; . * THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL. PAKT ONE , NORFOLK , NEBRASKA , FRIDAY , JANUARY 80 , IJMKJ , PAGES 1 TO 8 J Found Hanging From a Tree at Spring Branch. ADOLPH HILLETELLS OFFIC / . * Man was About 50 or 55 Years " ' Ago and Has Probably Boon Dead Some Days Had Money and To bacco in His Pocket. From Monday's Daily : Adolphllillo , who lives oil the ZuU place , two miles north of the city on First Btroot , reported to the ofllcors this morning that there was the body of a man hanging to a tree near his rr homo. Chief of Police Kane and Commis sioner Winter wont out to investigate and wore shown to the spot by Mr. Hille. The man , evidently a snioido , is a stranger and had nothing on his person by which his identity could be fixed. The corpse is that of a man be tween 50 and 55 years of ago , with gray hair and whiskers. Ho wore a blue overcoat and his other clothes indicated that ho was not suffering for the neces sities of life as they wore warm and comfortable appearing. In one pocket ho had a large package of Homestead tobacco and in another a warm pair of mittens. The only scrap of paper fonnd on his person was a piece of mauila wrapping paper on which were some figures and a couple of items written in a distinct and legible hand. In another pocket there was $29.35 in cash , another fact to prove that if de spondency was the cause of his rash act , it was not because of a lack of money to prevent starvation or other discomforts. The body was hanging from the limb of a tree near the Spring Branch. A piece of wii'9 had been bent about the neck and tlip man had evidently stran gled by bonding down from his knees , in which position he was when dis covered. The stranger had evidently been hanging there for several days. Mr. Hillo saw him yesterday for the first time. He thought that the man might be standing there , butjwhenho went out again this morning and saw him in the same position , he began to tremble , his knees smote together and ho made at once for town to inform the officers without venturing to make a closer in vestigation. He realized that the man was dead and that was sufficient for him. him.The The body was cut down this after noon and brought to the undertaking rooms of Sessions & Bell where it will be kept to await identification or until it is considered that no identifica tion is possible. Chief Kane said that ho had seen the man about town last week a number of times but did not know who he was. Outside of the probability that it is a case of self-destruction , the details are shrouded in mystery and some informa tion regarding the man and the motive that led to his self-destruction will be anxiously awaited by the officers and the public. NOT YET IDENTIFIED. Body of Man Who Suicided Has Not Been Claimed. Although perhaps half a thousand persons have viewed the corpse of the man who was fonnd hanging from a tree at the Adolph Hillo home north of the city yesterday , there have been none to es tablish his identity , and there is as much of a mystery surrounding the case as there was yesterday. The undertaking rooms of Sessions & Bell , where the body awaits identifica tion , were thronged with the curious yesterday afternoon and this morning , but there were none to tell who the man could have been. Many had seen him before , and others had known people to whom he bore a striking resemblance , but none conld tell who this man was nor where ho made his home. The body will bo kept as long as possible to await identification , and those who think they might be able to give inform ation as to the family of the deceased are invited to lend their assistance to ward clearing np the mystery. From the fact that neither town or country people who have a wide ac quaintance through this section , have been able to identify the remains , it is considered that ho is a stranger here. It is believed that ho may have been in a demented condition and wandered from his home in another part of the state. The indications are that ho walked a considerable distance before he arrived at the place where he committed self destruction. It is considered that he is a German , and it has been decided that he is nearer ( iO years of age than GO or 55 , as given yesterday. He is about five feet and six inches in height , not corpulent but rather heavily sot , his logs are somewhat bowed ; lie wears a chin board about two inches long , and a moustache ; hair and beard are gray , formerly prob ably dark brown ; the loft eye appears as though it had been scarred on the tipper lid ; ho were heavy rubbers and no shoos , an almost now blue black overcoat with a gray