TiriO NORFOLK NEWS : Fill DAY , FEJ1HUARY 5 , 1904.
Face Chopped to Pieces by
Sharp Short Hoofs of Horse.
HI8 SKULL 13 FRACTURED , TOO
While Crossing Norfolk Avenue Sat
urday Evening , Mr. Lulknrt Was
nun Down , Stepped on nnd Kicked
His Condition Is Critical.
With his skull frnclurod , hln lionil
benton unit battered uiul bruised , nnd
hln fnco chopped anil slashed nnd
gashed by the sharply Hhod hoofs of
wickedly kicking horflo under whnnu
foot lie hud fiillcn , 0. A. Lulknrt ,
president of the Citizens Nntlonnl
bnnk of this city , president of the
Norfolk commercial club nnd n loadIng -
Ing domocrnt In Nebraska , Hen nt IIB !
home. HOI Norfolk nvomio , in n very
critical condition todny.
It hnH boon found thnt the skull IB
fractured nt the buck of the bond nnd
meningitis hns coinu on. The frac
ture nt thin point IB thought to bnvo
resulted either from the liorao'B whole
weight being crushed upon tbo bender
or from tbo blow which was given
when it Btruck against the buggy
wheel. It soonis tbut nftor the wheels
lind pnsHed oneo over the body , the
borne wns bncked up enough thnt UH
ronr foot could trod upon Mr. Lul
knrt's fnco.
Mr. Lulknrt realized this morning
bow ho wns hurt nnd becnmo clour In
his mind.
Story of the Accident.
The distressing accident , which bun
como ns n shock to nil Norfolk , oc
curred nt 5:110 : o'clock Snturdny even
ing , during n congested condition of
trnlllc in Norfolk nvenno , just In front
of tbo Vnll jewelry store , between
Third nnd Fourth streets. Mr. LuHe
art bnd loft the .lohnson dry goods
store n moment before , wns walking
briskly ncross tbo tborougbfnro and
bnd almost rcncbcd the other side of
tbo street when , In attempting to
dodge n tenm which wns nppronchlng
from the west , bo ran directly in
front of a horse driven by August
Scbultz nnd was struck with sulllclont
force to drop him to the pavement.
An effort was mndo by Mr. Scbultz
and by E. II. Gorecko , who sat with
him in the buggy , to draw up the
borao In time to prevent tbo collision
but before the reins had checked the
spirited young animal Mr. Lulkart
bad been knocked down and tbo fly
Ing feet of the carriage horse had , In
struggling , kicking nnd churning
about because of tbo sudden stop ,
pounded nnd mashed nnd terribly
torn the bend nnd fnco of the helpless
victim beneath its erratic heels.
An attempt was almost made by
tbo driver to turn his horse to one
side nnd thus escape tbo man In front
but another wagon blocked this
course and there was no alternative.
G. F. Dnvls wns the man who drove
down the street from the west and
whoso horse Mr. Lulkart had dodged.
Mr. Davis saw the fnll nnd thought
thnt tbo horse nlso stopped on Mr.
Lulknrt's stomach but internal in
juries from this source did not de
velop.
As soon ns possible Mr. Schultz
drove on so thnt help could get to
the injured man. Quito unconscious
from the severe blows ho hail re
ceived and Ills fnco bathed in blood ,
bo was carried by a half dozen strong
men Into tbo pharmacy of tbo Klesau
drug firm. Hero , behind the pre
scription case , his form was laid com
fortably along a tnblo nnd the wounds
dressed nnd sewed by surgeons.
Face Terribly Mutilated.
The fnco wns terribly mutilated by
tbo drives of the keen edged steel.
One cheek wns sliced clear through ,
the upper lip was shredded , a long
gash lay upon the forehead and just
above the eye , which is the most
alarming of all the gashes , one of the
calks of the animal's shoo bad punc
tured down into the skull and frac
tured it. The cuts wore the more se
vere from tbo fact that tbo horse had
only been shod on the previous day.
