TIIK NOKl'XH.K ' NKWS : I-'HID \ Y , .ItMiY 21. 11)05. )
OMAHA RESOLVES TO ADOPT
MODERN ELECTION METHODS
TIME AND LABOR ARE SAVED
By Their Usr the Result of Elections
Would be Known .1 Tew Minutes
After the Polls Closed Are Expen
sive But Will Come In Time.
IPiom Pilitio'n I'ulb 1
The city council of Omaha IIUH for
mally lowoUt'tl to buv , In conjunction
with tlio cotintv. 11 sulllclenl number
Of United Slates Slandaid voting inn
ulilnos to equip the polling places of
Omaha. The machine adopted allowH
room for foily candldato'i. nml will
' Although tinex
cost JO. ! ) apiece
pense Is eonsldoiablo. the use of the
machines nt tin1 elections will effect
a gtoal saving of tlmo In the rounl ns
WOll UH SIIVO IllO 0\MIHO | Inclined by
having election boaids lahor all night
In tabulating the rotuttiH To bo a
member of an olootlon board when \ot
Inn machines wore used \\onld bo a
Himp. as all the Judges ai\d elotks of
oloctlonould ha\o to do would ho to
oxorclBO u soil of superior stippivl-
Hlon ever the \otcr who comes to ro
poid his choice And then when the
polls were plosed at night , the Judge
nml clerk would InUo nrcount of the
rppord made hv the machine , nnnotinco
It to Iho publlp and go homo to supper
If voting machines \\i-io In gpiieial
itao throughout Iho state the losult In
tlio pountv might bo ldio\\n by fi.10
of election night and the stale lotuimi
\\ould all ho In by S or 9 o'clock
Hut tlio cost of the machines will
deter tholr coming Into general IIHO In
the Mate for some time. although the
day will porno \\hon o\orv voting pie-
clnct. will ha\o ono The proton !
molhod of casting ballots la cumber
some anil tnivvloldv. and the agitation
for the adoption > of maclilnoshlch
has boon In piogtoss several jearH.ro
suiting In a law allowing their use.
will ultimately hi Ing about tbolr RCII
01 al adoption
lIUo the telephone , oloptilc Unlit and
many other modoin conveniences
which woio formeily not used bocanso
their use was unknown the voting tun-
ehlnolll In tlmo pome to bo consid
ered n necessity Tlio tendency of
tlio ago Is to do things easier and
quicker , and the no\\ proposition Is
along that line of progress
The voting machine commissioners
of the state , appointed to Investigate
the question , composed of C .1 An-
rteisqn , W. H Taylor and U 11 Cat tot
ippontly held a meeting In Lincoln
when they examined the Unltod States
Standatd voting machine , and ieport-
ed as follows
„
' 'Wo ' , the deputy voting machine
commissioners beg to icpoit as fol
lows on the tlnd'n ' of our Inspection
of the United States Standard voting
machine No. 2212 ( \ foit > r imlldnto
mnchlno )
"Wo have cuofully examined samp ,
tnl\pn every point as specified in chapter
tor 07 of the Nebraska state lavs for
1905 and wo llnd that this particular
maphlno complies with the roqulio
nienta of Ihlfl act In nccuiacy. of-
llcloncy and capacity to leglslor the
will of voters and In our opinion fluid
machlno can bo safely used at nloc-
tions to bo held In this state under
conditions desc'ibed In this act"
BOUNTY COMMISSIONERS
A Meeting Tols Week and Another
Next Week.
Madison , Xeb , July 10 , I o'clock p
m. Hoatd of county commlsslonois
met pursuant to adjoin ninent All
members piesent Minutes of last
„ meeting woie read and on motion ap
proved. On motion board resumed
checking books of count > treasurer
On motion boaul ndjouined to S a m
.Inly 11. Hoard mot puisu.uu to ad
journmcnt Hoiul losumod checking
county tioasurer's accounts On mo
tlon board adjourned to 1 o'clock p
m. Hoard mot pursuant to adjourn
ment. Houid resumed checking enn
ty treasurer's books Hoard adjournei
to S a. m. July 12. Hoaid met pursuan
to adjournment. Ho mi complete ,
checking county treasurers accounts
finding same correct , showing amoun
of fees earned for last hix months
191.25.
Fee book ofV. . H Field , clerk ills
trlet court , was audited , show Hi
amount of fees earned the past si
months to be $4.15.17.