chocked lining ; had a pair of black homo knit mittens in the pocket , also u briar wood plpo and tobacco ; were two pairs of pants , one pair black with strips , the other pair gray , as was also his vest ; a gray Mk scarf was worn about his nook , 'ice is well formed and has an in- ° 4f l appearance. o/ . . * irs arc requested to copy this u.C'V and thus aid toward lo cating hi. . ° c/0 " friends. Letters shi. * ° 'dressed either to Commissioner i. , f. Winter or the firm of Sessions & Boll , both of this city. DID GHOULS DO IT ? Body of Child Taken From Grave at St. Bernard. The body of a young child , buried in the cemetery of St. Bernard , has mys teriously disappeared and the work is evidently that of ghouls or body- snatchers. The body was that of the little five-mouths' old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rhinohardt Faust of Kalaiua- zoo. The Madison Star investigated the facts in the case last week and ob tained the following information : "Mrs. Faust stated that on December 14 , 1001 , they had buried a five-months' old daughter , tnelr first-born , in the cemetery at St. Bernard , and on Jan- nary 10 , 1002 , the angel of death visited their homo for the second time and took therefrom a llttlo baby boy but two months old. The child waste to be laid by the side of the first-born , and a desire seized the parents to take another look at the departed. Those digging the grave exhumed the body and in the presence of a carpenter at St. Bernard , named Tribblo , and John Faust , a brother of Rhiue- hardt , the coffin was opened and , to their horror , all that it contained was the grave cloths of the departed. No other trace of the remains were fonnd , and oven the flowers and some pictures which the fond mother had placed in the casket had disappeared with the re mains. John Faust immediately told of the absence of the body from the casket and the twice bereaved parents were more distracted than ever over the news. While the mother was telling her sad tale there wore tears in her eyes and her quivering voice betrayed the deep anguish that wrung her heart to the coro. " "John Fonst was in Oornloa on Tues day when The Star investigation was made and conld not bo seen , but ho will probably have a tale to toll when ho reads the above 'facts in the case. ' " FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY. James Payne Fined by Justice Eiselcy. James Payne was before Justice of the Peace 0. F. Eiseloy this morning on the charge of having committed assault and battery on Franz Bokouoski , to which he pleaded guilty and was as sessed a fine of $10 and costs. Payne boards in the Lindsay home near the waterworks pumping station. Last night he started in to make a rough house there by calling Mrs. Christian a hard name and attempting to throw her out of doors. He also put another woman out of the house. Bokoueski , who works in the waterworks , was notified of what was in progress , and went over to straighten matters out when Payne attacked him and gave him a Dad eye. Justice Elseley was routed out of bed and made out the papers necessary to put Payne under restraint and he was taken in charge by Night Police Koch. When aroused Justice Eiseley was told that Bok- oueski's eye had been gouged out and was hanging over his cheek , but if so it had resumed its place in its socket this morning although its surroundings were very black and appeared very badly bruised. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Wilson Cloyd Received a Fractured Skull and May Not Recover. Wilson Oloyd'a young man about 20 years of ago , who has been working on the Oeo. Berry ranch west of town , met with a serious accident while driv ing home from this city Saturday night. He was taking to the ranch ; > a lung smoke stack. The wagon boxjhad been removed and the wagon was lengthened by the use of a long reach. It is supposed that ho had been walking along beside the team to keep warm , and had attempted to get on the wagon again when the team became unman ageable and ran away. The team went homo without a driver and when Oloyd was found ho was laying in the road near the homo of John Ray , seven miles west of the city. Ho was uncon scious when found and waa token into the homo of Mr. Ruy. A physician was summoned and an oxaininrtion re vealed that the young man's skull had been fractured in two places , his head having probably boon run over by the wheels of the wagon. He is in a very critical condition and his recovery is doubtful. Wood About the Furnace Was Ignited. BUILDING MUCH DAMAGED. Trust Company Temporarily Occupy ing Office Rooms In the Mast Block. Fire Alarm