w.t THE NORFOLK" NKWS : FRIDAY , MAY K 1 < )00. )
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AL BEEMER , OF PENITENTIARY ,
ESCAPES TRYING ORDEAL.
DID NOT MEET CHARLES MEAD
Young Banker at Beemer , Who Had
Climbed Into Beemer's Lap Years
Ago and Who Later Robbed Becm-
cr's Bank , Is Now His Prisoner.
Warden Al Beemer , who passed
through Norfolk last night with a pen-
Itentlnry convict headed for Wayne ,
where his prisoner went to bo tried ,
escaped ono of the most trying ordeals -
deals that over faced n penitentiary
warden by leaving Lincoln yesterday
noon. For last night there walked
into the Imposing doors of the awe In
spiring state penitentiary down at
Lincoln a > oung man who had grown
up under the very heels of Warden
Deomer , who had climbed up on his
lap when n child , who had played In
his back yard and who , finally , had
grown to manhood , received a posi
tion In Warden Beemer's bank , violat
ed the conlldence of his position , stole
over $8,000 nnd had to bo taken down
to the walled Institution over which
Mr. Beemer has charge , to serve three
long , dreary years In stripes , as a
penalty for his crime against society.
This young man was Charles Mead ,
the young Beemer banker who worked
in the bank nt Beemer In which the
state penitentiary warden Is a direct
or.
Young Mead held the most Implicit
confidence of his community nnd wns
respected beyond measure at Beemer.
He almost enjoyed hero-worship. And
this confidence became his undoing.
Like so many other young men , ho
was unable to withstand the tempta
tions sot forth In piles of cash , and
five years ago he began to systemat
ically loot the cash drawer , a little at
a time. Ho played his work so clever
ly that ho was never detected until
this spring , nnd then ho owned up
completely to his embezzlement. He
did not appear to bo sorry about It ,
nnd pome of his outrageous friends at
Boomer had the courage to Impose
upon the state by seeking to have him
freed. Public sentiment was too
strong In other parts of the county ,
however , and Mead finally pleaded
guilty this week and wns given three
years . Yesterday he was taken down
to Lincoln to be placed In a dark cell
and to join , in lock step , the other
convicts of the state's criminal prison.
Warden Beemer 1ms for days been
dreading the coming of that young
man to be locked up in a cell. He
has dreaded meeting , at the entrance
of the penitentiary , the boy whom ho
had formerly known so well and re
spected. For Warden Beemer is a
tender hearted man if ever one lived.
And so it was a great bit of good for
tune that brought him , just accident
ally at that time , to Wayne to bring
n prisoner back for re-trial. And when
he returns to Lincoln tomorrow , the
doors of the prison will have swal
lowed up the Beemer banker , and
there will be no meeting of the two
former friends.
Warden Beemer will never see
young Mead , and will never In any
way allow It to be known that he rec
ognizes the boy or that he ever heard
of him before. He says that he finds
It necessary because of his own posi
tion to determine to never cast an eye
toward the convict from Cumlng coun
ty who has just gone behind those pen
itential walls.
Mead did not take his sentence se
riously , and gave no hint by his ac
tions that he regretted his crime. People
ple of the community feel sorry for
his young wife , but the general public
In the state has little sympathy for
him.
MONDAY MENTION.
H. F. Barnhart went to Pierce yes
terday.
Charles Groesbeck went to Long
Pine at noon.
C. D. Sims Is taking his annual
week's vacation.
Mrs. P. H. Carberry drove to Battle
Creek today tot visit.
A. K. Barnes Is home from Kearney
visiting his parents , Judge and Mrs.
Barnes.
Henry Hamer of Foster was in the
city yesterday enrouto to O'Neill on
business.
Miss Nan Carberry spent Sunday
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stlrk in
Battle Creek.
Mrs. H. L. McCormlck and children
and Mrs. D. E. Cameron drove to
Pierce yesterday.
E. H. Luikart , wife and baby of
Tllden were in the city over Sunday
visiting with his mother.
County Commissioner John Malone
passed through Norfolk last night en
route to Tllden on business.
Hon. H. Peachrut and wife of. Des
Molnes are guests at the home of Mr.
Waldo and Mr. DIUenbeck here.
James Halpln returned Saturday
from Omaha. He had been In St. Jo
seph hospital for an appendicitis op
t eration.
