NOKimK NKWS I'MMDAY. ' SKI'TKMHIM 'J'J MWfi
STORY OF THE TRAGIC AND UNWARRANTED -
WARRANTED SHOOTING.
TOLD BY FATHER AND BROTHER
Charles Lodge and Sam Lodge Re
turned Last Night From Sacramen
to , Where They Burled the Victim of
a Brutal Bullet.
Charles I edge , father , and Sam
Lodge , brother of John Lodge , who
was murdered at the Sacramento race
track several days ago. returned home
last night from California , where they
went to bury the victim , and brought
with them for the first time the story
of how the foul tragedy occurred.
It was at the race track that John
was shot , and it was a drunken dep
uty marshal , clothed In authority for
that day at the track , who committed
the murder.
During the day this deputy marshal
had been drinking and finally a sa
loonkeeper at the track , fearing hoi
would do harm with the gun , took the
revolver away from the deputized of
ficer. A little later the marshal , with
the chairman of the race committee , I
returned to the saloon and demanded
the gun. The chairman Insisted that
the marshal's gun should bo returned
and the saloonkeeper turned over the
fatal shooting Iron.
Shortly after this the drunken mar
I shal was waving his loaded revolver
around In the air and John Lodge ,
with a companion , walked by. As
they passed the fellow , Lodge's com
panion remarked , "They ought to take
that gun from him or he will hurt
somebody. "
I Drunk Man Turned on Lodge.
The Intoxicated marshal , overhear
ing some remark , and realizing no
doubt waht he ought to be called ,
turned on John Lodge with blood In
his eyes. ,
"Did you call me a
"I did not , " replied Lodge calmly.
"I didn't say anything to you at all. "
Dut the drunken officer did not stop.
With one hand ho struck at Lodge
and with the other ho reached for the
gun.
Fought Fop His Life Unaided.
Lodge cast ono arm In front of his
chest to protect himself from the of
ficer's blow and with the other ho
lunged at the gun-hand of his assailant
\
ant , nig and powerful , the former
Nebraskan succeeded In putting his
own fingers as handcuffs around the
wrists of the man who would kill and
then , realizing the peril , called out for
help fr.om among the crowd that had
gathered.
"Take the gun from him , " John
Lodge pleaded , "Take his gun , I say. "
No One Offered Help.
nut no ono offered aid In response
to the call. A moment later , twisting ,
squirming , writhing about , the mar
shal had slipped his linger to the trig
ger of the revolver. Then there was
a flash , a roar , a puff of smoke and
John Lodge fell to the track with a
mortal bullet sent hissing into his
stomach.
The wounded man uttered but one
# ' sentence after the gun had done Its
deed.
"He's shot mo , " he simply said and
then expired.
Nearly Mobbed the Murderer.
The murderer was caught and Is
now in jail , awaiting his trial. He
was not caught , however , until he had
been nearly lynched by the angry mob
of men who had gathered.
When that crowd realized the trag
edy that had been enacted when they
saw that Innocent man , as harmless as
a child and with no word of offense
from his lips , they rushed like madmen
at the brutal , drunken deputy-marshal
and pounded him to a pulp. And It
was only after a battle with that
throng that the ofllcers were able to
reach the murderer and take him away
to jail.
The telegram that came to Norfolk
after the shooting told the family bore
that John Lodge had been fatally shot
without provocation. Sam Lodge and
Charles Lodge , the father , loft Imme
diately for Sacramento , whore they ar
rived In time to bury their dead broth
er and son.
John Lodge had lived formerly In
Nebraska but for the past twenty
years In California. He was the own
er of a number of very valuable hors
es.
METHODIST APPOINTMENTS.
Locations of Pastors for Coming Year ,
Result of Conference.
