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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1905)
THE NORFOLK NEWS : 1'MUDAY ' , OCTOBER G , 1905. OFFICERS GETTING DU3Y WITH HORSETHIEVE9. NUMBER WERE CAUQHT LATELY Doth of the Connoyers , Deb Nlckemon , nnd Others Have Deen Taken Snld to ba Number of Deputies on the Reservation. Nnpor MownI I Is very evident ttmt n general round n ' f "linil inon" IH being systematically carried on by the sheriffs nnd U. S. mnrRhnls nlong tlio borders of Koyu I'nlm and lloytl counties. Nohrnxlcn , nnd Gregory couu- ty , S. I ) . About twenty doputloH nro nt work on the various onsen nnil re- RUHR Rhow tlmt they menu business. "Hob" Nlekon < on was picked up In the Routhorn part of thin Rtato iioino two weeks ago. Jolin Connoyor was cnpturod nt Gregory InRt week and IR now liold at Sioux Fnlln. , llm UnyoH wns plncod In Kansas ix few ilnyn ago and will bo brought bnck for trial and Claud Connoyor wan cnpturod by two doputloR wlillo ho wan at dinner at JOUPH' ranch last Wednesday. Mono of thcso bad inon Rhowed the leust disposition to dlo with tholr liootH on wlion they were arroslnd but , on the contrary , hnvo boon perfectly willing to nccompany the olllcern and bo good. FRIDAY FAGTH. George llerry has gouo to Colorado on business. Geo. V. Sehinltt of Osmond was In town over night. Frank Lambert of Foster onmo down on the early train this morning. Gnrflold Mathers and Harold Stan- nard went to West Point this morning. .lolin Holland of Gregory , S. IX. Is visiting his frload Fred Deorland at Col. Cotton's. Mrs. C , T. Mlbbon wonl to Itandolph this morning to visit her slstor , Mrs. Robert Howe. Win. Jasper of Plnlnvlow nnd Ehlor IIoppo of WniiRii were In the city on business today , ,1n < > naroy of the CKnnrtl hotel was called t < > Sioux City this morning on act-mint of the death of bin unelo. .1 M Kelly , represent Ing Uio Sioux CH\ Printing company , was In the city o\ir nlgbt and left for tbo west this \ parly of ladles were here from Rntiion yesterday. They were Mrs .T 13 Urown , Mrs. A. Kenney , Mrs. .1. H Mnr"ton. Senator F. , T. Halo of Battle Creek was In tbo city yesterday advortlalng a Inrgo H tools tmlo which bo proposes to hold In tbo near fnturo. Mr. and Mrs. , T. C. S.Vollls expect to lonvo next Tuesday for a thrco weeks' visit through the east. They \\ill go to Chicago , Now York nnd other points. Mr. nnd Mrs , .1. J. Sherman of Chicago cage , who hnvo been visiting nt the home of Mr. nnd Mrs , 11. 13. Owen , North Twelfth street , loft today for their homo. Butte won a game of baseball at Bntto from Lynch Wednesday after noon. The tlrst dancing party of the sea son to bo given by the Trinity Social guild , will bo given tonight 'In Mar- Qiiardt ball. Judge lloyd and Court Keportor Pow ers returned at noon from Wayne , \\bere a term of district court has been In session this week. Uniinle Hull , known to n number of Norfolk people , baa been given tbo position of electrician nt the city elec trical station In Fremont. The Junior Endeavor society 'of the Concri-nntlonn. ! church will bold a ln\Mi social at the homo of llov. and Mrs W .1. Turrer this evening , be glnu'HR at 7 o'clock. Mr and Mrs 11. J. McCallum are { inciting their household goods and Mr. Mc al urn will leave Monday for Oak land , 'o\\n. ' where he lias a good po sition. Mrs. McCallum has taken rooms at Mrs. Cole's and will remain in Norfolk for a couple of weeks. The Nebraska Telephone company has secured the contract for stringing a. private telephone exchange to tbo insane hospital , where a private switchboard with twenty-live keys will bo Intsnlled. The various telephones will reach Into the several otlleo build ings of the Institution. Wedding Invitations hnvo been re ceived hero for the marriage of Lil lian Beatrice , daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. B H. Hoblson of Omnhn , to Mr. James Farnoy of St. Louis. Both nro graduates of the state university. Miss Roblson is a member of Delta Gamma sorority nnd Mr. Farnoy is n member of Delta Tan Delta fraternity. They will live at St. Louis. Over $200 from one acre nnd a quar ter of water melons in Madison coun ty is not n bad record. But C. B. Clay ton of this city has done oven better than