THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
PAIIT ONE , NORFOLK , NUHRASKA , FRIDAY , JANUARY 2 , JU03. 1'AGES 1 TO 8 i
Creditable Results Shown by
Norfolk Sugar Factory.
MADE SEVEN MILLION POUNDS
In n Run of 1002 Hours 30,800 Tons
of Boots Wore Converted Into High
Grade Sweetness Competent and
Energetic Work by the Officers.
From Saturday's Dally.
After 83 days nuil 83 nights , or some
thing like 1992 hours of running , the
campaign of 1902 nt the factory of the
American Boot Sugar company in this
city , and the most successful run since
the plaut began operations in Norfolk
ten years ago , was brought to a oloso
yesterday afternoon , when the last little
grain of over seven millions of pounds
of pure white sugar , was turned through
the factory and sacked for shipment. Q
The laat bit of a boot , after 30,800 tons
of them had boon ground up , was tossed
into the chutes at 2 o'clock on Wednesday
day afternoon of this week , took nearly
two days to make the rounds of the
plaut , and came out of its hiding place
in the pipes yesterday afternoon ,
dressed in white , and choice enough to
swoetou the colTeo of a prince.
Manager Bundick is eminently pleased
at the suooess of the season , the 230
workmen are feeling good over the run ,
and the farmers are justifiably happy
over the best campain that they have
had in the history of the company.
At 7 o'clock in the morning , on Octo
ber 4 , the wheels of the factory began
to turn and ran incessantly until the
27th of December. During that time
30,800 tons of boots wore converted into
over 7,000,000 pounds of the finest sugar
on earth. On the average 400 tons of
the root were ground into sweetness
every 24 hours.
It \
The profit to the growers was great.
There was an average of over 10 tons to
the acre , $135,000 was paid out for beets ,
and the yield oi every acre of ground
put into them was , on the average over
613.
613.On
On an average there wore 230 men on
the pay roll. About 8,000 tons of coal
were put into the furnaces , and a largo
list of other supplies wore used , includ
ing 550 tons of coke and 4,200 tons of
lime rook.
The contract for next year , though
not yet issued , is expected to bo the
same as the 0110 made this year with the
farmers.
To Manager J. N. Bnndick , who has
boon about the busiest man in Norfolk
for the past three mouths , and who has
given the factory his whole attention
for the greater part of the 21 hours in
every day , the success of the run is
largely duo. Tt has boon a. strenuous
campaign and ho has made it count.
Struggling against the difficulties of
strikes in railroads , strikes in coal , nnd
what not , it has been a tremendous
piece of work to keep the great factory
fed with every sort of supply , but the
1993 hours have rolled along without a
sign of a hitch , and Mr. Bundick is
pleased.
"It has been the most successful cam
paign from the farmer's point of view ,
in the history of the company , " ho said
this morning , "and it is the greatest run
the Norfolk plant has ever seen. "
Another man to whom should be
given n great deal of credit for"the suc
cessful season , is the superintendent ,
N. A. Lookwood. Mr. Lockwood is a
good example of a self made man. Ho
started in with the mechanical work
when the factory was built , has gone
steadily up and now occupies the most
important position inside the factory ,
proper. Ho has been one of the most
important factors in the run just fin
ished , and has made a record for him
self that entitles him to the silicon ) con
gratulations of his friends and asso
ciates , and the officers of the company
ore accordingly well pleased.
DR. MACKEY'S QUAIL.
Game Warden Simpkins Has a Few
Words on the Subject.
Lincoln , Deo. 21 , 1902. Editor NORFOLK -
FOLK DAILY NEWS , Norfolk Nebraska.
Dear Sir : My attention was called to
an article which appeared in your issue
of December 15 , signed by J. H. Mac-
kay.
Ordinarily this letter , as others of its
calibre , would be passed with casual
notice , except for the charge that the
state game wardens had expended $25
of state money to compell Dr. Mackay
to release his pet quail. This is un
true and must have originated in the
fertile imagination of Dr. Mackay.
