TI'E NOUFOI/K NEWS : FK1DAY. JULY 22. 11)04. ) WET GOODS STORE OF WM , SY- t DOW OF STANTON VISITED. THE LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT $100 Thlevei Took Cah , Cigars , Deer and Whiskey and Had Fun Smashing Glasses Local Amateurs Suspected of the Burglary. [ Prom Friday's Dully ] Slnnton , Nob. , July 15. Special to The News : The saloon of Win. Sy- ilow of this city was entered by Kjrg- In re last night and robbed. About l.fiOO cigars were taken nnil a quan- tlty of licor nnil whiskey. The cash drawer wns also broken Into and a email ninount of money taken. After the robbers hml gathered together what they wanted they apparently minimi themselves by destroying property that they did not cnro to take nwny nnd a nuinbor of glasses and bottles were crushed upon the floor. floor.Mr. Mr. Sydow estimates IIH ) los * at nhout $100 , and bun a suspicion that the burglary was the work of local nmatours and It Is Intondoil to keep n sharp lookout for ovldcncu that will fasten the guilt on the Biispcctcil per cons. It was uofnccatadat nmys 12 12113 It was found an easy matter to enter tor the building as the old windows had been removed for the purpose of placing now ones. The opening were covered with screen which was cut to afford admission to the rob bers. FRIDAY FACTS. Miss Nolllo Handlcy returned yes tcrday from Chicago where she hat been taking n two-yimrH course In ol ocutlon at the Chicago Musical col Ipge. She Is the guest of Miss Lorot ta Masters. Mrs. J. E. Moore and daughter wort In the city shopping from Osmond. Gco. Chamberlain of Stanton trans noted business In the city yesterday C. 13. ITartford returned last evenIng Ing from a business visit to Omaha Gco. A. Brooks of Bazlllo Mill came down on the morning train. Chas. Duncan was over from Mad wm yesterday. C. E. Elly was a city visitor froi Madison yestrday. Ed. Roclettu came over fr it Mai I laon last night. Clara uiul Adolph M have been visiting at the and Mrs. Crosn at I'lorci D. C. Harrison , Robert Ob Sheets , Leonard Drowj Grant were In town thl their way homo to Meadow Grove from Pierce , where they had boon at tending the reunion. E. J. nomlg of Petersburg , who has been visiting his daughter , Mrs. Hay Evans at Battle Creek , was u guest at the home of his nephew , M. J. Ho- mlg of this city yesterday. Mrs. Ev ans was also a guest at the Hointg home. Win. Gerecko nnd daughter , Mrs. Hope of Stanton , came to Norfolk yesterday noon and went to Madison. Returning last evening they wont to Sioux City this morning. Oliver Utter has accepted a posi tion with the Electric Light and Pow er company. General Culver has Issued a cir cular letter addressed to the com missioned officers of the National Guard , discussing the proposed brigade - ado encampment , to bo hold begin ning August 17 and continuing eight days , if sufficient funds can bo secur ed to meet expenses for that length of time. There has been moro trouble with roofs , floors and other building ma- torlal liable to rot this season , than lor a long time past. The continued rains and damp have developed nn amazing amount of rot and rust nnd quite a number of men have found almost steady employment In making required repairs. The laying of permanent walks goes merrily on In various parts of the city , but It Is a progressive Im provement that Is not In danger of being overdone for a season or' two , nnd those who have broad fronts In a state of disrepair should not be dis couraged In doing something for the common good. The warm and dry weather now being experienced Is of just the prop er quality for the growing corn crop , and If the wet and chill will pass the country for a week or two more ono of the best crops of that cereal over known will be ready for the hands of the expert corn busker , nnd for he who Is not so expert. The circus will bo hero Monday , nnd will bo the second show to visit Norfolk this " * ! son. Golmer Broth ers are said to have given good satis faction in other places they have vis ited this season and on their previous visit to Norfolk gave a good enter tainment , so that those who attend Mounday may be justified In antici pating an enjoyable entertainment of the kind. Some of the people of Norfolk have