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Story of ii Storm of Thirty-One
Years
LETHEDY DROVE TO NORFOLK
Elkhorn Was Dnmmcd by Snow nt
the Yellow Banka and Wao Perfect
ly Dry Reminiscence of n Newman
Grove Pioneer.
It was Immediately aflor Ilio Com
mercial dull linil adjnunu'il the other
day , and th" members were stretch-
\i\K \ \ tholr weary frames preparatory to
leaving the club room after tlielr ar
duous duties alli'iHlanl upon tliu von-
tlno business tluit day , wlion President
Lothoby remarked : "Today IH tlio
anniversary of a l > ll//ard ( hat caused
much suffering and doutli , and , liy
the way , It romliulR of another hit/-
ssiml that occurred noveral years pro-
Vtously nearly thirty one. yearn ago.
It started on a Sunday a liouullful
day , full ol the Hinoll of spring and
warmth and listless Indolence ; my
wheat was np six Inches.
"I Htarted to go to mill at Norfolk ;
took my wife along ; not an fan as , lntt
Young's place , when It commenced to
rain , and Htayed all night. About II
o'clock there was such a roaring and
humping and thumping I thought the
IIOUBU would blow over and away. 1
got up and called to .lutt that hla
house was a goner ; It' a Connor , sure ,
dout' you uovor worry a llttlo hit ? I
thought wo'd better go out and hold
the IIOUHU up or tie It down or do
something to steady It , but when wo
opened the door the air was so full of
snow that wo couldn't HOO ton foot
a yard six Inches. No Hlr , wo could
not sec that far.
"That's" the time the Knkhorn river
Aveut dry at ( limlnor's ford. It was
just as dry as this lloor ; you could
walk anywhoro'ln carpet slippers and
j not got yout foot wot. Thomo\v had
- * > lo'dBOirrti the river at"thd rYollow
hanks rthd formed a gorge , leaving
the river bed dry , for three or four
days.
"After the storm had ceased all
the ravluos were tilled level full of
snow and packed down as hard as
bricks. 1 started again for mill and
.lutt put a sack or two of wheat In my
wagon and wont along. Everything
wont along Hub. I had a team of
mules. It would have been all right ,
but just as wo were In the middle of
the river bed It was dry and the
mules were poking along ; wouldn't
hurry a bit ; they didn't want to go
Into It In the first place , and wo fooled
around long onotig.i to cross twice before -
" * fore wo llually got In , and when wo
woro. in the middle of It , hero came
the river , raging and tearing , and the
mules wouldn't hurry , they only
switched tholr tails and wiggled their
long ears and stopped carefully , just
as carefully as a cat. Things were
nil of a sudden looking mighty du
bious , don't you never worry , and 1
told .lutt to jump on the mules and I
would loosen the double trees and ho
should rldo over to a bachelor's place ,
about a mlle away , and get some log
chains ; I'd stay by the wagon. Ho got
the chains and made the trip In a hur
ry , but It seemed Hko an eternity or
two to mo. lie throw one end of a log
chain to mo and 1 fastened it to the
wagon tongue and we pulled the wagon
out , after unloading our grist and
carrying it out a sack at a time on
mule back my , my , but I was wot.
It was cold. I was cold. I was so
cold my tooth clattered like hull on a
tin roof.
" \Vo got to mill all right.
"Yes , wo got home ; don't you see
I'm here. " Newman Grove IIoraKl.
PLEADS GUILTY TO THE CHARGE
Principal of Schools In Chase County
Stands Trial at Blair on Com
plaint of Young Woman.
Blair , Neb. , Jan. 25. Sheriff Mlncke
has returned from a trip to Wauneta ,
Chase county , bringing Halph R. lien-
edict , principal of the schools of that
place , who wap arrested on a charge
preferred by Miss Lessio M. Brown ,
who resides with her parents , resi
dents of this county. A preliminary
trial was given Benedict Saturday he-
fore County Judge C. G. Marshal. Ho
pleaded guilty and was bound ever to
the February term of court in the
sum of $1,000. Miss Brown was in
court with her month old baby.
PLAINVIEW SALOON CLOSED.
Creditors Attach Property of Rogman
& Phillips There.
