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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL
NOHKOMC , NUHKASKA , KIM PAY , nKCKAIMKH 52 , 11108
Financial Condition Better
Than Last Year.
NEBRASKA'S DEPOSITS GROWING
Report Just Issued By the State BankIng -
Ing Board Shows a Prosperous Con
dition In Nebraska State Banks
Hold $37,073,882.24 on Deposit.
Lincoln , Doc. 21. The financial out
look for the stale Is much inoro Mat
tering tlmn at this time- last year , ac
cording to the report just Issued by
the state banking board In regard to
the condition of state banks at the
close of business November 17. De
posits aggregate $37,073,882.21 and
the total loans and discounts amount
to $31G30,32l.2n. Total resources are
$48,012,199.51.
A comparison with last year's re
port for the same date shows that
the deposits have Increased $2,580-
202.98 and that bills payable and rediscounted -
discounted have decreased $92,190.25.
Loans have Increased $1,803,507.19.
There are at present 501 state banks ,
as against 179 a year ago , an Increase
of 22.
BUTTE EtECTRIC tICHTS START
Current Was Turned on Last Night
and Everything Is Working Very
Nicely.
Butte , Neb. , Dec. 21. Special to
The News : The Inter-state Electric
Light and Power company starlet
here last night In full force and every
thing Is working In fine shape. Tlu
system covers the town and 1 Nel
great Improvement for Butto.
Leave Butte for Christmas ,
Butte , Neb. , Dec. 21. Special to
The News : About fifty people left
Butte this morning to take the early
train for Norfolk and other points east
for their Christmas holiday. The
'busses from here to Anoka were filled
to overflowing In carrying the crowd
to the station. Five went to O'Neill-
Pat Donohuo , Pete Ward , G. W. De-
Bolt , Terry Mullen and B. II. Martin.
CHRISTMAS IN BROWN COUNTY.
Weather Excels Anything That Has
Ever Been Known.
Alnsworth , Neb. , Dec. 24. Special
to The News : The weather today
excels anything that lias ever been
unown In the county at Uiib iluio of
the year. The sun shines bright and
clear and It reminds one of a beauti
ful spring day with the sound of car
penters' hammers and saws all over
town. Alnsworth Is having a boom
in the building lino. W. II. Baldwin
is erecting a fine residence on his
thirteen acres adjoining town ; E. D.
Low and F. M. Low are each build
ing nice residences in town and L.
K. Alder has just completed the fin
est law office in town and is moving
in today. The lumber men say that
they have sold more lumber to tbo
farmers this fall than they have In the
same length of time for several years.
The farmers say good crops Is the
cause. The flouring mill and elevator
are running dally to make room for
the largo crop just coming to niarket.
The churcbes are making great prepa
rations for their Christmas trees
where they expect to make the heart
of many a school child happy. Ains-
worth extends a Merry Christmas
greeting to the balance of the state.
Land for Settlers.
Cumberland , Wls. , Dec. 23. A deed
was placed on record at Balsam Lake
this morning In which the Weyer-
hauser Lumber company of St. Paul
conveyed 34,000 acres of hardwood
timber lands in eastern Polk county ,
this state , to Albert C. Uecko of this
city , consideration $300,000 , the pur
chase price to include all the hard
wood on the lands. This tract of
land , which is the last of Woyerhaus-
er's holdings in this section of Wis
consin , Ho within six to twelve miles
of Cumberland and will be placed on
sale to actual settlers , materially aid
ing In the settlement and develop'
ment of this portion of Northern Wis
consin.
TOM SULL1VANGETS BEST OF II
_
In a Fight With Clarence English al
Atkinson , Which Lasted Several
Rounds.
Atkinson , Neb. , Dec. 24. Special tc
The News : Tommy Sullivan and
Clarence English of Sioux City got
together In this place last night and
pulled off the mill which had beenar
ranged. They did not go to a fin
ish , however. After fighting for several
oral rounds they quit the gloving ant
Tommy was a llttlo bit in the best ol
it when they stopped.
Charged With Boot-Legglng.
