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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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NOHKQLK N13UHASKA PHI DAY MAUUtI 4 l)0f. )
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CongressmanJBabcock Receives
a Re-nomination.
END OF HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
Chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee IB Again
Honored In His District , In Spite
of the Governor's Opposition.
i Milwaukee , Wls. , March 3. Con
gressman Joseph W. Babcock , chair
man of the republican national con
gressional committee , was ronoml-
natcd for congress today by the repub
licans of the Third district. His ro-
nomination culminates ono of the most
Interesting fights in the political an
nals f Wisconsin. The contest was
begun last winter , since which time
the opposition to Babcock's ronomln-
I' ' , atlon has been waged with unabated
Is vigor by the state administration ,
| ) i beaded by Governor La Follotte. Up
I
to last winter Congressman Babcock
had been either with the governor or
had remnlncd neutral In the state
fights. This attitude was duo to the
fact that the Third district has al
ways been counted on as a La Fol-
lotto district , and the congressman ,
recognizing thiB.-- " > ilo no attempt to
take part In tbY cb Sta -"orthrow
A the governor. * ' < ° lllstoriCft
! | During the last session - _ _ Son-
, Islature , however , Mr.
to Madison and coquetted with the
governor's opponents regarding an or
ganized fight against him. The con
gressman , from all reports , was will
ing to take part in it as a leader , but
this was not to the liking of those
In authority on that side nnd the
whole scheme fell through. However ,
It waa not forgotten by the governor
nnd steps were taken as early as last
summer to defeat tbo renominatlon
of Mr. Babcock. Plans were laid to
bring out candidates every county-
of the district. This was done , and in
addition administration leaders from
all over the state were sent into the
district to make the fight on the con
gressman. All the efforts of the La
Follette forces were without avail ,
however , as county after county bold
its caucuses and declared for Mr.
Bibcock's , renomination. It was ad
mitted that , should the governor win
in his attempts to defeat the congress
man , the opposition to his renomina
tion as governor would go to pieces
like a house 9f cards. Now. however ,
in face of the complete triumph of
Congressman Babcock , the politicians
are speculating as to whether or not
it will put a kink in Governor La Toi
lette's plans as may end In overthrow
ing him.
TRAVELING MAN SUICIDES.
Supposed That Drink and Financial
Trouble Was the Cause.
Waterloo , la. , March 3. Robert Me-
Mahon , a traveling man , committed
suicide last night by drinking prussic
acid. Drink and financial difficulties
are supposed to be the cause. He
was 55 years old and lived In New
York city.
Virginia Republicans for Roosevelt.
Richmond , Va. , March 3. The re
publicans of Virginia , in state conven
tion at Norfolk today , elected dele
gates to the national convention at
Chicago and adopted a resolution in
dorsing President Roosevelt for the
presidential nomination.
Watson Renominated.
Shelbyville , Ind. , March 3. Repre
sentatlve James E. Wntson was re
nominated without opposition todaj
"by the republican congressional con -
vention of the Sixth district. The con -
convention also named delegates an
altcrnntes to the republlcnn nntiona
convention. *
In Ninth Missouri District.
St. Charles , Mo. , March 3. the re
publican congressional convention of
the Ninth district met here today and
elected delegates and alternates to
attend the nntionnl convention to be
held at Chicago in June. Resolutions
were ndopted indorsing the ndmlnis-
Iration of President Roosevelt. The
district convention to nominate n can-
didnte for congress will be held Inter.
"
Examines Firemen.
Fremont , Neb. , March 3. Traveling
Engineer J. A. Willey of the Northwestern -
western is here from Norfolk this
week nnd Is giving nineteen firemen
written nnd oral examinations on first
and second year mechanical engineer
ing. The examinations are being con
ducted nt Superintendent Mahanna's
office. Seven of the firemen were put
through the set of questions yester
day. The exnmlnntlon is based on
practical engineering and the course
of instruction furnished through rail
road channels.
Battle In Choctaw Nation.
' South McAlestor , I. T. , March 3.
