THE NOHKOUC NKWS : I'MilDAY ' , A PHIL 27 , liOG. )
FIRST SESSION WILL BE HELD
HERE IN NEW BUILDING.
JUDGE MUNGER WILL PRESIDE
United States Marshal and Other Offi
cials Will be Present Session Be
gins at 9:30 : Bailiff to be Appointed
by Court Monday.
The first rail session of federal
court to bo held In Norfolk's mugnlll-
cent new federal courthouse , will como
on Monday morning at 9:80 : o'clock.
At that time Judge Mungor will ho In
the city , with u full quota of court of
ficials , and their first session will take
place In the handsome court room over
the postofilcc.
Among the officials who will ho In
town will he United States Marshal
Warner , Judge Mnngor , deputies and
the Imlllff , who will ho appointed by
the court on Monday.
Among the cases to bo tried Is one
which will he presented by ex-United
Statop Senator William V. Allen of
Madison.
Judge Miingcr will probably arrive
In the city Sunday night.
SATURDAY SIFTlNGS.
Senator Allen was In the city today
from Madison.
Mrs. Chase was In the city yesterday
from Stanton.
August Heck of Hosklns was In the
city yesterday. ,
Albert Pllgor was here from Stanton -
ton yesterday on business.
C. T. Muflley of Meadow Grove was
In the city yesterday afternoon.
Miss Martin of Crelghtou Is visiting
her sister , Mrs. M. P. Ryan over Sun
day.
day.The
The Misses Vielo and Miss Toomey
went to Battle Creek to visit over Sun
day.
Harry Doughty returned homo las
night after a protracted visit In Lin
coin.
coin.Mrs.
Mrs. Anton Bucholz and daughter
Adelia went to Pierce today for a short
visit.
Dr. Chas. A. McKlm , the state voter
Inarlan , Is at the Krantz livery barn
today.
Mrs. Stahl was In the city from
Hooper , visiting her parents , Mr. and
Mrs. Gruenwald.
Frank Perry of this city has accept
ed a position as salesman in the
Schultz store at Stanton.
Engineer Andy Dryden returned on
No. 1 yesterday from Boone , Iowa ,
where he went to attend a union meet
ing of C. & N. W. employes at that
point.
Mrs. Winfleld Tllden has returner
from Des Molnes.
Conductor .Tack Eccles left today
for Chicago and will visit at his old
home In Iowa on his return.
R. L. Canote went to Fremont today
to meet his wife , who has been visit
ing relatives in Missouri Valley.
Howard A. Rowe has returned to
Lincoln and his father , postmaster at
Oakdale , has gone back to his home ,
Mrs. P. F. Bell left at noon for Fro
inont , where she will visit. She will
go to Omaha before returning , and
will be back about next Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mote of Plain-
view visited at the home of Mr. and
Airs. W. P. Logan yesterday. Mr.
u * Mote is president of a bank at Plain-
/ , 'v view.
view.William
William Moeller , who arrived In
the city yesterday , came direct from
Germany to visit his brother , Emll
Moeller of this city. Ho left here at
noon for Atkinson , where he will visit
another brother.
The Norfolk orchestra returned from
Battle Creek , where they played for a
dancing party , and last night made
good music for the Trinity dance.
Mrs. Ernest had come from Bloomfleld
to play. Those in the orchestra who
went to Battle Creek wc re Charles
Rouse , Fritz Glander and Mrs. Ernest.
Miss Mattie Davenport returned yes
terday from Spokane , where she was
called by the Illness of her sister , Mrs.
Lattlmcr. Enroute home she planned
to stop at Denver for a visit at the
home of her brother , Carl , but she did
not stop because of a telegram from
her brother here , F. E. Davenport re
questing her to come rlglii on homo
because her mother was not feeling
well.
well.The
The Shrlners who attended the ban
quet and ball at Omaha this week re
turn with glowing reports of the suc
cess of the affair. Those who attend
ed from this Commandery were C. C.
