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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
THE NORKOLK NEWS' FKMDA Y .IIM.Y QO REGISTRATION REACHED 4,700 YESTERDAY. * < TAKE CARE OF 1,000 AN HOUR People Who C me to Bonesteel to ' Register are Being Well Cared for. Plenty of Places to Eat and Sleep and Courteous Treatment at Booths Bonesteol , S. D. , July 19. From n staff correspondent : Yesterday wns the biggest registration day at all the points that there has heen since the rush for the Hosehud lands he- gan. At Bonesteel 4,700 were regis tered , at Yankton 5,300 , at Fairfax 1 , . COO and Chamberlain 1,000. This makes the total registration at the I Tour places 0-1,222 , divided as follows : 1 Bonesteel 21,949 , Yankton 33,175. Fairfax , 5,022 , Chamberlain 4,078. There Is no doubt but that nn unin terested outsider will concede that Bonesteel is doing all it can to take good care of the people who come here to register. The town has am ple sleeping accommodations and an abundance of restaurants. It Is true that many have to sleep In tents and board quarters , but comfortable beds are furnished and good meals at rea sonable prices. The registration Is conducted very quietly nnd with ut most speed , an average of 1,000 an hour being easily disposed of. One feature noticed is particularly com mendable , and that Is that ladies are not compelled to stand In line to reach the registration booths , but the line is always broken to allow them to get in ahead. Barrels of Ice wa ter are provided at the street corners V - and everything Is being done to make the visit of strangers as little irk- Borne as possible. Of course if a stranger wants a ' ' ( chance to make expenses on most any kind of a game he can be accom modated. They are all here , and i some of the very rawest in existence i' ' are being worked. The street gam blers were allowed to open up again yesterday , and they and their f I cappers were hard at It very , v early in the morning. At 5:30 : yester- V- day morning your correspondent went i up town and found the whole street L- , . gang doing a niosy business , each surf - \f \ ' rounded by a band of shouting cap- ( . pers. But there is no necessity for I , a man to lose his money If he will let . the games alone. I1- , Bonesteel as a general proposition , L gets busy very early In the morning. / f * At 5 o'clock yesterday morning the stores were supplying the needs of their customers and the notaries pub lic were busily engaged in making out registration papers for people who arrived on the night trains. The par ly bird catches the worm , and it may be mentioned that the worm is quite prompt. . . } t ' f \ r Was Drunk and Disorderly , I " * . Ed- Smith was taken up on the h charge of being drunk and isorderly k' | yesterday and was released after putting - ' ting up a bond for his appearance in court to answer the charge. This case was about all that happened - , pened in police circles , outside of the usual grist of hoboes that is of every day occurrence. These class of citi zens , however , are not so noticeable as when the rush to Bonesteel first commenced , and the travelers are now of a more respectable class. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. W. H. Stapenhorst , of Omaha , a cousin of G. H. Stapenhorst of this city , returned to his home in the state's metropolis yesterday after a visit of several days at the Stapen horst home. A party of Nellgh people were In the city yesterday afternoon enroute home from Bonesteel where they had been to register and see the sights. They put In the time between trains in visiting with Norfolk friends. In the party were John Maybury , Misses Jennie Bolon , Dora Krebs , Bernlce Anderson , Fannie Hewitt. Maggie Maybury , and Mrs. Emma Romig. Norfolk streets have attained that pavement-like quality which is their usual characteristic in dry weather , and a pleasure to the drivers of ve hicles and the riders of bicycles. Miss Susie Gratton of Stanton is visiting with Mrs. Ella Sidler. Misses May and Laura Durland are visiting in Plalnvlew this week. Dr. Mackay went to Madison this afternoon with a patient to bring be fore the county board of insanity. Mr. E. H. Nettels and Miss Frances Nettels , who have been visiting their aunt , Mrs. C. C. Dugen , returned to their home , at Englewood , 111. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Koch of Wlllo\\ Springs , 111. , and Mrs. John Klose of Mokena , 111. , are the guests of their sister , Mrs. C. C. Dugen. J. S. Weaverling , a merchant of Ewing , was an afternoon visitor In the city. Miss Simpson of Decorah , Iowa , ar rived at noon today for a visit at the home of her brother , Col. J. E. Simp son. Col. Simpson has been 111 for a long time. The permanent walk men are lay ing another of those cement cross ings , this time on Fourth and Main streets , between the- Citizens Na tlonal bank and the Cotton block. Some day soon the Norfolk United States court'house will be'ready for occupancy and every man , woman uml child will be well repaid for 'a visit to the splendid building with vlilch the city has boon presented iy Undo Sam. The street sprinkler Is getting a chance to operate quite regularly for no Ilrst time this season. The dust shows quite an inclination