THE NORFOLK NEWS : l-MUDA - Y.OCTOMKU 27 , MJ05 ,
PIVOTAL POINT IN HIS LIFE CAME
QUEERLY.
DROVE TWO UNBROKEN COLTS
Through a Sleet Storm , When a Lad
of Sixteen , He Made the Colts and
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a "Helfcr Travel For a Distance of
Six Miles.
The story of tlio llfo of Dr. F. M. Slfi-
son , recently presiding older In the
Norfolk district with residence first
hero and then at Stantoti , la told In mi
Omnlm paper ns follows :
The Hov. F. M. Slsson , recently ap
pointed to tlio pastorate of the First
Methodist church of South Omaha ,
probably owes his success In llfo to
driving two unbroken colts and a young
holfor six miles In n sleet storm , when
about 10 years of ago.
Dr. SlsKon was born In Switzerland
county , Indiana , and his early years
wore spent on n farm. On the day
which ho terms the pivotal point of
his life , bis father sent him about six
ft miles from homo to drive In the three
head of slock.
It was no easy task. The road which
ho had to pass was bisected with many
cross roads , and the frisky young an
imals led the lad a merry dance.
It was almost dark when ho ar
rived homo , exhausted , covered with
Ice , but happy at accomplishing the
task set for him. At the house was
the new "circuit rider" and this min
ister was much Impressed with the
lad's perseverance. He persuaded the
boy's parents that a lad with such de
termination merited a college educa
tion.
In the last year of bis college life
bo yielded to the call of the ministry
and became a circuit rider. Three
years be rode the circuit In southeast
Indiana. Then , In 1879 , Bishop How-
man requested blm to go to Eureka ,
Kas. , and build a cburcb.
Built New Church.
With his young wife ho went , and
found ho had a heavy task. He was
fifty miles from a railroad , and had to
do much of the manual labor on the
church himself , as well as solicit funds.
Ho succeeded , however , In building a
stone church In less than a year which
Is still a credit to the little city.
In ISSfi ho was given a charge in Il
linois , where be met T. L. Mathcws ,
United States marshal for Nebraska ,
and also U. 13. Schneider of Fremont.
In 1893 ho was named to fill a vacancy
In the pulpit at that city , and has since
been one of the leading divines In Ne
braska.
For years ho was one of the trustees
of the Nebraska Weslyan university :
was for two terms president of the
conference of the Kpworth league , and
at present is chaplain of the first regi
ment , Nebraska national guards.
For the last six years he was pre
siding older of the Norfolk district ,
where he presided on an average of I |
moro than one sermon a day. Tie i
I
therefore comes to South Omaha with ]
very promising outlook.
WEDNESDAY SIFTINGS.
I. N. Jones was in Norfolk today
from Monowl.
O. S. Brcnit of Burke , S. D , , was in
Norfolk today.
Attorney Ehrhardt of Stanton was
In the city today.
George M. Montgomery of Spencer
I
was in Norfolk over night.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Strain of NIo-
brara are visiting in the city today.
Mrs. Hutton and daughter , Miss Fay
Hutton , were in the city from Pierce
yesterday.
A. A. Ahlmann arrived in the city
from Omaha last night for a visit with
bis parents. I
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lamb and baby , I
Vellra , have returned from Colorado , i
where ho bad been working in the
sugar factory.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pardonner and
daughter , Janette , left today for their
homo In New York City after a visit
with Norfolk friends.
Dr. P. H. Salter gave expert testi
mony In a law suit at Pierce yester
day.
day.E.
E. H. Luikart has traded Meadow
Grove bank stock , valued at $25,000 ,
for a farm In southern Iowa , which ho
considers a very valuable piece of
land.
land.Mrs.
Mrs. C. D. Slmms entertained a
number of ladies at her homo on
South Eighth street yesterday after
noon. A delightful afternoon was
spent
Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Salter enter"
tained a few friends at dinner last
evening In honor of Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Pardonner of Now York , who are
visiting In the city.