Ball , W. H. Bucholz , E. H. Tracy , C. E.
Burnham , Ira C. Brown of Fort Nlo-
brara , and Mr. Young of Pllger. The
Initiation was a surprise oven to the
old members of the order. It was In
charge of George West of Ak-Sar-Bon
fame and was all right.
Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Salter enter
tained the West Side Whist club last
night.
A pleasant dancing party was given
last night in Marquardt hall by the
Trinity Social guild.
Mrs. Stanfield Is still quite seriously
111 with heart trouble. Mrs. A. G.
Lane of Omaha , her sister , and George
Abbott of Fremont , her brother , are
In the city , having como because of
Illness.
J. V. Johnston has returned from
Merrlman , where he say the remains
of the wreckage which was sent Into
the hole this week. He says that when
ho left the place , the wreckage was
being burned.
Gus Graul , the popular engineer nt
the city pumping station , this week
celebrated his fiftieth birthday and In-
vlted a number of friends In during
the day to take drinks of city water
"on the house , " In honor of the occa <
slon.
Norfolk friends will regret to leuru
that Mrs. Johnston , mother of Mrs. E ,
A. Bullock and sister of N. A. Hulii
bolt , Is qulto 111 nml will undergo a
surgical operation. She has been tnk <
en to Rochester , Minn. , and will In
operated upon by Mayo brothers.
The Shrlnors who attended the hail'
quet at Omaha report u most enjoyable -
abletime. . They returned last night ,
Those from hero were Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Leach , Mr. and Mrs. W. II.
Hucholz , Mr. and Mrs. E. 11. Tracy
and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Huriiluun.
The funeral of Ilnrry Herald , a Nor
folk Eagle , was hold at Emerson yes
terday afternoon. A number of Nor
folk members of the order attended ,
among them being Harry Ixxlor , J. H.
Conloy , Fred llommlsse , Frank Gar-
rick , Paul Nordwlg and Arthur Ahl-
maun. Mr. II or old died In St. Joseph's
hospital , Sioux City.
The little It-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Snnford , who Hvo on First
street , was lost for several hours yes
terday afternoon. She came up town
with a little mate and got lost. She
was found late last evening in the
western part of the city , near Thir
teenth street. Mr. Sanford Is a new
arrival In the city and has a position
with the Sugar City Cereal mills.
Miss Nora Homier the
, 12-year-old
daughter of Albert Homier , HO badly
Injured her linger In sliding down thereof
roof of an Ice house yesterday that
the member had to be amputated. She
caught the ring of her linger on a
nail In the roof and ( he llesh was lorn
out from the ring to the lip of the
linger. Dr. Bertha Alilmnnn was
called and later the linger was ampu
tated by Drs. Pllger and Tashjean.
The little girl stood the effects of the
operation well and Is getting along
nicely today.
FORMER NORFOLK MAN WRITES
OF SCENES OF HORROR.
NO BRICK BUILDINGS REMAIN
And the Day After the Earthquake All
Nature Was as Peaceful and Serene
as Could be , With Roses Tossing
Their Pretty Heads About.
' .From Monday's Dally. ]
Santa Rosa , Cal. , April 18. Editor
Norfolk News : And to all the friends
in Norfolk who may be interested in
knowing , I want to say wo are all In
the land of the living and thankful
for the bare fact. I was awakened
this morning with the thought that the
whole world was going down. We
were all thrown from one side of the
house to the other with supernatural
force until it seemed we never would
stand upright again , but no one of our
family was hurt , though the city Is In
ruins.
Not a brick building Is left In the
town and many wooden structures are
literally torn to pieces. There Is not
a house In the city that is not dam-
acted more or less. There are twenty-
five solid business blocks leveled to
the ground and tonight they are burn
ing fiercely. Some have been burning
all day and the loss of Ilfo In Santa
Rosa can not be accurately estimated
for several days as many were burned
In the wrecked buildings , and many
are still buried in the ruins and will
not be rescued unless the fire can be
stopped.
