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Til 12 NOHFOL.K NKWS : KHIIMY , .IUNK . R , I'.IOfi ' CLASS AT NELIGH SECURES ITS DIPLOMAS THIS WEEK. WAS BUSY WEEK AT ATKINSON Chnncellor E , Benjamin Andrews of Nebraska State University Delivered the Commencement Address at At- klnson Went to Plalnvlew. Nollgh , Nob. , June 2. Special to The News : Graduating exercises nt iho Nellgh high school wore bold this week In the Congregational church. " On Thursday evening Prof. Forstoll "if of Lincoln , violinist , entertained n good audience und on Friday evening occurred the exorcises of the grad- nates. Those completing the high school course were Edith Squires , Eula Tan He-well , Eleanor Davidson , Charles Pagel and Grace Peterson. Edith Squires received the highest grades and was awarded a scholarship by the NebarsUa association of col leges. Prof. G. L. Scott's orchestra furnished music for the occasion. Dec orations were beautiful. BUSY WEEK AT ATKINSON. Commencement Exercises E. Benja min Andrews Delivered Address. Atkinson , Nob. , .luno 2. Special to The News : The past week has boon a busy one for the people of the town and vicinity. Rev. Dowcn performed the marriage of R. A. Tower , and Eth el Moulton , who will live some six miles In the country , and also preached the baccalaureate sermon. A class of twelve , two boys an dteu girls , compose the same. Wednesday , deco ration day , was a very windy , dis agreeable day to be out , but a very large number wore In attendance at the excellent program and also the address given by the Rev. Caldwell living a few miles from O'Neill. This address was considered one of the best over given In this place on this day. The graduating exercises were held the evening of the 31st , and E. Benjamin Andrews was the speaker on this occasion , and was well received by the large and appreciative mull euce. The alumni banquet Immediately - ly followed the program. The chan cellor was entertained at the home of B. E. Sturdevant , while in Atkinson , and went from this place to Plainview. A public reception was held at the M. E. parsonage for the professor and bis wife , Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Mills , who will spend the coining year in the "Woslyan university at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Grossman , who recently moved to Omaha , have been spending Decoration day here , but to day returned to their homo In the city. city.Mrs. Mrs. Robert Bltnoy , who has been In Norfolk for some time visiting , has returned to Atkinson for a time. CIRCUS DAY IN TOWN. "When's the perade ? " "Where's the elefont ? " "I want a b'loon ? " "Buy mo a squawker. " "The little rubber ball. " [ From Monday's Dallv.1 How familiar those sounds are and the man who has outgrown them ought to take a look in the mirror and own up to himself the most pathetic of all self-confessions , that ho Is getting old and circuses don't bite any more. A large number of the unfortunates from the east hill took In the show and seemed to enjoy the aerial gym nastics of the flying ladies. Who would be a camel ? Those pa tient brutes carried advertising ban ners , one of which owed Us origin to the genius of Charlie Groesbeck and bore a legend advising people to drink Gund's beer. As a camel only drinks once in eight days what's the conclu sion ? Every man has saved or Is saving up n twenty dollar bill to blow In on a shell game. An old man who has been around the world some and knows the value of a dollar , had evidently been waiting forty years for his opportunity and it came when the circus came to town and he Is no doubt happy today and can die In peace. Fred Schelley , who is a connoiseur of razor-back hogs , took a look at the tailless , deathless , sexless , duck- legged , beaver-headed razor-back pork er from Tasmania , captured In the f caves of Kentucky and exclaimed , "shucks ! When I was a boy there was a breed of razor-backs In the back woods of Indiana that had claws and five toes on each foot and could climb trees and they had bristles like porcu pine's quills. " Bill Braasch and Charlie Rice were discussing snakes