THE NORFOLK NEWS ; FRIDAY , JULY 27 , 1UOG.
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FOR YEARS OMAHA TRIED TO
PURCHASE WATERWORKS.
CITY IS NOW TRYING NOT TO
The City Voted $3,000,000 Worth of
DondB But the Appraisement Was
More Than Double Case Now In
Court With Expensive Proopect.
Omaha , Nob. , .Inly 2t For tlio pant
three years tlio clly of Omaha lm boon
tr.\liu' to purohnno tlio plnnt of Iho
oinnlm Water cninpnny mul give Oinix-
liu n municipal wntor Hy tonl. Today ,
the pity In lighting I" United States
court , ( ho nrqulHltlon of tlio system
nnit Is doing cvory thluK It can to pre
vent being forced Into purchasing tlio
water plant ,
Three yearn ago tbo state loglB
tnro passed n bill onlnrliiB Omaha to
either pnrchiiKO tlio present water sys
torn from HH owners , or to coiiHtruct
n now system. And to furtlior this
end. the city voted $3,000,000 worth
of bonds , the proceeds to bo utilized In
building this plant.
Then , by order of the legislature , the
governor of Nebraska appointed a wa
ter board , which should have full
charge of the affairs of the municipal
plant. Omaha business men objected
to the appointing of members of thin
board , preferring to have a "say-so" In
the governing power of their own
waterworks by having the commission
ers elected by popular vote , hut their
protests did no good.
The water board took charge of the
affairs at onco. And Incidentally ho-
Kim drawing salary Immediately. This
salary was fixed at only $ ! > 00 per year ,
and there are six of the commissioners ,
making the salary for the board $ : i.JOO (
yearly This board has now boon In
existence throe years , drawing sal
aries all that time , but having no wa
ter works to manage during these
years.
The water company and the commis
sioners decided to appoint a committee -
too of prominent engineers who wcro
to appraise the water system and the
city was then to purchase nt this price.
Everything seemed all right and the
advocates of municipal ownership
pointed to the scorning success of the
commissioners as an Indication of the
beauties of the system.
Hut there was a snag somowhoro.
Something seemed to bo wrong with
the board of engineers. They never
could got together to talk the matter
over. One of thorn lived In Milwau
kee ; the other two In different cities.
Whenever they did got together , there
wore no results. Nothing but talk re
sulted. The engineers wore being
paid well and the tax payers of Omn-
1m footed the bills.
Then It became necessary to employ
lawyers nt good fat fees to loolc after
the city's Interests In the matter. The
Omnjia lice , the leading republican
newspaper In Nebraska , In an edito
rial calling attention to the fact that
since May , 1905 , the city has paid $12-
758 In lawyer's fees for the water
board , says : "This , after all , Is only
"before taking" the wntor works. How
much the special attorneys of the wa
ter board will extract by the time they
are through nil the cases In the Unit
ed States supreme court may only bo
surmised. "
For three years the board of engi
neers delayed and "talked" and all
that time the municipal ownership ad
vocates fretted. But yesterday the
engineers announced their valuation
on the plant of the water company
$0,203,295.49.
The citizens fairly gasped with as
tonishment. It was believed the figures -
ures would not bo above $3,000,000.
And a cry of "fraud" was raised on
all sides. It was pointed out that the
appraised value was signed by only
two members of the board of engineers
and that the third refused to concur ,
hence , they argued , there was no ap
praisal. Prominent attorneys talked
"bunco" by the engineers as against
the city. They all declared the ap
praised value was exorbitant and
should not be paid.
Then T. C. Woodbury of Now York
City , president of the Omaha Water
company , made out a deed covering
the entire property of the water system
and going to the board of water com
missioners , made a formal tender of
the property and asked for his $ G,2C3-
295.49. It was refused and ho Imme
diately filed suit In United States
court to compel the city to purchase
nt that price.
The water board has announced Its
Intentions of fighting the case and
more special attorney fees are In
sight for the tax payers to settle.