There are no words to describe the
awfulness of the situation. Tonight
people are wandering everywhere
homeless and hungry , though every
thing is being done that Is possible to
alleviate the sufferings of the unfor
tunate. Our office Is close to the ruins
and the first block east of us is turned
into a relief station.
Not a hotel or bank building In town
Is left. It was In the hotels and roomIng -
Ing houses the most people were killed
and had It not been for the grand , no
ble work of the firemen and hundreds
of volunteers , the loss of life would
have been much greater.
Wo have had very meagre reports
from other cities but It Is certain from
reports coming In that San Francisco
Is almost a city of desolation.
I will enclose the first edition of
the Santa Rosa Republican , printed
after the earthquake.
I am writing this by the light of a
tallow candle , as the citizens were ad
monished early In" the evening to light
no lamps and the stores to allow each
family two tallow candles. The elec
tric wires are all down and the gas
works blew up this morning.
Wo can scarcely realize that this
can bo the "Beautiful City of Roses , "
which last evening every citizen was
so proud of and tonight the stars are
shining so peacefully on such a scene
of devastation.
Today all Nature was just as sweet
and perfect as evar. The roses were
blooming just as brightly , the sun
shone bright and clear ; only the works
of man were destroyed.
With kind regards to all friends and
neighbors , and sincere words of ap
preciation for the dear old Norfolk
News , which we receive every day
and all eagerly watch for ,
Yours respectfully ,
W. H. Boyd.
[ Mr. Boyd will bo remembered as
a farmer living near Norfolk , and
market gardener. Ho left about a
year ago for California , not knowing
whore ho would settle , and finally lo
cating In Santa Rosa , that being his
choice of the western spota for a
dwelling place. ]
11
A FERTILE , WELL WATERED RE
GION OF MUCH WEALTH.
ABOUNDS IN WJLD GAME TODAY
There Is No Worthless Land In the
World All Can be Reclaimed and
Made Productive Stories of Reser
vatlon to be Opened.
[ Entered for eopywrlght In the or
llco of librarian of Washington. Al
rights reserved. ]
Far up lu the heart of Wyoming
under the shelter of the great eontl
nental divide , are the valleys of tin
Shoshonl and Owl Creek mountains
Here , within a hundred miles of end
other are the sources of four gren
continental rivers. It IH n rich conn
try In all that the word Implies , well
watered and fertile. A turquoise sky
Illimitable stretches of country , un
settled and unclaimed , the red-seurrei'
buttcs , a transparent atmosphere , the
distant purple mountains , the brll
Hunt constant sunshine , the unhroker
sllonco of the wilderness , n coyote
sentinel on the sky line , an engln soar
ing overhead and Indians moving li
their own Inscrutable orbit that was
the central Wyoming of last year
The sky. the sun.shlno and Hie purple
mountains remain unchanged , the coy
pto sentinels the skyline ns o
yore and the eagle soars majestically
In the transparent ether but the si
lence Is broken forever for the -ilr IH
charged with the sounds of conquest
with the chug of the walking beam
the clang of the hammer , the shrlol <
of the engine , the barking of dogs
the laughter of children and all the
varied sounds that proclaim man's em
plre or symbolize his dominion over
the wilderness. The hunger for land
the longing for opportunities , the In
stinct of migration are calling people
%
hero from everywhere to build up an
other empire. Within a few years
Oklahoma and Texas have been set
tied and wo have sent fi.000,000 per
sons to western Canada and still the
mighty procession rolls wcstwan
seeking homes and opportunities am
land Is Increasing in value. The most
valuable property asset In the work
today is land and there Is no worthless
land In the world. Whore the desert
wastes of the Sahara stretch from
horizon to horizon a magnificent for
est stood until destroyed by the Ro
mans. Sahara will again bo reclaimed
and be valuable to mankind. Out of
that ulcer on the map called Death
Valley the United States government
Is making a paradise that will grow
all kinds of sub-tropical fruits and
support a teeming population The
sand hills of Nebraska will some day
bo worth millions for their timber
and every kind of soil and plant will
contribute ultimately to the support
of mankind. A genius has robbed the
despised cactus of Its spines am
taught it to yield a delicious fruit
while Its stalks make line fodder for
animals. In the Slmshoni country
there are boundless possibilities. Its
water courses carry more water than
the Platte river carries through Ne
braska enough to Irrigate an empire ,
Its mountains arc full of minerals and
coal and oil exist everywhere.