Deputy Carter was in Norfolk on n
different mission , which developed the
following day when ho seized a largo
unlawful shipment of game which
passed through Norfolk in an express
car. While in Norfolk Mr. Carter's at
tention was called to Dr. Maokay's
having these quail confined in his office ,
n much deplored fact , not only because
it is unlawful , but because quail con-
not be domesticated and are never sat
isfied in confinement.
The doctor was not requested to ro
loasn the'quail - Wo j 'ther wan
so cold , but was iiskouf < /if BOOH
as the weather would . / . ' * \
"
doctor says , it is not the diu. % ,
ordinary oltl'/.ou to report violntiu
the game laws. How does this mm-
paper game protectionist expect throe
men ( tno present force on the commis
sion ) to manage the state ft worlns nnd
protect the game nnd fish in the 00
counties in this stuto without the co
operation of the citizens ? If the doc
tor know of BO many violations of the
law in the vicinity of Norfolk , why
did he not continue his course of letter
writing and drop one to the guuio and
fish department of the state convoying
the information ? It would linvo been
tioatod with duo confidence and if
violations did oxlst prosecutions would
have followed.
Dr. Mackay also finds fault because
wo have not constructed a flshwny in
the Norfolk milldnm. If the doctor
will road the law carefully , ho will
find that the law requiring the main-
touauco of fishwnys in milldanm , was
declared unconstitutional by the supreme
premo court about 1895. It is there
fore impossible for UH to require the
maintenance of fishways , much as wo
would like to do so.
so.Very
Very Tiuly YourH ,
DEO. B. SlMl'KlN'S.
PANIC AT A CHURCH PARTY.
Stereoptlcan Gas Tank Explodes at
Chicago and Many Are Hurt.
Chicago , Dec. 30. A wild panic and
Injury to several persons lollowcd un
explosion at an entertainment last
night iu the French Evangelical Meth
odist Episcopal church , 327 Center
avenue. The crash was caused by the
bursting of a storeoptlcan gas tank ,
Its force being so great as to hurl people
ple from their seats , shatter windows
nud partly wreck the interior of the
structure. Men , women and children
fought for egress when the crash carne
nnd that the list of Injured was con
fined to those hurt directly by the ex
plosion proper was due to the efforts
of the pastor , Rev. A. L. Allala , who
calmed the 300 excited occupants of
the small Sunday school room.
The seriously Injured are : Lewis
Compomlu , two fingers of right hand
blown off , Internal Injuries ; Mrs. Mary
Linclor , both logs crushed and flesh
torn from left limb from ankle to
knee , Internal injuries ; Peter Llndcr ,
nose crushed , both logs burned and
flesh torn from them.
Several other persons were more or
less 'hurt
Cummlngs Died of Alcoholism.
Chicago , Doc. 30. Richard Cum
mlngs , whoso dying statement Satur
day night charged the family of Will
iam Monlak , 4226 Ashland avenue ,
with causing his death , did not expire
as the result of drinking poleonca
wine , as ho alleged , but from the ef
fects of acute alcoholism. This was
do-f loped at an autopsy held on Cum-
mings" body by physicians from the
coroner's office. No trace of any kind
of poison was found. The police have
rolcased the Monlak family.
Wins Fight With Robber.
Clinton , la. , Dec. 30. Joseph How
ard by a desperate struggle saved
$1,250 and his valuables from robbers
who invaded his apartments last
night. Howard was shot three times
and finally frightened the robbers
away by kicking out a window. While
one robber .was fighting with Howard
one of his companions succeeded in
terrorizing throe other men In the
room. Without opposition these men
yielded up their valuables and $200.
Atlanta Theater Burns.
Atlanta , Ga. , Dec. 30. The Star
theater building , on Decatur street ,
was almost completely destroyed by
fire yesterday. A vaudeville company
was giving a rehearsal in the theater
when startled by cries of "fire" nnd
the members of the company made a
hasty retreat from the burning build
ing in their stage costumes. The
burned building originally cost about
130,000.
Thirty Lawyers In the Case.
Colorado Springs , Colo. , Dec. 30.
