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! ! < LNU H "I. " IN ft W a. 1MUUA1. Al A Y 111 , liMJS NORTH NEBRASKA RAILROADS SUFFER BADLY. MANY BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY TRAIN TRAFFIC IS BADLY DEMORALIZED - ALIZED BY THE RAINS. FLOOD THREATENS NORFOLK The Heavy Rainfall of Saturday , Which Amounted to Almost Three Inches , Has Caused Serious Trouble Throughout the Northwest. ( From Monday' * Dally.J Following the terrific rainfall of nil ilny Saturday nnd Saturday night , during which torrents totaled almost three Inches of rain In Norfolk mid nil over the northwest , and which WUH mixed with hall unit mu > w In some portions of the country , northern Ne braska la today linilly damaged by the Hood that came In her ilverB , many bridged have been washed out along nil streams , railroad tralllc has been demoralized over moat lines nnil aban doned for mauy hours In BOIUO places , iiiIlldnniH "re cither out or very BO- rlously threatened , business houses have their cellars filled , avenues In Norfolk ran rivers and many miles of land are under wntor. This morning the clouds that came down from the north threatening to ndd tholr contribution to the Hood situation cleared nwny after n very mild sprinkle and the weather fore cast promises for tomorrow fair weath er that may bo expected to give the Hoods n chance to subside. Dike Is In Danger. The dlko nt Norfolk , which has been erected for the purpose of with holding the wall of water that banks up from the Northfork overtlow , bo cimie endangered Saturday night , nnd Is not yet out of n critical condition. If the dlko should break , water would rush through nnd do great damage nil over the business section of Norfolk. A small leak In the dlko Sunday morn Ing gnvo nlnrm nnd the tire whistle was sounded. The Ionic was stopped. There wore men at work on the dlko nil of last night and the bank was hold ngnlnst the water with dllllculty. The Northfork river was very high yesterday day morning , fell last night and began rising again before morning so that It Is now as high ns over and more rain will bring It Into serious shape. West Side Flooded. The residence section on the west side was Hooded Saturday night by the tcrrlllc rainfall and the ovorllow from the gulch northwest of the city , Avenues running east nnd west were transformed Into rivers and the water stood feet deep In sections. Norfoll avenue was a wide , swiftly ( lowing stream and teams found that they could go ngnlnst It with dltllcnlty , Wagons were swirled from their course by the current. Lawns weio covered with the wntor nnd left with n covering of mud. Madison avenue was nlso a little creek for n number of hours. Elkhorn Is Very High. The Elkhorn river Is said to bo nt the highest point known to It within fifteen years , nnd It Is bank full nil along the channel. Most of the wagon bridges In Madison county hnvo been sent out nud many railroad bridges have been threatened. The First street bridge over the Elkhorn south of Norfolk has become Impassable. The water almost cut away the approach yesterday but teams still continued to pass In a very dangerous manner until today. The Fhumlgnn bridge near Battle Creek Is gone : the bridge north of Battle CreeK Is out. A railroad bridge over the Northwestern at Clearwater was threatened last night and gravel trains were sent from Norfolk and from Ewing to protect It. A bridge over the Northfork east of Hadar has gone out. A bridge was partly out on the Union Pacific road near Madison , but has been repaired. Trains Out of Commission. A bad track near Meadow Grove on the main line of the Northwestern Saturday night delayed the Chicago Deadwood train here from 7 o'clock that morning until 3:25 : yesterday morning. A gravel train was sent ahead to prepare the track for trains A washout of 1,000 feet on the Serlb ner-'Oakdale branch of the Northwest ern caused delay to trains and n washout on the Union Pacific of a long distance , together with damage to a bridge , caused the Union Pacific train to be stalled all night Saturdayl all day Sunday and all night until 3 this morning at Columbus The Sioux City train duo in Norfolk last night nt 7 o'clock , arrived at C this morning It was unable to get past Wayne yes terday and it was believed that it would not get by Wayne today. The train had to wade water In coming Into Norfolk Saturday night. No trou ble has been created on the Boncsteel line , and trains arrived yesterday nnd today promptly on schedule. The cut at Niobrara which formerly gave trou bio , Is being kept in shape by fifty Hungarians who are stationed at Nio brara. Railroad men report many miles un der water between Long Pine and Norfolk , and n soft track nil the way on account of I ho water AtVist Point the dam Is In danger of being left high nnd dry , ns the Elkhorn - horn threatens to cut nn entirely now channel. Pierce Hai Very High Water. A telephone messngo from The News correspondent nt Plerco this morning stales thnt the water nl that point Is the highest It has been In inany years. The dam there has not boon damaged. The farmers have had to build dams In many Instnncos to protect their fields. Two bridges on Willow Creek hnvo gene out. The water nl Plorce vitally Interests Nor folk , as nil of It will come down the Northfork channel . The standing to day was Just about the same as It was yesterday morning. There wns little fear of the dam going out. Yesterday morning several people Ivlng east of the Norlhfork In Norfolk were forced to niovo out of their homes on account of the walor that hail crept Into the lower floors. Water In the collars has played havoc with business houses nnd pumps are kept constantly going. It was with dllllculty that The News Is sued today , ns the pressman and all hands connected with the printing , folding and mailing of the paper were compelled to stand , with rubber boots , In wntor Hovornl Inches deep. A force of men were kept nt work in the dike nil of Inst night nnd hnvo thus far Riicceeded In keeping the five or six leaks under control. Posts have been driven on the land Bldo of the embankment , snckn filled with earth have been laid nnd driven In until the Boopngo hna been reduced to n minimum , nnd It IB bcllovcd thnt the dlko can bo hold ngiilnst n rise > f nnothor foot. Street Commissioner Knaso Is In charge nf ( ho work nnd the umost ( vigilance will bo exorcised until nil dnnger of n Hood Is passed. The Sugar City Cereal mill com pany , which baa gnugcs In the river , reports thnt there has been n fall of from four to five Inches In the water ibovo ( ho dam slnco Sunday morning but that there has been n rise of nn Inch nud n half below slnco last night nnd n further rlso Is anticipated. Lime Threatened Combuslon. The early rise from the gulch mndo Itself manifest early Saturday nt the lumber ynrd of L. C. Mlttclstndt nnd when the wnter commenced to rlso up In bis Block of barreled llmo ho made n quick move of the material to the cold Btorngo lot n block Bouth II wns feared thnt the slaking of the llmo would start n flro nnd dnmngo from that element would bo added to the dnmngo from the Hood. Useless to Pump Cellars. The cellar or basement thnt has no wnter In It Is the exception rntherthan the rule In Norfolk , nnd those who have endeavored to reduce the amount of water on tap through pumping Hud that It Is labor without results , as It persists In holding to the level nnd It Is not possible to reduce It until the Hood has subsided and the na tural drainage channels are again available. What the Record Shows. The rainfall of Saturday was two and one-half Inches , followed by a trace yesterday. This brings the to- tnl for the month to six and nine- huudredths Inches , and with two weeks anil a half of the month to hear from It Is not Impiobnblo that the record will be broken. The wettest May on record was that of 1890 , when eight nnd thlrty-hundredths of rain fell. Another rain like thnt of Saturday will bring It above the pre vious record. It was not the amount of rain that fell Saturday which caused the flood , but coming after the rains that had previously soaked the soil there was nothing for it to do but Hud Us lowest level through the drainage channels ns the ground was already thoroughly soaked and the result was the worst Hood of many years. NEBRASKA COMMISSION BACK. State Will Have Space In the Agricul tural Building. Senator Win P. Warner of Dakota ( 'Ity , president of the Nebraska com mission for the Lewis and Clark expo slllon of Portland Ore. has returned from his first visit to the exposition city , where ho had boon on otllcial business concerning the Nebraska dis play The other commissioners are Harry 0. Shedd of Lincoln and Judge Loomis of Fremont , who are now at Portland and will be relieved by Sen ator Warner about Juno 1. Senator Warner stated that the exposition Is going to be a grand success. The grounds and the buildings are benutl ful. the location being an ideal one , and everything Is about ready for the opening. Ho says Portland will have a great advantage over St. Louis in the matter of climate , as Portland Is a regular summer resort , and the weather from now until fall will be perfect. Nebraska does not have n separate building for Its exhibit , but has a space of 32x75 feet in the agricultural building , the best space in the build Ing , ns It has aisles on four sides. The exhibit will consist mainly of ce reals , mostly corn , and Is a particular ly good one and will no doubt carry off the prize In this lino. Japan will have a very flno exhibit and tried to get twice the space allotted. SALESMEN WANTED Retired farmer or man acquainted In tills