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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1907)
THIS NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , APRIL J9 , 15)07. ) CITY COUNCIL WRITES THEIR DEATH WARRANT. 8EWER FLUSH NOT PROVIDED Owl no to Discovery That Wednesday's Enactment of Measure to Extend Sewer Had Not Deen According to Law , Action IB Not Effective. ( From Momlny'n Dully.t The city council ( lid not at IIH Wednesday evening mooting order n tiOO-foot extension of the now sewer tiyntom up 1-Mrst street to connect wllli the NorthforU for Hushing purposes. Four counnllmon voted In favor of the oxtonHlon WodnoHtlny evening and onn against. Mayor Friday there declared the oxtonHlon ordorod. On Invostlga- Uon the mayor found that It rentilros n majority of the whole council to pans roftolutlonH carrying nn oxiiondltitro of city innnoy , Accordingly the mayor Announced at the adjonrnod session of the council Saturday evening Unit the proponed oxtonnlon had not been voted. Furlhur action In the nmttnr wan post poned. Thin oxtonHlon was expected to coat Norfolk about. $700 and wan ad vocated an an economical way ot Hush ing the nowor. ActliiB o" the request of Spltzor & Co. of Toledo , Ohio , the aowor bond purchasers , the council Saturday even ing ] iut on dual passage an ordinance confirming the Issuance of the $10,000 newer bond Issue and directing that the bonds ho turned over to the bond company on the payment of the pur chase prlco Into the city treasury. The ordinance wan formally adopted. Following this the council took up the brick walk ovll and following out Mayor Frldny'a suggestion wrote the death warrant of the brick walka in the city ordinance book. Hy a unani mous vote of the six councllmen pres ent , the nldowalk ordinance was amended In proper form so us to pro- vldo that tddownlka In Norfolk muat bn coiiBtructcd of stone , comcnt or "artlllclal Htone. " The city attorney was Instructed to commence proceedings against the Norfolk Electric Light & Power com- jniny nnd the Sugar City Cereal Mills for refusing to furnish light to Chaa. nice. MONDAY MENTION. Mrs. Jack McGrano Is quite sick. \V. P. Corbott of Auburn Is In the city. city.D. D. S. Smith of Ewlng In In Norfolk today. H. 10. Wllllums was In Wayne yes terday. 8. D. Shane of Brunswick Is In the city today. C. D. Case of Wood Lake Is In the city today. H. McClcnaghan was up from Mndl- Bon yesterday. W. L. Howloy of Columbus was In the city today. Fred Llnorodo went to Omaha on the early train. J. J. Nelson of Nellgh stopped in Norfolk-today. Walter W. Mordcnhall of Pierce is In the city today. O. W. Klbler of Leigh was In the city this morning. F , D. Casavant of Uonosteel wa In Norfolk yesterday. W. E , Garrison of Stanton spent yesterday torday In the city. J. W. Bender of Humphrey Is a Nor folk visitor today. W. C. Campbell of Crclghton was it the city over night. Miss Carolina Abtz of Madison wm in Norfolk yesterday. Miss Katherlno Hiloy of Laurel was in Norfolk yesterday. Fred L. Wauscr of Plalnview was i Norfolk visitor yesterday. 0. A. Matheson of Pllgor was in Nor folk between trains yesterday. Mrs. Earl Slsk , who baa been in Norfolk the gnest of Mrs. J. A. Kel- eher , loft this morning for her homo in San Francisco. Mrs. B. L. Case nnd family of Fullerton - lorton are Norfolk visitors today. | Ed Madsen of Missouri Valley , Iowa , visited relatives in Norfolk over Sun day. day.C. C. B. Burnham Is in Omaha. E. M. Best of Stanton is in Norfolk today. C. E. Greene of this city is under the weather. M. J. Luvcllo went to Chadron with engine No. 9 Saturday. Llttlo Bortlo Nelson , who has been quite sick , is much bettor. Harry Alexander left for Chicago Monday. Miss Lulu Johnson spent Sunday nt Winslde. Mrs. Dan Blue is homo from a visit to Wnhoo. H. Weaver of Center spent Sunday In Norfolk. lee Hall of Battle Creek was in the city Sunday. William Wright of Tlldon spent Sun day in Norfolk. The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Porter tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Horton of Crolgh- ton passed through the Junction today. Mrs. John Quick , who has been in Omaha on business , returned homo Sat urday. J. W. Branlgan , who has been up nt Butte on business , returned homo Sat urday. