* nrTT " t " 3f 8 TJIK NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 1002 Impressive Ceremony at Battle Creek Yesterday , THE CHURCH OF ST , PATRICK. Largo Attendance of Worshippers. Beautiful Music , Urllllnnt Spanking niul Imposing Ceremonial Mnrkod the Occasion. I'roni Monday' * Dnlly. Dosplto tlio dlmigrooablo wonthor that prevailed , the dedication of tlio hand- iionio now brinlc Out hello ohuroli at liattlo Orook yorttorday morning was a gratifying nueo HH. There was a largo crowd present from Uattlo Orook and vicinity niul from neighboring towns. Norfolk contributud a li\rgo delegation , including the ohoir of tlio church bora. The Tildon delegation , whloh wan ex pected to bo lurgo , wns coiiflidornbly re duced by the throntoulng wonthor , OH to nttond , It would have boon uoooiwary to drlvo. Nevertheless the ohnroh build * ing which wan planned to nccommodato au anilliinco of about 1)00 ) , won moro thau filled und there were no floating accom modations for many who were prosont. The dedicatory Horvioos , which took place at 10 : ! ! 0 , were beautiful and Im pressive. Hov. TJ F. Smith of Oiimha , formerly pastor at Battle Orook , dolly orod the dedicatory sermon , and hht dls- course WIIH in OH t pleasing to thono who hoard it. Hov. 3. F. Oarroll , also of Omaha , was the otllolatlng priest and performed the rite of dedication , bolug assisted by other momborn of the clergy who were present. The musio wan beautiful , the Hinging by the Norfolk choir and the aolo of Mrs. Emory bulng spoken of with much praise by those who hoard thorn. Clos ing the borvlcos , llov. Thos. Walsh , the pastor , reviewed the work of building aud upoko his gratitude to these who took part in the dedicatory Rorvicoa and attended from abroad. The uhnroh was boantlfully decorated with floworH and the altar was bunked with whitoohrlsanthomuius.Tho church had boon completed in all details , In cluding the carpet and f urnitnro , which are haudbomo and substantial. The Htatuary with which the edifice is dec orated is very beautiful and appropriate. In 1870 a little church was dedicated uonr Battle Orook nud was the first Oathollo church in this sootion of the Htato. Later a church was built in the town and the present odiflco was erected cm its site. Father Walsh aud his porishoners are entitled to much crodlt , both for the beauty , value and stability of the cdlflco they have erected and the HUCCOSS of the services in dedicating it < o the use for whloh it was Intended. NIEGENFIND TO HANG. Date for Hanging Set for Next March 13 by Judge Boyd. The jury hud no dilllculty iu agree ing ou the guilt of Niegoufiud , but there was a contortion over the penalty. The first vote on death penalty was 11 to 1 , uud all the rest of the tluio the jury was out it was 11 to 1 for death penalty , 22 or 2U ballots being taken , until agreement was reached. The one juryman - man voting against hanging was for life imprisonment , but ho finally capit ulated. Niogeuflnd took It cooly when his doom was pronounced aud showed not the slightest ouiotiou , nor has ho since that time. The brute evidently ex pected what ho received at the bauds of the law aud was prepared for it. Judge Boyd couvouod court thia after- uoon and sentenced the iuuderor to bo hanged ou the 18th day of next March. The law says that executions shall take place at the state poiiitontiary aud des ignates the warden of the penitentiary na executioner. Those permitted to witness the execution ere the stoto warden , his deputy and niuo ethers , throe to bo designated by the person to bo hanged and six by the officers. Now that it is all over and ono of the most atrocious crimes in the annals of the state is to bo vindicated by the strong arm of the law , the people of Pierce county have good cause for a fooling of gratification. While some were for lynching at the start they were stayed by wiser heads aud entreated to let the law take its course. It has done HO aud the punishment of the mnrdorer will bo even greater than if inflicted when ho was captured. The county has been saved the stigma that follows an act of mob law and Pierce will every where bo pointed to as a county where the citizens uphold aud assist the lawiu bringing just punishment to violators. The jury in the case of state vs. John Wooloy , charge of grand larceny , were out 0 minutes just before noon Friday and brought in a verdiot of guilty. Wooley received hla sentence at the hands of Judge Boyd this morning , get ting 18 months in the penitentiary. Pierce