OLD STATION CONVERTED INTO
HEADQUARTERS.
RAILROAD MEN OFFICE THERE
Seven Apartments With Dispatchers
Office In the Middle Changes are
Now In Progress Under Direction of
Bridge Superintendent Qurrell.
Plaim for i ! > 'irrrinr arrangement
of tlio old im-- i" ' station , which Is
being converted lulo an olllco building
for tlu < Northwestern headquarters ,
have boon drawn iinil nro In IK HHUBHOII |
of Bridge Superintendent Unrrnll whti
In supervising the changes now In
progrosH , Bays ( ha Fremont Trlhiino
There nro to ho seven ofllcoH and a
not of tollot rooms. Tlio olllco of AH-
nlHlnnt General Superintendent F. C.
Wallers will ho In ( ho southeast cor
ner , with the onu of Tralnmastor Itonch
adjoining It on ( ho west. North of
those aimrtmoivtH , diking up the north-
wt corner of the ImltdliiK , will ho
rooiim for Mr.Vallorn' chlof clerk , J.
l oppla. and Mr. Roaoh'H clerk , Waldo
Dodge. The central Hoctlon , Inoludlni ;
the portion of the liullillni ; fonnurly
used an a ticket olllco , will ho the train
dlspatehorH' room , twelve by thirty
foot In size , HO situated ( hat the hay
window will ho ahont the nilddlo of the
Honlh wall. The roadmaBlor'H olllco
will ho west of that of the dlHpatchorH ,
taking up the southwest corner , whllo
the apartmonlH of Mr. llurroll will ho
north of the I utter. takliiK the north
west corner. The tollot rooniH will ho
hotwoon Mr. Hurroll'H olllco and that
of trainmaster's clerk , and will have
ontranro from the dispatchers' olllco.
The liiHldo work on the building has
Just lit'cn coiuinoncod , tnntorlul for the
olllcos having boon rocolvoil yesterday.
It IH expected by the olllcluls to move
from tholr present ( | uarlorH In the HOC-
end tloor of the Nyo-Sehneldor-Fowlor
ImlldliiLHOOII after the llrnt of the
year. The MxtnroH now in use , wllh a
few additional pieces , will bo put In
the now headquarters building.
The family and household effects of
ARRlRtnut General SnporlnU'ndont Waiters -
tors arrlvod yoHtorday afternoon Irom
Slonx City and they nro occupying the
residence nt I street and Military av
enue , which was formerly the homo of
Frank Fowler.
FRIDAY FARTS.
.1 0 McGIll IH down from Cantor.
A 11. ThoimiH of Fremont IH In town.
Mr and Mrn. ThonuiB Whlto are vis
iting at Vordlgro.
U .1. Cocking < > f Wlnsldo WIIH a oily
vl.sltor ever night.
Ed Williams represented Lynch In
Norfolk last night.
George I'nrkor from Lincoln IB visit
ing Uoyd IHakoman.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Wolfe of Lynch are
Norfolk vlHltors today.
1C C. UnniH , tlio oil man of Scrlhnor ,
was In town ever night.
Tlios Davoy of Kromont was an overnight
night visitor In Norfolk.
1 7i. MeGlnnla haB returned from
his holiday vlHlt to Wayno.
T 11. Taylor of Columbus trausactoil ,
business In to\\n this morning ,
I W. Llccko of Wlhiior arrived In
tin city on ( lie evening train.
L. A. and Glen Fisher of Oakdalo
wore Norfolk visitors last night.
n II. Llhlnknhl of Wlsnor transact
ed business In Norfolk last night
Misses Cannon of Brooklyn , Iowa
a 10 guests at the A. II. llowo homo.
Karl l.ynde has gone to Darlington
to spend Now Years with relatives.
S W. Deuol of Meadow Grove was
a 1 tislness visitor In the city yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Simmons of Km
oi'Mm were sojonmors In the clly last
nlKlu
George Gibson Is homo from Port
land and Is visiting his slslor , Mrs. F
K Fill ton.