Among appointments made by the
Methodist conference for northern Ne
braska , held at Albion , wore :
Norfolk district D. K. Tindall , pre
siding elder ; Allen , W. A. Romlnger ;
Bancroft , J. H. Smith ; neemer and
Wisner , C. P. W. Wlllberly ; Hloom-
field , E. E. Carter ; Carroll and Sholes ,
C. H. Moore ; Coleridge and Ueldcn ,
H. H. St. Louis ; Creston and Hum
phrey , W. R. Warren ; Dakota City , E.
E. Shafer ; Decatur , W. G. Fowler ;
Emerson , R. W. Wllcox ; Harrington ,
F. M. Drullnger ; Homer , C. E. Carroll ;
Laurel , S. A. Drals ; Lee , D. A. Kean ;
Lyons , A. L. Mlckol ; Madison , J. M.
Hothwoll ; Norfolk , J. F. Pouchor ;
Norfolk circuit , W. R. Peters ; Ponder
and Thurston , C. S. Hughes ; Pllgor ,
Robert S. HIsey ; Ponca and Waterbury -
bury , H. G. Langley ; Randolph , F. A.
High ; St. James and Central , C. H.
Turner ; Stanton , C. N. Dawson ; Scrlb-
ner , C. F. Kruso ; South Sioux City ,
J. H. Hard ; Wakefleld and Pleasant
Valley , Amos Fetzer ; Wausa , E. T.
Antrll ; Wayne , T J. Wright. Wlnsldc.l
R. J. Cocking ; L. M. Hussy and Rtxi
Moe , without appointment to nttindl
school.
Nellgh district Thomas Ilithel. pre
siding elder. Norfolk ; Albion. E. T.
( icorgo ; Hattlo Creek , R. J. Calloway :
Ilattlo Creek circuit , to bo supplied ;
Hoone , O. Eggleston ; Hrunswlck .
I ) . Smith ; Chambers , J. E. nrinith :
Clearwater , H. W. Hummel ; Crolgh-
ton , E. C. Thorp ; Delolt and Goose
Lake , Frank E. Sula ; Elgin , to be sup
plied ; Emerlck , H. P. Williams : liv
ing , T. E. Smith : Inman. 11 H Mur-
ton ; Lindsay , to be supplied : Loretto ,
E. H. Koontz ; Lynch and Highlands ,
H. A. Horady ; Meadow Grove. A. L.
Kellogg ; Monowl , Alfred and Verdel , '
to bo supplied ; Nellgh , Charles O.
Trump ; Newman Grove , L. A. Cook :
Niobrara , A. W. Ahrendts : Oakdale.
R. J. McKcnzle ; O'Neill and Eden Val
ley , G. F. Mead : Osmond. R. F Shack-
lock ; Paddock , Michael Miller ; Page
and Maxtleld , W. C. Kelly ; Pierce. E.
J. T. Connelly ; Plain view , J. 11. Yost ;
Plalnvlew clruclt , J. G. Calloway : Roy
al , O. I ) . D. Woods ; Spencer , Hrlstow
and Gross , Madison Combs : Tllden , j
J. N. Gortner ; Ralph E. Mitchell , with
out appointment to attend school.
Dr. William Gorst , formerly of Nor
folk and Nellgh , is to be presiding el
der at Omaha. Jesse W. Jennings ,
manager of the Kansas City Hook Con
cern , formerly of Norfolk , was present
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
This Is a medicine of great worth
and merit. Try It when you have a
cough or cold and you are certain to
bo pleased with the quick relief which
It affords. It Is pleasant to take and
can always be depended upon For
sale by all druggists. ,
"UNCLE BILL" LAMONT BURIED
AT NIOBRARA.
ALL BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSED
His Patent to Land Was Signed by
President Andrew Jackson and He
Was the Oldest of the Nebraska Pioneers
neers Funeral Yesterday.
Niobrara , Neb. , Sept. 20. "Uncle"
Dill Lament , the oldest of the pioneers
of Nebraska , was buried hero yester
day and notwithstanding the elements
the gathering was large. All business
houses hero closed in honor of Ibe
aged man , for which movement all
honor is due to F. Nelson.