And that Is the reason that , whereas
Omaha has been fighting for three
years to municipall/o Its water sys
tem , It Is now fighting just as hard
the other way to keep from having to
purchase It. And tax payers , who have
sepn so much money go towards sala
ries and attorneys' fees , with nothing
to show for it , wonder what the bill
will bo If the city Is forced to buy the
plant.
Ralph L , Braasch.
[ From Monday's Dally. ]
Just ns the shades of night were
beginning to fall Saturday evening ,
after a long struggle with Bright's dis
ease , Ralph L. Braasch quietly passed
to his long rest , breathing his last at
0:50. : Ralph had made a manly fight
against * disease , hut his strength gave
out and like many another noble char
acter ho was obliged to yield to the In
evitable. Six or eight years ago symp
toms of the disease began to antipir.
and his father promptly sent him to
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PailRlmd , Germany , where ho obtained
much relief from the water * , return
ing so much Improved that for n tlmo
It was hoped that the disease had been
eradicated from hlu system. About six
months ago the disease again appeared
and ho spent some months at Excel-
slor Sprint's , Mo. Shortly after ho
returned from thorc , IIP became bed
fast and It has since been a fight for
existence , his father and friends bo-
pint ; at times encouraged and again
cast Into gloom over the prospects for
the future.
Ralph was the son of 0. W , Mrnaseh.
and Is survived by only two members
of the family , his father and brother
Will. On May 9 , two yearn ago. his
\nothcr \ passed away , and WIIH followed
flvp wpok IntPr by IIH ! sister Gorlnidn.
who dlPd on the 17th of Juno. Ono
brother had dlPd n few ypnrs before.
Will DraaHch , who IH In htmlnoMM In
Rt. Paul , Minn. , had been bore but a
short tlmo ago to see Ralph , and re
turned this morning In response to a
tplpgrnm announcing the end.
Ralph was born on the old Hniasch
homestead , a half mile east of Nor
folk , November 2 ( ! , 1877 , hence was In
Iho twenty-ninth year of his age. Af
lor he graduated he became Interested
In his father's coal business and has
been nn ofllcloiit assistant In the of
lice. C . W. "raasch Is now loft prac
tlcnlly alone , his only remaining son
being In business for himself else
where , and whllo the whole communl
ty grieves ( hat Ralph has boon taken ,
there Is unbounded sympathy toward
the father , whoso once happy family
Is now entirely gone and whoso Joyous
homo has become so quickly desolate.
Friends have expressed their sym
pathy through a profusion of floral of
ferings , beautiful yet painfully Inex
pressive tributes of the sympathy that
Htlrs every heart In the community.
The funeral will bo held this after
noon nt H o'clock from the homo on
Fifth Hi root , conducted by Rev. .T. C.
S Wellls of Trinity Episcopal church.
At the cemetery the services will bo
conducted by Norfolk lodge , n. P. O.
10. , No. 053 , of which the deceased was
a member. The Elks burial service is
brief , simple , yet Impressive , and at Its
close the Episcopal burial service will
ho used , conducted by Rev. Mr. Welllfl.
The pall bearers selected are S. D.
Robertson , W. 1C. Small. Wm. Stafford ,
A 1C. Barnes , FritAsmiis and Harry
Hartford , chosen by the Elks and
nearly nil members of that order.
A THREE-DAYS' POW-WOW NEAR
CENTER , KN9X COUNTY.
IN MEMORY OF DEPARTED CHIEFS
The Big Indian Event This Year Is
Planned to be One of the Most Spec
tacular In the History of the Santee
Sioux Indian Nation.
Center , Nob. , July 21. Special to
The News : The Santco Sioux Indians
have fixed the date for tholr annual
fair and celebration on August 1 , 2
and 3. Each year thcso Indians hold
a celebration in memory of the departed -
parted chiefs of the Sioux nation and
this year efforts are being made to
inako the occasion one of the most
successful and spectacular In the his
tory of the tribe. Three days will bo
given to a gathering of the Sioux and
the tribes of Winnebago , Omaha , Flan-
dreau , Slssoton , Yankton , Pine Ridge
and the Oklahoma territory are ex
pected to turn out largo delegations.
The whole tlmo will bo given to In
dian games and sports of all kinds.