II I l.und of Hat tic Creek was In
the city yesterday looking after Homo
business matters.
Mrs. II. C. Brome of Omaha , arrlver
last evening tu miiko a visit with rel
atiu-s and friends.
Mrs K. Wallers has returned from
an enjoyable \ist ; to Wakollold rol
atues and friends.
Miss Grace SUMillehl , who has been
visiting her brother on South Fifth
ha-- returned ID O.ualm.
lake Derek of Fremont , a business
man ot that city , was transacting busl
ness In.town yesterday.
George llnrr and son. prominent
farmers of Stanton county , wore in
town on business yesterday.
George Douglas of Litchtlold , who
has been visiting friends hero during
the holidays , has returned home.
Michael Martlschand came down
from Pierce this morning. Ho reports
a very quiet holiday week in that town
Art. Unibaker , who has been ui
from Bollwood to have n holiday visit
wi'b the homo folks , returned today
noon.
The Jones family was fairly well
n. presented in Norfolk this morning
B ,1 coming down from Niobrara am
B. M. from Plerco.
Fred A. Saftran , an old college chum
of J Earlo Harper , came up from Col
umbus this morning to attend the
Trinity girls' dance tonight.
Miss Jennie Wheeler leaves tomor
row noon for Omaha , where she wll
visit friends. Thou she goes to Rear
noy to visit her brother Merlo.
J M. Covert was at Hoskius yesterday
day on lodge business.
Daniel Flores of West Point visited
in Norfolk yesterday with his son , C
E. Flores , returning to West Point at
noon today.
Tbo Misses Hanson , Bisters of Mrs
K I'nnchi r , who luvo In. n holldio '
ic.ii at the Mo'hod'iit pan.nnngo. n
ii-ni d to thiir hoim H at Hermann , yci ,
rday
Mrs 10 M Hnntlngion left at noon
> ! icrdnt for llntnholdl , town , to at
nd the funeral of her HlHtor , who
oil at Allies , Iowa , on the morning ol
ho 27th.
P.inl HlHHon of South Omaha arrived
n Norfolk hiBt night and renewed old-
line frloinlH In the city. Ho IB n HOII
if former Presiding Elder HlHson of
ho Norfolk district.
John Bridge , who linn been over at
'osier helping the folks out In the
mnk. arrlvod homo yesterday , anil
bin morning wont ever to Sioux City
o hear the Ohorlln glee club. Ho IB
in ox-Oborlln boy and of course
ouldn't wltlistand the temptation to
lear his old college glee boys.
MlHH Sadie 10. Shlvim of Fairfax was
n ( ho city today.
John N Ellormnn of Fnlrfax WIIB
oglBtorod at the Paclllc today.
Ed EdiiiiH of Tllden. and K. C
( iloiiko of Omalia are the guoHtH of
birt Kuminor.
( Juy Peloi-Hon of IIoHkliiH WIIH IrtuiB-
iet Ing biiHlnoBH and Blinking hands
with frlondB In the city today.
CluiH. MlhlllH , who IIIIH been quite
Kick for Homo ( Imo , IB on the convalescent -
cent llHl , and was out riding for the
Ural tlmo today.
Miss Mlrdlo Kulil IB visiting friends
it Serllmer for a few days after which
she will visit at the homo of Mr. and
Mrs. G. II. Hiinllnglon In Fremont.
M. T. Kry er goes to Nellgh tonight
lo attend the funeral of his uncle , Hen
ry 10. Kryger , a prominent citizen of
that part of the Htato , whoso death Is
reported in Iho dispatches on the llrnt
lingo of today's News.
J. A. Johnson and MlHH Mildred Dolphin
phin of David City , and Percy Wil
liamson of Columbus , all connected
wllh Iho Work garment cutting
schools of the places mentioned , who
have been gmwlH of ( ho general man
ager , Mr. J. I. . ItlchardHon , conducting
one of the schools In thlH city , left to
day for tliolr respective places.