created wonderful havoc In their weed patches and have trimmed the overhanging limbs of trees very properly - erly , but there are many who have neglected this sort of exercise much to the disadvantage and Inconven ience of their' more progressive neighbors. Bqcauso of the fact that the city Is being visited by a large timber of neighbors , nnd for the fur IIT reason that titnny moro vlMtor * 111 be here during the tournament. Norfolk should put forth an extra of ( nl to be D wit and vrtdl trimmed ilM Mi'iiBon nnd It Is to bo hoped that le noglt'otod spots will recolvq alien- on ut an early dato. Prumont Herald : The migration f tramps continues as brisk as ever , aturday night there were twenty- wo lodgerH In the city jail and last Ight there were live , The police are slug their bent efforts to keep the Ity free from thin class of men and htomugh round up of the yards Is nado after every train. The night rains UHiially deposit from live to wcnty "Weary Wllllos , " who are OH- orted to the Jail or hustled out on he HUMID train on which they arrive. Tonight "The Telephone Girl , " an ( nuBiially good off-HeuHon attraction , vlll hold the boards at the Audlto- him. The same attraction was IIIMO i year ago last winter nnd those who aw It were highly pleased with the irogram. It In said to be us good , or letter , this yt'.ir , and If It IB It will mike those who attend forget that he nlA 'i ' may bo warm nnd they will enter Into a full enjoyment of the icca < ilon. Catchy songs , attractive specialties and funny dialogues char nclorlrod the attraction last season ind If they uro as good , none who at tend will regret the time and money spent. As a special Inducement to pillions the new fire curtain will bo iHod for the first tlmo at a theatrical entertainment. Mrs. Hook Passes Away. Mm. Lizzie Hook of Lynch , died at the homo of her Bister , MrB. W. W , Roberts , in thin city at 12:10 : this nf. ternoon. Mrs. Hook came lo Ibis city a few days ago from an Omaha honpltal , whore she submitted to an operation and from the effects o which she was supposed to have re covered when BIO ! left. Arrange montB for the funeral have not beer announced. NUI SU UAU Al BUNtSTtbL Editor Fry Is Satisfied the Town la a Much Better Place Than Pictured. The editor of the Pioneer and his daughter Grace took In Honesteel on the Fourth. Wo left all our valua bles at home except the editor's watch , took our lunches along and kept our hands on our pockets. But thin was , all very unnecessary. Wo found thjo frontier Indeed very do- .cent . anjy > rdorlyrm _ the outside and crowd. Miss Fry y entertained by itll the midnight itor Wood of the est took the writer K to see the Inaldo Bonosteol life. There were plenty of places In which men can drop their money and their characters If they are that way Inclined. There are grafters and holdups , but there Is or der and a good police service. There Is plenty to eat nt a moderate price , good beds at from 25 cents to a dollar lar a night , nnd reliable business men with whom to deal. Wo found Hon. Sanford Parker there to take care of those who de- slro land business and to take cnro of It on a satisfactory basis with an ex perience of 27 years In this county most of which tlmo has been as a United States land ofllcer and land attorney. Dave Forbes was there also to do the square thing , assisted by Eugene Moore nnd a corps of assist ants. ants.Tho The wild stories that have gone out to the world that ono will be held up , robbed or killed arc not so. Pick pockets are , to be sure , found in all big crowds. Saloons and gamblers and the Plko are In full blast , but one Is not pulled into any of them excep out of curiosity. When Inside the usual game of graft may as well bo anticipated , for that's uprt of the profession , and the willing sucker Is the peach the grafter Is after. Nio brara Pioneer. LECTURE BY REVJ J F POUCHER "Some Studies of Fiction" Treated In a Clear Cut , Discriminating Style Wednesday Evening. Rev. J. F. Poucher , pastor of the Methodist church , gave a very Inter- estlng lecture Wednesday evening on the subject , "Some Studies In Fiction. " Mr. Poucher had some of the best of his anecdotes nnd sto ries on tap and kept his audience In good