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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1904)
THE NOKFOMC NKVVS : FRIDAY , Jt'LY 20 , 1904 , HERO OF THE BONESTEEL ESCA- FADE PASSES THROUGH , DAILY NEWS WAS A RARE PRIZE Copies of the Wednesday's Issue , Alone Toward the Last , Sold ( or as Much as $1 Per Copy Gamblers Hnve all Left Donesteel Now. I From Momlny'n Dnlly. ] Patsy Manner , the here of Bono- ok'ol ' , together with his day .manager , Ills night innnuKcr nntl n lot of other gamblers from Sioux City nnd South Omnhn' , passed through Norfolk at nn onrly liour thin morning enroiito homo itftor the registration period at Bono- fitool. Also on the trnln was n cur ol Northwestern detectives nnd n pri vate cnr currying Clerk In Charge John McPhaul , who Is on hit * \vny to Chamberlain for the drawing which takes place on Thursday of thlu woek. "There IB nothing In the wny of ox- cltemont nt Bonosteol , " said one of the detectives. "Thoro la no prolm- blllty whatever that troops will ho called. " Patsy Magnor , who wan limping around the station on crutches , hlfl loft , foot handngod In u great white mound of cloth , wan photographed by The N WH for the first tlmo Hlnco the escapade which made him a charac ter of note In Friday night's perfor mance. "No , I don't want my picture tak en , " said Patsy Magnor. "I only did what any one would have done. There tWOro about ton of us who had talked to tliobo thugs until we wore dead tired , nndvo had to do something febr'o ' strenuous. They wore cleaned in good Rhnpo. nig Hob Callahan 6'vor there did most of the shooting. He's thq real here of the day. " Deb Callahan , Too. With the crowd wore Hlg Hob Cal lahan , lilii wife ; Hill Haley , n noted gambler , also ; English George , n little - tlo follow who holds the position of night manager at Patsy Magnor's gambling house ; Jim Colby , a big , rough , black whiskered fellow who Is malinger on the day side ; and sever al others , Including Jim Nelon , the clilot of police who had things In complete control at Bonostool until Tuesday when they thought his price was too high and let him out for an other man. Dally News In Demand. "I want to tell you , " said Chief Nelon , that the paper In greatest de mand at flonostool was The Norfolk Dally News. It sold on the streets llku hot cakes and the news boys were cleaned In less time than It takes to toll It. Copies Sell at $1. "Single copies of your paper on Wednesday have sold In Honest eel at $1 apiece. The people of that town nnd especially the gamblers , went crazy over that paper. It was a very common occnrranco for the Issue to toll at 25 cents , and I saw Manager Welsh , of the Western Union Tele graph oftlco , refuse $1 for his copy. " More than 200 papers wore sent to Donesteel for street sale Wednes day. A telegram Thursday ordered fifty more and another message Fri day ordered another 100. This ex hausted the supply and Saturday came another telegram for 100 more. The ofllco was out. "Wo people of Sioux City never know you had such a newspaper , " said the chief. "But It la an actual fact that where you would see one copy of either an Omaha , Sioux City or Chicago paper In any town along that branch , you could see a dozen copies of the Norfolk News , It Is re markable , It seems to me , that a town of this slzo produces such a dally newspaper , and the city of Norfolk certalnl > has a right to feel proud of the advertising It gained through your paper , nnd ought to support It loyal ly. " Clerk McPhaul , when the train passed through Norfolk , was In hla berth asleep. Chief O'Neill was awake , standing on the , platform. MONDAY MENTION. Misses Minnie and Anna Verges re turned last night from a trip to Wis consin , where they had been visiting friends for a month. Dr. W. H , llansom of Moscow , 111. , a brother of Mrs. Clarence Shaw , stopped off to make a short visit on his way home from Doneateel. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morey came down from Pierce on the early train this morning and were guests at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. John Krantz. H. C. Woodworth of Burwell , this state , was In the city yesterday visit ing his brother , W. H. He had just returned from Crclghton , where ho attended the funeral of his mother , Mrs. S. A. Wandell , Saturday. W. H. was prevented from attending the fu neral because of his continued illness. H. E. Gullo of Albion , a brother of Mrs. Wandell , was also In town en- route home from Creighton. The weather started in very chilly Sunday , but toward afternoon there was a warming up that developed a shower later In the evening and a tenth of an Inch of moisture dropped to lay the dust. With the let up of the rush to and from the Hosobud coilntry a profitable harvest- for the Norfolk restaurant and hotel men is over. Many of the restaurant men who previous to the rush were running only day times , veto r unpi'll'Ml to k ' < > ii ni > 'ii all night | in tnko oaro of the culom that cninc Mmlr wny. A wondnrful potato crop Is In pros- pent thin year. There are not Romany In a hill , hut what , there are will be mounters. Already the tuhorn av erage In the neighborhood of n half pound apiece , and uro not nearly through growing. There will bo thou sands of bushels of line potatoes for the market from this vicinity. The Ice cream noclnblo glvon by the mi'inborn of the ladles baud Sat urday ovonlng In the building recent ly vacated by the Palace shoo store was a profitable venture for the or ganization. There wore many people on Iho street nnd their attention was attracted by the band music nnd many took advantage of the occasion to se cure a dish of frozen cream , Ed. Hnrtor , who liven Just west of Prospect HIM cemetery , has a couple of apricot trees In full bearing and there are perhaps several nushols of the fruit on the trees this summer. The apricots are not quite ns largo ns those grown In California and other nlmllar stnten , hut coming fresh off the troen their llavor Is much bolter than thoHo picked green and shipped In from a distance. O'Neill Frontier : They are still taking section homestead entries at the O'Neill land olllce In considerable numbers. There has boon ever 1,300 Illlngft acted upon by the land olllco olllclals. Something over 800 of these have secured land , the other GOO bo- lug rojoctcd. The number of acres In this land ofllco district filed on up to thin tlmo will exceed 500,000. The tiling fees huvo turned Into the hands of the government about $13,000. Ready to Start Fremont Mill. F. W. Keller npont Sunday In Nor folk from Fremont. Mr. Keller Is one of the firm which has boon establish ing a new milling plant In that city. Ho reports that the now plant Is about to begin , the date for the open ing having been sot between August 1 and August 5. Norfolk's ladles band will bo present. BIG HOTEL AGAIN HAS CHANGED OWNERSHIP. HAVE LEASED FOR FIVE YEARS Mr. Vail Has Been Manager for Some Time and Mr. Gary Was at One Time a Conductor Running Into Norfolk Both are Well Known. The Oxnard hotel has again changed hands. The new roprletors are Gary & Vail , both well known to Norfolk people. The change was made today , and the now owners will take possession next Thursday. Messrs. Gary & Vail have leased the hotel for flvo years , and have pur chased the furniture. Mr. Vail has been manager at the hotel for n number of years and is extremely popular among the travel- trig public. Mr. Gary was at one tlmo a well known conductor on the Chicago cage , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad , running between this city and Sioux City. Ho has hundreds of friends In this territory who will be glad to hear of his locating in Nor folk. folk.Mr. Mr. Wright has owned the estab lishment for several months , having purchased It from O. P. Short who bought it a few weeks before that from Mr. Bartholomew. Railroad Notes. Baggage Agent Paul Tym returned Sunday from Bonesteel. Superintendent C. C. Hughes of Norfolk was in Fremont between trains and went to Omaha. Gus Llnd returned from Bonesteol where he worked during the land rush. Engineer Cy Boardman Is the lat est to get Instructions to run out of Norfolk. PHILLIPS & M'CORMICK. Representing Norfolk at Bonesteel In the Restaurant Business. Among the Norfolk people at Bone- steel were Phillips & McCormlck , who conducted a first-class restaurant on a side street. They report that they were busy all of the time. Certain It is that they served better meals than most of the excursionists got at home , and that very reasonably. AINSWORTH BOY , SIX YEARS OLD , IS KILLED. WAS KICKED BENEATH HORSES Wesley Nuslnetter , While Riding With His Brother , Fell Between the Horses Heels and Was Trampled so That He Died In a Few Minutes. Alnsworth , Nob. , July 25. Special to The News : Wesley Nuslnetter. si xyears old , was out riding with an older brother and fell between the horses. He was trampled