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. SUmer of
Illghmoro , S. 1) . , who have been
vlHltlng at the Lambert residence ,
started for homo on the afternoon M.
& O. train. Mr. Sloner IH the editor
and publisher of Iho Herald In his
town , where ho ban resided for the
last fourteen years. This was lilH
llrnt visit to this section of Nebraska ,
and ho expressed himself as highly
pleased with what ho had seen about
Norfolk , and thinks It Is a good town.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry llaase will en
tertain a number of their friends at a
card parly this evening.
There will lie a big masiiuerado ball
at Battle Creek tonight , which will bo
attended by several of our young pee
ple.
The police court is also having an
after holiday rest , only one drunk and
disorderly , H. Orange , an out-of-town
man , having been brought before his
honor. Ilo was. assessed two dollars
and costs.
F. ( } . Coryell has rented the front
suite of rooms In the Robertson block
for one year at least , and will Imme
diately establish a real estate and In
surance olllco with South Dakota lands
as a special feature of his business.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Pasewalk enter
tained about twenty friends at a card
party last evening at their pleasanl
homo. Refreshments wore served ami
a very nice time Is reported by those
fortunate enough to be among the as
sembly.
The social guild of Trinity church
will entertain their friends with a hoi-
iiluy dance at Maniuardt hall tonight.
The Muse of Terpsichore will reign
supreme during the evening anil n very
pleasant time Is predicted the jolly
company.
Yesteplay morning Harry Alexander
had the misfortune to fracture the elbow -
bow Joint of his left arm by accident
ally falling Into an ash-pit at the round
house. Medical aid was summoned
and the fracture was reduced and will
not prove very serious If he takes euro
4 the Injured member , lie is a ( ire-
man on the main line of tlio North
western.
Adolph Hllle obtained permission to
1111 a water tank with city aqua purn
\n old huso was attached to a hydrant
near the city hall and the water turner
on. The hose bnrsted and Mr. Hlllo
. tald. "melii gott In hlmmel , I dink 1
vas drowned. I no see so much water
In my life , sure ! " It happened that It
was a pleasant day , else Mr. Hlllo
would have worn Icicles longer than
his whiskers for the remainder of the
day.
day.A
A wag reading the story about poor
ly paid teachers In The News , said :
"Hod carriers are paid far better thai
school teachers , yet there are none 01
the teachers willing to exchange pine
es with the hod carrier for the difference
once in pay. " The hod carrier may gel
more wages , but he doesn't get to go
to Lincoln once a year and mingle for
a whole week with a whole multitude
of bright and handsome women. It Is
probably one of the many reasons whj
the teacher sticks to his job.
No Opium in Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.
There Is not the least danger In glv
Ing Chamberlain's Cough Homcdy to
small children as it contains no opium
or other harmful drug. It has an cs
tnblished reputation of more than thlr
ty years as the most successful medicine
cine in use for colds , croup and whoop
ing cough. It always cures and Is
pleasant to take. Children lllco It
Sold by all druggists.
WANTED Bright , honest young
man from Norfolk to prepare for pay
ing position in Government Mall Ser
vice. Box One , Cedar Rapids , la.
MAN WHO STOLE A TEAM AND
WAGON IN DROAD DAYLIGHT.
QELONGF.D TO REV. MR. ELLERT
D. J. Valentine Made Himself a Christ
mas Present and Landed Himself In
Jail as a Consequence Note of
Warning From the Rosebud ,
Gregory. S. D. , Dec. an. Special to
The NOWH : Sheriff Cotrlll and Harry
, ewlM of Koya Talia county captured
I. J. Valentino about live miles north
west of hero JiiHt at dusk the day nfter
Christmas. Ho had stolen n team , bar-
loss and wagon at AltiBworth , Neb. ,
mil waa making a straight road to
where all horses that are stolen In this
tart of the country head for. Quick
id Ion Is needed to put a stop to this
bloving and If the law does not stop
t ( hero are moro violent moans Hint
work to perfection.