humor from start to finish. Some of these who heard the lecture were so taken with It that they ex pressed surprise that lecturers should bo Imported when there Is such good local talent. All who missed hearing the lecture , missed a genuine literary treat. The title was well chosen , as It was : study of fiction as given to the work by writers , old nnd new. It abound ed throughout with clear cut dlscrlm inating study of authors and their masterpieces. A representative audl ence was present. The lecture was given In the Inter est of the Woman's Foreign Mission ary society of the church. Train Goes Through In Two Sections. The Northwestern train for Bono- steel ran in two sections for the firs time Saturday morning. One was o. seven cars and the other had ten All the cars were well filled with passengers sengers- . . . MEETING OF PRESIDING ELDERS IN THIS CITY. ALL THE FOUR WERE PRESENT. Appointment of Committees .for the Annual North Nebraska Confer ence Held In Wayne September 14 to 19 , Bishop Joyce Presiding. IKrom Frldiiy'a Unlly 1 The four presiding ciders of the North Nebraska conference held a meeting In this city yesterday to ap point Hlandliig comtnlttceH and ar range other matters pertaining to the annual sesHlon of the North NelmiH- ka conference of the Methodist Epls- copal church which convenes In Wayne , September 11 to 10 , Bishop Isaac W. Joyce of Minneapolis , pre siding. The meeting was hold at the residence of Dr. Slunon , presiding el der of the Norfolk district , and was attended by Presiding Elder J. W. Jennings of the Omaha district , Pre siding Elder II. II. Mlllard , of the Grand Inland district , Presiding El der Thos. Bttholl of the Nellgh dis trict , besides Dr. Slsson. Dr. Slsson IH chairman of the college of presid ing elders and Mr. Mlllard secretary. The following conference commit tees were selected at the meeting : Auditing W. D. Stambaugh , J. B , Hoe , C. W. Decker , W. A. Romlnger. Bible Cause H. 11. St. Louis , J. Crews , S. A. Hear , K. W. Wllcox. Church Extension E. C. Thorpe , C. H. Moore , T. C. Watson , W. H. Underwood. Conference Relations D. C. Win- ship , E. C. George , C. M. GrlflHh , F. H. Sanderson. Conference Stewards Wm. Esplln , T. C. Webster , J. M. Leldy , J. H. Johnston. Hook Accounts J. G. Shlck , W. L , Elliott , R. J. Cocking , J. S. Green. District Conference Records J. N , Gorlner , W. G. Fowler , G. W. Couf- for , J. R. Han. Education W. W. Carr , R. J. Me- Kcnzle , J. F. Poucher , Wm. Gorst. Epworth League C. C. Clssell , J. P. Yost. W. R. Killle , C. IF. Hughes. Freedman's Aid and Southern Edu cation Society D. W. McGregor , R. N. Throckmorton , R. F. Shacklock , R. E. Mitchell. Memoirs E. C. Thorpe , F. A. High , J. H. Priest , G. A. Luce. Hospital and Deaconess Home J. L. Vallow , Amos Fetzer , J. L. Phillips , Geo. Main. Missions E. C. Smith , E. King. E. J. T. Connoly , E. E. Hosman. Periodicals R. W. Wilcox , A. E. Fowler , H. A. Tailor , H. A. Hornady. mosolutloiiH J. M. McDonald , W. E. Warren , F. J. Warn , Horn. Sabbath Observance G. D. War ren , D. A. Keane , J. M. Smith , C. P. Lang , State of the Church M. Head , J. I ) . Leedom , O. Eggleston , S. A , Drais. Sunday School nnd Tracts J. M. Ilothwell , L. R. DeWolfe , W. E Cieen , E. E. Shafer. Temperance J. M. Gortner , E. T. Lawson , J. R. Smith , W. J. Brlent. Women's Foreign Missionary So ciety A. L. Kellogg , E. B. Kuutz , E E. Car/er. A. L. Mickel. Women's Home Missionary Society II. A. Lapoll , J. T. Webster , L. A Cook , T. J. Wright. Post OHlce E. T. Antrim. Editing and .Publishing Minutes The secretary. Missionary Appropriations The Presiding Elders. Methodist Review A. J. Markly. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OFFICERS. District Association Is Formed and Address Made. The district meeting of the Wo man's Foreign Missionary society of tlie M. E. church closed last evening with the address by Miss Franc J. Haker of Omaha , and proved very suc cessful and profitable throughout. Yesterday afternoon the district wns organized " and the following named "officers were elected for the ensuing year : President , Mrs. A. A. Kearney of Stanton. Vice president , Mrs. J. H. Oxnam of Norfolk. Recording secretary , Mrs. E. M. Clough of Stanton. Treasurer , Mrs. Rlley of Madison. After a dinner served at the church at noon by the members of the local society , a very Interesting program wns carried out. Mrs. Mary L. Carter of Madison presented a paper on "Chinese Moth ers , " descriptive of their lives and environment and arguing for the need of help from the women of civilized countries to raise them to a higher life and broader Ideas. The open parliament opened by Mrs. George Enos of Stanton on the topic , "Should the Women's Foreign Missionary Society Have a Place In all Ordinary Pastoral Charges ? " pro voked a lively Interest. The solo by Mrs. Hlldreth Riddle was a pleasing Interruption In the proceedings nnd was well received by the ladles in attendance. The question box In charge of Miss Baker of Omaha was productive of much Interesting Information regard ing the work and preceded the- elec tion of olllcers. In the evening there was a good attendance and all were well enter- allied b > the address of Miss Baker The Hpenk T gave very good ri-afotiH why HIP women of America ohould ivoleonii' tin.1 oppoitunlty of aiding the ivomon In dlffoieiit foreign lands to iUtniii a Christian Ideal and presented - od a xraphlc picture of their condl- Ion and their life. . TUESDAY TOPICS. The people who were In to the clr- CUH appeared to bo well supplied with upending money and the lemonade , ce cream , fruit anil peanut men cn > Joyed quite a prolltablo trade. Tht- attorneys for Dell Sweet In the case recently tried at O'Neill have asked for a new trial , alleging mis conduct on the part of ono of the irlnclpnl witnesses for the state. Dr. C. A. McKIm and H. E. Hardy are arranging for an excursion party to go to the registration points at Ilonestoel and Fairfax' on Thursday. Thu party will leave Norfolk on the early morning train at1:50 : , returning that same evening. All persons Inter ested In any way In the trip should see these men or either of them nt once. Mrs. 0. J. Chapman of Eureko , Cnl. , who with her husband IH at the homo of her Hlstor , Mrs. P. F. Bell In this city , wns operated on yesterday for the removal of n small tumor from her side. The operation was per formed by Dr. Tashjean , assisted by Drs. Sailer and Snlter. She stood the operation well and Is getting along nicely. It Is only two weeks until the fire men's tournament , nnd some of that time should be spent In laying low the weeds of the city and otherwise getting Norfolk In condition so that the people hero need not apologize for UK appearance to the visitors. There are places In the city where the weeds are about as high as a house and not beautiful at that. The real rush to Boncstccl seema to have Just started. Yesterday sev en heavily laden trains went up the road and the morning train today went in live sections as long as en L'ln < > q could mill thorn. The first , son tlon was filled largely with Norfolk people , who went to the number of liiu. Four thousand were registered yesterday at Bonesteel , which was the largest day since registration be gan. Fremont Tribune : Conductor Hans Furst of the Northwestern Is con fined to his lomc ; in Fremont recover ing from Injuries ho received in an accident near Arlington the latter part of last week. He was thrown from a car by a sudden slacking movement of the train and saved him self from falling under the wheels by catching hold of a brake bar. He was dragged nearly a hundred feet and sustained several severe bruises , but fortunately escaped without having any bones broken. HANS PETERS MET WITH FATAL ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT. DIED IN THE HOSPITAL TODAY Returning From Bonesteel on a Spe cial and Was Caught by a Car Step and Dragged Along Platform at South Norfolk. [ From Wednesday's Dally.j Hans Peters of Gretna , aged sixty- five years , died at the Salter sanitn rluni In this city this morning at 10 o'clock from injuries received last night at 0.30 while getting off of a Bonesteel special train at the South Norfolk depot of the Northwestern last night. The remains will be tak en to Gretna for Interment. Mr. Peters was a member of a par ty of ten people from Gretna who haJ been to Bonesteel to register and see the sights and when the train arrived