell from a straw stack and was Impaled on a pitchfork dying soon after Twenty five West Point cadets were overcome by the heat at tho gravo of General Daniel Butterfleld after be ing In tho sun for hours without food The handle of a pitchfork caught in the wheel of a thrashing machine near HIUb Ills struck Jewell Rogera on the bead and crushed his skull killing him soon take n short vacation An enterprising citizen has suggested that it would be a proper thing for the people of Norfolk to secure the right from Burr Taft nnd erect a bath house or two at his grove on the Elkhorn It is n popular buthing resort and for the pnblio to eroct such buildings would probably serve to prevent their mutila tion nB everyone would be interested in having them in proper condition at all peuso to eairy it out p TIIR NOKKOLK NKWS FIUIUW JULY JO 1001 MONDAY MENTION i tutus Tho Mtggostion Is nut without W 1 Mason wns in tho eity poster- 1l l would rquhe but slight ex- day from Pierce Ma Lender of Tilden spent Sunday with Norfolk fi lends ll J nnd R J Backen wero hero yohtordny from Lindsay George Hnndloy was ovor from Lnurel yestordny visiting his mother A H llellmnu and 11 Eaton wore over from Madison yesterday Clyde Else ley was up fiom Fremont yesterday visiting relatives and friends Fred Hellerman leaves for Hot Springs S D this evening on n busi ness trip Editor W 13 Powers of tho Pierco Leader was In the oity this morning on business Mr and Mrs Aitbnr Pilgerworo over from Madison to attend the Emery Gerecko wedding Editor Win Wameko of tho Soribncr News was visiting relatives and friends In Norfolk yestordny Mrs George Dudley returned Satur day night frotti a visit with relatives it Harlan and Avocn Iowa Mr and Mrs J O Adams left yester day noon for Sterling 111 wheio they expect to visit about n week Miss Lillian Chesnutwood returned Saturday evening from her til to the Buffalo exposition and other points east Misses Verona Nenow and Anna Verges expect to leave this evening for Hot Springs S 1 to enjoy an outing Mrs 13 A Lcavitt returned tho last of the week from a delightful visit with her son Frederick and wife at West Point Judge J B Barnes went to Lincoln this morning to bo absent until Thurs day His sou Kimball will nccompnny him home George G Emoiy fnther of the groom arrived from Chicago Saturday night to bo present nt the Emery Gerecko wedding A little son ot Aug Yoecks nged 1 year and 10 days died yisterdny and will bo buried from Christ Lutheran church tomorrow Ringllng BroB circus has annonnced sjveral duteB in tho South Platte country this summer One of their en gagements is at Omaha Gfo II Spear went to Milwaukee Wis this morning to represent Nor folk lodge ut tho grand lodge B P O Elks which meets this week The infant child of Jt Filter died Saturday and tho funeral was held yes terday afternoon at 1 oclock from Christ Lutheran church Rev J P Mueller ofliciating Business meu and citizens generally are urged to remembor that tomorrow night is the time set for tho next public meeting to consider the harvest home festival in September Mr and Mr- Henry T Oxnard aro expected here this evening Mr Ox uard comes on business connected with the sugar factory he being president ot tho American Beet Sugar con pmy The ScribnerNewscontainsthe nameb of 40 farmers who have purchased binders in that town this year There certainly must have beeu somo grain harvested in that vioinity this season The sermouizer is after the church people of Carroll that is he wants them to take the Index nnd hasOflered to do nate 10 per cent of nil subscription money rocoived during July to the Methodist and Baptist churches The republican county central com mittee mot in J3attlo Creek Saturday nnd decided to call two county conven tions The rat will be held ntMadison August 24 to select delegates to the state convention Tho date has not been set for the second which will be hold at Battle Creek to choose candi dates for the county offices Carroll Index G T Spreehor man ager of the Nebraiska Uelephono Co in northeastern Nebraska and 11 Doflley operator at Wayne wuro hore Saturday on telephone 1 rawness a complaint hav ing been mnda thiat there was a leak in the -office here They failod to dis cover the hole while hero but will con tinue their investigations further Mrs lulia Kramer wife of Wm Kramer of Spencer