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* I . 8 nil' ' ! NOUFOMt WKKKLY NEWS-.JOliKNAL : FH1DAY , MARCH 15 l)07. ! ) I SEVEN BUSINESS BUILDINGS DE STROYED THEME. FIRE STARTED AT MIDNIGHT DAMAGE AMOUNTING TO10,000 DONE QUICKLY. FIRE'S ' ORIGIN IS A MYSTERY * , - jf- Opera House , Meat Market , Saloon , Hardware Store. Lun.ber Company's Building and Two General Stores Arc In Ashes as 'Result. DrlHtow , Noli , Murch 12. Special to The Nowa : A disastrous lire , wiping out a largo portion of this village , filarted t 11 ! ; 15 o'clock this morning. The following luminous houses worn destroyed : JOH. HyHnvy'H general store. Tallch & I'aiek hardware store. John llobner saloon. W. F. Kloke general store. John Smith meat market. Loss $30,000 to10,000. . The loss Is estimated at. Itotweou f 30,000 anil $10,000. MurclmndlHo BtockH of several stores were saved. The lire was discovered at a quar ter of an hour after mldnluht. Flames were llrst found In the lower business block of the village. Origin a Mystery. The origin , so far as Is known at this hour , Is a complete mystery. As soon as the llames were discov ered , lire alarms were sounded and the cltl/.ens quickly responded , hut the Humes soon spread beyond control. At about 1:30 : o'clock this morning the llames were brought under control am' It was assured that the balance of the business houses were secure , In cluding a bunk , hotel , postolllco , newspaper - paper olllce. blacksmith shop , etc. Families All Escaped. A number of families of merchants lived uear or In the building destroyed , yet nobody was burned or Injured. TRAIN PASSENGERS SAW FIRE. Early Morning Train From Bonesteel Witnessed Spectacle. Early morning passengers coming from BonoNteol to Norfolk witnessed the spectacle of the burning town when they passed through Urlstow at an early hour. Engineer M. Wheeler was pulling the train. It Is said that the lire at that time looked like a prairie lire that had done Its work. C. II. Pilger and P. A. Shurtz of this city formerly owned a store at Bris- tow , and burned out. They , therefore , know how to sym pathize with the merchants of Brlstov ; who have now lost their business homes. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. 1 John Kraut/ returned from Nellgh yesterday. T. .1. Crumel of Auburn stopped hero yesterday. Placid Wltten of Pierce was hero yesterday. Dr. .1. C. Myers went to Pllger this morning. W. H. Incite of Stantou spent today lu Norfolk. William H Hedge was up from Fre mont today. , John A. Hiiyne of Orchard Is In the city today. C. 13. Smith of St. Edwards was hero last week. A. A. Reid of Lincoln spent the night In Norfolk- . Mike Keel of Swanton was In Nor folk yesterday. Will Fredericks was up from Madi son yosterd.xv. Oscar Grosb of Oakdnlo was In Nor folk yesterday C. 11. Wllliair.s of Cater was In Nor folk Tuesday. H. Kellogg ofVayne Is a visitor In Norfolk today , C. n. IJeatty of Leigh was In the city yesterday. 1 G. A. Engcnvas a Wayne visitor In Norfolk yesterday. J. H. Hncy of CreUhton spent yes terday In Norfolk. Charles 13. wilt-on of Syracuse was in the city yesterday , J. D. Sturgeon made a business trli to Crelghtou yesterday. K. R. Crockett of Plalnvlow was In Norfolk this morning. R. Moorehou- of Tekamuh was a Norfolk visitor yesterday. diaries Clyde of Page visited rola tlves In Norfolk yesterday. F. Moore of Crelghton "was In Nor folk yesterday afternoon. William E Moershed of Ilomesteac was In Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. F. E. Martin of Battle Creeel was In Norfolk yesterday. D. Mathewson returned last evening from a trip to YValthill , Neb. Carl Stuckey of Broken Bow was li Norfolk yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Warden of Newman Grove was In Norfolk today. Thomas Roe , jr. , and Charles Da > , of Petersburg arc in Norfolk. ' W. A. Zlmmermann was a Battl Creole visitor In the city yesterday. Leroy P. Moore of Pierre , S. D. , wa in Norfolk for a few hours yesterday Arthur Illgbeo of Meadow Grov was In Norfolk on business yestcrda > L. P. Horbel and L. M. Blalro o Spencer were In Norfolk this morning M. T. Post , an attorney of Monow van In Norfolk on legal business yes- erday. Mr. and Mr * . ,1. A. Warner of Kear- ey "weie In Norfolk between trains eHlerdny. MVB. (5. ( C. HotiMe and Mrs. ,1. It. lore were Meadow ( liovo vlHltorH In Norfolk today. William Kost of Nellgh was In Nor- oik yesterday on his way west to Vashlngton. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Coleman and aughter are home from a winter's Islt to California. A. .1. Dnrland Is expected homo to- ay from a visit to Now York. Mrs. ) urland will stop to visit friends at VaHhlngton , Iowa. Hen Weston , who IB now working at 'onus. Is visiting his father , C. A. VcHton , at the latter's homo west of ladar. Miss Vera Johnson Is qulto 111. Miss Dulsy Uxwronco , an Instructor t the business college , IH 111 with the Tlppo. Wellington Frey. living northwest f Norfolk , IH building a new homo on ho farm which ho purchased last full. A smouldering lire still exists In the oal heap In the basement of the high chool building destroyed by lire last Sunday. Freddie Ware , who has been sick vllh the measles , Is much Improved. Horn , to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ueein- r , a daughter. District court will bo convened In lorco on nuxt Monday , Judge Welch residing. The jury hns been sum- loned for a week from Monday. L. S. Slmson and J. S. Humes , both Ivlng southwest of Norfolk , are among lie Madison county farmofH who are reeling new barns at this time. Norfolk citizens with retentive mem- rles say that a year ago at this time Norfolk Ice dealers wore still engaged n gathering In the season's supply of ce. Miss Nettle Nenow writes to Norfolk rlends from Ix > s Angeles , that she as Just arrived In California and Is veil pleased with the Pacific coast ountry. William Heemo , a traveling man ovorlng this territory , has brought IB family from Omaha to Norfolk , vhero they will make tholr home In ho future. W. M. Ciobler , whose cement block nanufaclurlng plant was burned out n the old creamery plant lire , Is pro- wring to erect a now plant this spring n Edgowater park. Ills llrst building vlll bo a temporary wooden structure. Sadie's lambs are for sale. Sadlo vlll leave Norfolk tomorrow and she ntends to soil her pets , which have rcated no small amount of sport hrough poetry and other rhymes dur- ng the past couple of months , to the ilghest cash bidder. Sadlo Intends to eave Norfolk tomorrow night for ) ouglas , Wyo. , whore she has a posl- lon In a restaurant. She was located xt that place some time ago and irought the lambs to Norfolk from Douglas. F. G. Fox and Roland linger , who irst discovered the high school lire , mvo tome to the conclusion that the ilazo was of Incendiary origin. They tate that when they passed the build up at 5 o'clock the lire was not in ho coal room , where the slack was ; ept. but It was in the furnace room xnd on the third lloor of the school muse. For this reason they believe t was set and say that It appeared to mvo been saturated with oil , so quick- y did It burn. County Attorney Jack Koonigsteln eturned from Madison whore be went > n business. While there he Investi gated the condition of Norfolk's school muls , as shown by the books at the courthouse , and he found that a bond ssne of $25,000 is duo August 1 , 1909 , nit may bo paid July 1 , 11)07. ) This ssuo draws live per cent , and there s $25,23 l..M In the sinking fund so hat this Issue could bo redeemed next Inly. There is also outstanding an ssuo of $11,000 , due May 1 , J91S. There Is no record at Madison to show whether this issue Is optional or not. Wednesday's snow storm found Charles Dingle , loading man In the Woodward Stock company , clad in his own overcoat again. The wandering .sirens actor who made away with the coat Monday night was apprehended In Tllden Tuesday. He was Induced [ > > the olllcers in Tllden to restore the stolen coat , which was accordingly re turned to Mr. Dingle In Norfolk yes terday. The old overcoat which tin circus performer had thought lit t ( leave behind In his Illght was forward ed to Tllden. As no one cared to pros ecute , the Tllden officers were In btructod to turn the man loose. The line of railroad now known as the Uonesteel branch of the North western from Norfolk will become tin main Hue ot the Northwestern betweei Chicago and the Black Hills as sooi as the Honesteel branch Is extended ti join the Pierre-Rapid City line , ac cording to the opinion of some of the Norfolk trainmen who have studle ( the situation. It Is claimed that the now line , from Rapid City to Chlcag < by way of the Rosebud countrj through Bonesteel and Norfolk , wll cut off sixty miles of distance betweei Chicago and the Hills. It Is also be lieved that the Black Hills-Sioux Clt > traffic will como by way of the Rose bud extension and Norfolk , making the same connection hero as Is now made. Because It Is believed that the Northwestern intends to extend to