War dances , spear throwing , lacrosse ,
pony races and the like will bo the
chief amusements. On Friday after
noon , the 3rd , a band of Indians will
charge down across the prairie and
engage the camp in a grand sham bat
tle. The grounds selected for the cel
ebration are on the reservation , five
miles north of Center , near the mouth
of Howe creek. It is an Ideal campIng -
Ing place and white people are Invited
to come and pitch camp with the noble
red men of this historical tribe.
Woodmen Initiate.
[ From Tuesday's Dally. ]
The Norfolk camp , No. 492 , M. W.
A. , held a large meeting and Initiation
last night In the I. O. O. F. hall , at
which twelve candidates were put
through the mysteries of the order.
George R. Wycoft , V. C. : D. Q. Nich
olson , banker ; C. S. Snyder , W. A. ;
Clyde Rynenrson , escort , and John Fox
and his forester team of Madison
camp , No. 485 , were bore to do the
work of Initiation. A largo number
of Battle Creek people were also pres
ent.
After the meeting a social session
was held and Ice cream and cake
served. In nil It was a most enjoyable
affair.
It was through the earnest work of
W. C. James , district deputy of Nor
folk , that thcso candidates were
brought Into the Norfolk camp.
Railroad Notes.
The Omaha passenger was delayed
about thirty minutes this noon on ac
count of a hot box on one of the cars.
J. C. Aid is back on his old run on
the Bonesteel lino. Ho was made
trainmaster at the Omaha Union sta
tion but on account of the discontin
uing of the Shoshonl trains ho was
given back his old run.
The C. & N. W. railroad Is tearing
down the stock yards at the Crelgh-
ton depot In order to give more room
to tracks.
Hadn't you Intended to look over
the want ads. today ?
PROPOSITION WAS NOT OFFICIAL
LY BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
WAS INFORMALLY DISCUSSED
Developed That There la a Strong Sent-
Imcnt In the Council to Meet the
Commissioners Half Way In Their
Efforts to Correct the Evil.
The ditch proposition did mjt come
ip before the city council hist meet
ing for olllclal iiPtlon , although It had
loeti expected that an ordinance would
bo presented and HH passage asked in
iccordnnco with the request of the
: ounty commissioners. The matter
WIIH Informally discussed find II de
veloped that there Is n strong senti
ment on the council toward the city
paying Its full share of the expense
of building the waterway , and had the
ordinance been drafted and presented
last evening there IH no doubt but that
It would have been passed.
Mr. Nelson of Omaha , representing
the Western Union telegraph com
pnny , appeared before the council in
response to a notice served upon his
company ordering that tholr poles be
removed from Main street to the al
leys. Ho protesting against having
the Western Union singled out In this
matter , claiming that It Is not fair to
ask bin company to make those remov
nls when the electric light and telephone -
phone poles and wires are allowed to
remain where they are on Main street.
The result was that the city attorney
was instructed to go Into the matter
with the view of having all poles and
wires removed from the street.
Plans for guttering and curbing ,
which were approved last evening ,
provide for gutters six foot wide and
six Inches deep , built of Portland cc
ment , In proportion of four to one for
the lower flva Inches , and one to one
In the upper inch. The gutters are
to extend along either Side of Norfolk
nvonuo from First street to Sixth , and
on Fourth street from Norfolk to Mad'
Ifion avenue.
The Official Report.
The city council met In regular scs
slou with all councilman present except
copt Stafford. Minutes of July 5 were
read and approved.
The city attorney was Instructed to
look up ordinances on electric light ,
telephone and telegraph wires and
poles , with a view to removing nil
poles from Main street.
Plans of the city engineer for ce
ment guttering and curbing were
adopted.
The city attorney Is to draw up a
petition to the county judge to appoint
five appraisers to find damages In the
right of way of the sewer system.
The city attorney reported adverse
ly on the claim of Dr. Mackay for al
leged damages.
The matter of the walk on the south
side of lots 1 and 2 , block 1 , Norfolk
View , was referred to the street com
missioner and the street and alley
committee.
The city attorney was given more
time in regard to Treunepahl claim.