Mrs. and Mrs. C. E. Saunders of St.
Jo , Mo. , are in the city. Mrs. Saunders -
ders will remain for a few days' visit
with friends.
Mr. nnd Mrs , Ed Lamb and daugh
ter , Mrs. Julia Lamb , Frank Lamb
and daughter , Miss Lula , were in Mad
ison yesterday.
G. M. Krause went to Plalnvlew
Sunday to visit his family. Ho took
with him a ten-pound catfish caught
In the Elkhorn near here.
Miller Mather was home a few days
ago from Grand Island , where he Is
'doing inngou work. Ho says Grnml
Island 1ms n building buom on this
season.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Miller returned
nl noon from Deliver , where they hail
boon cnllod hccnuso of the Illness of
Mr. Mlllor's mother. Slio wns still
nllvo last night when Mr. nnd Mrs.
Miller loft Denver , though very low.
H. C. Strode , city attorney of Lin-
coin , who. according to tolegrnphlo an
nouncement In thlH paper , wont to St.
Louis to Institute proceedings against
the Standard Oil company , la sched
uled to speak at the Commercial club
banquet In Norfolk Tuesday night.
A regular meeting of Damascus
chapter , No. 25 , U. A. M. , will bo held
at Masonic hall this evening.
Dr. ,1. C. Meyers was called to NI-
obrara yesterday to examine a horse
belonging to Mr. Hates. Ho returned
today.
A baby girl was born at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Marshall Sat
urday. There were three boys In the
family , this being the first young lady.
Fines of $2 nnd costs were assussed
In police court this morning against
three men , Messrs. llanoy , John Jack
son and Hill Webb , for driving faster
than the ordinance allows.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Halubolt arc today -
day enjoying a Hulling ontlng on the
ranch of V. J. Halo near Atkinson.
They are after trout , which are said
to abound In the streams of that vicin
ity.
ity.J.
J. Burrows of Plat to Center , who
moved there last week from Norfolk ,
arrived In the city last night nnd this
morning sold ICO acres of land north
west of the city to Blnkcmnn & Coleman -
man at $25 per acre.
Miss Nora Potras has finished a
term of teaching school near Norfolk.
The term lasted six months. Miss
Agnes Craig , the daughter of Adrian
Craig , was neither tardy nor absent
during the six months.
A case In police court this morning ,
filed by Mrs. Bushiioll against her hus
band , was withdrawn nnd she guaran
teed to pay the costs. Sbo alleged de
sertion and that her husband had tak
en away their household goods.
Dr. K. W. Williams left at noon to
day for Omaha , where she will visit
for a short time with her brother. She
will then go on east to Now York
state to spend the summer. She 1ms
closed her olllco here for a few
months , while she Is gone.
A regular meeting of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be
hold at the home of Mrs. C. P. Mich-
nol , 430 South Fourth street , Tuesday
afternoon at ! ! o'clock. This Is a
mothers' meeting. Mothers are cor
dially invited to come to help nnd be
helped.
The burning of a bridge on the main
line of the Northwestern line west of
here yesterday delayed the Hlack Hills
train that \\as duo In Norfolk at noon ,
until 7:30 : last night. The bridge was
repaired very quickly by the bridge-
men , so that only a half day's delay
resulted.
W. H. Bncholz , formerly president
of the Norfolk National bank and lat
er connected with the Central bank at
Oakland , Cal. , has accepted the posi
tion of cashier In the Omaha National
bank at Omaha and will assume his
duties there tomorrow morning. Mr.
Bncholz has bought a home in Omaha.
Sheriff J. J. Clements was In Nor
folk Saturday night to servo summons
upon J. F. Redman In the case of
Doughty vs. Redman. The summons
was served during the evening , at
which time Mr. Redman became excit
ed and attracted a large crowd about
him with his language. This Is the
case In which H. L. Doughty sues
Redman on a charge of slander for
$ G,000.
The auction sale of horses which
was held near the Dudley stables Sat
urday afternoon proved a good card
and drew a large crowd of buyers. All
of the animals were sold at satisfac
tory prices. Among those who were
in the city from Battle Creek to at
tend the sale were : John A. Moore ,
the owner ; A. C. Bredehoft , T. D.
Preece , auctioneer ; George Losey , D.
