HIE NORFOLK NEWS : K1UH1JAY , I'MOIUU'AHY ' 17 11)05. ) TRACKS HAVE BEEN CLEARED AND SCHEDULES RESTORED. BONESTEEL LINE LOST A DAY * Towns Between This City and Bone- steel Had , no Trains All Day Yester day , Either Passenger or Freight. M. & O. Still Stalled This Morning. Train trnlllc was pretty well re stored to normal running In northi'in Nebraska today and , with no more wind , the schedules will bo pretty nearly adhered to henceforth. A few trains wore olT their regular running * or a iortlon nf tno ear'y ' i"11'of * lu ° iuvy 1)Ut snowplows have cleared the tracks and lirotight order out of chaos. vOn the Northwestern line this mornIng - Ing all locals left Norfolk on schedule time , the morning passenger for Omaha - ha went out on time , the main line passenger from the Black Hills was but an hour late and the westbound Omaha-Uonestcol was reported about on time early in the clay. The Union Pacific passenger train left on time at 11 o'clock , the snowplow - plow having come through from Col umbus during the night. The M. & O. passenger train , which had not moved since Monday night , was still stalled In Norfolk this morn ing waiting for the snowplow from Sioux City which was enroute , clear ing the track. The plow had reached Emerson by 8 o'clock" , and was ex pected in Norfolk by about noon. It was not known early today just when the M. & O. would get out , but it was presumed that it would be able to make one round trip this afternoon. Bonesteel Line Lost a Day. The Norfolk-Bonestecl branch of the Northwestern road has had no train since Monday. Not a wheel turned in that direction yesterday and the regular passenger train duo for that point and which Is scheduled to reach Norfolk from Omaha at noon , arrived in this city late last night , was turned around and started out for the east on time this morning , having cut off the round trip from here to Bonesteel. The delay to that train was caused near South Omaha by a stocktrain , eastbound , which had Its nose Into a drift and which was unable to get out. It blocked the track for No. 1. Having no connection with the train from the east , No. ? , which regularly runs between Norfolk and Long Pine in the afternoon , was annulled yester day. day.No. No. 5 , the westbound Black Hills train due here at 7 : ! ! . " > , passed the train that left Omaha in the morning for Norfolk and arrived at 9:30 : last night. Tralnloads of Shovelers. Snow shovelers by the trainload ar rived in Norfolk and departed again lor various branch lines of railroad , to aid In clearing out the tracks. The main line passenger from the west , which came in but slightly off sched ule yesterday afternoon , was drawn by a pair of locomotives and both be fore and directly behind the engines were cars loaded with men wlio held scoops in their hands. It Was the man with the shovel who counted on that trip. They were dispatched to points on the Bonesteel line. Today has brought the predicted fair weather and colder temperature. The wind this morning J > lew from the south and there was every prospect of more favorable conditions. One News reader telephoned and suggest ed that an apology was due from this paper to the groundhog for the sarcas tic way with which he was treated. If it were to In the slightest degree re lieve the present severe season , the groundhog editor would apologize twice or three times. The snow is drifted into crusts that are very thick and very hard. It is with great difficulty that teams move about In the streets , and country roads are almost impassable. Rural carriers abandoned their trips yesterday as all efforts to cover the routes were out of the question. THURSDAY TIDINGS. W. R. Locke was up from Stanton yesterday. Robert Ermels was up from West Point yesterday. J. F. "Wright was down from Wake- field yesterday. V. W. McDonald of Allen was a Norfolk visitor. F. A. Huston was in the city from Nellgh yesterday. a * Herman Smith was over from War- nervillo yesterday. H. H. Peters was in the city yester day from Randolph. Milo Warren was a Wednesday vis itor from Crelghton. F. W. Lake was in the city yester day from Bassctt. D. A. Lucko was down from Butte on business yesterday. Iv M. E. Kerl was in the city yestor- ' Af > day from West Point. J. M. Smith was a Norfolk visitor ' ' from Madison yestcrda'y. S. M. Armstrong of Vordel was a Norfolk visitor yesterday. Wm. Warsaw was a Norfolk visitor yesterday from Madison. Alvln Nigenfend was In the city yesterday fiom PJalnvlow. W. L. Barcus of Bonesteel had busi ness In Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. J. F. Loscu and son , Frank , of West Point , were In the city visiting friends over night , cnrouto home from Carroll , Nob. .T. H Jennings was In Norfolk Wednesday from Fremont. A. .1. llamnmrly was a Norfolk vln- Itor yesterday from Atkinson. Mrs. ,1.V. . Hughes was a Norfolk visitor yesterday from Monroe. Wm. Krotter came In from Stunt t on the early train this morning. Henry and Chris Schader were In the city yesterday from Lindsay. Mr. and Mrs. .T. W. Johnson of Ni > llgh visited In Norfolk yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. B. 0. Button were In the city this morning from Plainvlow. Mrs. .lap. Nichols and Miss Hoppeu of Columbus were In Norfolk yester day. day.Hov. Hov. J. F. Poucher of the Metho dist church is this week assisting In the conduct of revival services at Madison. Ho stales that the meet ings have had a line beginning and In creasing Interest is shown. "For Mothor's Sake" drew a fair sized audience at the Auditorium last night and fairly well pleased those who saw it. THe plot was ono of those melodrama/ which tears abound , though the company succeed ed pretty well In their weeping and walling. Howard Boyinor , the brakeman who was injured beneath car wheels at \Vcst Point last week , seems to begetting getting along very nicely and it is now the hope of the surgeons that both his limbs may be saved. It is as yet impossible to definitely deter mine , but every Indication points to the saving of both logs. The railroad yards of the ITninn Pa cific and M. & O. In Norfolk are being cleared of tons of snow. A force of men with shovels is engaged In heap ing up the white encumbrance to the north of the switch tracks and they are materially aided by teams and scrapers in1 removing the accumula tion. By tonight the yards should lie in' fairly good condition for the re sumption" work by the switch en gines. A large number of men , ordi narily out of employment at this sea son of the year , have been given an opportunity of earning a few dollars at handling shovels. Country folk who have been snow bound for weeks , unable to even' at tempt to get Into the city , are now beginning to stir and before many days more the roads leading all over this territory will have been cleared to a nicety. Many a housewife in Norfolk will appreciate the breaking of the long driftbound roads as but ter and eggs have become a rather perilous proposition. It has all gone to show liow dependent every portion of the world is upon every other. The whole country has been afraid of a coal famine , the townsfolk needed things from the country and , in turn , the country folk have grown despe rately in need of provisions which , th'oy had not. Snowdrifts in the railroad cuts have been much deeper than ordinarily im agined by those who have not soon the mounds. The incoming M. & O. train from Sioux City yesterday after noon , which had been the first train through since Monday , penetrated a number of drifts as high as the cars and three windows on one coach wore shattered by the snowbank. The train arrived in Norfolk at " o'clock , following a snowplow that cut the route and which , itself , was stuck for a time. The train returned last night to Sioux City and came to Norfolk again in the night. All trains are now running pretty nearly on schedule time. The track between Lincoln and Fremont , on the Northwestern , was ono of the most difficult to clean out as there are so many deep cuts on that division. The work was finished , however , yesterday. RESOLUTION PASSED HOUSE FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION. JACKSON OPPOSED RESOLUTION By a Vote of 60 to 30 the House of Representatives Yesterday Decided to Look Into the Extravagance Al leged In Norfolk Asylum. By a vote of fiO to SO the house of representatives in the Nebraska state legislature yesterday adopted the resolution elution of Jones of Polk county , call ing for an investigation of the expen diture of $100.000 appropriated by the legislature two years ago for the re pair and rebuilding of the west wing at the Norfolk insane hospital. The speaker announced .Tones , Wlndham of Cass and Howe of No- malm to make the Investigation. The resolution precipitated a very warm discussion. Judge Jackson of Nellgh led the discussion against Jho resolution , seconded by Perry of Fur- nas. Windham and Wilson , with Jones , were leaders In support of the hill. hill.It It may bo expected that the com mittee will arrive In Norfolk very soon to look over the