THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
PART ONE , NOHFOLTC , NEBRASKA , Kill DAY , KIWHUAUY 27 , 10UH. PAGES 1 TO 8
"Harry Thompson Failed to
Clear With a Pants Pattern ,
CLERKS TOO MANY FOR HIM.
Acquired a-Reputation as a Spender
In Norfolk dust Before Christmas.
Will Now Languish In dall for Two
Months ,
[ From Saturday's Dally.J
Harry Thompson , the WOMK >
created quite a sensation by t ° 6
into Norfolk shortly bofnro Ohr. H
with a roll of .tnonoy about as big as fo.
leg mid reputc'I * .to coutniu BomothL
like $1,400 which he was intent on
spending in the shortest possible time ,
is again brough to public notice in quite
: a different light. And it is believed
thrt his moteorio career in Norfolk is
now about to close.
This morning ho wont into the store
of J. W. Humphrey ostensibly to look
at some coats and vests , but his real in
tention was petit larceny , as it afterward -
ward proved. There were present in
the store at the time W. S. Tapper , Mr.
Maloney the cutter , and P. p. Hirsoh.
The follow decided that bo did not want
a coat and vest at the present time and
started to walk out when it was noticed
that he had concealed something nndor
his coat. It was n bolt of cloth valued
at about $15. When ho saw that the
game was up , Thompson showed fight
and threatened to shoot but failed to
produce a gun. The men in the store
were equal to the occasion and when
resistance was offered they armed them
selves with any clubablo weapon in
sight and held the fellow in the store
iinHl TCnhnrfc TTtfor. who wan rmflsincr.
summoned Chief of Police Kane.
The officer started with his prisoner
for the city jail , but he showed an in
clination to resist arrest and the assist
ance of Constable Couloy was secured
and the man placed J behind the
bars.
bars.This
This afternoon he was arraigned be
fore Justice of the Peace 0. F. Eiseley
on the charge of petit larceny , pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to a term of
CO days in the county jail , the court
taking oil'a mouth of the limit because
of Thompson's plea of guilty. He was
taken to Madison this afternoon by
Chief of. Police Kane and given into
the custody of Sheriff Clements.
Since his first appearance in Norfolk
some have persistently held to the be
lief that Thompson was a hold-up man
of some sort r.ml that the money he so
freely spent was not acquired by honest
toil and this circumstance seems to
prove that belief. There has been a
considerable trade in valuable cloth
patterns recently that had the appear
ance of not being of just the right sort
and the officers are inclined to think
that th'ey now have the author of such
transactions safe for aj couple of
months.
Thompson was much put out at being
put to the ignominy of an arrest and
pretended to be considerably under the
influence of liquor. He is not of an
intellectual or refined'appearance , has a
corner of his nose chipped out and has
had repeated difficulties of several kinds
since his advent in Norfolk. At the
expiration of his term in jail it is hoped
' that he will look up greener fields. If
not it should bo undertaken to make
Norfolk too hot to hold him.
Piano Recital.
[ From Monday's Dally. ]
Dr. Charles Sitzor of Albion will give
a piano recital in the First Congrega
tional church tomorrow evening ut
8 o'clock. Dr. Sitzer is by profession a
dentist but has made himself proficient
in music. This recital is arranged for
him to meet the musical people of Nor
folk. A small admission of 15 cents
will be charged to defray necessary ex
penses. Dr. Sitzer played iu prelimin
ary concert when Paderewski visited
Lincoln. Following is the program :
I'AET FlUSr ,
Isolde's "Lovo Death" . . .Wagner
"Sonata AppasBl < mata"Opns 57 Boethov u
Ballads Opus W Chopin
Prolurt * and Fngua . . . Bach
"Erl Koenlff" Sclinbert
PART SECOND.
Soprano Solo , "Thon'rt Like Onto a Lovely
Fin Wo " . . . Wilson Q.Smltn
Miss HiHroth Sissou.
Fanta t8. Impromptu-Opus 66 >
Valso E minor > . . . . . . i ° P'n '
"Witches' Dance" .MacDowell
Heading , "The Annexation of Cnby" . . . . . . . . .
Alice Hogan
MUs Esther Mason.
Hungarian Rhapsody , Nnmbar 0. . . Ll zt
PLAINVIEW HOTEL BURNED.