L. Best , Ralph Simmons.
Harold Wolfe went shooting yester
day and came home with a bullet
through his hand. Ho was turning the
chamber of his revolver when the gun
went off , the bullet entering Wolfe's
hand , grazing the Joint of a finger and
cutting an artery. He was brought to
Dr. Pllger , who dressed the wound ,
and who said that bloodpoisonlng
might set In because of the cutting of
the artery. It was a 22-callbre re
volver.
The Highland Noble lodge will hold
an Initiation Wednesday night at Mar-
quardt hall when seventy-five candi
dates will be taken into the local lodge.
Supreme Protector , J. L. Rose of Wa
terloo , Iowa , will be present. Twenty-
five candidates are expected from
Warnervllle. Afterward Mr. Rose and
State Deputy H. L. Doughty of Norfolk
will make a trip over the state , In
specting lodges. All candidates for
Initiation are expected to meet at G.
A. R. hall.
The Norfolk high school alumni as
sociation will hold a meeting at the
high school tonight at 7:30 : o'clock.
All members are urged to bo present
as this is the annual meeting nnd
plans must bo completed for the recep
tion which Is to be extended to the
Incoming graduating class. The meetIngs -
Ings are frequently neglected by mem
bers , many of whom become Indiffer
ent as they get farther away from
their high school days , but it is urged
by Miss Pearl Wldaman , president ,
that all members who can possibly at
tend , make a special effort to do BO
tonight.
As a soft answer turneth away wrath
so a quick answer to a want ad. often
turns away bad luck.
ARTESIAN GUSHER WAS STRUCK
THERE YESTERDAY.
AT A DEPTH OF 1,072 FEET
Another Good Well Hna Dccn Struck
In Doyd County , Showing That Thnt
Section C.in Supply the First Qual
ity of Wnter at All Times.
Anokn , Neb. , May 12. Special to
The News : Anokn Is jubilant over a
struck hero yesterday afternoon ,
"gusher" artesian well which was
does , Peterson & Co. of Hod Wing ,
S. D. , two weeks ago yesterday con
tracted with the village board to drill
an artesian well. They began drilling
the same day nnd yesterday struck n
gusher. Exports say It Is of the finest
quality artesian water In Nebraska or
South Dakota.
The gusher has a twenty-pound pres
sure. It throws out over forty gallons
lens of water per tnlnutb. It Is a flow
ing well and the depth Is 1,072 feet.
The village board will at once begin
putting In a $10,000 water works sys
tem.
RESULT OFOUT-RATE
_
Warehouse of Blnkemnn & Colemnn
Is Packed to the Limit.
One of the enterprises that , has
grown In Norfolk during the past six
months , and which has now assumed
good sized proportions , Is the trans
fer business of Hlnkoman & . Coleman ,
who took advantage of the new out-
rate made by the railroads distributing
from Norfolk , and today they have
In their warehouse along the siding
that has boon built for them on South
Seventh street , 300,000 pounds of nil
kinds of materials which are to bo
shipped to all sections of northern
Nebraska by the wholesalers.
This transfer business becomes con
venient to the wholesalers In that it
allows them to ship out to their cus
tomers on short order , ninkomnn &
Colemnn contemplate building on to
their present quarters , which this
week were crammed nnd jammed In
to their fullest capacity. In fact , five
cars of Hour wore packed Into the
building after It had boon decided
that It was completely filled.
Among the things packed In the
warehouse are nails , Hour , stoves , har
vesting goods of three kinds , furnaces ,
threshers nnd hardware storage.
Today the firm needs more room , as
practically all of the business that
they have has come unsolicited. There
Is a wide space of land standing at the
south of the present building , which
will be built upon. The basement Is
now used as a cement block factory ,
and this will be available space In an
other year.
RAILWAY NOTES.
Special Train From Sioux City Goes
Through Tonight.
[ From Tuesday's Dally. !
A special trnlnload of Odd Fellows ,
headed for the South Dakota annual
convention at Hot Springs , will pass
through Norfolk tonight , from Slonx
City. There will bo five Pullmans and
five other coaches. The special will
leave the M. & O. depot in this city
at 10:20 : o'clock.
Train No. G from the west was two
hours late today because of an engine
failure last night In the Black Hills.
A locomotive had to go out from Chad-
ron to help the train In.