Gcorgo K. Pritchnrd , United States
marshal , left for Bokosho , in the east
ern part of the Choctaw nation , where
it is reported a fight between whiten
nnd blacks is in progress. A telegram
received hero said that throe men had
boon killed.
UNION LEADERS NOT GUILTY
Acquitted of the Charge of Consplr *
Ing to Wreck a Train.
Cripple Crcok , Colo. , March 3. *
Shormnn Parker nnd Thomna Poster ,
minors' union lenders , ncciiHotl of at
tempting to wreck a passenger train ,
wore acquitted by the Jury.
Immediately after the annoilnco-
mont of the verdict the district attor
ney nolled the cnso against Sherman
Parker , W. F. Davis and H. H. Me-
Klnney , In which they were charged
with the overt act of train wrecking.
While the Jury was absent from the
court room , the district attorney also
nollod the cases against Stove Adams ,
W. F. Davis and Charles O. Kcnnlson ,
all union leaders , the latter being
president of minors' union No. 40 , of
Crlpplo Creek , charging them with
tb murder of Melvin Decks and
Charles H. McCormick , who were
killed by an explosion In the Vindicator
cater mine shortly after the minors'
strlko in this district , was com
menced.
8an Domingo Problem.
Washington , March 3. The admin
istratlon is puzzled to know how to
deal with San Domingo. Every report
that comes from the Island Indicates
the existence there of a state approaching
preaching anarchy. If there were a
capable government either regular or
revolutionary the stnto department
would call upon it to preserve the
peace , protect American Interests and
cause a cessation of the frequent and
joying interference with American
ty rmmorco , but It in nald there in no
such government and the government
a loath to embark on a policy of po >
icing the island and chasing small
guerrilla bands through the jungles.
The wbolo subject Is under serious
consideration by tbo administration ,
which believes that foreign Interests
are looking to the United States to re
lieve tbeir own governments of thj
necessity of taking bold In San Do *
mingo.
Opinion Formally Upheld.
St. Louis , March 3. The JJnlted
States court of appeals sustained the'
district court in Us decision that any
railroad baa tbo right to use the Union
Pacific bridge between Council Bluffs
and Omaha and the stations and
switch yards facilities of that road In
the two cities. Thev 'decision waa
reached in the contest of the1'Mason
City and Fort , Dodge road , owned and
controlled by the Chicago Great West
ern , It applied for the use of tbo
bridge and was refused. The district
court decided In its favor nnd the
Union Pacific company appealed the
case.
Wife Murder and Suicide.
Fargo , N. D..Mnrch 3. Gottlieb Sol
vert of McLean county pounded his
wife with a revolver until she was
forced to lean upon him for supper
nnd when her head was resting upon
his shoulder ho shot her , causing in
slant death. Ho then turned th
weapon upon himself nnd Is In a scrl
ous condition. Jealousy inspired the 3
crime.
Vane Dine Declared Sane.
Chicago , March 3. Harvey Van
Dine , one ot the three car barn ban
dlts now on trial for murder , was de
clared sane by Dr. James G. Klernan
a specialist In nervous diseases , nn
who testified concerning the snnlty o
Gultenu , the assassin of Presldon
Garfleltl. Two other experts also test
fled that Van Dine was not insane.
CAUSES FEVERJF EXCITEMENT
Striker Arrested for Vagrancy and
Handcuffed to Telegraph Pole.
Denver , March 3. Headquarters o :
the Western Federation of Miners In
this city was thrown into a fever o
excitement by a report of ill treat
ment of a striking member of th 0
iminers' union , under nrrest on th °
icharge of vagrancy , at Telluride , b
the civil authorities thero. The follow
ing version of the affair was sent out [
by Cnptnln Bulkeley Wells , who is in
charge of the local military : "Five
of the men convicted under vagrancy
charges by the civil authorities were
put to work , by order of the sheriff ,
filling in the excavation made this
winter by the soldiers in searching
for the body of W. J. Barney. One of
the men , Harry Maki , refused to work
nnd was handcuffed to a telegraph
polo by tbo deputy sheriff In charge.
