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THE NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , S PTEMBER 21 , 1906. STANTON COUNTY MAN WILL RUN AGAINST RANDALL , HE MADE THE HUN LAST TIME Dcmocrnts of the Eleventh Senatorial District Selected Mr , Mntthcson to Make the Legislative Race Again. First Offered to Wayne County. John 0. MattluiKon nf Slanton county WUH nominated for m-nator by demo crats of the ISIevt'iith Hoiiatorlal dla- trlct nt t o'clock , lie iniulo llu < run twi ) yours ago. Tlio iinniliintlon was ilui' lo no to Wayiiu county. It win offered Mrst to lli'iiiy Ley of Wiiyiit1 , who could not bo found , thoit to I'mf I'llo , who docllnud. The nomination of Mr. Mat- thoson was tliun niiulo unanliuoiiH. Mr. MnlthoHon was chulrmuu of the convention and Douglas > Co mm of Plorco , Hocrolury. The convonll n \vna cnllod to onlor hy W. P. Cowan of Stnnton , In the absence of Albert IMlKor. MONDAY MENTION. Mrs. Clonvof of Nollgh Is .In Norfolk todny. 12. C , Burns of Scrlhmir Is In the city today. Win. Ktilnuf of Plorco Is a business visitor today. John Jxjllc wont to Esthorvlllo. lown , tills morning. At. Marka of Stanton In In the city on business today. Miss Allco Kourliurlln of Madison IH In the city visiting. Dr. MucUay inado a piofosalonal vis It to Madison today. W. E. Hnrvoy of Meadow Clrovu IH visiting In town today. Max Asians and wife rotiirnod from n trip onst last night. Fred Uonnlo of Slauton Is In the city on business today. Senator Allen of MadlHon IB In the city on bualnoBs today. J. L. Hoot loft at noon for Wayne ovorlnnd , on buslnoBB. C. It. Williams of Cohunbua In In the city on hualnoss today. A. 13. Thatcher and wife of Napor nro visiting In tbo city. Max Asmus made a regular business trip north at noon today. George Davenport of Madison IB In the cltyt oday on buslnoHS. Miss Edna Uurland of Plnlnviow IB In tbo city on a visit today. Win. Tnlbort nnd wlfo were down la spend Sunday with relatives. H. 13. Dutcber , a banker of Plain- view , Is In tbo city on business. II. W. Copehuul and wlfo wont to Omaha this morning on a visit. Albert Qrogorson and son camt down from Foster this morning on business. A. W : Kaulcs of Battle Creek Is vis Itlng relatives In the city today. Judge A. A. Welch of Wayne Is slopping In the city this morning. Judge names wont to Lincoln yes terday on supreme court business. J. C. Jenkins , mayor of Ncllgb , was in Norfolk during Uio day on business George II. Sp.ear la enjoying a visit from bis brother and sister of Canton 111. 111.W. W. C. Roland camp down from Stu art yesterday to spend the day will : his family. Mrs. Frank Marchant returned fron Lincoln last night where she has beoi on n visit. Burr Taft went to Madison at nooi to attend a meeting of the count ) co'mmlssloncrs. Mrs , Geprgo Sears returned fron Tlldon yesterday where she has booi visiting relatives. J , B. McDonald returned from Mead ow Grove at noon where bo spent Sun day with bis family. Spencer Buttcrllold left at noon fo Chicago , 111. , where bo will enter the Lake Forest college. Howard Macaslln of Inman stoppei off for a visit with L. T. Allen on bit way homo from Omaha. Judge Boyd passed through the clt > at noon , onionto to Madison , where he went to convene tbo grand jury. Miss Maude Clark returned from ! her week's vacation at Omaha last night. C. F. Shaw returned from IIB ! regu lar route yesterday to spend Sunday with bis family. Miss Clara Dernor loft yesterday for Davenport , Iowa , whore she will spend a two weeks' vacation. J. D. Sturgeon returned from Done- steel last night where ho has been on bis regular business trip. S. M. Rosenthal returned from St. Joseph , Mo. , last night , whore ho has been to purchase bis fall stock. Mr. nud Mrs. J. W. Humphrey' son Graham loft for their now home in Omaha today , where Mr. Humphrey will engage In the same business that he recently conducted bore. A. baby boy was born yesterday to Mr. nnd Mrs. G. R. Seller. There will bo band practice In the city hall tonight at 8 o'clock. Damascus chapter , Nr. 25 , R. A. M. , will holcl a special meeting this evening for tlio purpose of conferring degrees. James Cook of Edgowater park