PJalnvlow , Neb. , Jan.z \ : Special to
The News : The saloon of Rogman &
Phillips was closed by creditors on
Saturday , The Val Blatz brewing people -
plo of Omaha have an attachment on
all goodH. They Halm $1,000. Henry
HolillT of Omaha clalniH about $350.
The cooperative beer company of
Kloux City HalniH between $1100 and
$ : iuo. it | understood that the ercd-
Horn will meet In I'lnlnvlow today and
Hettlo HntlMfarlorlly to themselves , and
that the million will bo continued by
Homo of the creditors.
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RUMORED YOST MAY QUIT.
H. Vnnce Lnne Said to bo Slated for
Promotion.
Omaha. Neb , , Jan. 25. It IH ru
mored hero that ( ' . 10. Yost , president
of the Nebraska Telephone company ,
will resign In the near future and will
he succeeded by H. V. Lane , at pres
ent general manager. It is also re
ported that N. W. Thompson , manager
of the Uncoln exchange , will succeed
Mr. l.ano as general manager. The
report has not been confirmed from
olllclal sources.
BOONE COUNTYJOY GETS $9,000 ,
The Supreme Court Reduced Damages
Allowed Leo Krnycnbuhl of
Doone County.
Lincoln , Jan , 2. > The younger a
person Is who brings a suit for dam
ages for permanent Injuries sustained ,
the moro apt ho IH to recover In a
large amount , because the expectancy
of his llfo Is greater and moro uncer
tain than that of an older person. On
this assumption the supreme court
has awarded $9,000 damages to Leo
Krayenhnhl In the appeal of tlw C. B.
& . ( J. Railway company , from the de
cision of the Booiio district court , In
which Krayonbuhl obtained $12,000
for the loss of a foot which occurred
while ho was playing arount a turnta
ble which was the property of the rail
road company.
Krayonbuhl Is an Infant , slightly
moro than ! years old , and suit was
brought In the lower court for him ,
on account of the injury stated. The
jury awarded him ? 18,000 , but the
court , exerting its prerogative , entered
a romlttur reducing the amount to
Iliooo on ( ho1 grounds that $18,000
was excessive and that If the plaintiff
elected to stand by It a retrial would
be granted. In reviewing the case the
supreme court sustains the lower
court , but outers another romlttur ,
holding $12,000 to bo excessive and
also giving the plalntllf an optional
election to accept SfU.OOO or to have
the case reversed and sent back for
another trial.
TEACHERS MEET IN LINCOLN.
Executive Committee Decides on the
Date and Place.
Lincoln , Jan. 25. The question of
where the next annual meeting of the
state teachers association will behold
was definitely settled and announced
by the executive committee. The
committee organized by electing Pres
ident 1' ] . .1. Bodwell of Omaha , presi
dent ; and \V. M. Gardner of Auburn
secretary ! It was decided to hold the
next annual meeting In Lincoln , De
cember 28 ami ISO.
The executive committee besides
closing tip the books of the year 1903
appointed a legislative committee as
follown : State Superintendent AN' . K.
Fowler , Superintendent C. G. Peareo
Omaha ; Superintendent W. L. Steph
ens , Lincoln ; Superintendent C. A.
Fulnier , Beatrice ; Superintendent
Chas. Arnot , Dodge county ; Superin
tendent U. 0. King , Otoe county ; Su
perintendent J. M. Richardson , Ante
lope county.
Superintendent Anna Day of Beat
rice and Superintendent Mongol of
Wnhoo , were elected to fill vacancies
on the reading clrclo.
It was decided that each one of the
winners in the spelling contest held
during the state association should be
sent n dictionary.
The full committee was present for
the meeting. The members are W. 11.
Gardner , Auburn ; 13. J. Bodwell ,
Omaha ; D. C. O'Connor , Norfolk ; J.
12. Delzoll , Lexington. Mr. Gardner
was elected secretary of the now com
mittee.
The work of the now year will bo
commenced with a balance of ? 311.C1
In the treasury.
MAY BE BAD MURDER.
What Looks Like an Unusually Mean
Killing , Investigated.