Boyd oounty whet has been hero for treatment nnd has been boardiug at the Norfolk bouse died Saturday evening and was buried thiB morning nt oclock SonrJces were conducted by Bov J P Ashley of the Congregational church from the undertaking rooms of Sessions Bell Tho maximum temperature recorded by Dr Salters thermometer Saturday was 105 while yesterday it went two de grees higher and attained the 107 mark People aro beginning to thfuk that Old Sol has just been practicing heretofore and is now getting down to business and will show what he can do when ho really tries It is hoped that ho will Newiniui Giovo Heporter Mr and Mirf W Fry of Norfolk of whom mention was made in those columns a couple of weeks ago iu connection w Ithl tho Commercial ho ol ai rived In New man Grove Saturday They have loaned the hotel and will bo ready for bnsinofs by Satuidny or Monday As was pn iously stated in those columns they mo thoroughly acquainted with tho hotel business and come well recom mended nil of which will bo appioci atod by the boardtrs as no11 hm the tiavellng public Tin- Nrws failed to mention the con cert given by tho Norfolk band hist Fit day evening but it was not because it was not deserving of mention but merely on account of an oversight on tho put of the writer Tho boys ap pearod for the Hist Hum In their now summer uniforms looking comfortably cool In white duck trousers lavender and whltn striped bliirt waists and white Fedoia straw hats Tho concert was given on Main street in front of Abb mans bicjelo store and a huge number of peoplo wero attracted down town to hoar tho music Not being provided with light tho concert was commenced oaily and eontinm d us long as the notes could be distinguished a number of lino concert selections being rendered thit diew forth tho liciuty approval of all within hearing Tho band members have made a decided improvement since their last publiu appearance and give a good quality of music After the con cert the band was given sovoinl lidos on tho merry-go-round and their music was hill sfitut ed for that of tho hand organ Tiny likewise entertained the harvest festival enthusiasts at the city hall with several selections LEAGUE ENTHUSIASM GROWS Second Day of International Epworth Convention San Francisto July 20 The dele gates to the International ICpwoith League convention settled down to business yestoiday The entire day was doVritod to routine matters tho missionary fcaliiie of religious effoit being dwelt upon at length by many of the speakers Player services wero held at sunrise in several churches all of whk h wete largely attended Promptly at oclock convention meet ings weic called to order In the Me chanics pavilion and the Alhnmhiu theater and In both places the ad dresses dellveied weie listened to with marked attention At noon prayei meetings for business men weie held In the rooms of the chamber of com merce and tho court of tho Palnco hotel and many prominent citizens were among the worshlpeis In the afternoon and evening over flow meetings were held in the Metro politan temple All of tho sessions were ehai notorized by the earnest spirit of religious enthusiasm which has marked all the proceedings sincu the assembling of the convention The competition of cities for the honor of enteilainlng tho next conven tion of the league Is growing keen St Louis Minneapolis Detiolt and Toronto nre In tho field with tho chances somewhat in favor of the Min nesota city BOERS LECTURE IN IOWA Circulate Petition In Their Behalf to Be Sent to McKlnley Dos Moines July 20 Tho presence of two direct representatives of the South Afrlcnn republics In Iowa on a lecture tour nnd working up Interest In the cause of the Boers has renewed the Interest In the cause of the Boer people These representatives have been warmly received everywhere The governor of tho stnte before going awny on his vncatlon signed a hearty Indorsement of the work being done by tlna Boer representatives A peti tion addressed to the president of the United States on behalf of the Boers Is being generally circulated through out Iowa and especially In the com munities where there nre many Hol landers and It Is receiving thousands of signatures RURAL MAIL SERVICE ORDERS Postmaster General Issues Two Limit ing Private Enterprises of Carriers Washington July 20 Postmaster General Smith