This Is the team , harness and wagon
belonging lo Hov. Pearl Ellort , which
were stolen In broad daylight off the
streets of Alnsworth on Christmas
morning. The first report waB that
the thief had been captured at Ixmg
Pine.
SATURDAY 8IFTINQ8.
A. J. Durland Is In Omaha on busl-
ness
J. B. Dlckovcr returned from Omaha
yesterday.
F. Reynolds of Madison was In town
last night.
Ralph Nlcholfl of Wayne wna In
town over night.
O. 10. Chambers of West Point was
In ( own over night.
Business called JamoH Hart of Ill-
man to town yesterday.
R. L. Cosncr ol Wayne was doing
business in the city today.
dim Loerko of Stanton took In the
sights In the city yesterday.
Walter Pickering and family of
Lynch wore In the city today.
10. P. Weathorby left for Omaha to
day lo bo absent lor a few days.
Mrs. Gus. Plorro of Wlsnor Is a
miest at tlio Chas. Wehr homo.
Thomas Knoll will spend Sunday
mil Now Year's day at Crolghton.
W S. Armstrong of Slonx City Is
visiting friends In the city over Sun
day.
Geo. lloardm of David City trans
acted business in town last night.
lOlmor Hodgson of Bonesteel was
visiting In the city this morning.
11. F. Fans of Madison transacted
business In Norfolk this morning.
Mrs. John McKcn/.le and son of
Stanton wore city visitors Friday.
J. L , Burns and T. C. Johnson of
Crolghton wore In town last night.
Frank Upton of Madison Is in town
lo remain over Sunday to visit friends.
Miss Helen Pylo from Wayne Is the
guest of her friend , Miss Opal Madsen.
Mrs. Fred Degncr of Pierce was in
the city yesterday visiting and shop
ping.
II. J. Brunlng and W. U. Nclfort of
Bloomllold worn city visitors last
night
Miss Fannie Norton will be In Slonx
City ever Sunday as the guest of
friends.
F. A. Houston of Ewlug , who is now
running a store in Maplcton. Iowa , is
In ( own today.
Mrs L. M. Beelcr and two boys will
visit at White Cloud , Kan. , having left
for that place today.
J. II Miller of St. I nls stopped oft
here i .id had a short visit with Mr. A.
M. Malouey yesterday.
J.hu lOllerman of Fnlrfax , S. D. ,
was In town yesterday enroute home
from a trip to Yankton.
G. W. Meyers of Neligli was in the
city transacting business for ( he In
tcrnatlonal Harvester people.
F. J. Scliula of town , and Henry Faes
of Madison are new tonsorinl artists
at the Hartford establishment.
Miss Mary McDole , who has been
tiUcndlng the ( eachers1 meeting nt
Lincoln , arrived homo today.
John G. Green , who has been visit
ing at the D. C. Hcrrington home , has
returned to Tilden , where he resides.
Mrs. George Storey of Plerco was
In town Thursday evening enroiito to
the northwestern part of the state for
a visit.
Mr. Anderson , the railway mall
clerk , Is moving into his now home on
South Tenth street , which hns just
been completed.
Misses Florence and Quecnie Maloney -
loney returned yesterday from Battle
Creek , where they had been visiting
Miss Helen Tanner.
John Kllerman of Fairfax changed
cars here today enroiito to Slonx City
and shook hands with friends while
waiting about town.
Mr. Ivan Ixnvo is reported In a very
critical condition. Ho Is past 92
years of ago and but little hope ex
ists for his recovery.
Secretary Williams of the Klkhorn
Valley insurance company has gone to
Omaha to visit his mother and sister
He will return Tuesday.
Guy McDolo of Lincoln , who has
been visiting his sister , Mrs. C. 10.