Ho was also Instructed to look up
leeds of all city property.
" 23. "
The rapidity , the completeness , with
which " 23" has entered into the na
tional vocabulary Is not only signifi
cant , It Is alarming. We are accus
tomed to having the American lan
guage extended or condensed In the
most startling ways ; Indeed , It has
rather become expected of us that
wo would produce a new crop of slang
each year , fully as Important as a
wheat crop or a trust crop. And for
eigners , but also the French and oth
er continentals , nwalt the exportation
eagerly , impatiently. It was iarked
by nn American duchess to King Ed
ward , that In Spain , which she visited
at the time of the Spanish marriage ,
"very little English was understood
and no American" thus placing Spain
back In the dark ages.
But " 23" IB a decidedly different
story. It Is not only slang , but It Is
prophecy. Its origin has been sought
In the dark backward of antiquity , and
various ancestral reports have been
made upon It. The only one which ,
to our comprehension , seems adequate
Is the source lodged In the telegraphic
code , and It Is because of this that the
new slang appears to us In such a
dangerous light. " 23" Is , In telegra
phy , the signal sent to clear the line ,
to "get out , " and , as such It has Im
portant place in the wire-speech of
this nation. Similarly there Is a " 37"
In current use among the telegraphic
wise , which declares "my regards to
you. " It Is because of the American
passion for brevity ns the soul , not
only of wit , but of commerce and so
cial intercourse , that we dread any
further borrowing from the code , that
wo fear the drift of American speech
may be toward the reduction of nil
our language to signs , and these signs
mathomntlc. It would bo a just pun
ishment on the part of Providence for
our sins of exalting the little rod
schoolhonso as the temple of the Amer
ican people , and the arithmetic taught
therein as the essence of the soul.
But think what it would mean ! Wo
should foso nil the soft and alluring
syllables which have made English po
etry great , In splto of the superior
liquidity of the Italian. Wo should
have no freedom of expression ; there
would not bo any such things as the
constitutionally guaranteed freedom of
speech. Everything would become
stereotyped , until the exclamation of
the old woman In "Ramona" that she
"didn't BOO no use of langwcdgo be
tween folks as didn't understand each
other , and not much between them as
did , " would become the universal con
viction. Poetry would go out of fashIon -
Ion , except In translations , Consider
the appearance of n book , of your dally
newspaper. There would bo nothing
but figures from one end to the other.
Surely , there would be much time
Raved in setting type , but Is tlmo , after
all , or the saving of tlmo , the only do-
slrablo thing In life ? Probably n com
pany of Now Xealandcrs mliJkt meet
together on tlio arch of London bridge
and study defunct English , more par
ticularly defunct American , as the
Irish meet patiently now In their Fnol-
Ic KOclctlcH mid think they are experi
encing a Celtic toxlvnl , when they are
really twisting the lion's tall. But the
bitter part of it all IB , that those very
Now Xenlnndora who have become the
court of last lesort In history are so
overwhelmingly progressive that they
will be the first nation outside of
America to adopt this restrained and
curtailed speech , and they themselves ,
when they do moot on the Arch , will
not bo able to read the hieroglyphics
called today "tho alphabet. " It looks
like a serious moment for the English ,
for the American language. St. Paul
Dispatch.
J. P. FORSYTHE & CO. FILE COM
PLAINT WITH COMMISSION.
C. & N. W. IS THE DEFENDANT
Plaintiff Alleges Discrimination on the
Lumber Rate Against Niobrara on
the Haul Between Verdlgre and that
Town.
Nlobrnra , Nob. , July 24. Special to
The News : J. P. Forsytho Co. have
filed a complaint with the railroad com
mission against the Chicago & North
western railway company for over
charge on lumber rate from Verdlgro
hero of six cents per hundred or some
thing like $30 n car for a twelve-mile
haul on what should bo through busi
ness. This is a serious discrimination ,
the towns of Bloomfleld , Verdlgro and
Running Water being able to under
sell the yards hero $2 per thousand.