at the Junction he started to get off to get a lunch when he slipped or fell and was caught by the step and dragged along the platform for a con siderable distance by the train , which was moving slowly before coming tea a full stop. He was lying on his back while dragging along , nnd but for the fact that he was seen by a by-stander , nnd pulled onto the plat form ho would probably have been ground to pieces under the wheels. The accident took place In front of the railway eating house. Dr. F. L. .McCarthy , who was a member of the Gretna party , was summoned from the train and the fa tally Injured man was taken to the Salter sanitarium where an Investiga tion proved that his was a hopeless case. There was a fracture at the base of the brain , bad bruises on the back nnd cuts on the head and legs. From the first Mr. Peters was uncon scious or only in a scml-consclous state , and was unable , to speak or move. The relatives at Gretna were notified of the accident and a son Is expected hero tonight to take charge of the remains. Coroner H. L. Kindred of Meadow Grove has been notified of the acci dent , and death of the injured man , and is expected here to hold an In quest , the hour for which Is not yet definitely set Very Low Rates to St. Louis , Mo. , Via the Northwestern line. Excur sion tickets will bo sold July 2 to C , Inclusive , with favorable return lim its , on account of national democratic convention. Apply to agents .Chicago & Northwestern R'y. MOW BELIEVED 110,000 , WILL TRY FOR LAND. SPENDING SEVERAL FORTUNES. Many are Seeking But Few Shall Find Homes In the Promised Land American People are Keen to In vest In a Lottery , With Chances. It IH now certain that the people who will register will have paid out i total sum for registration alone nore than equal to the $4 per acre which the Indians will receive for the entire reservation , says the Sioux 3lty Tribune. The railroads will have received n passenger fares over $1,000,000 , and when the money necessary for meals and lodging and notaries' fees arc counted In , the total expense of registering the landseekers is stu pendous. With moro than 61,000 registered up to last night , and every Indication that fully 10,000 will register dally until the enrollment books are closed Saturday night , the grand total at the end will equal if not exceed the mighty llgure of 110,000 persons. A well posted railroad man says the majority of those who registered are coming from distances suIHclent to make their railroad fare more than $10 each and thousands from Mis souri , Kansas , and Illinois will pay from $15 to | 20 each for their rail road tickets and hundreds from New England and the eastern states will pay fares sometimes reaching the $50 mark. A moderate estimate then is that the average person going to register will pay the railroads $10 for faro. The average cost of meals and lodging while on the trip will amount to $5 each , easily. Each person pays 25 cents as a notary fee before he can register , which makes this sum- Insignificant in individual cases , amount to $7,500. After the GO.OOO acres , reserved for school districts , are deducted from the total land opened to entry , 380- 000 acres are left. This will supply farms for 2,412 persons whose names will be made known in the drawing at Chamberlain , July 28. These win ners will If they follow up their right pay the government $4 per acre for the land , amounting In all to $1,544,000. In addition each en- tryman must nay $14 land office fees. But what of the 107,588 persons who have expended time and money and undergone discomforts and even hardships who will not win In the drawing nnd will not receive any thing in return for their pains ? They will have paid the railroads more than $1,000,000 and spent enough money to buy a much larger tract of land at $4 per acre than the enthe Rosebud reservation which Imp just been opened. If 110,000 persons registered , those who will get nothing back will have invested $1\540,717 in car fare , meals , etc. That's how much the American people are anxious to invest in a lot tery. TRAVEL TO BONESTEEL. Lincoln People Are Swarming to Dakota. A great many Lincoln people have taken advantage of the opportunity afforded by