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rcody has been quite sick for a couple of days. The railroad is building a now lum ber shod near the roundhouse to store Jntnbcr in. Now cement walks are being put in front of the house occupied by Mr. uli hanks , Mltm May Johnnon has returned to iloylo's biiHlnesH college at Omaha nf * tor n two weeks vacation at homo. Charley Tnlbert , formerly of Nor- oik hut now of Fremont , was at the Munition today on business. Mr. Lubke and little daughter Mlnno jf Pierce are visiting at the homo of hln daughter , Mm. Ida Christen. Charley Darnell has moved from hlfl house on Fourth Htrcot Into Charley Talburt'H house on Second street. lack McGrane , who has been In Chicago cage on business , spent a day with his family and returned to Chicago yes terday. Carl Krako Is moving today from Second Htrcot Into the house ho re cently purchased of Mr. Lemont , for merly occupied by Charles Darnell. A birthday party waH given In honot of John Ixiller's twentieth birthday The evening was spent In playing Illnch and high live. All had a Iliu time. Word has boon received In Norfolk of the serious Illness of J. P. Galloghei of O'Neill , who has been mirroring from pneumonia. At present Mr. Gal logher Is Bald to bo recovering and II Is now thought ho Is out of danger. A score or so of appropriate postort announcing the band minstrel at the Auditorium on April 22 have appeared In Norfolk avenue show windows. Tlu posters wore drawn by Ben Hull and have attracted considerable attention At n ( II roc torn meetings of the Fan colt , Carney , linger company Saturdaj evening M. W. Beobo was elected vice president of the candy company , sue ceedlng W. E. linger. Mr. lleobo , whc travels out of Norfolk for the Omahn hardware linn of Wright & Wllhelmy will continue on the road for the Oniu ha linn , Fourteen hundred Norfolk people ac cepted the Invltatloujof the Faucett , Carney , linger company published in The NOWH last week to visit the local candy factory on Saturday , the coin- pnny'H first "visiting day. " Definite figures as to the number of the com pany's guests wore secured as 1,200 special candy souvenirs prepared foi the occasion were more than exhaust ed. Norfolk people proved their Inter est In the local factory. A persistent street rumor that a former - mor Norfolk citizen had cut his throat In a local restaurant was loose on Nor folk avenue Saturday afternoon , Meanwhile the supposed victim of nt tempted suicide was about town apparently parontly unaware of the street talk The police made some effort to tract the story down but met with no sue COBS In locating the origin of the ru mor. mor.Rev. Rev. George L. White , the pastor in charge of the chapel car now in Nor folk , arrived in the city Saturday fron : a visit at Lincoln. Sunday Mr. White conducted the morning nnd cvonlnt services at the Baptist church. The services Sunday wore the beginning ol a two weeks series of special services which will bo hold every evening al 8 o'clock nt the Baptist church. Tin Sunday meetings wore well attended A letter received by Mr. nnd Mrs. H E. GerccUo of this city from tholr son Alfred , states that the telegram whlcl came to Norfolk last week declaring that twins had arrived at his home was the work of some practical jokei who labored under the impression tha he was doing something of a. hnmoroui nature. The message contained In thi telegram was as much of a surprise t < Mr , and Mrs. Alfred Gerecke as it waite to relatives nnd friends in Norfolk. There will bo no such number of sn loons in Rosebud reservation town during the Trlpp county land rush a : were seen In the days of the Gregor ; county land lottery. Under the nov law that has been passed In South Da kotu there can bo but one saloon fo every 300 people in a town and thi will cut n town of 1,000 populatloi down to three saloons. Gregory claim 1,000 population so that under presen conditions but three saloons can exls there under the law. Under such n law ns exists In South Dakota , Nor folk could have about sixteen saloons. Annie Abbott , the mystic woman whoso magnetic power bewilders and interests largo audiences everywhere , appears tonight at the Auditorium for the llrst time in Norfolk. Hers is an inexplnincd power by which she per forms surprising feats. She lifts eight men In the air by merely touching her palms to the back of a chair which holds them. Standing on one foot , she resists the combined efforts of three men to push her over. The ag gregates strength of four largo men falls to lift this queer little woman off her feet and no one in the audience can hold an umbrella over her bend. This is the first attraction of this sort that has ever como to Norfolk and in dications are that a largo audience will watch the mystic power's performance. The Norfolk flro department Is con templating the erection of n llfty-llvo foot bell tower , to bo constructed with a brick veneer and to bo joined on to the city hall. The tower if built will bo constructed ns n. drying tower. Firemen state that where two hours is now required in drying hose after a flro , the snmo work could bo done with a proper drying tower In fifteen mln- ntos. The tower if built will take about $500 from the department treas ury. Another Improvement made some months ago with the firemen's money was the laying of some