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THE NORFOLK \VKHKlY NK S-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , APRIL 20 , 1907. STRUCTURE TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHFORK RIVER. LEADING TO EDQEWATER PARK The County Commissioners Found That the Old Wooden Bridge There to Unsafe for Heavy Loads New Bridges In West Part of County. A now steel bridge will bo built across the Northfarlc river on the road leading to Edgcwator park , northeast i of the city. The old bridge la unsta ble and IB declared by the county com- mlsaloncrs to bo unsafe for heavy loads. A sign will bo put up at the bridge tomorrow notifying the drivers of the danger from heavy loads. It will bo three "months before the now bridge can bo built. Light loads can drive over the present bridge In safe ty. Now steel tubing will bo placed underneath the combination bridge further north. Three now bridges will bo built between Battle Creek and Til- don. don.Tho The county commissioners Messrs. Malone of Madison , Harding of Mead ow Grove and Taft of Norfolk were In the city over night and wont out to tbo Kost bridge to Inspect It prepara tory to accepting It , If It proves prop erly constructed. They said the three now bridges between Battle Creek and Tilden will be of steel. Engineer Schwarthout of Omaha was In town and , -with the commissioners , examined the new drainage ditch lead ing from the west end of town. They found the ditch had been well done by Contractor W. P. Dlxon and said a few more days' work In trimming up the edges would complete the Job for the portion now dug. FRIDAY FACTS. D. Mathewson went to Wakcfield at noon on business. P. J. Halo and daughter of Atkinson are In Norfolk today. Headmaster P. J. Stafford left at noon on an Inspection trip over the cast lines. Rev. Mr. Schleps of Pierce was a Norfolk visitor Friday. Word from B. T. Reid In Omaha elates that he is In ill health. H. Wltzel was up from Madison to day. day.D. D. MacEachem of Oakdalo is in the city today. K.V. . McDonald of Pierce Is In the city today. F. M. Halllster of Wood River is in Norfolk today. Charles B. Linn was down from Hos- kins yesterday. Julius Lafrenz of Center was in Nor folk yesterday. A. Startz of Crelghton was In Nor folk over night. Mrs. W. P. Curtis of O'Neill was In the city yesterday. W. B. Friend of Plainview was In the city yesterday. C. Zong of West Point stopped in the city yesterday. W. P. Thatch was a Madison visitor in Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. S. Hansen of Rockville was a Norfolk visitor yesterday. A. Stoffen of Sparta was in Norfolk for a few hours yesterday. Rev. A. H. Schwab of Mason City stopped in Norfolk yesterday. L. A. Williams of Loup City was in Norfolk yesterday between trains. Frank Lenser left yesterday for Til- don , whore he will spend the next two weeks with his brother , Max Len- Ber , the Tilden manager of the Ed ward-Bradford Lumber company. Miss Matilda Herman very pleasant ly entertained the O. M. C. club last night. The Queen City hose company will meet this evening at the city hall for the annual election of officers. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mathewson pleas antly entertained at a dinner party last evening and will entertain another company tonight. Mrsl Jack Koenigstein pleasantly ntertalned a few friends last evening for her sister , Miss Elizabeth Sharp less of Fergus Falls , Minn. C. B. Stucker , formerly of Stanton is now in the employ of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railroad com pany with headquarters at East Mo line , 111. The afternoon meeting of the physl clans who are to arrive in NorfoH next Monday to listen to Dr. McCor mack , will be held at 4 o'clock In the Pacific hotel : Mrs. William Haidley of St. Charles S. D. , and Mrs. Herman Moewis o Douglas , Wyo. , are visiting In Norfoll after attending the funera of theli sister , Mrs. George Box , In Sioux City Among north Nebraska men who an on the program for the Fremont con vontlon of bankers , which is to hi held there Monday , are P. E. McKH lip of Humphrey and D. V. Blatter o Albion. Mr. McKlllip will respond ti the subject. "What Wo Want t Know. " Mr. Blatter will speak at tin banquet on the