yesterday Issued two general orders of Importance to tho rural mall servlco throughout tho country One Is designed to avoid the duplication or service In somo sec tions by both star and rurnl free deliv ery services and tho other limits tho private enterprlseu In which carriers may engage wlillo perfomlng their of flelal duties The latter order says Hereafter rural letter carriers shall not act as agents salesmen or solici tors for express companies corpora tions or firms nor engage in any busi ness which would interfere with proper performance of tholr ofTlclnl duties They may act as news agents sell newspapers of periodicals on their own account or accept and collect sub scriptions for the same New York Tailors Strike New York July 22 Tho tailors In tho sweat shops all over the east side were called out on strike yestordny in accordance with tho decision of the garment trado council It was esti mated that 50000 workers quit work This Includes the Brooklyn shops Cummins Injured In a Runaway Dubuque July 22 A B Cummins Republican cundidato for governor had his shoulder dlgjocnted and his body cut nnd bruised by being thrown from a buggy In n runaway while driv ing from Strawberry PoJut to Elkader last night TUESDAY TOPICS Mis V II Powers 1hIii tho oily fiom Pleioe visiting relatives Norfolk nnd Oakdnlo will play ball at tho hitter place ThuiMlay 1 W Hansom and V O Tolher went to Iierco this noon on business C 11 Hoynolds u tin nod lust night from a Weills outing at Spirit Lake Iowa Miss Gertrude Austin came homo yes terday noon fiom a weeks lsit in Omaha Mrs 1 W Soars nnd Miss Mario Bley wro passongeis for Omaha this morning The residence of John Anderson on South Tenth strtet Is tcHplcndcnt iu a new eoat of pulut Mis MoBrido and Miss May Diitland returned Saturday veiling from tho camp at Long Pino Wan on Lnuvon of Bloomllold was in tho oity today on his way homo limn a trip to Colonido Springs Hoy Gardner loaves toiupnow inoin ing tor Mansllold 111 toi a isit ol sov eial weeks with relatives mid fiiomlH Willis Coiustock of Oakdnlo has ac cepted a position with tho Osborne people and will make Norfolk his head quarters Miss Maude Biowor who has boon working In Maeys photograph gallery loft for her homo in Goulon yesoiday with the intention of lomaiiiing Misses Knth and Gratia Sliatp of llninbolt Iowa two little nieces ol Mis 13 M Huntington nro visiting at tho homo of their aunt in The Heights Prof Fred Sieglor and family who have boon visiting Not folk lelativcs and fiionds dining tho summer left Sunday noon for their homo in May Oity Michi gan Mr nnd Mrs Henry G Oxnard ar rived last night liom Grand Island and Mr Oxnard is today inspecting tho Nor folk sugar factory and calling on old lime friends The Norfolk base ball team is piopar ing for a return gnniu with Plaiuview Some of tho weak points in tho team will bo strengthened and futuio games will be more interesting John Duncan of IVndir died I mm tho eflVctH of the boat Saturday in Thayer precinct Dixon county lie arrived horn Scotland July 1 and leaws a wifn and eight children He at the haivost festival meetii g to night and lend your oucouiageiuent Tho soliciting committee is making progress and will undoubtedly havo an lnteii sting report to make Deputy Postmaster F K Fulton is enjoying a weeks vacation which has unqutstionnbly been fully earned ho not having missed ft Sunday from duly during tho past two years Miss Agnes Kent this morning ac compnniod her cousin Mrs Stephen Hall to Minnenpcli Minn Mis Hall luiH been visiting at tho homo of her uncle J S Kent lor tho past month Chief of Police Conley has received a message from Beeiner requesting him to keep n lookout for some burglars who blow open a safe at that idace lastuiitlit Tho particulars of the robbery wero not given Yisterdoy made tho 1 It It day that tho temperature hore as shown by the gov ernment thermometer was 100 degrees or above Lust night was tho coolest for a week tlio minimum temperature being Tho work of putting somo dust proof lockers in the nrmory of company L wan commenced this morning Each mem ber will bo provided with an individual compartment in which ho can keep his uniform gun and other equipment The caso against Wm Christian who wns recently arrested for interfering with Olllcer Conley when tho latter was arresting his father has been set