Fairfax parties shipped a carload of
twine from Sioux City to Running
Water over the Milwaukee last week ,
hauled and ferried It to this station ,
reshlpped over the Northwestern to
Fairfax and saved money. J. F. Jones ,
near Fort Randall , seventeen miles
from the Northwestern station , char
tered the Fort Randall ferryboat and
was hero yesterday Intending to re
turn to his ranch with a load of Port
land cement shipped to Running Wa
ter by way of the Milwaukee.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE
EXPENSE IS JUSTIFIED.
GOV. MICKEY MAKES REQUEST
County Attorney Koenlgsteln Is CarryIng -
Ing Out the Suggestion of the Gov
ernor Application to Judge Boyd
to Issue Order.
County Attorney Koenlgsteln yes-
: erday laid the matter of calling a
jrand jury to investigate the alleged
liospitnl outrages , before the board of
county commissioners , and after re
viewing the request of the governor
that such investigation be held , the
commissioners voted that the expense
would be justified , and an order was
ssued authorizing the county attorney
to request Judge Boyd to call such
jury. The request will be presented
to Judge Boyd within a few days at
Nellgh , and will without question be
granted.
The charges of Governor Mickey are
that four attendants employed at the
hospital .have been guilty of cruelty
and abuse of patients and It Is alleged
that three patients came to their
death by reason of such treatment. It
Is expected that Gov. Mickey will fur
nish the evidence which forms the
foundation for the Investigation.
This will be the first session of a
grand jury In this county since the law
making the calling of a grand jury op
tional was passed In 1884. In former
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years In Nebraska there was a grand
Jury In connection with every terra of
district court , but the results proved
so insignificant In consideration of the
expense Involved that the legislature
did away with the grand jury system
except upon call of the district judge ,
leaving the mattfer of prosecutions
against criminals in the hands of the
county attorney.
Walks Under Water.
A submarine contrivance which per
mits a person to walk under water 1ms
been Invented by R. P. Lawton of
Geneseo , N. Y. Already ho has given
two demonstrations of its power.
Once he remained under water for an
hour the other tlmo for
, forty-five min
utes.
Clad In a bathing suit , Lawton
walked out toward the center of Silver
lake , holding aloft a fish polo , to the
top of which was attached a flag. Ho
had remarked to some boys on shore
that ho was going for a walk In the
lake. When the flag was forty feet
from shore It suddenly disappeared
below the water. The boys waited
for Lnwton to reappear , and when ho
did not do so they gave the alarm.
Lawton reappeared soon afterwards
and explained his ability to walk un
der water.
COMMISSIONERS ARE ENCOUR
AGED AT PROSPECTS.
MEMBERS HERE YESTERDAY
Only Two Property Owners Through
Which the Ditch Will Pass Now
Stand In the Way Hope to Have It
Up to City Council at Next Meeting.
County Commissioners .1. H. Hard-
Ing. John Malone and Burr Taft were
In the city yesterday working upon the
Corporation gulch proposition , and be
fore Iho day was over they had prac
tically como to nn agreement with all
claimants through whoso property the
proposed ditch Is to pass except two ,
Mrs. Long , who Is a non-resident and
owns the lot just south of Norfolk
avenue through which the ditch Is to
pass. A proposition has boon made to
her by mall but no reply has yet been
received , so the commissioners think
the prospect of making a satisfactory
agreement with her are not remote.
The other claimant is win. acniiung ,
who owns what is known as the Whit-
ham property , through the back end
of which the ditch Is to pass. The
commissioners at the meeting held for
that purpose allowed $200 for dam
ages to this property , which does not
satisfy the owner and It Is likely that
he will appeal to tlto supreme court.
The only criticism In this case that
has been made on the commissioners'
action is that they allowed him too
much rather than too little , as a ditch
would bo of great benefit to the prop
erty , preventing the flood from over
flowing his whole field , as It now does ,
and confining it to a narrow channel ,
besides the front of the property would
bo materially benefited , doing away
with the unsightly ditch that now
passes his front lawn. There are oth
ers whose claims are not agreed' upon
but none of them has property touched
by the route of the proposed ditch.