This action on the part of the civil
authorities has caused great Indigna
tion among fno strikers. "
Russians Occupy Telegraph Offices.
Tokio , March 3. It has been
learned hero that the Russians have
occupied the telegraph offices at An
Ju and Young Pyon , north of Ping
Yang. They have imprisoned the dis
trict governor and confiscated official
papers. The main Russian force Is
concentrated nt Liao Yong. The Rus
sians near An Tung aggregate 2OuO
No Important engagement Is expected
south of the Yalu river , which , it Is
believed , the Russian will make their
main line of defcnso.
Japanese Concentrate Troops.
Paris. March 3. Information reach
'Ing ' hero from official sources show ?
the Japanese concentration of troop ?
is going on extensively In the neigh
borhood of Ping Yang , Korea. Largo
forces are debarking from transports
nt nenrhy ports , from which It Is as
sumed that nn extensive land engage
ment is imminent in northern Korea.
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Com
pany Adds to Funds.
NORTHER INTERFERED SOME
Not a Large Attendance But Every
thing Sold and Drought Qood
Prices A Number of Prize * Were
Given Away Lunch Served.
The fair nnd lunch given in the
Coylo building yesterday afternoon
and evening by the Pioneer Honk nnd
Ladder company , although tlio tuntlicr
'
offered competition and discouragement -
mont throughout , wns a very BHOCOHH-
ful venture withal and the compnuy's
treasury is swelled to BOIUO dimen
sions this morning ,
Becnuso of the storm there Woo
few others than firemen hi alien-
dnnco , but they mndo thjngft lively
nnd Interesting. A nlco .irrny of
goods that had been contributed by
the merchants wcro on display , nnd
everything was turned Into money before -
fore the evening wns ended. The
goods were nt llrst sold privately nnd
what were left Inter In the evening
were auctioned off by J. A. Trulock ,
everything bringing good prices
A lunch of cnkc , sandwiches nnd
coffee wns served during the ovonlng
nnd the entnblcs that were loft over
were nuctlond with the other goods
before the fair terminated.
A meeting will bo hold by the com
pany this evening to settle up the nf-
fnlr nnd nscortnin just how much bet
tor off the trensury IB than before the ,
fair took placo.
A number of prizes wcro
away. Vulnm Light drew a hand
Bomo sofa pillow valued nt $ C , which
was among the best prizes. A r.'ng
was given with a ploco of one of the
cakes auctioned , but it hus not boon
learned who was the lucky purchaser.
Chas. Shulz bought a package pur
porting to contain a pair of panto , but
when he opened it ho found only a
single "pant. " It would bo nil right
for a one logged man , but for a man
with two wbolo ICCB It would not an
swer at all nnd the firemen refunded
Mr. Shulz bis money.
Almost everything conceivable was
on sale , from dvory line of businos's '
represented In Norfolk , and everything -
thing approximated in soiling price ,
what It was worth. The room was
nicely decorated for the event and the
truck of the company wns used as nn
advertising medium , being driven up
and down the .street , before the north
or struck.
DAKOTA COUNTY COURT.
Extended Trial In Land Case Involv
ing Large Amount of Money.
Dakota City , Neb. , March 3. In the
district court the case of Henry C
Jordan vs. Andrew R. Jackson wnsoi
trial to the court nil day nnd Is sill
in progress this morning. The nttor
neys In the case are W. E. Gnntt , for
the plaintiff and Mabry & Wnrner for
the defendant. Both parties in tht
case are residents of Iowa , Mr. Jor
dnn residing at Battle Creek nnd Mr
Jackson nt Des Molnes. In the fal
of 1902 Jackson sold Jordan an 800
acre tract of land in Emerson pro
clnct In this county , the consldera
tlon being $ : ! o,000. Jordan deposite (
$1,000 in the Wearo & Allison ban !
of Sioux City to the credit of Jacksoi
on hto deal and a land contract wa 3
executed between the parties provld
Ing for the payment of the balance a
various stated times. Jackson fur
nished an abstract of title to th 0
0n
title to the property which Jorda n
claims Is defective , and on which Jordan -
dan refused to accept the land , nnd
idf
the suit now in court by Jordnn is for
the recovery of the $1,000 paid and for
$5,000 damages. The defendant is
making his case on the contract en-
tercd into signed by both parties nnd
that If any defects appear in the ab
stract he had until the expiration of
the contract , to perfect the same.