tled Tho plea of tho defendant was changed to guilty and tho flue impohed was paid Missob Mary Weker and Mary Eckman departed nt noon for their old homo in Germany They expect to snil from Now York Saturday at 2 oclock on the iros Wulderseo Miss Eckmnn expects to remain but Miss Weker will return iu about three months The straw of small fjrain this year will mako feed almost cqunl to hay xno not weainer nns so cured tiio crop that much nutriment has been retained in the stalk and in tfto event of a scarcity of other feed tho strnw piles of the farmers will bo vuluuble A boy who came in on tho train from tho east last evening made complaint that he had been robbed of all tho money he had a f 10 bill by a fellow traveler From his description Olllcer Conley sent n messago to Wisuer btructiug the town marshal to arrest a man with a violin who got oil of No ii and this morning ho received a message announcing that tho muu was in cub tody Herbert Daniel is here ville Va visiting Norfolk friends Mr Dauif 1 states that his mother has given up housekeeping nt Charlottes villo and 1b nt present visiting relatives in different parts of Virgiuiu Ho snys the crops here appear to be much better than iu the territory he traversed and that while it is cooler in Virginia from 0 DR PARKER DENTIST Mast Block GROWN AND BRIDGE WORK horn to Chicago the tempmntuto Is much the same Tho Inflection of Company L wui successfully accomplished last evening by Major Viokers of Madison who ex piossed himself as well pleased with the uppeaianee iquipmont and illloioimy of Hik company lie likewise coinmeiided tho looker scheme being plated for tho meiuliois uniforms and equipments KliHt Lieutenant Stioudn of Wahoowho is in tho eity temporal ily wiih also u welcome gutst of the company Thi lawn social given last owning on the i notary lawn of tho Suoiod Ileiut church by the Liulies Altar society was attended b a lingo number of people Tho law n was lighted with JnpcucRo lauteriiH ohetrin lights mid laihvay headlights while tho moon lent its light iu gonoious refulgence Tim band was ptesont m I lendoted some of its choicest stleutions while tho refresh nionts hoi vod moid not minoi factors to tho gucHth ploasuio The t hit d annual picnic of tho fforth east Nohtnsldi Picnic association of tho A On If V until of H will bo huld at llarttngton on Tuesday August 8 There will bo addtosses by Grand Master Workman luslmlck and Deputy O J Vnudiko Thoiu will bo band music ball game races boweiy dances and nutneious other amusements All mem bers of tho older nnd their fi lends mo invited to participate and n good dele gation should repiesont Norlolk The Hiohmond Virginia Tunes of tho 7th contains a spec nl from Wytho ville that stale announcing that supreme com L of appeals had passed favorably upon Til applications for ad mission to tho bar Among the success ful applicants was 1 L rbet S Daniel of Charlottesville foimcrly of this city Fifty nine made the effort but five fuihd Mr Daniels Nmlolk friends will congtatulate him on iiissuccessand bespeak lor him a succthsful caicer at his profession H G Sines of Winsidn wns found dead on u street iu Los Angeles Gal early Sunday morning Tho body wioj lying face downward in a pool of blood Tho neck was bri ken and thoio was n deep discoloration hick of tho lelt ear nil of whnli leads to the billet that ho was a victim of footpads Tho dead man had been wot king for a contractor in that locality lor several weiks and Saturday received wages amounting to a considerable snin Whin found there was no money on tho body Tho fast trains ot tho Union PaciIIo reach San Iraucisco fifteen bonis ahead of all competitors If you aro in no hurry take a slow train by ono of tho do tour routes but if you want to get thoro without suffering any Of the inconven iences ot winter travel take the only direct route tho Union Pacific De tailed lutormat inn furnished on applica tion F W Jixbmav Agent m WerC S l0 a C yCar rountl I Scotts EmuSsfonj f sells better than any where else S 4 in the woild So dont stop Lking m 3 it in summer or you will lose V jT what you have gained H W MJOIT K IIOWNK Chemist K W 40941s Iuiil Mittt New York f y unci fiui ull dniKKUts THEMALLEABLE H lBr in J FIRE ALL YQUR n H T r MALL ALL YOUR J L JT JMON BREAK Uh T STEEL and MAlLE HULL WITH POUCH FEED for mlo ut ALBERT DEQNERS KJ 1