THIi ) NORFOLK N10WS : I-'HIDAV. - I'MOIWrAKY ' IB. JDO-J Interesting History of Madison County Pioneer. HI8 LETTER FURNISHED A CLUE Man With Fictitious Name Long Evad ed Canadian Officers Who Wanted Him for Embezzlement Also Was Charged With Insurance Fraud. Every community has Its unwritten history , nnd , as in other parts of the ' west , there are episodes in the history . of Madison county rivaling the most H lurid fiction , which cannot be found in the county records or the archives of the state historical society and which have never appeared before In print. Among them is the following > . / . remarkable story of the career of an I f early settler : Many years ago , ere the advent of the knocker nnd gossip , nnd before the Inquisitive newspaper correspon dent had searched out every hidden thing under the sun , when the stren uous life of the pioneer furnished him with troubles enough of his own with- j. ' out his borrowing those of his neighbor - bor , people had plenty of elbow room t and the settler was unmolested behind unbolted doors nnd uncurtained win dows. At this period Madison county had largo areas of unoccupied wild land the abandoned homesteads of settlers who had sold out to speculat ors , school lands or railroad grants , and to inspect , purchase or Improve these lands settlers began to arrive by wagon and railroad , singly or In colonies. Among these land seekers was a man named Tully. This was not his name. It Is not even the name which he gave as his own , and which latter was proved afterwards to have been an alias , but It will answer for the purposes of this narrative. Men with aliases and sealed antecedents were not uncommon In those days , and when the country was new and all were comparative strangers to each other no questions were asked , but no one suspected the reticent and unassuming Mr. Tully of having had an unenviable past. And yet there was something about the man whicti marked him as being different from those around him. It was not that he was evidently a city bred man nnd was refined and educated , for there were many of this class among those seeking homes , but the solitariness of the man , his moodlness , and shunning of strangers were re marked by his neighbors. Ho selected - ! ed a farm away from all towns and in a sparsely settled neighborhood , making his homo with a neighbor nnd improving from year to year his land. Ho seldom went to town nnd received no letters. IIo bought stock , built a house on his farm nnd married a neighbor's daughter and established . a home. He lived in the neighbor- j\ hood about ten years , respected by | neighbors and loved by his wife , when one day a small , plain looking old man , with the steadiest eyes that ever looked out of a man's face , dropped quietly off the train at Madison , walked unobserved uptown nnd with out revealing his business hired the sheriff to drive him Into the country. Giving only the general direction of his route , when passing the Tully farm , the stranger , as If from some momentary impulse , asked the sheriff to drive into Tully's yard. Mr. Tully was In the yard and the stranger spoke a few words to him in an un dertone. The latter replied by re questing that ho speak with his wife a moment. In a short time Tully came out of the house , got In the buggy and accompanied the other men to Madison when shortly after thch arrival there ho and the stranger boarded a train nnd wont south ant that was the last time Mr. Tully was seen in Madison county , and the above is all that Is known today by his neighbors of his story. The Relentless Pursuit. In an unimportant city of Canada Tully had held a responsible position with an express company. IIo was married , lived In considerable style and he and his wife moved In the most , exclusive society. In an evil hour ho mbezzled funds entrusted to his care and lied to the United States. In Kansas City , where ho sought n' temporary asylum , ho fell in with n stranger who was living In a shack in the outskirts of the city , or , at least , ho and this unknown companion lived In the shack tor some time and until tno ueain or the latter. Tno only evidence regarding this man's death comes from a physician In Kansas City who furnished medicine and a burial permit for the deceased , yet strangely enough had not seen his patient. Ho