The will of the late W. S. Btratton , in
volving a fortune of between $10,000-
\)00 ) and $12,000,000 , came up for pro
bate yesterday before Judge Orr of
the county court of El Paso county.
There are thirty of the most prom
inent lawyers of Colorado in the case.
Injured In Gas Explosion.
Plttsburg , Dec. 30. Three buildings
were burned to the ground and two
hotels and the postoffico wore dam-
Igcd by fire at Braddock yesterday.
During the fire Chief McMlchaols of
the fire department and Policeman
Qeorge Young were badly Injured by
AH explosion of gaa. Lasi , $55,000.
Germany Silent as to Blockade.
Berlin , Dec. 30. The Gorman gov
ernment is completely silent as to
when the 'blockade will be raised , or
whether it will bo raised at all until
every question concerning arbitration
is accepted. The acceptance of arbi
tration after the blockade was begun
IB not received with popular favor in
Germany.
tilerk and Money Gone.
Omaha. Doc. 30. Frank M. Brown ,
night clerk at the Metropolitan hotel. ,
has disappeared after relieving the
safe of all its cash , about $250 , and
two diamond rings
belonging to a
puest.
Axel Hagblad of Meadow Grove
Seriously Hurt.
ACCIDENT WAS LAST NIGHT
In Crossing the Tracks nt the Junc
tion the M. & O. Train Caught Hag-
bind Ribs Broken and Foot and
Hand Crushed Trains Dolnyod.
From Moudny's Dully.
In attempting to cross the rails of an
M. & O. track at the South Norfolk
station nt 7:50 : o'clock lust night , just
ahead of the incoming passenger train
from uptown , Axul Hiigblad , n man
from Moiulow Grove , was struck by the
pilot of the locomotive , terribly chewed
by the wheels , and thrown some twenty
foot away. The man was cnriiod to
the Clifton hotel , cared for by the rail
way physician , Dr. A. Boar , and Dr.
Frank Suitor , is resting comparatively
easy today and will recover.
The injuries sustained wore filghtful
and ninny. Ho was literally scalped
along the front part of his forehead ,
and the covering thut tore loose was
slashed and gashed and shredded iu a
dozen places. The loft hand wont
under wheel and was mangled and
crushed in such a way that a portion of
it had to bo amputated , nud the rest
ought to have been ; the heel bone of
the loft foot was crushed and n pair of
ribs on the loft side were fractured.
Hagblad was not rendered unconscious ,
but was in such shape that ho was un-
nblo to give any account of himself
until thia morning.
llngblaa is from Meadow Grove ,
where ho works iu a restaurant owned
by Mr. Bressler. Ho hud boon in the
city two or throe days , and was about to
leave for homo. Just before the acci
dent ho had lunched at n restaurant
near the station , and was making for
the platform when the steaming engine
of the passenger train caught him. lie
says ho did not uotico tlio train , did not
hoar it and was struck utterly unaware.
"When picked up , the mangled man was
bleeding profusely from great , ugly
holes over his entire body. Ho was
cmriod to the Clifton hotel , near by ,
and given surgical attention immedi
ately.
The little finger and the ring finger of
the loft hand were manned on the rail.
Both ought to have boon amputated ,
but Hagblad absolutely refused to allow
the ring finger to bo touched , "If you
touch that finger , " ho declared , "I'llsuo
you for damages. " So the doctors took
off the little finger , and the rest of the
hand will have a bad tituo healing as a
result.
The injured man is 37 years old , un
married , and n member of the Modern
Brotherhood of America. It is im
possible at present to say how long his
recovery will require , but in all proba
bility it will bo a long , long time before
ho is able to be about again.
It is not known what will bo done
with the man. Word is expected from
his employer today , when it will bo
settled as to where he will be takou.
It is not at all unlikely that he will bo
cared for at tbo Clifton hotol.
Snow Blockade at Long Pine.
Trains on nearly all railroads running
into Norfolk have been delayed during
the past few days. The time table
schedules have not been exactly kept
for several weeks with some trains ,
owing to the heavy work , but the past
few days have been especially unfortun
ate ones.