Fire of Incendiary Origin Causes Loss
of 38,500.
[ From Saturday's Dally. ]
Plain view , Neb. , Feb. 20. Fire
which was unquestionably of incendiary
origin , totally destroyed the Merchants'
hotel at this place early this morning.
The loss is about $8,500 , insurance
| 4,000. F. Stolnkrause , the owner of
the building , occnpied a room there
I and Q. H. Fair , wife and child were
living in two rooms. The rest of the
house was unoccupied.
Night Watchman O. A. Bertles dis
covered the fire about 1 o'clock this
morning and awakened Steinkrause and
the. Fairs. They escaped safely , but
the furniture and clothing belonging to
the Fairs , valued at $1,000 , were burned.
The hotel was built a year ago at a cost
of $7,500. The first tenant , S. T. John-
BOU , moved out throe weeks ago , and no
other renter had been secured. There
had boeu no fire iu the rear of the build
ing where the flames originated since
Johnson moved out. This has con
vinced everybody hero that the building
watt sot on fire , uLhough no motive can
bo assigned for it. It Is not known
whether or not the hotel will bo rebuilt.
A RANK DECEPTION.
Junior Class of tlio High School
Gives a Successful Entertainment.
[ From Saturday's Dully. ]
If there WAS liny rank deception at
the junior entertainment in thu high
school room last evening , the audience
that filled thu room to overflowing was
certainly not the victim , as both the
amateur production and the musical
program wore thoroughly enjoyable.
The cast of characters assuming the
various roles iu "A Rank Deception"
had boon in practice during thu past
six weeks and had certainly improved
' ' 0 time to advautugn as uauh gave an
Client interpretation of liis or her
/ ( , The plot of the play was not
° jy ° hut was easily comprehended
u * / glily enjoyed. A fully ap-
po b . i was usjd , the scenery be
ing u pupar pasted on frames
tnado i. uauual training depart
ment , an , < < wored thu purpose to a
nicety. Tuo stage settings of furuitnrn ,
rugs and flowers wore tastefully ar
ranged and the whole effect was well
lighted with electricity. The intervals
between acts wore agreeably filled with
delightful musical selections and the
evening was a pleasurable ono through
out. The class realized about $00 nit
the result of the entertainment and the
money will go toward apparatus and
supplies for the chemistry and physics
classes. Several plots on the parts of
members of the other clashes , calculated
to embarrass , and interrupt the program
wore discovered and frustrated in time.
Following is the program and cast
of characters :
Opening solo Kathryn Shaw.
Instrumental solo , "Heather Bells"
Miss Florence Estabrook.
A HANK DECEPTION' ACT I.
Instrumental duet , "Witches Flight"
Miss Jessie Dreberfc and Floroncn
Estabrook.
Instrumental solo , "Bustling Pines"
Miss Eva Carpenter.
A RANK DECEPTION ACT II.
( Four ] mouths elapse between Act I
and Act II )
Instrumental solo , "Narcissus" Miss
Kathryn Shaw.
Ec Class song"A Stein Song" Junior
class.
CAST OF CHARACTERS I
Mrs Francis Charmington , an at
tractive widow , owner of the Charm-
iugtou canning factory Miss Edith
Violo.
Madeline Deoring , her niece , who
conducts all love affairs upon a patri
otic basis Miss Louise Whipps.
Dora Vandeveer , a danifel yearning
for a mission Miss Ethel Long-
flll Reginald DeBlustor , a millionaire , in
love with Madeline Mr. Oliver Utter.
George Washington Wheelshaft , a
real up-to-date hero , also in love with
Madeline Mr. Ray Hyde.
Frederick , Mrs. Charmiugton's son ,
in love with Dora Mr. Will Stafford.
iiP
Poisoning of Cattle by Common Sor-
ghum and Kafir Corn.
[ From Saturday's Dally. ]
During the past few years , the Ne-
braska experiment station has investi
gated the loss of cattle from eating
green sorghum and Kafir corn. The
prediction of the
veterinarian that a
chemical poison would be found has
been fully verified. While the work
was in progress , two English investiga
tors discovered that prnssio acid can bo
obtained from the Egyptian great millet.
A. little later and entirely independently ,
the Nebraska investigators discovered
that pruscio acid can be obtained from
our common sorghum and Kafir corn.