that tills year. From the water melons which bo raised on this Httlo patch one and n quarter acres Mr. Clayton has already realized $105 in cash and ho still has 300 melons at the farm to be sold this season. Invitations hnvo been received by Norfolk friends for the marriage of Miss Adnollo Cady , daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Adtlison Cady of St. Paul. Neb. , to Mr. George Pyne of thatplatpj The ceremony will taKe place IUTOJM Methodist Episcopal church nt St. Palff on the evening of Wednesday , OctoS ber 11 at S o'clock. They will bo nt Lome In St , Pnnl after December 1. Miss Cady hns visited In Norfolk. She Is n grndunto of tbo state univer sity and n member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority Fairfax Sun-Review : A disastrous prnlrlo lire swept through the Dull creek valley the llrst of the week nnil "IcHtroyod about .100 tomi of bay nnd u largo frame burn. The following HottlerH Buffered from the flro In the IOHR of their hay : lion BtiRHell , 20 IOUH ; HalHlon boyH , IHO ( OUR ; Mr. Dur- roll , Ifi Ions. CoiiHldernblo other hay , the ownoni of which wo have not learned , wan caught In the blnzo nnd totally doRtroycd. Thin flro Hhotild servo as a warning to every ROltler of the HoHobnd to coiiRtruct an effective tire guard about his claim. Tbo dlnputo that has boon raging for u long tlmo between the Inrgo mail order lioiiHeR of the country on ono Hide and country inerchnnlH nnd Hinnll JobborH on the other , baa boon ap pealed to tbo postolllco department nnd turned over to P. V. Dcgraw. fourth assistant pontmaHter gonornl. The dispute grown out of an order of the department ( tint rnrnl free deliv ery boxen should bo numbered. Fol lowing this order came rcnucHtn from mall-order IIOUHOH tlmt they bo permit ted to address mall to the boxcw ns well as to Individuals. Country mor- chnntH nnd Hinnll JobborH miy mich pormlHHlon ; will drive them out of buHlnoss. Mall-order houses declare their request IH In line with a well- established policy of the department , which permits mail to bo nddroHflod to city lock-boxes by number. llnllroad men throughout the coun try nro preparing to open a campaign for a reduction In their working hours. Their efforts to obtain better condl- tloiiH will bo begun early In Decem ber , when the committees represent ing the live big organizations to which they belong will confer with the olll- clals of the various rnndH. While It is not expected that a formal demand for a readjustment of the schedule of working bourn will ho made then , the matter will be broached and tbo olll- plain nntlllcd of the position taken by the rnllnmd men's organizations. The olllcerH of the llrollierhood of Hull- road Trainmen , the most , powerful IIH well an the most progressive of the live orguiil/ntloiiH , are to take the lead In the movement. More than 100,000 men will bo alYeetcd by the demands of the workers. Of those , .215,000 are members of unions. Gregory advocate : A novoro hall storm visited Gregory county Friday evening. About tlvo o'clock a genlle rain paused over lo the Bonlhonut and soon after another heavy bank formed In the northwest nnd cnmo over. Hall as large as liens' eggs fell thick and fast. There was no wind. The roar- lug , whch Hounded much louder than the passing of an express train , could lie heard for a quarter of an hour be fore the storm broke. Several windows dews were broken and felt roofs weio torn up badly. At Dallas the storm was more severe. Several glasa frontn were demolished , nnd the roof to their now hotel was completely ruined. It \\as reported that ono hail slime wont clear through the roof. The damage lo crops was slight as corn Is matured and other crops are harvested. Many Bought their cellars , thinking from the roaring that it was n tornado. Pierce Leader : Bert Miller Informs us that ono day last week while ho waa out hunting on the Wm. Prahl farm northwest of town , ho was al most bitten by a largo rattlesnake. Ho was hunting chickens and his dog had discovered what bo thought to bo a covey and refused to advance at the urging of his master. Walking to the front to see what was the matter , be was Instantly stoppeil by a rattling and kind of hissing noise and upon looking a few feet In front