In the side show and both concluded that the ones on exhibition couldn't compare to those they had seen when boys In their na tive mountains of Pommeranla. That snaps are of rare occurenco and frequently not as cheap as the name would Indicate was Illustrated when Hermann Winter was called from the show to the telephone to send by mall some harness snaps up the road. The postage cost more than the snaps , not to mention the 'phono fee and the loss of a show ticket , but some people are always hunting them. It Is unfortunate that the prancing and fiery horses belonging to the cir cus will not permit their grooms to curry them and that they possess an unaccountable aversion to oats. It was said that the hostlers were so anxious for something to curry that they were currying the rooster and the snakes. A circus brings from over the horl- "on Rome rnro specimens of the ROUUR hoi'io , who nro RU ! generis and who i > t-fiMppir npnln wtteu the thin" la over tm uueln Kinod and their habitat un discovered , lo rpnpppar next year and nga'n ' arouse our amazement. How forcibly a clrciiB Impresses upon us thp well known fact that llfo begins at the wrong pnd. H ought to begin with old ago and terminate In Infancy. Remember how wo used to walk barefoot 'steen miles and didn't luivo the price hut Just taking chances that wo might bo able to carry water for the elophaut or sneak under the canvas and now that wo have the prlco the show doesn't gratify us. It Isn't the show that has changed. The spieler announced authoritative ly that the experts of the Smithsonian Institute and nil the great naturalists wore utterly uuablo to classify the combination pig-beaver-duck , and yet Paul Nordwlg Identified It Instantly as a species of gopher very rnro now , but found In considerable numbers In North Dakota when ho used to live there. An amusing Incident occuncd when the bend man of the Indians , upon learning the Identity of the mayor of Norfolk , wanted to make a feast and Invite all of Mr. Friday's friends. Heap good soup , remarked the chief. "Money In elephants. " That's what the newspaper market report said , and the memory of that Calcutta market report came vividly back ns the huge Proboscldea pachydcrmata s w u n g clumsily down the line of the parade. The report went on to say that the advance amounted to $200 per annum and by buying young animals , who wore more easily handled and trained the growth and rise In values would approximate $400 per annum for each animal. That so profitable a source of revenue should not bo lost to homo traders the Information was Immedi ately convoyed to Fred Karo and Jack Ray and wo may soon hear of these gentlemen having a few elephants around the premises and for household pets. The Imbecile. GURGLING WATERS OF BAZILE SOLVES PUZZLE. NO LINE UP ON LADIES' DAY Mother Nature Has Turned on the Cold Water In the Stream That Flows Down Through the Valley Nearby , and the Women are Independent. The problem of ladles' day In the bath tub at Center , Neb. , has boon solved by the approach of summer , and no longer is there a line up on each Thursday morning at the bath room door In Saundcr's hotel annex. The puzzle of how to got twenty-seven women bathed In eighteen hours , which has created such dissension in the so cial life of the little county seat of Knox county , and which resulted in a political campaign founded upon mu nicipal ownership of the tub , has been solved by Mother Nature , who , with the warming rays of the summer's sun , has turned on the faucet of cold river water and now the current of Bazllo creek , ( lowing down Its course and gurgling in and out among the shady nooks of the ragged banks , serves the purpose of a bath tub and has spoiled the monopoly of the tub in town. Here is what the Center Register says this week : With the advent of spring , the Cen ter bath tub problem has been solved , ik has been reported to us that some of tlie most independent of our young ladies have stated that the horrid men can go to thunder with their old bath tub and have been utilizing the limpid waters of Bazlle creek In which they can bathe their little