Was Not of a Strenuous Character. Fire caught in the wood work sur rounding the furnace that heats the ofllco of the Durluud Trust company this morning about 8:110. : The flames ate their way slowly and after the alarm had boon turned In and the de partment had arrived on the sueuo , they had not made much advancement. The furnace is located in the basement and the first notice of lire below was the smoke that began to ponotruto the floor to the ofllco rouuis. A line of hose was laid from the hydrant on Fourth street and a stream of water was soon playing on the fire in the floor joists. It was difficult to got at , however , and before control of the flames had boon secured they had worked their way up and through the partition in the east room , causing considerable damage. The door and the ouo partition may hava to bo rebuilt before the ofllco is again in condition for occupancy. As soon an the flames began to appear through the partition the furniture of the Trust company was removed and was soon aftorwatd convoyed to the room in the Mast block formerly occu pied by the Y. M. 0. A. whioh will bo used until the burned ofllco is placed in repair. The room has recently boon occupied temporarily by Hermann and Morrison , contractors , but they moved their ofllco supplies to Mr. Hermann's shop on North Fourth street. The Trust company was doing business within a very short time after the fire and sold at least ouo farm this morning. The damage to the building has not boon estimated , but the loss is covered by insurance. O. B. Durland , who occupies the west room of the building , which is the least damaged , has had n stove put up and will continue to attend to business at the old stand. The alarm given perhaps was suffi cient , as it turned out the firemen necessary to fight the flames , but it was not much in evidence. After the first few pulls of the alarm nt the fire boll the rope gave away and resort was had to the big rope that swings the boll and which gives an alarm after the manner of a church boll assembling the congregation to prayer meeting. The sea lion whistle at the waterworks pumping station gave forth not a sound. The fireman says ho was not aware there was a fire until someone from np town informed him of the fact. Ho heard the firebell , but thought it was the bell at the school house , and ho claims that the first intimation he had of a fire was when ho heard the gongs at tached to the hose carts. When he was informed that there was a fire in faot ho decided that it was too late to give an alarm and it was because the fire was out. Another story is told from the tele phone central office. It is said there that an alarm was turned in promptly , but that there was no response from the fireman , and they were of the opinion that either the firemen was sleeping , or absent from his post , or it might be that the bell refused to work. One of the hose companies that at tached to the hydrant at Third street also had some trouble. When they at tached to the hydrant and attempted to get water they found that their hose was frozen up and refused to deliver. Some large chunks of ice were removed before the proper action conld be se cured. There are facilities for draining hose at the engine house which had probably not been used as they should have been since the last fire. "Ole Olson" a First Class Attraction. Mr. Beall gnarentoes that the "Olo Oleeon" company which is to appear at the Auditorium Friday night is the same company that has played the best houses in Boston , Now York , Philadel phia , Providence , Chicago , Omaha , Lin coln and Sioux City. The company makes but three stops enronto in Ne braska from Sioux City to Denver , on their way to the coast. Speaking of the company's appearance in the Boyd of that city , the Omaha Bee of Monday says : "Ben Houdricks has been coming to Omaha for the last thirteen years with his 'Olo Oleson * makeup and dialect , but the size of the house he drew at the Boyd lost night would seem to indi cate that the play and the player have lost none of their oharm for the people. Ole Oleson is an humble hero , but none the less a pleasing one , and the people appearontly like to watch his straggle with the English language , a loving cook-lady and a bunch of villains at the same time. Ho overcomes the latter , circumvents the second , and gives up the first as a task too great for his tongue , whioh has been thickened by a descent from vikings who didn't wwtc tliuo talking. Ole In assisted along the way by a number of persons who have things to do with the working out of the plot of the play. Several of those show much olovorncps , and all work together with a harmony that makes the play move mnoothly. Ono of the interpol ated foaturoa in the Swedish ladies' qnnrtot , the members having well trained voices which ohimo molodioutdy in the folk-Hongs and English mi inborn rendered. This was an especially de lightful part of the performance last night. " SECOND FIRE OF THE WEEK. House of Mrs. Lobnow on North Ninth Damaged , from Ttioxlny'n Dully. The Hocond of the Borles of fires took place last night about 10 : ! ! ( ) , when the department wan summoned to re- npoud to call from North Ninth street , whore the house of Mrs. Lobnow , oo- miplort by Mr. and Mm. Jacobs , was on firo. The firemen had some diilloulty in locating the scone of the trouble and chimed up and down several streets before - fore the proper plaooj was found , but whim they did arrive they made short work of the blaze. The alarm given by the fireman at the pumping station was long , loud and penetrating , so that many who hoard it thought that oven the dead might have been aroused , and the boll did a share toward informing the people that there wns a fire. Before the fire was extinguished considerable - sidorablo damage to the property had boon done. The floor wan burned through as was also the roof and ono of the partitions. The furniture of the tenants was removed , with the excep tion of a bed , a Htovo and some clothing , and those were Huriously damaged. The fire appears to have resulted from a similar accident earlier in the day. During the ] afternoon the baby buggy , which was standing nour the stove , caught on fire and the flames communi cated to the house. This was extin guished , or supposed that it had boon , but there must have boon KOIIIO sparks remaining that generated into a bla/.o later in the evening. The afternoon fire had filled the house with smoke to fluuh an extent that Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs decided to spend the night at the homo of his parents and no ono wan present when the flames broke out the second time. It was observed , however , and an alarm turned in. In looking for the fire the men of the companies first wont to the homo of Augnst Kiesau on South Tenth street , then to the homo of Dr. William Kiosau on South Eighth , but wore finally given the proper directions. BOYS STOLE CHICKENS. Arc Now in Jail Awaiting Trial and May bo Sent to Kearney. Clarence Brady , 12 years of ago , and Baldwin , who claims to bo uoaring his 10th birthday , are occupants of the city jail , awaiting trial on the charge of stealing chickens. "Coon" Pratt is ac cused of being a participant , but ho has not yet boon arrested. The "complaint , charging the boys with the crime , was made out by J. A. Romino , and states that on or about the 22nd , 28dor 21th , they took 11 hens valued at $5 from his premises. The complaint further states that a day or two preceding the same boys had taken 17 hens from Mrs. August Kiohl , the said hens being valued at $8. Warrants were issned by Justice of the Peace O. F. Eisoly and placed in the hands of Chief of Police Kane , who ar rested the Brady and Baldwin boys yes terday and placed them in jail. Their trial may bo held this afternoon and it is likely that they will be seat to the reform school for a term. The llttlo Brady boy is penitent. His parents have not been to see him since his arrest and he feels very badly about it. They say they want himjtakon tothc [ reform school and It would undoubtedly be the best thing that could ] happen to the poor little chap. There ho will be fed and receive a training which he now lacks. The same boys were arrested but a short time ago for playing truant from school. Paul Qilmore will present Haddon Chambers' famous comedy , "Tho Ty ranny of Tears , " in this city soon. The play is a comedy treatment of life in an author's homo , apt , illustrative of his peculiarities , caprices , misdeeds , af fections and emotions , which are all subject to the tyrannical disposition of his wife , who sheds tears , with or with out the least provocation. Paul Gilmore - more will appear as the literary man , supported by an excellent company. Dissolution Notice. The co-partnership heretofore exist ing between W. R. Hoffman and R. R. Smith under the uamo of Hoffman & Smith , is this day dissolved by mutual consent , R. R. Smith being succeeded by A. H. Violo , and the business contin ued under the firm name of Hoffman & Violo. January 14 , 1908. W. R. HOFFMAN. R. R. SMITH. Norfolk Lodge of Elks Spend a Happy Evening. INTERESTING PROGRAM GIVEN. Addresses , Singing , Games , Dancing , Refreshments and n General Good Time Enjoyed Ladies Assist