buildings and to determine- their own minds whether or not there has been extrav agance In the building. Norfolk people ple bollevo that there has not. The buildings look ns though they have ' cost pretty nearly the contract to construct. CHARGES OF FRAUD ARE DENIED AT LINCOLN. INVESTIGATION IS ASKED FOR Legislators Insist That the Old West Wing , Uhder the Law for the Ap propriation , Should Have Been He- paired Tyler Is Censured. The Norfolk asylum Is creating con siderable Interest In the legislature and Is , of course , of Interest to ovoi > person in northern Nebraska , lining ( he only state Institution uotth of the Platte rlvor. The following ropou from Lincoln tolls of the charges that are bolug made. Lincoln , Feb. 15. Representative Join's clalmp the law onnctod by the hint legislature appropriating $100.- OdO for the reconstruction of the burned wing of the Norfolk asylum has been violated , and whllo not spe cifying any alleged guilty parties in timates that a graft or fraud has boon practiced upon the slato. The bill providing for this appropri ation and work two yoarrt ago was la- troduced In the IIOUKO by Nelson of Pierce. H vested In thn sta'to hoi'-d of public lands and buildings the ta.sk of carrying out the provisions of the law. The first and principal section of that bill roads : That there Is appropriated out of any money in I ho treasury of the state of Nebraska , not otherwise up proprlatod , the sum of $1(10,000 ( , or HI * much thereof as may be necessary lor the purpose of repairing and rebuilding ! - ing the damaged and destroyed portions tions of the hospital for the Insane of Nebraska , located at Norfolk , to bo expended 'under the direction of the board of public lands and buildings. Jones cbiiniH this provision was .iot compiled with ; that instead of re building the old wing , an administra tion building and three cottages weio erected and that great extravagance was practiced. Ho wants to know why the stale hoard oreolod the ad ministration building and three cot tages and did not , rebuild the old wing. Richardson of Madison Is the author of H. R. 20 , which originally ca'lled for an appropriation of $ fiO,000 for the re pairing and rebuilding of Ibis old wing. The committee on public lands and buildings recommended that this ap propriation bo cut to $ : ! 5.000 and the bill was then amended to comply with that recommendation , so that now the legislature Is asked to appropriate $35.000 , Jones points .out , to do what the last legislature set aside $100,000 for. Jones , therefore , wants a little light on that point. May Make Campaign Thunder. As a moans of manufacturing cam paign thunder for the fuslonists the potentialities of Jones' resolution are admitted , but that it could load to the disclosure of Intentional fraud Is not believed by the majority members of the legislature. However , republic ans are not blind to the argument that more economy could have boon exer cised in the building of these cottages. The house committee on public lands and buildings admits that In its com prehensive report to the house filed last week. Chairman Caldwell of this commit too. Representative Davis of the finance , ways and means commit tee of the bouse and dovornor Mick ey all agree-that , while the cottage plan is far better than the old plan of having a single building for the In sane , these particular cottages might have been built for less money and at the same time have given satisfac tion. But the slate board , under whose direction the legislature placed this work , is not blamed even for this , since it followed the directions , neces sarily , It is said , of the state archi tect , James Tyler , jr. , of whoso judg ment some criticism has been made. The governor , Representatives Davis and Caldwell .also agree that a com mittee from the state board wont east and found from the experiences of the older states the cottage plan for such asylums was highly preferable to the old one-building plan and was being generally adopted. Upon the recom mendation of this committee the con tract for the cottages was let to an Indiana man. who , by the way , is said to be losing money on the job. The contracts for the buildings amounted to about $90.000 , it is said , leaving a balance of $4,00There / ) seems to he no question anywhere of the superior ity of the cottage plan over the former one and Representatives Caldwell and Davis take the position that , whllo the strict letter of the law calling for the actual rebuilding of the wing de stroyed by fire was