Greene , will return homo tomorrow af
ter an enjoyable holiday.
Misses Frances Vlolo and Elln
Toomoy who have been nt Lincoln
this week enjoying the teachers' gath-
erintr , arrived homo today.
Miss Llzzlo Prlco was called to Bat
tle frock today on account of the sud
den illness of her slstor-ln-lnw , Mrs.
Ed. Prlco. She went over on the noon
train.
Mrs. W. A. Kmery and Ilttlo daugh
ter , vflio have been visiting her parents
t Sioux Clly , hnvo nrrlvod homo nnd
ho hoyit a mi Mr Emory nro happy
once more.
A II. Richardson of Battle Creek
greeted old time Norfolk friends yes-
onlay.
Miss JesMo Drobort , who hns been
rlMllliiK the ItiRl few weeks with rol-
Ulvos and frlonds In Enid and Okla
homa City , Okla. , IB expected homo
HilB evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ell Hlrschelser and
Miss Alf of O'Neill , nro visiting nt the
'mine of Mr. nnd Mrs. Thos. Schivoly ,
the latter lady and Mrs. Hlrschelser
liolng sisters.
Mrs. Matilda Bondiirant started for
in extensive visit at Mt. Morlnh , Mo. ,
voHtorday. Mr. nnd Mrs. B. P. Pippin
of Omaha are hero to keep house for
the children during her absence.
A special convocation of Damascus
Chapter , No. 25 , U. A. M. , will bo bold
this evening In Mnsonic hall , for the
purpose of Installing now olllcors.
There was quite n crowd of young
people out taking ndvantago of the
good skating last night. Ono party of
about twenty was at King's pond , nnd
another nt Wngnor'B , and of course
( hey nil had n Jolly evening.
Geo. Dopson , one of Iho well known
cltl/.enH of Newman Grove , was op
erated on In an Omaha hospital last
Tuesday for a complication of dis
eases. While ho was nllvo when last
heard from , n gentleman over from
Mowmnn Grove yesterday said that
the latest reports were that ho wns In
a critical condition.
E. N. Vail has the carpenters , plas
terers and paper hangers at work In
ills establishment putting things in
shape for ( ho now year. The lire the
other morning made Home repairs nec
essary , consequently ho thought ho
would make the whole place look like
now.
now.No
No paper will bo Issued from Tlu
News olllco on Monday , New Year's
.lay. This Is the last time the olllco
force will have nn opportunity to cel
ebrate n holiday until next summer ,
and even as It Is the olllco will bo
open and a portion of the force will
bo obliged to bo on duty.
A very pleasant event last evening
was a card party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry llaase , which was enJoyed -
Joyed by about twenty-five guests.
High live was the game. Refresh
ments were1 son ed and a most pleas
ant evening was enjoyed , the host and
hostess being excellent entertainers.
John Winter , who is hero from Ix-
onln , WIs. , had a birthday party at
the home of his father , Karl Winter ,
last night. It uas a gala milestone In
that gentleman's life , as neighbors ,
friends and acquaintances were pres
ent to enjoy the merry doings. It was
a late hour when the guests departed
and all were loathe to go , but good
wishes and long life ( o him were fre
quent expressions of the departing
guests.
Mrs. Win. King celebrated her birth
day Thursday night. A number of
friends and neighbors were invited to
the King homo and enjoyed a delight
ful evening with all sorts of amuse
ments. A line supper was the center
of the occasion , and at a late hour the
guests departed wishing Mrs. King
many moro happy birthdays and con
gratulated her husband upon having
such an excellent helpmate. Aufwle-
ilerselien.
L. E. Wallorstedt , who has been rep
resenting n Sioux City Ilrm , is In that
clly today closing up the year with his
people. The first of the year he will
take a position with a St. Paul dry
goods house , with headquarters at
Mitchell , S. D. , and later will move to
that city. He IK to bo congratulated
upon securing his new and bettor po
sition , but It Is regrolted by his many
friends here that he and his family
are to move away from Norfolk.