Conductor Hamilton , who arrived at
noon on train 401 , was within two
blocks of the exploding automobile In
Omaha which created a stir there. He
says he never heard such a boom bo-
fore. Windows were broken and bits
of the machine thrown to houses three
blocks away.
Farmers bring In your repair work
for spring. I will save you 20 % , as I
have the time and am prepared to do
the work. Paul Nordwlg.
GOT ANOTHER WOMAN'S SKIRT
Woman From San Francisco Replen
ished Wardrobe In Norfolk.
Wearing a skirt that she hastily
plucked from the wall and which be
longed to some unknown person , and
with a hat on her head that she had
Improvised as best she could for the
sake of traveling , Mrs. E. Zembsch ,
a woman who operated a rooming
house on Van Ness avenue , opposite
St. Mary's cathedral In San Francisco ,
arrived In Norfolk at noon yesterday ,
spent the afternoon In replenishing
her wardrobe and that of her daughter ,
leaving last night for Lead , S ; D. ,
whore she has a son. She lost her
home In the fire. She has $0,000 In
the Hibernian bank , "but expects to
get a very small portion of It. Her
Insurance amounted to $7,000 but she
does not anticipate getting much of
that.
that.Mrs.
Mrs. Zembsch spent the afternoon
shopping In Norfolk stores , nnd when
she left the city last night she looked
like a new woman.
"I thought the world was coming to
an end , " she said , In discussing the
earthquake. "Men ran out on the
streets clad In their underclothing and
wearing silk hats , carrying swallow
tail coats over their arms. The flro
In the Call building was a magnificent
sight to see. People who were dead
wore carried out by the wagon load
and burned outside the city. I think
there were at least 8,000 dead. "
Her daughter had been a student at
Leland Stanford university , where
buildings were ruined. This was not
the first heavy loss sustained by Mrs.
l/.ombsch. as nho lost $10.000 In n bank
'failure ' at Unite , Mont , In 18011 The
Snn Frnnclfu'o bank gave her Jimt
enough money to help her out of town.
RAILROAD NOTES.
Train From West Delayed Two Hours
by Derailment Near Casper ,
I From TUi'wln'H Daily. )
Train No. R from the Ulnck Hills
wns lualn two bourn behind lime , beIng -
Ing delayed at Chadron by reason of
a derailment on the Casper division.
Eleven cars were derailed , the acci
dent being duo to n broken llangn on
a wheel under n loaded car. The
wreck was cleared nt 8 o'clock this
morning. No ouo was hurt. Passen
gers were transferred , HO that they
arrived In Chadrou two hours late , the
main line train waiting for thotn.
The Odd Follows' special to Hot
Springs was accompanied ns far an
Long Pine by Trainmaster Mount.
The train made the run from Norfolk
to Long Pine In four hours and fifty
mlnutos , which was considered excellent -
cellent tlmo In view of the heavy
sleepers that were hauled. The train
was drawn Into town by a doubleheader -
header , being about forty-llvo nilnutoH
late when It arrived hero.
REWARDS WILL DE GIVEN FOR
ATTRACTIVE FEATURES.
INTEREST BOYS AND GIRLS
A Meeting of the Civic Committee of
the Woman's Club , and the Commit ,
tee of the Commercial Club , Was
Held to Plan Campaign.
Prizes for a more beautiful Norfolk
will bo offered this summer , as was
done Rome years ago , by the Joint
Woman's club and Commercial club
committees. This line of action was
determined upon nt a meeting which
was hold last night In the homo of A.
II. Vlelc. Prizes will bo offered In
each of the four wards of the city as
follows :
For best vegetable garden.
For best ( lower garden.
For best kept block , Including
lawns , parks nnd alloys.
For best kept residence property ,
worth $1,000 or less.
For best , ( lower bed , planted and
cared for by a child under twelve
years of age.
Best kept alloy.
Best kept residence property.
Some of these prizes will bo In cash ,
others In goods donated by merchants ,
several of whom hnvo already unso
licited offered to do all that they can
to further this work. The committee
will be glad to receive any suggestions
or any donations. The chairman , Mrs.
A. M. McMillan , lives on the corner
of Pnsewalk avenue and Eighth street
and can bo reached by telephone No.
L79. A list of prizes with names of
donors will be published later.