As bis wounds wore being cared
for and sowed up , Mr. Lulkart suf
fered pain during the moments that
ho was revived but ho would continu
ally lapse from one spell of stupor
into another. Ho bled somewhat from
the ears , thus indicating the Injury
inside the skull. One of the cuts re
quired seven stitches to bring the
flesh together again.
When the head and wounds bad
been tenderly bandaged , the banker
was curried to a cab awaiting nnd
taken Hlowly to hln homo nt the cor
ner of Fourteenth and Main. Hln bed
had been prepared before tbo homes
drew tip nnd ho wan made an comfortable -
able as poRHlblo In an uptttnlrs apart-
inimt. All through the night bo re
mained practically nnconscloun , lapsIng -
Ing from stupor to ntupor continually
and nt no time being nblo to ration
ally reply to qitoHlloim asked of him ,
Thin condition Htlll clung to the pa
tient throughout thu day Sunday.
All Injuries About Head.
It was feared for n tlmo thnt In
ternal Injuries might have resulted
In tbo region of the nlonmch but It
now appears thnt the only blown were
received in the bend nnd face .
The inlnuto thnt Mr. Lulkart dropped -
pod under the borso , a great crowd
of men policemen , phynlclnnn and
citizens gathered about the spot to
render any aid possible in tbu saving
of lilH life or the comforting of his
woundH and hrulHoit. For an hour
whllo the Htirgcoufl were working over
him in the pharmacy , the store was
filled with men who were anxious to
learn of tbo seriousness of bis hurts
and to bo of any iwsslblo anslstnnco.
Among the crowd wan August
Hchultz , whoso horse had dealt the
dangerous blown. A big , strapping
follow that ho Is , bo wan ready to
weep because of the disaster. For a
long tlmo ho was unable to speak at
all. Then ho told bin ntory.
The Driver's Story.
"I wan driving down Main street
from the wont , " ho said , "and met 13d
( lerocko at tbo corner of Fourth
Htreet. 'Don't you want to see my
new horse ? ' I asked him , and ho got
In. "
"Wo ilrovo down to FlrHt street ,
wheeled about and were returning
up Norfolk avenue. In front of Vnll's
two teams approached mo. One was
directly In front of mo and tbo other
on the loft side. The curb ran close
by on the right. All of a sudden Mr.
Lutkart jumped In front of my horse.
The Instant ho appeared I pulled back.
I wan not driving fast. Gorecko
reached far out with bis left hand
nnd jerked back hard on the reins.
Hut It was too Into. The man had
fallen beneath tbo bcoln of the horse
nnd the horse , frightened nnd young ,
begun to kick. I thought bo was dead.
Tbo minute that I could I drove over
the body and tbo crowd carried It
away. "
Davis , who was approaching from
the other direction , saw tbo whole
affair from a point of vantage.
" 1 saw him dart from In front of
my horse nnd ngalnst the nose of the
other , " ho declares. "That minute
ho went down , lie fell Into a sitting
posture. The horse raised his hoofs
nnd In one drive sent the man's head
with tremendous force against the
buggy wheel. That rap laid him out ,
sonsolcsH and bo was unable , ns bo
had done before , to dodge the blows
of the nnlmnl'B feet. "
A Public Calamity.
The news of Mr. Lulknrt's pain nnd
dnngorous condition came as a tor-
rltlc shock to the whole-city and bo
has boon the principal topic of con
versation since. Always a lender In
nny public enterprise , his misfortune
Is a public calamity. Only n half hour
before ho wns hurt , a long Interview
hnd been Issued In The News urging
tbo city to tnko up n now business
proposition thnt had been presented
and It was In tbo Interest of this very
movement that bo was rushing across
Norfolk avenue on Saturday evening.
Many friends from throughout the
state have mndo Inquiries ns to bis
condition. Ho is president of a bnnk
nt Tllden nnd one nt Mendow Grove ;
wns nt one tlmo a strong candidate
for the nomination of state treasurer
on the domocrntlc ticket ; hns been rep
resentntlvo In the stnto legislature
from tills district and was slated by
Brynn for the Gorman ambassodorshlp
In 1S90.