Mr. Lamont's land patent bears the
name of President Andrew Jackson
He was seventy-eight years old. Mr.
Baxter Berry and Scottle took good
care of William Lament during his
sickness and took him to his last '
homo Lean Qul Court cemetery.
"Undo Bill" Lament was known to t
every man , woman and child in the
Niobrara country and bis stories of
the early days were always eagerly
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listened to by the young and old alike.
Ho came west when the prairies !
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teemed with antelopes and Indians
and he has truly grown up with the !
country.
MICKEY'S ' STRENUOUS LIFE
The Governor Will be Very Busy the
Next Few Days.
Lincoln , Sept. 20. Governor Mickey
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ey Is preparing to lead a strenuous life
for the next few days. Among the list
of apodal duties that ho has undertak
en is to officiate at the laying of the
comer stone of the Seward county
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court house , at the unveiling of the
so.ldiers' monument at Omaha , and be
sides ho will act as a witness in the
railroad tax suit.
TOWN LOTS SURE TO GROW.
A Legitimate and Certain "Get Rich
Quick" Proposition.
Shoshoni , the new Wyoming town
that is now being established by the
Pioneer Town Site company is deserv
edly attracting general attention. Lo
cated In Fremont county , Wyoming ,
in the famous Wind river country on
the line of the Wyoming and North
western railway , now under construc
tion , and within two miles of the east
line of the great Wind River ( or Shoshone -
shone ) Indian reservation , comprising
1.-100.000 acres of land , which will be
openctl for settlement June 1st , 100G ,
the town , cannot help but take a prom-
Incut position among the cities of Wy
oming.
The tributary country Is good and
will bo settled speedily.
The general situation of the town is
most auspicious , assuring to Investors ,
or those locating In any line of busi
ness largo returns.
Opportunities of this kind are rare
and "those who know" are rapidly tak
ing advantage of this one.
Ijols In the new town.will be offered
for sale during session of the Wyom
ing state fair , at Douglas , Wyoming ,
October 3 , 4 , 5 and o , 1005.
Mr. P. Whitney , general town site
agent of the Pioneer Town Site com
pany , will bo at Douglas during the
above period with maps , prices and all
Information concerning the new town
Checker Playing Taught Quickly.
T. F. Byron , formerly on the staff
of the Iowa State Register , has pub
lished In booklet the original rules by
which ho won oven games from the
champion of the world. They are the
only checker rules ever printed , and
they teach the game quickly as cham
pions play It. Price 25 cents silver.
Address author , 1034 So. 28th St. ,
Omaha , Nebraska.
WEALTH , SUCCESS , POSITION DO
NOT DRINQ IT.
SOME WOMEN LIKE VULTURES
They Swoop Down on n Fellow-Crea
ture Who Has Taken a False Step ,
and Tear Her to Pieces , Declared
Father Vaughan , the Lecturer.
I I'rnin Wt'cllK'Hiluv'q llnllV.1
The only trno hiipplni'SH I n the
woild , according to Father Vaughnn ,
who lectured to a houseful at the Nor
folk Auditorium IIIH ( night , comes from
love. And love means charily , sneil-
lice , brotherly affection.
The happiest man In the world , do-
clnred the speaker , Is not the man of
wealth ; who ever know a mllllonalie
who was happy ? It IB not the "rich
man of the town : " Is It happiness to
own a palatial residence on the out
skirts of the city and to have that
home empty , the wife In Kuropo , the
daughter at some watering place , the
son off on an automoblllng tour or a
yachting trip while the rich man , him
self , sits down town In his olllce all
summer and works ? The happiest
man Is not the merchant who has had
success each day In all of his under
takings ; that man comes home tired
and nervous , his prattling children
have to bo sent away to give him rest ,
he bites but n mouthful of supper and
then nervously reads his paper , only
to retire for a rolling , tossing , sleep
less night of worry as to how success
can be gained on the morrow. The
happy merchant Is the one who comes
home with a smile on his face because
he has. when he caught his clerk steal
ing , had the charity to forgive and talk
to the young follow : and his wife Is
glad that she married a man Instead
of a brute.