Humboldt , Nob. , Dec. 21. Ike Pol
lard , a well known character hereabouts
. I abouts , has been arrested and takoi
before Police- Judge Thompson on r
charge of hoot-logging , the complain
being made by Marshal Todd , whc
claims the prisoner furnished llquoi
to a fanner named Strunk who was
hrowii from his wagon about a week
ago by a runaway team. The old
gentleman was In an advanced stage
if Intoxication and had It not been
or a belated pedestrian who found
ilm by the roadside , ho probably
would have been frozen to death.
Ho was placed In the jail over night
and In the morning paid a small flna
for his conduct. It Is claimed th.it
the officers now have ample.evidence
that the liquor wan furnlshrcd by
Pollard , hence the present complaint.
The accused gave bonds for appear
ance later In the sum of $ irt)0. ) Hum-
boldt has had no saloons for two
years , but there has been constant
illegal traffic In Intoxicating dtlnka
and the authorities are making do-
tcrmlncd efforts to reach the guilty
parties.
FIFTEEN YEARSJ-ORTWO CENTS
Ncbraskan Who Stole Postage Stamp
Fifteen Years Ago Is Now a
Free Man.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Dec. 21. Aftoi
having served a term of fifteen years
less good time allowance , for the tbefi
of two cents postage , Ellsworth P
Do Franco yesterday stepped fortl
from the Sioux Falls penitentiary i
free man. The case Is a remarkable
one. Do Franco bold up a mall car
rler In a Nebraska town. Although
It was shown on the trial that ho secured -
cured only a postage stamp , he was
sentenced for life. This was after-
commuted by President McKlnley to
fifteen years. Attorney General Knox ,
by telegraph , yesterday Instructed
the prison authorities to give Do
Franco the benefit of two months Im
prisonment at Omaha before being
brought to the Sioux Falls peniten
tiary.
State historical ,
Society pF ANTELOPE.
J , H. King Died at Midnight at Home
of His Daughter In Oakdale.
Oakdale , Neb. , Dec. 21. Special to
The News : J. II. King , one of the
pioneer settlers of Antelope county ,
died at the homo of his daughter In
this city last night , at the ago of
about sixty years , and the funeral
will bo held tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock. Ho has been a sufferer for
many years , but has been confined to
the bed for only about a month. Be
sides his daughter , two sons survive
to mourn his death.
Telephone Line at Butte.
Butte , Neb. , Dec. 24. Special to
The News : The telephone work In
tButto Is progressing nicely andt the
Win. Krotter Co. expects ( o h'avb irf-
stalled the excellent now service by
the first of the year. A Clarke auto
matic system , with Bell connections ,
s being put in and Manager Martin
s working hard to push the complo-
.ion. %
Fire Was Suppressed.
Oakdale , Neb. , Dec. 21. Special to
The News : A fire caught under the
range In the kitchen of C. II. Torpin's
elegant homo In this city but was
extinguished before any large amount
of damage was done. The floor was
nirned through , and some of the
ioists were almost burned In two bc-
'oro the fire was put out.
Reception for Col. Bryan.
Lincoln , Dec. 24. For several days
; hero have been rumors of an enter
tainment for Mr. Bryan when ho re
turns from Europe. Members of the
Commercial club have discussed the
feasibility of giving him a nonpartisan
san reception. A banquet has albo
l > een proposed. Republicans have agi
tating the matter and democrats who
have been planning the banquet have
lieen consulted.
ALL IS READY FOR "PARSIFAL"
Elaborate Production from Wagner
Will be Presented In the Metro
politan This Evening.
New York , Dec. 21. After elaborate
rehearsals , extending over a period
of twelve weeks , and the expenditure
of more than $100,000 , this evening
sees the initial presentation in Amer
ica of Wagner's "Parsifal" at the
Metropolitan opera house. The per
formance begins at 5 o'clock and the
first act will last until about 7 p. in. ,
when there will bo an Intermission
.of about two hours for dinner.
The cast will bo : Kundry , Mllka
Ternlna ; Parsifal , Alois Burgstaller ;
Amfortas , Anton Von Rooy ; Gurne
manz , Robert Blass ; TIturol , Marcel
Journet ; KHngsor , Otto Gorltz ; Es
quires , Miss Moran , Miss Bracndlo ,
Albert Rolss , Mr. Harden ; Knights of
the Grail. Mr. flavor. Adolf Muhl-
.
mann ; A Voice , Mine. Louise Homer.