on and In jured so badly that he only lived a few minutes after ho was taken to the house. He was the son of A. Nusinetter. The funeral sermon was preached In the M. 13. church , Rev. Connell olll- elating. THINKS NORFOLK HAS A GREAT FUTURE NOW , HE SUGGESTS WHOLESALING. Thinks That a Wholesale Grocery House In This City Could Hardly Vail to Meet With Success Points Out the Magnificent Territory. General Manager C. C. Hughes , of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad , In ono of the enthunlastlc believers In the future of Norfolk and his Ideas' because of his position , arc of course of much weight. "It atrlkos mo , " said Mr. Hughes to The News , "that Norfolk Is bound to make n city. Certainly this place must grow from now on. There nev er was a place with more admirable location. A wholesale house In Nor folk ought to pay welt without the slightest doubt. "I am surprised , " continued the general manager , "that n wholesale grocery house , for Instance , has not been started In Norfolk before this. With this location , such an establishment mont could very easily boat other places Into the country west and north of Norfolk fully twenty-four hours. For Instance , a person in Crolghton could run out of bananas tonight. He could telephone the wholesale house In Norfolk. Tomor row morning's frolght trnln would carry those provisions to their dcsti nation before noon. "Tho matter of rate , " said Mr. Hughes , "need not worry anyone. A rate upon which money could bo made with such an Institution oould of course bo secured. What more Is there , when this territory Is consid ered ? Look nt this splendid territo ry lying to the west of Norfolk , oven to the end of the main line In the Black Hills. Consider the territory to the north of Norfolk , as far as the Hosohud border. It Is a great field. " "And some day , very likely , your road will build on out Into the north west , cither to the coast by way of the Hosobud , or connecting Casper with the west , " was suggested. "No doubt , " replied the olllclal. "Will the Northwestern be apt to build out Into the Rosebud territory within n year ? " was asked. "I think It highly Improbable , " re plied the official. "Tho building of the new depot at West Point , " said Mr. Hughes , "will begin very promptly now. " Cleaning Ditches. Street Commissioner Miller has boon cleaning out the ditches along the streets In the business section of the city. Ho * says ho takes pride in seeing them clean and well kept , but thinks that the property owners nnd citizens generally should take pride In keeping them clean. When rubbish and sweepings find a resting place In the ditches It takes but a day or two to litter them up and make them look as though they had never received the attention of the street department. Bowel Complaint In Children. During the summer months chil dren are subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful attention as soon as the first un natural looseness of the bowels ap pears. The best medicine in use for bowel complaint Is Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ns It promptly controls any unnatural losenoss of the bowels , whether It be In a child or an adult. For sale by Leonard the druggist. HEAVY HAIL STORM AT TILDEN Same Territory That Caught It a Year Ago Is Again Visited by Hail. Tllden , Neb. , July 20. Special to The News : A territory ten miles long by two miles wide , east and south of Tilden. was struck by a heavy hall storm last evening , doing considerable damage to growing crops. The farms in the path of the storm wore Included in the territory that was visited by hall last year , but the ground covered last evening was not nearly so extensive as was that of the storm a year ago. The storm came from the northeast and struck about a mile and a half south of town. After the storm was over people went out and gathered up hall stones by the handsful. The estimated damage to growing crops tills morning is that spring wheat and other small grain are in jured one-third but that corn Is not seriously damaged. Winter wheat was all out of the way , so that there will be no loss on that. NEW YORK TO NORFOLK DIRECT First Connection Ever Made by Through Wire Between the Two Cities. The first complete telegraph con nection ever made between Norfolk and New York , was made this week. Norfolk , with an extra telegraph op erator In the city ofllco on account of the Rosebud rush , has been handling a very large