YnnUven. S. D. , Jan. 20. What looks
Hko an unusual murder case is being
investigated at Irene by State's At
torney Jol.n Holman. A young Dane
named Clip's Hanson Is accused of
murdering K's ' brother last August and
hiding the byvjy , which Is supposed to
be buried nt > > ls farm , ono mlle north
of Irene. Sn Jlcions were only re
cently aroused ii'id the state confidently -
ly expects to have Hanson in the tolls
very speedily. SJr. IJolman is still in
Irene and no 111019 details are obtain
able at present
Forcibly Taken From the Train
at Niobrara by Four Men.
TROUBLE OVER A HORSE DEAL
South Dakota Man Signed n Note ,
Then Decided That Ho had Made a
Mistake and Wanted the Paper.
Four Dakotans Were Arrested.
Tuesday morning's east bound
Northwestern passenger was the scene
of qulto an exciting time. Leo Mich
ael , T. U'ynla and Theodore Austin of
Sprlnglleld , S. D. , and Tom Hanlon of
Uunnlng Water , S. D. , entered the
train and took ono of Its passengers
In I ho person of O. H. Champlln , of tlio
linn of Champlln Bros. , of Clinton ,
Iowa , dealers In Imported stallions ,
from the train , without any processor
law. Marshal Griffith was asked to
accompany tlio kidnappers , but it IH
understood that ho made on effort to
arrest Cbainplln but was present mere
ly to see that no harm was done to
him. In the struggle Champlin lost
his hat , and the passengers were con
siderably excited. The attempt waste
to get him Into South Dakota without
attracting attention , but the services
of our liverymen were not forthcoming
and Mr. Champllu was enabled to se
cure the services of an attorney and
each of the DaUotans are under arrest ,
O. M. Cunningham going their bonds
In the sum of $100 each for appearance -
anco today.
The trouble grew out of the sale of
a blooded stallion , in which Michael
and several others gave a joint note.
In the deal Michael offered to make
the sale and his share was to bo paid
as a commission , but in order to make
the deal complete Michael's name
was to appear on the note , for which
Champlln had receipted. In the mean
time Champlin had sent the joint note
to his homo bank. As Michael rollect-
cd over his interest in the deal , and
was given to understand that if the
other partners failed to cash up for
the homo ho would bo held responsible
for the entire amount , ho began to get
scared. Champlln was accosted by
Michael to have the note returned and
to cull the deal off , hut ho refused.
He came over hero and went to Ver-
del and the kidnapping process was
taken advantage of In hopes of get
ting the noto. Niobrara Plouoor.
NO QUESTION FOR DEBATE.
Arrangements for Meet With Kansas
Still Incomplete.
Lincoln , Jan. 25. Arrangements for
the annual Kansas-Nebraska debute ,
which this year is to take place In
Uncoln , are not getting perfected very
rapidly. For three weeks now Kansas
has boon playing what strikes Nebras
ka authorities as a jockeying game.
The llrst question Kansas sent the Ne
braska debating board promptly de
clined to accept , for reasons which it
does not care yet to make public outside -
side university circles. Then Kansas
sent a Monroe doctrinal question , indefinite -
definite , vague , and pretty sure to turn
the debate Into a scrapping match
ever the definition of terms. Tills
matter of definition Nebraska Insists
on strongly. Year before last and
again last year both Missouri and Kan
sas with ditllcntly were forced to
dellnlteness. A request for definition
both institutions have been inclined
to treat as a Mispieiuus request.
TAKE LAMJHEIRlWN HANDS
Eight Men Are Arrested for Slezing
Corn In Payment of Claim Which
Is in Dispute.
Pender , Neb. , Jan. 25. Over a dis
pute arising from a division of rents ,
Karley Bros. , of Bancroft , with a train
of wagons , drove to the farm of Niss
an Bros. , twelve miles east of hero ,
on the reservation , and forcibly , with
out writ or olllcor , took possession of
350 bushels of corn. The Nissons
came to Ponder and swore out war
rants for eight men , charging them
with unlawful taking of property.
Deputy Sheriff D. A. Kolso wont to
Bancroft and got his prisoners. Kach
of them gave bonds for their appear
ance for trial , which is sot for hearing
February IS-"before County Judge
Wright.
RICH FARMER INSANE.