When this country is opened up
there will bo another Denver there
and a network of railroads. The trav
eler who views a country through gold
rimmed spectacles or the plate glass
of n Wagner car cannot estimate or
comprehend Its resources. He does
not go down into the dark corridors
of the mines where the value of a
farmer's annual crop Is dug out each
lay , nor among the acres of she p ,
each worth a five dollar bill , nor among
the sleek and shrinking cattle on the
ilesolato mountainside that fill the
thousands of stock cars that rumble
eastward all through the stock season.
My trip beyond the railroad comprised
about 400 miles. I slept out on the
ground with my guide three nights ,
ivo went once twenty-four hours with
out anything to eat and once eighteen
liours without a drink of water. In
the desolate bad lands of the Powder
river up near the Big Horn mountains ,
100 miles east of the reservation , I
traveled all one day in the alkali dust
of the dry river bed without water and
without seeing a habitation and yet
for 100 miles the bed of this river Is
the roof of Immense deposits of coal
and oil. Up towards the Red Wall I
had an opportunity to verify the story
of eagles killing coyotes. All this re
gion Is a great sheep range and the
coyotes hover around the Hocks. An
old Mexican rancher In that quiet , self-
contained way that men of the open
have of speaking , offered to furnish
conclusive evidence of a fatal conflict
he had witnessed the previous day be
tween a pair of eagles ami a skulk
ing coyoto. Ky-o-teys the herders call
them and they become panic stricken
when attacked by eagles and are
quickly torn to ribbons. Hero also I
lifted the veil from a cherished fiction
of so-called nature writers and discov
ered by Interviewing about a hundred
sheep men that eagles never carry off
lambs nor kill them. One day wo
met a tall spare man riding horseback ,
dressed In the prevailing rancher's
garb and carrying a rifle. My guide
made some Inquiries regarding the
trail when I was astonished to hear
the horseman reply In classical Eng
lish. Men with aliases and sealed an
tecedents are common In the west
but I was not prepared to hoar the
volco and language of a scholar In the
wilds of Powder river. "Who Is ho , "
I asked my guide when wo had sep
arated , "Sky pilot , " was Ids torso It
not lucid repb "What's the gun for. '
I persisted. " "Ky o-le.VH , " nguln eunie
the Hiicclut rejoinder. I'llliuately I
learned that he WIIH n clergyman from
Ohio who to regain his health had ho
come a "shceple" mi I lie Powder. The
same day we met the clergyman we
struck the camp of Hall and Hurdle ,
Here was nnnlhcr anouuily. llolh arc
v on UK men anil college graduates run-
iilng a movable Hhccp ranch In the
wilds. We enjoyed eu pnssiml I heir
hospitality , spending a day with them.
Mr. Hull was a fool racer at college
and Interspersed with an usHorliiicnl
of pholos of sisters , cousins and sweet
hearts , with which hlH camp wngon
was decorated , were uiiuieroiw med
als , souvenirs of liiui'cls wrested on
the path. On Ibis Jaunt we enjoyed
our first acquaintance with puck rats.
These rascals would carry away and
hide everything portable about a camp.