Mr. and Mrs. K. II. Lulkart of Til-
den arrived In the city by a freight
train which wns headed for Norfolk
and their carriage drove to the homo
just as Mr. Lulkart was being brought
up In a cab. Tbo three cnbs that
bearing the Injured man , that bearing
the surgeons and that which carried
the son , arrived simultaneously at
Fourteenth street.
[ From Tuesday's Daily. ]
Mr. Lulkart pnsscd n perfectly rest
ful night throughout. Ho dropped to
sleep early enough In the evening to
give him n long period of sound com
fort nnd this morning bo wns pro
nounced to bo In n bettor way to re
covery. Ho Is clear in mind today and
more rational than at any tlmo since
ho was injured.
Mr. Lulkart suffered a great deal of
pain all day yesterday from the nu
merous severe gashes and cuts about
his head. It wns the first tlmo thnt
ho hnd really nppreclnted the fact of
bis Injuries and , being quite conscious ,
bo experienced great agony from
many sores. Today that suffering is
not quite so burning.
Tbo fracture is near the left ear. It
is thought to liavo resulted from Mr.
Luikart's first fall to the ground.
Striking upon his bead near the right
eye , the pressure forced the skull out
near the opposite onr. The symptom
which assured the surgeons of the
fracture of the bleeding from tbo car.
The spot where the fracture occur
red is not necessarily n clangorous one.
All fractured skulls nro clangorous , of
course , but n recovery from fractures
In this particular location nro not in
frequent , nnd unless some unforsecn
infection sets in it is bolloved that Mr.
Lulkart will get along nicely.
George Fink Drops Down Ele
vator Shaft on Head.
MIGHT HAVE WRENCHED NECK
In Getting Off the Cage nt the Govern-
. .ment Dulldlng Yesterday Afternoon
Fink Rang Signal Dell to Drop Cage
and Then Tumbled After It.
[ From Momlny'H Dully. ]
George Fink , a Gorman laborer em
ployed by the concrete company who
nro putting lloorn in the now govern
ment building , hnd a fall yesterday af
ternoon which hnH laid him up in bis
home , ill I South Seventh street , with
a fractured skull and a broken thumb.
Ho was n victim of bin own act and
hns sovcrnl clrcumstniiccs to thank
for thu fact that ho hns nothing moro
than n crushed nkull.
Fink fell from the second lloor of
tbo building to the llrst , through tbo
cngo or olovntor shnft. On the wny
down ho struck the platform of tbo
cage , glnnced In a somersault to the
lloor beneath , broke his bead upon It
and was picked up with bis face hang
ing downward In the shaft toward the
basement. But for the cngo ho would
liavo shot on down nnd bumped
against the lloor of tbo basement bo-
low.
low.Tho
The man wns taking material from
the first lloor to the second , on the
elevator. Arriving at the level of
tbo second lloor bo started oft tbo
platform , pushing a wboolbnrrow
ahead of him. Having stopped com
pletely off ho Intentionally pulled the
signal cord , or , not having gotten
clearly off ho accidentally pulled the
string for the lowering of the cngo.
At nil events George Frlnfrock hoard
the boll ring , relensed bis ropes and
the cngo started to drop. It wns then
thnt Fink lost his bnlnnco , slipped
from the wbeolbnrrow nnd tumbled
backwards down the shaft , following
tbo cage.
George Felt Weight.
Whllo tbo cage was still midway
between the second and first floors ,
the weight of the falling man struck
heavily upon It. The man was toppled -
plod off tbo side and struck below ,
whllo the cage was brought to a dead
stop. George Frlufrock , the engineer
outside the building , had felt the ex
tra weight upon his cables and , decid
ing that something was wrong , drew
the lover. Otherwise with Fink's
neck hanging over the edge of the
shaft , his head would liavo been
wrenched off by the descending plat
form. The end of his thumb bone Is
shattered.