explained that a messenger came to him in haste stat ing that a man was dying of typhoid fever In n hovel and for him to send medicine and go as soon as possible to see him. IIo gave the messenger medicine hut before the doctor could visit the invalid the messenger re turned and reported that the man had died and begged for a burial permit , which the doctor filled out In the name of Tully. Who this man was and how ho met his death , whether n crime had been committed or If ho died a natural death or was it a body that had been bought or snatched from some morgue or graveyard are QUCS tlons only ono man could answer and ho has been silent. Tally coffined and shipped the corpse of his companion o his wife in Canada who received \ml burled It as that of her late hits- mud. Tully , however , had carried lollcloa In various llfo Insurance com- mulct ) and these his wlfu tried to collect. The Insurance companies vroto to the doctor whoso certificate accompanied tlio corpse for the usual > roof9 of death nnd received the reply hat ho Imtl never soon the deceased. This aroused suspicion and they dls- ntorred the body of the supposed fully nnd discovered the fraud. The express company which follows the mictlco of never giving up Its quest 'or n defaulter until ho is caught or lead , joined issue with the Insurance companies and the detectives who had teen recalled wore sent out again upon Tully's trail with Instructions to spare 10 effort or expense to apprehend the 'ugltlvo. Naturally they picked up ho trail at Kansas City and through tatlon agents , railroad conductors ind others traced their man through olorndo , California to Washington ind back through the mountains. Vhcthcr Tully discovered that ho was being pursued or not ho effected n nastcrly stroke of deception , llav- ng bought a ticket to Denver ho Iroppod off at some watering tank in ho mountains and the conductor , who ifterwards recalled that such n man vas on his train could not tell where 10 had missed him. Here was a gap > f a thousand miles of mountains with only watering tanks , sheep corrals and nlncrs' cabins in which to look for ho refugee nnd his pursuers gave It ip. Tully was finally discovered ( trough a letter he had written. Ilav- nfj outwitted discovery ho became careless and for a number of years md been taking regularly n paper rom his homo town. The subscrlp- lon having expired ho wrote to the mbllshcrs , enclosing a draft and re questing them to continue sending ho paper. The detectives who had ) cen watching the postofflco nnd newspaper offices were aware that a copy of a newspaper was being sent regularly to a man named Tully In Nebraska and when they obtained his otter nnd compared the handwriting with specimens of his writing already n their possession the Identification was complete and they were sure of .heir man. They sent a man who had tnown Tully before ho had absconded and In the guise of n peddler ho vis- ted Tully's neighborhood , saw and recognized him and shortly afterward 10 was apprehended. Tully's downfall was due to his Ca nadian wife who was ambitious and extravagant and to maintain the style of living she demanded , Tully little by little indulged in speculation until 10 became hopelessly Involved and be coming desperate and disgusted one night when a lump sum came into his possession ho appropriated it and lied. He sent the corpse back hoping to deceive the company and probably Ills wife likewise. The company dealt very leniently with him after all and his Nebraska wife proved his savior. All the prop erty which ho owned and which had become quite valuable was in her name and she offered to release it to the company in consideration of their clemency to her husband. They ac cepted the proposition and the trans * for was made and Tully was given a light sentence of n few brief years and has long years ago been a free man. His Canadian wife had secured a divorce from him nnd today some where In the world ho Is living with the Nebraska woman , happy no doubt to have removed from his heart the burden of his crime. All of which goes to provo that the courts can be juggled and the vengeance of corpor ations appeased with a handful of gold but that the most precious treas ure In life is the devotion of a woman. J. II. Mackay. Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior , land office fico at O'Neill , Nebraska , Dec. 2C : 1903 : Notice Is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed no tico of his intention to make Una ! proof in support of his claim , nnd that said proof will be made before W. II Field , clerk district court , at Madi.son Nebraska , on February C , 1901 , viz : George A. Dean , II. K. No. 17723. for the noV ; soV , , Sec. 13 , T. 23 N. , H. 1 IIo names the following witnesses to provo his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land , viz : n'Hugh D. Smith , of Norfolk , Neb. ; Fred Terry of Wnrnorville , Nob. ; Joslah Daniel of Norfolk , Nob. ; Christ Getter - ter of Norfolk , Neb. S. J. Weekes , Register. In our advertising columns appears the card of the "Now York-Honduras Commercial Co. , presenting an invest ment that at first sight appears to yield extraordinary results , but when the wonderful returns of plantations In tropical countries are taken Into consideration , and the known fact that Mexican companies in similar lines are doing oven better , it warrants the investigation of the man with idle money , or who can put a few dollars asldo for the future. People Believe In It. It has been cynically said that any thing can bo sold by advertising now- n-days. This is not so. Many lini ments have been advertised but only one Perry Davis' Painkiller has htood the test of sixty years' use. To day Its popularity is greater than over nnd is based not upon what any body says but upon what the remedy does , There is but ono Painkiller , Perry Davis' . Frank Collins , an All-Rouncl Crook , is Convicted , TOOK OVERCOAT FROM CRAFT Having Taken the Garment Ho Hid It on South Fifth Street and Was Later Arrested at n Hotel First Denies Then Confesses Quilt. { From Hntnnlny'H Unllv.1 For stealing an overcoat from Con- uctor Robert traft , of the North- t'CHtorn , Frank Collins , n one-time irlntcr and at present alleged by the ollco to bo an all-round crook and a > iul ono at that , was yesterday after- ,0011 , found guilty of petty larceny In ollco court and sentenced by Judgu layes to ton days Imprisonment In ho county Jail at Madison. The prisoner was taken to the coun- .y seat on the afternoon freight by 3hlof Kane , who returned last night n the passenger train. The story of Collins' theft , the mys- cry of lits case and the arrest within few hours after the deed , together r'lth a full confession forced from Im in the sweatbox at the city Jail , s thrilling to a degree. When the Hlack Hills passenger rain No. 11 pulled In at the station In outh Norfolk , bound for the west , the assengers left the cars and the train- : ion left the cars to get supper in the atlng house. They were absent about wenty minutes and while they wore ; ono , Conductor Craft's flno overcoat Isappearcd. Ho looked through the rain for it but there was no sign of ho missing garment. The police wore lotlllcd nnd began working on the aso without a clow. For several days the officers have icon watching Collins on general prln- Iples because ho was a bad looking nark. Ho Is well known to the Nor- 'oik police , having had experience vith them before. At about midnight , Officer Pllger heard from some source hat this man Collins had been seen n the switching yards at the North western tracks earlier In the evening. That was enough for him. IIo was ; > retty sure of his man from that bit of evidence , alone. Toward morning Collins registered it tuo Queen City hotel. Hero ho was arrested a few hours later and was anded behind the bars In a cell at the city Jail. Asked as to the overcoat , which ho did not have with him , ho : lonlcd that he had over seen or heard of such a thing. Absolutely and with out quallllcatlon ho declared that ho md been arrested wrongfully. Story of Arrest. But Collins' identity was his undo ne. Ills looks wore against him. Having once seen that face , a train man at the Northwestern yards did lot forget It and It was proven that the thief had been In the vicinity of ho station. Then Chief Kane ran a ; oed stiff sandy. It was a bold bluff and it worked. Without a sign of ov donee that could convict , and with out any absolute knowledge , ho put Ills prisoner through a course of cross * questioning that broke down oven the hardened Jail bird and ho finally owned up that he had stolen the coat and that It