sixteen crossIng - Ing approaches to sidewalks on Nor folk avenue. These approaches were laid at the instance of the firemen and took about fifty dollars from thelt treasury. While the wide approaches were built to enable the firemen to use the sidewalks in pulling the hose cart * to night fires , the city benefited direct ly from their work. LA FOLLETTE MAY BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS. AT THEIR TEACHERS' INSTITUTE County Superintendent Marshall of Knox County Has Announced Unus-t ual Talent for the Annual Teachers' Meeting To Cost $1,500. Nlobrnra , Neb. , April 1C. Special to The NOWB : County Superintendent Marshall having announced his talent for the annual toachora' Institute for the first week In August , which will tnko place hero , llnds Niobraru In the plight of being without an auditorium sulllclently largo to hold the crowds that would como to hear some of the lecturers. Several of our citizens have therefore manifested an Interest and proM ) > so to hire a largo tent and make part of the week a gala week , with baseball games nnd excursions on the Missouri river. Such talent ns Senators IM. Folletto and Dolllvcr nnd Father Nugent alone would bring crowds of people from all directions , and It is the purpose of Nlobrara cltl- /ens to assist County Superintendent Marshall In every possible way , be- Hldes encouraging the growth of such educational features. "Boy La Fol- lottc'H day" bus been suggested ns worthy of unusual publicity , for his fame Is such as to make it n desire for many people to listen to this great statesman If they knew that ho would ho within a day's rldo. The talent en gaged by Superintendent Marshall will cost over $1,500. TUESDAY TOPICS. C. W. Edwards of Adams was In the city yesterday. W. E. Llddlo of Carroll slopped In the city Sunday. O. Larson of Plnlnvlew was In the city over night. Rov. Carl Slcgler of Stanton passed through Norfolk yesterday on his way to open district court at Nellgh. Alex Pctot's and daughter , -Mrs. F. E. Burner , left yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Burner's homo at Lindsay. Miss Marie Larson of Fremont re turned homo yesterday after being the guest of Mrs. Harry Lodor over Sun day. day.S. S. J. Alexander of Lincoln , adjuster for the German-American Insurance company , and C. R. Elgas of Lincoln , adjuster for the Aetna company , are in Norfolk in connection with the flro loss at the homo of C. C. Gow. Rov. Frederick W. Leavltt , pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church In Omaha , was In the city last qvening the guest of John R. Hays. Mr. Leav ltt was accompanied by his llttlo daughter and left this morning for his homo In Omaha. S. T. Davles , for thirty years one of the leading business men in Nebraska City but now devoting his time to gospel work with the Baptist chapel car , arrived in Norfolk at noon and will assist Rov. George L. White with the special meetings in progress av the Baptist church. Judge A. A. Welch of Wayne passed through Norfolk Sunday evening , re turning from Minnesota , where he ac companied the remains of his wife for burial at the old home. J. S. Hayes of Gregory , S. D. , Is In the city today. Pete Stafford returned home from the east last night. A. H. Corbett of Atkinson was in Norfolk today. Leroy Fnlladay of Laurel was in the city yesterday. E. H. Hunter of Oakdalo was in the city Saturday. L. G. Nelson of Lone Pine was in Norfolk yesterday. Dr. Peters of Stanton visited Nor folk friends today. J. H. Berryman of Crelghton was in the city Saturday. John Magdanz of Pierce was in Nor folk on Saturday. Superintendent C. H. Reynolds left at noon for Fremont. C. Chnrlton of Blair was a Norfolk visitor over Sunday. Chris Anderson left at noon on a business trip to Stanton. Miss Mable A. Dayton of Lincoln was in Norfolk Saturday. Mrs. G. G. Hoist of Tilden was a Saturday visitor in Norfolk. Herman Tlnhaus of Ewlng visited friends In Norfolk yesterday. Miss Edith Wlederman of Bonesteel was a Sunday visitor in Norfolk. E. M. Peterson of Wayne was in Norfolk for a few hours Saturday. R. D. Bartlett of Newman Grove stopped In Norfolk Saturday evening. H. A. Drebert , cashier at the North western depot , Is on the sick list , E. H. Reedy of Calhoun , Iowa , is hero visiting with his son , John Reedy. Miss Glennle Shlppec returned homo from Tilden , where she boa been vis iting. Trainmaster E. O. Mount is out on a tour of inspection over the western lino. Misses Mnmlo Ward nnd Anna Bocnko spent Sunday visiting friends In Pierce. Alva Plummor returned homo from Chadron , where ho has been working , yesterday. Mrs. William Beck and two sons went to Battle Creek yesterday to visit with relatives. W. E. Mengley , Indian agent at the Santee , Neb , , Indian agency , IB in the city today. Supreme Judge