Ilio Members. Last night Norfolk lodge , No , 05:1U. : P. O. 12. , celebrated the Hooond annlvor- Hary of its Institution in an appropriate manner. There were nddruHHOH , sing- iiigi games , dancing and refreshments , and a general good time , whioh con tinued until u late hour this morning. The ball and olub roonw were hand- Homely decorated , national colors and the purple and white of the order bolng used in profusion. Guests were received in the parlor of the olub , and they noon inado thoinsolvoH at homo in the various rooms , At I ) o'clock Kxaltor Ruler Buoholz rapped for order in the ball room , whioh for the time was con verted into an auditorium. After briefly reviewing the HUOOOBH of the lodge slnoo it was established two years ago , the exalted - alted ruler announced the program , whioh was carried out an follows : Opening ode , led by quartotto. Address , The Lndiea , Judge Barnes , Whistling solo , Mrs. F. G. Sailor. Solo , J. B. Maylard. Address , The Elks an Soon by the Traveling Men , Mr. J. T. Thompson. Song by the quartette. Address , Col. J. 0. Elliott of West Point. Star , Spangled Banner , led by the quartotto. At the close of this feature of the evening , the floor was cleared of chairs and dancing was indulged in to music furnished by the Italian orchestra. This amusement was continued until a late hour this morning , with an inter mission nt 11 o'clock for refreshments. While the dancing was going on in the ball room , the billiard , pool and ping pong tables were well patronized , and a few young couples sought co/y nooks in the parlor for quiet talks. The refreshment 1'oaturo of the evening - ing had boon placed in the hands of a committee of "Lady Elks , " and it goes without saying that nothing was lacking to make it a complete success as u feast. The lodge room had boon temporarily converted into it dining room , where the guests were seated at dautily spread small tables while being served. The ladles who planned and nerved the refresh- moutd are Mesdames Parish , Bullock , Barnes , W. II. Johnson , Jack Koonig- stolu , IT. E. Owen , G. B. Salter , Utter , PoworH , Greene , Walker , F. G. Salter , O. J. Johnson. Among the out of town members and their ladies , were O. E. Burnham and daughter Fay of Tildon ; Owen O'Neill , Misses O'Neill and Misses Hughes of Battle Creek ; J. 0. Elliott of West Point ; E. H. Lnikart of South Slonx City ; Fred Coshiu of Omaha. Norfolk lodge was organized two years ago yesterday , with a charter list of 713. Now it numbers more than 250 mem bers on its roll , among whom are an ox- United States senator , a congressman , two congressmen-elect , a judge of the supreme court , the auditor of state , a number of district court judges , and other gentlemen of more or loss distinc tion. The lodge haa fitted np a suite of club rooms in the Marquordt block , oc cupying the whole second floor , which in fixtures and appointments are counted among the finest in the state , while it controls the third floor of the building for dancing purposes. It has been the means of causing business men of the city to got together not only socially bnt has brought them together as o unit in advancing the interests of the city. It is not too much to say that no other ono factor has done as much for Norfolk as the Elks lodge and club. NO IDENTIFICATION YET. Body of Suicide at Sessions and Bell's Still Unclaimed. Although the stream of visitors to the undertaking rooms of Sessions & Boll have been constant during the past two days , there has as yet been no ono to identify the man who committed sui cide at the Hillo form north of town , and there is now scant hopes of identifi cation unless it bo from someone living at a distance from Norfolk. Yesterday afternoon the dead man's picture was taken with the hope that the photographs might bo of use for .the purpose of identification. Some of the state papers may be asked to publish the picture as a further moans to ident ification. Ono of the Bothko boys wore confi dent that they had seen the man going northeast over the M. & O. tracks Sat urday. Ho was certain that if this was the same man ho was carrying a bundle in his hand. The officers took this as a possible clue to his identity and went out to the Hillo place to see If such a bundle could bo found but were unsuc cessful in locating snca a bundle. Various rumors or perhaps guesses have boon indulged in regarding the ontiHO of the innn'fi death. Ono poHnlbll- ity expressed was that the man mny have had u much larger amount of money on hln person than wan din- covered , that ho may have met with foul play and boon Iclllnd by poison or otherwise