ho beheld a huge rattler just In the act of springIng - Ing at him , lie suld he lost no time In moving and got a club and went after Mr. Snake nnd finally bad him killed. Only four rattles were found but he said that the snake must have had ton at least an it was the largest ho had over seen , but In the pounding ho had destroyed several. Uort says ho wa frightened so badly that he had n headache for three days. Valentino Republican : Citizens of Valentino were thro\\n Into n fever of excitement Monday a's the result of four young people failing to return from a drive In the country. Tills anxiety was due to the fact tlmt the young people drove to the country Sun day afternoon Intending to return In the evening nnd not returning that night It was feared they were out in the thunder storm and probably struck by lightning , llnrt the young people not returned n little after noon the next day a searching party would have In a few minutes more been on the hunt for them. Their detention is said to bo duo to their team getting away and the Inability of the young men to catch them sooner. Experi ence of the young people in the car riage over night must have been n chilly ono but their safe return caused n reception of warmth from relatives nnd friends that probably repaid for all the coolness they encountered the night before. ENFORCE BICYCLE ORDINANCE. Mayor Announces That Arrests Will be Made.tEjgHh Fines. Etc. The bicycle "fflJHKnnce. according tea a notice signcd'hy Mayor John Friday , is to bo rigidly enforced In Norfolk hereafter , with arrests , fines and Im prisonments. I The ordinance provides that blcyc- Jlsts must not ride on any sidewalks when the roads will permit riding on the street , and tlmt Ijcy must never ride on the sidewalks of Norfolk nv- enuo east of Sixth street. When they do rldo on sidewalks , during the pe riods when roads nro not In good con dition , whcellsts must dismount upon meeting or pnssing pedestrians and 1 must walk around persons. DLAKEMAN & COLEMAN DUY DUILDING FOR THAT PURPOSE. OUT RATE 18 WHAT THEY WANT On the Strength of the Rnte Which Has Deon Asked for by the Commit tee Representing the Commercial Club , Well Versed Men Will Act. I From IMilnv'n Blnkomnn & Coleman , who have Just purchased the old Piano wnrehoiiHoon Phillip nvenno , hnvo done HO with the end In vlow of ofltnbllRhlng a whole- Halo house In Norfolk In cnHo the "out" or distributing freight rnte , nskcd for by the committee roprcRentlng the Norfolk Commercial club. IH granted by the NorthwoRtorn railroad. Tbo firm will rebuild the big ware- hotiHO , have asked for a trnckngo from the NorthwcHlcrn rend to run nlong- Hldo tbo building , nnd will do a gen eral traiiRfer hunlnnnn In farm Implc- mentH out of Norfolk. Mr. Blnkemnn and Mr. Coleman have both hnd experience In thin par ticular branch of wholesale dlstrlbnt- Ing. For years Mr. Blnkomnn was mnnnger of the local distributing house of the Piano manufacturing company , nnd ho Is perhaps an well versed on the freight question as any man In Norfolk. Moro than that , ho ban had the actual experience In the business , which many theorists Inck. Mr. Colomnu , who represented the sumo tlrm through this territory , la also well np on the subject , because ho sold goodn to be distributed out of Norfolk nt the freight rntcR then In existence , "Out Rate Is The One. " "Tho out rate Is the one that we need , " said Mr. Blnkcmnn to The News last night. "Wholesaling Is what wo need. The rate that lias been asked for would give us-that wholesaling. If the rate that has been asked for by the committee from the Commerclnl club Is secured , we can make a distrib uting point of Norfolk. So far as om retail business is concerned , we add Hie freight lo the cost of the goods anywav , and It. entn no figure in com petition. Other towns would get the same rate as we , and therefore , that ht not the great point for which we must strive nt the present time. "Wo have lind during tbo pnst yea - r a number of transfer contracts will various manufacturing concerns , nm have distributed a few carloads o goods out of Norfolk even nt the pres cut rates. But wo can not do that business on tbo present rate bnsls. " Transfer contracts are contracts with manufacturing