The poison is always present in at
least minute traces , but becomes dun-
gerons only when the plant is arrested
by dry weather at certain stages of its
growth. Sunlight such as prevails iu
the arid and semiarid parts of the
country causes the development of the
poison in excess. When the symptoms
of poison do not appear so violently as
to make medical treatment out of the
question , drenching the animal with a
solution of corn syrup or with sweeti
milk is suggested.
Thoroughly cured Kafir corn that had
been especially deadly before harvesting ,
was fed to an animal without producing
any symptoms of poisoning. Synopsis
of Bulletin No. 77 of the Nebraska Ag
ricultural Experiment Station by A. T.
Peters and S. Avery.
Soil Temperatures.
[ From Saturday's Dally. ]
For fifteen years past the temperature
of the soil has been measured daily at
the state farm at seven different depths ,
ranging from 1 inch to 3 feet , and a
study of the results recently has brought
oat many interesting conclusions.
For example , it appears that in every
month of the year the surface of the
ground averages warmer than the air ;
this shows that it is the ground which
first feels the effect of the solar heat
and is warmed by it and then it im
parts its heat to the air , rather than the
air warming the soil. The warm sur
face layers also impart their heat to the
deeper soil , but more slowly , so that at
a depth of 3 feet the chighest and low
est temperatures of the year are not
reached till about a month later than
they occur at the surface. At a depth
of throe feet the range between summer
and winter is only 31 degrees , instead j
of a hundred and more , as it is in the
air and at the surface. The coolest
place in the ground is shown to bo
somewhat below the depth of three
feet , but probably not much more. The ! ?
greatest depth to which the ground
freezes in the winter is most commonly
18 or 20 inches ; twice since 1800 it has '
frozen to a depth of more than 8 B
feet viz , in 1895 and in 1890. Lincoln
Climate and Crop Service.
Battle Creek and Tilclen Vis
ited by the Fiend.
HOTEL AND DANK DESTOYED.
Battle Crook Hotel Is n Total Loss and
Tildon State Dank Is Seriously
Damaged Doth are Insured Loss
Is Not Estimated.
_ _ _ _ _ [ Kroin TuoBday's Dally. ]
The hotel at Battle Crook was totally
destroyed by flro at a early hour this
morning and several neighboring build
ings had a close call. The f urnlturo ,
bedding and clothing in thu hotel , with
tbo exception of that in thn front rooms
of the lower floor , likewise- wont up in
the flames. The loss was partially cov
ered by insurance. The owner of the
hotel , D L. Best , was iu Dodge at the
time of the flro.
The flro broke out about 2 o'clock and
it is believed thut it caught from a
defective flue loading from thu kitohuti
rangu. Thu smoku and blazn was first
noticed by members of the family of
Tom Muyhow , who live north of town.
They had got up to look after thn horses
that were making a disturbauco and on
noticing the fire hurried to town and
gavu the alarm to the inmates of thu
hotol.
There wore a number of guests In the
hotel and all were asleep at the time of
the fire , who , though aroused in time to
make their escape , had scant oppor
tunity to look after their nttiro or per
sonal effects. Many were out on
deshabille. Hats and ueokwoar were
generally forgotten in the oxolto-
raont , and ono guest managed to
escape in n dross suit and overcoat , .
oWrutiw" TJ.tMiii M > n Rutt.ln Drnnlt
character who has carried mail to and
from the trains there during the past
quarter of a century , was an inmate of
the hotel at the time of the firo. Ho
was aroused sufficiently to bo removed I
from the building , but was confused by
the excitement of it all and made an
effort to return to his room while it was
iu n mass of flames. He was noticed in
time and prevented from going to a
fiery doom.
Battle Creek has no system of fire i
protection , and what was done toward I
preventing the spread of tlio fire was j
done by a bucket brigade , the wells of E
the neighborhood f nrni hiug the water
supply. Another building stands
within about six feet of the burned 1
structure , and the impromptu fire de
partment did heroic work iujprovontiug
the spread of the flames to this and l
other buildings. Several times the
neighboring building broke out in
flames , but each time the blaze was
extinguished. All the goods iu thu
building had been removed , even to the
doors and windows , as it was thought
that it was surely doomed to destruc
tion , but thanks to the vigor of the fire
fighters it was saved. The people like
wise moved out of other nearby houses
as the flames were at their worst and it
was thought that llttio short of u mira
cle could prevent the destruction of
that immediate portion of the
town. Fortunately there was no
wind blowing , else it if believed that
the heroic efforts of the firemen
would have gone for nought. The fire
burned for two hours before the hotel
building was entirely destroyed.