has purchased the R. F. Bruce property on First street , of which ho will take pos session October 1. The family of J. Dorsey has moved from the house they formerly occupied on South Fourth street to the house recently vacated by Rev. Mr. Benja min. min.A. A. Morrison returned to Plalnvlew this morning to complete the new Methodist church at that place. He had been nt home in Norfolk for some time , waiting for delayed materials to rrlvo. Tbo materlnln wont tip to Mnliivjoxv Saturday. .lumen House , rural mall carrier 01. onto Xo. 2 , wont of the city , IH on oylng a vacation thin week. Jninvt- -.Indwty , substitute , hns the route dur ng the nbsonco of Mr. House. ( loorgo Rlnclmrt spent Sunday In s'orfolk enroute from Geddcs , S. D. . o Hot SprlngH. While at Honosteel 10 claims ho was robbed of three grips , containing bis clothing nnd $15 In noney. Evangelist H. II. Wblston bomin n lorloa of gospel mootlnga at tbo tout mo block south of the high school on a ik nvonue , yesterday. Meetings vlll bo bold every night thla week. Ml are wolcomo. The hotels of the city registered > vor fifty commercial trnvolerH yes- onlay which shows that Norfolk la apldly becoming a more central point for commercial men to Sunday In. These are all asldo from the scores who have homoH hero. Fred I.offort , father of Mrs. 0. J. lohnson of this city , died at his homo n West Point yesterday , Mrs , O. J lohnson being present nt the time of its death. Mrs. H. Johnson and Mrs. Storrs Mntbowson wont to West Point this morning to bo present at the fu lornl todny. Noel Dlckorson of Vcrdlgro , the young boy who was bore under treup- inont for an allllctlon of the eyes , and who wont homo last Thursday , waa obllgml to leturn thla morning , his eyes having become decidedly worse iftor he reached home. Ho Is being treated by Dr. Saltor. The grand Jury called by Judge Boyd for the Investigation of com plaints which may bo filed , convenes it Madison thin afternoon at I o'clock. County Attorney Koonlgstoln wont to MadlHon thin morning. Witnesses pro- imred to complain against the Norfolk Insane hospital , are on the ground. The now gutters on East Main street hnvo boon badly damaged by the re cent heavy rains. The last piece that was laid , just before the heavy rain Friday , will undoubtedly have to be nmdo over as It Is entirely washed nvay. Tbo work will bo delayed now us none can bo done while It Is wet nml muddy. A small wreck occurred nt the C. & N. W. freight yards Saturday night about 8:30. : Two engines , numbers 11 SO and 207 , collided with each other , No. 11SG having tbo pilot torn completely pletoly nway. That engine had un coupled from the train and was going down to the round house , while 207 was backing up to got Ha train. It seems that In tbo darkness the engi neers were unable to see the approachIng - Ing collision until they had mot. The now Congregational church at Stanton , rebuilt nftor th.o fire bad de stroyed It jimt at the time when II was first completed , was dedicated yesterday. Children's service at 9:30 : was the first on the program for tbo Initial day. At 10:30 : Rev. H. C. Her ring of Omaha delivered n sermon followed by dcd atlon services. At 2:30 : Rev. G. W. Crofts of West Point preached. After tbo sermon there was a reception of now members and the sacrnmont of the Lord'a Supper wna udmlnlBturod by a former pastor , Rev C. B. Fellows. Dr. Herring prcachoi again In the evening. It Is highly probable that motor cars will bo put Into service between Nor folk and Columbus , on the Union Pa cltlc railroad , giving a moro frequeni train schedule , In the near future This la Indicated by tbo following dls patch from Omaha : W. R. McKcen superintendent of motive power of tbo Union Paclllc , announced that the ox porlmonts of his company In the nso of gasoline for propelling passenger cars have at last proven perfectly sue cessful. Mr. McKeon took n party o railroad nnd newspaper men over the line from Columbus , Nob. , to Omaha in motor car No. 8 , an average speci of forty-five miles an hour being maintained tainod for the distance ninety-one miles. The branch lines of tbo sys tern will bo equipped with those cars Motor