Think Trouble Is Due Either to Cigar
ettes or Brooding ,
York , Neb. , Jan. 25. Friends and
relatives of Abraham Hntzloff , a pros
perous York county farmer , owning
a good farm northwest of Charleston ,
complained that ho was acting queer
and that they thought ho was insane.
Deputy Sheriff Afllobaugh brought
Hatzloff to York and , owing to his violent
lent condition , was obliged to use
Haps. Some attribute his Insanity to
smoking cigarettes. They say that
lor the lasl seven years he has been
smoking excessively. Mr. Hal/Ioff
Imiigliies that ho IH about to lose a
part of an estate , and ( he fact that his
lather died t\u > years ago and his
mother a short time ago , leads ninny
to think that he has been brooding
over their deaths.
ANCIENT BUTTER WAS RECOVERED
Was Put in a Spring to Cool Forty-Six
Years Ago and Was Discovered
This Week.
Oecatur , Neb. , Jan. 25. Decatur can
probably show older butter than any
other town in the country. Forty-six
years ago an Indian brought Mr. Decatur -
catur , who lived a mile and a half
southwest of town , a jar of butter. It
was placed in the spring to cool and
when his daughter went to get It , the
butter was gone. It was thought that
some Indians had taken it.
A day or two ago a hunter saw the
edge of the jar in tlio water. Tills
aroused his curiosity and with some
effort ho got it out.
The butter Is covered with mould
on the outside , but this has been re
moved In places and shows that It had
a good color. Many have tasted It ,
but think It tastes rather old. What
it may have lost in taste it has cer
tainly gained In color.
There was no diillculty in identify
ing tlio butter as there are many here
who remember the Incident , Including
Mrs. Stevens. Mr. Decatur's daughter.
TEMPERATURES IN NORTHWEST
Mercury Dropped From Zero to Thir
ty-Three Below that Point in
Northern Portions.
The backbone of the cold snap ap
pears to have been broken and the
mercury has been on the rise since
some tinio during the night with the
wind from the south. Before the
change was made , however , the low
est point of tluv ccason was reached ,
Dr. Saltor'a fioyornmont thermometer
rogfstefl/ig i * q'point twenty \vo dc-
greos below zero some time during
the night , Tlio maximum is seven
below , and that record was undoubt
edly made this morning as the tem
perature has been rising rapidly since
daylight.
The forecast is for partly cloudy to
night and Thursday , and indications
are favorable to moderating tempera
ture.
Other Temperatures.
The following are the morning re
ports of temperatures in other parts
of the country affected by the cold
wave :
Crookston Clear , calm , 32 below.
St. Thomas Clear , calm , US below.
Grand Forks Clear , light north
west wind , 30 below.
Mayvllle Clear , calm , 25 below.
Jamestown Clear , calm , 20 below.
Duluth Cloudy , calm , 25 below.
Kau Claire Cloudy , calm , 25 below.
Austin Clear , calm , cold.
Mankato Cloudy , calm , 12 below.
Fairmont Cloudy , light south wind ,
20 below.
Sioux Falls Snowing , north wind ,
10 below.
Forest City Cloudy , calm , 11 bo-
low.
Sioux City Clear , calm , 10 below.
Des Molnos Clear , light west wind ,
5 below.
Lincoln Clear , light southeast
wind , 0 below.
Omaha Clear , light southeast wind ,
S below.
Slsseton Cloudy , light northwest
wind , 0 below ,
St. Paul Clear , calm , 22 below.
Dakota County Poor Farm ,
Dakota City , Nob. , Jan. 20. At the
meeting of the board of county com
missioners of this county on Satur
day among other business transacted
the contract and bond of C. H. Smith
as custodian of Dakota county's poor
farm was rejected and the proposition
of C. H. Antrim to pay ? 3 rent per acre
for the farm and he to receive $ ; ! . H )
per week for keeping and clothing the
poor was accepted.
BURNS MANY HORSES.
Thirty-Two Head nre Cremated In
Omaha Barn Fire.
Omah.i , Jan. 20. Fire , which can
only bo accounted for as of incendiary
origin , this morning completely de
stroyed the livery stable of N. E. Dill-
raneo , at Seventeenth street and St.
Mary's avenue , burning to death thir
ty-two head of horses and entailing a
loss roughly estimated at $8,000.