J. B. Barnes loft thia morning to attend to court duties at Lincoln. L. P. Pasewalk has recovered from on attack of the grip and returned to ils duties nt the Norfolk National mnk. Mrs. Frank Jenkins nnd Mrs. A. Palmer of Battle Creek wore In Nor folk this morning. Miss Florence CummltiB , who has been visiting In Battle Creek , returned iiomo yesterday. Miss Edith Herman , who Is teaching school near Madison , spent Sunday in Norfolk with her Bisters. Harry Alexander went to Chicago yesterday to take his final examina tions for an engineer. Jos. Schwartz , who has been nt BoncBteel on a work train , Is homo on a visit with hlfl family , Ed Mullen , who has been on a visit to Chicago and Minneapolis , returned to work In the shops this morning. General Superintendent and Mrs. S. M. Brnden returned to Norfolk last evening from Sioux City. Mrs. Bill IxnvlB is in Blair visiting. Mrs. S In in m transacted business in Fremont yesterday. Mr. Warren and Misses Ollvo Hall and Eunice Richardson of Nciigh spent Saturday in Norfolk. Mrs. George Brown of Stanton spent Sunday the guest of Mrs. Fred Har der , returning homo at noon. County Attorney Jack Koenlgstcln , taken ill with the grip , has been con fined to his homo for the past two [ lays. lays.Miss Miss Tessa Wilson of Oakland , Iowa , arrived In Norfolk last evening to at tend the funeral of Mrs. George Dud ley , sr. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Jciml of Bloomfield - field , who have been in Norfolk , the ; uests of Mrs. Wllhclmlna Mnas , loft nt noon for Indian Territory. O. W. Doling , formerly of Red Cloud , special agent of the Columbua flro in surance company , has brought his fam ily to Norfolk nnd will occupy the Verges house on North Tenth street. E. Sly , home from a two weeks' vacation near Chadron , resumes his work as chief dispatcher nt the North- ivcstcrn's office Tuesday. J. E. Cope- and , train dispatcher in the office , eaves Tuesday for a two weeks' va cation. Rev. Mr. Brauor of Hadar was at Stanton Sunday holding funeral ser vices for the late Mrs. Carl Sieglcr , wife of the pastor of the Stanton Luth eran church. Mrs. Siegler died in Sioux City and her remains were tak en to Minnesota last week for inter ment. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wnch- tor of Hadar , n daughter. The Degree of Honor will meet to morrow afternoon nt 2:30 : o'clock at G. A. R. hall. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mathewson will entertain at dinner on Thursday nnd Friday evenings of this week. Word has been received here that harles Peter Stewart , a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kidder , is dead. The banquet to bo served for the vis iting bankers of northern Nebraska , who will hold their annual session hero next Monday , will be in charge of the Ladles Guild of Trinity church. It is said that the first spring chick ens of the season have arrived at the farm of C. A. Weston on rural route No. 3. Under Mrs. Weston's supervi sion 200 have been hatched out in an incubator. Word was received today in Norfolk that the Long Pine postofllce had been closed last night because the postmis tress , Mrs. A. L. May , has been strick en with smallpox. The office is being fumigated and it was expected that it would be opened for public service again by tonight. It develops that the man who was recently taken through Norfolk to Omaha with the side of his face shot vay , was R. Patterson , a Rosebud homesteader from near Burke. S. D. He had attempted suicide with a shot gun. Brooding over fear that ho would lose his claim , against which a con test had been filed , the man became despondent. He is forty-five years of age and unmarried. Services at the Baptist church are attracting good sized audiences to lis ten to the chapel car evangelists. An interesting service was held last night , A growing chorus choir furnishes the music. A searching sermon is prom ised tonight by Rev. George L. White. Mr. White is characterized by Rev. Mr. Benjamin as "not a sensational evangelist after your money , " as the meetings are without cost to the pub lic. Bishop Arthur L. Williams of the plscopal church arrived in Norfolk on the noon train from Madison to admin- stor confirmation at Trinity Episcopal church , Norfolk , tonight. He is a ; ucst at the home of the pastor , Rov. J. C. S. Wellls. After the services tonight , at which Bishop Williams will deliver a sermon , a reception will beheld held in his honor for members nnd friends of the parish at the parsonage. Bishop Williams will go to Niobrarn tomorrow afternoon. Word received from Mrs. William Mapes , who was operated on last week at Clarkson hospital In Omaha , is very encouraging. Operations were per formed on Tuesday and Saturday ol last week to remove a dangerous abscess scoss forming near