tootsle wootsles without regard or reference to the stringent rules which prevail at the bath tub on ladles' day. DEATH OF CHARLES EBLE _ An Old Time Resident of Norfolk Passes Away. [ From Monday's Dally.1 Charles Eble , aged 02 years , an old time resident of Norfolk , died Mon day morning at 7:30 : at his home In Edgewater park , of Infiltration of the lungs. He had been sick a long time , but was only conrtned to his bed the past ten days. Mr. Eble was a native of Pennsyl vania and had resided In Norfolk and vicinity since 1870. For many years he was clerk for John Olnoy , when the latter had the big store of this section of the state. Then lived on a farm near Hosklns for a number of years and later engaged In business for himself In Norfolk , which he con ducted eight or ten years , when ho re tired. He leaves a wife and thirteen living children , two having died. Seven of the thirteen children are married. He had accumulated considerable prop erty and leaves his family in comfort able circumstances. WEDDING AT FAIRFAX. Two Popular Young People Join Forc es for Life , Fairfax , S. D. , Juno 4. Special to The News : Dan Turney and Miss Dessa White , two popular young people ple of this city , were united In mar riage here yesterday. They left this morning with the hearty good wishes of their many friends for Avoca , Iowa , where Mr. Turney has recently ac cepted a position with a prominent business house. SUM OF $52.00 HAS DEEN TURNED OVER FROM GAME. GOOD GAME CLEAR THROUGH An Error In Adding the Score of the Third llnnlng Was Made In Ccorlng Yesterday , Which Gave Masts Only Twelve Features of the Game. Fifty-two dollars and sixty cento have been turned Into the Norfolk city library fund as n result of the base ball game that was played yesterday afternoon between teams representing the Mast block and the Bishop block. The Mast people , who had Issued the challenge , wont to pieces In the -sixth Inning and allowed the Bishops a half dozen scores , losing the game right there. In this liming six safe hits were scored off Twlrler Pasewalk , who had held the Bishops down to three singles and a double up until that time. In recounting the scores this morn ing on the olllclal score board , It was found that the Masts had made thir teen Instead of twelve as was thought last night. The error was In the ad dition of scores made In the third In ning , when four Instead of three runs were made. They were made by Par ker , Ulach , Asmus , Mayer. In hur riedly adding the figures at the game , Harry Vaughn , the ex-league player who kept the score up to the seventh Inning , ma.de this slight error , whoso correction brings the total 11 to 13. There was none of your fat-man and- lean-man baseball In the exhibition be tween the two pick-up teams that clashed on the diamond yesterday. No , Indeed. It was the real , genuine article from start to finish , with gingery gory playing all the way around and some sensational stops of hard hits that would rival the Wllklns collw nf a few years ago. Some of the Star Features. In fact , some of the players distin guished themselves on that diamond and displayed evidence of having at some time or other In their lives played the sterling game for blood. For Instance- , there was the splen did pitching of Percy Sullivan , who really did much toward winning the game for the Bishops. Sullivan IH a bank clerk nt the Nebraska National , but that didn't Interfere with his work out there In the box. Ho pitched the entire nine Innings , allowed but live scattered hits during the whole game and struck out eighteen men at Iho plate. After Anderson wont Into the position at backstop , whore he sur prised everybody by bis sure catching , Sullivan allowed but one lilt In six Innings , and only one HCOIO was made by the Masts in the last six Innings. Sullivan gave but one man a base on balls , struck one batter with a ball and played an extremely heady game all the way through. Ho fielded In great shape and was up on his toes from start to finish. Besides that , ho made two bits out of five times up. Then there was the remarkable catch made by Sol G. Mayer