to go high er with those warm south breezes and a wetting down Is all that keeps it inder foot. If Norfolk only had n cool little mrk now In which to spend these evenings and see the people and may- 10 enjoy a boat ride or a plunge , ht.'se are the days when a large por- Ion of the population would take ileasuro In such n means for enter- alnment. Victor Carlson of Wayne county tas designed a machine that plows wo rows of checked corn as success- 'ully as two row plows now handle Isted corn. His machine lays the corn by , and plows twelve to fifteen acres a day with three horses. The beet workers are busy Just now getting the rows of beets in condition 'or their final development and to take on the proper amount of sugar. Some of the llelds that were well Iralned look exceedingly fine , but there were others that were too wet earlier In the season. For the past several seasons the Norfolk water department has been mvlng a "phat take" In the matter of supplying the needs of the people , aprticularly for lawn use. The lawns mve been taking care of themselves with the aid of Jupiter Pluvlus and they have made a luxuriant growth , and are of fine texture. The past 'ew days have been ususually dry In comparison , but the lawns have not yet shown and effect of the drouth , f the hot and dry weather continues , lowever , it may be expected that there will be an Increased use of wa ter by the city patrons. 3,000 , PEOPLE THROUGH NORFOLK Northwestern Takes Six Tralnloads of Homeseckers to the Rosebud Country Tuer.day. The rush to Bonesteel over the Mqrthwestern continues with unabat ed energy , in fact as the close of the registering season approaches there s an Indication of a considerable In crease in the number of people head ed for the Rosebud country. Many go merely to look upon a frontier town , see the crowds and participate in the excitement , but the majority of them who have homestead rights registered n for the drawing. Tuesday the Northwestern pulled through Norfolk six tralnloads of someseekers , consisting of about 3- 000 persons. It was one of the big gest days for the railroad people since registration commenced , but the prospects are that it will be exceeded today and that more will be uolng every nay until me registration 01- flees close Saturday night. At 7 o'clock Wednesday morning a large train pulled through Norfolk headed for the north , and others are to follow , with great crowds of swel- terlngg humanity , all eager for the ex perience of Invading a pioneer town and getting a chance at the drawing. PEOPLE ON TOP OF TRAIN. Coaches Coming From Sioux City Brought Hundreds. The rush to the Rosebud from the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha line of traffic continues heavy. The morning passenger from Sioux City brought people crowded to the tops of the coaches. The platforms were jammed and the people hung on top of the cars. A Salutary Lesson. .7. W. Ray , living west of town , ad ministered a salutary lesson yester day to a mover who passed his place and shot a pet crow that was perched on the fence in his front yard. Jack made him put up ten dollars or the alternative of being arrested. GOES TO CALIFORNIA TO MARRY Printer Girl Lays Down Her Compos ing Stick and Rule and Starts West to Meet a Husband. Battle Creek , Neb. , July 21. Spec ial to The News : Miss Ella Curas has laid down her stick and rule in The Enterprise ofllce and started for San Francisco , Gal. , where she will be united in marriage with Mr. C. F. Simpson. Alls ? Curas is a bright and sociable Battle Creek lady of high esteem , and Is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Curas of this pjace. Mr. C. F. Simpson , who Is cashier and book keeper in a wholesale house at San Francisco , is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Simpson of Omaha , of the firm of A. J. Simpson and Son Co. , manufacturers of vehicles. Foley's Kidney Cure purifies the blood by straining out Impurities and tones up the whole system. Cures kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by Kiesau Dnig. Bronchitis for Twenty Years. Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville , III. , writes : "I had bronchitis for twenty years and never got relief until I used Foloy's Honey and Tar which is a sure cure. " Sold by Kiesau Drug Co. The sky looks bluer , the sun shines brighter , a feeling of youth and strength creeps over the soul after taking Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea , , 35 cents , tea or tablets. ' ' The Kiesau Drug Co. tr GRAFTERS REPULSE POLICE ATTACK - TACK IN STREET. WHOLESALE ROBBERY CAUSE Joe Boslow , of Nlobrnrn , a Ranchman , Is Beaten up and a Gun Fired An Hour of Fighting Norfolk Lad Is Help up. Bonestcel. S. D. , July 20. From a Ktaff correspondent : A riot which threatened to bo serious and which would hnvo boon had the police of Honesteel been able to hold tliolrnwn against the gamblei-H , plekpocl-ctp. crooks and thugs who have assem bled and organized hero , took place on Main street yesterday afternoon and lasted for an hour. The trouble arose over the wound- ng of Joe Hoslow , a prominent ranch man from Whetstone , S. D. , who had lieen robbed at a shell game in the middle of the street and who , resent ing the steal , made for the