It was on the I'owder that we spent
the wlerde.Ml night of my existence ,
\Ve had hurried along all day , a dis
tance of about sixty miles , to reach a
sheep wagon by night.'e hnd eaten
nothing since morning and there. Is
no water 111 for drinking on the I'ow
der at this season. Night came on
and the moon became eclipsed and
we failed to ( Uncover the sheep camp ,
There was nothing to do but to kindle
a lire of grease wood and lay Ihn
night out. We were on a bench In the
canyon and silhouetted athwart the
blood-red moon was Hie outline of a
pack of wolves that looked down on
UK from the superior altitude of the
crest , of a but to and howled In derision
at us all night long. The solitude ,
the eclipsed moon , the howling of the
wolves , the clanking of the hobbles
on our horses and ( ho fitful , fantnstln
shadows cast by } he light of our tire
formed n wlord and uncanny combina
tion. What contortions and upheav
als nuiHl have taken plnco In l.liln re
gion when the world was young.
What grinding of Ice and rushing of
water ! In spols may 1m found all the
left-over rubbish of a created world ,
as If nature hnd dumped her last
wheelbarrow of waste here. Hero In
the same heap may be found lava slag
and representatives of the Silurian ,
Devonian and Trenton groupes. Gran
ite , porphory , shale , qnartslto , shlst ,
gneiss , paleozoic corals , conglomerate
and the friable tertiary sandstone as
If the nntedeliivlan giants had cleaned
out their mortar boxes here. Up on
head waters of the south fork of the
Powder , on the divide between the
North Plntlo and the Big Horn rivers
the Wyoming and N. W. railroad have
put down a well 1,1100 feet before find
ing water and then got a ( lowing well
In the formation that makes the-roof
of the oil reservoirs. A long weary
journey it was down to Lander , for
on the divide we struck snow al an
altitude of about. 7,000 feet. The coun
try along Poison creel ; Is evidently
an oil field and the anticlines are
sharply defined. Near Wolton ( hero
Is a large spr'-'g of pure .1 ; ft water.
It will l-o neccuiary to build reser
voirs to catch the rainfall to irrigate
this country. Wolton is the greatest
sheep center In the world.
It was a bi .il , crisp Su.Tliy morn
ing when we came in sight of the tele
phone poles on the Casper and Lan
der line fifty miles from Lander. AH
wo climbed the ridge and fit our
first view of the Shn.shonl country In
the brilliant atmosphere of that Sun
day morning It was an event never to
be forgotten. Beneath us two thou
sand feet lay the valleys of ( lie Dig
and Little Pope Agin , the Big and
Little Wind river encircled by moun
tains. It had snowed on the Wind
river range the previous night and ns
wo gazed upon their crystal clearness
a muss of snow became dislodged from
the boughs of a spruce tree sending up
a puff of white smoke. My companion
asked mo to guess how far wo wore
from the mountains and how much
country lay In the valley. I replied
that If It was on the prairies of the
middle Htates I would say that they
were six miles away and that about a
township lay In the valley. Wo
pressed on hour after hour and the
elusive mountains continued far In
the distance. The telephone poles
seemed to bo lined with golden eagles ,
for wo counted eight In about six
miles. There is n fine for shooting
them and Indeed no one over molests
the moxccpt eastern tourists and their
agents. We passed within twenty-five
rods of one magnificent follow and my
companion got down to scare him so
that we could sco the stretch of his
wings. A favorite nesting place In
this portion of the country , where suit
able trees are not always available ,
Is the double cross bars of the telephone -
phone poles and when messages get
mixed It Is no fun for linemen to pull
down these nests because a pair of
old birds In defending their nest can
furnish almost as much excitement
as a silver tip. Wo pressed on and
an covering mile after mile down a