On motion the bond of J. II. Cole
grvne , justice of the pence Meadov
Giove precinct , \\as approved
On motion the following bills wor
allowed :
Dr. P. A. Long , fees In Insan
ity case ? SO
O. H. Ma.is , material and labor 22 2
\V H. Field , fees In case oC
Amelia Gronke 21
ShurU & Jenkins , merchandise
furnished pauper 21
Q. D. Smith , salary as commis
sioner 115 7
John H. Harding , salary as
commissioner 175 t
Christ Selunltt , saUry as com
missioner ll 2
Fred Sachtjea , road work dis
trict No 18 13 fl
On motion the foliow'ug transfer
were taade
From county Judgment fund to ion
nd prior county general fund. $10.10
From county insane fund to 1902 an
prior county general fund , 07 conta.
From county special fund to 19U
nd pi mi counts gimial fund Ii cents
I nun ciunl ) HiiiMiiu fund to lOOj
nd pilot iouil ! > Kcncial fund , $ ' ! l' " >
1'iom counl > high Hchonl fund to
'in1. ' and piloi count > Konornl fund ,
J coliM
1'rom 1WJ and piloi county gcm-ial
nnd to PI03 county HIMU'III ! fund
i r , i
Piom advorllNliiK f nd lo 19011 poun
y gi'lieial fund , IH.'lfi ! in
1'iom 190 ! ! connlv general fund to
901 county Koneinl fund. $97500.
rioni I'ldS ' and pi lor county bildge
nml to 19011 bridge fund. $131 SH
Pi din 190,1 county bildgo fund to
'in ' | bildgo fund , $1SG99.
Tiom 1902 and pi lor county toad
inn ] to 1902 load fund. commlRsloiior
iHlilel No 1. JS7S
rioni I'lOl ' and prior county road
und to 1902 road fund , commissioner
iHhlct No. 2. $879.
1'tom 1901 and prior rmintv road
und to 191)2 ) road fund , commlHsloncr
iHtrlet No H , $879
From 1902 road commissioner dls-
ilct No 1 to IIO'l road , commissioner
IHlilel No 1. $1000
Horn 1902 load commissioner dlH-
i let No 2 to 19011 load , commlsslonoi
Islrlct No 2 , $1002
1'iom 1902 mad commissioner dls-
rlct No It lo 110't toad. commlsHloner
IHlilel No S $1002.
Fiom connlv poll fund to 190'1 toad
tnd. commissioner dlntrlct No. 1.
1 : "i 00
1'iom county poll fund to lin.T iond
ind. commissioner dlfttilet No 2 ,
; 125 00
1'iom poiinlv poll fund to 1903 load
mil eommlHHloner dlstilpt No 3.
; 12.1 on
From lio.'l road , commissioner dls
Id No 1 lo 1901 load , commissioner
1st i let No 1 , $ HR79.
Fiom 19011 10id , commissioner ills-
Id No 2 to 1901 load , commissioner
1st i let NO 2. $ r.n . to
Pioin 19011 load , commissioner dls-
let No It , to 1901 toad , commissioner
1st i let No It. $111881.
On motion board adjouincd to Ang
st 15 , 1905 at 1 o'clock p. m.
ICmll Winter.
County Cleik.
Obltu.iry.
William Kail Hlakeman was bom
ebiuar > 27 , 1S2S , in Alban > countv ,
s' m Yoilc Me was mauled to Ma-
Inda M Tnlls May 21 , 1851. at Tamil1
enter , N. Y. After thing some
eai.s al Onondaga Albany county ,
he\ moved to Wisconsin and Horn
lete to Hun Oak Io\\n , In 1805. In
S75 the famlh mo\ed to Indepen
once , Iowa , \\heie thev leslded up
) the time of the death of Mis lllake
tan which occmied on December 12 ,
902 Since the death of his wife Mr
llaUoman has made his home with
ils son. P. A. HlnKeninn. and died in
N'otfolk Juh 7 , 1905 , aged 77 > oais
months ami 10 da\s Thtee chlllien
ni\ IvoWiu. . 11 ni.ikeman , iix-mln i
f tlie dim of ChiKeman < * L Coleman.
ind P A. Hlakeman of West Not folk
vuniio , both living In this cll > , one
laughter , Mis Caulo Jntdoo , who
hes at Independeiipo Iowa One
iiotber , Kdwaid Hlakeman. living at
) ecoiah , Iowa , is the enl > surviving
nemhor of the Immediate fnmllv.
