THE NOUFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , APRIL 1 , 1904.
JudgcBoyd | Orders Verdict for
Defendant Huse.
DIDN'T TAKE MANY MINUTES
T , J , Shcibley of Poncn Again
Loses a Damage Case.
FRANK TANNER FOUND QUILTY
Norfolk Youth Will Got n Sentence
nnd n Little Dnby Doy nt South
Plnya Merrily nnd Unconncloualy
tlie Live Long Dny Conley Wins.
Madison , Noli. , March ! 10. Kroiu a
Staff Correspondent : The llhul cn o
against \V N. HUHO In ondod. Judge
lloyd directed Ilio Jury to return u
verdict for the defendant , at 10:30 :
o'clock tills morning.
Mndlmui , Nob. , March ! IO. From a
Staff Correnpondont : The jury for
the ease of Tom Sholbloy against W.
N. Huso , publisher of The Norfolk
Dally NOWH on the charge of llhol ,
was empanelled thin morning. The
trial will probably take all of today
nnd pretty well through Thuraday.
The action demandii $0,000 on no-
count of ( bo publication of n Htnto
inont regarding the Ponca man dur
ing the lust congressional campaign
In which McCarthy wan olTted.
The Jury IB : C. M. Doylu , John Do
Long , John Douglas , August Lltko
Thomas Lostlna , Dennis McNeil , Fret
IMko , L. L. llonibo A. I' , lloavca , Theodore
doro Weeks , John Wakoly , George
Williams.
Frank Tanner Guilty.
In the case of Dollu Clark ngalns
Frank Tanner , for the crime of baa
tardy , the young man was foun
guilty after the Jury had boon out al
night long on the caso. The test !
inony wont to the Jurora last ovonlni
nnd the twelve men took all of th
hours till morning for Its conaldora
Uon. This Is a Norfoiic case wnicn
came up last summer. A llttlo baby
boy at the Clark homo In South Nor
folk , who laughs and plays merrily ,
doesn't know of the crime that Is
bound to follow him through his life
time Journey.
Verdict for Conley.
The Jury in the case of J. II. Conloy
against W. J. McNamoo , arising over
a commission in a land transaction ,
found a verdict for Conloy and bo
will bo allowed the commission , in
this case Conloy found a buyer for
the land after the date written in the
contract bad run out. It was alleged
that by verbal agreement the tlmo
limit waa allowed to extend and that
when Conley had secured the buyer
and earned his commission , the own
er had changed his mind and decided
not to sell.
LUTERAN TEACHERS CONFERING
A Good Attendance at the Conference
Belnp Held In Norfolk.
The Evangelical Lutheran teach
ers' conference of north Nebraska
met In regular session at the Christ
Lutheran church. Those present
wore J. Bornthal , chairman , of Ar
llngton ; II. Damasko , secretary , of
Fremont ; Herman Grosse , Scrlbnor ;
Herman Foolbor , Snyder ; P. P ,
Sonsko , Omaha ; II. F. Loworonz ,
of Stanton ; W. II. Soltz , Hooper ; Ed
Karnatz , Columbus ; C. Kollmorgon ,
Bancroft ; M. Doorlng , Battle Creek ;
C. B. Nloweddo , Omaha ; Fr. Melnkc ,
Oldonbush ; J. Troostor , Pierce ; G
Hoflns , Omaha ; H. Nlmmer , Aug.
Steffen , M. B. Singer , Norfolk.
The proceedings of the last regular
session were read and approved. II
Damnsko , secretary of the conference
once , tendered bis resignation and Fr ,
Melnsko was elected. Time to be
devoted to the discussion of the va
rlous topics before the conforonc
was sot at 9 , 11:30 : a. m. and 2 and
4 p. m. After this followed a gen
cral discussion upon u more unlforn
use of orthography in the Gormar
text books. The next paper before
the conference read by C. B. Nlo
weddo and presently under discus
slon Is : "Tho Mistakes In Modori
Education and How Can the Samob
Remedied ? "
PROSPEROUS BUILDING SEASON
Contracting Firm Is Engaged fo
Work Far Ahead for the Year.