grafter. In an Instant he was surrounded and overpowered by cappers , his head was spilt open , a gun was fired Into the ilr and the doing begun. No one was shot during the trouble and but one gun was fired. Boslow was cut across the forehead with the gun and a deep gash laid open. He was carried out of the crowd and tak en care of by a surgeon. His wound s not dangerous. Following the attack upon the ranchman whom they robbed by cap pers , one flat fight after another took lie center of the street In quick suc cession , a number of policemen being driven Into buildings for safety , and several persons being pounded up , among whom was ex-congressman Ole Ole.son , a notary public. The police of Bouestcel were utter- y routed and lost nil control of the situation. The gamblers took posses sion of the town and ran It to suit themselves. The police , helpless and none too brave at best , were forced to stand aside and see dozens of Inno cent strangers In the'n robbed and held up In the boldest sort of a way. way.As As a result , the thugs are rulers of Bonesteel completely. It would take a police force afty times as big as the present one , and fifty times as nervy , to cope In any way whatever with the bad gang that bns assembled liere. 1 The Beginning. All day long there were robberies in a wholesale fashion. There were pickpockets who hesitated at nothing and who , even being caught In their acts , were allowed to roam the streets and "work. " The gambling games which had been for a day or so put off the streets , came back on Monday. Yes terday they were doing business and In the center of Main street an old fashioned shell game held forth. A number of people proved easy vic tims. Finally came along Joe Bos- low , the sturdy pioneer of the plains. He went up against the game. When lie pudded out a wad of cash , the gam blers snatched it from his fingerc. He made a move toward the graf'er and instantly was entrapped In a cir cle of unscrupulous cappers. With a revolver he was wounded and the shot fired into the air stirred the crowds. A gang gathered and the cappers made their getaway into a saloon. From the saloon the crowds of men who were at the bar and at the wheels lied In a moment. They jumped out of windows , ran out the back door , Jumped the fence into an alley and In .all made the place look like a rat trap which had been opened to re lease a thousand captives. The cap pers mixed and were lost to view. Policemen Very Busy. Here it was that the police force got very busy. They showed courage enough to help the battered citizens into a doctor's office. That was a good deal for Bonesteel policemen. The door of the surgeon's olllce was locked up tight and his dubshlp Louis Baldwin , a one-time house painter in Bonesteel but of late a mark on the force , stationed to guard the lock. Donned In his big blue uniform , white hat and exceedingly big club , he stood watch with all of the courage that his cowardly nature would per mit. He looked neither to the right nor to the left , but stared steadily forward just as though he were a real policeman and ordered people passing to move on in a voice that would have become General Nelson A. Miles. He would swing his club at the men who dared to look at his j glorious eyes , and would swell up | until his star No. 0 looked like an ar-1 nior plate. For the first time In the history of Bonesteol a policeman was doing his i duty. Brave Baldwin ' even . bange.l away with his club at the reporters who dared to ask questions of by- slanders In regard to the facts of the case. Backed up In this by Bonchteel friends , ho even threatened to Jail the correspondents because they hap pened to bo alive on his beat. Baldwin Ran Away. A little later , when there was real cause for a club and for nerve , Bald win , the bold one , ran away from the crowd of robbers who ought to have been arrested , because ho was afraid ho might get hurt. The police went Into the street where mixed the thugs , one of the crooks looked sharply at the lad In blue and away he went , scurrying ftwuy like a cowardly pup ! U > ran Into Orion I'orier'8 office Mid ! ild for ! < IM \ ' hour. The Fighting. Here It was that the fighting be Min. Ttv police , to the hint man , were put out of the street where they had none apparently to stop the Mioll game. And the grafters renewed the play. During the skirmish Ole Olson , a prominent cltl/en of the loun , had gone Into the light to help the olIlcerH. He WIIH pinned between two cappers and badly beaten up , romlng out of the battle bleeding at the ear and mouth. From this time on for an hour there was a coiiHtant round of bat tling In a fistic way. One capper would start a tight , the man struck would run after the assailant , the mob would join In and a stream of humanity Mowed from the one side to the other of the street. This was all a part of the game and during the rushes the pickpockets got hundreds of dollars from the men In the jam , Olio man from Naper , bound for In diana , and a hard working cltl/en , too , was relieved of liln whole cash $ fiO. A number of others were touched In the sumo game. For a time it looked like there might be shooting. Citizens of the town who were angered at the bo- liavlor , wanted to organize Into a vig ilance committee