gentle declivity but the mountains
continued to recede. Wo were getting
Into the valley and It was getting qulto
warm. At noon we came to n road
house and put up for an hour for rest
und refreshments , The going was bet
ter In the afternoon and wo made good
tlmo and reached Lander before sun-
ilown and still the mountains were
beyond. I asked someone how far
iway they were and ho Informed mo
that they wore still twelve miles dis
tant and wo had seen a little puff of
snow fall from n bush at a distance
Df sixty miles and could have seen
ivlthout a glass a wolf walking on the
snow upon the mountains. At Lander
ivo stopped at the only four-fltory heel -
: ol In Wyoming. An Impressive Illus
tration of the transformation of the
ivlldorness exists around Larfdor
ivhero there are miles of cultivated
farms yielding Immense crops under
Irrigation. The trip north to Fort
WuHlinltlo WUH over the invcrniui'iil ;
road. The fort and iigeuo are sltuiil
ed In perhaps Iho most beaiillful and
fertile valleys In the world. Wo went
down from the agency one bountiful
moonllKlit night to balho lu the fa
mous Mlioshoiil mineral spring. Al
though It was midwinter we stripped
hi nn open idied , swam around In the
pool for an hour and dressed without
lire or even the protection of n closed
window. The spring covers about nil
acre , discharges IS.IlOD.liOl ) gallons ev
ery twenty-four hourii and has a tem
perature of 11 ! ) degrees , About twen
ty miles from Fl. Wnshnklu IH wild to
be the greatest resort of mountain
sheep In America. There ant also
hlucklull deer and elk. The lakes
abound with a fish called the Hug
which weighs about W pounds , They
tali1 the bull readily through a hole
In the Ice and are excellent for eiillng.
The Indians consist of about SOS
Arapiihoes and SI7 Shoshones. They
have made no gain In population In
years and are bound to be soon exter
minated. One seen everywhere Hqunwn
carr.xlng puppooscs on their hacks but
there are no half grown children. The
Indian women are not fair but com
placent ami II Is unfortunate that they
lake so kindly to the attentions of
while men. The Indian learns all of
the while man's vices and uono of
his virtues. There are squaw men who
have been living on the resorvullon
for forty years. Here * lu this secluded
spot they have passed from the world
( hut has foigolten them aud pcrchiincn
the Incidents thai Induced them to
seek a ret rent In the wilderness Two
troops of colored soldiers are Hid-
Honed at the fort. We traveled over
100 tulles through the reservation. In
dian police everywhere inspected our
IMISHCH and watched our movements.
Al the agency we gathered the Impres
sion that there IH mime Hccrcl. wealth
being kept bidden that no one muni ,
know of mil II the reservation Is
opened. The valley of the Little Wind
river from Hie fort to .Shoshonl In cer
tainly a beautiful stretch of landscape.
For forty miles wo followed a bench
UH level us the Elkhoni valley lu Ne
braska and from ten to Iwenty-tlvo
miles wide. Every acre of IhlH can bo
Irrigated from Hie river. The soil IH
very ferllle. Oil and coal nnilerly the
entire reservation. Wo visited the
"lar sprlugH. " Hero for countlcHHiigeH
oil has been ( lowing out of Iho earth
and depositing thousands of IOIIH of
asphalt. In my next letter I will de
scribe the resources of the reservation
more definitely. Wo loft the reserva
tion a few miles above where the Big
Wind river cuts through the Owl Creek
mountain ; ) and reached ShoFtlioul
about Hiinsel after a journey of over
: i)0 ( ) miles. Here an agent , of the Sim-
shonl Pioneer Locating agency found
us a good bed and n place where wo
got a good meal for 3fi cents , directed
us to a barn whore onr horses wore
cared for and refused to accept n tip.
"Why , " Hiild he , "I am paid to see lo
Hie c'unforl of strangers coming lo
town. " J. II. Mackay.
FOUND DEAD INFANT.
Discovered In Pasture West of Hooper.
Had Been There Several Weeks.