Superintendent Williams nnd Super
intendent Fain were both standing
near the spot when the human bundle
dropped. Ho was immediately picked
up and carried to a surgeon , where
his wounds were dressed. Four
stitches were taken in his bead , an
opening being loft to get at the frac
tured portion of the skull.
Fink Is married and has n family
of three children. Ills wife Is unwell.
Ho was not working for the construc
tion company but for the concrete
force , an Omaha ttrm. They will
take care of bis doctor bills.
Few Accidents.
Considering the danger which is
attached to the building of a structure
like the government building , there
have been very few accidents and
Superintendent Williams has cause
to congratulate himself. Two men
previously have falllon but neither
was seriously hurt , which Is quite a
remarkable record for so long a tlmo
and upon such a big building. It has
boon largely duo to the personal cau
tioning of Mr. Williams that moro
accidents have not occurrrcd.
FRIDAY FACTS.
W. R. Locke was up from Stnnton
yesterday.
C. Minor of Clarks was In the city
over night.
II. F. Wilson was a Norfolk visitor
yesterday from Wayne.
Geo. J. Janehow was a Norfolk vis
itor from Battle Creek.
Ernest F. Hans was In town yester
day from Battle Creek.
C. E. Burnham was down from Til-
den yesterday on business.
Fred Brueggomann of Columbus
wns an over night guest In Norfolk.
Henry Ruobcck and C. G. Ruobeck
of AVayno were Norfolk visitors yes
terday.
Father O'Driscoll returned to Blair
today , after a few days' visit with
Father Walsh.
Tbo Infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nightingale Is very sick at the homo
of tbo family in South Sixth street.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Recknrd of Los
Angeles , Cal. , are visiting Rev. and
Mrs. S. F. Sbarplcss on Norfolk av-
cnuo.
Mrs. Sommlor , who has been mak
ing her homo with her daughter , Mrs.
W. J. Rupert at Sioux City , arrived
In Norfolk today for a visit with
friends.
Twins were born to Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Bonnlng nt their homo , corner
Madison avenno and Eighth street.
One of the babies lived but a short
tlmo and Its funeral was hold this af-
tq moon.
G. E , Moore yesterday started his
car of household goods for his now
homo In Oklahoma , and the family will
board with Mrs. Desmond until Tues
day when they expect to leave for
tlielr now location.
Mrs. L. M. ( Jaylord nnd daughter ,
Florence , loft yesterday for O'Neill ,
nnd enrouto will visit for n nbort time
with Nellgh friends. At O'Neill ' Mrs.
Gnylord expects to enter Florence In
tbo Catholic school.
The Hartford barber shop In
closed while the room Is undergoing
ropnlro. The plastering nnd pnpor
are being torn off and the room will
bo thoroughly repaired and renovated ,
requiring sovornl days.
C. S. Hayes has bad n sounder con
nected with the Western Union wires ,
Installed In bis store so thnt his reg
ulator may bo sot to the second each
morning on the receipt of the tlmo
from Chicago that Is If the regulator
haiipens to liavo gained OK lost.
Mrs. J. D. Haskoll of Wiikeflold , ac
companied by her mother , Mrs. W. W.
Mathowson of Woodstock , Conn. , have
boon guests of Col. Cotton and Mr.
Darius Matbowson for a few days ,
Mrs. Hnskell returned to her homo
yesterday. Mrs. Mathowson will remain -
main over Sunday.
Plumbers have been In great de
mand during the past few days. Pipes
of all sorts have frozen solid In many
places and In not a few Instances the
frcozo-ups have resulted in bursts
and flooded floors. The plumbers , in
consequence , have been on the jump
over since the cold wave struck the
town. They are smiling with the icemen -
men and the coal men right now.
There's trouble In store for Norfolk.