"Not In many years has the sprint
opened up with a prospect as favorable
vorablo for building and In fact a ;
many contracts ahead as this year , '
said a member of a prominent Urn
of contractors. "Our work Is nov
laid out for weeks ahead , and I sc
no reason to bellevo anything els
than that this will bo an unusually
busy year in the building trades , and
that there will bo work during the
entire spring , sumlnor and fall. Cer
tain it Is that if the building busi
ness continues as It has opened ,
"Norfolk will put forth an unusual
growth , nnd the town will expand
enormously the coming year. The
weather and the impossibility of securing -
curing brick has kept back some of
the work , and still our firm hm been
busy for a number of weeks , and
with an abundance of brick and good
weather it is expected that the work
-will fairly Jump. "
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oSLS SIOOO
MEXICAN
FOR MAN OR BEAST.
Cures sprains , bruises , burns , cuts , sores , lameness ,
piles , rheumatism , stiff joints lame back , etc.
Body of Unknown Young Man
Found on Farm.
BULLET THROUGH LEFT TEMPLE
No Motive or Clew Has Been
Found For Crime.
HE HAS SOME CASH IN POCKETS
On the Graham Farm , Four Miles
Northeast of Humphrey , the Body
Was Discovered In an Empty Build
ing
Humphrey , Nob. , March 20. Spo-
lal to The News : An unknown man
vas found murdered in an unused
inlldlng at the Graham farm , four
inlloa and a half northeast of this
own , today. Ho was murdered after
5:30 : o'clock last night , when work
non were last In the building. Ho Is
about twenty-two years old , weighs
150 pounds , la live feet , six and a
mlf Inches tall and had a card In ono
; > ockot which bore the name , "Wll *
lam O'Brien. "
This Is not thought to bo his name ,
lowovor , as ho carried a number of
cards written in fancy penmanship.
Ho was shot through the loft temple
with a revolver , 32-callbro.
The young man was well , dressed ,
wearing a now cap and a now pair of
shoes. In his trouser pocket was $7u5
In money.
The coroner's Jury , which was hold
this morning under direction of Cor
oner Motz , decided that ho had come
to his death from an unknown cause ,
Ho was smooth shaven and had dark
hair.
Seen Six Weeks Ago.
Nothing is known of the murdered
man except that ho was seen six
weeks ago at the farm of August
Frank , who gave the stranger a goo <
breakfast at the time.
Sheriff Calrlg waa notified this af
ternoon at Humphrey and is expect
cd as soon as ho can reach hero , to
investigate the matter. Every effort
will bo made to apprehend the mur
derer. The work is made the more
dllllcult because of the absolute lack
of a known motive or of any assocl
atos of the young fellow.
The scene of the crime is on the
farm of O. F. Graham. Upon this
tract of ICO acres stand several emp
ty buildings and It was in one of thes
that ho was found. Workmen were
around the place after dusk las
night and noticed nothing wrong
This morning the body was dlscov
ored. There is no revolver anywhere
in sight , so that it is a murder with
out possible doubt.
TO FOLLOW OAKDALE'S ' EXAMPLE
Norfolk Citizen Thinks It Would be
Wise to Get Busy ,
"Wo need a hundred things In Nor
folk to help us along , " said a citizen
of the town today who has been inter
ested in the development of the big
ger , busier city which the location
must ono day mean. "And among
these things is a mammoth brick and
tile plant , where all kinds of bricks
and building blocka would bo manu
factured. I waa Impressed with the
fact that the llttlo town of Oakdalo ,
west of this city , has shown enter
prise In advertising for a brick mak
er. And the result was that four
ion , seeking locations , went to Oak-
ale to look over the Hold.
"Norfolk could advertise In the
ory same way. Wo could advertise
ind with good results no doubt. Mr.
lerecko haa Bald that he Is anxious
'or the development In Norfolk of
riiich a plant. We would bo willing to
; o Into a company or soli out or do
anything to boost the thing along ,
lo has explained to those Interested
very often , that ho Is nimble to sup-
ily oven the local demand for bricks ,
et alone the outside patronage. It
a this outside Hold that counts. It
ivould bring trade Into Norfolk , money
nto the city for the output and those
who came to buy bricks would iuv
urally make purchases hero In hard'
ware which they were unable to pro
cure at homo. It is a practicable
ncasuro and wo need it. "
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Men Who Will Look After Republl
can Politics In Madison County.
The following mimed were selected
as members of the republican county
central committee :
Norfolk , First ward W. II. Wlda-
in an.
an.Norfolk
Norfolk , Second ward S. R. Me-
Farland.
Norfolk , Third ward Jack Koenlg
stetn.
Norfolk , Fouth ward J. L. Her-
shlser.
Norfolk precinct S. % ' . Park.
Battle Crook Edward Tanner.
Union Glaus Young.
Warnorvlllo D. P. McQInnls.