One of ( he draymen wns moving a
lot of household goods the other day ,
when n stove tumbled out of the back
of the wagon and broke. Mr. Dray
man thought lie would continue the
journey and got ( lie stove as ho came
buck. On his return the stove pieces
wore missing nnd Investigation showed
( lint some boys bad picked up the
stove and sold It for junk and were
enjoying ( he proceeds in holiday
pleasures. Mr. Drayman was hot and
there were things said which would
look bettor not printed.
It is a pleasure to note that Super
intendent T. J. Bodwell of the Nor
folk schools was ono of the Interested
teachers present at the state associa
tion held In Lincoln this week. He
wns on the committee of nominations
and also took part in the discussion
of the subject , "Certification of Teach
ers , " n subject that is of vital interest
to every teacher and every county su
perintendent. The session of the as
sociation closed last evening and has
been the most successful and largest
attended meeting in the history of the
association.
Monday , the 1st of January , will bo
recognized ns n legal holiday by the
banks and postofllce. Most of the
business houses will bo open awhile in
the morning , but as a rnlo it will bo
a holiday. The local freight trains will
lie nnnulcd that dny nnd the railroad
boys on those runs will have a lay-off.
Now Year's day Is yearly becoming
moro of n holiday. It Is probably well
that this is so. as the American people
have few holidays compared with oth
er countries. In the lands whore
church nnd state are closely allied
there are n great many holidays which
nro observed by clnsscs and not tlio
masses.
A number of Plalnvlow men who
had been to Bnssett in the capacity
of escorts for the remains of Mrs. Orr
Palmer , who died In Plnlnvlew Thurs
day , returned by way of Norfolk nt
noon yesterday and spent the nftor-
noon hero. This morning some of
them visited the liiRnno hospltnl for
a fiw hours , Among thimo In the par
ty were A R lOng , C M Holmes , J
I ) . Smith , I ) . L. Crellln , Irvln Baldwin ,
11 J. Jewell and C H. Johnson. The
funeral was conducted by the Odd
Follows and these men nro nil mem
bers of Hint order. Mr . Pnlmer Icnvca
n husband nnd two children. Her
death was not unexpected.
A. C. Johnson of Houston , Minn ,
was In ( own yesterday on his way
homo from Ncwmnn Grove , where ho
bus been visiting old tlmo friends.
Mr , Johnson WIIH formerly a county
commissioner of ( his county , nnd ho
wnB a good ono , too. Four ycarB ago
ho removed to Houston , which Is twen
ty-three miles south of Wlnonn , where
ho purchased acres of land at $10
nn aero. Now the same land IB wo.rth
$75 to $100 nn acre , a small portion
having been recently Bold nt the lat
ter price , so ho feels as though ho
made no mistake when ho Invested In
land. While hero he purchased a sot
of harness from H. W. Winter , nnd
had It shipped home , remembering
the high grade quality of goods ho
used to purchase1 of IIH ! friend Winter
when ho lived In this county.
Battle Creek.
Clarence Pratt moved to the L. F.
Merz rnnch south of town and Mr.
Mer/ ' former foreman , Henry Miller ,
hns moved to town.
Otto Hodokohr , Walter Tegler , Hen
ry Leunnd Miss Emicllo Bredohocft
departed Friday for Concordln , Mo. ,
for a visit with relatives nnd friends.
We Batdc Creek friends of The
News wish you n hnppy Now Yenr ,
and for the year of 1905 wo will close
our window.
Walter Cnllen Is down here from
Atkinson visiting old friends. The
fallen family moved up there this fall.
I' . F. Xlmmerman Is up ( o Clenr-
water this week in the employ of the
Elkhorn Life and Accident Insurance
company.
On Christinas eve n son was born
to Mr. nnd Mrs. Ross Anderson. Mr.
Anderson is living on ono pnrt of J.