The young Indies of that progressive
little city have taken matters In their
own hands and formed a Leap Year
club , setting n pace that will glvo the
little Cbolllo boys of Norfolk dizziness
on tbo brnln. Each member of the
club Is pledged to propose to nt lenst
one man during tbo yenr nnd $15 n
week Is sot nsldo ns tbo "rushing"
limit. And won't it look good to the
florists nnd sodn fountains ? Nebras
ka City Tribune.
A USE FOR THE MASONIC FUND
Superintendent Williams Sees to It
That George Fink , Injured , Is
Taken Care of.
George Fink , who fractured bis skull
by n fnll nt the government building
Sunday afternoon , has a very sere
bend todny nnd suffers much pain nt
his homo , Oil South Seventh street.
It is thought , however , thnt bo will
get along nil right nnd recover. The
hole in bis skull is nt the top of the
bend. Tbo only effect , his physician
says , that will bo likely to follow tbo
accident will bo a quicker temper ns
the portion nffccted will tend to bo
more quickly touched in anger.
Superintendent Williams this mornIng -
Ing went to n grocery store and or
dered n largo amount of good things
sent to tbo homo of tbo Injured work
man nt Gil South Seventh street. Not
being himself familiar with tbo ar
ticles of food which n person keeping
bouse might appreciate , the generous
superintendent simply Instructed the
grocer to send down everything that
bo could think of which might bo of
any use , and the delivery wagon short
ly after noon drove across the tracks
and left Bundle upon bundle of choice
stuff which will delight the Fink fam
ily.
There still remains a portion of the
fund which was made up by the Ma
sonic fraternity at the laying of the
corner stone of the building , to bo
employed for the comfort of any In
jured men in case of accident. What
remains of this fund will go toward
caring for Mr. Fink and what else Is
needed Superintendent Williams will
personally take care of , although ho
is In no way responsible as the man
wns not employed by bis company at
all.
ACCEPT PLANS FOR THE HOSPITAL
State Board of Public Lands and Build
ings Approves of Tyler's Designs
for Norfolk Hospital for Insane.
At a meeting of the state board of
public lands nnd buildings bold in
Lincoln yesterday afternoon , the plans
of State Architect Tyler for the re
building of the Norfolk hospital for
tbo Insane were accepted and ap
proved and the secretary gives It out
thnt ho will ndvortlso for bids for the
construction of tbo now hospital in
the very near future. The plans pro
vide for an administration building
and cottages , and it is planned to bavo
the work of reconstruction commence
as soon as possible in the spring. It
is not known what can now further
delay tbo action of tbo state board in
securing the bids and letting the con
tract at once.
Plans were also adopted for the
building of a hospital at Mllford and
a cold storage building at Beatrice.
FIRE STARTS IN BARBER SHOP
Blaze In Row of Frame Buildings Was
Narrowly Averted During Sun
day Forenoon.
Flro was narrowly nvortod In the
Reed barber shop on Norfolk avenue
yesterday morning. A bunch of tow-
oliMianging back of n stove began to
blaze and a llttlo moro time would no
doubt have sent the frame structure
Into the skies above. Wnter happened
to bo bandy nnd the hlazo put out.
The building stands in a line of
llttlo wooden frames which would like
ly bo wiped out if n good flnmo over
got started.
Many People of Norfolk Have
Suffered During Week.
FRACTURES , BRUISES , GASHES
G. A. Lulknrt Is the Most Seriously
Hurt ; George Fink Has Broken
Head ; Alvln Lowe Broke Ribs ; Ban
ner Crushed by Cars Others.
[ From Monday's Dully.I
Tbo scnson of serious accidents to
men which has taken bold of Norfolk
during tbo past few dnys , has seldom
been equalled and perhaps never excelled -
celled in tbo history of the city. Ono
after another , strong men have boon
battered and mashed and cut nnd to
day a largo number of homes through
out the city contain men with moro
or less serious Injuries. That of O.