subject , "In Times o Prosperity. " William Kruso and Miss Ida Sporr two well known young people of soutli cast of Norfolk , were married ycstoi day afternoon at 3:30 : o'clock at SI Paul's Lutheran church. Rev. Join Wltto officiated at the wedding. Fo lowing the ceremony a wedding recei tlon was given at the homo of Johi Sporn. Mr. and Mrs. William Krus will make their home southeast of th city. city.The The Norfolk business college nlu fdnco their recent victory over th kigh school team are entering Into th iMaeball season with confidence. gamu with the Humphrey high school has been scheduled for Sunday , April ii8 , at Humphrey. The college team will play the following llno-up at pros * out : Landers , c ; Haak , ] i ; Hopllti , ll > ; Roth , 2bj Vogt , ss ; Bryant , 3l > ; McDannel , If ; Duffy , cfj Hartford , fr ; decker and Schellcn , substitutes. 11 auk has boon elected captain , Hart ford manager , Very serious Illness exists nt the homo of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lodor on South Fourth , where a brother of Mrs. Lodor and sou of Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Hlrsch of this city , who arrived In Norfolk some tlmo ago from Chicago , Is suffering with the last stages of can cer. It Is feared that , despite the ten der care of parents and sister , and In spite of every i > oflslblo effort of med ical science , the patient can not long nurvlvo the disease and , though hop ing against hope , It is feared that life can not continue ninny more days. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Walker have re ceived word from Omaha that their son , Heman Walker , who Is now tak ing his last year's work In a medical course , has been elected Intern for the Swedish hospital in Omaha for the coming year. The compliment was conferred by the board of directors of the hospital. Dr. Walker Is a grad uate of the Norfolk high school , class of 1000 , and also a graduate of the state university. This election to a responsible position In the Swedish hospital In Omaha will bo accepted by his many friends In this city as a fit ting tribute to an Industrious and ef ficient young man who has worked his way to the front in his class by per sistent effort and unusual ability. "During the past few days I have visited a number of county schools , " said County Superintendent Frank Per due in Norfolk yesterday afternoon re turning to Madison after an Inspection trip through the northern part of the county , " and I find that a disposition oxlsts among pupils and their parents to take advantage of the tecent legis lation , whereby the resident district pays the tuition of pupils taking elsewhere - where high school work not offered in the district. Tilden , where nonresident dent pupils have been sought for , has twenty-five such pupils at this time and under the new law would receive $75 a month as tuition fees paid by differ ent districts In the county. Norfolk and other school districts will find a new source of revenue In this law. Again , there are some seventeen pu pils from the Tilden , Battle Creek and Newman Grove schools this year who expect to teach and who must have some normal training before they can secure the needed certificates. A con siderable portion of these I find would come to Norfolk for a year of work If normal training was offered in the Norfolk high school as provided by the new state law , which appropriates something like $350 to every , high school offering such a course. The state allowance and additional tuition fees would probably pay for the cost of this Instruction. " Norfolk Is rid of Annie Abbott. And well rid , too. The management of the Auditorium , having discovered to Its thorough satisfaction that Annie Ab bott Is a fake as a "mind reader. " can celled the last night of her engage ment here and ordered the outfit from the house. The Auditorium manage ment is convinced that Annie Abbott who pretended to answer written ami sealed questions by mind reading , had framed up questions and answers with some confederate before the perform ances and that furthermore she was made the tool of some designing and unscrupulous person or persons who , - as a matter of spltework no doubt , posted the so-called "mind reader" to