not carried out , the spirit of the law was fulfilled and Norfolk and the state are/ better off than had the wing been repaired. The maximum capacity of the three cot tages Is 150 Inmates , almost double that of the old wing. And the In mates can he far bettor cared for now than before , It Is maintained. Could Find no Fraud. "I first thought the state board had grossly violated the law when I learned that It > had contracted for three cottages and not rebuilt the old wing , " said Representative Davis , but after looking Into the matter from n business standpoint I find this Is not the case and that we are better off as Try a News want ad. II IH. So 1 cannot BOO the biifilnon.s In calling thin Investigation. " "I am curtain no fraud was prac- tlcod , " Hays KoproHoiitatlvo Caldwoll. "hut I think greater ocnuomy might have boon practiced. Hut there are no oliTuniHlanooH that 1 can MOD -mid our copimltlco wont over I ho ground thoroughly that warrant any Inves tigation. " The appropriation anUod for thin year , $ ! ir > .UOO. will not , If Kriiutod , all bo used In rebuilding I ho old wing , 11 Is thought I'jO.oiio will Hiillli'n for that purpose * , leaving $15,000 to lopnlr the boating plant , other parts of Iho Institution and , In fact , put the place In thorough running older. Homo crlllelHiu WIIH mitdo of Ihn Hlalo hoard of public lands and build ings when 11 lot a conduct to a Minne apolis firm Instead of an Omaha linn for brick to bo unod In Iho Norfolk buildings. Thn explanation now of- foii'd IH Ilia ! Iho board culled for bids and received no response from Iho Omaha linn. It llien lot the contract to Iho latter. Then , It is mild , the Oinalia llrm sought to have the boaid award the contract to thn homo liiHll- tullnii , but the linaul decided II could luil do thin as the contract alrnndv w.is lot. CHICAGO GIRL SAYS SHE MAY COME TO NORFOLK. MAY HAVE MADE A KILLING The Girl Who Dropped a Note Into a Box of Dcnt.il Supplies Headed for This City , Has Heard From thfi Ad vertising She Received , and Writes. Miss Elizabeth Young of Chicago , whoso little note in a box of dental supplies readied Dr. C. S Paikor of this city , and requested that someoiio wrlto to her , has perhaps made a ' ( Ill- ing and may , she Intimates , como to Nebraska some time In her life. Al though The News disclaims the alle gation of having sent Elizabeth a copy of the paper which contained the story of her note , still It Is evident from Iho following note that she has received from somewhere a paper containing the article in question. She wnton : Chicago Norfolk Dally News : .Imit In receipt of your paper. Many thanks for the trouble you went to. Send mo twenty-live copies and I shall send money-order for the required amount. I may come to Nebraska some lime In m > life. Will you all make mo wel come ? Very kindly , MlHB Elizabeth Young. Residence address k807 Cqiumorcinl avenue ; ollice 250 92d street. It Is safe enough to say that if Miss Young were to decide to como , at some time during her life , to Neimis- ka to make her future home , she would receive in this city certainly a hearty welcome. Thciu arc now I vague attempts to visuali/u Miss i Young. What She Is Like. It requires no Sherlock Holmes to slate that possibly she is of southern birth , as the expression , "you all" might Indicate. It Is also evident that she Is a business woman. This Is shown liom the otllce address. The fact that she was one of those "work- Ing girls" was pretty well established from the note that said "write to me. " And she has contldence In herself , nn she evidently expects her "work" to bring lesults by landing her , "at some time in her life , " in Nebraska. She Is quite popular , as she has at least twenty-live friends to whom she wants to show the' newspaper clipping. Twenty-five Is more papers than some people order when they get married or have a funeral. She is a creature of some curiosity as is demonstrated by the fact that she loses no time in ordering more papers. "Just In re ceipts of your paper" clearly ( Indicates this much. / Elizabeth writes a good hand on ruled stationary and neglects to date the note. She abbreviates the word "amount" to "am't , " which shows that she Is in a great hurry. There is nothing slow about Elizabeth , that's a cinch. It Is evident that she is n moneyed woman , as she has no hesi tancy ln stating that she will send a % money order for the required amotint , even though she doesn't know what the bill may be. She Is a warm heart ed creature , expressing "many" thanks