Hooper Sentinel : Considerable ex
citement was manifested last Wednes
day afternoon when It WUH reported to
the authorities that the remains of a
small Infant had been discovered , on
the hill west of the city , by HOIIIO little
girls who wore returning homo from
school. The children were going
across the bill and saw a small box
that WOH covered with an old paper.
Upon further Investigation they were
horror stricken when after lifting the
paper from the box they discovered
that It contained the body of an In
fant.
fant.U
U WUH at first thought that a murder
might have been commit ted , and the
authorities worked upon that theory
until tholr VOWH | wore dispelled by
one of the local physicians Thursday
morning after examining the corpse
nt the undertaking establishment.
It developed that shortly before De
cember 23 a man and woman , claiming
to be husband and wife , arrived In
( ho city and rented a room In the
western part of the city. They gave
their names as Mr. and Mrs. B. Stev
ens and claimed Decatur as being their
home. On December 23 the physician
was called upon to wait upon the wo
man and she gave birth to a babe that
11 veil but a few minutes. After giving
the woman the proper care the physi
cian was paid for his services and he
loft , after Instructing the man to bury
the child. This was the last heard
of the case until the discovery of the
body last Wednesday.
U Is thought that on account of the
ground being frozen the man took the
babe and placed It In the box and left
It on the side hill where It remained
until discovered by the children.
NELIGH HELPS.
Citizens of ThatTity Wired $125 to
Omaha Today.
Nellgh , Nob. , April 21. Special to
The News : Mayor Huffman received
a call from Governor Mickey last
night , appealing for funds for San
Francisco. Nellgh promptly raised
$125 , which was wired to Omaha this
morning. Nellgh Is always on hand
when things of Importance happen.
Grand Island , Nob. , April 21. Spe
cial to The News : Grand Island sent
out a carload of Grand Island canned
sweet corn ns part of her contribution
to the California sufferers , by fast
freight this afternoon.
WANTED By manufacturing cor
poratlon , energetic , honest man to
manage branch office. Salary 1185.00
monthly and commission minimum In
vestment of $500 In stock of company
required. Secretary , Box 401 , Madi
son , Win
UOYD COUNTY MAN WAIVES PRE
LIMINARY EXAMINATION.
IT IS FEARED COLLINS MAY DIE
Tcntlmony Introduced In the Hearing
at Lynch Yesterday Afternoon Wan
to the Effect That Hallett Shot When
Collins Chopped Fence ,
I.Mich , Neb , , April 21. Special leThe
The News : The preliminary hearing
of JelT Ilallell , lu the Hhoolliig scrape ,
was held yesterday afternoon The
prosecution Introduced evidence to
HIOW | that the Hint fence over which
the I rouble arose , WIIH put up Thurs
day aud Hint when discovered \ry \ Col-
HUH , on his way home from town , ho
proceeded lo demolish It llelug uu
aide lo break bill one pout , he went
on home , let ) Hut team , and returned
afoot will ) an ax , and accompanied by
a bi'olher-lu-liiw , Dick Webster , and
proceeded lo cut down the fence
AH Ilallell approached with Ills gill ) ,
Mr. Wohhler fell buck and after approaching
preaching lo within aboiil sevenlv llvo
feel Ilallell shot , Hlrlklng his man In
I he fuce.
The defense Introduced no evidence
bill waived examination and Iho defen
dant WIIH bound over under a $ C > 00
bond.
Mr. Collins proves to be In a very
serious condition. Yesterday the phy
sicians probed for Hut shot and re
moved four or live from ! IH ! sculp and
face , nml found one hud penetrated
his rlghl eye nml one had panned
through Hie frontal bone , and It IH
feared will prove death because of Itu
ucariiess lo Iho brain.
The entire affair In greatly regretted ,
especially UH Mr. llallotl , who now bait
lo face so HcrloiiH a charge , ban al
ways been a quint citizen , Htrlctiy at
tending to his own uffulfH.
Real Estate Transfers.