The mooting wns attended jointly
by the civics committee of the Wo
man's club and a similar committee
from the Commercial club. The first
and greatest ambition of this Joint
committee Is that Norfolk may have
cleaner , more sanitary conditions In
the city , nnd second that It may bo
made more beautiful this summer than
ever before. This , It was determined ,
can be accomplished only by the ear
nest co-operation of all residents. One
Ill-kept and unsightly place will mar
the beauty of an entire block.
Besides offering prizes , It wns de
termined to make a special effort to
Interest the girls nnd boys and the
following persons were selected to
visit the schools of the city nnd uiako
addresses to the students.
Mrs. Oxnam , Grant school ; Mrs. Mc
Millan and Mrs. A. J. Durland , Lin
coln school ; Mr. Turner , Washington
school ; Mr. Pouoher , high school.
FLOWER THIEVES AT WORK.
Start Early to Despoil Flower Beds of
the City.
Flower thieves have already made
their appearance in the city , and the
manner In which ( lowers are being
taken and plants destroyed and torn
up Is positively shameful. No sooner
does a ( lower bed commence to bloom
ami repay the one who has nurtured
It than some night the place Is raided ,
the ( lowers are picked and the plants
more or less destroyed nnd trampled.
This practice became very much of
a nuisance a year ago , and starting
thus early In the season there seems
every probability that the annoyance
will bo greater this year than last.
Whether the thieves are men , women ,
boys or girls , or all , Is not known , but
It Is a fact that they enter the gar
dens and bring havoc to the ( lower
beds. Norfolk Is not the only town
that is suffering from this kind of a
nuisance and it Is said that in some
of the neighboring places the city
government has taken hold of the
matter and offers rewards for Information
mation which will lead to the arrest
and conviction of persons raiding
( lower beds. A like movement could
bo Inaugurated in Norfolk to good ad
vantage.
Excursion Tickets to Des Molnes , Iowa
Via the Northwestern line , will be
sold on six dates , May 14 , 15 , IS , 17 ,
21 , 23 , limited to return until May 31 ,
inclusive , on account of general as
sembly Presbyterian church. Apply
to agents Chicago & Northwestern
R'y.
To manage your collar and attic
successfully you must bo a pretty good
want advertiser.
FATAL FIRE AT TILDEN EARLY
THIS MORNING.
MENNO BOHLSEN THE VICTIM
SHACK IN WHICH HE SLEPT WENT
UP IN FLAMES.
A SENSATION IS EXPECTED
Fire at 5:00 : This Morning Burned n
Building Filled With Paints at Til-
den , and In Which a Man Slept.
Coroner Arrived Before Noon.
Tlldon , Nob. . May II. Special to
The NOWH : A Iraglo and fatal tire oc
curred In TlliU'ti at ten mlnutim before
fore t ! o'clock this morning , resulting
In the death of Monno HohlHon. a Gor
man thlrty-llvo years of ago and a
vctonin of the Spanish-American war ,
who WIIH hurnod to a crisp. Ho slop !
In the building that hurnod and could
not lie roscucd. It WUH thought early
this morning , from prolty substantial
clrcuniHlanllnl ovldonco , that the cor-
onor'H InquoHl would bring out HOIIHII-
tlonnl developments.
The building that hurnod wan an
old frnnio shack that stood at ( hocast
end of Iho town. It wan stored with
paints and Inllaniahlo malorlalH. Tim
tire wan discovered at fifiO : o'clock.
Tlldon lian no tire dopnrlmonl , and the
work of Having Iho building and of
trying to save ( hi * llfo , devolved upon
cltl/ons , who Inrnod out omnasso.
The building was broken Into , and
windows were Hhattorod , but It was
Impossible to rcHcno HohlHon and his
body wan a crisp wbon found.
The ( load man was unmarried. Ho
belonged to ( bo Sixth Illinois volim-
loop rcglmont which fought In the
SpnnlHli-Ainorlcan war.
Mill for a Hlrong south wind , a block
might hnvo gone , as the hurnod build
ing nlond between two structuresono
a livery bain.
Conmor Kindred of Meadow Grove
was Immediately nolllled and arrived
In Tlldon before noon to hold the In
quest.
TUESDAY TIDINGS.
Mrs. P. Stafford visited In Omaha
yesterday.
Mrs. E. Tanner of Battle Creek was
In the city yesterday.
Mrs. Paul Kuro Is In the city from
Lyons , visiting relatives.
Joseph Wolfe of Plcrco was In the
city this morning enrouto to Paxton ,
Neb.