A. Moore's rnnch north of town.
J. A. Moore shipped two carloads
of hogs Monday to Omaha. Ilo wem
along and visited \Vm. Horn , who Is
in a hospital In Council Bluffs. Mr.
Horn Is ono of our substantial farm
ers. Mr. Moore reports his health re
stored and that ho will soon return
homo.
The Trinity Girls Dance.
One of tlio holiday events this year
was tlio dnnco given by the Trinity
ladles social guild , at Marquardt hall
last night. The attendance wns good ,
the music enjoyable and the dancers
merry.
There were several from outside of
town who came to participate in the
making merry , among whom are not
ed : Miss Pyle of Wayne ; Messrs. Ed.
Edens of Tlldon , Ernest Clans of Ne-
ligh , L. B. Nicola of Foster , Paul Sis-
son of South Omalia , John Stewart of
Wisner , Martin Seymour of Lincoln ,
Mr. Kisland of Missouri Valley , Iowa ,
and Fred A. Saffran and Mr. Nowmark-
or of Columbus.
It wns a late hour when tlio gala
crowd ceased to enjoy the pleasures
which v\ill bo long remembered by nil
present.
BERT VALENTINE ADMITTED HE
TOOK THE TEAM.
BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT
When Arraigned In Ainsworth Yester
day He Confessed That He Swiped
the Preacher's Team and Was Get
ting Out of the Country With it.
Alnsworth , Neb. , Dec. 30. Special
to The News : The sheriff nrrlvcd
hero Thursday night , with Bert Vnlen-
tine , the man who stole the team last
Tuesday forenoon on the streets hero.
He wns caught near Gregory , S. D. ,
before ho wns overtaken by the sher
iff of Keyn Palm county. He was tak
en before the judge hero yesterday
! morning and plended guilty , nnd wns
bound over to the next term of dls-
I trict court , which is expected to convene -
veno soon.
FATAL CAVE-INAT WASHINGTON
_
One Laborer Dead , Two Seriously In
jured and Others Buried in Ruins.
Washington , D. C. , Dec. 29. One
laborer is dead , two others seriously
injured nnd several moro are still bu
rled beneath the debris in the cellar
of the new Metropolitan Citizens bank
building , where the cave-In occurred
this morning.
Left for Panama.
John Tannehlll started today for his
now position nt the Isthmus of Pan
ama , in the cannl zone , where ho be
comes identified with the postofllce
department during the construction
period of the cnnnl which Is at present
so great a topic in governmental cir
cles. It is to be hoped by bis ninny
friends that he will bo successful nt
his now post and enjoy prosperity.
Ho sails from New York next Tuesday.
He is entitled to six weeks vncntion
ench year nt full pay nnd n reduced
rate to New York In event ho wnnts
to como homo during thnt period.
The experience will bo n valuable ono
to nny young man , and "John , " as ho
Is familiarly called about town , is
bright enough to nppreclnto the nd-
vnntages of the position he has se
cured ,
11
SPECIAL SEED TRAIN ARRIVES
HERE ON SCHEDULE.
STORM HAS HURT THE CROWDS
Stanton Greeted the Professors With
a Good Delegation , But There Wat
a Slim Audience at Norfolk Prof.
Keyser Talks.
[ From Tucpdny'B Daily. ]
The speclnl crop nnd soil trnln nr-
rived hero on time , nt 3:25 : , and con
sisted of a baggage car , two conches
nnd two prlvnto cnrs.
It left Lincoln nt 7 o'clock Tuesday
morning and stopped nt Ccdnr Bluffs ,
Fremont nnd cnmo here from Stnnton
where they had n crowd of about 200
farmers to greet them.
The attendance hero wns small and
Prof. Lyon of the Stao University
said that Norfolk farmers did not seem
to take as much Interest In scientific
farming as they do In other towns.
Prof. Alvin Keysor of the State uni
versity made the address hero which
will be dwelt upon later.