City Mail Carrier William Darling
ton has returned from his vacation at
Long Pine and Chris Anderson Is this
week taking his vacation. Ho will
spend the week at Neola , Iowa.
Members of the Trinity Social guild
tendered a plate shower to Mrs. Max
Asmus last night. Thirteen plates
were presented to the brldo by the
girls , who spent a social evening.
Another summer day dawned this
morning , and the weather prediction
for rain and colder has failed to de-
develop. Yesterday the mercury | !
reached the C8 mark during the course
of the afternoon.
C. E. Burnham , president of the Nor
folk National bank , returned at noon
from Lincoln , whore ho attended the
State Bankers association yesterday.
Ho reports the attendance the largest
over present at a state bankers' meet
ing.
ing.Dr.
Dr. C. S. Parker , secretary of the
Northeast Nebraska Dental associa
tion , Is preparing to receive about
twenty-Ilvo dentists In Norfolk Friday ,
when ( Uolr second semi-annual meetIng -
Ing will bo hold. The mcotlngs will
bo held at the Klk club rooms * ami Nor
folk dentists are uniting In milking
ready to glvo the visitors a cordial
welcome.
Llttlo Winifred Hasten , the child HO
badly Injured by being run over last
Saturday , has HO far recovered that
her phyHlelnn announced this morning
that ho believed all danger had been
passed and that the little girl will now
get on nicely. There wore grave fears
around the Hasten home last Monday
lest the child should suffer from peri
tonitis but the troublehns been
checked and hope has been restored
for her Immediate recovery.-
Miss Alice IlooRovolt has returned ,
and has brought with her but a few
Inexpensive gifts so that the story of
the jfiO.nno duty due has gone glimmer
ing. She regrets all of the uonsi'iislc-
al stories that have been printed
about her. Miss Iloosovelt Is now on
the Hnrrlnmn special train which Is
speeding across the country from Ran
Francisco to Now York and by means
of which It la hoped to beat the world
record for time between Japan and
America.
Ella Xuelow died last nlubt at the
homo of her parents , Mr and Mrs. C.
Zuolow , aged fifteen years , ten montliH
and fourteen dav . In her eighth year
she became 111 and underwent four op
erations from the effects of which Hhe
was ill for live years. She was con-
finned In Christ Lutheran church last
spring. A few \voekfi ftgo site was at
tacked with heart trouble and suc
cumbed after much suffering. She
leaves her stricken parents ; two sisters -
tors , Miss Minnie Xuelow and Mrs. A.
C. Peters of Stanton ; and one brother ,
Paul Xuelow , to mourn her loss. Mrs.
Peters arrived In the city Mondav
noon Funeral arrangements will bo
announced later.
A ONE-YEAR-OLD CHILD MEETS
DEATH IN RUNAWAY.
MOTHER , TOO , BADLY INJURED
The Infant CMId of Mrs. N. D. Jones
of Chadron Was Killed There Yes
terday Afternoon in a Runaway Ac
cident and the Mother Hurt.
Chadron , Neb. , Oct. 2f > . The 1-year-
old babe of Mrs. D. N. Jones was
killed hero yesterday afternoon In a
runaway and the mother , herself , was
badly Injured. They were thrown
from the buggy.
MONEY TO ELECT JEROME.
$20,000 Has Been Subscribed In New
York.
Since District Attorney Jerome was
I placed In nomination $20,000 has been
subscribed to defray the expenses of
his campaign , snys a Now York report.
Checks varying from $1 to $1,000 have
lieeii received from people In every
station in life. In response to the
first appeal sent out by the Jerome
nominators , $11,000 was subscribed.
The second circular was put in the
malls on last Thursday morning.
An appeal was circulated among
leading business men and lawyers to
day for signatures asking the governor
of Mississippi to come here to chain-
plon the cause of Mr. Jerome. The pe-
jtltlon reads as follows :
"Tho undersigned citizen of New
York , without regard to party , Invite
and urge you , for the sake of good gov
ernment and In order to keep In of
fice a fearless and faithful public ser
vant , to come on and speak for Jo-
romo.