Neb.Mrs.
Mrs. C. E. Staloy and Mrs. D. L.
Upton of Pierce were In the city this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Vigors have re
turned from a visit at Eldoni , Iowa ,
with relatives.
Rev. J. C. S. WelllH leaves tomorrow
for Omaha to attend diocesan council
of the Episcopal church.
G. T. Sprceher , manager of the Nor
folk telephone exchange , wns a pas
senger for Omaha this morning.
J. E. Copeland , Northwestern train
dispatcher , loft this morning for n
vacation. Ho will visit at DoFlora , III.
Lars Peterson , C. C. and N. P. .Top-
person of Plalnvlow were In the city
this morning , all bound for Ilolyoke ,
Col.
Col.C.
C. A. Reimors , Herman Miller and
Frank Solomon of Pierce wore In the
city this morning enrouto to Lexing
ton , Neb.
Mrs. L. M. Becler , Mrs. D. K. Tyn-
dall and Mrs. Llndstrom returned yes
terday from a district missionary meet
ing at Wayne.
Mrs. George Kocchlg of Omaha Is
In the city , a guest of Mrs. H. E.
Owen. Mrs. Owen will entertain for
her Friday afternoon.
C. F. King , accompanied by his
clerk , I rln Doughty , left Sunday
evening for Casper , Wyo. They will
return on the motor car and make an
Inspection of the road.
Ferdinand and George Relmers of
Pierce passed through the city this
morning on their way to Rochester ,
Minn. , where the former will undergo
an operation from ono of the famous
Mayos ,
Miss Gowgry returned to Humphrey
yesterday after a visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Durland. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Durland and her
cousin , Dr. Frank Graham. Mrs. Dur
land returned last night.
C. F. A. Marquardt , Albert Wilde
and Carl Lanbsch , sr. , wont to Omaha
this morning to attend the grand lodge
of the Sons of Herman , representing
Norfolk lodge ns delegates. A. Brum-
mund , grand trustee , went to Omaha
yesterday.
A daughter was born at the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laubsch yes
terday.
The Trinity Social guild has Issued
Invitations for a dancing party to bo
given at Marquardt hall Friday , May
18.
Mrs. Asa K. Leonard has Issued In
vitations for 1 o'clock luncheon Thurs
day , May 24 , In honor of Mrs. Alfred
N. Gerecke. Euchre will bo a feature
of the afternoon.
Arrangements have been completed
by the I adles society of the Congre
gational church for n concert to be
given In the near future by Blind
Boone , the famous colored pianist.
Mrs. John Stevens entertained a
number of young friends of her son ,
Alfred , In honor of Its eighth birthday.
All of the little guests enjoyed a good
Mini1 A dninu luncheon wa i nrrvoi ! .
Anionit ( bo Norfolk detiK ii whonro
inrlav aiiondltir ( ho tttniii -iorlatlon
nieeilng in Omaha are Dr. PnrKor , noo-
retary of Iho Hlalo nMHoclnllnn , JUKI
Dr. Cole , who went down tbii morn *
Ing
Invitation * have boon IHHIICI ] by Mrn.
C. H. Parker and Mm. Robert II John-
< < on for I o'clock luncheon at tin homo
of Mm. Parker , 1221 KnonlgHioin av
enue , May 22. Euchre and ilinch will
prevail.
MorchnnlM HUKKO * ! . that people ought
to bo very painstaking Jiwt now In
( loaning up the NlroolH and alloys , mid
In ridding the city as much as pnn-
liln of waslo paper , bocmiHo of the
approaching dry season and danger of
llro.
Pnmlon Ogden returned yoHiorday
from Bancroft , where ho spent Sunday
with Mr. .lackHon and Mr. OliiiMtimd ,
where I hey are holding evangollstlij
HorvlootaHHlHtlng with the miiRJd
Mr. Ogden leaves next , week for Chicago
cage lo tnlto a COUI-HO of training In
the Moody Blblo Inslllnlo.
MrH. Maria Kami , mother of Mrs R.
W.nt / and of August Kami , sue-
ciimbod hint night at tin * homo of her
HOII. Hho wan olghty-nliu * years of
ago on April 25. The funeral will beheld
hold tomorrow afternoon.