The east bound passenger train from
the Black Hills , duo here Saturday
noon , arrived yesterday morning at 9
o'clock , just 21 hours behind schedule
time. The cause of the delay was a ter
rific snow storm west of Long Pine ,
which burled hot * passenger trains on
the main lino.
Train No. 3 , which left here for the
west at 8 o'clock Friday night , was tied
up between Long Pine and Ainsworth ,
with its snow plow stuck tight into a
bank. Train No. (1 ( , the one which wes
late into Norfolk , was on the other Bide
of the drift , and pinned at Woodlako.
Finally the mammoth obstacle was cut
clean , and the passengers , after being
blocked for nearly a day and a night ,
were brought to Norfolk.
The storm was one of the worst that
has boon experienced along the Elkhorn
for many years , and extended but a few
miles below Long Pine , BO that Norfolk
escaped entirely.
One Norfolk man who was tied up
with the train , and who wanted to get
home Saturday night , was Otto Tappert ,
nnd the reason ho wanted to got to Nor
folk was the meeting of the Elks' lodge.
Since the organization of the lodge in
this city , Mr. Tappert had never missed
a mooting , and ho was anxious to keep a
clean record on the book. He had
planned to roauh the city at noon , but
the snow drift stared him in the face ,
it was many miles to Norfolk too
many to walk and it began to look as
though Mr. Tappert would bo con
spicuous by his absence nt the gathering
of Klkn that night , But tlin gonlal
drummer wan equal to the occasion.
The telephone line to Norfolk was Htill
olnar nnd wliou the ledge had boon
called to order by Kxultod Hulor
IJuohol/ , there camn a sharp , deter *
mined ring nt the 'phono. "Thin in
Tuppnrt , " the voloo mild. " 1'lonBO
mark mo present on tliu book. "
The paHHongor from the cant duo at
7:20 : hint , night crippled at Wlmior and
pullud in about an hour lato. The
trouble lay with the engine , which ( Hod ,
nud for a time It wan thought in Nor
folk that the train would bo Hovoral
hourn behind. Tliu engine was Hubstl-
'tuted however , and good running
brought it in but (10 ( minutca Into.
The east bound passenger duo at noon
yiiHtorday was about three hours into ,
duo also to the snow storm.
The Union Pnoillu pasnongor duo in at
0 o'clock Saturday night , arrived at
about 11.
The M. & O. has at. no time boon
seriously delayed.
Today's train from the hills was
about a hour and n half behind.
The oauso of the delays , other than
the Htorm , has boon the engines , wliioh
have hnd especially heavy loads , and
which hnvo boon HO bnsy that they
could not bo taken off to bo overhauled.
Fed Hungry Russians.
A party of Russians came in over the
M. & O. train Saturday and were trans
ferred to the Junction depot where they
awaited the nrilval of the train that
would convoy thorn to Lincoln , which
Is their destination. Because of the
snow blockade their train was late and
they were compelled to make a wonry
wait State Oil Inspector SonnonRchuin
of West Point , who understands the
Russian language , hoard one of the
women of the party ask her husband
for something to eat , as she was hungry.
Ho replied that ho couldn't give her
anything to eat but would get lior a
Rlass of water. Inquiry developed the
fact that the pnrty was without money
and possassed nothing but transporta
tion to Lincoln. The heart of Mr.
SonnoiiKchoin was touched and ho wont
to the roHtaurnnts and hotels nud ar
ranged for the members of the party to
bo fed nt his expense , for which they
wore sincerely grateful.
STANDARD OIL GIVES PENSIONS.
Company Adopts Plan Along Lines of
Those in Vogue Among Railroads.
Now York , Doc. 30.- The Standard
Oil company has announced a gonorul
pension plan for the benefit of Its em-
ploycB. The plan IB on the linen of
those that have boon announced by
various railroad companies. Among
the new features , however , la a pro
vision to the effect that employes
who have reached the age of sixty-
four years , after twenty-llvo years In
the service of the company , may re
tire on half pay for one year , after
which the regulation pension IH to bo
paid to them. The regular pension Is
to bo oiio-fourth of the salary which
the employe was receiving at the tlmo
of his retirement. It will bo paid to
all who 'have been In the service of
the company for twenty-five years and
who have reached the ago of sixty-five
years. Several hundred men will bo
eligible to retirement on Jan. 1.