vi cinity , reliable man of good address with team for permanent work. Write giving full particulars to box 1088 , Omaha , Nob. CITY IS TO EMPLOY COMPETENT ENGINEER TO INSPECT. RELIEF OFFERED WEST SIDER8 Mayor Friday Announced Today That the City Council Has Arranged With .1 Competent Engineer to SuggestTa Remedy for Corporation Gulch. Relief for the west sldo from the llsastrous ovorllow of Corporation gulch , Is nt last In sight. The city council , nccordlng to Mnyor Friday , has arranged with Civil Engineer King , of the Chicago & Northwestern , to Inspect the gulch nnd to advise the city ns to how the matter mny bo best adjusted. Mr. King Is In this sort of work nil of the llmo. Ho Is the man who pro tects the Northwestern railroad In this territory from water dnmngo. Ho studies out remedies nnd executes them. Ho Is highly competent to toll Norfolk just what Is to bo done with thnt wnter. The gulnh bns done Immense dnm ngo for yours on the west aide nnd Norfolk nvenuo Is now cut up badly where the wntor of Inst week rnn swiftly. Lawns have suffered every spring , cellars hnvo been filled , gardens - dons hnvo been torn to pieces nnd much other dnmngo has been done. For years nn effort has been mndo to have something effected townrd n rom cdy for the undesirable sltuntlon but nothing bus yet been attempted nnd the nnnouncement of Mnyer Friday today will bo received with open arms by residents of the west side , whoso Buffering from the wnter ovll had become como almost unbearable. In yenrs gene by the gulch Bwept ncross Norfolk nvonuo nbovo Thir teenth street nnd toro the Ufa out of the yards nnd lawns In thnt neighbor hood until the property owners began building dikes along their lots , clovat Ing their land nnd damming the gulch At this the water wns turned directly down Norfolk nvonuo , where It wnshed with considerable force. Eacli freshet sent the water over the nv enuo nnd down street to the railroad tracks , where drain pipes leading to the rlvor were struck. It has long been contended that the natural course of the water Is south to the Elkhorn rlvor , but ono fact has boon firmly established that the present drainage does not take care of the overflow ns It should. TUESDAY TOPICS. H. II. Reynolds is transacting busi ness at Winsldo yesterday. * F. F. Miller arrived In Norfolk on a delnyed train from Columbus yes terday. Mrs. J. M. Livingstone , who has been quite III for the past few weeks , Is convalescent. Walter Starkey has gone to Hnwnr- den , lown , his home , whore ho has ac cepted a position. Clarence Hlllo left vostordav noon for Soling , Oklahoma , for a visit with relatives and old friends. Mrs. Louis M. Keene , jr. , of Fre mont , Is in the city visiting her pa rents , Mr. nnd Mrs. J. S. McClary. Miss Lizzie Conrad of Creston , In. , Is visiting her parents , Mr. and Mrs. ,1. M. Livingstone on North Eighth street Hev. Or. Sl&son of Stnnton nnd Rev. Mr. Carter of Randolph were guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. F. Poucher over night. Miss M. E. Smith , formerly head nurse at Clarkson hospital Omaha , Is In the city , a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Huso. The Modern Brotherhood of Amer ica enjoyed a very pleasant apron and necktie social Friday night. The re ceipts from the sales of neckties and aprons amounted to $18.75. Goo. L. Nelson , who recently sold out his paper at Hartlngton. this state , has purchased the Lincoln County Times nt Canton , S. D. The paper was established eighteen months ago by Jacob Olson , a blind man , and has been a success from the first Mistf Edith a Vlele , secretary of the Norfolk high school alumni associa tion , has Issued invitations in behalf of the association for the approaching banquet , which will be tendered to the Incoming high school class on the night of June 3 at Marquardt hall. Workmen have begun to dig the tunnels at the Nebraska state hospital for the Insane here , and as soon as the tunnels are completed , connecting the various buildings so that food may bo transferred from the main kitchen to the different cottages , It will bo possible to ship patients to Norfolk from Lincoln. Frank Campbell of Omaha , general agent for the New York Life Insur ance company , and formerly a resident of this city , has won a contest for having written the most business for the first three months of the year , and has been invited to the diamond ju- blleo meeting at New York. This is the first jubilee of the sort over hold and Mr. Campbell feels highly elated over the victory. It Is expected that Earl Fairbanks , the youth who Is now In the county jail at Madison awaiting trial before the district court next December , and who confessed complicity In setting ono flro In Norfolk , will be released from the Jail today on ball of $500 , nnd will bo sent to the Flschback