the land lottery at Bone- steel. Dozens of them are making the trip dally , returning after a slight expenditure of coin with evidences of their registration and a warm place reserved in their hearts for the quarter section of land that will be theirs sometime perhaps. Those who have made the trip say that stories of extortion and lawless ness that some have circulated are without foundation. They have found the trip to the Dakota town pleasur able In the extreme. Beyond the slight inconvenience of being compelled polled to stand in line at Bonesteel there was nothing to terrorize them. Some a little farther sighted than others stopped off at Fairfax and registered quickly , taking the next train on to their destination. There they had the opportunity of watchIng - Ing the crowds and had none of the Inconvenience. Forrle Moore , telling of his exper ience , said that he never enjoyed four days more than he did while In Bonesteel. All the scenes of a boom town were there and the cappers for various land schemes were working overtime. There was a great hurrah about the town of St. Elmo. An au tomobile and a stage or two were making hurry up trips across the country to it and ho and his crowd decided to go over. They found one frame house which was just being finished , nnd two tents. An auction was In process and one lot wenj , at $500 , located on the bare prairie. James Leaden , ono of a company of Lincoln printers , who made the trip , returned with the report that things were going along smoothly. His crowd stopped at Fairfax nnd registered easily. When they reached Bonesteel they had nothing to debut but watch the boomers. Mr. Leaden says that of all the crowds who make the trip , there are few who do not jest nnd joke about their chances , They are attracted by the chance of making u strike and ho believes that n comparatively small proportion think of all the provisions that the government has imposed and which must bo complied with before the land , when once drawn , may be fie- cured. The majority have the hope hat In porno way If they make n strike , they will ho able to realize n wndsome profit without any labor m their part. Lincoln Journal. BADLY USED UP MASCOTT Heir to Thirteen Outlet and Dele Marks as Result of Philippine Campaign. , Fred L. Howe , Jr. , who was mascot for Co. K , Twentieth Kansas U. S. volunteers , was in the city for the past few days searching for his pa rents , whom ho claims lived In Mays * vllle , Ky. , when he ran away from home to go to war , and when ho re turned home two years ago ho found that his people hqd moved and slnco then he has been unable to get a trace of them. The young man car ries papers from the Into captain of company D , of which the following Is n copy : "To Whom It May Con cern. This Is to certify that the bearer - or , F. L. Howe , Is to mo personally Y' known to bo tlie person ho represents V himself to be , met him In the Phil ippines during the Spanish-American war and Philippine campaign. Ho was mascot for company K , Twen tieth Kansas U. S. volunteers , was se verely wounded several times. He la deserving of the consideration of a grateful republic. P. Jas. Cosgrovo , company D , First Nebraska. " The young man has thirteen bullet and bolo marks on his person to back up what he says. He can not get a pension as he wns not a regularly en listed soldier and not on the roll rec ords. He says he will leave In a few days to attend the reunion of the army of the Philippines at St. Louis , of which Captain Cosgrove Is presi dent. One of the bullets went Into his chin , coming out behind his left ear , which caused him the loss of his hear ing In the left ear , and his voice. An other one went through his left lung , which weakened his wind , and still another took three toes off his left foot and broke the kneecap of the right log. At all times , In all seasons. No matter who you are or where you are Gund's Peerless Beer will be enjoyed and appreciated. Brewed by the f amoui Uund Process uuder the raoit exacting conditions of cleanli ness Imposed by san itary science. AsK Your Dealer Accept No Other t CASH FOR * POULTRY Highest Market : : Prices Paid at all Times. 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