Bold Diamond Robbery.
New York. Doc. 30. In full view of
the passing crowds , a window in the
pawnshop of Simpson & Co. , in Went
Forty-second street , was smashed with
a paving block last night and $1,000
worth of diamonds ware stolen. Only
three of the gems were recovered after
the capture of the robber. It Is bo-
lleved by the police that several men
wore In the Job and that the man who
broke the window passed the jewels
to confoderutoH. After an exciting
chase , which was entered into by hun
dreds of mon , the robber , who drew a
pistol and fought desperately for his
liberty , was captured. He was more
dead than alive when the police res
cued him from the crowd of pursuers.
Ho is nineteen years of age and calls
himself William Madison of Boston.
Engineer Killed In Wreck.
San Bernardino , Cal. , Dec. 30.
Santa Fe overland train No. 5 crashed
Into a light engine sidetracked ut 81am
station , killing Engineer Charles Hayward -
ward and badly injuring Firomnn A.
Arkills. M. L. Shackclford , fireman
on the overland , was bruised about
the body and bad an arm mangled.
Engineer Juntos Gray of the overland
escaped by jumping. The impact was
terrible , completely demolishing both
engines. A defective switch Is said
to have caused the collision. No pas-
gangers were Injured.
Forestry Association to Meet.
Washington , Dec. 30. The twenty ,
first annual meeting of the American
Forestry amoclatlon will be held hero
tomorrow. The morning session will
be a business meeting , at which the
proiideut of t'ne association , Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson , will preside.
At the afternoon session a number of
jajiera will be read.
Gultan Barricades Palace.
Tangier. Morocco , Dec. 3D. The sul
tan of Morocco is said to hare retired
to the palace at Fez , with all his
kvailahle artillery and ammunition
and to have strongly barricaded him
self In consequence of a threatened at.
tack on the part of the rebels.
Outlook for the Game Here
Next Summer is Poor.
MANAGER WILKINS TO LEAVE.
Two Seasons With tlio Qnnio In Nor
folk are Enough Mr. Roberta Has
Likewise Retired Kick for Good
Uall but Don't Pny.
From proflunt IndlentioiiH there will
likely bo no base ball in Norfolk next
Hiimmor. It IIIIH boon reported from
Fremont , Grand Inland and ether places
of the like , that n move WUH on foot to
orgiinizo a Nebraska hmguo , which
would tuku in Norfolk , and nlKint mwon
ether uitioH. The report says that the
manager at this plnuo lias been oorre-
upending in regard to the mutter.
Base ball mon in Norfolk know noth
ing of the move whatever , and Htato ,
furthermore , thut no mieli plan will bo
entered into by tills city. These who
linvo had experience in the buslnoHH here
go up into the air whim prospects for
next year are mentioned , and ure ein-
phatlo in tolling how they intend to
profit by their experience.
Joe WilldiiH , who IIIIH boon manager
of the Norfolk team for the past two
HeimoiiH , nnd who lost heavily in last
years' venture with the "BrownloH , "
had this to Hay , when noon this morning -
ing : "I know nothing of the proposed
longuo , and I trust 1 shall not got
cnught by Norfolk bnso ball iignin. It
is too expensive an experience. The
trouble is that there imm't enough people
ple in town who will turn out to Htip-
port a good team. Thirty-five dollar
crowds will nevi r keep u heavily salaried
team goi/.g / , nnd yet they duunnd first
cllifts ball. I have sold my bowling
ulley nnd will imivo next week for
Tucotnn , where I have an oll'or. I shall
either play there n
management of i
team. "
team.V.