farm to await his hearing. Bert Luke , his companion , Is still In Jail but It Is said that ho will also be balled out of prison soon and given liberty until the December term of court. Young Luke In quoted by nn attorney as hav ing said that he would rather suicide than remain In jail there alone from now until December. His friends bo- llevo that ho could not endure the confinement nnd will make nn espe cial effort to secure his bond. Carl Rohde , son of George Rohdo of this city , writing from Chicago re garding the strike situation there , says , nt the end of his letter , "Mnndol Bros , have Just delivered n pnckagc nt our house. There were three po licemen on the wagon. The man who lollvored it hnd on n deputy sheriff's star nnd carried a rlllo nnd belt of cartridges , and wns nccompnnled by deputy Bherlff , also nrmed. How Is this for H frontier town'/ " The grand lodge of the Ancient Or- iler of United Workmen , jurisdiction f South Dakota , Is In session nt Wn- Lertown. The question of reducing South Dakota's contribution to the supreme lodge Is the most Important before the session. Thnt jurisdiction pays $ r > 0,00 ( ) nnd receives no cnsh bonoHls In return nnd , llko Nebraska , It will oppose n rnlso In the contribu tion If not the payment of the guar anty fund on the snme basis that they hnvo been paying. W. O. Hull hnB sold his colt , III Tell , a very Hue animal , to W. C. Day of Battle Creek. T. D. Preeco of that place drove the colt homo. Ill Tell Is from Myrtle Do Ynrmnn , the animal that burned hove last fall. Myrtle's record traces from Danton Wllkcs 7(508 ( , the sire of ten In the 2:20 : and sire of Vela 2:0VI : ! ) ; Knssol 2:09 : > 4 : sire of Fred the Kid 2:08VI : nnd Fred Pnbst 2:12Vi : ; slro nlso of Dnnton Oh So , 2:08. : Ill Tell Is by Axtoll 31485 , on the other side of the house. Axtell Is by Axtell 5183. At Term Hnute he Btnrted to bent the 3-yenr-old record 2lt-Ti : ! by Soon All nnd turned n four cornered ( rack In 2:12 : with the first half In 1:05 : % . Then ho was sold for $105,000 to Col. John Conley , one of a syndicate , nnd retired champion of trotting stallions nnd of nil the 3- year-olds. Jacob Meyer Is a recent arrival In Norfolk from Little Asia and proposes to make this country his homo In the future. The country from which he comes Is under Russian control , and though but nbout half the size of Ne braska It has contributed 25,000 regu lars nnd 75,000 volunteers for the war In Manchuria. He says that he reads with laughable Interest the theory ad vanced in the German papers of this country thnt Japan will bo nblo to whip Russia. With five fighting men available to Japan's one , he considers It only a ; matter of time when the larger country will crush the smaller on land and on sea. The Russians are building many new warships and nre sending forces Into Mnnchurln nt the rnte of 5.0QO n day , while the facilities of the railway are being Improved for the handling of troops , equipment nnd provisions. With new sldo tracks nnd ( ho double tracking of the road they nro dispatching trains every ten min utes nud It is considered but a matter of time when Japan will be forced to terms quite the opposite of what are now demanded of Russia. ELKORN WATER RUSHES SOUTH FROM MAIN CHANNEL. HIGHEST WATER HERE TONIGHT The River at Neligh Has Begun to Fall , and Dropped Six Inches This Morning Feed Yards Were Flooded and Men Saved Cattle in Boats. Nollgh , Neb. , May 1C. Special to The News : The dike which withheld the Elkhorn river from the lowlands south of this city broke early today and the river Is now rushing at fu rious rate south of Its regular chan nel , Hooding the fields In Its path. Families In ( he district got out dur ing the night nnd no persons are in danger. The highest water in the Elkhorn will reafh Norfolk about tonight. The river here began falling at 8 this morning and has now gone down about six Inches. The approach to the main bridge over the Elkhorn hero has been washed out and the bridge can not be used today. The approach to the Merritt bridge south of here was washed out. Hundreds of head of stock were endangered by the Hood which swept Into the feed yards and a force of 100 men were employed all day and all through the night to rescue the ani mals by means of boats. Four bead of hogs were drowned. Mr. Aurlnger of this city , together with several others , experienced a dan gerous hour south of the river. They got on the dike and were left com plete surrounded by water when It gave way. They feared they might not bo able to get out alive and the calls for help were heard all over the town. They were finally rescued. The Staples family , south of here , got out of their homo In the night. Cheap Lands. A first class tract . eighty-acre of. Im proved land , splendid location , good soil , nil lays level