and the body suspended in the manner in which It wan found and the Hum of money left In the pocket to deceive the ollloorfl. Not much ore- donco in put In such a possibility , how ever. The cironmstancoH point too strongly to miioldo , and the only hojio of the oIlloorH is that the family and friends of the deceased may bo located in a short time. The body will bo kept for some time , hoping that friends or relatives may ap pear to claim it , but In the event that none are discovered the remains will bo Interred bore , Mrs. Elsie Desmond offered the use of her largo lot in Pros pect II111 cemetery for the interment providing the family or friends of the deceased could not bo found. None of the circumstances can bo taken to indi cate that the man In a pauper and through Mrs , Desmond's charity it will not bo necessary for the body to occupy a panpor'H grave though bin relatives an > not located , Homo day there may bo Homo son or daughter or wlfo or other relative to thank Mrs. Desmond for the interest she has taken in preventing the remains from bolng laid in a paupor'o grave. MINE WORKERS FINISH LADORS. Indianapolis Convention Complete * Its Work and Adjourns. IndlnnapollH. Jan. 28. The United Mlno WorkorH completed tbelr work nnd adjourned yealorday. Tlio conven tion ban boon the most expeditions and harmonious ever held. Many Im portant moamiruB have boon coimld- orod and acted upon. Among them nro the formulation of the doinund for an InrroaBo of wages of lli'/i ' contn flat per ton . rmi-or-tnlno hnsln and II . on n. - - a a i. differential of 7 cents per ton between pick and rnachlno mined coal ; a demand - mand for an InoreuKo of limldo and ontsldo laborers In proportion to tin * IncroaHo of the miners ; the refusal to commit the convention to socialism and Government ownerHblp ; the rais ing of ofllenrH' BalarleB ; the declara tion agnhiHt children working In mlnon ; the demand for an anti-Injunc tion law , and the plann for a defense fund. A conference with the operators will bo held tomorrow. It In the opinion of the inomberB of the rrnv < " tlon ( hat ( ho conference will b" ( 'mrt dura tion. Thn operators havu tholr wIlllngnesH lo grant an of wage1 ! In many InstanreR , but have never given any Intimation ns to the amount that they would be willing to Rlv . MAY BRING ON BIG STRIKE. Rumor Says Gould Lines Have Re fused Demands of Trainmen. Omaha , Jan. 28 It was stated In railroad circles that private advices bad como from St. Louis to the effect that the general managers of the four Gould HncB In conference there with general committees representing the conductors and trainmen had refused the demands of the latter for a raise of wages and other concessions. It was further stated that an assembling of the executive committee had been called by the conductors and train men for today , and that It was expect ed a general strike over the entlra western division of the Order of Rail way Conductors and the Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen would bo or dered. This would Involve fifty-two railroads In the west and middle west and 150,000 men of the two orders. Kansas t PaW Suffrage Bill. Toptka , Kan. , Jan. 28. The woman suffrage supporters bar * boon assured by leading members of the legislature that a bill granting the privilege ot the ballot would bo passed at this ses sion. The bill ban been favorably res- ported In both bouBCB , and Governor Bailey has expressed his Intention ot signing It when it finally passes. Re publicans generally favor the measure. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postoffico January 26 , 1003. Wm. H. Anderson , Friedrick Bartz ( package ) from Germany , Mrs A. B. Burnett , Sam J. Barren , Mrs. O. I. Bonford , P. F. Ball , J. L. Dunn , George Florer , Frank W. Greenslade , Wui. Gurrett , Geo. JIaines , Mrs. 0. W. Jones (2) ( ) , A. P. Layton , F. E. Lawler , John H. Plnmer , Mrs. Aggie Pirsons , H. L. Summers , S. Secord , Mrs. O. N. Stiuo , George Shafer , E. S. Toomey , H. Tillou- bnrg , Mrs. Lizzie Whein. If not called for in 1C days will be sent to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above please say advertised. JOHN R , HAYS , P. M. Geo. H. Spear has written from Omaha that Bon Hendricks in "Ole Oloson" was well received at the Boyd in that city ; that the company is all art ists , and that the Swedish Ladies' quartet responded to four encores , reudoriuglin an excellent manner , "My Old Kentucky Home" and several songs in English as well as two flue renditions in Swedish words and music. Mr. " flue " and desires Spear says "They are , Norfolk people to welcome them with a good house.