\V. W. Roberts
managed the Nor
havon't hoard of
but anything that
flee regarding ban
waste basket. 1 d <
jamo hero next KM
It would Hcem tl
gront railway fnoi
number of inns v ,
sport , ought to bo i
ball team , nud age
: owns throughout
; ho sport , and it w <
is an opportunity h
cut indications , tun
it are right , Norfo
next summer.
"BEN
The Great Spi
Omaha f
The famous sp
which is well knov
Omaha , for a sin
: houtro , command
fi. This will bo w
iu this vicinity as
uxt your , or got the
i Northwest loiiguo
who at cue time
: elk club , mild : "I
I ho proposed league ,
comoK into my of-
> bull , goes into the
ubt if they play the
MOII. " ' - .
nit Norfolk , with its
Iltios , nnd the largo
lie really enjoy the
.bio . to support n base
id ono. Many smaller
north Nubnihkn have
mid Hoem thut there
nro. But from pros-
1 if the old liumlH at
k will not play ball
HUR. "
ctacle Coming to
tr a Week.
actaclo "Bon Hur" ,
'n to all , is coming to
? lo week nt Boyd's
ig Monday , January
olcomo news to all
it now brings within
our roach an opportunity of witnessing
the greatest nnd most impressive roligio-
aistorio drama of modern times. Spec
ial accommodations will bo arranged
on all roads leading to Omaha during
this important week and everything is
being done to provide for the accommo
dation of out-of-town patrons.
The production which conies to
Omaha is the same original Kluw &
ErluuKcr organization which was seen
in Chicago last year with the same cast ,
Bconery , equipment , horses , camels nnd
ornate electrical effects. It is a sermon
of varied speech , illustrated by art and
music. The purpose of the drama and
dramatist is wholly good nnd the play ,
begins most adroitly , yet reverently.
There are n few bars of mnsio serv
ing tlio same purpose as a voluntary
before divine service nnd when the
curtain rises , it discloses the illimitable
waste of desert ; the tired camels ; the
three wise men gathered from Qrceco ,
from Egypt , from Hindustan , to greet
the appearance of the star , "a focus of
dazzling lustre" . His star proclaims
His birth. The play opens with His
birth nnd closes with hosaunas and re
joicing over the last miracles Ho was to
preform before His appointed end.
Following the prelude conies the
brilliantly colored pictures of thohouse ,
tops of Jerusalem , the teiraco of tlio
palace of Hur. Next is one of the
great scones of the play the dim interior -
terior of the Roman galley ship the
muscular , grim visaged slaves tugging
in rythmic motion at the oars. Thou
the wrook , with Ben Hur nnd his cap
tain struggling in the waves.
Then comes the most thrilling and
realist io effect over presented on
the stage the great chariot race. A
rumble is heard iu the background , the
hurryliig clatter of horses hoofs and
then tin- race is disclosed. Two Roman
chariots , each drawn by four horses ,
form the center of u marvellous picture.
The animals with far stretched necks
nnd dilated nostrils run like mad , urged
on by the whips of the charioteers Bou
Hur nnd hiw enemy , MuiMilu. Tlio
wlieeln of the olwrtotH rnmblo nnd
Hwny. Now Hen Hur IH nliond , now
Muwinln , then Bun Hur nnd they race U
ended.
Tlio last HOOIIO IH ono of fitting bounty
and ImproHslvomiRH , rcvcultnp , the
Mount of Olivet , where n great inulti-
tudo gather to greet the Nir/.uroiio nnd
where the Savior performs the miruclo
of cleansing the loporH. UhrlHt'H per-
Honallty in never roproHonted in the
fleHli but IIH ! pre.Hence IH indicated by n
my of nmrvullouH brilliancy which IH
reflected by imliaft of pure white light
from the halo over bin head.
To prommt the murvclloiiH Bpoetnolo ,
no loss than 1150 people nro required.
In the chariot race eight horweH nro
used , while four more nro kept in train
ing for omorgonoloH.
"Hen Hur" will remain in Onmlm
but one week and the uilvunce Hale of
HiuitH opoiiH Wodnomlny morning , December -
comber 111 , ut. . l o'clock. The munngo-
ment nnnounoOH that nil out of town
orderH , if uocompanied by rush or
money order , will bo filled before the
regular box office wile opens.