houses by virtue of which the local llrm handles the goods In carload lota , distributing It smaller quantities Norfolk's geographical graphical location gives It a declde ( advantage in this regard , The statement of this llrm , who are so well acquainted with the frolgb schedules nnd with distributing of ma chlnery on a large scale , to the effec that they can nnd Intend to do whole snlo transfer business out of Norfoll provided the rate that has been askei for Is granted , shows that , after all the Commercial club committee nr working In the interests of Norfolk the wholesaling point , nnd that , nl lowed to carry out their plnu nnhln dered , they will , in the end , bring t Norfolk what the city has lacked an woefully wanted for many years- wholesaling and distributing throng northern Nebraska. CITIZENS OF RENDER SIGN PETI TION TO AID. WAS SENT TO BISHOP SCANNEU Father Schell , Who Has Been Fighting the Corruption Around the Wlnne- bago Reservation , Is Upheld by Many Citizens of Render Town. Ponder , Nob. , Oct. 3. A petition , generally signed by citizens of this place , has been forwarded to Bishop Scannoll , asking him to aid Father Schell In defending the rights of the Indians. Father Scholl baa been fighting the corruption on the reservation , where nil manner of law was broken In cheat ing the redmen. Not long ago ho was assaulted by lawbreakers who were chocked In their work by his aggressiveness. NOBODY RUM OVER. Telephone Inquirer Heard Falsij Re port on the Street. The News telephone rang today. "Hello This the News ? Was any one run over by't frelght train connui : Into town 11 : * irtoinlng ? ' No. " " ' J5 "Wasn't somebody run over ? " 3m s'No. " jilt was reported two men were run - Glad to know it isn't true obliged. " Inquiry at railroad ofllces In Norfolk showed that there was not the slight est trace of foundation for any such report. A Question Answered. Norfolk , - Neb. . Sept. 28. Editor 'News ' : In yesterday's Issue you re fer to the saloons near the residence , of Gov. Hocb , and ask "What Is the 'matter ' with Kansas ? " I recently heard Gov. Hocb nnnwor thin question by giving another : "Did you over llvo djolnltig n neighbor whoso farm was vorrun with cockle burrs ? " Nuhrnu- a linn n law against murder. Nol- enllnd came Into our mldnt nnd killed wo pontons out of ono family . In duo ourHo of time ho wns hung. Lot un 10 patient. In due course of time the Kirder saloon will disappear from Kan- us If Nebraska and other states keep heir weeds down. M. II. O. THROWN FORTY FEET. Farmer Near Paplllon Fatally Hurt by Railroad Train. Paplllon , Nob. , Oct. 2. Claude larrmsen , n farmer , was probably fa- ally hurt hero last night by n Union 'aclflc train. The horse ho was rid- ng became frightened and stopped In rout of the train. The horse and Idor were thrown forty feet. UNITED STATES PENSION AGENT IN IOWA. WAS MANAGER OF THE REGISTER Hon. Richard Clarkson , For Thirty Yearn Manager of the Iowa State Register at DCS Molnes , and Well Known In Northwest , Dies Today. Dos Molnes , la. , Oct. 3. Hon. Rich- aril Clnrhson , U. S. pension ngent for owa and Nebraska nnd for thirty oars mnnnger of the Iowa Stnte Reg- slor , died hero this morning. Ho wns a brother of J. S. Clarkson , collector of the port at Now York. OUR 2,000,000 TELEPHONES. Some of the Wonderful Things Telephones - phones Do Nowadays. When the present wide use nnd the eng distance elllclency of the telephone - phone nro considered , it Is hard to bo- love that It is only twenty-eight years since the representatives of the then newly Invented talking Instrument an nnunccd In their ilrst circular : "Tho proprietors of the telephone the Invention of Alexander Graham Bell , for which patents hnvo been is sued by ( lie United States and Great Britain , are now prepared to furulsl telephones for the transmission of nr tlculato speech through Instrument } not more than twenty miles apart Conversation can lie easily carried 01 after slight practice nnd with the oc cnslonnl repetition of a word or sen tencc. On first listening to the tele phone , though the sound Is perfect ! } audible , the articulation seems to be Indistinct : lint after a few trials the car becomes accustomed to the pecu liar sound and llnds little