Midland or some other point on the Pierre-Rapid City line , trainmen hero express the opinion that the tcrmlnu of the line will bo stretched to Now Dallas before the Trlpp county open Ing. It is argued that , slnco the ox tension. Is to be built anyway , the ral road might as well build before th rush and get the benefit of that extra mileage. STORY OF THE AWFUL MASSACRE f IN NORTH NEBRASKA. AS TOLD BY L. SESSIONS HERE The Kllllnti of Hlo Family and the Brutal Outrages Practiced Upon Them by Indians , Is Now Text for Congressman Boyd's First Act , Every community In the west has Is unwritten history of pioneer days episodes rivaling the most lurid lie- Ion and which cannot bo found In the iiibllc records or the archives of the ilstorlcal societies. The transition rom wilderness has been so startling- y rapid , the events of the recurring earn so swift and kaleidoscopic and ilslory has been made In such volum- noiiH extent that only the trenchant mtllno and the more significant events ould bn recorded. Wo listen with the rapt fascination hat recitations of the marvelous al- vays begets to men In populous towns , n cultivated Holds or orchards rolat- ng tragedies of which they wore eye vltnesses that were enacted on those cry spots less than forty years ago , el unrecorded by historian or by the hlqultous newspaper man who search- s out every hidden thing. In the urly days of settlement of the west heso tragedies were so common as o fall to elicit comment. The strou- ous life of the pioneer furnished htm vlth troubles enough of his own with- ut taking seriously to heart those of ils neighbors and If perchance mis- ortuno befell himself he considered It x part of the great game ho was play- ug. Neither was his environment onduclvo to story telling or newspa- > or correspondence. The brooding si- enco of the vast , illimitable prairie , ho Inviolate silence of nature's own vlldorness , the boltn of ash and cot- onwood , the dense jungles of plum and choke cherry , whore nature's amp was unlit at midday , and which night at any time conceal a skulking roop of redskins or more renegade vhltcsklns , each day his plow up- timed relics from shallow graves , the onoliness , solitude , sllenco and en- luranco of It all were not conducive o speech or reminiscences and thus here remain untold countless tales of tragedy and romance that if put nto print would rival the most lurid ictlon. In the sixties the frontier was a tern fact In northern Nebraska. The s'lobrara flowed for 400 miles from ho Wyoming line to the Missouri hrough a primeval wilderness , the ipper waters of the Elkhorn for al- uost 100 miles bad scarcely a settle- nent and the Implacable Sioux roamed ) ver this entire region. Hero was nn miplre , Into which the first settlers came , vast and virgin as In the post orttary age , larger than England and Wales and five times larger than the dngdom of Belgium , with vaster em- ilres equally primitive upon Its bor- lers , a boundless pasture for game and a hunting ground for the Sioux and Pawnee. As a relic of Its former vustnoss northern Nebraska retains one county larger than the combined states of Connecticut and Rhode aland. Sketched thus In miniature vo comprehend the environment ol he early settlers among whom was Mr. L. Sessions of this city who com plies the two essential qualifications if a rare campflro historian , namely , i retentive memory and a charming gift of narrative. The subtle charm n the stories Mr. Sessions tells ol ilonccr days Is lost In the written uxrratlve because the personal equa- tlon cannot bo reproduced In type. With these limitations in mind the following story gleaned from Mr. SeS' sions' Inexhaustible repertoire is sub' nitted : "In 1874 I was hunting for elk in the lake region south of Long Pine In company with the late Dave Ames who resided near where the town ol Meadow Grove now stands Mr. Ames had como west In the fifties and had served in Capt. John Taffe's com pany repelling invasions of the hos tile Sioux. Capt. Taffo was. by the way , one of the first congressmen from this state and Mr. Ames had bestowed his mime upon his eldest boy. Sitting iround the campfire at night Dave re lated to me many thrilling Incidents of frontier warfare , none of which are of more interest than the massacre of the family of Hudson Weisonmn. Woisomnii was a neighbor of Ames and together In 1SG2 with Taffes com pany they had gone several hundred miles northwest from Yankton to pun ish the Sioux for frequent raids. In July 180IS a rumor was brought to