In the center field. There was one out and Madsen at bat. Al landed the ball away high up In the air and the little sphere circled out and out and out , until the grandstand almost lost sight of It. Sol stood in his tracks and ate It up as though he were n trap , uhen the tall fly dropped Into his hands. It was as good as professional ball , and the crowd cheered. Sol took off his hat and retired after that , while his reputation was good. He had been at tne bat once , made one of the few hits for the Masts , got a run and went out of the play with a record of 1,000. Another sensational feature was a one-handed catch made by Pa Burn- ham on first base , when a wild throw was handed to him. Nobody thought for a minute that he would get It. But the big first baseman who has been mentioned for the United States sen ate , allowed no opportunities to pass him , jumped high up In the air , snapped the ball out of the skies with his Jmre hand and put the side out. It resembled the one-handed stops of hot bee-liners that old Cap. Anson of Chicago used to make In his nalmy days. And nobody could convince the crowd that Burnbam hadn't played real hot baseball at some time In his life. Dad Ransom was another fielder who distinguished himself as a rat tling good baseball player. C. S. P. batted out a long , high fly Into the center field and started to run like an antelope for first base. Kauffmann waved him aside. Ransom had made a hard run , got under the blooming thing and then , by the gods of war , gobbled It up. He made two safe hits In the game. Billy Logan demonstrated that ho came from Ponca , where all good ball players come from. Out of six times at bat he lined out two two-baggers and a single , knocked a fly to Pase walk that was eaten up , persuaded Pasey to give him two bases on balls and made three scores. Ills field work was also clever. Valller made a score on a dead ball. He was struck In the back. Being an osteopath , he soon got rid of the sore ness by manipulation , and then scored. On the way around ho dived under Parker and the old-time pugilistic ten dencles of both men broke out. ( It Is said both have records In the ring. ) They clinched and then Umpire Knuff. man Interfered and fined Parker 25 cents for the offense. The money went Into the library fund. Wynn Rnlnbolt caught the entire game In the absence of Burt Mapes , and showed up In old time form. Rain- > olt played on the wcoud loam ntl Unnniil unHfisltj for HI viral \cn-i \\iis a ulnf utcnihi'i' of the Harvard nw m'hool tetun und plu > od on bin IIHH team at third bane all Iho way through college , llo play * well any where , though , and made a splendid catcher. Out of live times at bat he undo four score * , HlcnllUK bnm like \ \ \ old-lime arlful dodger. lie so- Mired tun hllH and made bin HCOICH on deals and errors of Iho Ul hop Pap Poworn held down the Hcpiind mso lu good shape , gobbling lllcH that PIIUIP his way. ' Pasey Pamnvalh pitched rattling good baseball for live hard Innings , illowlng but four hltit lu the live In- lings. In all , lie nt ruck out four men , smied transportation to three and slugged a pair lu the ribs. Mnthewsoii succeeded Pamnviilk In the box after the fatal Hlxth Inning mil allowed four hits In Ihrce Innings , striking out three men and giving one man a base on balls. Johunlo Bland , who started catch ing for the Bishops , played but three Innings. In the third he was close to the bat without n chest protector and a foul lip struck him on the thigh , llo mink down and was taken home In a carriage , but IH all right today. Charlie Ulach at short stop for the MastH , played the game all the Iliuo und stopped everything that came his way. way.Al Al Madsen and Brushcnr both showed up In good form and played steady , heady games. Parker Injured his linger lu the first Inning and after that found It dllllcult to slot ) the ball comfortably. llo stopped everything In his direct Ion , however , and was a star coach. Asmus. llellcrninu , llu'/cti , Valller and /no-low all played good ball all the time. Began atIMG. . The game was called at 1:10 : o'clock and was llnlshed