dilliculty li understanding the words. " Now there are over 2,000,000 tele phones In this country alone , and In stead of twenty miles one can talk 1 , COO , and the practical talking longtl is still increasing. Not less surprising thnn the wonder ful development In the ofllclency of tin telephone Is the multiplication of the uses to which the Instrument Is np plied. A recent advance , In many re spects remarkable , Is the prlvat branch exchange for large stores. A store in New York hns a switch board with fifty trunk lines. Connect > d with the switchboard are 1,000 tel ephoiies. Customers are able to us any one of these as a public telephone md can have the free use of them t any part of the store with which the may wish to talk. Either in the stor or nt their homes they can give order lo any department. This system Is also made to form n essential part of n new method of ad vertising in which the personality of the salesman in its relation to regular customers is turned to the advantage of the house. Clerks are encouraged to call up their acquaintances or cus tomers , and toll them of any good things in the way of bargains that maybe bo available. Where an employe Is both widely known nnd popular , this method of business solicitation Is of ten employed with astonishing suc cess. cess.A company which takes charge of the stenographic work of various oftl- ces , maintains a staff of efficient sten ographers. The subscriber can at any tlmo communicate with the office through a telephone , which Is Installed by the company. Ho Is nt once connected with n stenographer - ographor , who takes his dictation eith er by notes or on the typewriter , as preferred , using his personal station ery , which is , of course , kept on file , The finished work Is then Inclosed without folding in a largo envelope sealed and delivered nt once by spe cial messenger service. Tbo value of the telephone In conn try districts wns well Illustrated b > an Incident in northern Iowa. A farmer or who was president of a rural tele phone company had devised a signal for all patrons of his system in case some ono on the .line should bo In dls tress or In neejjof help. Six lonj rings , followed5lyn | | short pnuso ant then six shgraRihgs mean that n general oral rally was called. Following this general alarm , the operator nt the cen tral station was to give the number ol rings indicating the person at whose house there was need of assistance. A party of thieves blew open the safe in a bank nt Quimby and stole $3,000 The sheriff Instead of starting at once In hot pursuit , gave the double si : telephone call to every farmer In thi district and before they could get nnj distance the robbers were surroundet and captured. TANTON FOOTRACER DEFEATED AT GRAND ISLAND. HERE IN FIREMEN'S TOURNEY Champion Who Recently Won a Race at O'Neill , Goes Down to His Second Defeat Much Money Changed Hands and 1,000 Saw the Race. ( From Snturclny'H Dally.l Al Marks , the Stanton footracor , van defeated In a dash nt Grand Island his week. Marks will bo remembered hero an having been leader of the Stanton running team which won the irlzo hero at the first state firemen's tournament held In Norfolk. A couple of months ago Marks won a footrace at O'Neill In which a local unncr was backed by many of the sports of that town. In that race , darks won by n neck. During the spring of the present year Marks wont > vcr Into Iowa to help running teams hero In the firemen's tournament of lint stntc. A report of the race at Grand Island bays : About a thousand people witnessed i foot race In this city Monday after- 10011 between Frank Hedglln of Boo ns nnd Al Marks , the noted runner mm Stnnton. The two hnd met sev eral weeks ago in which Marks was icntcn nnd nt tlmt time this race wns irnuiged for with a wngcr of $200 on i side. Hedglln , who Is n barber by ratio , canio down from Boelus with n argo following from that village and St. Michael , all of whom had a roll of illls. It hns boon many yenrs since his city hns seen so much betting go ng on. A low estimate plnced the noiioy that changed hands nt $1,500 , IMio rnco wns run on n road In the western part of the city for one him- Ired yards , Hodgiln winning out by about S feet , the tlmo being 10M : sec- ends. Great excitement prevailed for i few hours in the afternoon. The toys from St. Michael and Boolns re turned home very jubilant over the victory. SATURDAY SIFTIN'GS. I. E. Putnam of Dos Moincs , Iowa Is In the city. S. W. Deuel of Meadow Grove was In the city over night. Fred Jenkins was In tbo city ycster day from Knlnmnzoo , Misses Opal and Doris Olmstend are visiting in Wayne for a few days. S. W. Llgbtncr of Lynch was an ear ly visitor to the city this morning. Miss Gretchen Schwartz returned to day from a visit nt Spokane , Wash. Bnrt Mapes left yesterday for Moore- bend , Iowa , on professional business. Ed. Flynn luft this morning to ac cept a position In a drug store at Car roll. Forest Ellis of Indianapolis is hereto to take a position In the Norfolk hos pital for insane. Win. Kost , a former resident of Nor folk , now of Midway , is visiting friends In the city. Joe Fix is expected homo tomorrow from n three weeks' trip to the west ern part of the state buying horses. Miss Mabel Moore of Pierce is vis iting at the home of her aunt , Mrs. Hurt Anmrlno on North Eighth street. E. E. Everson of Bonesteel came down on the early train this morning and loft at noon for n visit to friends nt Stanton. Mrs. C. II. Vail returned from Sioux City Inst evening , where she had been visiting since Wednesday with Mrs. C. J. Howe. Prof. J. M. Pile of the Wayne Nor mal college was in the city over night and went to Omaha this morning on the early train. F. S. Perdue of Tllden , candidate for county superintendent on the re- piibliein ticket , wns In town on busi ness this morning. Mrs. Herman Halm , who has been visiting Mrs. W. P. Logan on North Twelfth street , returned to her home In Newcastle today. Misses Clemantlne Howe and Ber tha Howe and Mr. John Lelk visited their brothers , Bob and Norton Howe , In Randolph Inst evening. Mr. nnd Mrs. A. M. Kelson of Bn- 7.1ne. Kan. , are guests at the homo of J. T. Thompson. Mr. Kelson Is a brother of Mrs. Thompson. Commissioner Harding of Meadow Grove was In town this morning on his way homo from attending a meet ing of the county board nt Madison. Dr. W. T. Kile of Platnvlow was in the city on his way homo from Minne apolis , where ho had accompanied Harry Hackett , who withstood a se rious operation for kidney trouble. The boy stood the operation well and hns a good chance for recovery. Among the out of town guests who attended the twentieth wedding anni versary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. McKim of Lincoln and Mrs. Trimmer and son of Decntur , 111. Mrs. Trimmer nnd son have been hero n week visit ing nt tbo Dunn home. "Duke's Dog Show" wns an aggre gation In town this morning. The out fit wns on its way to Slonx Falls. A jolly lawn social wns held nt the home of Rev. nnd Mrs. W. J. Turner Inst night. A hnlf hundred little people ple played with "jack lanterns" for a couple of hours , and every mlnnto was enjoyed. Sam Goon Is among the Norfolk poo- pie who intend to visit Omaha during the Aksarben festivities. Ho will go down to Omaha next Wednesday. Snm has friends there whom ho hns not seen for ten yenrs. The Trinity Soclnl guild gave their first dancing party of the season at Marqunrdt hall lant night. About thir ty couples attended. Music was fur nished by the Norfolk orchestra. Punch wns served during the evening. Report from the bedside of Roy Car ter thin morning Bays that ho Is im proving slowly. It Is believed that ho Is considerably better thnn ho wna when ho wns brought homo from Col umbus , nnd It Is hoped tlmt he will escape a long siege of serious Illness. Some miscreant threw n brick through a window In Frank Weslon's residence last night after the family had retired. Fortunately the brick did not strike a person , so no ono was hurt. If It was thrown by some ono who was displeased , it was a very low way of seeking revenge. A number of ladles were entertained yesterday afternoon at the homo of Mrs. 13. O. Mount , in honor of Mrs , Collamor , who Is visiting friends In Norfolk from Sioux City. Guests In cluded n number of members of the former music club , of which Mrs. Mount nnd Mrs. Collamer were both members. Mr. nnd Mrs. S. F. Dunn celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary yesterday and