Leader. The value of Expert Treatment. Everyone who ia afillcted Avith a chronic disease experiences great dif ficulty in having their case intelligently treated by the average physician , These diseases can only bo cured by a specialist - ist who understands them thoroughly. Dr. J. Newton Hathaway of Sioux City , Iowa , is acknowledged the most skillful and successful specialist in the United States. Write him for his export opln- ion of yonr case , for which he makes no charge. DEDICATORY SERVICES. St. Patrick's Church at Battle Crook Will bo Dedicated Tomorrow. I'rom Hftluntny'tDnlln A largo nuiiibor of the people of Nor folk and vicinity contemplate attending the services dedicating the handsome now brick Oathollo ohuroli at Battle Crook tomorrow. Kxtoiitilvu prepar ations for the event have boon made by the Oivtholics of Battle Orook and vlalnago and U Is anticipated that the services will be the host attended and most interesting of any that have boon hold in this sootion of the fltnto for a long time. The following priests have promised to at tend the dedication : Hov. L. F. Smith of Omaha , former pastor at Battle Greek , who wlll , deliver the dodl- catory normon ; the llov. S. F. Oarroll of Omaha , who will dedicate the ohuroh and bo celebrant , of the nolomu high mass ; tho' Hov. W. WlndolphofOrolghton ; Hov. I. O. MoNanmraof Bloomflold , and Hovfl. Soldwoskl and Walsh of this city , the Inttor being the present pastor of the Battle Orook church. The choir from the Ohuroh of the Saorod Heart of thia city will attend aud Mrs. Nollo Gorooko- Emory will also sing. Mamlo Elliott. In ita account of the accident at that place In whloh Miss Mamie Elliott lost her llfo , and her sister waa seriously in * jurod , the Winsldo Tribune has this to say of the funeral and the dead girl's llfo : "Tho funeral sermon WIIH proaohod at the M. 13. ohnroh by Presiding Elder SisHou Monday afternoon and the build ing would not hold half the people who came. Friends from Hoskius , Carroll , Wayne , Sionx Oity , Norfolk and Laurel were bore to pay tholr last respects to the loved ono , and about a hundred carriages drove to the couiotory. The schools were closed for the day and every business house in town was shut up from 2 to 4 o'clock. "Words cannot express the fooling allover ever town when it was realized that Mamlo Elliott was dead. A residence of ton years hero made her so well and favorably known that oaoh ono felt that they has sustained a personal loss. "Sho was born In Oook county , 111. , Juno 11 , 1880 , and when aho was only four years old her parents oauio to Way no county , Nob. , moving onto a farm about three miles from Hoskius Iii 1892 they moved to Wlusido where they have resided ever siuoo. She grad uated from the school here aud also at the Wayuo college. As a member of the M. E. ohuroh nho waa constantly setting au example of good to her companions , and In every way proved herself a worthy member of the church. A ONE-SIDED GAME. Norfolk Defeated Madison by a Score of 58 toO. The foot ball game between the High school team of Norfolk nud that of Mad ison , played on the Madison grounds Saturday afternoon , resulted in a de cisive victory for the Norfolk boys , the score standing C8 to 0. The Norfolk team was accompanied to Madlscu by about 30 rooters , wearing pennants nud ribbons in class colors , black and rod , and carrying canos. When they re turned they were loaded with victory but were minus their pennants and paraphomaliasauio being iu pososslou oi Madison girls. Among these who wont along to encourage the Norfolk team were Supt. and Mrs. O'Connor , Princi pal Sooly aud a party of young girls chaperoned by Miss Sisson. Joe Wilklus of Norfolk acted as referee - oreo aud'Panl Sooly of Madison as urn- plre. Norfolk won the toss and de fended the west goal , .There waa a slight wind from the west , giving Nor folk an advantage. Madison kicked off at 3 : ! )0 sharp. Through a series of line bucks the ball was advanced to the mld- dlo of the field. Norfolk fumbled and a Madison man rushed the pig skin to ward the Norfolk goal , but he was overtaken just in tinio to prevent a touch down. This waa the nearest that Madison oauio to making a score during the whole ganio. Madison then lined up nud fumbled , Wilkins got the ball and inado a CD-yard rush for a touch down. After ouo minute of playing the score stood 0 to 0 in favor of Nor folk. folk.After After that Norfolk gained point after point by a series of superior line buck and trick plays , making