give answers which would slander and malign highly respectable citizens ol the community. The woman was a fraud of bold order and her questions are In no manner entitled to confi dence. She Is not entitled to the pa tronage of theatergoers in north Ne braska nor any other section , which fact the Norfolk management wishes to impress upon theater managers throughout this territory. The Audi torlum management has met untolt difficulties during the latter half 01 the season , during which time the the ater has been in its present hands Many low grade attractions had been booked by the former management anc it has been an effort to weed them out Some of the show managers refused tc allow cotnracts to be cancelled. Most of the poor quality shows , however were thinned out and In their placet were substituted new bookings , sucl an that of Lawrence Evart , Isabel Irv ing , the Woodward stock company etc. As was announced earlier In the winter , another year will allow tin new management to protect Itsell : against such attractions. For a tlnu the management confesses Itself tc Ir hare been literally "taken In" by An nle Abbott. The moment It was foum id that the show was not what it hai been at first considered , the contraci ! 10 was summarily cancelled. With the co-operation that has already beer manifested by the public of Norfolk and with a bit of forbearance until tin house gets Into a new season , it ii hoped that the new management wil 11r be able to continue to present to Nor folk , as It has in pretty nearly ever re ; instance this spring , higher grade the atrlcal attractions than have been tin rule In past years. The next attrac tlon at the Auditorium will bo the bam minstrel Monday night , which promIses nr Ises to bo an unusually meritorlus performance rr P- formanco by homo talent. The enter Pm m talnment is given for the purpose o so purchasing uniforms for the band am 1C deserves the unanimous support o Norfolk. On Tuesday night at th JO Auditorium Dr. McCormack will lee 10 turo on the relation between the met iio leal profession and the public , Thl will bo freo. RAILROAD OFFICIALS QUOTED AS TO EXTENSION. JOB TO DALLAS TO BE RUSHED Contractor Cronk of Minneapolis Will Work as Companion to Treadway In Building Up to Trlpp Line Trains by June 15. Gregory , S. D. , April 10. Special to The News : Ilallroad officials who recently - contly visited Gregory stated that the Northwestern would qulto likely bo built on through Trlpp county next year. The officials stated that trains will bo turned on the Y hero until the road is built Into Trlpp county. There Is no feeling here against the Jackson Bros. , who founded Dallas , nor against the Northwestern. The citizens know full well that nothing can prevent the growth and prosperity of Gregory. Bonestcol , S. D. , April 19. Special to The News : Contractor Cronk of Minneapolis , one of the largest rail road contractors In the United States , will share the work of Contractor Treadway In building the Dallas ex tension from Gregory. This action was taken on account of the necessity for haste , the work being a rush order j and the contract calling for the oxten- j ' slon to bo fully completed and ready for trains by Juno 15. Treadwny's horses have already been shipped from Fremont where they were wintered , and ho expects to bo actively engaged n the work by next Monday or Titos- lay. Mr. Cronk and his outfit will bo on the ground some tlmo next week. Commissioners' Proceedings. Madison , Neb. , April 1C , 1907 , 1 p. m. The board of county commission crs met pursuant to adjournment , /"resent , Commissioners John II. Hard ng , John Malouo and Burr Taft. The minutes of March 19 , 1907 , wore read and approved. C. S. Smith paid into the county reasury the sum of $74.25 which was accepted by the board In full settle ment for rlprapplng put In the Elk- lorn river on his land by the county. On motion the following appoint ments were made : Herman Gaul , road overseer , road district No. 17. Carl Rolneccius , road overseer , road district No. 25. Wrn. Makclin , road overseer , road district No. 32. Geo. Sechel , sr. , road overseer , road district No. M. Frank Massman , road overseer , road district No. 11. On motion the following bonds were approved : Frank Massman , road overseer , road district No. 11. Geo. Sechel , sr. , road overseer , road district No. 14. C. D. Johnson , steward poor farm. On motion the following bills were allowed : Metallic Revetment & Mfg. Co. , rlprapplng $1,683 00 Gus Kaul , janitor's salary and bailiff fees 59 00 J. J. Clements , sheriff and jailor fees 423 45 W. C. Elley , livery and bail iff fees to date 35 00 W. C. Elley , draylng to Jan uary 1 , 1907 C 90 W. C. Elley , livery for Perdue to date G 50 Wm. Weber , work , commis sioner district No. 2 ! 