them by friendly Indians that their families In Nebraska had been killed by Indians. Ames was determined to return. An escort could not bo spared from the small company ol Capt. Taffo and an effort was ma'do to dissuade Ames from undertaking the perilous journey as it was consid ered hopeless for him to bo able to run the gauntlet of savages that swarmed over the country between the company and the Nebraska bor der. With undaunted determination ho Induced a French Canadian scoui to accompany him and they made the journey with hair breadth escapes am' marvellous good fortune duo In grea1 measure to the acumen of the scout The Incidents of this trip would nlono furnish material of a book. They laj concealed by day In thickets or deep canyons and travelled by night ; the ; built no flros. Frequently bands o Indians In war paint passed within a few fcot of where they lay concenlei Hid always at night there was the icrll of running Into a camp of the lostlles. After a long journey Ames and his companion arrived at the Ames homo > ppoallo Yankton on the Kouth side ) f the Missouri. His wlfo and chil- Iron were missing from the home. Still fearful for the safety of his dear nies , Ames pressed on to the nearest lettlomont down the rlvor. There ho earned that his wlfo , anticipating trouble , had ( led to her old home In what Is now Dakota county. That Mrs , Ames had real cause for alarm wan attested by the terrible tragedy enacted on the Wolsman claim near ho Amos home. Weinman had left o join his family before Ames had ibtalncd permission to leave his com- > any. The Welsman tragedy Is told n the histories of the time. "Welsman's claim was on Brock's Jottom In Cedar county , where ho had ocated with his family In 1857. On lime 211 , 18GI1 , his wlfo had gene to Yankton for household supplies and vhen she returned the ghastly sight ) f a dead Indian lying within the door ) f her homo met her gaze. Beyond ilm her eldest son , aged seventeen , ay with a crushed skull and both xrms broken yet still clutching a rllle , ho chamber of which was empty. Mirco children were dead and two fa- ally wounded. The baby , a boy of five summers , had boon stabbed and mthotlcully cried to his mother , 'In- Hans scared me , mamma. ' Ho lived overnl days. An elder daughter had ) een treated In a manner that forbids elating and during the days In which ho had survived the outrage never egalnod consciousness. "When Welsman returned and real- zed what had occurred ho swore a lerce oath of vengeance. How well 10 has kept that oath ho has never revealed by even a whisper but wo can Judge how the debt was paid by ho fact that for twenty years after wards Brock's Bottom was regarded ) y the Indians with horrified aversion as a plague spot and the name of Wcisman was used by Indian women ill over the Sioux nation as a bogy nan to Intimidate their children , while ho mention of his name caused many a warrior to blanch as if ho expected a spectre to rise from the ground. " J. H. Mackay. COMMERCIAL CLUB COMMITTEE STILL TO ACT. WILL SOON TAKE MATTER UP 3ermanent Secretaryship of Club Is Still In the Air Club Directors Want More Members of Organization No New Plans Developed. [ From Tuesday's Dally. ] The Commercial club committee ap pointed recently to ascertain the sent- ment of the railroads regarding a union passenger station for Norfolk asked for an additional extension of .lino at the regular weekly meeting of .ho club directors Tuesday morning. The committee has yet to see the Union Pacific and Minneapolis Oma- la officials. It was stated that a meet- ng with the officers would bo secured is soon as possible and that in the neantlme the efforts of the committee would bo directed toward learning the attitude of the Northwestern road to ward possible plans for a union depot. The meeting of the directors was leld in the office of Mathewson & Co. ! n the absence of D. Mathewson , Sol G. Mayer acted as secretary. No new > lans for the upbuilding and advance- nent of Norfolk were brought before the meeting. The question of a per- mxnent secretary for the Commercial club Is still in the air. The directors present voted to offer all possible support to the Norfolk board of education In Its efforts to cope with the conditions resulting fr ni the high school fire. Sentiment favorable to increasing the membership of the club was ex pressed. No plans for an Increase in membership have been outlined. "Fra Dlavolo.1' "Fra Diavolo , " as sung by the Beg gar Prince Opera company , pleased a largo sized audience