and nice , only five miles from Norfolk , Neb. Price right G. R. Seller , Norfolk , Nebraska. Want ada telephoned to The News up until 2 o'clock will get In that day's paper. RISE IN NORTHFORK DURING THE NIGHT MAKES TROUBLE. WATER IMPRISONS FAMILIES A Five Inch Rise In the Northfork River Last Night Has Sent the Stream Out of Its Banks and Many Blocks of Residences are Flooded , ( From Tuesday's Dally. ] The Northfork river at this point rose about five Inches during last light nnd the overflow below the Nor folk nvenuo bridge , where the river tins gone out of Its banks , has sent n flood of water west through the low- r residence districts ns fnr ns Third street , surrounding dozens of homes , Imprisoning n number of families dur ing the night nnd transforming mnny blocks Into one big lake. Among the families which were sur rounded by wnter when daylight came today were the following : Hcckmnn , August Bathke , Kruger , Krugor , jr. , Blank , Laubsch , Lnubsch , jr. , Ores- slier. Get Out by Wagons. The women nnd children In the fnm- llles which hnd been surrounded were tnken from the homes In wagons early today. The men were forced to wade out from tholr houses through water more than knee deep. Many other families who were threatened , made the best of their opportunity early nnd got out of their homos , which looked as though they would surely bo Hooded before night If the river continued to rise. Gale Drives Water Wall. A gale this morning from the north west a very cold , raw gale nt thnt drove the wall of wnter which has been banked up against the railroad dlko north of the business portion of town , hard against the embankment and sent mad looking breakers over the wall nt times. With a rise of n foot more It wns believed the wnter would run over Into town. The dike , however , has thus far held In admirable shape and little leaks , which spring up now and then , are rapidly stopped. River a Mile Wide. The Northfork river , which Is na turally n narrow though very deep stream , Is today n mile wide , east and west , on Norfolk avenue just ncross the bridge on the nvenue. At the mllldnm It still rushes down In n tor rent nnd utters ugly threats ns It rushes. So deep has the overflow be come on North First street thnt hacks no longer dare venture to drive that portion. Cellars Still Filled. Cellars nil ver the city. In botl residences and business houses , are still Hlled with more or less wnter am so long ns the water In the river re mains at Its present height there Is little hope of the cellars emptying , Pumping Is futile from the fact thn ns soon ns thp pumping has drawn out n little water ) , more flows In through ( he floors. Her Boy Hadn't Drowned. Mrs. Miller , living on Bransch nv enue , was last night thrown Into a frantic state when boys of the neigh borhood came to her and told her that her little son , while playln'g near the swollen river , had fallen over the bank and was drowned. They had seen him drown , they declared. Mrs. Miller , hurriedly rushing to the river , found no trace of her boy but was told that a small boy had been seen coming out of the water once and that It wns not known whnt became of him Inter. This only increased her anxiety and her nerves were In se rious condition when the little fellow returned home. The high water on the Omaha rail road , which had been between Wayne and Wakefleld and which had washed out a mile of track , has now reached Ponder and trouble Is developing In that section. Trains for the most part In and out of Norfolk were on time today In spite of the water. High Waters Eat Dirt. This Is one of the times when em bankments , fascines , and fillings of brush and rock are Ineffectual In pre venting the cutting of the dirt and sand along the river banks , and many acres of north Nebraska soli are be ing whirled away In the muddy cur rent toward the Missouri , while the course of the river will be found to have changed In many not unimpor tant details after the waters have sub sided. Roadways and bridges and approaches preaches are certain to suffer along with the fields and farm property that are along the river and sides , Where the Northfork passes East Madison avenue there has been a great amount of dirt washed away and some of the residence property In that vicinity Is very likely to suffer. Along the Elkhorn - horn It will be Impossible to tell the amount of damage that has been done in this particular until after the sub- sldence of the flood and oven then ; ' It will only be poss'lble to estimate the loss to the farmers and the county. STORM DAMAGEAT OTHER POINTS _ Railroads In Various Sections of the State Have Suffered. The news of flood damage through out Nebraska indicates that there wns a tremendous rainfall , covering al most the entire stnte. The Burlington - ton , C. SL P. M. & O. , Union