Jefferson C. A. Smith.
Grove C. J. Hlxon.
Emcrlck S. II. Grant.
Madison city F. P. Prince.
Madison precinct Ralph McGohcc.
Kalamazoo Mat Kktssen.
Shell Creek C. A. Randall.
Deer Creek John Crook.
Green Garden Jake Gabloman.
Schoolcraft S. M. Dowllng.
Fain-low II. C. Hasklns.
Valley A. B. Richardson.
Highland Henry Massman.
Meadow Grove M. W. Carmody.
S. R. McFarland was elected chair
man of the committee and Jack Koo-
nlgsteln secretary.
MRS , S , W , HAYES IS VERY LOW
_
Though She Is Still Alive , She Has
Noticeably Weakened.
Mrs. S. W. Hayes has shown no
signs of Improvement during the day
and Is very , very weak at the home
on West Norfolk avenue. Her son
Warren Hayes , arrives today. The
many friends In Norfolk who have
known Mrs. Hayes for so many years
over since the town was a town a
all , In fact will bo grieved to lean
of her serious condition. Col. ant :
Mrs. Hayes are among the few people
in Norfolk who have celebrated a
happy golden wedding and their fif
tieth anniversary was a great event
away back In the nineties. No ono
In Norfolk has warmer friends and
none Is there who finds more sympa
thy in Illness.
Grand Island Man Follows Rob
ertson Lead.
ilVES MICKEY FIELD ALONE
After Having Determined That He
Can Not be Nominated the Repub
lican of Grand Island Announces
His Withdraw From the Race.
Lincoln , March 2G.V. . II. Harri
son , the sole remaining opponent of
Governor Mickey for the republican
nomination , has withdrawn. Ho says
ho had received great encourage
ment , but that after the Robertson
withdrawal ho found conditions such
that It would bo Impossible for him
successfully to compete with the In-
lluoncos that are back of the Mickey
campaign. Those who have been
lighting Mickey hardest now declare
they will carry the fight Into the
election.
COUNTY HEALTHJOARD FORMED
Fees of Physicians and for Dislnfec
tlon Is Fixed , by Board.
Madison , March 24. The board of
county commissioners met pursuant
to adjournment. All members pro
sent. Minutes of the last mooting
were read and on motion approved.
On motion the following appointments
monts were made :
J. L. Derrick , road overseer dis
trlct No. 11.
Wm. RocKafollow , road overseer
illstrict No. 12.
Geo. W. Seckel , sr. , road overseer
district No. II.
R. W. Linn , road overseer district
No. 17.
Jacob Knaap , road overseer dis
trict No. 20.
Chas. Polenske , road overseer dis
trlct No. 31.
On motion the following bonds
were approved :
John F. Wade , road overseer dis
trict No. 8.
Wm. Rockafellow. road overseer
district No. 12.
Geo. Seckel , sr. , road overseer dis
trlct No. 11.
Geo. W. Ray , constable for Union
precinct.
Chas. Letheby , constable for Shell
Creek precinct.
Newman Grove State bank doposl
tory bond.
On motion the assessment of Fred
Heckman was reduced $100.00 for the
reason that he had been assessed with
property not in his possession.
On motion the following bills were
allowed :
W. M. Palmer , bridge work. . ? 10 50
Antelope county , one-half ex
pense on county line bridge 20 1C
Hlnman and South , hardware 9 35
Gust Kaul , salary for February 40 00
Thompson and Stanton , mer
chandise for paupers G 05
John Rynearson , assisting coun
ty treasurer SO 00
Wm. Rockafollow , road work
commissioner district No. 3 9 00
Peter Knott , printing 22 20
Battle Creek Enterprise , print
ing 31 25
J. A. Sutherland , livery 3 00
Ress Printing Co. , letter copyIng -
Ing book 2 35
. Autsln , one wolf scalp . . . 2 00
M. J. Meyer , attorney In La-
Targe Insanity case 3 00
F. II. Davos , premium on Insu
rance policy 40 00
Geo. E. Richardson , premium
on Insurance policy 50 00
R. L. Ivovelacc , bridge work ,
road work district No. 1. . C 40
R. L. Lovelace , bridge work ,
road work district No. 8. . . 21 00
O. II. Glllispte , merchandise
paupers 10 01
J. J. Clements , sheriff 1G3 20
.lames Nichols , attorney for com
missioner of insanity board , $27.00 ,
applied on tax as follows : $10.70 on
. .SU3 ta$7. . ! > 0 on 1S01 tax , and the
tmlanco on the 1890 tax.