27 50 A. E. Rader , work commis sioner district No. 2 650 John Kost , work , commission er district No. 2 1 50 Evert Cokley , work , commis sioner district No. 2 3 00 John Henderson , work , com missioner district No. 2. . . . 3 00 Moody Gilmore , work , com missioner district No. 2. . . . 1 5C J. T. Moore , work , commis sioner district No. 2 18 OC J. T. Moore , work , general fund ; 28 OC Geo. E. Richardson , office ex penses and recording for county January , February and March 40 3i Geo. E. Richardson , salary , last quarter 100 0 ( Test & Burgman , meals for jurors 20 0 ( Madison Telephone Co. , tolls 25 3f Madison Telephone Co. , rent , April , May and June 9 0 ( e | Perkins Bros Co. , blank book 21 0 ( Hammond & Stephens Co. , , o I supplies , county superlnten- o dent 7 0 ( i- P. F. Sprecher , blanks , as d signed to J. J. Clements. . . . 12 01 Geo. Miller , work , road dis t trict No. 7 1 51 0 W. Lowe , work , road district 0n No. 7 1C 51 , S. C. Blackman , county printIng - Ing 215 71 Chicago Lumber Co. , Meadow Grove , bridge lumber 10 2i r- J. I. Beech , hardware , road ry district No. 4 5 Cl e- J. I. Beech , hardware , road 1C district No. 3 51 c- J. I. Beech , hardware , road * id district No. G . . 1 4i idn n- C. F. Elsoley. Justice fees , r- state vs. Milligan 19 r- C. F. EJseloy , Justice fees , rif state vs. Welsch 2 4 id Smith Premier Typewriter of Co. , repairs 13 C 10 N. Poole , witness state vs. 10C Ellis , assigned to W. H. < Field 19 C Is Fees .Inquest over body of un known babe at Norfolk : H , L. Kindred , coroner 2-1 50 J , II Couloy , coiiHtnblo . , , ( ! fit ) Herman Winter , juror 1 10 Fred Kiiro , Juror 1 10 Carl Ijiubseh , juror 110 Oscar Uhlo , juror 1 10 P. F. Doll , Juror 1 10 L. SeHHloiiH , Juror 1 10 Alum Winter , witness 1 10 Agues Peter , wltuens. . 1 10 Wllllo Strack , witness 1 10 Al Johnson , witness. 1 10 Dr. W. H. Pilgor , witness. . . . 1 10 Sessions & Boll , undertaking 8 00 Frank S. Perdue" , salary March 100 00 Wm. Hates , county judge , of fice oxpoirscs and fees. . , . 40 75 Hume , Itobortson , Wycoff Co. , tiling , road district No. 17. 14 00 Hume , Robertson , Wycoff Co. , lumbar , road district No. 27 1 DO Hume , Kobortson , Wycoff Co. , coal for pauper 3 25 Wm. Bates , county judge , foes , state vs. Brady 11 10 Aug. Pasowalk , repaint , road district No. 2 C 25 Aug. PttHowalk , repairs , road district No. 1C 4 00 W. E. Harvey , coal furnished pauper 5 00 Jacob HandortKUi , repairs , court housu 3 00 Thos. O'Shea , coal , court hotiHO < G5 95 Wilbur Degnor , blacksmithing - smithing , road district No. 8 C 75 Wm. Gobler , hitching posts. . 18 00 Dr. M. D. Baker , attending pauper 17 50 MadlKon pharmacy , drugs for pauper 1 50 Sclmuniau Drug Co. , supplies for court house 50 20 W. II. Field , fees Insanity cas es and office expenses 193 30 W. H. Field , salary first qunr- tor , 1907 100 00 John W. Towlo , on brldgo contract 2,500 00 On motion the county treasurer was autliorl/.ed to transfer from the bond fund of school district No. 13 to the general fund of said district , the sum of ? : i55.00. On motion Chr. Schavlaud , county treasurer , was allowed a warrant on the 1905 general fund to redeem sale certificates No. 49 and 158 tax sale 1900 , .same having been erroneously sold , $15.55. On motion the board then adjourned to May 14 , 1907 , at 1 p. m. Geo. B. HIchartlBoii , County Clerk. Itch cured In 30 minutes by Wool- ford's Sanitary Lotion. Never falls. Sold by F. F. Ware & Son , druggists. Battle Creek. Albert Brom and Chas. Karnlck were here Friday on business from Lindsay. J. H. Dugnell arrived hero Friday from ( irayson county , Virginia , for a visit with relatives. Ho is on his way to Lewlstown , Mont. Clark Carton and Frey Boyer were here Saturday from Tlldon. John R. Wlty.lgman went to Sioux City Saturday and returned the next day. day.Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fuerst arrived hero Saturday from Primrose , Boone county , for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Peters of Tilden were visiting here the first of the week with their daughter , Mrs. H. Walters , and Mrs. S. Kuhrts. Geo. Spear was here Wednesday on business from Norfolk. D. L. Best , the well known hotel landlord , had 127 commercial travelers on his register last week. Chas. Nlles , Harry Niles , James No- votny and John Hardy shipped four carloads of stock Wednesday. Sunday Chas. J. Human , one of our druggists , went to Excelsior Springs Mo. , to benefit his health. Prof. T. L White of the Cltlzpus bank , a druggist also , will do the compounding during Mr. Hainan's absence. T. Hanan was hero from Meadow Grove Monday. Louis , the eight-year-old little son of Mr. and Mrs. Praeuner , jr. , is slch with appendicitis. Fourteen carloads of stock were shipped from here Monday and Tues day. The shippers were : Frank Hud die , Frank Dufphy , Henry Titjen , Wm Blerman , Henry Massman , H. C. Chris man , Henry Borchers , G. D. Wright Herman Hogrefe , L. B. Baker nnC Howard Miller. T. D. Precce has a new brick foun datlon laid under his house on hi ; farm northeast of town and , besides lots of other improvements will b < made. A reception was given to Mr. am Mrs. Fred Neuwerk by relatives am friends Sunday. The occasion was hli 52nd birthday. They came here abou twenty-three years ago from Missouri and they "showed us" a good time. Lambert Kerbel , Joseph Kerbel am their sister , Mrs. Annie Severa , wen to Broken Bow , where they are Inter csted in a land deal case in dlstrlc court , Now Look Out For Rheumatism. The grip has been unusually prevalent lent during the past winter , and li many cases Is likely to be followedb ; an attack of muscular rheumatism This Is the most common variety o that disease and least dangerous There Is no swelling of the Joints ani the pain Is not so excruciating as li acute or Inflammatory rheumatism. I is sufficiently severe to disable a mar however , and every movement Increaf es the pain. Keep as quiet as posslbl and apply Chamberlain's Pain Bait freely with a thorough massage , an you arc certain to get quick relic : This liniment Is for ealo by Lconar the druggist NORFOLK COLONY OF FOURTEEN IN CANAL ZONE , ONE OF THEM NOW HOME HERE John Tannehlll , Postmaster nt Ancon , Brings Word That Norfolk People Living In Isthmus Enjoy the Life. Conditions Changed , The Norfolk colony In the canal /.ouo : 1) , 0. O'Connor and family , Gorgoua. Miss I'enrl Wldatimn , Gorgona. Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Wullurs and sou , Has Oblspo. H. (1. ( Haiti , Culohru. John W. Tanuohlll , Ancou. John W. Taunehlll , postmaster at AUCOII In the ennui /ono but homo to Norfolk on a louvo of absence , liken the llfo that several thousand ener getic Americans nro living beside the big Panama ennui. Ho likes the cos mopolitan features of the zone , the action and movement In tbo llttlo strip of land that the United States controls across the Isthmus. The Norfolk colony down In the Pan ama country bus a population of four teen. Mr. Tuuuohlll Is not alone In being thoroughly satisfied with the change from Nebraska to the canal 7.0110 for ho says ( hut the other Nor folk people llko their now homo. " 1 luivo seen conditions practically revolutionized In Panama In the year or more that I have been In the zone , " says Mr. Taiiuohlll. "Tho situation was not encouraging when I went to take up my now 'work buck In January , 1900. The conditions of llfo wore crude. Quartern worn poorly furnish ed. Good food was hard to got. The yellow fever has Just been cleaned out. Accommodations nro now a hun dred percent bettor In the city of Panama. "Tho Improvements making for the comfort and convenience of canal zouo life have been constant. Shipping fa cllltles have been Increased by adding more ships to the ( loot and double tracking the railroad. Streets In Pana ma have been paved , while water and Hewer systems have been Introduced. As a result of