GALE SPREADSJHE FLAMES
Disastrous Prairie Fires Reported In
Several Places In Nebraska.
Kearney , Neb. , March 3. A de
structive prairlo flro is raging between
this place and Wood River , carried on
by a fifty-mile an hour gale. It started
near the latter town and was carried
rapidly southward. All the buildings
on the Calkins ranch have been do
stroycd as well as a number on the
Gamble farm. The wind cnrrled the
flames across the Union Pacific rail
road tracks , giving the flro a ciear
field , and it licked up hay stacks ,
buildings and everything else In its
path. A request came to Kearney for
help nnd members of the fire depart
ment Jiavo gone to the scone. It la
not believed tbo fire can bo stayed
however , until it reaches tbo Platte
river. _ _
How to Ailvertldc.
The householder In glancing through
bis morning paper has Ills attentlor
caught by the more attractive adver
tisements. Advertising is nn essential
factor In modern business methods ,
nnd to advertise wisely the business
man must understand the workings of
tbo minds of his customers and must
know bow to Influence thcn'i effective
ly he must know how to apply
psychology to advertising. Atlantic.
Drop of Sixty-Three Degrees ,
Lincoln , March 3. Two March ten *
Pftraturo records wcro broken In
Nobrnnka. At 1 o'clock In Lincoln
the weather bureau thermometer Indi
cated 70 degrees , the highest tempera-
turn for March of which there In n
record. At 7 o'clock the rending rras
1C nbovo r.oro , a fall of slxty-throo de
grees In six hours , n duncont llkowlm
without precedent In the state.
Throughout the night n tremendous
palo blow from the northwest. Ho-
ports from country towns show dnm <
ago to Rinnll buildings , wind mill * nnd
p'lnto glass store fronts ,
Chicago World' * Fair Final Dividend.
Chicago , March 3. The accounts ot
the Wet Id a Columbian exposition of
1893 were closed with the payment ol
ft final dividend of 4,0fi per cent to all
( of the 2,000 stockholders. This pay
ment , with a dividend of 10 per cent ,
which wns paid In 1894 , mnken a totul
of 14.05 per cent In dividends pnld on
the capital stock. About $2.000 r -
mnlnn In the hands of the troanurai
to meet any claims which may ba
brought against the company. TUo to
tal amount spent on the Chicago
World's fair wns > $33,000,000.
MoCook Menaced by Prairie Fire.
McCook , Nob. , March 8. McCook
wns seriously monacud by prnlrlo rtrea.
A perfect gnlo prevailed. A shift of
the wind nt nn opportune tlmo nnd
hard .fighting by citizens wnrdud off
the disaster. North nnd east of hero
many farm buildings and ether farm
property were destroyed.
Maumee Out of Its Banks.
Toledo , O. , March 3. The Maumeo
river here Is seven foot above normal
and has overflowed the docks , although -
though the Ice IB unbroken. The sit
uation Is more threatening than evor.
At Grand Rttplds , O. , th business
section of tka town WB.B conipUl
flooded.
Third Defendant Testifies.
Norton , Kan. , March 8. Clydf Wil
on , the third of the dofendftnta to
testify , took the stand in the Dewey
trial. Ho corroborated the t&iUmony
of Dewey and McBride that tb Dor-
rye had fired first nnd the Dewey party
had .returned the ro in self-4s < s ga.
Two Men Asphyxiated.
Kansas City , March 3. W. F. Helm
01 t . - , ivyi. and W. G. Huber of
.Torre Haute , Ind. , were found dead in
a rooming house here as a result of
asphyxiation. Huber bora a card of a
81. Joseph ( Mo. ) ledge , Knlchts of
Pythias.