Mr Hlakeman Joined the chinch at
in eail.v age and was ahva.vs closely
dontltlod with its Intoiests , helping
01 man > je.iih in the son leu of bong
\t the time of Ills death bo was a
nember of the Piesb.v teilnn church at
Mne Crook , Iowa
Funeinl soivices woie held at the
loine of F. A. Hlakeman , Itev. W. J
Pinner having chaige of the services
uicl the lemains woie txccompinled to
tidependeneo , Iowa , by P A lllnke
n in , wheie Intel ment took place , Mis
fardee , the daughter , meeting them
heie , ind the hint long sleep will bo
leslde the wli'e who for neail.v a halt
eiiturj was his coinpanlon
Although Mr HlaKenuin hid not
tved long in Noifolk ho funned a jium-
ior ot hippy triomNhlps and will be
slupeioly mthiied by both famll > and
ft lends
INCREASE ( tf SIX MILLIONS
Returns Indicate the Assessed Valua
tion of HIR State.
Lincoln , July 11. Based on the re-
tuniH of sevenn one counties , the to
tal assessment of all property In the
state this year will be about $301,000-
oi > 0 , au Increase of six millions ever
last jear.
THIRD SERIES OF TOURNAMENT
AT MEADOW GROVE.
THEY BEAT PILGER SIX TO ONE
Ttie Grand Army Reunion at Meadow
Grove Has Come to an End and the
Camp is Deserted Today It Was a
Successful Meeting
Meadow Grovo. Nob. , July 15. Spe
cial to The News : Stnuton won the
third 5 line of I'ho b.isoball touinumum
dt the G A. R. reunion hoio yenter
lay against Pilgor , scoio C to t. The
work of Old Stnnton pitcher wna su
perb.
This waa the last of the series and
waa for a purse of $150. Stnnton hud
won from Creatou and Pilfer from
PUmviaw previously.
The reunion has ended and the veterans -
erans are sinking camp today.
Try a Nowa want aa for results.
WILL GATHER AT LINCOLN SCP-
TEMBER 28 AND 20.
GRAND CHIEF STONE WILL SPEAK
Meeting Will he In the Nature of a
Convention and Rally Engineers In
1,000 Mile Territory to Participate.
Entertainment Planned.
11 lulu l'il < ln\ H I inlh |
Locomotive ciiglnceis fiom the rail-
toads In a tenltory within 1,000 miles
of Lincoln aio lo meet In that city
September 1S ! and 29 A union meet
ing was planned to ho held In Nebras
ka homo time ago and these dales have
been chosen at a meeting of the Lo
comotive Hiothoihood on the sugges
tion of Orand Chief Warren F. Stone
of Cleveland , O. who will bo present
to address the gathering The meet
ing will he In the natitio of a conven
tion and a rally and will undoubtedly
ho paitlclpated In by many of the en-
glneois of the Noithwestein The
Hist day of the mooting will be occu
pied with enteitalnmenls of various
HOI Is Including a Intiqiiet In the even
ing The second da > will bo devoted
hugely to the discussion of secret mat
ters In which the biotherhood Is In-
leiested.
While Ornnd Chief Stone will bo the
pilnclpal speaker Senator llurkett ,
Minor Hiown of Lincoln and olhois
will nddioss the meeting An effoit
was made to secure Mr Ilrvan aa ono
of the speakers , hut ns he will bo busv
making toady at that time to go to
Uuiopo to Join his family ho could
not. consent.
The meeting was planned some time
ago , when the brothoihood of engi-
necis wanted the guind chief to be
heio on the Fouith of July nnd were
unable to get him A lettei was 10-
eoUod fiom Mr. Stone In which ho
said he would be glad to come any
tlmo after August 20
The dates chosen are at the close
of September to bo well out of the
way of the state fair and at a tlmo
when the weather w ill bo cool enough
to encourage a largo attendance. The
Hi at day will he devoted to speaking
and entertainment. It Is expected that
the visitors will be treated to an auto
mobile ride.
HEAVY WINDAT OMAHA
_
Big Gnle Old Considerable Damage
Last Night.
Omaha , .Tulv 11 Omaln ami vicln-
lt\ was vlsiieil ba In iv v wind last
nUht that c uiso I consi lei ible dam
age to window > i and trees At one
time the win I bb vv it th > i itc of six
tv tour miles an h'nu
BROWN OF THE HASTINGS OB
SERVER IS ON TRIAL.
CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL LIBEL
Suit Begun by George Sharp , Who Is
at the Head of the Royal Highland-
eis of Nebraska Hearing In Lin
coln.
Lincoln .luh IS The preliminary
healing of I'dltor Hrown of the lias-
tings Obbonet ehaigpd with criminal
libel , was begun before Judge Stevens
The plaintiff is fieoige Shaip , who Isj
at the head of the Royal Highlanders i
In this state.
A Close Game.
Ljnch , Neb , July It Special to
The NewsIn n hotly contested game
of ball betw eon the home team and
Hutto , the foimer won by a score of
7 to 8 The fen Into of the game was
the one handed catch made by Hart
ley on Iliht base , which saved the game.
Three base hits Tonner , Carson ,
Chlngwnv Batteries. L > nch Hobbs
and Harris Huttt Miller and Pord ,
Adklns Struck out bv Hobbs C ; by
Mlllei 5 Umphe Pickering.
Gone Base Ball Mad.
Ainsworth. Neb. . July 14. Special
to The News. Ainsworth Is getting to
bo qulto a sporting town , especially In
ball games Wednesday Alnswortn
mil Bassett plajed n game and yes
terday Alnaworth played Stuart , the
score standing 10 to 3 lu fa or of
Ainsworth. In the two games there
wore several hundred dollars changed
hands. After tha regular games the
Congregational church pla > ed the
Methodists a game on the same
ground la the afternoon of each day
nil business waa suspended until after
the bail games were ever
NEW SENSATION.
Koch's Lawyers Preparing to Discred
it One of State's * " Star Witnesses.
Mankato , M'r.n. ' , July U. Rumors
are tiying arc md the courtroom this
morning as * .i the attltudo tu defense
will take regarding Oe t/Ien , the
st ito's s'ar witness from Hauska At-
torne > s for the defense say they have
heard that Ulen Is not well and has
been acting rather strunge'y of late
Tlry say that It has been reported to
tl-oin tut Uleu has occasionally had
l.allucinatlons , and that he was once
examined as to his sanity. They say
however , that diligent search on their
pint lian failed to confirm the reports
UB to Mien's examination.
It may bo that the defense will un-
dei i alto to show that I'len has had
hall'ir millions ami will clilm that his
iilli 1,1 il cniivi iHiiiion with Hi Koch
whi-n he HIIVH the latter made ap
l > nm ( lies about gullliiK him lo kill Ir
( irlilumll , wan one of these
I'len was 8iibpoomed today , togeth
et with other llnnxlm witnesses No
attempt wan made at the othet two
trials to Impeach Ulen's testltnoiu ,
and It has been understood that he
Is held In the highest icspect by his
iK'lKhliots He has been looked upon
us one of the most dangcions witness
es to the defense and the piesent talk
may simply he Intended lo dlsciedlt
him
BOLD ROBBERY AT PIERCE.
Wife of Village Marshal Golf Held up
and Relieved of $20.
A bold lobhciv took place at Pierce
Tuesday night shoitly after 9 o'clock
Mrs Ceoigo W Coff , wife of the vil
lage marshal , was coming up town and
was between the elevator and the cur
few bell tower when a sti anger
ginhhcd hoi hands and took an envoi
ope f i om hoi containing a $20 bill
The hlghwa > man then dlsippciitcil up
the alley Mm ( Jeff was ho badly
( lightened that she did not call foi help
neither did she toll the men whom she
no\t met of the lobbei.v , but onlv
asked them wlieie hoi husband was
and when she lound him Aald she had
been lobbed Mnisbal ( Jeff Immediate
Iv spre.id the aim m and the men HIII-
rounded the lumber vard and elevator
and tiled to find the thief , but were
unsuccessful Men were sent on the
dlfUiint mads hut no trace of the
llil < 1 i inilil hi fiiiiml
TWO ENGINES JUMP TRACK AT
RICHLAND , IOWA.
FREIGHT ON THE IOWA CENTRAL
Engineer Jesse Long , Fireman Cal
Williams and Brakcman Sam Folzey
Were Killed Other Trainmen Were
Injured or Had Narrow Escapes.