In honor of the occa sion a largo number of their friends and neighbors perpetrated n surprise upon them last night. A number of beautiful gifts , as tokens for their es teem of the host and hostess , were brought by the visitors. The original Swedish-American characterization , "Yon Yonson , " will appear at the Auditorium on October 11 for a return visit. During the last fifteen years , "Yon Yonson" has prov en a great success nnd the indications are that the famous play will continue to do so ns long as the high standard of the production is maintained. The South Dakota board of par dons has announced that the case in which n pardon Is sought for A. J. Ault , formerly of Bonesteel , who shot and killed Kid English , a young sport In Bonesteel at the opening of the res ervation rush , will be hoard October 17. Mrs. Anlt has secured the names of a largo number of persons as sign ers to her petition. White shoes among women made a hit In Norfolk during the season that Is Just coming to a close. The whlte- ly clad feminine feet , in fact , seem to have almost outdone the feet garbed In black. An Illustration of the pop ularity of the whiteness was seen at a dancing party given In Norfolk last night. Among thirty young women on the door , twenty-one were whlto shoes making forty-two shoes of this color In nil. Dr. .1. C. Meyers and bride arrived in Norfolk last night nfter a trip to his old home at Indianapolis and Chi cago. Mrs. Meyers was formerly Miss Orana Bell of Gnlena , 111. They were married recently at the home of the bride in Il'ilnols. Dr. MeKlm , state xeterlnarlan , has hnd cKnrrjc of the practice of Dr. Meyers during the M- tcr's absence. Dr. and Mrs. Meyers have for the time being taken a suite of rooms In the Cotton block. A horse and buggy that had been 1 tied on the street during the day was taken up by Nightwatchman decker about 3 o'clock this morning and given care in the rKantz livery. This morn ing it developed that the rig belongs to A. J. Durland. lie drove it down town yesterday afternoon and left It for his brother C. B. to drive home. But he forgot to toll his brother about it , and when C. B. was ready to go homo lie walked. As a result the horse fell into tbo clutches of the police this morning. Bonesteel Pilot : Mr. nnd Mrs. Jul ius Schroeder , living southwest of town , brought their baby to Dr. Ken- aston Monday in a peculiar condition. Mrs. Schrocdor wns visiting at the homo of Geo. Yesser , seven miles southwest , and the little one was put on the bed for an afternoon nap nnd when discovered , life was nearly gone. The story goes that two other babies had Keno to sleep on this same bed and were found dead. The mystery surrounding their death has not yet been fathomed. A want ad that Is distinctly unique appears in the want columns of The News today. George Keller , the man who will be remembered as having ap peared In the city with a sign on his hat which tells where he Is from , ad vertises today that he will pay $5 to the first man or woman who can make a hat mark like the one he wears on his hat. lie Is to be reached by the general delivery at the postofflce. Now won't some loyal citizen of Norfolk - folk man or woman save the repu tation of the city and make a hat mark like that of George's ? Thursday was the biggest day in point of attendance ever known at the Madison county fair. Madison was i. crowded from end to end with visit . ors , and the buggies were jammed in together at the fair grounds so com pactly that there wns scarcely room to brentho In. Mayor Smith said that there were 3,500 paid admissions into the fair grounds that day , by far ex ceeding the next best day ever known. Tlmt was Norfolk day , nnd this , In part , Is tnken as a reason for the largo crowd. There were probably C- 000 visitors In Madison. The races were fair and the displays excellent. BUY PLANING MILL BUILDING. Blakeman & Coleman Have Purchased Piano Warehouse. Blnkeman & Colemnn hnvo pur chased tbo building formerly occupied by tbo International Harvester com pany , on Phillip avenue , nnd will re model the structure , tearing portions of it out nnd rebuilding , until It is sultnblo for use ns a permanent ware house. For years this building served as the Wheaton planing mill. I