The proprietor of the hotel was in
Dodge at the time of the fire and had
not returned at the time THE NKWS * ra ;
port was sent in. It is impossible to
estimate the amount of the loss , but the
property is said to be quite well pro
tected by insurance.
Specnlation is already rife as to what
the result of the destruction of the
hotel ( will be. It is generally consid
ered that Battle Creek can support a
much larger and more modern hotel and ,
it is generally hoped that such a hotel
will i spring from the ruins of tbo old
structure that will be not only a matter
of pride to Battle Creek but to this en
tire section of the state.
Tilden State Dank Burned.
[ From Tuesday's Dally. ]
Tilden was also visited by a destruc
tive fire last night , the Tilden State
bank , of which G. A. Luikart of this
city is president and A. J. Dunlevy of
Tildeu , cashier , was gutted by the fiery
element.
On receipt of the news Mr. Luikart
left on the morning freight for the
scone of the fire and full details of the
matter may not bo learned until his re
turn. It is reported , however , that the
building , with the exception of the
walls , is an entire loss but that it is well
protected by insurance. It is supposed
that the fire caught from the furuaco in
the basement.
The building is of brick , two stories
high , with a largo basement , suitable
for business purposes. It was a sub
stantial building and occupied ono of
the best corners in the town. The
front of the first story above the base
ment was nsod for the banking business.
In the rear of the banking rooms were
living : rooms for renters and in the second
end story above the whole building was
a largo and ponipletoly appointed lodge
room used by the Odd Follows , Work-
men and other orders , The banking
rooms were completely equipped with
fine furniture and modern conveniences ,
the books , money and papers being kept
in a fire proof vault that wonld pro-
sorvothom from injury in n Korious Hro.
In the basomeut was a furnace for
heating the building and it in supposed
that the fliuucH worn started from this.
Tildon httH no waterworks HyHluni ,
and if the building WIIH saved in any
part It was by the onorgutlo notion of a
flro brigadu armed with biu-ketfl.
OXNARD CHANGES HANDS.
Property Sold to J , L , Bartholomew
of Iowa.
[ From Butunlay'H Dnlly , ]
The Oxnard hotel has changed owners
and will change management on thu
first of Muroh. J. L , Bartholomew
from Moorhead , Iowa , has purchased
the property from E. A. Bullock , the
( Itinl having bcon completed last i > Veil
ingMr. .
- Bartholomew is a hotel man
and stock dealer , and his intercuts in
Iowa will prevent him from removing
to this place for n few months to take
uotivo ohargo of thu biiHlnnHs. In thn
meantime O. H. Vail , who has boon
manager for HOIIIO time , will continue to
ofllulatu us landlord. This morning Mr.
Bullock ; introduced his successor to
business men of the city , who gave him
a weloome and wished him success in his
now vontnro.
Tito Oxnard is the loading hotel of
thu uity , It in a largo four story brick
and was built about ten years ago at n
cost of .f 10,000. It has always done the
leading busineso hero in its line and
thcro is no ronson to doubt that it will
continue to maintain its prcHtigo. Ho-
cently Mr. Bullock commenced over
hauling some of the rooms , adding baths
and other modern conveniences , and it
is understood that the now proprietor
will continue tlio improvomunts started.
FORESTS IN SAND HILLS.
Pine and Cedar to bo Planted by
Bureau of Forestry.
( From Tuesday's Dally ]
Washington , Fob. 2i. Special : The
task of growing valuable forests on thn
barren sand-hills of Nebraska will bo-
IT III f llfu uttt * ! tMr itrlinti tltn ltn % * n u * \f
1 forestry will seed about. 100 acres of tlio
t Dismal River forest ronorvo near Ilalsoy
f with red cedar and junk pino. If the
s seeding succeeds and it done with ucon-
ouiy , the bureau will Ktuul am ) plant thu
following year probably 1,000 acre * in
cedars and pines and will ultimately
extend the forest by gradual plantings
over a largo part of the 208,000 acres in
the Dismal River and Niobrara rosoi vus.