Madison county IruusfcrH for the
week ending April 20 , ! ( ( ) ( , compiled
by MadlHon County Almlrncl Co. . olllco
with Ma pen & lln/.cn , Norfolk. Neb.
OhnrlcH II. Durlund and wife to Nor
folk Building and I/mn AHHodatlon ,
W. I ) , lot Ifi , block fi , Puw'wulk'H Third
addition to Norfolk.
J. J. ClementH , sheriff , to E. H. Tra
cy , R. I ) . , lotH : i and ! , block 2 , Dur-
Innd's addition lo Norfolk.
Andrew J. Diirluiid and wlfo lo C D.
SlmniH , W. I ) . , lot n , Durlaud'H Sub
urban lolH to Norfolk.
Andrew J. Diirland and wlfo to
Clnni L. SliuiiiH , W. D. WVL of lot 18
Diirluud'H Suburban lotfi to Norfolk.
William Kddonllcld to Sarah Edilcn-
Meld , W. I ) . , lot IS and E'/j ' of lo.t 19 ,
Ward's Suburban loin to Norfolk.
August Schliiluis and wife to Robert
SchinkiiH , W. D. . lot 2 and part of lot
I , Nnnnlo V. Hales out loin to Battle
crccii.
M. J. Meyer , .luck Kt onlgulnlii and
Clinton S. Smith , rtiforc. " * . to August
Valentino , referees , deed. WVfc of SE'/i '
10 , 231. .
Xuehrluh I.ox and wife to Xatto P.
Martin , W. D. , lots 1 , 2 , 3 mid 4. block
8. Hut lie Creek , and part of SW'/4. 31 ,
< i i o .
u i ,
\VendelIno Wlldo rind husband to
Julia Homer. W. D. , lots G , 7 and 8 ,
block 10. Pasowalk's Fourth addition
to Norfolk.
Marlon Viola Shlppo and husband
to Mary E. McGrnno , W. D. , lot 3 ,
block 1 , Norfolk Junction.
G. A. Rokow and wlfo to L. P. Paso-
walk. W. D. , lot 10 , block 5 , Paso-
walk's addition to Norfolk.
E. H. Tracy and wife to William
Wand , W. D. , Si/i of SWi and NV of
NWVi. 10 , 2-1 , 2.
J. .7. Clements , Hherlff , to Andrew
R. Olson , S. D * NEi/ , and SEVi of
NWV. . 2fi , 21. 1.
Mabel S. Worloy and husband to
Mallnda Worley , W. D. , part of S'/A of
SEVI. 22 , 211. .
W. F. IIiitchluRon and wife to John
Prince , W. D. , lot C and S6 of lot 3 ,
block 0. Madison.
Christian J. Slmonson ami wife to
Thomas C. Ostyom , W. D. , S'/6 ' of
NWVi , 17 , 211. .
HELEN E. HOWE DRANK CARBOL-
1C ACID IN HOTEL.
HAD BEEN AN INSANE INMATE
A Woman Slxty-three Years of Age
Ended Her Life at O'Neill Yesterday -
day Came There From Ponca
Wednesday Funeral There Today.
O'Neill , Neb. , April 21. Special to
The News : " Helen B. Howe , aged six
ty-three years , committed suicide at
the Dewey hotel In O'Neill yesterday
by drinking carbolic acid.
The woman had been In the asylum
at Lincoln and came to O'Neill from
Ponca on Wednesday of this week
She was taken to the asylum last Aug
ust at the Instance of her husband ,
C. H. Howe , who resides In McClure
township , this county. It Is not known
when she was released from the asy
lum nor why she came hero from Pen
ca , where she has relatives.
An Inquest was hold and a verdict
of suicide returned.
The remains are nt the undertaking
establishment of O. F. Blglln and will
bo hurled today at the expense of the
county , word having been received
from the woman's relatives for the
authorities to bury her.