Among those who have already
signed the petition are William B.
Hornblower , Charles E. Hughes , Oscar
S. Strauss , former minister to Turkey ;
Isaac N. Sellgman and General Stew
art Webster , former minister to Spain.
A WHITE WINTER.
Lovely Woman to be Garbed In White ,
Her Complexion and Furs Brown.
This Is to bo a white winter , as or
dained by fashion white clothes and
brown complexions , furs , hats and
coats. Even walking dresses are to beef
of snowy white or a delicate shade of
cream , says a London report.
But the now white crusader coat for
women Is the real sartorial surprise
of the season. Made of fleecy white
cloth that is quite as warm and a quar
ter the weight of fur , the "crusader
coat" Is a really glorlfled"guard's'coat ,
which falls In long graceful lines from
the shoulder and Is secured by a
short strap at the back. This strap ,
which passes through a buckle of dull
silver colored metal , fits closely to the
waist and Is often of a contrasting col
or , pale blue for preference. The coat
has wide collar and rovers , but the
rovers are also faced with cloth In the
now shade of turquoise blue and em
broidered with silver.
As for complexions , according to a
West End beauty specialist , the favor
ite tone now Is the Japanese tint ,
which is a clear brown of medium hue.
"To obtain the best foundation for
this coloring , " ho says , "I advise my
clients to ride In the automobile ns
much as possible. The air tones the
skin to a color of ripe olive , and then
I tone It down with good cold cream
and next a llttlo olive powder Is
rubbed In. I sometimes change the
color of the skin by artifice. This Is
by no means difficult. There are
bleaches made that will make one al
most snow white ; powders and cosmet
ics that darken to the desired shade ,
but the healthy-looking 'nut-brown * Is
the latest fad. "
HARRIMAN FAST SPECIAL TRAIN
WENT THROUGH TODAY.
MISS ROOSEVELT ON BOARD
MADE 138 MILES THIS MORNING
IN 1-11 MINUTES.
THE PILOT TRAIN BROKE DOWN
But the Record Breaking Special , In
Its Race Across the Continent , Sped
on Without the Pilot Reach Grand
Island at 0:35 : a. in.
Grand Island , Neb. , Ocl. LT. . Special
to The NOWH : The fast llarrlman spc-
cial train , speeding from Sim Francis
co to New York In an effort to break
all records of tlmn on a Journey fioin
Japan to the eastern portion of Amer
ica , arrived here tills morning at t ! : : ! . " >
o'clock and left at t5:10 : , live minutes
later , for the east.
On the train were E. H. llarrlmnn ,
the railroad magnate , and Miss Alice
Roosevelt , daughter of the president ,
together with other members of the
party who had been spending a num
ber of weeks In the orient.
Fast Time Through Nebraska.
Tlio special train Is making fast time
through Nebraska. The run from
North Pintle to Grand Island , n dis
tance of 1IS ! miles , was made In two
hours and twenty-Ilvo minutes , or 211
minutes.
Pilot Train Out of Race.
The pilot train which was running
abend of the fast special , and which
carries General Manager Mosler , Su
perintendent Parks , Master Mechanic
Thompson and District Foreman Wll-
kins , was laid out at Wood Rlvor on
account of a hot driver box and the
special pulled out of hero without the
pilot train.
The special left San Francisco at
'J0 : ! ! o'clock Monday afternoon.
NONE TO LOAF WITH.
General Smith Finds No Companions
In America.