was concealed in a build ing on South Fifth street. With the understanding that his penalty would not bo the maximum If ho told , the overcoat thief walked down to Fifth street and dug out the property that ho had taken from Con ductor Craft. Then ho went up Into police court and was given the sen tence of ten days in the county Jail Without his confession no conviction would have been possible , and It was .shrewd work on the part of the police that brought out the confession. Bowling at Spencer. Spencer , Neb. , Fob. C. Special leThe The News : Following Is the He-ore o the bowling contest , between Spencer and nutto , held in Spencer , Wcdno.i day , February 1 : Spencer. C. R. Tinsley inn 108 128 Fred Fox 95 132 1C5 Fred Matoushek 109 95 13 Chas. Foltz 1-10 118 11 3 John Foley 131 110 13 1 Mart Johnson 121 130 171 Untie. Hen Wolbum 152 133 135 John Welbum 151 105 10' { Ed Adkins ; 131 171 ICC John Adkins 101 135 143 Tip McMillan 10 i 107 110 Geo. Durko 9o 128 142 Result of the contest Spencer won by luu points. This was a very in- leresling conlesl. Arrangements are being made for a conlcst with Fair - fax and Boncstccl. Why suffer with your kidneys ? The discovery of Kldnoy-Elles has proved a blessing lo thousands of kidney sufferers who have been re stored to perfect health. These tablets - lets drive the diserBCd germs out of the system , and wo urge all sufferers to give this scientific and successful kidney remedy a trial. Price 25 cents. Klesau Drug Co. Pure Bred Duroc-Jerseys. I have a few head of gilts for sale. All bred to a registered boar ( also for sale. ) These are flno gilts. All eli gible to record. M. Mlhllls. 1211 Phillip avenue , Norfolk , Nob. Perhaps You Wonder If the tormenting cold that made last winter ono long misery will bo as bad thlH year. Certainly not , If you take Allou'H l.ung llnlfliun when tickling nnd rnwnoHH In the Ihroat anuoiinco the prcHcnco of the old onoiuy. Do not oxpoot the cold to wear Itoolf out. Take the right remedy In time. Al len's hung HiilHiuit IH free from opium. The Illinois Homo Co. can nupply GO pedigreed draft Rtalllona ; HO of them Imported ; 5 broods I'orchorou , French Draft , English Bhlro , Ilolglan Clyde ; R colors black , brow.n , bay , roan , gray ; rich blood , extra ohlro breedorn U to R yearn old , Homo will inakn 2100 pound horuofl. Easy pay ments. Tha general manager will bo In Sioux City for a week. 22 llnlton block. Permanent addrosu , Dos MolnoM , Iowa. AT THE AUDITORIUM THEATER [ Front Tticmlny'n Dully 1 "Dorothy. " It was a very poor IIOUHK that groot- CM ! the comic opera , "Dorothy , at the Auditorium last night. Norfolk people generally wore In no mood for comic opera and Dorothy did not make a hit. The company WIIH not. altogether de void of merit , however , and put on their piece Jn u way that was not half bad In some respects. SPECIALIST ( REPUTATION , Years of Special Practice Affording Excellent Opportunities. FACTS WORTH" MENTIONING By Dr. Caldwell. Sovornl years ago. while In private pra'jtlco , I thought it wrong to adver tise , simply bccauso I had boon told so and had not had experience enough to know better. After a while I din- covered a valuable plan of treatment In certain cases , and fortunately ob tained n largo number of patients , enough lo fully teat my plan and provo Us success. 1 thereupon prepared - pared a lengthy paper upon the sub ject and read It before the state med ical society. What wan the result ? A half a do7.on mombern took the floor to say what the treatment had boon for a hundred years back , and to claim that the old treatment , though unsuccessful , should bo con tinued , notwithstanding that the new treatment had boon successful. I thought differently and continued to use the now method , and made remarkable - markablo cures of cases that had been pronounced Incurable. My bus iness Increased rapidly as each per son that I cured told sorno friend , who came In turn and was cured. Each patient advertised mo a little. What then ? In that largo city there were not more than 400 cases of the kind. I cured every case that came to mo and then had nothing to do except the ordinary business of a local physician. I know there wore hundreds and thousands of others elsewhere , who might bo cured If they only know ; and I advertised. Cured hundreds of others and I have