Rlchland. Iowa , July 15. Two en
gines of the Iowa Central , hauling a
ft eight train , Jumped the track here
and were wrecked Three of the train
men were killed and others were In
jured or had narrow escapes
The dead are :
engineer Jesse Long
Fireman Cal Winters
Dinkomnn Sim Folzey
W. C. LEONARD IS DEAD.
Former Company L Boy and Hospital
Employe at Norfolk ,
( ieoige Koechig of this crv has re
ceived the sid news of the death of
William C Leonaid , formerlv of Noi-
folk and popular heie Mi Lenniid
died at San Jose Cil June 2-1 after
a hilef illness of two weeks of tuber
culosis of the biain. Mr. Leonard was
tvventj five jears of age at the time
of his death and was to luuo been inai-
tied in about one mouth to Miss Hessie
Ilrldge of Lincoln , Neb. He was bom
In Michigan and later his patents came
to Hooper. Ho was emplo\ed at the
Norfolk hospital for the insane and
vvhilo hoie enlisted with Mr. Koechig
In company L , N N G , Second iegt-
mi-lit , for soi vice in the Spanish Amor
lean war A letter fiom Miss Hridge
and a clipping fiom n San Jose paper
Informed his ft lend Mr Koechig , of
the death
THE GOVERNMENT DOING GREAT
WORK IN OMAHA TERRITORY.
TWENTY CONDEMNED IN JUNE
Ravages of the Disease In the Farmers
Herds Being Rapidly Eliminated.
Disease May be Blotted Out Entire
ly in a Few Months.
Omaha July 17 The government
Is making great headway in the stamp
ing out of hog cholera in the territory
contiguous to the Omaha market , and
this season shows a remarkable fall
Ing off in the disease Only twenty
hogs wore condemned during June
and the number (3 ( expected to grow
less each month until there are no
effects of the disease reported.
KANSAS CITYJBEHINO OMAHA
Business of Gram Market in Excess o
Missouri Point.
Omaha , July 15 Omaha. Iris been
placed on the libt of pt unary giain
markets of the country by the repor
of the bureau of the department o
commerce and labor
In May Omaha , received 09,000 bush
eU of wheat , 313.000 bushels of corn
250 500 bushels of oats and 1,000 bush
els of rye and 2.000 bushels ot ( mrley
Total receipts for the mouth wer
S j9 500 bushels and total shipment
1,000.000 bushels
For the tlve months ending May 31
Omaha received 12,115.000 bushels an
shipped 13,554 500 bushels of grain
The receipts for the first five mouth
of 1-wt jear were 5,951,000 bushels an
the shipments 0,073,750 bushels
O m ah is receipts of the lust flv
months exceeded those at Kansas Cit
by 1,773 WO bushels , und the shipment
mont < 5 at Omaha were 3.09J.100 in ex
cess of these at Kansas City.
H. L SPAULDING PASSED AWAY
THIS MORNING.
AFTER EIGHT MONTHS SICKNESS
Came to Norfolk When It Was a VII-
lage of 100 People Served In a Num
ber of Honorable Capacities Funer
al Will be Held Sunday.
[ I'rotn Hniiiriliiv H Diltv 1
After a light fet life against Blights
disease coveting a peilod ot about
eight months , at times the battle be
ing exceedingly despeiate , H. L.
Sp.tuldlng passed away this mottling
at I o'clock at his homo on South
Ninth stieet and the luneral will beheld
held from the Methodist church Sun
day afternoon at 2'HO. Mr Spauldlng
has been bedfast since January nnd
nt times has bopn very low. Dining
all his long sickness he has had ex
cellent caie and with his strength of
will and this attention he would cei-
talnlv have teeovered had recovery
been possible His wife has been most
faithful and other mombots of the
family and ft lends have done all that
was possible to make his last dins
pomfottable All member of the fnm
llv wore present when the Html sum
mons came expppt one daughter , Mrs
Jos Htielss of Lynch , who has been
heie sevoinl times since the sickness
commenced
Obituary.
Heniv I.eland Rpaiilding was bom
in Clatkson Comer , N Y , November
. " 1 is-1 ! In 1S15 he mo\ed with his
pin outs to Pike countA , 111 \ftei one
M , u which was spent in Auioia , 111 ,
In 1S19 thev moved to Wataga , wheie
In- mew to manhood On Januaiv 27 ,
1S70 he was united in mariiage to
Miss Maiv Wilds at Wataga. To this
union wete horn live cliildtcn , thtee
gills and two boys Alma , Lottie. Leland -
land , Pied , Hdith. Three of the bin v iv-
ing cliildten me man led , the daugh
ters being Mrs William WelU of this
it ) and Mis Joseph Rneiss of Lynch.