A. Lulkart Is the worst. Another
fractured skull upon George Fink ,
who fell yesterday In the government
building , has laid him up in his homo ,
Gil South Seventh street ; William
Banner was mashed between two
freight cars at the Northwestern
yards and has a broken collar bone
as a result ; George Stnlcopp has a
badly split scalp as the result of a
fnll on ice ; and Matt Schaffer and
Fred Holllngsworth are each carrying
a broken arm as results of slipping
on ice ; and Alvin Low , a prominent
stockman , has been in n very serious
condition from a runaway accident
which throw him out and dragged
him. Jamlo Larrabio , who fell from
his borso and was stunned , Is better.
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS.
William Banner Has Broken Shoulder
Bone From It.
William Banner , a switchman for
the Northwestern rnllrond , is disabled
nt his homo in the "Y" nt South Nor
folk , ns the result of being mnshcd
between two freight cnrs which were
chugged together with him In the
middle. Ho was working the end of
a car which was standing stationery
upon a sidetrack at the new yards
when another car was "kicked in"
upon that pair of mils by a switch
engine nnd before Banner could got
to the clear ho bad been caught nnd
pinned fast. When bo was lifted out
his collar bone was found to bo
crushed. Ho will bo disabled for n
tlmo but Is not seriously hurt other
wise. Ho wns nttondod by the com
pany surgeon.
THROWN FROM BICYCLE.
Oliver Utter Another Victim of the
Wave of Accidents.
Olher , son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Utter , was another victim of tbo chap
ter of accidents in Norfolk , although
ho suffered perhaps less than others.
Whllo riding on his bicycle yesterday
the wheel slipped on the Icy surface
of the street and went out from under
him , leaving him down with a rather
severe jolt. Ho was bruised and bat
tered somewhat , but was able to at
tend school this morning , as usual.
ALVIN LOW RECOVERING.
Man Who Was so Seriously Injured
In a Runaway Accident.
Alvln Low , who was so seriously
Injured In a bad runaway accident
several days ago , Is recovering grad
ually. Ho Is now able to Ho down
nicely. Mr. Low was thrown out and
draggged considerable distance by his
frightened borso. Ho still clung to
the lines. Three ribs were broken and
torn away from bis collar bone. His
lungs were very sere and for a time
he wns unable to He down at all.
BROKEN ARMS KNITTING.
Men Who Slipped on the Ice are Get-
Ing About Again.
Mat Shaffer Is around again with
his loft arm In a sling as a result of
slipping upon the Ice and falling. In
catching himself , Mr. Shaffer cracked
the bono In his wrist.
Fred Holllngsworth , who suffered
from a very similar accident , Is now
nblo to bo out again , though bis brok
en arm gave him much pain.
JAMIE LARABEE BETTER.
Boy Who Was Thrown and Stunned
by the Roadside.
Jamlo Larabeo , the lad who was
thrown from bis pony and lay stun
ned In the road with the temperature
at 15 below zero , Is now getting along
nicely and has quite recovered from
the effects of his fall and the frosty
spell of unconsciousness.
R. A. STEWART HURT.
He Has a Broken Wrist From Getting
Off Cars.
It is reported from Omaha that R.
A. Stewart has a broken wrist as a
result of being run into by a street
car. It is said that in going behind
one car and across the track Mr. Stew
art was struck by a car which ho had
not noticed.
GEORGE STALCOP HURT.
Slices a Gach In the Top of His Head
on Chunk of Ice.
George Stalcopp is asking his
friends today how they would like to
bo tbo Iceman nny way. IIo has an
ugly gash In the top of his head be
cause ho happens to bo one. Whllo
working upon the Ice Saturday even
ing , superintending n crowd of work
men , ho wns suddenly struck with a
chunk of crystnllzed nqun which cnmo
shooting from behind him. Tbo force
toook him from bis feet nnd dropped
him over backwards. AH his head
went down It struck the sharp corner
of another block of Ice nnd sawed n
gnsh into his scalp. If the block had
boon the least bit nearer to him his
bead would bavo struck It dead in
stead of taking a carom and merely
slicing a gash.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
A. B. Gatlin of Scribnor was in the
city.