for the single paper and signing her self "very kindly. " She also loves popularity , and throws out a tracer to dotorrnlno whether or not she will ho made welcome. Little Is known of her age except that she Is old enough to bo serious and not old enough to he anything but Young. It Is economy to use want ads If you have anything to sell , exchange or give away ; or if , on the other hand , you want to rent , buy of borrow. FEW RETURNS IN POLICE COURT In Spite of the Fact That a Barrel of Whisky Was Open. "In splto of the fact that there was a barrel of whisky left open as _ a re sult of the big fire Sunday morning , " said Police Judge Hayes today , "there seems to have been few returns. Wo had anticipated a good rush of busi ness after that , but tlio rush has not developed and wo are at a state of nothing doing. " iv > r c fci Mnli.ii. Br " INVESTIGATION SHOWS GREATER SHORTAGE THAN PRESUMED. TO THE O'NEILL SCHOOL FUND When Told of the Fact That He Was Indebted In , nn Amount Exceeding $ -1,000 , McGrcevy Snld He Guenoccl Maybe He'd Have to Pay It. O'Nolll. Nob. , Fob. Ifi. The clll/oiiH of the O'Nolll Hclmol district In IIIIIHH mooting panned a roHiilullou to not accopl the ptnpoHlllnii offered by their ox-lroamiror , llonuird Motiroovy. and panned nnollior resolution calling mi ( ho hoard to collect Iho amounts found duo Iho district In any manner found to hi < nvnllulilo The special commit lee appointed to examine the aceonnlH of the Iroawii'or found ( he aiiuniiil duo to ho $1,1100 ItiHlond of $1,7I1. ! un reported by McOroovy. In thin con nection Hoerolnry ( ! . W. Smith of Iho Hchool hoard repot led thai hn found where MeOroovy had ( alien oiodll Iwlco In nevernl eanen for Iho HIIIIIO \\niTiiiils. The paid warrant ! ) lire not to bn found to IIRO in mailing Iho com- parhion , but Kccrolin'v Knillli naynllial In Home CUMOH onlv the number of Iho warrant \\IIH entered in Iho regltiloi of \\arraifin paid , and In other canes onlv the name of the pernon tohom the warrant wan Hindu pa > uhle When Hid commit Ion called on Mo- ( Iroovv nl Hio Jail and explained to him ( ho Hiniailon bo mild that lie dld , mil Know thai he owed thai amount , hut Hint If he dlil ewe that much ho KUOHHod he would liiivti to pny II. No oxphiiinilon WIIH offered by Medioovy an to whete Iho paid wiiriantM aie MY- eept thai ho HII.VK lie lefl Iliotii III Iho ' | ' hank viiull ami doe * not tiinv know , ' , , ' where they lire. After Iho mooting / adjoin nod there npjiearod to bo uomo dlfleience of opinion among thoHO pionoMl IIH to Jnnl whnl powei'H worn , vented In the nehool hoard by tlie roH- olulloii punned. That Tickling In the Throat. Ono minute after tailing Ono Mln- nto Cough Cure that tickling IrT th'j throat IH gono. It nctn In the thront JJ' not the iiloiunch. llarmloHii good for ' nlo rough Cure that , tickling In the ' children. A. L SpofTord , poHlmuntor al ChoHler , Mich. , Hiiyii : "Our Illtlo girl WIIH nneonnelonn from Htrangula- llou during a iiuddnii and terrible at tack of croup. Three dnmui of Ono Mlnuln Cough Cure half an hour apart npomllly cuiod her. I cannot pralne Ono Minnie rough Cure too much for what II IIIIH done In our family. " It nlwnyii tjlvim relief. Hold by Ana K. Leonard. Itogulalon Iho iilomaeh and boweln , boalH mid uoothes the little OIIOH' ntoiu- acini nnil given them a healthful and natural nleep. Ilolllslor't ! lUicky Mountain Ton In Iho children's bene factor. IIr contH. The KloRau Drug Co Cuba Florida New Orleans Tourist licKHs nuu on s.ilo to Hit ? resorts of the south mid soutlit'iist al 'really rciluccMl * rates' Lihcral stopovers ullounil. The With its handsomely equipped trains offers exceptional facilities for reaching the Sunny South. For particulars and copy of illustrated booklets , giving detailed information about Cuba , Florida and New Orleans , write W. II. I'.ltlLL ; I ) . P. \ . III. Cent. H U. Omaha , Neb. Every One Should Know the great advantages offered by through car service on a journey east. If you can board a car at your home town and not leave it until you reach Chicago , it is an advantage worth considering. Tliiscan be 1 done from any point on the main line of the I'nion Pacific Railroad by asking for tickets via the Chicago , Milwaukee & SI. PaulQRy. The trains on this line are brilliantly light ed by electricity , are steam heated , and equipped with every modern safety device known to railway service. i F , A , NASH , Gen'l ' Western Agent , 1524 Farnam St , OMAHA , NEB. 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