CROP REPORTS.
Nebraska Leads Kansas In Spring
Wheat and Corn.
Omaha , Dec. 21. The passenger
department of the Union Pacific has
published a crop report of both Kan
sas and Nebraska and a comparison
of the yields of the two states is in
teresting. For all that Kansas has
been known as the great wheat-grow
ing strtto it will bo been from the
table that Nebraska leads In spring
wheat. Another interesting fact dis
closed Is that although Kansas has a
larger acreage of corn Nebraska has
a lead of 20,000,000 bushels. Nebraska
also grows more Irish potatoes , but
In the cultivation of fodder , alfalfa
and timothy Kansas leads. Nebraska
however has an Immense acreage of
wild hay which Is a great winter feed
for cattle , while Kansas does not
put up enough to consider It worth
while to mention ,
AUDITOR WESTONJIAS RETURNED
Reaches Lincoln After Having Been
In Casper a Month Settling
Bank Affairs.
Lincoln , Dec. 21. Auditor Charles
\Vcston lias returned from Casper ,
Wyo. , whore ho has been for the past
month settling up the affairs of the
defunct \V. A. Donecko private bank
The affalru of the Casper bank ha\e
been placed In a satisfactory condi
tion , and the depositors will reecho
all of the money tied up In ( ho fall-
uie.
Cilmlnal proceedings against the
olllceis of the bank linvo been , stop
ped and It111 not .bo necessary lor
the auditor to return to Wyoming for
some time. To adjust the bank fail
ure , Mr. Weston advanced $10.000 In
cash and with the other partners put
tip $01,000 In securities \\lth the re
ceiver. The Investigation has dis
closed that the auditor \\as a silent
partner In the Denecke bank and hud
no voice In the conducting of the
business. Ho was entirely unaware
of Its bad condition until the trip was
made to Casper and ho had gone there
with the Intention of organizing a na
tional bank , which was expected to
absorb the private Institution. Since
the failure of the bank Mr. Weston
has decided not to assist In the or
ganization of a national bank at Cas
per.
CLOSES OMAHA GAMBLING JOINTS
Judge Estelle Issues a Writ Against
all the Houses That Have Been
Operating in the City.
Omaha , Dec. 23. Special to The
News : Judge Leo Estello issued n
writ today ordering all the gambling
houses In the city of Omaha summar
ily closed.
Christmas Festivities Will
Reign Everywhere
PLANS OF ENGLISH ROYALTY.
Sandrlngham Made Gay for the Holi
day At the White House There
Will be a Gathering of the Roosevelt
velt Family As Spent Elsewhere.
London , Dec. 21 Surronded by u
large and lively party of their chil
dren and grandchlldien , the king and
queen will spend their Cluistmas at
Sandrlngham. where thoj have passed
the holiday season lor > ears past.
In no home of the whole Hrlllsh em
pire , perhaps , me ( he traditions of
ChrlHlmas kept up In such good old
fashioned style as at ( lie Norfolk
homo of King Edward ami ( Jueen Al-
exandia The aspect of Sanilriugliani
house as Clulstmas approaches Is
typical of hospllnllt ) and good cheer
Great plno logs bla/o on the health ,
and the hall and evety sitting-loom
is made gay with holly , mlntletoe ,
evergreens and Moral decorations
For about aoek pi lor to Clulstmas
day the head gnidner Is busy In se
lecting and bringing to the house
largo baskets of greenery for decora-
Lions , and the princesses \\l\o \ are at
Sandringham and the ladles of the
household delight In occupying them
selves In putting up the Christmas
emblems.
The choosing of Christmas presents
Is a stupendous task with the king
and queen , who have countless rel
atives to think of , and who give , be
sides , to every member of their house
hold. Their correspondence , too , Is
vary heavy at the holiday season ,
and the royal post-bag Is consequently
unusually weighty.
Christmas day at Sandrlngham Is
a day of peace and bounty and charity.