changes for the .health and comfort of llfo Americans are bringing their families to the zone. Twelve or fifteen hundred American women and children are In the canal territory now. " Mr. Tannehlll brings word from the Norfolk colony at Panama , all of whom seemed satisfied with their now south ern quarters. Men from Norfolk are rendering efficient service In different fields of work connected with the gov ernment's big task of canal digging. The O'Connor Family. D. C' . O'Connor , superintendent of public lust ruction In the canal zone with headquarters In the administra tion building In the city of Panama , has done a splendid work In organizing the schools of the district. Superin tendent O'Connor , resigning his posi tion at the head of the Norfolk city schools , came to the zone In Novem ber , 1905 , at a time when everything was new. 'i'hero are now about thirty- five schools In the zone. These schools , which are for the most part taught by American girls , have on the average an attendance of perhaps thirty stu dents. The greater number of the pupils In Superintendent O'Connor's schools are the children of the black laborers - brought from the West Indies to handle the rough work on the canal. The school children are segregated along color lines , some six of the schools , being turned over to the exclusive , Instruction of the white children In the zone. Most of the work In the thirty odd schools Is along primary Hues. Tile elements of the Spanish language are taught along with the Instruction in English. Mr. O'Connor has his headquarters In the administration building In the city of Panama. About three days out of the week Is spent In office work the rest of the tlmo Mr. O'Connor de votes to an active supervision of the work that Is being carried on In the schools stretching along the canal ter ritory. Ono of the black schools under the supervision of Norfolk's former superintendent stands five miles from the railroad , the only frame building In tbo historic village of Cruces , hav Ing some 000 people and a population entirely native. Mr. O'Connor and his family H\e nl ( Jorgona. Misses Mary and Florence. O'Connor teach In the public schooh of the /one. Of the sons , Charles hat a position in tV.o macr.'ne shops al Gorgona , Emerson is the master ma chauic's office boy , Pearson Is li school , while Walker , who has beer it attending school at Meadville , Penn. has been expected to Join the famll ) In Gorgona. Miss Pearl Wldaman makes li'ei home with the O'Connors at Gorgona where she teaches In the schools. Dr. Walters. Dr. F. G. Walters , who resides wltl his family at Bas Oblspo , Is chief o the property division of the health de partmcnt of the canal zone. Dr. Wai tcrs has his headquarters nt his mall store house at Colon. His duties con Hist In directing the purchasing am distributing of medical stores. Ho hai supervision over twenty-three men dls trlbutcd among the different store lo houses along the line of work. Dr lom m Walters arrived In Panama In October id 1905 , and was the first of the Norfoll if. party to take up work In the zone rd Ills son , Horace Walters , is employei In the government machine shops a Gorgona , two inlk'ii from Has Ohlnpo II , ( I. Haiti , the latest arrival from Norfolk , Is omplnyod by the commit- Mnn as a conductor In the excavation department. Mm. Haiti expects to join bur IniHlmnd as noon as quarters can bo secured at Culobra. Mr. Tuniuililll In "postmaster at An cou , Hint Ion A. " The olllco of which ho Is In churgo Is In the administration building In tliu center of the city of Panama. The olllco In largely con cerned with department work , about Moveuty-llvu per cent of the buiilncfiH lining official. The seventeen c until zouo poslolllces are uiidur the direct supervision of the canal commission with Col. Tom M. Cooke , formerly of Lincoln , Nolir. , "director of posts. " Homo with scores of pictures and news clippings touching on all phases of llfo In the Panama canal zone , Mr. Taiiuehlll In full of the story of the now country where American Institu tions and customs are blending Into the environment of a tropical country "Tho canal zouo Is about the nlzo of Madison county It stretches Ilvo mllun on either sldo of the canal. A