car No. 8 Is equipped with i 200-borsopowcr gasoline engine , made In tbo Union Pacific shops In Omaha An advantage gained In this engine Is that the car's speed is almost en lively controlled by the throttle , the t Mine ns a locomotive. The car 1 do of steel , finished in mahogany and will seat eighty persons. Thi car Is Intended to pull two trailer when occasion demands. Tbo con structlon of these cars for use on th Union 1'aclllc branch lines will b pushed hereafter. Columbus Journal : Dr. N. Matzoi of Norfolk will locate In Columbus 01 or about October 1 nnd will onto Into partnership with Dr. J. E. Pan for the practice of dentistry. Dr Paul and Dr. Matzon are frlonds o a long standing , having tnught schoo In Platte county together before stud > Ing dentistry. They took their ontir college course together at the Chlcag college of dental surgery , graduating In the same class. For a time jus after graduating they wore associate ! together In business at Butte , Mont Dr. Mntzen has therefore had th same amount of experience ns ha Dr. Paul. Extensive improvement are being made to accommodate th now partnership. The room formerl occupied by Charles Wurdeman wii ho added totho already largo suite o rooms now occupied by Dr. Paul am tbo same high class equipment fount now in Dr. Paul's office will be In stalled by Dr. Matzon , Including an electric engine and fountain cuspidor All of the rooms will be thoroughly renovated , rovnrnlshcd and ropaperec making them the equal of any donta parlors In Nebraska in appearance a well as In furnishings nnd equipment Dr" . Matzen has a family and will llv In the Roror homo. He is a son of T K. Matzon of.Leigh. I NEBRASKA SOAKED BY A TERRIFIC DOWNPOUR. RAILROADS SUFFER HEAVILY Y1ILES OF TRACK , AND A BRIDGE GONE ON OMAHA LINE. TRAIN SERVICE IS ABANDONED The Storm Was Most Severe In the Extreme Northeast Corner of the State , Where the Wall of Water Was Seven Feet high Rivers High. ( From Momlny'fl Dally , ] Exceedingly ncavy ralim Jnivo fallen over all of northern Nebraska , nnd especially In the northeast corner , since Saturday night. The rainfall ins varied In different places , but eacbud live Inches at Plorco Saturday evening between S o'clock and mid- light. The storm attained the sever- ty of a cloudburst , with u Hood follow- ng , In Dakota and Dlxon counties , washing away railroad tracks in sev eral places. The Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha line was badly battered both on tbo main line be tween ] 5moi son and Omaha and on ho Norfolk branch , between Norfolk uid Sioux City. A bridge went out t night between lloskliiB and Win- side. As n result ol washouts on this Ino , train service baa been abandoned ndellnltoly and may not bo restored or n couple of days. The Great North ern tracks , between O'Neill and Sioux City , wore waaned out In spots. All lorthern Nebraska rivers are very ilgh and rising , and some of them , In cluding tbo Northlork nt Norfolk , are expected to go out of their banks bo- 'oro night. Telegraph wires in the Hooded district , near Emerson and InckHon , nro demoralized. One train coming to Norfolk from Sioux City ate Saturday night , had a narrow es cape from pitching Into n twelve-foot lole , nnd was only saved by lightning work on the part of the engineer. The total rainfall at Norfolk since Satur lay night was 2.10 Inches. WORST IN NORTHEAST CORNER. A Wall of Water Seven Feet High Sweeps Down on Jackson. Jackson , Nob. , Sept. 17. Water from a storm which seemed like a cloud burst In the northwestern part of Da kota county and the eastern part ol Dlxon county , rushed down the valloj of Elk creek , sweeping away hundreds of tons of hay , drowning hogs In the pens. Hooding collars , washing awaj railroad tracks and doing other dnnv age , all ol" which is conservatively OS' tlmatod at $100.000. The wave of water , when it reached this town , was seven feet high. The Omaha and Great Northerr roads both lost considerable track , TRAIN SERVICE ABANDONED. Omaha Road Is Hard Hit by the Storm A Narrow Escape. The Omaha road between Sioux City and Norfolk and between Sioux City and Omaha was hard hit by the storm several miles of