portion of the messages which wore Issued at Bonesteel. The telegrams were dropped oft in this otllco and then relayed out all over the country. The through connection came with the Now York World , when messages ( ] tin oxtt'iit of 2,000 words were sent through Tin1 wire wan connected at Omaha nnd again at Chicago , running directly Into the World otnco. The Instant the key was touched In Nor folk the receiving click Hounded In Now York. WILL BE IN THE RACE. Norfolk Running Team Intends to Show Speed at the Tourney , The running team of the Norfolk lire department Is planning to bo In the K.ime during the state tournament here next week. The hoys are prac ticing every evening now apd nro get ting ahead amazingly In the time It takes them to cover the ground nnd do the other feats necessary for the winning. Hecmcr brothers , Jess and Ben , are practicing on the coupling job and arc Improving constantly with the prob ability that they will be classed among the high ones when the tourna ment arrives. Sold Large Farm. Tracy & Durland yesterday sold 320 acres of land In southwestern Pierce county to Wm. Kmeger of Pierce , for $2,500. ORDERS A BUILDING TORN DOWN Frame Kitchen Built by Guy Bolton in Rear of Eble Building Cannot be Used as Kitchen. Guy Bolton , who has been running an eating house on the grounds for the Norfolk hospital for the Insane , built a frame kitchen at the back emf of the Eble building to bo used In serving meals during the firemen's tournament. Bolton had no permission from the city council for the erection of such a building , as It Is within the fire lim its , nnd Chief Kern of the fire depart ment has ordered It torn down or re moved. Whether or not the order will be complied with , Mr. Bolton will not bo permitted to use It for the pur pose Intended during the tournament. THAT IS THE ESTIMATE OF THE BONESTEEL HAUL. BONESTEEL STILL FILING PLACE Though Clerk McPhaul Had Deter mined to Recommend Its Removal , He Finally Agreed to Make a Fa vorable Report to Commissioner. Bonesteel. S. D. , July 26. Special , < o The News : Bonesteel Is absolute ly quiet. The crooks , gamblers and thugs have left the city. There Is no chance for disturbance. There are not more than a score of people In restaurants. Many concessionaries were up in the air for a tlmo yesterday when it was not known for sure whether or not the filing offices would remain in Bonesteel. So strenuous did the thing become that Clerk McPhal threatened to move the office. Citi zens of Bonesteel labored hard to get him to leave it. They had to write out just what they wore wil ling to do. It Is assorted that the crooks reaped a rich harvest of $75,000 for their three weeks' trouble. Patsy Magner made $20,000. Following are the terms that the citizens agreed to : The citizens agreed to maintain the law of the state , to close saloons on Sundays and at midnight every night , to keep all gambling off the streets and other public places , and to have Sheriff Taylor in charge. OFFICER PILGER SENDS BULLETS AFTER A THUG. HE DISAPPEARED IN DARKNESS Three Other Tough Looking Individuals - uals Were Ordered to Climb Back on the Train and Leave Norfolk , Which They Did Immediately. Among the backward rush of tramps and ordinary toughs who have been up around the Rosebud country , was one fellow who almost sacrificed his life by coming to Norfolk. Found In a box car at the Northwestern yards , he was ordered to oust his frame by Nlghtwatchman Charles Pil- gor. The half dozen bums alongside got out In an orderly way and obeyed the officer. This fellow , taking what he thought was advantage of the darkness , made a jump out between the. cars. Ho ran. Instantly the officer's revolver cracked and three whizzing bullets chased after the fugitive. Whether or not he was struck Is not known. It Is a cinch he loft town. Three toughs who attempted to get off a train returning from Bonesteel were informed by Officer Pllger that they couldn't stay in Norfolk. "You with either have to get back on that train or come with me , " said he , and they climbed back on the train. A Girl. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schonzel wel comed a new daughter to their home Sunday morning. REGULAR TRAINS BETWEEN NOR FOLK AND BONESTEEL. A NEW CARD MAY BE ISSUED Officials and Employes on the North western are Glad of the Relief From the Ending of the Rosebud Rush Normal Sized Trains Again. The Rosebud special , the night Northwestern through passenger bo- twocn Omaha nnd Bonesteel , was dis continued this morning. All other trains are running as usual , with only ono section of each. This morning the main line passen ger to the northwest was made up of three coaches , one mail car and one baggage car. During the Rosebud opening two sections of twelve to fourteen cars each went up every morning. The road has no difficulty handling the return traffic , which has not been heavy since Sunday morning. Sever al extra coaches were hold In readi ness at Bonesteel and Fairfax and the crowds did not have to wait long for accommodation. Railroad men generally are very much pleased that the big northern opening Is over with , though some of them will he thrown out of em ployment temporarily. The runs up nnd down the line have been long and tedious , and everyone In the Northwestern service has hud to do overtime duty. , , TUESDAY TOPICS. John Davenport Is home from a visit at Sioux City. Mrs. J. W. Humphrey has gone to St. Louis to see the world's fair. H. E. Owen left this morning for Kansas City and Chicago on business. Miss Ethel Doughty Is home from a visit of a few days with friends at Winside. Ira Hull has gone to Butte to ac cept a position of clerk In a drug store there. Miss Lou Hanson of Battle Creek spent Sunday with the Misses May- hew In this city. Misses Agnes and Anna Carberry have been visiting friends at Whine- teen for a few days. A. J. Relter , who has been visiting his daughter , Mrs. C. Rasley , has re turned to his home In Marion , Iowa Mrs. H. T. Holden and children re turned last night from a pleasant visIt - It with relatives and friends In Oma ha. Miss Winnie Owen has returned to her home In Beatrice , after two or three weeks spent with Norfolk friends. Miss Vada Tannehlll has returned from Sioux City , where she visited with relatives and friends for a month. Fred Darnell of Oregon , Mo. , re turned home Monday after a week's visit with friends and relatives south of town. Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Koch of Willow Springs , 111. , and Mrs. John Klose of Mokena , 111. , who have been visiting their sister , Mrs. C. C. Illgen , returned to their home yesterday. Arthur G. Clark of Boston is In the city for a visit at the home of his cousin , H. E. Hardy. He Is returnIng - Ing from a visit to his cousin , Fred Hardy at Eureka , California. S. R. McFarland has received a message from Hon. H. C. M. Burgess , chairman of the republican state com mittee , stating that he will be here In a few days. He comes to consult with the political leaders of this vi cinity regarding the campaign and to prepare for the work in this sec tion. July and August are usually the dryest months of the year. July has thus far failed to do Its duty In this regard. August will be doubly wel come if It gives more dry and warmth. The roof Is being placed on Mike Enders' new concrete stone house on South Eighth street and the buildIng - Ing Is being enclosed. Those who have viewed the work are of the opinion that the idea has been achieved of making a neat , comfort able and permanent house at a rea sonable price. The republican state committee is planning to have "Roosevelt" days at the various gatherings to be held In the state during the fall , on which occasions they will have prominent political speakers on the ground. The first of these days under the auspi ces of the committee will be held at Spencer , Boyd county , on July 30. A week from today the firemen from all parts of the state will be in Norfolk to participate in the an nual tournament and It Is to be ex pected that the people of Norfolk will show them a good time. During the balance of this week the time should be well spent In a general mid-summer clean-up , particularly of weeds and overhanging limbs , and the town should be gay with bunting and other decorations when they ar rive. It didn't exactly rain last night It fairly poured. It came on about 6 o'clock last evening and did not remain long only about , fifteen min utes but during that tlmo It liter ally slopped down , and the streets were turned from highways Into riv ers , and the low grounds Into lakes and ponds. During the brief Interval of storm there was thunder anil lightning , rain by the tun and so mo hall. The Icy pebbles punctured the loaves of vegetation and pelted the people nnd animals mercilessly but did no permanent damage. It waa one of the fiercest storms of the sea son during the time It lasted and It lasted long enough to make things exceedingly Interesting. Nearly nn Inch of rain , or exactly eighty-nun- dredths foil during the storm. . It was not needed hut the country was compelled to take It. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. The Union Pacific painting ga"ng has been over the branch touching up the switch stands with black and red and white paints. The obstruction has been removed from the new cement crossing on the south side of Norfolk avenue nt Fourth street and It Is now available to the public. The Fremont baseball club known as Poll ) & Shcpard's , passed through this city last night on route to Tllden , where they play this afternoon. They have been all along the main line tie- tween Fremont and Norfolk , having met and defeated the teams at Wts- ner , Pllger and Stanton. The merry-go-round has arrived for the three days of the firemen's tour nament next week and Is being locat ed on the old Hotel Reno lot , at the corner of Norfolk avenue and Fifth street. It will be ready to run in a few days and meantime the children are hoarding their ntcklcs for a chance to be whirled about. The Norfolk business men are pre paring for the firemen's tournament next week by arranging their stocksL preparing their window displays and arranging their window displays and arranging all around to give the vis itors a good Impression of the city as a business location. Outside decora tions will probably not be put up before - fore Monday or Tuesday of next week. A half dozen threshing machine out fits are busy In Norfolk getting ready for a busy season at separating the crop of grain from the straw and chaff. Several new outfits have come In by rail and others are being over hauled and repaired. The crops of rye and winter wheat are now about ready to be threshed , while the har vest Is about to commence on some of the oat and spring wheat fields. The Times-Tribune has Just issued a tournament edition of that paper which will be an Interesting souvenir of the occasion. It is printed on heavy book paper and contains numerous half-tone cuts of the leading firemen , business men and citizens , besides a number of the important buildings of Norfolk. For reading matter It gives the tournament program , a brief his tory of the Norfolk fire department , sketches of officers and committeemen - men and of business men of the city. E. P. Weatherby has again been ap pointed referee in a bankruptcy for Madison , Pierce , Stanton , Knox and Antelope counties for a term of two years before Judge W. H. Munger of Omaha , who has announced a long list of appointments. The bonds of the officers have been fixed at $2,500 each and they are to qualify within ten days after the appointment. August - ust Wagner of Columbus was appoint ed for the counties of Platte , Mer- rick , Nance , Boone , Colfax and But ler ; Fred Vaughn of Fremont for Dodge , Cumlng and Saunders ; James Brltton of Wayne for Wayne , Cedar , Dixon , Dakota and Thurston ; A. W. Scattergood of Alnsworth for Rock , Brown , Keya Paha , Cherry , Holt and Boyd. Fly Nets. A discount of from 15 to 20 per cent on all flynets the next thirty days. Now Is the time to buy them. Paul Nordwlg. STANTON WILL TURN OUT TWO COACHES. PENDER , TOO , WILL HAVE ONE President Reynolds of the Local De partment Has Been Notified That There Will be Many Visitors in the City Early Tuesday Morning. President Reynolds of the local fire department has received word from Pender , by telephone , that the en tire department , with a special coach , will arrive In Norfolk on Tuesday morning early to be on hand for the parade. Al Marks , leader of the Stanton team of champions , telephones that he will be here Tuesday and that two full coach loads of people from Stanton will be on hand , to remain throughout the entire week. , Asa K. Leonard asks the readers of this paper who are suffering with Indigestion or dys pepsia to call on him at once and get a bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. If you know the value of this remedy as we know It , you would not suffer another day. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Is a thorough digestant and tissue- building tonic as well. It Is endorsed personally by hundreds of people whom It has cured of indigestion , dys pepsia , palpitation of the heart and stomach troubles generally. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat It Is pleasant , palateable and strength ening. Sold by Asa K. Leonard ,