Happiest Man of All.
nut the happiest man In all the
world and hero Father Vaughan
pnJnted a pretty little word picture
Is not the man of means and worry.
"I see. " said the lecturer , In his ten-
derest tones , "a little golden headed
fellow swinging at a gate post of a
cott.ago out on the edge of the town
He Is looking through the fence and
his whole tiny frame Is a-qulvcr with
expectancy. Suddenly ho leaps
through the gates and springs eagerly
down the street and I see a man Just
turning the corner , toward the child.
The man is a big , begrimed , oil-cov
ered man , dressed in blue overalls and
Ills face hidden by the grease. And
the father lifts up that little boy and
their lips meet in a caress of love and
genuine joy. And back there In the
kitchen of that home Is another slave
who has been working to have everything -
thing ready when 'pap' comes homo
her heart has been at the gate and
there Is happiness In that heart. And
( Jint man Is the happiest man in all
the world for happiness comes from
love. "
Father Vaughan told of the love thai
permeated the atmosphere of every
battle of the civil war. Ho told the
story of the leave taking when the
young soldier said goodbye to his lit
tle wife In the old Now Hampshire
home said boodbyc for the last time
and then joined the ranks of the
marching soldiers and disappeared
over the bill never to come back. And
ho told of the dying and wounded on
the battlefield after the guns' roar had
hushed. Though crying for water , the
bleeding soldiers In blue and those In
grey whispered a last message Into
the ears of the little Sisters of Charity
who knelt at their sides a message
of love for the old mother or the
young wife back homo.
Should be More Charity.
There should be more charity in the
world. "Some women of culture re
mind me , " said the speaker , "of the
vultures of the south. These birds
darken the heavens In their ( light ,
keeping out the golden sunlight.
They circle hither and thither and fi
nally , swooping down Into a forest ,
they light upon the carcas of a fellow-
creature and tear It to pieces for their
own gore.
"And many of our society women
of today arc like these very birds of
prey. They get together , discuss first
this and then that , and finally swoop
down upon the carcas of one of their
kind a sister , to tear to pieces and
devour what remains of her woman
hood. A young woman who has taken
a false step Is shunned by them all.
Instead of going down and taking the
hands of the erring creature , to lift
her up an dencourago her , why not
go to her , some of you women who
have position , and tell her the story
of forgiveness that you all know so
well ? But doors are slammed In her
face , men who dragged her down
swear at her , the officer of the law
strikes her with his club and there
Is no place left to her but the doors
of hell which fly open and greedily
welcome her within. "
"I remember an Instance In my own
life , ' said Father Vaughan , seeking to
further Impress the need of kindliness
and charity. "I was a boy. A family
of many good habits lived In the town.
The father read the niblo to the chil
dren every night and led In prayer.
One night they road in their paper the
story of an erring young girl of the
city one of good family and brooding
whose life had been ruined.
"And then they discussed the case.
They toie the poor girl to pieces , all
blamed her viciously excepting one.
She , a girl of perhaps seventeen , felt
charitably for the sister who had fal
len.
' "Her youth , father wouldn't that
In some way atone for her mistake ? '
" 'I am Btirprlxed' letorted Hie In
dignant parent , 'that one of my fam
ily should uphold a woman of the
street. There IH no place lit for a
c.reaturo who has HO sinned except the
river.1
"And then ( he father took down I he
old Illblo and read aloud , and prayed
that the father would "forgive IIH an
wo forgive those who trespass against
us. "
"That night the little daughter who
had defended the miserable Hltitor ! > < <
Ing , after that household was asleep ,
crept out of the house , hurried to the
bridge of the ilvor , stood a moment
and leaped Into that stream to her
death.