Allen T. Goldot wns up from Scrib
nor.
nor.J.
J. Denner was n city visitor from
Croighton.
A. II. Baskhams was down from At
kinson yesterday.
Miss Ida Hetrick of Madison visited X
in Norfolk yesterday. ?
Mrs. M. P. Ahorn of Wayne visited
In Norfolk yesterday.
Allen Walker of Weeping Water
had business in Norfolk.
C. M. Carpenter was n Norfolk vis
itor yesterday from York.
Thomas Cbilvers of Pierce was a
business visitor in Norfolk.
J. A. Allison of Newman Grove had.
business In Norfolk yesterday.
W. L. Blckley was a Norfolk visitor
from the county scat yesterday.
Louis Schonzcl returned last night
from Fremont , where ho transacted
business.
W. H. Johnson has gone to Now
York to purchase the spring stock for
the Johnson Dry Goods company.
The Wednesday club will meet to
morrow afternoon at 2:30 : with Mrs.
McClary.
Invitations bavo been Issued for the
marriage of Richnrtt Wacbtor and
Miss Lizzie Nlmmer.
E. J. Scborrcggo is confined to his
bed by an attack of sickness , which
took him since returning from Wake-
fleld , where ho visited his mother.
Henry Heubcns of Omaha , vice pres
ident of the Storz Brewing company ,
is In the city to Investigate for him
self the condition of his old-time
friend , G. A. Lulkart.
E. M. Zelscho of this city and his
brother , Richard Zoischo of Pierce ,
loft this morning for a visit with their
mother at Giddlngs , Texas , expecting-
to bo absent about three weeks. En-
route they will visit with friends in
Arkansas.
The cold wnve which swept down
from the northwest , came after a
warm day with a low barometer. At
10 o'clock In the evening there was
suddenly a swirl of air as the heavy
wind swept into the southeast and
from then on the temperature speed
ily fell. Norfolk avenue was this
morning lined with overturned boxes
which bad stood along the front of the
sidewalks nt various business houses
and had been toppled down by the
blowing blasts. The wave Is not a
permanent affair , It Is thought , and
warmer weather has been promised.
OMAHA GRAIN EXCHANGE OPENS
New Omaha Market Venture Inaugu
rated This Morning Despite the
Further Reduction In Rates.
Omaha , Feb. 1. The new grain ex
change opened this morning as bad
been planned by the members of the
organization , and despite the an
nouncement of another cut In the
grain rate to the east by the North
western. The members of the com
mercial club are fully determined to
test Omaha's adaptability for a grain
market and will maintain the ex
change if that Is possible.
Estimate of Expenses.
Following is the estimate of ex
penses made by the county commis
sioners of Madison county , Nebraska ,
for the year 1904 :
County institute $ 125 00
County road 10000 00
County printing 1500 00
County attorney's salary . . 1000 00
Care of paupers 3000 00
Fuel , postage and expense. . 1500 00
Books , stationery and sup
plies 2000 00
Election expenses 3000 00
Salaries for county assess
or and deputies 3500 00
Soldiers' relief fund 2000 00
Poor farm expenses 1500 00
County superintendent , sal
ary 1400 00
County bridge fund 20000 00
County clerk's salary as
clerk of board BOO 00
County commissioners' sal
ary 2500 00
Bounty on wild animals . . 1000 00
Jailor fees 1600 00
Janitor's salary and county
officers' assistants 300000
District court jurors 8500 00
Insane fund 150000
Rlprapplng on streams 2000 00
Aid to Agriculture society. . 700 00
Furniture nnd repairs on
court house , insurance on
jail and court buildings. . 1500 00
Road indebtedness 5000 00
Interest on court house
bonds between Madison
and Union precincts . . . . COO 00
Sinking fund for snmo . . . . 400 00
Battle Creek village jail
bonds and interest 150 00
Dated Madison , Nob. , January 13 ,
1001.
Emll Winter ,
County Clerk.
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