New $12,000 Structure to be
Erected There.
THE CONTRACT IS ALREADY LET
The Board of Education Has Given
Contracts to Local People for Hand
some New Monument of Learning
Which Will Go Up at Once.
Elgin , Nob. , March 3. Special to
The News : Elgin Is to have a mag
nificent new school house. It will
cost $12,000. The contract for the
structure has been let by the local
board. Elgin contractors will do the
work. Fred Palmer will have general
supervision over the work. W. F.
Hammond will furnish the brick.
Endle McCord will do the mason
work.
Invests in Pierce County.
West Point , Neb. , March 3. Spec
ial to The News : E. Glffert has gone
to Plalnvlew to Invest some more of
his money In Pierce county lands.
New Elevator at Elgin.
Elgin , Neb. , March 3. Special to
The News : W. F. Hammond has the
foundation for his now elevator about
,
finished. It will have a capacity of
30,000 bushels and will cost $0,000.
Looking After Mickey.
West Point , Neb. , March 3. Spec-
lal to The News : A. D. Bcemer of
Lincoln Is In the city looking nfter
Governor Mickey's fences. Cumlng
iounty needs a little looking nfter
In that line.
Doctor From Kentucky.
Elgin , Neb. , March 3. Special to
The News : Dr. George F. Payne of
. .oiilsvllle . , Ivy. , Is in the city , sum
moned hero by his brother , James
Payne , in whose family two cases of
llness are now reported.
Robbers Bound Over.
Tekamab , Neb. , March 3. The pro
Iminary hearing of Thomas Gray ,
Frank Bullis and George Keeler ,
charged with robbing the First Na
tional bank of Lyons last November ,
was held. About twenty witnesses
were on hand for the state and nearly
as many for the defendants.
Practically no defense wns mndo by
the men nnd they were bound over to
the district court nnd the amount o
their bonds was not fixed.
Death of H. S. Gamble.
Ynnkton , S. D. , March 3. Hugh S
Gamble , brother of Senator Robert J
Gamble , tiled suddenly last night o
Brlght's disease. He was a prominen
Insurance man here for many years.
Age wns about CO. Ho leaves n wife
nnd four children , two girls and two
boys.
Very Remarkable Temperature
Range of Seventy Degrees.
WAS FIERCEST IN MANY YEARS
The Sudden Switching of the Wind
Shortly Before Noon Yesterday
Brought n Tempestuous Storm
Which Churned Things Generally.
Probably no greater freak In the
way of n day has been known In thin
suction of ( lie globe In many , many
years than that , which wan thrust
upon Nebraska yoBterdny. Certainly
no greater rnngu In tumpornturo between -
tween thu rising of the nun nnd the
Betting IIIIB been recorded than that
which occurred during the change.
From f n fair , balmy spring dny In thu
dawning , the weather switched nt
noon Into n hurricane which lasted
until far into thu night ami thu thor-
moiiMcr dropped from seventy-one
degrees to ono degreu n devlntlouof
exactly seventy degrees for n very
few hours.
It was primps thu fiercest March
wind storm that IIIIB lilt this locality.
It cnino predicted by the weather mini
but In Its suddenness It swept down
llko"n wolf upon the fold.
One of thu most terrlllo windstorms
that March ever brought along , roglB-
tered In at noon nnd mndo llfu miser-
nblu for quite n while. For n time
.
the dust wns so clouded in thu streets
that It was quite Impossible to BOO
nt any distance ahead nnd podeiitrl
nns had grent difficulty in keeping to
the sldownlks nt nil. Severn ! londu
of liny that were being hauled
through the streets , were badly dimin
ished by the swirling atmosphere.
Hats went chasing nbout in ail direc
tions. D. Reou WBB ono of the unfor
tunate Bufforcra- this account. Ilia
hat was lifted entirely off his bond
nnd carried up Into the aky , over a
wbolo block of brick buildings on
Norfolk avenue nnd when Inst Been
was walling merrily awny , all snme
balloon. Ho walked homo bare
headed.