PixtroiiH of "Bon Ilur" nro earnestly
requested by the management to bo in
their HontH promptly at eight o'clock ' in
the evening and two oulook in the nftor-
noon , IIH the ourtnln will rlno promptly
at UIOHO ImtirH on the marvellously
beautiful tableau , "Tho Star of Rothlo-
hum" , which requires the entire audi
torium to bo darkened , and it will bo
impossible to Heat lute-comern until
after the prelude IH over.
The chariot race in Kluw < fc Krlung-
or'H "Ben Hur" will bo the most effect
ive reality over noon in n theater , either
in thin country or abroad. Itn develop
ment into an actuality may be coiiHld-
ored the triumph of Htugocruft. In
liln incident twelve hornon und thrott
ohuiiotH will bo Hhown , apparently
racing nt break noclcHpood , the imiiimlH
galloping at nil their power. Four
the two bluoltH und two whiten
vro driven by MuHHitlu and the Arabian
: inys by Bon Hur. Mcssulu leada ; Bon
[ fur smnslioK the wheels of Mcvsala'H
chariot ; the Roman falls beneath the
feet of the cra/.ud horses and Ben Hur
wins the ruco. livery vital intnrcHt
doHoribed by Gen. Wnllncn in his bonk
will bo Hfion when the piny is presented
at th Boyd , Onmlm , the week of .riui-
unry ft. Seats will bo on Hiilo Wednes
day , nnd mail orderH , with remittance ,
are being filled in ndviuicc.
The HCOIIO in Kluw it ISrhuigor'H
"Bon Hur" representing between the
locks of a grout Homiui gulloy , is the
IrHl thut IIUH ever boon put accurately
upon the fili'.go. It is ono of the most
interesting ovunts of the performance
to students of ancient history.
Th ere are 000 costumes worn in Klaw
it Krlingor'H "Ben Hur , " ninny of them
of the costliest fabrics. Six hundred
pairs of Hhoes nro worn nnd cost the
ducing managers ' ,100. The pro-
iminuiy electrical experiments to pro
duce the Star of Bethlehem effect in
volved months of time by exports and
an expenditure of over $1,000.
William Fnrnum , who plays the title
in Klaw & Erlnngor'H "Ben Hur" is
twenty-three years old , is five foot
eleven inches in height and weighs 100
pounds. His physical development is
magnificent and ho has not an onnoo
of superfluous flotth on him.
BINQER HERMANN TO QUIT.
Commissioner of General Land brfice
Resigns by Request.
WaHhlngton , Dec. 30. Blnger Her
mann , commissioner of the general
land office , has resigned and will be
succeeded by William A. Richards ,
now the assistant commissioner of the
general land office. Commissioner
Hermann said that the change will be
operative Fob. 1. Mr. Hermann's
resignation was requested about two
weeks ago by the secretary of tlio in
terior nnd was immediately presented.
The relations between Secretary
Hitchcock and Commissioner Hermann
bare been strained for a long time.
Charges have been preferred
against two of the subordinate officials
of the land otlicc involved In the al
legcrt Irregularities and they have
been given a specific time in which to
make answer. These officials are Har
ry King , chief , and Fred P. Metzger
Assistant chief of the draughtsman's
division of the government land office
The former Is charged with neglect
of duty and the latter with mlsman
agemcnt and unsatisfactory ndmlnls
tratlon of his duties. Mr. Metzger
was formerly from Kansas and was
once chief clerk of the general land
office.
. Fire at Louisville.
Louisville , Dec. 30. Fire which
broke out at 11:30 : last night In the
wholesale whisky house of Bonnie
Bros. , on Main street , in the heart of
the wholesale whisky district of this
city , caused a loss of about $100,001) )
and threatened for a time to destroy
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company's general otliccs and other
property , valued at three or four
times that amount. The flames , how
ever , were gotten under control after
a hard fight and the principal damage
was confined to the building In which
the fire started.