A nursery has boon established at
Ilalsoy , in the valley of tlio Middle
Loup river , with a half-aero seed bed
protected by laths. A tool house and
office building have boon built. Nearly
COO pounds of seed , principally western
yellow pine , rod cedar and jack pine ,
has boon collected for planting in the
spring.
The sand hills are unfit for ngricul-
turo If largo forests can bo grown on
them , tlio timber will bo of very great
vnluo to a country now without trees ,
where lumber brings high prices. The
attnmpt of the bureau has every chance
of success.
Obituary.
[ From Monday's Dully. ]
David Whitla , who died suddenly at
homo east of Battle Brook lust Tuesday
and was buried in Prospect Hill ceme
tery near this city Thursday , was born
in Carroll county , Ohio , April 10 , 1841.
When ho had attained young man
hood's estate ho emigrated to Iowa ,
settling there iu 18(10. ( On August 20 I ,
1808 , he was united in marriage with l |
Miss Agnes J. Webb at West Union , ,
Iowa. Ho came to Nebraska first in
1871 and settled in Madison county in
the spring of 1872.
Mr.and Mrs. Whitla have lived on
the present estate of the family during
the past 24 years and there they have
brought up their family of children.
The original homestead is one milo
south of the present farm.
Five children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Whitla , all of whom survive the
father's death. They are : Win.
Whitla of Anoka and Webster Whitla
of Battle Crook , both of whom are mar
ried ; two daughters , Misses Mabel and
Maud , and the youngest son , 1 ! ) years
of ago , David , jr. , liveat home.
Mr. Whitla was next to the youngest
of a family of nine children , of whom
tutthreo sisters survive : Mrs. Jane
Jackeon of Waterloo , Ind. , Mrs. Julia
Lot/ and Mrs. Lizzie Dennis , both of
Oarrolltown , Ohio.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere thanks
to the neighbors and friends , and es
pecially the members of the Masonic
fraternity , who did nil in their power
to make the burden of our loss of a kind
husband and loving father as light as
possible. Their efforts will ever be re
called with gratitndo.
MRS. DAVID WHITLA AND FAMILY.
A SOCIAL SESSION.
Traveling Men and
Families Have a
Good Time Saturday Evening.
[ From Monday's Dally. ]
The Norfolk council , U. 0. T. , held a
social session [ on Saturday evening , to
which their families and friends were
invited. The evening was enjoyed by
all. Most
delicious refreshments wore
served. Following is the program
rendered :
Address O. L. Hyde
Instrumental duet
Misses Estabrook and Drebert
Recitation Carl Raudclovo
Mandolin and guitar duet
Misses Coryoll
Recitation Roxio Sturgeon
Recitation Hazel Adams
Instrumental duet Jeunio Nilaud
Recitation Sam Erskino
Instrumental duet Misses Shaw
Instrumental solo Carrie Thompson
Revenue Revision Continues
Uppermost.
NEW MEASURES INTRODUCED ,
Resolution Introduced Calling for n
Constitutional Convention Eleva
tor Dills and Telephone Rntos Doing
Considered ,
I From Momliiy'H Dully ]
Lincoln , Fobnmry 211. ( Speoiul cor
respondence ) The rovunuu bill is still
the prevailing topic of conversation at
the uapital. Thu bill Is to bo proHuntod
to the IIOUHO this week , and no doubt
will bo dlscuHHod to the exclusion of
othur bills. Thu nuw bill WIIH agreed
upon in dot nil by thu joint cotmnlttoo n
woolc ago , and a mih-cotntnlttou has
boon nt work carefully revising it and
correcting thu olorlciil orrorH in the
typewritten copies. Thu expectation IB
that it will uomu boforu the IIOUHO in
splendid fllmpo , and that very fuw im
portant amondmuntH will bo offered or
adopted , Thoru nro tumio few who nro
skeptical about thu passage of a general
bill , but they seem to ho in a decided
minority. In thu sonatu there soc-ms to
bo an overwhelming sontlmoiit in favor
of thu proposed bill.