PInno boxes that lined the street
were overturned and hurled into the
avenues. Sign boards were ripped
from their fastenings. Women were
blown oft the sidewalks and Into the
gutters. No ono could attempt t <
make headway against the blowing
blast.
As Is shown In the drop of the tern
peniture , the evening boemno bitter
ly cold. And this , with thu gale that
was nddod to drive it in , crentcd one
of the moBt severely cutting brce/.OH
Imaginable. People who had come
down town In thu morning with no
overcoats went crn/.y In trying to
crawl home at night against the cur
rent of the atmosphere. Dogs curled
their tails between their freezing logs
and scurried along close to the fences
and the bulldlngH , In their efforts to bo
rid tof the suffering. Electric wires
howled and moaned In their agony.
But they didn't always talk quite
straight for all of that. So entangled
did they hocomo In Homo Instances
that communication wns quite Impos
sible. Telegraph wires throughout
northern Nebraska were mixed up in
n bad way.
Fire Broke Out.
Fire would have been u dreadful
thing. One almost started In Norfolk
during the storm. A small blaze was
discovered In nn nlloy between Third
nnd Fourth streets nnd the depart
ment was called out. It was easily
extinguished nnd was only dangerous
because of the wind.
This morning dawned clear and
bright nnd keenly cold. The streets :
are whipped bare of dust and the
ditches are drifted with rubbish.
A Mile a Minute.
The wind blew with a velocity of
a mile a minute shortly nfter it bad
arrived. It is n part of the same great
wave that came down from Canada
and has swept down over the entire
nlddlo west. In Denver It blow sixty-
wo miles an hour and In Sioux City
Ixty miles nn hour.
N NORFOLK JOCIAL CIRCLES
[ From Wednesday's Dally. ]
Juvenile Farewell.
Master Thomas Odlorne entertained -
ed n company of llttlo friends from 4
o 8 o'clock last evening for his little
ilnytnato. Fritz Bucholz , who Is about
.o leave the city with bis parents , for
California.
Browning Club Banquet
Members of tbo Browning club
were banqueted at the homo of Dr.
and Mrs. A. D. Cole last night In
their homo at the corner of Kocnlg-
stein nvenuo nnd Ninth street. Fol
lowing a very delightful fenst of ed
ihle delicacies , the club enjoyed n
feast of intellectual discourse upon
the present war between Japan am ;
Russia. The comparative armies , nn >
vies and strength , together with Ideas
nnd Impressions defferrtntlntlng the
two countries , were dealt with a
length.
Heights Ladles.
Mrs. A. J. Durlnnd is entertaining
ti number of ladles of the Heights nt
ier homo on South Ninth ntrcut thla
iftornoon.
Farewell Party.
Mr. and MrB. tleo. W. Hoolmn ! ox
'ct to lenvn the Inttor purl of next
vook to maku tlieir homo In I .on An *
; eli > H , Cnl. Tholr iiolghborH nnd
rleniln to thu niuubor of twenty-five
hough ) , ( hey would have ono nioro
good I line In the Recknrd homo
vhothor Invited or no ) , nnd lust uvon-
c dropped In nbout S o'clock nnd
Hpnut thu oveiilng In n delightful man *
" uir. Mr. nnd Mrs. itucknrd have
nany friends nl Norfolk who nre Bor-
y to uou them lenvo but will wlnli
hem nn nhiinilnncu of prosperity and
inpplneHH In their new home.
Rare Dlrtluiay Anniversary ,
Mr. U SeHBlons of this city IB ono
> f the rare Individuals who linn n
ilrthdny but once In four yoiu-H and
IIIH had none for thu punt eight yearn
> wliig to the mnnlpiilatloiiH of the
mlnndnr makers , liln birthday fnlllnll
m the lHh ! ! of February.