"And her father , ne\l morning when
he learned , prayed that Home one
might strike him dead-for. In pann
ing sentence upon another man's child ,
he had passed sentence upon his own. "
Father Vnughnn'H dramatic ability
pleasing and when be had dropped
down to the noCI , tender tones of the
second half of his lectuie , ho held bin ]
audlenco perfectly. Ills Introduction ,
\\IIH rapid and oratorical. It was
somewhat long and lucked ( he Intense
human Interest of the latter half , lint
when ho came down to bis story of
heart Inteiest the story old ye ever
Knew , of love and charily and sacrl
lice , ho won his beaters completely
and ( hey fell In love with him For a
few moments at the wtait there was a
slight nervousness In the Auditorium
--and suddenly the large crowd set
tled down Into an Immovable Hllenco
one In which the dropping of a pin
could have been heard distinctly at' '
any moment , until the very end of a
very beautiful sermon i
STATE CONVENTION BEING HELD
IN LINCOLN TODAY.
THE POPS ARE LIKEWISE THERE
And They Will Endorse the Democrat
ic Supreme Judge and Regents of
the State University Met at the
Auditorium.
Lincoln , Neb. , Sept. 20. The demo
cratic state convention assembled hero
today and was called to order In the
Auditorium by Chairman T S. Allen
of the state committee. The conven-
vuntlon will name candidates for one
judge of the supreme court and two ,
regents of the state university. The
populists are also holding their state
convention hero and may Indorse the
democratic nominees.
Cattle Sheds Burned.
Slanton , Nob. , Sept 18. Special to
The News : During the rainstorm Fri
day night the cattle sheds on the F.
D. Perry farm were struck by light
ning and burned to the ground. Loss
about $250. No Insurance.
Try Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and you will
never wish to be without it In your
homo. It has saved many lives. For
sale by all druggists.
ON TRIAL FOrUILLING WIFE
Dr. George Eslam Enters Plea of In
sanity In Defense.
Mlndcn , Nob. , Sept. 20. The trial
of Dr. George Eslam , charged with
killing his wife , is now in progress In
the district court of this county. The
defense has entered the plea of Insan
ity and besides ralbes the question of
Mrs. Kslam having committed suicide.
WATER NEAR NIOBRARA.
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Fields are Soaked and Corn Damaged |
Slightly.
Xlobrara , Neb. , Sept. 20 Niobrara
Is dry. There Is plenty of water but
no firewater. The report goes that
saloons must bo closed on the first
day of the week.
Monday night was one of the worst
nights over experienced here. The
atorm raged all night and many fields
and gardens are under water. ISven
the Hour mills have stopped because
i they haven't a mill by : i dnm blto the
, mill is run by an artesian well. Some
damage has been done to crops but
that Is not large. Corn is out of the
way , threshing has beui commenced
and Is fairly being dealt with.
DEPARTMENT STORE.
Anthes & Smith Will Start Business
Here In Rees Building.
A. N. Anthes , formerly of St. Jo ,
Mo. , ono of the members of the firm ,
of Anthes & Smith who are soon to locate -
cato hero In the mercantile business ,
Is in the city preparing to get started
as soon as their quarters , the now
Recs building , are finished.
"Wo will start ten days after the
store Is completed , " said Mr. Anthes ,
"and the store will be finished , it is
now planned , within seventy-five days.
I want to rush It more if possible.
"We will carry everything except
ing groceries , clothing , boots and
shoes. Wo will operate a sort of de
partment store , carrying dry goods ,
a light line of hardware , novelties , cut
glass , Jewelry and the like. We have
a big line of holiday goods ordered
and liavo live carloads of our stock
now stored In the city. Wo will also
do plumbing , hot water , etc. I am a
plumber by trade , having worked at
the business for twenty years. "
R. C. Smith Is the other member of
the firm. Mr. Anthes will leave for
St. Jo next week and will meet Mr.
Smith next Tuesday.
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