at the Auditorium last night. The voices owned by this company are In several instances of high order and the comedy portion of the oporn Is well put on. All in all , the performance was well received. Miss Shela Sheeloy , as Zerllna , has a soprano voice of quality and she de lighted her hearers. Mr. Iluntlnglon , as Fra Dlavolo , is a baritone singer of merit and Jay Taylor was good as Lo renzo , singing first class tenor. The ensemble work was particularly pleasIng - Ing , the voices blending prettily. One of the most effective numbers was a sextette piece taken from Lucia dl Ijxmmermoor. It was heartily ap plauded. The comedy work of F. Burgess as Beppo was superb and ho kept the house In good humor all evening. Ho is a clever comedian and will bo re membered by Norfolk. Some of his songs were rich and received flatter ing applause. The company svas rather shabbily costumed and looked like it had about worn out Its garb. The chorus girls were anything but pretty. Some of the Jokes were objectionable because they were vaguely suggestive. On the whole , the company Is well balanced and the audience saw n per formance well worth the price of ad mission. " 7 G Calumet is the only High Grade' Powder offered 'to the consumer at a I Moderate Price * It should not be confused with the cheap , low grade powders on the one hand , nor the high priced trust powders on the other. HOPED ALL CLASSES MAY RESUME - SUME WORK NEXT WEEK. * SAVE 300 OUT OF 3,000 BOOKS Representatives of School Book Pub lishers Are Flocking to Town and Orders Will Soon be Filled Fire Proof Vault In Next Building. Temporary arrangements for giving Instruction to the classes from the high school building can not be an nounced by City Superintendent Bod- well until the latter part of the week. The superintendent is working out the details of the temporary school sys tem to be in force In Norfolk during : he remainder of the school term. It is hoped that all classes may resume work by the first of next week. The board and the teaching force are work ing to this end. Week's Vacation Anyway. High school students will have a week's vacation at least. Neither will the seventh and eighth grades , which also occupied the destroyed building , meet during the present week. Chang es which must be made in the build ings lo be devoted to temporary school uses will take time. Books and need ed supplies must bo ordered. Arrange ments along these lines are being hur ried through. Book Agents Here. Superintendent Bodwell and mem bers of the text book committee of the school board have been in conference with representatives of book and school supply companies sent to Nor folk to fill the emergency orders. These orders will be sent In at once and the needed supplies will be hur ried into Norfolk. Mr. Bodwell's Office. Superintendent Bodwell has estab lished his headquarters for the pres ent In the new Lincoln school build ing. Pupils from the high school building yesterday brought all school books in their possession to the su perintendent's office. Some 350 books taken home by'tho pupils Friday were saved from the fire. As the pupils In the building wore using nearly D.OOO books , the number of books saved is a comparatively small item. The equipment in the laboratory rooms , all of which was lost In the fire Sunday morning , was valued at over $500. This equipment is very es sential to instruction in the several sciences , but cannot be replaced be fore next September. Plan Fire Proof Vault. The new high school builhing when it Is erected will contain a fire proof vault. One of the most unfortunate effects of the fire was the complete destruction of all school records. No trace remains of the high school rec ords which Miss von Goetz , the princi pal , had recently systematized and rendered complete at the expense of much time and effort. No "Honor" Graduates. Twenty-seven students graduate from the Norfolk high school this spring. There will be no "honor" members in the class. All of the written records of the scholarship and work of the students Is gone. Pupils will receive credit for past work through personal conferences with the teachers. Work In the grades not affected by the fire Is being continued as usual. Churches to be Used. Responding to the call of the board several of the Norfolk churches will open their doors to the school chil dren. These churches will bo turned Into Impromptu class rooms on five days of each week for over two mouths. Announcement of the ar rangements to bo ma'do for the several classes