In n few days the commissioners
hope they may bo able to say that the
whole matter is up to the city council
for action. If the city Is willing to
meet the commissioners half way there
Is IIQ doubt hut that the ditch will bo
constructed and the western part of
the city relieved of Its worst draw
back. The sentiment of the council
at its last meeting was strongly In
favor of meeting the requirements of
the county , and there Is no reason to
doubt but that they will be in the
same humor at the next meeting o :
the council , when It is hoped that draft
of an ordinance covering the whole
proposition will be presented.
TUESDAY TIDINGS.
.1. L. . wnaien is in me city on DUSI
ness.
J. W. Vnndeventer of Madison Is a
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city visitor.
Miss Belle Turner Is a vity % Msltor
from Pierce.
Arthur Johnson of Bloomfleld Is a
city visitor.
L. S. Farnsworth of Atkinson Is a
city visitor.
J. C. Stitt went to Sioux City this
morning on business.
Carl Zuelow was a passenger to
Sioux City this morning.
Chas. Rule came down from Verde
this morning on business.
Mrs. Peter Bovo of Enola was shop
ping In the city yesterday.
D. D. Lynch of Oakdale was In the
city on business yesterday.
J. R. Drake of Julesburg , Colo. , Is In
the city visiting A. N. McGlnnls.
John L. Borcus came down from
Bonesteel this morning on business.
John Mlsklnnls and wife of O'Nell
were In the city shopping yesterday
N. P. Jepperson , real estate man o
Plalnvlew , was In the city today on
business.
Mrs. S. R. McFarland and son Wai
ter departed for their home In Madi
son yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Klentz and Mrs. Geo. Hen
kle returned from a short visit to
Albion last evening.
Miss Margaret Nlchol , who has been
conducting a cooking school here , ha
returned to her home In Nellgh.
Judge N. D. Jackson of Nellgh , on
j of the supreme court commissioners
was transacting business In the city
yesterday.
I The families of H. M. Drebert , J. A
Oxnam , W. Austin and E. L. Louck
i are spending the day picnicking a
Taft's grove.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Koehlor of Foste
passed through the city on their wa\
to Colorado and Wyoming , where the
will spend the summer visiting.
J. J. Clements , Albert Nols , Willlan
Lmldo'n and Mr. and Mrs. N. Wellman
were a party that came up from Mnd
soir yesterday morning to spend th
day and to shop.
Mrs. H. C. Matrau and daughters
Grace and Agnes , and Miss Ilamll
Jeft this morning for a few weeks'
camp at Shjxwnee , Colo. They will b
mob at Lincoln by Mr. and Mrs. O. R
Eller of that place , who will accom
pany them.
Attorney General Brown of Llncol
Is In the city and will probably b
present at the republican county con
ventlon nt Battle Creek tomorrow
Now If Mr. Rosewater would show up
Madison county would bo the cento
of the universe tomorrow.
The remains of Mrs Mills , who die
yesterday at Fairmont , arrived In No
folk at noon. * The funeral will bo hole
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock a
the M. E. church , conducted by Re\
J. F. Pouchor.
Tlic frame of the Karo Hat Is beln
erected.
Mrs. Wachter was twenty-thre
years old yesterday and celebrated th
vent by Inviting n largo number of
rlends In to spend the evening.
Dr. Mncombcr Is erecting a new cot-
age north of his residence on North
eighth street.
H. C. Matrau left at noon today for
Chicago , where ho goes to attend n
meeting of agents from the larger
Itlcs of the Northwestern system.
The meeting will bo hold tomorrow In
ho general ofllccs.
While playing ball yesterday Irvln
Jarnes was hit on the end of the
litimb by an In-shoot that ripped that
nomber open and caused a painful
hough not serious wound. It will not
Usable him so that ho will bo unable
o piny at Nellgh next Friday.
The Norfolk Brownies are clrculat-
ng n subscription paper for the pur-
lose of clearing off the diamond north
of the city. The boys promise that
hey will have some good games on
n a few weeks and deserve a liberal o
subscription.
The last Shoshonl special train
mssod through the city last night go
ng east , the one of Sunday morning
icing the last to go west. Hereafter
msscngers for that town will have to
ake the Black Hills train leaving Nor
folk nt 8 p. m.