nine touch downs , one goal from the flold and eight goals. Only once did Norfolk fall to make five yards on first down aud then they made it on the second The playing was almost nil done in Madison territory. The ball in posses sion of Madison four times , and they failed to make the required number o : yards once. The game closed with a sooro of 68 to 0 , 29 points being rnado by Norfolk in each half. The Madison boys treated their visi tora royally , and while they did not pu up much iu the line of foot boll they are most hospitable entertainers. The newest , the loading , the bes commercial sphool is the Omaha Busl ness University , Omaha , Nebraska Every young man aud young woman who desires a business education should attend this fcohool. Write for full in formation , ' Extension on F. E. & M. V. is Completed. TRAIN SERVICE IN A FEW DAYS. Line Is 70 Miles Long and Passes Through a Rich Country Now Towns Given Railroad Con nection With the Outside World. Track laying on the extension of the . < M3. & M , Y. reached Bonostool Satur- lay afternoon about o'clock The low line will not bo completed until it las reached the east line of the Rosebud reservation , about two and a half miles > oyond Bonostool. Regular train ser vice in now in operation only to Auoka , > ut it is oxpootod to establish it to Bonostcol within a week or ton days. The extension is from Vordigro and ia 70 miles long. Bonostool is 133 miles from Norfolk. The now line tonohoa uino towns , Nlobrara and Vordol in Knox county , Monowi , Lynch , Spencer aud Auoka iu Boyd county , and Fairfax and Bonostool iu Gregory coun ty , 8. D. Of thoHO towns , Niobrara , Lynch , Spencer , Fairfax and Bouostool were established before the railroad was talked of. The ether towns are now. The road misses the town of Untto by about two and a half miles , as it waa found-impractical to run to that plaoo ou account of ita elevation. Auoka ia two and a half miles from Butto. Fairfax , the county seat of Gregory county , la a nicely built town , having two banks , two hotels , opera honso flouring mill , general stores , etc. Each station has a passing track 3,000 foot long and au industry track nearly as long. Most of the depots are built with two waiting rooms , a few of the smaller having only ouo. All are fin ished in Norway pine , with living rooms above , aud have brick platforms. There are water stations at Niobrara , Lynch , Auoka and Bonostool. Ooal sheds are at Lynch and Bouostool , with dump- lug pockets. At Bouostool there are about two and a half miloa of side tracks , a throe-stall eugluo house and a 70-foot turn table. This Is larger than any turn-table - on the main line , whioh are CO and CO foot long. At the end of the line boyoud Bouostool extensive yards are being built to accommodate the largo number of range cattle that will bo shipped from that section. The now line is thoroughly first class iu equipment. From Vordigro the line runs down the Verdlgro creek , which it crosses five times , to the Niobrara river and down that river to tbo town of Niobrarn. It crosses the Niobrara river where it llowa into the Missouri , on a trestle and truss bridge about one-fourth milo long. Then it runs along the Missouri river blnfi's for n distance of about tlirco miles , most of which distance the roadbed is blasted out of the edge of the bluff. Continuing on np the Pou'ca crook valley , it crosses that stream 35 times in reaching Auoka , where it leaves the valley nud climbs up onto the higher table laud north of the Pouca and into South Dakota. The climb from Auoka to about two miles beyond Fairfax is a ouo per cent grade. Except for that grade the line Is very favorably con structed for handling freight , and even that grade is by no moans unusual. The line passes through a very good farming country. Looking at it from the car one does not got a very good idea of what it is , as the bordering sides of the valley shut out the view. On both sides of the Ponca valley the laud is high and level , the soil is a rich black loam and the country is well settled. Boyd having boon settled by home steaders , practically every quarter sec tion is a farm and under cultivation. There are no large tracts held by any siuglo individual or laud companies , as is so frequently the case in the west ern country , bonce each quarter section represents a family. Northern Kuox county and eastern Boyd are partic ularly well adapted for corn and cattle. The valleys of Boyd and Gregory counties , while they are also favorable