track having been washed out. Between Hosklus and Wlnsldo there is a stretch of n mile and a half washed out , while there Is another washout between Wakefleld and Emerson. Between Hosklns anil Wlnsldo a bridge wont out last night. As a result of the badly shattorec tracks , train service has been abau doned on those lines for an indefinite period and may not be restored for two or three days. At the present tlmo people comlnt to Norfolk from the north and west headed for Sioux City , St. Paul am Minneapolis , are sent nround by w of California Junction on the North western line. Those coming to Nor folk , headed for intermediate points between here nnd Sioux City , elthe are compelled to drive or to ronmli In Norfolk. The Omaha passenger engine tool out n crow of workmen this morning nnd all efforts nro being turned to re pairing the damaged tracks as fast as possible. No trains were run yesttr day. day.There There was n narrow escape from ai accident on the Omaha line betweei Wlnsldo and Norfolk late Saturday night. A special excursion passenge train , which was returning from Sioiu City at about 10 o'clock , ran Into th washout unwarned and almost pltche headlong Into n hole twelve feet deep Engineer H. R. Clint felt his locomo tlvo suddenly sink and know that th track was giving way beneath the train. Like a Hash ho reversed th lever and the train , with n jerk , she backward. Investigation showed that the tracl was all washed away and that anothe Instant would have wrecked the train Passengers walked to the next town and procured carriages with which t complete the Journey. The train re turned to Wayne , where It Is stallet today. Conductor Hopkins Is in charge. TRACK 300 FEET AWAY. John Wright TelhTTlow Flooded Rail road Looks After Storm. Joint Wright , foreman of the gang of workmen who are repairing th washed /nit tracks on the Omaha roa < b'ffliwcen Wlnsldo nnd Hosklns , says that the company will bo In luck to ge rains through by Wednesday , There s one stiotch of track a half mile > ng , where the entire track was asho'l out Into the right of way for distance of 300 feet. The track , pread out in a cornfield , was turned > ver In places and put on Its side In ither places , so that It stands up lil < i fence. The water rushed down over hat stretch and Mowed across the rack In a river four feet deep. All of he people who were stalled at Win- ildo on the excursion train , have now locn brought back lo Norfolk. WATER FALLING AT PIERCE. Dropped Two Feet Between Morning And Noon at That Point. Tbo Sugar City Cereal mills received a message from Plorce at noon stat- ng that the water had reached Its ilghest point and was subsiding. It lad fallen two feet. RIVERS ARE HIGH. vlorthfork River Is Rising In Norfolk , More Water Coming. High water la expected before night n the Northfork river In Norfolk. The stream was within three feet of the ilgh water mark this morning , and vns rising at the rate of one Inch nn lour. There wore five Inches of rain it Pierce Saturday night , making eight nches In all during the past few days , ind a largo volume of water wns ex ) cctod rfom there. The Elkhoru , west of Norfolk , has boon rising rapidly tnd will bo high hero. Word received nt Northwestern icndquartors bore says that the rain was general all over northern Nebras < a , north Into the Rosebud reserve Ion and west to the state line. A special from Nollgh says that the storm Saturday night was very severe ind the Elkhorn has risen a foot. The rainfall hero since Saturday light wns 2.10 , making a total during the past few days of'3.90. The weather man predicts fair weather , cooler tonight nnd wanner omorrow. NORFOLK TEAM HAS LINED UP FOR PRACTICE THIS WEEK. BOYS HOPE FOR SEVERAL GAMES The First Game of The Season Will be Played With the Wlnslde High School at Wlnslde Next Saturday One For Sioux City. The Norfolk high school football team Is out for practice nearly every night these days , and tbo Hno-up for the season has just * been arranged. It Is ns follows : Clifford Parish , left end ; Lester Weaver , left tackle ; War ren Heeler , left guard ; Claude Ogden , center ; Herman Schelly , right guard ; Ross Tlndall , right