advertised over since. I have re lieved moro suffering , cured moro pa tients , made moro people happy , and done moro good generally because I have told the people what I can do , and I shall go on with the good work as long as my strength will permit. I advertise because I have some thing worth advertising. I have made myself competent by years of speo lal study and experience , and by the expenditure of largo sums of money. IJy advertising I place before the people plo the facts which enable them lo know what I can do. I thereby reap' ' thousands , who , given up by local physicians or unsucccssfuly treated , give thomsoves up as Incurable. . I cure them and thereby enlarge my Held of usefulness. IJy no other way than advertising could these people have known that they could bo cured. Every thrifty and prosperous busl ness In life , save those of law anil medicine , advertise freely. Lawyers do not , for they only use In business what others have made for them years betore. They only do what ha ? been written. "Regular" doctors dc not advertise for the same reason They have nothing now , nothing which someone ol&o has not wrlttei or told them of , they get their knowledge lodge from the books. A man ma > read medicine until ho in blind run then know nothing of it. To bo sue cossful he muHt apply his own mind Make his own rcbearclieH , and to dc that ho must have room and oppor timll > . He must have cases , hun dreds of them , and compare results. If ho does not do this ho is a ma- chine without novelty , skill or in genuity , still plowing with a wooden plow , still traveling on fwt or horse back , and ignoring the advantages of steam , living but not learning. The same Is true of a lady doctor. Holow you will find published the names and addresses of some of the recent cures that I have made. These people's aflllctlons were , under the ordinary physician's care , considered hopeless , and no prospects for a euro : Mrs. Kato Schall of Albion , Nob. , cured of calarrh of head and stomach. Mrs. William Zuerg of Blue Vale , Nob. , cured of nervous heart and female disease. Mrs. J. E. Connolloy of Akron , Nob. , cured of cancer of long stand ing Mrs. Augusta Soydon of Ponder , Nob. , cured of nervous liver and stomach disease. Mrs. Ella Scochman of Wayne , Nob. , cured of rheumatism , female disease and skin disease. John Ilarpor of Columbus , Neb. , cured of heart disease , stomach and liver disease. Emma Stalko of Clarks , Nob. , cured of skin disease , heart trouble and dropsy. Do you fool broken down and does your system need nourishment ? Just take Man-Er-Vino tablets , the world's greatest remedy for the nerves , brain and blood , and watch results. Kle sau Drug Co. Wo will give a 25c Box of " Elmo CACTARINE 99 FREE To all who suffer from Stomach , Heart or Nerve Trouble Incmlor to quickly Introduce " Klmof'iictarlm' " to thosn uho mifTnr from Stom- null TroulihiH , I ml IKON ! Ion , Ferment nllou , D.VHpcpsln , Hour .Stomach ; from Heart DlMoitHi' , Palpitation , KliortiiosHof Drouth , Irro ularl'iilHo , Fainting and ll//.y HpnllH , Hinotliiu'lnj' HpcllH , KluMiiinitlHiii or Neuralgia of thu Heart ; front NorvoiiH DlnoiiHOH , Weak or Irritiililo NorvoM , Sick Ncrvotm lli'iidachcH , Norv- otm l'roHtratliiand ( to | . 'lv ( * all NiHTorm'H ati onportuully of ( ( sllnn tliln rcuuirk- ahloiiH'dlcliidIn their own Individual cnmi wlllioiitany cxpt'iiHC , wo will /Ivo ( rv 25c box of " Elmo Cnclnrlne " FHKE lo nil. lloro IH our plnn , rend : CUT OUT COUPON 'III In the blniilc linen nml Nciitl It to I. Inn ) COVI'ON NO. 1100 llimuli'nl Cniiiimnv. Hi'N Mnlnci , Inun. nml nil nvi'hc liy ii'tnrii nmll nn nnlcr fur u U > x ICInilly Ni'iul nnlrr " ' . " mo mi mi niv ilruiridst if "IMino C'ni'luilnn. Tul > Mils nriliT to Jour fin l-'Uii : : r " " n - > o Uiof "Kliiio CncUrlnu" InwkMst mill ho ulll iflvt * JIHI frcii of cimiui1 a MI Unit I aim trj ll , lmof "iiiiio : " * \ Cnrtnrlmi We imj tint IriiKtflst for lln > Im of " Klnui r.v tnrliii' " MI Tor . Nnino of DIsttiiBO luil von will not olilltfiilK MHir.HcIf In inn wn\ . I \\lllriMt notliliitf to tomrc'iit IliN frrii oltrr. Vour Niuiiti . . . f you hnvn frloiulN who nin nfftlultitl wllli niiyof tlio nlinva naiiioil Illn lull tlti'iii if Ililtt UniMMTiT Tlitiv run nlw > n ! MIof ' I'lino Cni'lnrlno" free liy Illllntr ( lilt