Skull Fractured While Falling.
Fremont , Nob. . Jan. 20. William
Dodson , who lives in Inglowood , fell
twenty feet from n coal car at the
chutes near the east end station of
the Northwestern and landed in ono
of the dumps. The back of his head
was violently jarred and his skull was
fractured at ono place. . .
An Old Man Succumbed to
Heart Fai tire Yesterday.
COLD WEATHER WAS THE CAUSE
Going From the Frigid Air of Out of
Doors Into a Very Warm House , He
Suddenly Died Son Was Trapping
on Elkhorn River at the Time.
[ From Tuesday's Dally. ]
A. D. Cuminliigs , an old man of sev
enty-six years , fell dead In his own
homo at 208 Creek alley , the street
just north of Braasch avenue , yester
day afternoon. Heart failure was the
cause. The funeral will ho hold from
the house at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Mr. Cummlngs was perfectly well
three minutes before his death. Ho
had been up town during the very cold
part of the day. Returning homo , he
entered an extremely warm house. It
IH thought that the change from the
ono extreme to the other caused his
sudden death.
Ho had formerly lived at Tilden for
a number of years. Last summer ho
came to Norfolk' to make his homo for
the rest of his llfo. He leaves a wife
and an only son , Charles Cummlngs ,
who lives on Twelfth street. The son
was up on the Klkhorn river trapping
game when his father died. He was
sent for and arrived last night.
A HOMESTAKE MONITOR.
Murder in Black Hills Was Result of
System of Surveillance.
Lead , S. D. , Jan. 2o. George North-
am , charged with tlio' murder of
George Tallman at Lead , January 19 ,
last year , lias been admitted to $10-
000 bail by Judge W. G. Young in cir
cuit court and has furnished sufficient
sureties. He appeared in justice court
at Deadwood Saturday morning for his
preliminary hearing , waived examination -
-nation and was committed by the jus
tice of the peace without ball. Im
mediately upon his return to the court
house ho was arraigned in circuit
court on information ( lied against him
by the justice of the peace without
hall. On the application of his attor
neys the court granted him bail.
There Is a division of sentiment in
Lead in regard to the killing of Tall-
man. Nortlmm has for several years
been spccal agent for the Ilomestako
company and his duties consisted
largely In keeping Ilomestako em
ployes under surveillance , particular
ly those occupying positions of trust
and responsibilty.
Identity Certain.
Omaha , Jan. 20. Heirs to the es
tate of John Walker , the recluse who
died in South Omaha December 31 ,
have been found , final papers estab
lishing their identity arriving this
morning. AValker died at the South
Omaha hosptal , leavng nearly $8,000
in currency , gold and silver certifi
cates of deposit.
ANOKA MAN'S ' ARM BADLY TORN
Accident With a Gun Sunday May
Cause Frank Toler to Have an
Arm Amputated.
Anoka , Neb. , Jan. 20. Special to
The News : While Frank Toler , a res
ident of this place , was putting a gun
into Ills wagon Sunday , preparatory to
coming homo from Baker , accidentally
discharged the weapon , and the charge
took effect in ono of his arms , almost
tearing it to pieces. It is thought that
the mangled member will have to be
amputated.
It is understood that work on tlio
now Baptist parsonage will bo com
menced as soon as the weather will
permit.
John Hammorlin of Fletcher , Nob. ,
is visiting with tlio family of A. P.
Brood of ( .his place.
L. A. Mullen , who superintended
the building of the Guild' beer vault ,
lias loft for his homo In LaCrosse ,
Wis.
J. J. Koslor and several friends
from North Bond , stopped off a few
days lost week for the purpose of
buying land In Boyd county.
Horace Elsoley has returned to his
homo in Norfolk.
J. H. Abernathy and wife are visit
ing with the family of A. B. Horn-
beck.
Miss Vielo of Norfolk arrived Satur
day to take charge of the primary
room. The Incheascd attendance In
our schools has made It necessary to
employ another teacher. Miss Ylelo
comes well recommended.
Arthur Kngborg has his now store
building well under way.
Wm. Krottor & Co. have put down
a fine well at the lumber yard which
affords an abundance of water. They
expect in the near future to erect a
windmill and tank for the purpose of
ilro protection.