Among the standing committees dur
ing the past week thu principal interest
has centered around the proposed ele
vator bills and the investigation of telephone -
phone rates. After sovural hearings ,
the Ramsey elevator bill , IIOUHO roll 70 ,
has boon recommended for passage ,
with nome slight amendments. In the
meantime thn oommittuu to invoHtigato
tulophono rates has had several very
warm meetings , and at this date ban
oomn ( o nn rlnfliilln nnnnhimnn. Thn
ovldonuo as to thu expound of conducting
a tuluphonu business hits buon most
litartllng in Us variance , and it is prob-
- ablu that further ovidoncu will bo heard
during thu woolc. In the strife as to
whothur the indupoudont lines shall bo
allowed to ostnblihh toll stations in thu
largo cities , the special telephone com
mitted huoms to liuvo lined tip with the
old line company.
The joint resolution calling for u
constitutional convention has passed the
sonatu by an unanimous vote , and is
now in thu hands of thu house commit
ted. It is said thut it will rocoivu con
siderable opposition in the IIOUHO , and
may not pass. The statement rououtly
made that thu governor is opposed to the
idea of a convention may luivo some ef
fect in retarding the resolution. There
are many who ndvocuto thu adoption of
amendments , instead of culling it con
vention , 011 account of the expense
which would bo incurred by the con-
voutiou. Others , however , point to the
fact that in the last do/.on years the
Htate | has spent $143,000 attempting to
adopt amendments , and failing in each
case.
Interesting bills recently introduced
iuthosonato : 171) ) , providing a penalty
of not more than three years in the
penitentiary or a fine not exceeding
$1,000 for the crime of desertion of
minor children by parents ; 181 , chang
ing the registration law to permit voters
to register at the office of the city clerk
on any day during the month preceding
the election ; 183 , amending the phar
macy law iu regard to registered phur-
macists ; 184 , permitting the hooking
or seining of fish in the Missouri river
at any season of the year ; 188 , provid.
ing that road tax in counties not under
township organization bo paid half in
labor and half in cash.
Interesting house bills : 280 and 281 ,
to prevent fraud or counterfoitiug in
the handling of railroad tickets ; 285 ,
providing for a lien on grain for the
threshing or shelling bill ; 289 , to regu
late the use and prevent injury to
bridges and public highways ; 200 , to
compel the cutting and trimming of
vide for the full width of public roads ;
818 , making the birthdays of McKinley
and Lincoln and " "
"flag day" public
holidays.
Up to date the senate has passed 37
bills and killed 17 ; the house has passed
32 and killed 80. The senate has 88
bills on general file ready for considera
tion and the house has 40. The number
of bills that pass both houses is usually
about 110.
Irma Cody Married.
North Platte , Feb. 24. Special :
Migs Irma Cody , daughter of "Buffalo
Bill , " was married at high noon today
to Lieutenant Scott. Col. Cody is now
in England , and in his absence Dr.
Frank Powell of St. Paul had the pleas
ure of giving the bride away.
Boy Locked in Vault.
A peculiar incident tbo Democrat
failed to mention last week was the
locking up of one of the sheriff's sons
between the inner and outer doors to
the vault in the sheriff's ofilcu. The
boys wore playing about the ofllco and
the older ono told the little fellow to
stand between the doors and see how
dark it was. The boy on the outside
fooled with the combination lock and
couldn't open the door to lot his brother
out. The space is rather small and air
tight and nobody at the court house
knowing the combination , a message
was sent down town vfor the sheriff to
gpt there doublo-fjuick. After consid
erable delay Mears was found , and ho
turned palo when told what was wanted.
Quickly jumping Into Bradford's de
livery wagon ho whipped the team iuto
a 2-mluuto clip , but when ho got to the
oflluo wan HO norvoun ho couldn't open
the door , County Clerk Brown wa *
glvun the munborn and also Treasurer
Volpp but uaoli failed. By this time
thu sheriff pulled hlniHulf together and
the door opened , and the lad , very red
in thu fauo and badly soared , wan tukon
out , llttio the worno for his narrow
OHC'apo from death , for if Sheriff Meats
had beau out of town there would have
boon no help for his son. Waynu Demo
crat.
DAMAGE NOT LARGE.
Floor of Tlldon Dank Durned through
and Furniture Destroyed ,
IFiom WVdiiowlay'H Dully. ]
President Q. A. Luikart of the Oltl.
y.ons National bank of this city and of
the Tlldon State b'ink , him returned
from ills visit to Tildun whoru hu wont
to look after the interests of his banking
property that was damaged by flro Mon-
ilny night.