the Kill out COIIIKIII nnd m'lid It to mill ' , OUIHIII hl'llllllIK Nlllmi ( II US Lnrtlo boxes of " Elmo Cnctnrlno " KI.MO ( HinMlOAt , COMI'ANV I his MolnrN , town conlnlnlnU 100 IONOH. Price $1.00. SPECIAL. NOTICE. Hvcry ( Iriik'irlHl H nutliorlml to Mill lam' IKIXO.H of " Dtnu Cnrtnrlmi" coiilnlnliii ? KX ) closes forll.UU mill lo INSIIII u written k'unrnnti'i ) to the imroliaNur to refund Iliu numcy If not Ixjmilltixl. Sold by Asa K. Leonard , and all leading druggists YOU MUST NOT FORGET That , wo nro constantly fjrowiiiK in Mio art of making Kino Photos , and our products will al ways bo found to embrace the and Nowo.st Styles in Cards and Finish Wo also carry a line line of Moldings suitable for all kinds of framing. THE NORFOLK BUSINESS COLLEGE THIRD YEAR. Conservative Management , Thorough Equipment , Commodious Rooms , Superior Instruction. Fvill Business Coxirses. It will pay you to attend this School. No va- cations. Enter any time. Address , C. H. BRAKE , Norfolk , Neb. Dealers Lay in Big Supply of Sentimental Paper. LEAP YEAR MOOD IS ABUNDANT Bashful Young Women Who Want to Wnke up Diffident Bachelors , Will Have n Large Assortment to Choose From Lots of Comics. The day IH drawing nigh when the comic Valentino will 1111 the mischief making youngster full of glee , and sentimental youths and maidens will have their heart strings tugged at by the armed Cupid depleted amid thp lacy splendor of the day's artistic greeting. Local dealers arc already beginning to receive largo consignments , both of the cartoon variety and of the dainty , lacy , Huffy hort. While the designs arc about the same as umial , the leap year feature has not been forgotten. Thofio who have loft their girlhood days far behind them will have their hopes once moro revived. "Leap for the year cndoth , " "The old maid's last chance , " and a number < > ' other consoling mottoes adorn this year's effusions. Then , too , there are tasteful designs especially adapted for melting the heart ol the dlllldont bachelor. Of theao the dealers have laid In a big supply. They realize that 1901 Is the women's year to got Into the Valentino game In earnust , and propose to bo well supplied to meet the demand. Hut the old standbys will not bo missing. This year there are a num ber of pretly celulold designs and litHo - Ho booklets with approprlalo Inscrlp- lions , which breathe out the languish ing condition of the heart of the send er. There are Iho "Just too sweet for any use" kind , dainty lltllo cards fit tingly decorated , with Cupid Just in the act of discharging his potent shafts. I An ibfolut * tpeclflf nd ntl > * rptlc fttf ration for all kind * of SORE THROAT. filMPLY A OAHQLB. PERFECTLY HARMLESS. A nire cur * for MonrJtnrf f , TontllltU , Qulnif , In 'imed , Ulcinted nd Citarrliil SoraTliroit. A preventive of Croup , Whooping Cough n4 I Diphtheria. rimiFYixa iiKAraNQ SOOTIIINO KDdorwd btha Mo t Ktnlnent Throat 8p ol l- liti In tbooouDtry. Ibonld t * kept In crerj homo. Trice t5 Cent * . ecllcluo Co. , Ue ( Mutual. Iowa KIRSAU DUUQ COMPANY. Dr. Weaver's Syrup anil Cerate. Succeasful treatment for blood &ud elcln dlgcuea. The Average Net Yearly Profit PUR Al'1115 OK CORN IS $10.09 WHEAT IS 10.65 VS. $75.00 FROM BANANAS $200.00 FROM RUBBER WHICH PAYS BEST ? An Investment In the New York- Honduras Commercial Company , bring- In tj your money Into co-operation with that of others In n Bnnann and Rubber Plantation NETS you 50 per cent on your capital for five years and 100 per cent after that time $10.00 per month for one year gives you an Investment worth $1,000.00 at the end of that time at ruling rate of Interest. The above is borne out by actual official figures , which can be proven to the entire satisfaction of the pros pective Investor. New York-Honduras Commercial Go , 20 Broadway , NEW YORK CITY. We want a live representative In this locality JURIES A GOLD IN ONE CURES GRIP m TWO DAYS MUST Al'I'tAll ON EVERY BOX OF THE GENUINE Write This Down in the book of memory : There Is no such thing as a harmless cough. Every cough is a warning of a confi dence that goes from had to worse unless it is remedied right away. Opium-laden medicine Is n delusion. Allen's Lung Balsam cures the worst of colds. It clears the bronchial pas sages , so that the lungs got plenty of air. Why not got a bottle loday ?