The house party this year Includes
the Prince and Princess of Wales and
their children , the Duke and Duchess
of Fife and the llttlo Ladles Alexan
dria and Maud Duff , and Prince and
Princess Charles of Denmark and
Tomorrow morning the royal parly
will slioll through the pretty pine
woods of Sandrlngham to the little
church of St , Mary Mngdalono to join
In the Christmas service. U Is the
queen who chooses the carols , her fn-
\orllo being "Hark , the Herald An
gels Hlng. " Returning fiom church
a favorite custom Is , an on Sundays ,
to visit the kennels and stahloH , the
queen and her daughters and the toyal
childMigoing ) ( hidon with baskets and
tempting morsels for the Inmates.
Two o'clock luncheon In very llholv
followed by a visit to the howling al
ley The crowning event of the d'iy
Is. of course , ( he dinner , at which the
ladles appear In lull evening dress
The dinner table IH lounded at the
ends , and the king and queen face
one another as they are seated at
eUher side of the ( able The Imion
of beef , \\lilch this > ear weighs 110
pounds , will he borne In with the us
ual quaint ceiemonles of the time of
Henry VIII. In accordance with the
time-honored picccdcnt , the plum
pudding will weigh an oven hundred
pounds , and will dccoialo the center
of the table , resting upon a golden
platter and decorated with holly an 1
mistletoe The toast to the memory
of ( lie late queen will be drunk by the
compaii ) standing , and the loving cup
\\lll be passed. The king himself will
do the caning Afti r dinner , If the
Mil I , 11,1 , i.jetttlftlq .
EMERSON ROBBERS CAUGHT.
Two Men Captured at Hosklns Be
lieved to Be Right Parties.
Emerson , Neb. , Dec. 21. Two men ,
undoubtedly the ones who robbed the
btoro of the Emerson Mercantile com
pany last Friday night , wore brought
hero yesterday by City Marshal D.
O. Shearer of this place. The prison
ers , neither of whom will glvo his
name , were captured at Hosklns by
Sheriff Grant Mears and taken to
Wayne. The fact that the men had
on much of the clothing stolen .from
the Emerson store is proof of their
guilt. They mean to fight the case ,
however , and have retained Attorney
F. S. Berry for that purpose.
their baby. Princess Victoria Is , ol
course , of the party.
The geneioblty of the king and
queen began this evening with a dls
trlbutlon of beef and' other things tc
the laborers on the royal estate , am
also to the cottagers who are pasi
work. The distribution took place
In the carriage room of the roya
mews , the king and queen and tholi
daughters being present , and sayliif
a few kind words to the recipients
who numbered 300 or more. Later 01
the finishing touches were put to th <
Christmas tree , which Is always pro
vldcd as a delight to the klng'i
grandchildren , and which is ladei
with good things from Santa Clans
bounty.
weather and the Ice are favorable
the party will Indulge In torcblltf ) '
skating on Sandrlngham lake.
The Roosevelts * Christmas.
Washington , Deo. 21. Christinas
will bo observed tomorrow In good
old style at the white bouse. Prepa
rations for the event have been In
progress for over a week , and every
one , from the president himself down
to little Quontln , has had something
or other to do with the different fea
tures of the arrangements.
Express wagons , mall carriers , and
messengers bore numerous packages
to the executive mansion today pres
ents to the Roosevelt family from
friends and admirers throughout the
country. Of course It goes without
saying that the children will bo up
with the birds to ascertain what San
ta Clans has left in their stockings ,
Later they will assemble In the H
brary to receive their moro Important
gifts from President and Mrs. Reese
volt. Following the custom of last
year It has been docldcd to have nc
Christmas tree at the whlto house
but In the afternoon the Roosevell
children will go to the homo of thcli
uncle and aunt , Capt. and Mrs. Cowles
to see a pretty Christmas tree and ro
colvo other presents.
Christmas dinner will bo served Ir
the evening. The principal feature
will bo the lingo gobbler selected fron
the hundred or moro turkeys rccelvci
as presents at the whlto house ycstor
day and today.Tho remainder of tin
turkeys were distributed this after
noon with the compliments of thi
president and Mrs. Roosevelt amouj
THE CONDITIONJFJHE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-Four Hourt
Ending at 8 o'clock thin Morning ,
Forecast for Nebraska ,
Conditions of the woalhur as re
corded for the 21 hours ending at 8
a. in. today.