General Jacob Hurd Smith , "Hell-
Roaring Jake , " wont abroad for n two-
years' stay after his retirement from
the United States army. Ho cnme
back to America last Juno. Ho lias
been visiting all over the country and
now ho Is In Now York on his way
back to Europe because ho says he's
n scientific loafer now and he cati't
llnd anyone in the United States to
loaf with. When asked to explain ,
General Smith said :
I'm a loafer. Who are my friends
In America ? Busy lawyers , busy men ,
doctors , editors. My army friends are
mostly cither burled In Chlckamauga
and Illolo or are retired officers , like
myself , hiking over the world trying
to find someone to loaf with. Loafing
is coming to me. I earned it by forty
fl\e hard years in the army. This Is
the greatest land the sun shines on so
long as you keep working , but It's no
atmosphere to loaf In.
So Mrs. Smith and I are going back
awhile to Europe , where there niv
plenty of men of inherited and ac
quired leisure , whose only object In
life Is to loaf comfortably and serene
ly.
DAUGHTER OF MRS. JACKSON AT
BROKEN BOW ESCAPES.
IS JUST ENTERING HER TEENS
Leaving a Note Which Told Her Parents -
rents That If They Pursued Her She
Would End Her Life With a Knife ,
a Little Girl Has Left Home.
Broken Bow , Nob. , Oct. , Oct. 25.
The daughter of Mrs. Jackson of this
place , Just entering her teens , has run
away from home and has left a note
which says that she will cut her throat
If pursued.
The runaway girl was last seen near
Alnsley , Nob.
KAISER MOUSTACHES.
Are Coming Into Vogue In City of
Washington.
Kaiser moustaches are coining Into
vogue In Washington. The barbers In
the various hotels are under a steady
demand for "trainers" which may bo
worn at night to Induce the ends of
the moustache to turn up toward the
eyes In the fashion so noticeable In
all plctj'-- . Emperor William. In
one shop Jt was today noted that no
less HIM a dozen of these "trainers"
have been sold the last week , says a
dispatch.
NET GOT A SUBMARINE.
Some Fearful Monster , Tangled In
Trawl , Hauled Him Against Wind.
An extraordinary tale of the sea has
just come to light. A five-ton boat re
cently put out from Brlxham , In Dev
onshire , and the captain loworqd Ills
trawl net of eight feet beam.
Soon , with the wind behind him , ho
was making a steady course when sud
denly the boat stopped , the sails
flapped and before the amazed cap
tain could realize what was happening
the boat began to move astern at a
good pace. Utterly at a loss to com
prehend the rciiHon for tlilw exirnonll
nary ( urn of evenlH and thinking he
hud caught a whule , which might pirn
Hllily drug the boat under water , lie
reached lift and cut the twarl repeAt
At once the boat Htopped and the cap
tain put about to sen what would hup
pen. In a few mnmcnlH the dark ,
shiny back of a HOIV mounter appeared
above the mitTaeo. A mtb. marine which
wan maneuvering had become en
tangled In bin trawl. The crew of the
mihmiirlno gravely returned the cap
lulu Ills Irawl and with mutual iipnln
gles anil much laughter ( lie. Incident
watt closed.
KILLED BY ROYAL FLUSH.
West Virginia Poker Player Falls Dead
from Excitement
Colonel William SlmniH. a well
known Htoelulenler , fell dead at the
Llttlo Queen club IOOIIIH Saturday
while playing poker. The wlakeii worn
big and Slmms had been winning
steadily. Al 8 o'clock a big pot WMH
on and several hundred dollars' worth
of chips wern on the table before the
curdH were drawn. When the dealer
helped hands Colonel Hltmnn drew one
curd , and after looking at It , gave a
gasp and fell back dead. When bin
hand was examined It was found ho
clutched In his HtlfTenlng flngern a
royal flush , having ( he uce , king ,
queen , jack and ten of diamond : ! . Phy
sicians were Hiimmoned , and they wild
ho had died from excitement.
Letter List.
Mm of lettorH remaining uncalled
for at the postofllco at Norfolk , Neb. ,
Oct. 21 , IDOfi :
James Imrtow 2 , Mrs. Mamie El-
HOII ( 2 , Mrs. Martha Lovelace , M. J.