for corn , are moro especially wheat growing lauds , A bill was introduced at the last BOS sion of congress opening for sottlomout that portion of the Rosebud Indian reservation orvation that will bo iu Gregory county , S. D. The bill passed ouo honso , allow ing settlers to take the laud on pay uiout of the amount that the govern incut has paid the Indians for it. In the ether branch of congress the bill was amended , making the land subject to free homestead entry. The two houses failed to agree before adjourn ment , but in ono way or the ether the reservation will uudonbtedly be thrown openat ] the next session of congress. The government has already secarec the consent of the Indians to open this reservation , except land that may bu reserved for Indians , each ono being al lotted n cortaln amount of laud whlcl ho is allowed to choose. There are about 80 townships in the roservatioi that is to be opened , and after the tracts have been taken out for the In diaus there will be a largo amount fo settlors. The laud is as good or betto than that of Boyd or Gregory counties If it is thrown open by .lottery as was done in Oklahoma , there will be a romondotifl rush of people to that BOO- ion when the tlmo comes , The first work on the extension was lone on Thanksgiving day of last year , vlion engineers wore placed in the field. Since that tlmo all the engineering , grading and building has boon dono. The work was \ greatly retarded | by inusual aud long continued rains of ast summer and the difficulty of got- Ing laborers. The largo number of iridgcs that had to bo constructed wns also a source of delay. Track laying was boguu about the middle of Juno. This has all boon done by a track lay- ng machine , ono of Roberts' patents , and has boon under the direct super- isiou of Mr. Roberts himself. The contract work has boon done by Winton - ton Bros , of St. Paul , while the build- ngs have boon put up under separate contracts. New Train Equipment. The F. E. & M. V. will soon corn- nonce running entirely now equip ment ou its main line trains to the 31ack Hills. The cars are now com- ug from the shops and are iu Mis- sonri Valley. As soon as a sufficient number of cars are rocolvod to make three full trains , the service will bo in augurated. The cars are painted a onion yellow , whloh has boon the Northwestern color for years , are full vostibnlod , and the chair cars and first class coaches are modern in every par ticular , being elegantly upholstered , ightod with gas , etc. People who patronize the road will welcome the im provement. EDUCATED INDIANS ARE BAD. Agent Irwin of Oklahoma Disapproves the System. A severe arraignment of the Indians on the Ponca , Otoe and Oakland reser vation in Oklahoma is made by Agout [ rwiii , in charge of the reservation , .n his annual report to the commis sioner of Indian affairs. Ho says : "Hardly any of the young Indians , ; hose who have graduated from non- rosorvatiou schools , as well as these who have attended for a number of years , do any work at all. It can be set down as a perfectly safe rule that as a class the young educated Indians are the most worthless ones in the whole tribo. Nearly all of the work done by the tribes is performed by the middlo-agod , able-bodied ones , who cannot write or speak English. "Tho educated Indian coming from the schools usually gives the excuse that ho has nothing with which to work , neither money , implements nor stock of any kind. This is trno , but I notice that they manage to live on their annuities and lease money and buy horses , buggies , etc. , on credit and borrow money from the banks with very little prospect of ever being able to pay their debts. Any able-bodied man or woman is able to obtain work at fair wages. Many of the people are addicted to drink and both men and women are inveterate gamblers. They have practically nothing to do. Their days are spent in almost utter idleness , and vice aud debauchery are rampant. The degradation of these people will con- tiiiuo aud increase until they are made to work and live by tbo result of their labors. " As a remedy for this condition of affairs the agent recommends that the Indian children bo educated only at reservation boarding schools , further education being 00 per cent waste of effort and money , and that the schools under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma government be established among those Indians so that the latter can come into constant contact with white children. He says that the payments