Maximum 37
Minimum 11
Average , 21
Total snow for month 3.75
Total precipitation fur month. . .28
Ilatomolor 29.82
C'hlcago , Doc. 21. The bulletin In-
muni by the Chicago station of the
United Slates weather bureau thin
morning , gives the forecast for Ne
braska as follows :
Fair tonight and Filday. Colder to
night.
Ibo servants and attaches of the ex-
ociilho mansion.
Christmas at Ellis Island.
Now York. Doc , 21. For the llrst
lime In the history of Kllln Island
them Is to bo a ChrlHlmas onloilaln-
nu'iit them tonmrmw lor ( he benefit
of the ImmlgiatitH who may be de
tained there. The missionaries fiom
the various missions about the city
who work among the ( migrants Imvo
completed arrangements for the nf-
lair. Ono of the fealuies of the col-
obrullon will bo a giant Christmas
lire , which will bo loaded with pres
ents and sweetmeats for the children.
There will also he an elaborate din
ner for the giown-lips.
Christmas Cheer for Jaeklcs.
Washington , Dee. 21. Though far
fioin homo the bluejackets and ma
rines on duly in Isthmian waters are
( o have plenty of Christmas cheer ,
thanks to the foieslght and thought-
fulnesH of Undo Sam. According tea
a dltipatch tecelved at the navy de
partment the supply ship Culgao has
ai ihed safely at Colon with a big
cargo of supplies for the warships on
the ciiHlcin and western sides of the
MlimiiH The Culgao's cargo Includes
II.IKKI pounds of diessed beef , 20-
nee pounds of million , and 10,000
pounds of tin key. There I also oil
hoard a gieal quantity of plum pud
ding The tut key and plum pudding
will bo dished out In liberal quanti
ties tomonow when the jackles sit
dawn to their Chilslmas dinner.
The Cleveland Family's Christmas.
Princeton , N .1. , Dec 21. Surround
ed by their five children one more
than at the Chilstinas celebration a
year ago ox-I'resldent and Mrs.
Cleveland will pass a merry Christmas
tomorrow In their honnMI llnytirf1
Lane. The holiday will be observed
simply , attention being given cblclly
to making merry \\lth the children.
A big Clulstmas tree stands In the
lihraiy and packages ha\o been dc-
livi-red thick and last containing pres
ents for the little ones.
Christmas Eve in Paris.
I'm Is , Dec 21. No matter what
may he tin- state of its material pros-
iM'iltj Paris believes In making of
i In 1st mah a season of rejoicing and
niiHv As a consequence of this bo-
In f Uie capital Is today witnessing the
uHiiiiI characteristic Christmas fetes.
De-lino holiday throngs filled the
strci'tH and stoies , and the boulevards
\vc-n lined \\lth booths from \\hicli
the novelties were vended. At the
Madeleine and other leading churches
midnight masses will bu celebrated ,
with orchestras and well known art-
lnts of the opera participating. The
restaurants and cafes are permitted
to keep open all night.
Santa Visits Wall Street.
New York , Dec. 21. Wall street
closed up its business this afternoon ,
not to resume again until next Mon
day , and bankers and office boys alike
went home filled with the spirit of
tbo holiday. In nearly every broker
age house and banking bouse In the
financial district the employes were
made happy by the gift of a week's
salary , while In others the Christinas
boxes were much larger. It Is esti
mated that over two and one-half mil
lion dollars was thus distributed.
HORSE RACING AT LOS ANGELES
Winter Season Will Open Tomorrow
and Prospects are for a Success
ful Season Track Is Superb.
Los Angeles , Cal. , Dec. 21. With
ample capital at Its back and with
the stables filled with good horses ,
Ascot park will make Its bid for the
favor of horsemen and race follow
ers tomorrow , when It will open for
the winter season. This will bo the
Initial meeting at the track nml un
less all signs go astray It will bo a
highly successful one. The accommo
dations are the best to bo found anywhere -
where on the Pacific coast , while the
track Itself Is pronounced superb by
the owners and trainers who are
gathered hero in largo numbers to
attend the meeting. The meeting , ac
cording to present plans , will con
tinue until the last week of March.
Adjutant General's Records.
Lincoln , Dec. 24. Governor Mickey
Is to Imvo checked up all of the books
in the office of the adjutant general
for soverul terms back. H. S. Wig
gins has been selected to do the work.