Irs S O Dean of this city Is a sister
f the deceased , and has herself been
ery ill this spring but it now almost
ully tecoveied In 1S9S , when the
, ttle gitl was only twelve years of
age , Cdith preceded the father to the
leavenly home. In the 1S77 they
loved to Noifolk , when this city was
only a village of less than 100 Inhab-
tants wheie he engaged lu the har-
less business working for a shoit time
vlth William Geteeke. Aftervva-ds he
nirchased the hop and engaged in
iiislness fet himself He was the
flist citv marshal , being appointed be-
01 e the town was iucoipoiated For
hlrteen yeais he was an oillcer of
he law , serving one term as denutv
sheiitt HP was one of the most ef
Iplent otllppis the city ever had
After ills tetlreniPiit as a police of-
leer he engaged in business being the
mipik'tor of a feed stote , which he
sold two jp.irsago He was a chattel
nember of the Noifolk flte depait-
nent , and in the jear 1S % he was
elected the state piesidetit of the Ne-
naska State Volunteer Firemen's as
sociation , always taking great interest
n the work ot the association and of
ho local department After the death
if Col J , E Simpson he was appoint
ed water commissioner and filled the
iue\piied term. Ho has been llnan-
Moi of the Ancient Otdci of United
Workmen , at one time being Master
Workman of the local lodge , and rep
resented his home lodge. No 97. In
ho 41 and lodge sessions on sovom'
fcisiniiR For fwentv rive jeais o >
moie he has bf f > n a rnc'r.her of the
mlppendent Order of Odd Fellows
serving as secretary of that organi/a-
ion for a great many years nii'l hold-
tig that oillce af the time of hlci death
lo was one of the most faithful mem-
IOIM and was several times ropiesenta-
live to the grand lodge. He was a so
cial member of the Degree of Honor
ind the Daughters of Uebecci
Tlnee years ago ho united with the
Methodist I3piscop.il chinch , and fu
neial services will bo held from the
church on Sunday afternoon at 2'JO !
o'clock.
r"-om Momlm'
One of the laigest funerals eversppti
in Norfolk wis that of the late Hnnrv
L. Spauldiug held fiom the Methodist
church yestordiy afternoon , interment
being in Piospeet Hill cemetery. The
weather was oppressively hot , hut
that did not prevent hundreds of
neighbors , mends , lodge fellows and
firemen from iftPhting then esteem
of one who was popular in every walk
of IIfo
Itwan an Odd Fellows service and
many members of the order were in
attendance , good delegation trom Mad
ibon being in line with members of the
local lodge and others fiom out of
town Oeorge N. Beo's ' , past gran <
master , officiated as nohlr grand an
w is supported by C. E Doughty , past
grind chlof patriarch , while Ilev. J
F Pouehor acted in the capaeity of
chaplain and give the funeral address
F H. Beels was marshal of the pa
ride and n H Hayes assistant , while
Past Grand W H Law represent
the family m the details
Monitors of the Odd Fetlowa , Work
men and Daughters of Rf > lx > ce.a nm
Dpgreo of Honor mot at Odd Follows
lull at 1 50 und formed in line on tlio
street , being headed l < y members 01
the Norfolk ( Ire department in unl
form. The prc cession marched to the
fxmily homo on South Ninth street
wlie-e brief services were held in ac
cordanp.o with tlio Odd Fellows ritual
Afterward the line was reformed and
lodge members and firemen formed
Iho escort to the church on Philip av
enue
At the church vorv Impressho ser
vices weie held , the dlscoinso of Hov.
I P. Poiichcr being tnnnimlly lino.
Henitlful Iloral offerings hanked the
casket , thoio given by the rations or-
dem being especially flue. A touching
duet bv Mi H L Doughty and Rev.
Mr. Pouehor and special music by
the choir prcpeded the addrpss
I'epllng tiibuto was paid to the
memory of the dpceased by his pastor.
'I'ho home life of Mr Spauldlng was
tevlewed and Impiesslvo lessons vveio
drawn from hq | llfp and pharapter for
the guldaupp of fnmllv and fripnds.