the ear. Since the operation of Saturday Mrs. Mapes hat been resting very easy. Mr. and Mrs C. A. Blakely accompanied theli daughter to Omaha to bo present nl the operation. Captain Mapes lias joined his wife in Omaha , having sue ceeded in obtaining a leave of absence senco from his regiment in Texas. The cold wave forecasted by th ( weather bureau arrived on scheduli time early Tuesday morning when tin thermometer dropped to twenty de grecs and the barometer wont up t ( 30.3G showing the highest pressun that has berne down upon Nebraska ii ninny a moon. The area of low prcs sure with warmer air , which had beci In this vicinity Monday , moved south- cast Into Kansas nnd the nrcu of high pressure , with clear cold air , arrived in this section from Montana. The strong northwest wind which prevailed Monday Indicated the approach of the high pressure area from that direction. Heavy wraps wore not at all uncom fortable and llrcs In the stoves be came absolute necessities. Caught napping on a day when the wind blow hard , when tha ground was soggy and the skies were cheerless , the Norfolk high school ball nlno went down to defeat before a team from the Norfolk business college. The game was played on the fair grounds yester day afternoon nnd resulted In n score of 15 to 3 after nlno innings of piny. The high school boys , who pocketed the three points , admitted that the um pire hailed from the business college , that their opponents wore ro-onforced for the occasion nnd that their own nlno was not "on cdgo. " The college , however , stood a dozen points to the good , Batteries : E stab rook and Hoff man , high school ; Hawkins and Lan ders , college. The wnlls nnd tower of the old high school building have been leveled to the foundation and that much matter for controversy before the school board brushed aside. Men arc now engaged In cleaning for future use the brick contained in the old wnlls. The school board reposed the task of having the dangerous walls taken down to the judgment of Contractor A. Morrison. Mr. Morrison engaged the services of G. W. Stalcop as an expert to take im mediate charge of toppling over the wnlls and also gave his own attention to a general supervision of the work of lowering the wnlls and of cleaning up the bricks and rubbish for possible salvage. Fifty-three men and boys were at work Saturday , while more than n score are now engaged in clean ing and piling up such of the brick as can be saved. The now Nebraska child labor law does not permit n child under fourteen years of ago to be employed iu certain designated employments during the hours when public schools are in ses sion. No child between fourteen nnd sixteen years shall bo employed In certain designated employments unless the employer has a certificate showing that the child employed has completed the work of the eighth grade of the public schools , or its equivalent , or is regularly attending night school. The certificate is considered one of the strongest features of the law , and un der the regulations of the bill it will be Impossible for one certificate to be used by any other child than the right ful holder tnereof. No person under sixteen years shall be employed in cer tain occupations , including beet fields , more than forty-eight hours In any one week , more than eight hours in any jno day , nor before the hour of C o'clock in the morning nor after the liour of 8 o'clock in the evening. BONESTEEL FIGHT VICTIM WILL PROBABLY DIE. WILSON IS STILL IN CUSTODY t is Reported That Meyers Is in a Critical Condition Since His Leg Was Amputated , Following Knife In juries In Combat. Bonesteel , S. D. , April 15. Special o The News : Clms. Moyera , the vie- 1m of a knife fight here a few weeks ago , is in a critical condition in an Omaha hospital , and it Is not believed hat he can recover. His leg was am putated as a result of his , injuries in the fight. His assailant , Doc Wilson , s in custody. BOATS STOLEN BY BOYS It is Said Fifteen Youths Are Impli cated In the Affair. Fred Krnntz has recovered one of the two boats stolen from his farm southwest of town some days ago , nnd s apparently on track of the other. Fifteen Norfolk youths are said to bo mpllcated in the stealing , some of them having confessed to taking the boats. It is said that the crowd is well organized with a captain to di rect things , "nil same Captain Kldd. " One of the boats was found in the Northfork river uptown. It is said to have been hauled up in a wagon. The other was declared by boys who claimed to know to have been loft in the Elkhorn near the Northwestern railroad yards. Thus far , though , it has not been found. GEORGIA REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE They Oppose President Roosevelt , It Is Declared. Atlanta , Gn. , April 1C. Opponents of President