On motion the bill of Frank Jar-
mer , state vs. Collins , $21.2 ! ) , was not
allowed for the reason that the money
had been paid by Glasnapp.
Mrs. D. V. Richer and W. II. John
son having paid taxes under protest
and as they did not appear before
the board , the treasurer was ordered
to apply the money on tax and is
sue receipt.
On motion board adjourned to 1
o'clock p. m.
Board met at 1 p. m. On motion
the board of health was organized
ns follows : The board of health
shall consist of the following mem
bers : Dr. A. Bear , S. J. Finnegan ,
Geo. D. Smith and Christ Schmltt.
The fee was fixed at $5.00 for disin
fecting and furnishing the material
and 5 cents per mile in addition to
the $3.00. When a physician is or
dered to investigate a supposed case
of contagious disease his fee shall
be 50 cents per mile ono way and 50
cents a visit.
Board adjourned to April 28 , 1904.
Emll Winter ,
County Clerk.
TRAIN GREW FOUGHT THE FIRE
Orders From Norfolk Brought Train
No. 5 to Newport.
The Newport flro threatened the
properly of the Northwestern rail
road and in accordance with instruc
tlons issued from the Norfolk head'
quarters , train crew No. 5 was or
dered back to the scene of conllagra
tlon. At Long Pine and at Bassett
a largo number of men were picked
up who helped throw a flro line
around the town. The wind shifted
to the southeast and drove the llamas
away so that the town was not dam
aged.
NORFOLK SUBMERGED BY CLOUD
At Noon the City Was Suddenly
Darkened from West.
Shortly before 1 o'clock , with a
terrific gale blowing from the south ,
Norfolk was suddenly submerged In
darkness by an Immense cloud which
spread over the city from the west.
The cloud seemed to contain smoke
from the western prairie fires that
have boon raging and was of a threat
cuing nature to frighten many people -
plo into their cyclone cellars. The
wind at the same tlmo suddenly
switched to the northwest and came
back from that direction , returning
all of the dust that had been sent
Into that section during the past several <
oral days.
Three-Fourths of the Structure
Carried Away.
THE LOSS IS $3,000 OR $4,000
Mill People Suffer a Repetition of
Their Last Season's Troubles.
Work of Rebuilding Is Under Way.
V/ater Was Not High.
Ncllgh , Nob. , March 28. Special to
The News : Neligh this morning "lias
a mill by a dam site but no dam by
a d n sight , " and the expensive and J ]
thorough work done last summer to
build a permanent dam has gone for
naught , still the mill people arc not
discouraged and they now have a
largo force of men at work to replace
the structure that provides the water
power.
There was no high water , and the
tearing out of the dam is duo merely
to natural causes. The water that is
backed up above the dam secured a
seepage through in some manner and
before It could be stopped the dam
age had been accomplished.
It is supposed that a small crack In
the concrete or a muskrat hole under
neath gave the originating cause for
the trouble , and when It was first no
ticed the water was pouring through
a breach about as largo as the head
of a barrel , but all that could be done
was unavailing in preventing the loss
of the property. J. W. Splrk , the
manager quickly secured a force of
200 men and with bags of sand at
tempted to keep the dam from going
out , but the force of the water behind
the breach was too powerful and
three-fourths of the structure was
washed away.
The loss to S. F. Oilman , the own *
er is estimated at between $3,000 and
$1,000. The dam had just been com
pleted last fall at a largo cost , being
built largely of concrete , and it was
supposed would afford a permanent
water power. The old dam went out
with the high water of last spring , '
and the greater portion of the sum
mer was consumed In rebuilding.
Mr. Spirk has gone promptly to
work to repair the damage and a
largo force of men is now engaged
in the preliminaries to rebuilding
stronger and more permanently than
ever before.
,
The people of Nollgh sympathize - /
with the owner nnd the manager of V
the property and admire the spirit
that prompts them to quickly undci-
take the repairing of the loss.
The mill furnishes the town with
electric lighting and the city may bo
dark for a night or two until tempo
rary power can bo provided while the
dam is being built.
Building Kay Brothers' Stables.
Nollgh , Neb. , March 28. Special to
The News : The work of building an
addition to the stables at the park
for the accommodation of Kay broth
ers and their string of fast horses ,
has commenced.
Thirteen now stalls are to bo add
ed and the capacity of the stables will
then bt thirty-six stalls.
Why don't they put rubber heels
on boys' shoes ?