The loss was not nearly ai largo as at
llrst rnportod , and the building is far
from being a total wreck. The (1 ( > or of
thu banking room was burned through ,
thu partition between the banking
rooms and tlio rooms in thu roar , hut
this is about the ontlro damago. The
loss to thu building is entirely covered
by insurance , and tlio loss of furniture
and fixtures , above the insurance will
bo about # . ' 00.
Tno heat of the flro was
not suilluiont to oven warp thu doors
of the vault and the books , papers
and other property contained therein
woru found to bu intact.
Thu colling of thu banking room was
scarcely scorched and the roouiH above
thu building were damaged to no extent
whatever ,
This is a remarkable showing whoa it
Is coiiNidorod Unit Tildon has no fire
fighting facilities. The inun who fought
the flames worked like Trojans and it
In duo entirely to tbolr efforts that the
building and its contents were not u
energetic in their efforts to control the
llamuH and ono of thorn ruined a good
suit of clothes during tlio fight with
tlio element.
The building will bo put in ropixir at
once and moiintlmn temporary arrange
montH are luting made by the bank's
ofllcorH to care for the wants of their
customers.
A MUSICAL EVENING.
High Class Recital by Dr. Sitzer at
the Congregational Church.
I From WednoHdny'B Dully. ]
The musical program rendered at the
Congregational church last evening
WIIH fairly well attended. It was in no
House amateurish. Dr. Sitzer , the per
former , considering his meager instruc
tion , bus gained his technical and inter
pretative qualities through his own of-
forts. His technical
ability as well as
the emotional , is far above the average.
As is natural , an untravollud player
will not play as ono who has soon and
known the world. Each number was
preceded by descriptive and analytical
remarks.
The program opened with Wagner's
"Lovo Song , " from the opera Tristan
and Isolde. It was played masterly ,
elucidating the passionate grandeur
characteristic of tlio composition.
Isolde's love song is the noblest hymn
over song in praise of this passion.
The rendering of Beethoven's sonata ,
also Sohubert's Erlking , was highly
meritorious.
T He was forced * to omit the Witches'
dance by MacDowoll , a very pleasing
by difficult number , owing to the con
dition of the piano.
A reception was tendered him after
the recital , at the homo of Mr. and Mrs.
Dr. Cole , in which many of the musical
people joined to meet Dr. Sitzer.
Mr. Sitzer attributes much of the
inspiration for his coloring and inter
pretation to his study of naturo. *
Letter List.
List of letters remaining uncalled for
at the postoflico Feruary 24 , 1003.
Miss Helen Blair ; Wm. BanernuiRtor ;
, viuu. , xiuriunu uruii ;
Mrs. John Hannah ; Otis Imlay ; 0. W.
Johnson ; Annie Leonard ; Miss Kate
Miller ; Miss Katie Mueller (2) ( ) ; Charles
Mitchel ; Miss Mabel Mack ; Jos.
LaPlanut(2) ( ) ; August Pajohl ; Milton
0. Rissi ; Lavinna Rice ; Hugh Shelby :
Geo. Shajer ; Jno. W. Smith ; H. L.
Summers ; W. II. Tucker ; John Visck ;
Helen Woigeuer (3) ( ) ; Lottie Wachter ;
Miss L. Williams.
If not called for in 15 days will be
sent to the dead letter office.
Parties colling for any of the above
please say advertised.
JOHN R , HAYS , P. M.
Notice.
Owing to the presence of smallpox of
a much more malignant type than two
years ago , and the increasing number of
contagious diseases , the board of health
feel it necessary to take drastic
measures to stamp them out.
All contagions diseases of whatever
nature must be reported.
I would recommend that nil persons
who have not been vaccinated within
the past two pears should have it done
immediately.
The co-operation of all citizens in the
thorough carrying out of quarantine
measures is necessary to eradicate
small pov.
FKANK G , SALTEK ,
_ City Physician.
A Congregational church has been
organized at Plainview and Rev , J. J ,
Parker of Wakefleld has boon callnd as
pastor. The call has been accepted and
Mr. Parker will outer upon the dis
charge of his duties in his new location
about the middle of March.