tackle ; Sam Ers- klnp , right end ; Boyd Blakoman , quarterback ; Lawrence Hoffman , right half back ; Will Hauptll , left half back ; Carl Austin , full back. Austin Is absent for three weeks , so that Ersklne is playing fullback In his place. The substitutes are : Hans Ander son , Roy Hlbbon , Ralph Lulkart , Low ell Ersklne. The first game on the schedule is one with Winside high school for September 22 at Wlnslde. On Septem ber 29 there will be a game with Mornlngside college , Sioux City , at thatplaco. No other games have been arranged thus far , but It Is expected that there will ho n game with Stanton nnd others with WIsner , Wayne , Plorce , Nellgh , Madison , Albion and Colum bus. If all of these games are suc cessfully aranged the team will have a very fine schedule and there will be good , fast football In Norfolk this fall. fall.Mr. Mr. Welgand has charge of the team and , from the present showing , will make an excellent coach for the team. SONNENSCHEIN'S MISTAKE. West Point Man Took A Baby That Was Not His Own. Omaha World-Hearld : Fred Son- nenscheln , ex-mayor of West Point nnd well known In Omaha , had a "thriller" at the Union station Thurs day morning. He was waiting for his train home , when n woman rushed across the plat- for and exclaimed : "Oh , please bold this dear child for a moment , while I get my baggage checked ! I'm so tired I can't hold him any more. I'll bo right back. " And before ? Sounenschein could dis sent or voice any opinion whatever on the transaction , the woman disap peared leaving the baby in his nrms. Ho pnced up and down the platform growing more nervous every moment until finally the train started up. With n wild yell ho took n fresh grip on the child nnd ran. He caught the rear platform nnd shouted to Detective Donahue , who wns stnluling nearby : "If you see n woman looking for ! er baby , tell her I've got It. " Then the train pulled out of the depot. Just the the woman arrived. She was not calm , in fact , she displayed her emotions considerably. Detective Donahue pointed out the rear end of the train disappearing around the first yard curve and told her that her child was with a man on that caravan. She said nothing , but started up the track at no slow pace. Lucidly the 'train was delayed by misplaced switches and she caught it nt the first crossing. ThaV' Was the eiid of Sonnonschein's st/ij-paternal adventure. > NORFOLK PEOPLE HAVE INTER. ESTING TIMES DOWN THERE. NEGROES DIE OFF BY DOZENS There Are Two Different Hours In the Day When Negroes arc Burled Beef Is Butchered and Sold Within Few Hours Negro Beheaded , The Norfolk people who have gone to Panama find many things of In terest to occupy their spare time. John Taiinehlll writes of the hospital nt Ancon. It la situated on the hillside with n wide palm shaded drlvowny leading up to It. The buildings nro clean , [ ilry , nnd well cared for. The nurses nnd physicians nro the best to bo found I and every care Is taken of the patients. 1 The grounds surrounding the I hospital are beautifully kept , as can be Imagined when It Is known that I the bend gardener is paid $200 per month. Negroes Die Fast. There la not n great deal of sick- ncsa among the people from the states , but the negro laborers die by the dozens. There are two special times for burying the negroes , at 11 a. in. and 3 p. in. The hearse Is drawn by mules and the pnll bearers walk. How Beef Is Disposed Of. An early morning visit to the mar ket would bo Interesting. A beef is killed about a. in. , brought to the market , placed on Ice and nt 5:30 : the customers begin to nrrlvo. The ne groes take a piece of liver , the natives n soup bone , while the whites get the best to bo had. At 9 o'clock about everything is sold , and nt 11 , If any remains , the health olllcers come and burn It. One of the steamships that John Tanneblll visited In Panama harbor was 350 feet long , contained 250 cabIns - Ins , while the dining room furnishings equaled thnt of the swellest hotels. The cost of first class passage on this ship to Peru was $50. Disagreeable Sights. There are also disagreeable sights to be seen. A negro was beheaded by the train. The body wns brought to the first station , placed In a ? 