llttlo strip of laud a half mile wldo and forty-eight miles long contains the whole Hphoro of action. Within thin llttlo strip are seventy-live big steam 'shovels ' , busy machine shops , 1.500 skilled mechanics , 1,000 carpenters and other workmen in proportion. Thto gives a tremendous amount of activity. "Then ! are 80,000 people In the canal zouo and the two terminal cities of Pimumu and Colon. Panama Is a city of 27,000 people , about a thousand of whom are American living In Aucon , addition built adjacant ( o Panama hut In American territory. Colon him about 15,000 peoplo. It Is a cosmo politan population that lives In the llttlo strip of laud that means so much for America's ambit Ions. Of I be canal employes the greater purl of the IIO- 000 luhorcni are West India blacko. Flvo thousand Americans have been brought ( o Panama by the commission as skilled workmen , clerks and officers. Then1 Is probably over a thousand American women and children who have accompanied their husbands and fathers lo the southern country , "Dances and parties brighten the social life. The railroad 'pass' still flourishes In Ihu zone country and at do In Increasing social Intercourse. Bauds , orchestras , baseball are all nupportod with American enthusiasm. "Hotels with good meals at reason able figures are In all the American setlk'inL'iits. All employes of the gov ernment are furnished with quarters by the government. Americans live all along the Hue of work , In llttlo towis | of half a dozen families and In cities when ; the white population num bers many hundred. "Tho administration building whom our postolllco Is located Is an Inter esting building , " continued Mr. Tan nehlll , "creeled some twenty-five years ago as a hotel It was purchased by Hit French company and has Hlnce been used by both the French and the Americans as the capital of the ounal zone. Here the governor has his of fice and here most of the departments have their headquarters. A now build ing , however , Is going up In Ancou and the offices will soon be In American territory. Of course both Panama and Colon were excluded from the canal /.one ceded to the United States by the Panama government. " SHORTAGE OF COUNCILMEH Ordinance Regulating Salaries Is Got Out and Read. "Councllmen shall receive for their services the sum of two dollars for attendance nt each meeting of the council , but not to exceed fifty dollars per annum , to bo paid quarterly. " Norfolk city salary ordinance. Norfolk coiincllmen may have their munificent salary of 100 "bits" per annum chopped Into. Mayor Friday , . City Clerk Hulff , City Treasurer Haaso and Councilman Craven came early to the council chambers last evening , but otherwise the council came not. Before the mid-month niectlni : of the council formally died for want of , a quorum the old ordinance book was brought solemnly forth und that sec tion of the city statutes touching the salary end of the councilman's career * / read. The ordinance has been a "dead letter" and will no doubt so continue despite its .short resurrection last night. The fact , however , that part of their bounteous grant from the city has been called into question may cause the city fathers to look to a new fund for cigar money. No business of Importance was slated . ed to come before the council last night , City Attorney Weatherby hav ing given his opinion that the Norfolk saloons may legally remain open to the end of the municipal year without any action from the council to correct the tangle of dates in the licenses. The next meeting of the council will be a special session held on next Tues day evening to pass on details con nected with the projected pavement of Norfolk avenue. The old council will also meet again on May 2 , control of the city government passing to the new council on May 7. OLD WOMAN SUICIDES. Hangs Self to Rafter In Barn Body Still Warm When Found. Grand Island , Neb. , April 20. Spe is cial to The News : Mrs. Dalley , a wo man aged fifty , who had been In ill health for several years , committed suicide today by hanging. She used a clothesline and tied herself up to a rafter in the barn. She leaves ono daughter and two sons. The body was still warm when the woman was found , but lifo waa extinct