and go after the IhugH but they couldn't do It alone. The police made a grand stand play liy collecting together and whispering It about that they Intended to make a rush , but the rush was merely a run for home , Grafters Claim Power. A few minutes later one of the lioosters walked by Baldwin , the cou rageous. "Move on , there , " uttered he , In a timid voice. "Oh , go to the devil , " snapped the grafter , "we're running thlH. " And they were. The authorities gave up the light. They admitted their defeat. Perhaps It was not n defeat , after all , but rather a success ful execution of plans previously laid. There IB no protection In Honesteel against crime of any sort. The citi zens can not give It the police force does not. Robbery after robbery has been carried out with the greatest ease. Now and then a piclqtocket hOH been caught with his hnntln In side a victim's pocket. Off to the jail the pickpocket would walk and with in a half hour he would bo working at his old game again on the streets. In an Instance the other night n man was robbed on the street. He report ed the matter to a policeman nearby. The ofllccr laughed a sickly grin and replied that he wasn't on duty then. Other Cases Yesterday. There were other cases yesterday. Up no r Iho olrciiH n ftniflpr WIIH nr- i OKI oil for InkliiR ft timifn mOnuy. Hnlf way to ( ho jnll a bunch of cup- pern took the fellow nwny from the copper nnd thni wan the end of the deal. deal.V. \V. A. ( loblo , a lendliiK attorney of llutto nnd formerly a resident of Nor folk , wdiil Into a Kiimbllng lioitxo to celled a bill. He was Jumped upon nnd hiiiti'ii ' by the cappot'H thereabout Rob Norfolk Smnll Doy. Utlle Walter Kruy of Norfolk , a I-l-year boy who went to lloiii'Htoel in M'O the oiowilH , WUH brutally robbed at 11 o'clock last night by two no- grooH on a dark street. The IKMIH'H ' choked the lad and Hcarched every pocket , taking all the money he 1'iul ' --about Jl. llo.camo Into the rail road station crying IIH though bin heart would break , much frightened by the attack and qulto exhausted from the nervous strain. Thugs Getting Desperate. There are but three moro daj * In which to make their hauls , nnd the thugH who have gathered lioru liom all parts ol the earth ate growing dally moro desperate. Fierce:1 : trou ble Is feated and Ole Olemni said hint night that the governor would have to bo appealed to. The grafters and lohberK have made no money and they need carfaro. And they began yesterday to get It In any way iioBsl- hie. They arc not afraid of the po lice. They have Intimidated the of ficers to Hiich an extent that the blue coats take off their hats when a thug goes by- They dare do nothing more. And besides that , the grafterH have bought HoiioHtcel. body and soul , and the town IH theirs because they have paid for It. The Scum of the Earth. The fouin of the earth has centered here to get a fortune from the land- seekers. Homwteel IH very Here be cause newspapers have published that report , and have refuted the charge by Haying that that WUH to be expect ed. If It Is to be expected , then there IH no harm In Haying It IH HO. There are the mnootheHt , elovoroHt dealers of the world In this town UHHomblod from Monte Carlo , San FrunclHco , New York and all the rent of tie places. There are penitentiary fugl- tlvt'H hero and ex-convlctH by the pcoro. It IH mild that the rowardH on those gathered In town , would make a Hinall fortune In thoiiiHelvcH. There has been a rumor In Bone- steel for a week or more that a negro was killed here at one of the black dlvew during a night and that he WUH burled before daylight. How true It Is can not he known but the fact IH assorted frequently. Altogether there IR too much of the graft In Bonesteel. The police arena police at all. Not all of the citizens t nil No ! nil of the .ire in iimine gome of them have old thin town nnd the whole ( .own milTor * . * Up till liihi night 2r > , ir.l > had rojlf ; ) . tored hero. If you have a homo or a mtilo or ft cow or a hoiiBO to trade niako your olfor In The News want column. CIllcilKO. $1100 , on milo Juno 10-20 Inrlimho ItidlnniipollH , hid , fliUift , on Halo Juno 2C.-27. Detroit. Mich. , $10.75 , on italo July 5-7 Inchmlvo , Allantle City , N. J. , $32.75 , on Halo .Inly Id. Cliirlimull , Ohio , $22.75 , on sale July 15-17. French Lick SprliiKH , Ind. , $20.75 , on ak > July 22-25. Tk'kotH > polntH below on nalo Juno I to September 30 , return limit October 31. Chicago , $20.00. Chicago , ( via St. Loulu ouo way ) , $25.5(1. ( St Paul-Minneapolis , $12.50. Dulutli Superior , $ lfir > 0. Wate-rvlllo ( MadlHon lake ) $10,60. Spirit lake ( OkoboJI ) $ ! ) . ' .I5. Storm Lake , la. , $ fi.K5. Alexandria , Minn. , $15.25. Charlovolx , Mich. , $31.00. Hlco Lake , WIs. , $15.00. Walker , .Minn. , $17.10. Correspondingly low rates to many polntH In Illinois , Michigan , Wlscon- Hln , Minnesota , Canada and eastern and HoiitheaHtern cities , HomuuuukorH' rates to itotnta In north nnd northwoHt and south and KoulhoaHl , on sale the lirst and third Tuesdays. Circuit toura via the great lakoa. Steamer reservations made In ad- VII1ICO. Very low rates to the fishing and huntliiK resorts of Minnesota and Michigan get booklet. 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