Pacific and Northwestern roads have suffered much damage , but repairs have been made and the trains are again about on schedule time. Saturday Kearney experienced the worst storm In years. At Elm Creek the water washed out nbout 1,400 feet of Union Pacific track. Five trains were blocked to the west of the washout and six trains wnlted I. on the cast of It to cross. At 9 o'clock . Sunday morning the trains were able to pass over the temporarily repaired track. Largo numbers of ties were used and cribbing scaffold was built ncross the break. There wns no train through from Montana and the Black Hills on the Burlington since Frldnyuntil yester- ilny morning. The wnshouts on the Burlington are between Rnvcnna nnd Grand Island. Three washouts hnd been repaired before midnight Sunday night and there were more to be en- countered. Hevy rnlns this side of Columbus nro responsible for the swollen condi tion of the Plntte , ns well as the storm around Kearney. The Omaha road hnd a bad washout between Wayne and Wakofleld , the grading being swept from under the tracks for a considerable distance , In terfering with the service , nnd today Is the first that the regular schedule has been restored. The Burlington has a bad washout ) f track on Its line between Grand slnnd nnd Cairo , and the southbound acific coast express was delayed here nearly eight hours. Reports from various sections of he state Indicate that many of the mailer streams are out of their banks wid that much damage Is threatened o bridges and railway embankments. Up In Dakota county the Logan river s high and vast tracts of country are inder water , which means the rulna- Ion of n large acreage of wheat , po- atoes and other growing crops. Down lirough the Blue valley the Big Blue s getting out of Us banks and much ilamago Is apprehended. The same Is true of the Neinaha In the southeast ern part of the state. With all the high water In the smaller - or streams the floods have thus far md very little perceptible effect on he Missouri river , owing to Its un- isually low stage for this season of the year. The heaviest rains , during the twenty-four hours up to 7 Monday morning were nt Grand Island , 4.95 nches ; Columbus , 3.95 Inches ; Hart- ngton , 2.80 Inches ; Oakdale , 2.70 Inch es. Reports from other sections of ; he state show downpours from one- : ialf to two Inches , making an average - ago In the state of from one-half to learly five inches of rainfall slnco Sunday morning. It Is ascertained hat the weather Is clear In the west nnd that the rainy season has prob ably reached Its maximum. Twin Boys. Norfolk relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brubaker learn that they have welcomed twin boys to their home at Belwood. Mrs. Brubaker was former ly Miss Lizzie Miller , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller of this city. SENSATIONAL SUIT BROUGHT IN OMAHA TODAY. EDITOR ROSEWATER FIGURES The Bee Man and the Chief of Pollcs are Placed Under Arrest on a Charge Which They Claim They Can Prove is Blackmail. Omaha. May IS. Special to The News : Edward Rosewater , editor of V the Omaha Bee and Chief of Police Donahue , are defendants in a sensa tional suit brought today by Morrla Algoe , charging Rosewater with hlack- mall and adultery and Donahue with false imprisonment and blackmail. Algoe was in turn arrested by Rosewater - water and Donahue charged with blackmail. Algoe says he caught Rosewater - water In a room at the Murray hotel with Mrs. Algoe , and that he demand ed that Rosewater settle and received f250 , which the chief and Rosewater later forced him to return while being held In the chief's office. On the other hand Rosewater says he wenc to the Algoe room at their request to close a business matter. He clai'tus that when he reached the room Algoo was not there , but Mrs. Algoe closed and locked the door and he asked her what It meant and demanded that the door be unlocked. About this time Algoe appeared and burst In the door , charging Rosewater with adultery. Rosewater says that Algoe demanded money and he gave him $250. Rosewater , the chief of police and the county attorney all claim that It Is a case of blackmail , pure and sim ple , and the case promises sensational development. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postofflce at Norfolk , Neb. , May 16 , 1905 : Charley Beckenbarg , Charles July- an , Clinton McDonald , Mrs. Dora Peterson , A. A. RIchey , F. Thome. If not called for In fifteen days will be sent to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above please say "advertised. " John R , Hays , P. M. Holmes' ' $5,00 Portraits Arc universally admired liy pcoplo of artU tic tastes. Swid ( or a llttln hook explain ing nil nbout portraits mid enlarging pict urea. It Is ( rco. Addreu GEOROE HOLMK3 , 01S N. 16tu St. , Omalia , Neb.