at 7:10. : The appear ance of the Mast and Bishop warriors was .signal for cheering. The proees slou was led by Billy Ferguson , armed with a big policeman's billet and a star. Following came a phalanx of old soldiers carrying their muskets and bayonets. In their midst was Uiu plre Emll Kauffmaii. who had them for prou'clloii. Among the veleinus were .1. S. McClory , A. (1. Van Horn , A. N. McGlnulH , H. M. Roberts. S. L. fiiirvln. Following1 was a rudely con structed Imitation of a casket , ileuol lug the funeral for the Masts. Al John sou brought up the rear. Umpire. Kaiifriuann was one of Iho funniest features in the game , for ho made the boys play ball all the Mm according to the rules. "Two balls and vet Is II ? " he shouted , earnestly after 0110 curve bad sped over the plate. Knuffiuapii bail two big six-shooters for protection , and did not hesitate to wave away the coachorH from the run ulng Hue , nor to call down the players who talked. He lined Wynn Rnlnbnlt tweiity-llvp cents for climbing up 01 the judges' stand. After Blande was hurt , the Bishops wanted to put in Lawrence HnfTmau as catcher , but ho doesn't come from the Bishop block and was protested Lawrence plays such a very clever game that the Masts admitted thej were afraid of him. At the end of the fifth the Mast ? were ahead and suggested quilling Another Inning allowed the Bishops t ( take the lead , and the Masts Insisted on playing out the gamo. Ed Burnham retired lu the sevontl and .Tim Stitt took his place. In the eighth Inning the Masts re covered slightly and made four scores two of them on misunderstandings 01 Logan. Ho thought two men were out and threw down the ball after putting out the next. It developed that there had been but one man out , and two scores were run In during the confu slon. slon.The The score : BISHOP BLOCK. AB. R. IB. PO Brashear G 2 4 3 Ransom G 0 2 4 Logan .0 3 G 1 Powers C 3 3 3 Bland 1 0 1 0 ( Zuolow ) 5 0 2 3 Anderson C 1 5 3 Madsen C 2 2 4 Sullivan 5 2 2 3 Vallier G 1 3 3 Totals 52 14 29 27 MAST BLOCK. AB. R. IB. PO Ralnbolt C 4 5 1 Pnsowalk G 2 4 1 Burnham 4 0 2 3 Stltt 1 1 1 0 Parker G 2 2 3 Ulach G 1 1 4 Hazen G 0 2 4 Mayer 1 1 l 0 Asmua 4 1 1 3 Hellcrman G 1 2 3 Mathewson G 0 1 G Totals 4C 13 22 27 By Innings : Bishop 01021C12 1 1 Mast 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 13 Summary : Stolen bases Blande Anderson 2 , Valller 2 , Brashear 3 , Par ker , Ulach , Asmus 2 , Hellerman , Hazcn Logan 3 , Sullivan 3 , Madsen , Zuelow Rnlnbolt 2 , Burnham , Mayor ; sacrifice hits , Andoreon 2 ; two-base hits Logai 2 , Ralnbolt : Bases on balls off Sulll van 2 , off Pasewalk 4. off Mathewson 3 : struck out by Sullivan 18 , by Pnse walk 4 , by Mathewson 3 ; left on bases Bishop 3 , Mast 4. Time 1 hr. and 30 mln. Umpire Knuffmann. LEAGUE PLAYER THERE. Harry Vaughn , For Ten Years Wei Known as Star Catcher. Harry Vaughn , for ton years one < f the IH I known liinuo : p'i\ ' r In IM < countr\ , null \\lio can lit fur ( lie * i l.ouln Icitii Ihn i' > HI I'M , W/IM / mi ilu- iKiich \onlorduy'M game and l > pt be Mcoro for nix liinliiKH. Mr. Vaughn ulailed to play the game u HulTalo. and later wont to Toronto , Maeiiii. flu. , Cincinnati mid Kl. IxuilH. le was a Hlur culelmr. llo IH now u niiimerclal traveler with ( llllello of 'hlcnmi and nelln cxtraetM. Ho left tml ulKht for Chadiiin and goes today o Iou1ond. ) ; . Mr. Vaughn quit lu Clnclntmll , vhero he threw hltt arm out. Jiml an ill pllchcni ami catchers do lu time. UK arm IH twisted IIH a result. Ho iKcd to sell extracts during dm win- ers. Wo was much luleroHled lu oHlorday'H game mid lu Kiiuffinium'H iiitquc umpiring CAMPDELL BROS. SHOW ARRIVED HERE THIS MORNING. GOOD CROWD HERE TO SEE IT Parade Took Place at Noon Usual Number of Side Show Attractions. Performance Is a Clean One Here Afternoon and Tonight , Too. [ Krnin Halimliiv'H Dully. ] Today IH the llrnt clrcim liny of the season lu Norfolk Campbell limn , nliow , a Nobra.ska aggregation , arrived i.v Hpcclnl train fiom HoiiOHlccl at iliont ( MID this morning and the work > f pitching the teiitH WHH well under way before most people were up and ibout