Monday uliht ; his nolglihorB nnd
frlunilB thought they should help eel-
ihrntu the first iinlverHnry ho bus had
luring the punt eight yenrB and pnld
him n Hiirprlsu visit. Inking their sup
pers nlong. About thirty of them
Joined In thu movement nnd called In
nbout ( i'IO : lo Hpend the evening. A
thoroughly delightful tlmo wan en
joyed J by thu man with thu rnro birth
days ns well an bis uninvited guustn
and thu host was left with the regret
( lint his niinlversnrleB were not more
frequent. '
Wednesday Club Banquet.
The annual banquet of thu Wed non-
day club wan held InHt evening nt the
homo of Mr. nnd Mm. G. D. Butter'
field. Heretofore It tins been tbocun *
tout of the club to hold its annual
banquet nt the clone of the yenr'a
work , in April or May , but the date
wan promoted thin yenr on account
of the fact that ono of Its members ,
Mrs. Uucholz , is soon to leave for
another homo. Of the nineteen ac
tive members of the club , ulxtoon
weru present , who with their hu.i-
liamln I , nindo a company of thirty-two
at the tablo.
Thu tahlo effect was ono of the prct-
tiost that has over been seen In the
city. A long board down the length
of the dining room and library , , which
were thrown together , terminating In
largo round tables at either end , was
surmounted with most oxquielto table
blo furnishings , cnndolabri and cut
flowers. The menu , served In
courses , was all that might bo expect
ed from tbo combined skill o ( the hi-
liles of the fcVi ) . „
After tbo repast , nnd nfcur consid
erable good tobacco hntl been con
sume I by the- rougher inoinber.s of the
company , there was organl/.cil an lin-
tntlon cl'il ' ) , < : f > mlnctcd by the inon ,
n which they gnvu what , they lie-
lloved to bo n roprcsentuflrni of the
ordinary elul ) meeting. The feeble
itteni | > rs rf thu men to conduct an
up-todiuo 'ni'otlng but loinoiiKtratw' '
to the jn.l'es ' that the lord of crea
tion Imto 1'iiiny things to I'-im * before
they can consider themselves thor
oughly up to date In n HliM-ury House.
The evening was c'ljo.-'fjj by every
one proM'iu
THE WEST POINT LIEDER-KRANZ
A Very Interesting Meeting of the So
ciety Is Held.
West Point , Nob. , March 3. Spec
ial to The News : The West Point
LIcdor-Kranx. hold Its first social ses
sion for this season in the Turner
hall. President RuosHlng In his openIng -
Ing address aroused applause to the
echo from all those who were pres
ent , In championing tbo cause ot
erecting the new auditorium.
Over 200 of the leading clti/.cna of
Ciimlng county were present. The
fivnnltur u-ns unniit In Blnirlnir liv the
Llodor-Kraiu ! . A piano solo was ren
dered by Miss Melstor nnd one by1
Miss Hanger. A song was given by
members of the parochial school. Vo
cal solos were sung by Miss Docllot
and Miss Hlerscliman. A recitation
wns delivered by Miss Ella Stleren.
A prologue on "Tho Issues of the
Day" wns delivered by Mr. Breltinger.
L very Interesting lecture was given
y Mr. Illrschinan on "The Days of
he Old German High Church. "
Chicago's Long Training Trip.
Chicago , 111. , March 3. When the
ilnyers of the Chicago National lea-
; iio base ball club leave hero tonight
t will be the beginning of the longest
: rainlng trip on record. The first ob
jective point is Ixs Angeles , where
the club will arrive next Monday and
make a stay of a bout n week. From
Ixs Angeles the team will travel to
San Francisco , ploying Portland at
Bnkersfleld and Tacoma at Fresno
enroute. From San Francisco it is
intended to travel to Colorado
Springs , playing enrouto Sacramento ,
Ogden nnd Snlt Lnko City. There will
bo n stny of ten days nt Colorado
Springs , nnd games will bo played
with Colorado Springs nnd Denver
during that time. From Colorado the
team will travel homeward , playing
two or thrpo games on tbo way , and
reaching Cincinnati on the morning
of April 13. The regular season will
be opened nt Cincinnati the following
day.