by the gov ernment from their trust funds now in the United States treasury should bo used to enable them to start in farming and stock raising. Farewell Party. Theresidonco of John Eoonigstein was the scono-of a very delightful gath orlng last evening when the Misses Koenigstein and MoNish entertained the young ladies of Trinity Social guild and ether friends in honor of Miss Mortle Waldrouwho is to be married No vember 19 to Mr. Tobias of Lincoln. It being the regular guild mooting night the early part of the evening was spent in the election of officers , after which the parlors were thrown open for fun and frolic and the young ladies were soon flitting from room to room with pencil and paper heart deciphering miniature hearts pinned about the walls and furniture , whloh finally proved to bo articles in the bride's trousseau. Mrs. Oorl Jenkins proved the most efficient in guessing and received a dainty little heart-shaped photograph holder containing the picture of the bride-elect , while Miss Grain was con soled with a hoartshaped piece of gum. Punch was served throughout the evening iu the reception hall and at a late hour dainty refreshmruts were par taken of. / X. The III Wind that blows nobody good is bent on errands of mischief in the fall am winter. It produces that most danger ous of common complaints a bad cold Your cold will not become bronchitis nor consumption if yon make timely use of Allen's Lung Balsam. Take it frequently until the cough and the stopped np fooling in the ohost afo gone Contains no opium and will not disturb digestion. They Cut the Throat of George Hodges. SENTENCED THIS AFTERNOON. The Former Goes to the Penitentiary for Two Years and a Half , While the Latter Is to Pay a Fine Irwin Able to Toll How Ho Was Injured. rrom Tuoedny's Dully. In district court at Madison yesterday ho cases of the State agaiust Max Spahr and J. A. Baird wore quickly aud satis- aotorily disposed of by both prisoners pleading guilty. Spahr confessed his connection with the case by pleading milty to ono of the counts , charging itm with assault with intent to do great bodily injury , a charge that will entitle him to a sentence of a term of years iu the ponitentiary. Baird pleaded guilty to a lessor crime , that of plain assault. The presiding judge , reserved the sentence to bo imposed upon the prisoners until this afternoon , when ho aunouncod his decision. At ho convincing of court this after noon Judge Boyd sentenced Max Spahr ; o a term of two years and six months n the penitentiary at Lincoln and a fiuo of $00 was assessed against his com panion J. A. Baird. Thus is com- ilotod a case that promised to bo a leavy expense to the county , as , if ; ho cases had gene to trial , there s no question but that it would lave boon difficult and expensive o prove the crimes charged , with an nuoortainty of a jury agreeing on a verdict. In this manner the case is dis posed of with a minimum amount of cost and trouble and a punishment is administered that will undoubtedly bo considered adequate to the crime. The crime with which the prisoners were connootod occurred on the night of October 10 when George Hodges , colored , aged 20 , was found Jby a cab man , Billie Hahu , a half a block east and a block north of the Main street ) ridge across the Northfork river , with his throat badly cut. The injured man was cared for and , although unable to peak , was successful in indicating to ho officers who his companions were on he night in question , and alleged rob- > or as the motive , ho having had on his person about $20 in cash whioh had lisappoared when ho was discovered and taken in charge by Night Police man Herman Koch. After the cutting Hodges had filled the awful wound with dirt to prevent his bcdlng to death. Ho lost much blood and for many days ho hovered between life and death , but the care of his physician and his robust physical condition finally operated to rail him through and ho was able to appear on the stand against his assail ants if such a course should prove necessary. The pleading of the pris oners has removed this necessity. While Spahr and Baird may not have intended to kill Hodges it is evident that they left him with the belief that ho would die and that the crime or its perpetrators might never bo discovered. The officers had little difficulty in trac ing the crime to its proper source and the greatest cause for thankfulness to Spahr and Baird is that the life of Hodges was saved , as the charge would tiave been nothing less than murder