The train carried thlrly-Hlx coaches , ami WIIH paHHed at Verdlgro by the paHHciigor train. The Htreet parade , a grand glltlor- lug pageant , look place at noon. The UHtial number of side show attractions are with the show. The elrcim Is a clean 0110 and lhe.ro are no gamblers nor llal-jolul men ac companying It. Tbo performance Is lll'Hl dllHS. There wan a good crowd In town to nee the nhow. Then1 will be perform ances afternoon ami tonight. Real Estate Transfers. MndlKoii county real estate1 trans- foi'H for week eliding June 2 , 100(5 ( , com piled by MaillKou County Abstract company , olllce with Mapes & I In/on , Norfolk , Neb. CharloH E. Palmer and wlfo to Len- nil M. Coltrell , W. II , consideration $850 , part of NE'of ' , NW'2fi ' , 21 , 4. Lena MalhliiHHon lo Frans F. Oberg , W. IX , consideration $1000 , lot n , block 11 , R. R. addition lo Newman ( Jrove. John Kroythalnr and wlfo to Harry Hardy. W. I ) . , consideration $1500 , loin fi and Ci , block 1 , Duderinan's addition to Norfolk. Eugene Crook and wlfo lo Chris T PoterHon , W. D. , consideration $8000 SW'/i 10. 21 , 3. ITnllod Slates to Mary E. Sharp , P D. , lots one and two of 18 , 21 , 2. Gottlieb Prlbuow and wlfo to Robert Lowls Herman Prlbuow , W. D. , con nlderatlon $000 , part NW'of NE'/j and NE'of NW'22 , 21 , 1. Chris. Schavland , Oeorgo E. Rich unison and .1. J. Clements to F. L. Put ney , referees deed , consideration $1 , UOO , part of out lot D , Tlldon. Loulso Asmus to Gottlieb Prlbuow W. D. , $1,200 , part of NE'of NW'/ , and NW'or NE'22 , 21 , 1. Christian Schmltt to Caroline Kohl W. D. , consideration $3,200 , WM. of SE'/t , 1C , 21 , 3. Christian Schmltt to Christian D Schmltt , W. D. , consideration , $8,000 NE'10 , 21 , 3. Christian Schmltt to William A Schmltt , W. D. , consideration , $0,400 SE'7 , 21 , 2. Christian Schmltt to George O Schmltt , W. D. , consideration $8,800 NEW , 7 , 21 , 2. Christian Schmltt to Jacob R Schmltt , W. D. , consideration , $8,800 NE'10 , 21 , 2. Christian Schmltt to Johanna Fry W. D. , consideration $8,800 , NWVl , 1C 21 , 2. John Raasch and Frederic Braascl and wives to Ludwlg Wctzcl , W. D. consideration $105 , lots C , 7 and 8 block 13 , Edgowater Park addition to Norfolk. N. A. Ralnlwlt and wife to Jacol Felgor , W. D. , consideration $835.37 lot 21 , block 8 , Riverside Park add ! tlon to Norfolk. Edward Voss and wife to E. D Wells , W. D. , consideration $1,150 , lots 9 , 10 , 11 and 12 , block 21 , North addl tlon to Madison , John N. Dlneen and wlfo to Edward Rogan , W. D. , consideration $050 , NE'/i of NE'C , 22 , 1. Andrew M. Solso and wife to Chris topher O. Foss , W. D. , consideration $1,000 , lot 3 , block 2 , R. R. addition to Newman Grove. BRANDES GIBUS DISMISSED Not Enough Evidence to Hold Her for Stealing Flowers. fFrom Saturday's Dally. ] Miss Lottie Brandos has been dls missed from the courts , after more than a week of continued trials on a charge of stealing flowers. A change of venue was taken In Justice Lam bert's court yesterday and brought into Judge Elscley's court today. The Judge found no evidence on which to hold the young lady for the offense charged , and she was dismissed. She had , It seems , told Mr. Buckendorf o the thefts by the two young men who wore arrested and fined. The costs In the case amounted to some $21 which will bo paid by Mr. Buckendorf the florist , who entered complaint The flowers stolen were worth abou 25 cents. EMPLOYES DECIDEDLY OPPOSED \ | TO RATE MEASURE. T CUTS OFF THEIR PASSES Local Railroad Men Telegraph Oonat- orn nntl Congressmen Asking That They Exeit Their Influence Against Passage of DIM In Present Form. The agreement of Iho conference oiutiilUco of Iho IIOIIHO mid Hoiiato mvo recommended Iho passage of the nlo bill with amendment which posl- Ixely prnhlbllH Iho IHHIIIUICO of paHHCH iy a rallioad company lo any person vliouiHoever. Thin not only Included lollllelatin ami ( he general public , but MiiployoH of the railroad as well an heir niiullloH. It IH already neon that bin provision In going lo CIUIMO an end- I'.MH amount of confusion In Iho opora- Ion of rallnmilH , and It will