The cars are nrrnnged with large
chnrts nt ono end where the speaker
can stand and exhibit largo cars of
corn and dissect them that all may
be able to undcrstnnd all ho explains.
Ho Is virtually n school master teach
ing the farmer how to raise corn nnd
grain in the most scientific manner.
The occupants of the train wore the
following well known educators in the
east and west :
Prof. C. C. Hartley of the United
States department of agriculture ; Prof.
T. F. Hunt of Cornell university , Now
York ; Prof. T. L. Lyon of the Univer
sity of Nebraska ; Prof. E. G. Mont
gomery of the University of Nebras
ka ; Prof. Alvin Keyser of the Univer
sity of Nebraska ; Prof. C. W. Pngsloy
of the University of Nebraska ; Prof.
Condru of Iho University of Nebraska.
They left hero for Bonesteel to
spend the night. All the men seemed
enthusiastic over the work , and a
great good Is sure to result from the
special soil trains to all farmers who
attend these lectures.
THREE SCORE AND TEN.
Former Resident of Crelghton Brought
Home for Final Rest.
Creigliton , Neb. , Dec. 30. Special to
The News : Robert McKasue of St.
lee , Mo. , formerly of Creigliton , died
last Tuesday of paralysis at the homo
of his son Ama in St. .Too. His body
wys brought to Creigliton for burial
under the auspices of the A. F. & A.
M. , of which the deceased was n mem
ber. Forty-two Masons received the
body at the depot yesterday afternoon
upon arrival of the trnln nnd escorted
it to the M. E. church , where the fu
neral service was conducted , and from
there to the cemetery , wiiero it wns
laid to rest by Brother Masons.
Ama Mckngue accompanied the re
mains of his father from St. Joe to
this place , where ho was met by his
sister , Mrs. Dennlson , whose homo is
here.
The deceased was 70 years old nnd
bad been n resident of Creigliton for
vcars until last summer , when ho went
fo St. Joe to make his home with bis
son. Many friends especially nmong
the old residents , unite with the son
ind daughter in mourning his loss.
Notice of Incorporation.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
lerslgned did on the llth dny of No
vember A. D. 1905 , nssociato them-
-elves together for the purpose of
forming a corporntion under the laws
of the state of Nebraska. The name
if such corporation to bo the Harper
Medicine company , its principal place
if transacting business being in Nor
folk , in Madison county , Nebraska ,
ind the general nature of said busi
ness being the manufacture and compounding - '
pounding of medicines and the sale
thereof. The amount of the capital
stock nuthorlzed is $3,000.00 to be
paid in cash. Snld corporation to
"oinmence business December 1 , 1905 ,
ind continue for ( lie period of 10
vears. The highest amount of indebt
edness to which said corporation cnn
at any time subject itself shall not
exceed two-thirds of the cnpital stock
ind the affairs of said corporntion nro
to be mnnnged by its ofllcers consist
ing of n president , secretary and treas
urer.
urer.Dated
Dated November 11 , 1905.
August H. KiQsau ,
Herman Kiesan ,
J. Earlo Harper.
PROSPECTS FOR UNION STATION
It Is Learned From Authentic Source
That Matter Is Under Discussion.
It Is known from nn nuthentic source
thnt the proposition of n union depot
for Norfolk Is now being seriously dis
cussed in railroad circles and It Is
thought , on the strength of informa
tion gathered from reliable parties ,
thnt Norfolk will. In the spring , get n
union Btntion up town. It Is snld thnt
the matter of securing n station into
which ( ho ( hrough main line North
western trains will run , is doubtful.
The reason'given for this is snld to bo
the extra cost of running the trains
from the Junction to the city.
Preparing for State Association.
The Norfolk firemen will attend the
state association nt Bentrlco on Jnn-
unry 1C , 17 nnd IS. They will hnvo
a speclnl car which will bo trimmed
and decorated so that the boys will
show up well. They will hnvo a lot
of special badges nnd expect a good
time.