liad it been otherwise , therefore they iiave as much reason to be thankful as Hodges over his recovery. Baird was a fireman on the railroad and was taken off his engine at the su gar factory the next morning and placed under arrest by Ohief Kane. The same day ho traced Spahr down through Pilger and immediately got on his trail , tracing him to Wisnor , whore he was ar rested , and both were confined in the county jail awaiting the developments In Hodges' condition. The preliminary hearing of the prisoners was held before Justice of the Peace O. F. Eisely who issued the original papers , and they wore bound over to the district court for trial on three counts preferred by County Prosecutor Mapes. Hodges gave a very clear statement of the inci dents of the night on whioh the crime was committed and it it is believed by these who heard his testimony that Spahr and Baird showed wise discretion in pleading guilty and throwing thorn- solves on the moroy of the court , as if the case had gone to trial and boon proven their punishment would unques tionably have been much more severe. The jurors summoned to attend this term of court wore told to appear there today and those drawn from Norfolk took the 11 o'clock train for Madison this moraine. Clears Up the Mystery. John A. Irwin , who was discovered in the old Rene barn with a braised back and a badly battered skull on Octo ber 29 , has almost entirely recovered from his in juries and is able to bo about. Ho has fully recovered the use of his mind and can now recall the incidents that led up to his injury , clearing np a case that has been moro or loss of a mystery since rumors of a man being hurt , none know how or where , were afloat. Irwin says he now plainly re members the fact that ho was about to return to his work as a railroad grader for II. E. Owen with a gang of men. * He left his companions to got a lunch and in getting on or off the train he foil , ' with the result already known , a badly bruised back and a fractured skull. From the dlsoonnocted'story , told at the time ho was found , it was supposed that ho had boon assaulted and robbed , as ho claimed to have had $ GO which had disappeared. It now develops that ho had but a few dollars when ho arrived in the city and it is known that ho spent much of that. When it was soon that the etory told by him was contradictory while ho was suffering from his hurts It was surmised that ho had been injured In some such manner as ho now dis closes , and his recovery waa anxiously awaited that he might bo abty to toll his story. After the accident ho found his way to the barn mentioned , iu some manner , aud it is supposed that ho remained there from Saturday night until the Wednesday following , when ho has d.lS' covered and given caro. During Sun day and Monday there were rumors that someone had been injnrod but no trace could bo found of the injured man , and it waa passed up as a hoar until trwin was discovered on Wednesday. The lost of the mystery ig jnst cleared np with Irwin's ability to recall the incidents connootod with his injury. Beautiful Thoughts The sweet , pure breath of the babe ia suggestive of innocence and health. A mother's yearning for children is in separable from a love of the beautiful , and it behooves every woman to bring the' ' sweetest and best influence to bear on the subject of her maternity. To relieve pain and make easy that period when fife is born again , Mother's Friend is popularly used. It is a liniment easily administered and for external use only. Pregnant women should try this remedy , it being undeniably a frieml to her during nature's term of suspense and anticipation. nother's Friend , if used throughout ; estation , will soften the breasts , thereby preventing cracked and sore nipples. All muscles straining with the burden will relax , become supple and elastic from its continued application. All fibres in the abdominal region will respond readily to the expanding cover containing the embryo if flother's Friend is applied externally during pregnancy. Of all reliable druggists $1.00 per bottle. Write for free book on " flotherhood. " THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. . 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All cars are supplied with incandescent - candescent lights. Palace Sleepers and the finest Dining Oars in the world are run on the O. M. & St. P. Ry. Write nnd get full in- formation. F. A. NABII , General Western Agent , H.W.HOWELL , 1504FarnamSt. , Trav. Frt. & Pass. Agt. Omaha.