will bo made by Thursday or Friday. University Inspector Here. A. A. Reed of Lincoln , state univer sity Inspector , arrived In Norfolk al noon to help got the high school crea Its straightened out , so far as the state university is concerned. CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MEETS , Col. Cotton Re-elected President lm < provements Planned. The annual meotlpg of the stock holders of the Prospect Hill cemetery association was held yesterday after noon at the offices of Sessions & Bell In Norfolk. I. G. Westervelt acted as chairman of the meeting In the ab sence of the president , S. S. Cotton , The following board of directors were elected to serve during the coming year : S. S. Cotton , L. Sessions , C. B. Durlaml , W. J. Gow , S. G. Dean , L. M. Gaylord and O. J. Johnson. L. M. Gaylord was re-elected secretary by the stockholders. The annual reports of the secretary and treasurer were presented. Following this meeting the direct ors met and re-elected S. S. Cotton as president and L. Sessions as treasur er. Improvements along the line of the additional planting of trees and ( lowers were determined on. THREE WARDS SELECT COUNCIL- MANIC NOMINEES. NO CAUCUS HELD IN FOURTH Delegates to the City Convention , Which Will be Held Saturday Night , Were Selected Present Ticket Will be Renominated. fKrom 'Wednesday's Dally.j Democratic nominees for the city council : First ward , Ed Braasch. Second ward , E. B. Kauffmann. Third ward , Julius Degncr. Fourth ward , no caucus. The democrats of three wards of Norfolk met in caucus last evening for the purpose of selecting delegates to the city convention and nominating candidates for the city council. The caucuses passed off without special in cident and there was no evidence of a contest. The general opinion among democrats seemed to be that in default - fault of opposing candidates the en tire present list of retiring democratic city officials would he re-nominated at the democratic city convention on next Saturday. This list Includes the fol lowing names : Mayor John Friday , Clerk Julius Hulff , Treasurer J. E. Hnase. Police Judge Ira G. Wester velt and City Engineer H. Salmon. Several democratic politicians , think ing their list of candidates to bo oth erwise complete , wore canvassing , about Tuesday evening in search of possible nominees for the board of ed ucation. Edward W. Braasch was placed in nomination for councilman by the cau cus of the First ward. The democrat ic gathering in this ward was presid ed over by John Friday as chairman and John Flynn as secretary. The fol lowing list of delegates were chosen to the city convention : John Flynn , Ed Braasch , H. W. Winter , Richard Peter , Herman Gerecke , C. B. Dur- land , William Uecker , Gus Nitz and William Koch. Mayor Friday retains his place on the central committee. The caucus was held in the city hall. The Second ward caucus , after elect ing Dr. J. II. Mackay chairman and Carl Wilde secretary , departed from the customary Informal procedure of th" avenge caucus. Every proper le gal form was observed , the caucus In some respects taking on thoTorm of a regular election. An Impromptu bal lot box vras brought forth and the voters ers present were given the opportuni ty of voting for fifteen delegates out of a list of twenty names which had been presented at the urgent solicita tion of the caucus officers. The ballot box , which was loft open from eight until nine o'clock , showed the follow ing men to have boon chosen to rep resent the ward In the city conven tion : Dr , A. Bear. Julius Hulff , C. H Krahn , A. D. Howe , A. Morrison , Dl J. H. Mackay. Carl Wilde , Juliur Haaso , August Brummund , Rudolph Warr.ecke , C. F. Haase , C. F. A. Mar quardt , Charles Rice , Paul Luebcko , and Carl Zuelow. A formal ballot re sulted In the nomination of E. B. Kauffman for the city council. A. Mor risen was selected as commltteeman. The caucus met In the city hall. Former Councilman Julius Degner was nominated for the city council by the Third ward caucus In place of P. Stafford , the retiring democratic coun cilman from that ward. C. S. McCas- lln was chairman of the caucus and August Stoffon secretary. The caucus was held at the city hall. Those men were selected as delegates to Satur day's convention : A. J. Brummund , Fred Lou , C. S. McCaslln , Anton Buch- holz , A. Degner , R. Blatt , August Stef- fen , S. G. Dean , H. C. Matrau , J. C. Stltt and Julius Fisher. H. C. Matrau was again chosen commltteeman. No caucus was hold In the Fourth ward.