Lovelace , Mrs. ICuinle Lang , Air. H. A
North. Mrs. C. K. Powell , MHH ! Jen
nie Winkle.
If not called for In fifteen days will
be sent to the dead letter office.
Parlies calling for any of the above
please say "advertised. "
John R. Hays , P. M
HOSKINS HAPPENINGS.
Otto Wantoch has moved bin butch
er shop Into the building vacated bv
H. S. Strickland and Is now prepared
to give his patrons belter service.
Mr. and Mrs. Fonncr and Saline will
leave Saturday for Omaha where they
will visit for a few days and then go
on to Washington where Mr. Fenner
will again take up his work as con
tractor and builder.
F. S. Itensor spent Sunday at home
but left again to see his frlendH and
U1 them know that ho Is a candidate
for county clerk. Mr. Denser will
undoubtedly bo elected as he Is every
one's friend who knows him.
Well , at last we are going to have
a hotel. G. W. Paddock will open up
In the building formerly occupied by
Otto Wantoch about November l.and
now that wo bavo a hotel It Is every
one's duly to patronize It so that wo
can keep It.
Mrs. Dempster leaves today forOinn-
lin. where she will visit a few days
with her sister and then go to Gran
ger , Washington , to meet Mr. Demp
ster , where ( hey will make their fu
ture homo. Wo wish them success In
their new homo.
Mr. Candor was called by telegram
Saturday to Alodo. III. , to the death
bed of his father. Mr. Candor returns
today and will then move his family
to Carroll to accept the promotion offered
fored him by the railroad company.
Their many friends regret their leav
ing and wish them success
John Waddell , John Kaulcn , Frank
Ilarl , Henry Anderson , Prof. Nles ,
Artlo Weatherholt , Frank Phillips ,
Herman Xlemer , Miss Jennie Wad
well. Estella Weathorholt , Mlnnlo
Koohn , Ida Moratz and Florence Wil
liams all attended the musical comedy
"Tho Prince of Pilsen , " at Norfolk
Wednesday night. From reports It
was the best of the season.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ilhor
okoy assembled at the depot Sunday
evening to bid them a last farewell
as they went to Meadow Grove to
make their home. Mr. Ilhorokoy Is
engaged In the banking business there
and found It very Inconvenient to bo
there while his wife lived here , so ho
decided to move. Their many friends
regret to have them leave Hosklns ,
but wish them success In their now
homo.
One night last week four of the
boys from town went out to Skiff's
pond duck hunting and after getting
their feet wet , etc. , etc. , decided to
glvo it up and come homo. Kaulen
was afraid of the driver and stayed
all night. When they got to the cor
ner , where they should have turned
east they turned west Instead and
drove nearly to Hadar. After routing
a farmer out and finding out which
way to go homo , they started and ar
rived early.
FIRE IN RAILROAD TIES.
Northwestern Yards at South Norfolk
Scene of Small Blaze
Fire broke out this afternoon short
ly before 2 o'clock In the Northwest
ern railroad yards at South Norfolk.
The flames originated In a bunch of
railroad ties , which were burning rapIdly -
Idly when the alarm was turned In
The lire department made a quick
run to the fire and turned water on the
blaze. The loss Is not heavy.
STAND BY ROOSEVELT.
Beatrice Commercial Club Will Aid
President.
Beatrice , Nob. , Oct. 25. The Com
mercial club of Bcatrl has sent del
egates to the Chicago Commercial club
convention Instructed to stand by Pros
tdont Iloosovelt In his efforts to got
railroad rate regulation ,
FOLLOW THE FLAG"
Home Visitors
Excursion
November 27
To Pinny pnintH In llliunlN , Iniliiuiii , Ohio , Ktiilniiliy , WeMern
IVmiN.vlviinln , Now Yorl , and Went Virginlti ill
Greatly Reduced Elites
The WAIIASII IIIIH solid lonil-lii'il , rock ImlliiNl ninl new equipment ,
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