Roosevelt among the re publicans of Georgia are moving to send an anti-Roosevelt delegation to the republican national convention next year. It is said that this movement is in the interest of Senator Forakor. On the surface the antl-Roosovelt move ment is sponsored by the Georgia Re publican State league , which Is orga nized in every congressional district and represents the voting strength ol the party in Georgia. The league Is using against Roosevelt velt the fact that ho has appointed many democrats to federal office and has Ignored republican applicants. Leaders in the league say they arc certain to name their delegates to the next national convention. The News prints the nows. TWO LEGISLATIVE ACTS WILL ADD TO ATTENDANCE. SAYS COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT Mr. Perdue Says That Norfolk Will Make a Mistake Unless Capacity for Greatly Increased High School At tendance Is Provided For. "Norfolk will make a serious mis take if in planning the now high school building provision is not mada for a substantial Increase in high school at- cndance , " said County Superinten dent Frank S. Perdue of Madison dis cussing recent school legislation la Norfolk this morning. "Two acts passed by tno legislature his spring should help to Increase 'our high school attendance mate-rial- y. I refer to the acts providing for rco high school instruction for coun- ry pupils and for the introduction of normal training into high schools. "Tho net for free high school In struction provides that pupils of school HstrlctB in which a full high school course is not maintained may attend high school in any other district , the resident district to pay seventy-flye cents a week towards the cost of tut- ion. Norfolk should attract high school pupils not only from the coun- , ry districts but also from the two and , three year high schools where puplIsV nay desire to complete a full course. "The pupils from the rural school districts may attend any high school n the county. This should work up i spirit of rivalry among the several high schools in offering work likely .o attract these pupils. The increase n attendance will not como all at once. We will have to aid in instili ng a sentiment for high school oduca- lon in the various districts. "The normal training act will give about $350 a year to high schools mak- ng provisions to offer normal training o pupils who arc to teach after leav- ng school. Both Norfolk and Madison are eligible to qualify under the act. This would bring pupils from the coun- ry who expect to teach in the country schools nnd who must have some nor mal training under present require ments. The money received from the state would be augmented by the tui- lon received from the increased at- % < .endance. " Superintendent Perdue is visiting he district schools In this vicinity. He will also visit Meadow Grove , re- .urning to Norfolk next Thursday on his way home to Madison. DOPED TO STOP WEDDING. This Is the Sensational Story Spring ing From Emerson , Neb. /i Sioux City , Iowa , April 1C. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McAllister of Lyraan , S. D. , were here on their way to Em erson , Nob. , where they went to explain - plain to the greatly agitated townn- people why young McAllister failed to appear a week ago to marry Miss Lena Olmstead , a popular young woman and daughter of a leading business man. He followed her to Omaha , so ured her forgiveness and her hand in marriage. His sensational story is that he was drugged by a former sweetheart of Miss Olmstead , while ic was treating his friends. The romance started In South Da cota , McAllister leaving Marshall Field's in Chicago t. take n homestead. Miss Olmstead had a claim near by ind the plighting of their troth fol lowed a short lovemaklng. When Mc Allister arrived in Emerson the day oC the wedding he was the center of a felicitation group. Mo made particu lar effort to bo kind to a youth who wan pointed out as a rejected suitor of the bride-elect. Now he declare * * this young man doped him , making him unable to attend his own wedding. Mr. Olmstead , sent by his daughter to in vestigate , found the bridegroom-elect helpless and forbade any further thought of marriage. Miss Olmstead was sent to Omaha and when McAllister came to his sens es he could get no trace of her. For two days ho sought her , the whole vil lage taking sides for or against him. Mr. Olmstead Is a church deacon and the church people were scandalized. The girl's whereabouts was finally learned nnd the Chicago man went tt > Omaha and won her again. Neither ho nor his bride would tell the name of the rival. Mrs. Sam Goon Fined. Mrs. Sam Goon pleaded guilty id police court Monday morning to being "drunk nnd disorderly" the night be fore. 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