T. K , Keofo has finished his ice har
vest , having filled the brewing com-
panys ice house , as well as his own.
The ladles Aid society gave a sup
per and gramophone entertainment
at the new Presbyterian church hist
Friday evening. The ladles feel very
much encouraged , having cleared
$15.50 from the evening's work.
Rev. S. F. Sharpless of Norfolk
preached at the now church Sunday
morning and evening. A series oC
meetings will ho commenced February
7 , to be conducted by Rev. Mr. Sharp-
less assisted by Rev. Mr. Critm of
Molott , Mo.
Daughter Taken Away.
Columbus , Neb. , Jan. 20. County
Attorney Rattorman has made an or
der by which a 10-year old daughter
of Mrs. Anna Buiisen will be taken to
St. James' orphanage at Omaha.
Mrs. Hunson is a Polish woman and
is commonly known as "Ono-13yed An
nie , " and lives in a miserable shanty
right on the bank of the river. The
child has never been to school a day
and the authorities hose tried several
times to secure podft-'sslon of the
child. Just now the llttlo girl , Mary ,
is at the hospital in this city and Rev.
Father Theobald together with the
board of education and County Attor
ney Latham showed evidence to the
court that the woman was living the
life of a recluse and wholly disrcga"J-
ed all educational laws ; that she was
unable to provide a suitable home for
the child and was not a proper person
to have its care and custody.
EDITORS MEETING AT LINCOLN
Nebraska State Press Association
Holding Twenty-Second Annual
Convention.
Lincoln , Jan. 20. The twenty-sec
end annual meeting of the Nebraska
Press association began here this
morning and will continue through to
morrow. The principal work of this
morning was getting acquainted and
registering for the session. , Mayor
George Adams is on the program to
give an address of welcome to the
pencil pushers this afternoon. All In
coming trains today have brought
numbers of the Nebraska editorial
army to Lincoln and everything prom
ises to make this ono of the banner
years. L. A. Wilson , of Springviow ,
Nob. , is on the program from north
ern Nebraska for a discussion tomor
row afternoon of Edgar Howard's ad
dress entitled , "Anything. " Tonight
the editors and their wives will be en
tertained at the club rooms of the
Lincoln Elks. Tomorrow night "some
thing different" is promised. The ed
itors are guessing as to what that may
be. Almost always they have been
In Lincoln on the night of Tim Mur
phy's appearance but this year they
are two days too early for him.
FELL FROM A WAGON.
Tecumseh Woman Badly Injured in a
Recent Accident.
Tccumsoh , Neb. , Jan. 20. Mrs.
Charles Slagle , who lives near this
city , is suffering with a broken col
lar bone and other injuries received in
an accident. The family was riding
in n two-seated light wagon , and was
going over to Gage county for a visit.
In the western part of this county tlio
rear seat of the wagon , on which wais
seated Mrs. Slagle and a little daugh
ter , became detached from the rig and
falling out precipitated the occupants
over backward to the ground. The
child was but slightly injured.
A RAIN OF VEGETATION.
Peculiar Phenomenon Followed Storm
of Sleet and Snow at Plattsmouth.
Plattsmouth , Neb. , Jan. 20. After
the snow and sleet storm a few days
ago , a very peculiar phenomenon was
noticeable in this part of the state.
It was the apoparanco of bits of grass
straw , oat hulls , anil other vegetation ,
which literally covered the snow and
sleet. Tlio question asked by every
one was where did come from ? There
was no high wind accompanying the
storm to carry it from adjoining fields ,
and this would have been Impossible
in any event from the fact that the
storm began with a rain which ren
dered every thing damp and then turned
to sleet and snow , which completely
covered the ground , and the deposit
referred to foil on top of the snow
and sleet. The most plausible sup
position advanced Is that the sub
stance was taken up into a cloud dur
ing a severe wind storm In some of
the northern states , and when the
cloud reached this locality , it struck
a current of damp air , which bore it
to the ground. The real cause of the
peculiar incident may never bo known ,
but if In the next few years any
strange grasses or weeds spring np It
will bo hard to convince the average
farmer of this county that the storm
hail naught to do with depositing the
seed.