2.50 coffin and burled with his shoes on. TUESDAY TIDINGS. Mrs. B. E. Longworthy and family are In the city todny. Chns. Vlterna went to Omaha this morning on business. George Harms of Scribner is in the city today on business. Rev. F. P. Wigton of Elgin arrived In the city this morning. Sheriff Clements of Madison is in town today on business. Miss Lula Johnson of Winside is visiting friends in the city. Rov. E. P. Comely and son of Pierce are in the city on business today. John and Bernard Dugan returned to their homo homo in WIsner this morning. Mrs. H. Ileuerman of Battle Creek was In the city shopping yesterday. Mrs. O. A. Sleeper of Warnorville wns in the city shopping yesterday Otto Miller of Bonesteel is in the city visiting relatives for a few days. Gus Bley lias accepted a position as clerk in Chas. Pilger's grocery store. Miss Clara Anderson left for a visit with relatives in Logan , Iowa , this morning. Mrs. Robt. Utter returned from Plorce last night whore sue has been on a visit , .T. D. Sturgeon and O. P. Olmstead left for Chicago at noon today on a business trip. Robert Fonske of Hosklns was in town yesterday to attend the senatorial rial convention. Oliver Utter went to Lincoln this morning where ho will attend the Ne braska university. Mr , and Mrs , John Hoist of Council Bluffs are visiting at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. George Melster. H. Sohle and sou of Creston , Neb. , passed through the city today on their way home from n visit at Plalnview. Miss Dora and Hattle Moldenhanor returned from a visit at Bazllo Mills yesterday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Chas. lauch , who will visit a few days with her daughter , Mrs. E. Wachtor. Mr. and Mrs. A. Brumraund , Mrs. J. G. Troutman and daughter , Harry Fau cet and sister , who attended the Sioux City fair last week nnd were caught on the wrong side of the washout , re turned home last evening by way of Missouri Vnlley. A baby boy was born yesterday at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. White , on South Fourth street. The Grand Union Tea store has re ceived a now delivery wagon from Omaha which will bo put into service " " soon. Mr. nnd Mrs. Sol G. Mayor will en tertain a small company at bridge this evening , In honor of Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry Mayer of Lincoln , who are their guests. Among those to start into the Nor folk business college yesterday were Miss Hattie Allberry , Miss Anna Zook of Dlller , Nob. , and Miss Tina Toxloy of Newman Grove. Miss Lula Johnson of Winside has accepted a position as clerk In the Johnson dry goods store. She fills the vacancy recently made hy the resigna tion of Miss Emily Hutchlnson of Oak- dale. dale.Word Word from Judge nnd Mrs , Powers , who are now at Excelsior Springs , Mo. , IB that they are both Improving and1 they are very much encouraged over , the prospects that the water will provo permanently beneficial. Sunday being Ed Wagner's fifty-first birthday he Invited In a largo number of his friends and relatives to help him celebrate the occasion , nt his homo four miles southeast of Norfolk Junc tion. All present report a fine time. A feature of the party were the deli cious eatables that were served during the day. , * Mahlo Ella , the six-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wheeler , for merly of Norfolk but now of Sumner , Nob. , died Sunday morning nt C o'clock of cholera Infantum. The little one wns sick only twenty-four hours. Old frleiulB and neighbors In Norfolk will deeply sympathize with Mr. ami Mrs. Wheeler in their loss. Mrs. M. E. Parker of Madison waa In Norfolk yesterday completing her contract with E. C. Gay to take up the organization work for the Roynl Achates in this section of the state. Mrs. Parker is accomplished In her work and was county superintendent of schools in Sheridan county for two terma. She will make her headquarters - tors In Norfolk. Columbus Telegram : Alarmed be cause his brother , a stranger named Bnsonbett rang the Frankfort police bell Sunday noon , the stranger told Chief of Police Schack ho had expect ed his brother