MrH. Kami was ono of the old and
renpoctod German nottlorn of the com
munity. She wan the mother of three
children , only two surviving
The Ihroe young ladloH In Iho Klontv
homo are now allllctod with typhoid
fever. MHM | Lena Klonl1WIIH the last
onti to be Hlrlckcn. MHH ! Margaret
Klont/ came homo ( com Nollgh with
the lllnoKH , and IH now able to lie up.
Hlnco I hen her Hint or , MHH | Gorlriido ,
IIIIH heroine nHllctod ami IH In a very
HorloitH condition. Miss Lena Klont/
Is just In Iho Unit slagen of the dlu-
oaso.
The comity commissioners hnvo or
dered lubes lo bo placed midor the
KOHL brldgo across Iho Elkhorn nnd
the brldgo moved onto the Reel ton
line. They have also eontntet' > d for
the straightening of the river through
John llomlorHon's farm HO a to pro
ven ! Its culling the south bank where
In recent , years the public road bait
Hovornl I lines boon carried away by
onmlon.
A note to this paper from n-lalivnn
of Karl Thnrbor nayn thai n rumor
which Hlnrlcd In HOIIIO manner to Iho
ollccl that the young man hud IHM-U
Injured at Sheridan , Wyo. , by a Bur
lington train , was wholly unfounded ,
so far IIH can bo learned. 'lYlogramn
hnvo been Hont to the II. .t M hnad-
quartern at Omaha and to Sheridan ,
but It Is reported that no one nf ( bat
nainn has boon Injured.
Marvin Hughlll , president of inn
Norlhwoslorn railroad H.vstem , will
paBH through Norfolk tonight In a spe
cial train enrouto to Rapid Pity , S D.
Ho IH accompanied on the tour by
other oIllcinlH and will be accompa
nied on Mils division by Gcnoral Su
perintendent Hughes and Superinten
dent Reynolds. It Is said that the trip
Is made merely In an Inspection of
the NorlhwoHtern's line out hero , and
that It Is made now became of the
approaching rush to the Shoshont res
ervation.
Gco. W. Ixsoy ) , formerly sheriff of
Madison county , ls a type of the suc
cessful farmer and his success Illus
trates the prosperity that has como
to practical farmers In recent years.
Mr. I Hey Is farming 700 acres , about
ono-half of which Is In tame grass and
from which he cut 410 tons of hay
last summer. His Invoice of stock
and farm products on the farm
amounts to the handsome sum of $5-
100. Ho has 200 head of cattle and
150 head of hogs after shipping sev
eral cars of both to market. Recently
ho bought forty head of thoroughbred
hogs from Moses Mlhllls of Norfolk.
He believes that blood tells and his
horses , cattle , hogs and even chick
ens are carefully selected and of ap
proved breeds.
A meeting of the high school alum
ni association was held at the high
school building last night for the pur
pose of making arrangements for the
annual banquet which Is to bo ten
dered to the Incoming class this
spring. It was decided to hold the
banquet In the Pacific hotel. Sevonty-
IIve plates will bo prepared. Mem
bers of the board of education and
their wives , Superintendent and Mrs.
Hodwell. high school teachers and Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Hays will be guests.
Mr. Hays will be Invited to act as
toastmaster. All teachers of the city
schools will bo extended Invitations.
The banquet will , be held Saturday
night , Juno 2. The committee on pro
gram was appointed as follows : Wil
liam Darlington , Miss Rudat , Mtss
Dlngman. The committee on decora
tions Is : Miss Stella Luikart. Miss
Rosolla Cole and Miss Schwenk.
The meeting of the Commercial club
which had been planned for the city
hall tonight , when there were several
speakers to have been present , has
been postponed Indefinitely today be
cause of a number of disturbing Inci
dents that have come up. H. M. Bush-
neil , president of the state association ,
who was to have been present , tele
phoned this morning that his father is
very seriously 111 In Lincoln and that
ho can not therefore be In Norfolk.
E. C. Strode , city attorney of Lincoln ,
who was to have been here , Is In SL
I uls fighting the Standard Oil com
pany , and while he had Intended to
return In tlmo to be hero tonight , he
finds that he will be unable to do so.
Secretary Hlrons of Pierce has been
notified of the postponement. A now
date can not be set at once because
of the Indefinite information at hand.
The real , ffraduated "bargain-hunt
er" learns to read the want ads. as
closely as the store-ads.