bo dllll nit lo carry mi biiHlneHs when Iho now aw goes Into effect. For Instance , If ho mipcrlutciiilniit or tniliimuHlor viiut to solid a crow to Fremont to nko a run out of ( hat place , It will ID ! be allowable to ISHIIO a pans lo bo men and tell thorn to got on the rain and go. On the contrary , the In- ItcatloiiH are that the men will bo ibllged to pay cash faro to Fremont , iiuKo an oxpoiiHo Item of the amount mill and when the next pay day COIIIO.H t will bo refunded to thorn. Perhapn Ills Identical plan will not bo adopted nit It will bo Homothlng along that luo. It may be that the company will mud the amount of the faro lo the uuii and tell thorn to go down to the illlco and buy a ticket. In any event , the now law will create an endless iiuounl of additional work In the op erating department. Norfolk lallroad mon wore yester day awakened to the conditions which may prevail by receipt of a telegram which read 1111 follows : "Washington , D. C. , Juno 4. J. A- Kuhn. Norfolk , Nob. : PloaHo Immo- illalely telegraph United Slates son- aloes and congroHHtiian protentlng agaliiHt adoption of conference report on rnlo bill which prohibits pasties to employed and their famlllcH. Signed , II. It. Fuller , legislative representa tive. " Mr. Fuller Is watching legislation In Washington In Iho Intercut of the Or der of Railway Conductors , Order of Railway Trainmen , Order of Railway Engineers anil Brotherhood of Ixieomo- live Firemen. Mr. Kuhn In secretary of Iho local lodge of llromen. In respoiiHo to Iho Hiiggesllim of Mr. Fuller , the ofllconi of the fireman , II T. Doiiuer , miiHler , and J. A. Kuhn , Hocrotary , addressed a telegram to SonatofK Mlllard and Hurkelt and Con- groHHtimn McCarthy , IIH follows : Norfolk , Nob. , Juno 4. Climax ledge , No. L'CI , Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen , sixty members , pro- lent again adoption of conference re port on rate bill which prohibits pass es being given to railway employes and their families. Wo solicit your support. " Madison. Material IH on the giounil and work about lo commence on the now steel bridge over the Union creek near the mill. This will mnko a detour for traf fic Into town from the north and northeast - east of about a mile , making It neces sary to como west of the fair grounds. F. W. Peterson , who has kept a racket store hero the past year , Is packing his goods and will remove his stock to a point on the new railroad - road between Stromsburg and Central City. Carl Croblln has returned from Oma ha , where ho underwent an operation for tumor of the stomach. Sporting matters In Madison have boon in rather a bad way for the past year , a number of Its champions hav ing become famous , married or moved away. Efforts are making toward a revival , however , so that there may be something doing yet before the sea son's end. A tennis club has been organized and two courts laid out , one near the Thatch residence on the end of Madi son avenue and another on the Moran premises. A game of baseball was played on the fair grounds Sunday between the miasl professionals and a team of pick ups , In which the score attained great dimensions , resulting In a victory for the regulars. John Malone , son of County Commis sioner Malone , who the past two years was In charge of the schools at Her man , Neb. , ns principal , has been elect ed to a similar position In the Hum phrey public schools. Fred Dlers , who has been unwell the past two weeks , Is out and able to attend to business again. Superintendent Perdue Is working on the state school apportionment this week and Informs ns that the amount Is nearly double what It was the pre ceding six months. Prof. Win. Dowllng Is home from Clay Center , where he has been su perintendent of schools the past year and has been re-elected to the posi tion. Harry Reed , who formerly kept the lunch counter and billiard hall , will shortly receive a stock of pianos and will occupy the O'Shea building on the west side of Pearl street. OR , R. C , SIMMONS , EYE SPECIALIST Lady attendant , is a graduate optician , aud speaks German. ROOM 15 , COTTON BLOCK. PHON 183.