The Black Hills excursion of the
Omaha business men will leave Omaha
nt 9 o'clock this evening , passing
through Norfolk during the night and
reaching Valentino tomorrow morning
n time for breakfast. During the re
mainder of the trip they will make-
stops of a few minutes nt every sta
tion In western Nebraska and the
Black Hills.
At a session of the board of Insan-
ty at Fremont Mrs. Irvin Pollock , wife
of Conductor Pollock of the North
western , was found to be a fit subject
'or the Insane asylum has been sent
o Norfolk , Mrs. Pollock attempted ,
o end her life on Friday by cutting
icr throat with a razor. She has suf-
'ered from mental trouble since the
ilrtli of her child two months ago.
Some excitement has been caused at
ilooper by the disappearance of J. B.
Lane , letter carrier on route .No. 2 ,
out of that place. Lane returned from
his trip without delivering all of the
mail Friday and remarked something
was the matter with his head. A sub
stitute was provided for him. Then
ho disappeared. Ho was seen later
wandering through a cornfield In the
country. A searching party followed.
lilm , but could not locate him. Ho Is
thirty-two years of ago and single.
Mrs. R. W. Mills died yesterday at
the home of her daughter , Mrs. Harry
Overocker , at Fairmont , Neb. Mrs.
Mills went to Fairmont about a month
ago and was taken ill with heart trou
ble. She has been growing gradually
weaker and the children were sent for
last Thursday. Mrs. Mills was a mem
ber of the Norfolk post of the W. R.
C. and leaves hosts of friends to
mourn her loss. She was the wife of
Robert W. Mills , the old soldier who
lost his eyesight a few years ago while
working at his trade.
Material L on the ground and work
is already started on the erection of
a new up town freight depot by the
Chicago and Northwestern. It will be
large and modern , and will be located
east and a little south of'the depot
which burned last winter. This will
give room for the erection of a pas
senger station such as was proposed
by the railroad company some time
ago , provided the city accepts the
proposition , but If not then it is likely
that the depot now being put up will
be all that Norfolk will get.
Attorney H. F. Barnhart was quite
badly injured In a runaway yesterday
afternoon. He had started to drive to
Hosklns and when a mile out of town
something gave way about the harness ,
causing the pole of the buggy to drop
to the ground. This so frightened the
horses that they started to run , and
the buggy was overturned , throwing
Mr. Barnhart to the ground. He was
just recovering from a sprained ankle ,
and this was again injured and he
was badly bruised generally , although
no bones were broken and It Is not
believed that his injuries will prove
serious. He was brought back to town
and given medical attention.
Two trains passed through the city-
last night , one at 9 o'clock and the
other at 9:30 : , carrying the twenty-fifth
Infantry , their horses and accoutre *
ments from Ft. Niobrara. Forty-six
cars were required to transport the
outfit , there being two standard sleep
ers , eleven tourist cars , five baggage
cars , twenty-five box cars and three
standard stock cars. Verily , the move
ment of an army is no small job. At
Omaha , the two trains will be made
into three , and each transported sep
arately to its destination , Caredo , El
Paso and Brownville , Texas. The
abandonment of Ft. Niobrara is a se
rious blow to the country near Valen
tine.
tine.An
An unusually large crowd of people
attended the funeral of Ralph Braasch
which was hold at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Previous to the hour set
for the funeral members of the Elks
lodge had gathered at the lodge rooms ,
and from there they marched In a body
to the Braasch homo on Fifth street ,
where the service was conducted by
Rev. J. C. S. Wollls of Trinity Episco
pal church. During the last sad jour
ney to the cemetery the marching Elks
acted as an escort. At the grave , Ex
alted Ruler Tyler took charge and
consigned the remains to Mother
Earth with the burial service of the
Elks. Both at the house and the cem
etery , abundance of flowers attested
the sorrow of the brethren for the loss
of one of their number and sympathy
for the bereaved father. Great num
bers of private floral contributions
were expressive of the loss felt by the
community In the death of Ralph.
The grave was lined with white and
the mound with evergreen , emblematic
of purity and Immortality.