to come from Norfolk and meet him here , it being their in- tentlon to go to Chicago. The brother was billed to arrive hero long before that tlmo , but had not showed up , and1 since ho was In poor health and car ried a large sum of money with him It was feared ho had either been taken 111 or met with foul play. Chief Schack : assisted in unraveling the mystery , which was to the effect that the broth er had not stopped off here , as he had agreed to do , but gone direct to Chi cago. The Bansonbetts were Span iards. D. Matbewson- returned home lust night after a trip of several 'weeks IID the range country of South Dakota , where he visited Dr. Wilkinson. Mr. . Mathewson says that be never en joyed finer grouse shooting in his life , and ho brings reports of a most ex cellent condition of crop In that terri tory. "The grass , " said Mr. Mathew son , "was well cured by the extreme hot weather preceding this rain , so- that it is in no way retarded by the- lain , and that Is quite a point among- the cattle raising people. " Mr. Math ewson returned to Norfolk by way of California Junction. He says that nt Sioux dlty the M. & O. railroad people told him that he might be able to get to Norfolk last night by waiting , though he gets word by telephone from Wakefield that trains will not be run ning for a week. Proposed Constitutional Amendment. . The following proposed amendment to the constitution of the state of Ne braska , as hereinafter set forth In full , is submitted to the electors of the state of Nebraska , to bo voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday , November C , A. D. , 190G. Bo it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska : Section 1. That at the general elec tion for state and legislative officers to be held on the Tuesday , succeeding the first Monday In November , 1906 , the following provision be proposed and submitted to the electors of the- state as an amendment to the consti tution. Section Z. There shall be a state railway commission , consisting of three members , who shall be first elected at the general election In 1905 , whose terms of office , except those chosen at the first election under thla provision , shall be six years , and whose compensation shall be fixed by the legislature. Of the three commissioners first elected , the one receiving the highest number of votes , shall hold his office for six years , the next highest four years , and the lowest two years. The powers and duties of such commission shall Include the regulation of rates , service and general control of com mon carriers as the legislature may provide by law. But In the absence of specific legislation , the commission shall exercise the powers and perform the duties enumerated In this provi sion. Section 3. That at said election In the year 1900 , on the ballot of each elector voting thereat , there shall be printed or written the words : "For Constitutional Amendment , with ref erence to State Railway Commission , " and "Against .Constitutional Amend ment , With Reference to State Rail way Commission. " And if , a majority of all votes cast at Bald election , shall be for such amendment , the same shall bo deemed to bo adopted. I , A. Galusha , secretary of state of th state of Nebraska , do hereby cer tify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution of the state of Nebraska Is a true and cor rect copy of the original enrolled and engrossed bill , as passed by the twen ty-ninth session of the legislature of the state of Nebraska , as appears from said original bill on file In this office , and that said proposed amendment Is submitted to the qualified voters of the state of Nebraska for their adop tion or rejection at the general elec tion to bo hold on Tuesday , the 6th day of November , A. D. 1096. In testimony whereof , I have here unto set my hand nnd affixed the great seal of the-state of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln this 24tb day of July , In the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Six , of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thlrty-second. and of this state the Fortieth. ' 'H A. State.'H [ Seal. ] Secretary of State.