The life of Mr Spauldlng was not hold
'as ' perfect bv ] | | q pastor Ho made
j mistakes and many of them and fur-
therinoie aeknowledged them. Ho
! would not want It said that IIP vvaa
perfect None but OIIP was over per-
I feet but the prime lesson In the llfo
of the deceased was that ho discovered
ils mistakes acknowlpdgpd thorn nnd
repented before It was too Into. Foi
sevpral venrs bo had been living the
Ife of a phrlstlan and while fearing
he physical death was not afraid to
neet his fed ! That ho was not itu
pptfect In bis life was shown bv thp
lovotlon of his family nnd their ovpr-
\vliPlmlng gilef now that ho Is re
noypil That ho was popular among
ils fellows , a genial pompanlon and a V
pnder In mnnv lines of woik was at-
osted bv the outpouring of his fiater-
lal btolliprs and sisters and the tpstl
nionfal of his fellow firemen with
whom ho wotked and by whom he was
lonored with high and lesponslhle of
fices The mlulptPi ninde frequent ref-
ereneA to the Odd Fellows iltual
biouuh bis ( IHcoiiisp and blended the
ouphing phrases with oiiginnl ones of
equal power nud potency.
\ftei the chinch service the long
micossloii foimed and proceeded to
"Mospect Hill ceniptpiv the firemen
foi ming an escort the cntlte distance
m foot There the remains of Homy
' , Spatilding. who had pountless
'i lends , \vpro glvpn to mother earth
thiough the Impressvo ! Odd Follow ?
peremony and eaeh lodge mpmberand
fireman contributed a spray of ever
green or a bunch of flowers to the
ast act , emblematical of eternal llfo.
Mr and Mrs Jos. Reulss of Lyneh
nnd Mrs s F. Klerstead of Tllden
woie among the mourners at the fu-
leral
The pill bearers were members of
Noifolk lodge No 97 , A O. U. W , of
which the deceased was a member.
They were : FV Koerbor , John
Quick. M. L Ogden John Koorber , E ,
M Clement and C R Fairbanks. > .
The following were the Madison Odd
Follows attending the funeral Lymo
Lvons Andre-is Sc ! " ? ink , John Carl ,
P. A Clark Earl Pichter , Rev Har-
lpst > , Al Dover Victor Nelson , Harry
Wet/ler , Joe Daviess , Will Pcnnov , J.
C Lang James Hide. Carl Ktoblin ,
TaniF < Dovt' Matt Knauber and J. J.
Cleiiioiu * , n member of the Not folk
loilse Thp visiting membeis drove
> vei in thipo ciirlagps ind two bug-
glei Soveril Wa.nerville members of
the local loilgeveie also In line.
OFF FORJHE COAST f
Three Prominent Men of Ainsworth
May Locate In the West.
Ainsworth , Ne. , July 18. Special to
The News. Yesterday morning three
of Alnsworth's most prominent citi
zens stnited on a trip to the coast ,
to take In the exposition nt Portland
and view other localities with the in
tention of finding a location. Tho/
aie as follovs. W. H Williams , sec-
retiry for J B Finny's Milling and
L'unher company ; C. A. Baines , cash
ier of the Am worth bank ; E B. , |
Smith , county cletk of Brown county. * f
Thov are , a'so ' the three principal of
ficers of Silver Card lodge , A F &
A. M. Ainsworth people would bo
sony to lo-e those three families.
RUN AWAY FROM PLAINVIEW
SOME WEEKS AGO.
THEY WERE ARRESTED AT YORK
Their Father. Who Lives at Allen Has
Taken Charge of Them and Will
Take Them Home They Begged
Tneir Food and Slept Out.
York , Neb. , July 15. The two gills
named French , who left homes that
had been provided for them at Plain-
view and RtnrtPd tramping over the
country , donning male attire at Al
bion and who were captured hero on
instiuctions from their father at Al-
len. have been released and will return -
turn to their home at Allen
The girls woie Delia and Ulslo
French , agpd twenty-two and fifteen
yenr.s respectively They had been
working ns domestics In respectable
homes al IMalnvlew and no reason is
known for their queer caper They
have been on the tramp for some three
weeks , and their family and friends
have been vry antious. They walked „
south as far 13 Albion ind then "
tratnpovl east to York. The father and
detectives and > fHcers have been fol
lowing them closely for a wooU or
more but they were not apprehended
until York was reached They had
n > t slept in a uo'iso since loavin ; ;
PUinvlor , ' , and begged their food from
farmers and townspeople on their
i onto
The father lost the trail of the girls
in Colfun county , but It was picked up
again nud the runaway- * traced lo
York , wheio tholr capture took place.