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TUB NOllFOMC WKKKLY NIOWS-JOURNAh : FIUDAY. MAY Jl. 1907. [ l * . ' , . & EARLY MORNING SHOOTING TRAG EDY NEAR NORFOLK. * OCCURS AT ILL FAMED HOUSE 'f . > * -f BOCHE HAS DISAPPEARED AND CAN NOT BE FOUND. RESULT OF TRIVIAL DISPUTE BOCHE KILLED ANOTHER MAN EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO. WITHIN A WEEK OF SAME DATE Jarmer Was Trying to Force Boche Into a Cab and Boche Fired Three Lead Balls Into Jarmer Were Leav ing the Resort Together. [ Froir Wednesday' ? Dally. ] IVithln eight days of the anniver sary of a tragedy eighteen years ago inwhich he killed George Ives with an axe , Herman Boche , a well known farmer living four miles southeast of Norfolk , shot and killed Frank Jar- mer , a Norfolk saloonkeeper , at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning in front of " 247 , " an 111 famed resort east of the river. Jarmer was shot three times and died ahout an hour after the shooting. Jloclio and Jarmer were members of the same fraternal order and had been warm frlojids for years. They had not been quarreling during the night The shooting occurred when Jarmer tried to force Boche into a waiting cab. Both men are said to been under the influence of li quor. Boche Makes Escape. After the shooting , Roche managed to escape from the place and to con ceal himself from the first hurried hunt of the officers. Lee Vroman , a hackman commonly known along Norfolk avenue as "Red , " was at the scene of the shooting with his hack and stands as the principal witness to the tragedy , though Edna Ingham , mistress of " 247 , " claims to have seen the shooting through a win dow in the early light of -morning. . Sheriff Clements at Madison was notified of the shooting as soon as the news reached the local authorities. The sheriff with his deputy , Walter Blley , arrived in Norfolk ahout 9 a. m. and took charge of the efforts to locate Boche. Boche and Jarmer rode in a hack to the house beyond the river togeth er. They arrived about 1 o'clock and spent the night , according to what tes timony is at hand , without quarreling. In the morning hours , both under the influence of liquor , they ushered forth toward the hack that had been kept in waiting. Boche was forced into the hack. Lunging out again he de- fled Jarmer and "Red , " the hackman , to put him in , .talking in words not in telligible to the living eye witness or to the girls within the house. Pushing Jarmer from him , Boche opened fire on his companion with a u. reYolver , sending three bullets into Ji3 the man's body. "Red , " the hackman , this morning told a story of a wound ed man on the ground begging for mercy , which Bocho could not heed in the condition of his mind. Hackman Was Frightened. No one hindered the course of the slayer , the frightened hackman rush ing into his box and driving his horses hurriedly to town to bring himself to safety and the news to town. Shot In the road In front of the Ing- ham home , the wounded man was or dered to a place near the porch by women of the place. Physicians sum moned hurriedly from the city , car ried the dying man Into the house and sought to stop the flow of blood. Jar- mer's body had been pierced by three lead halls. He was shot once in the left shoulder and twice in the left groin. He was conscious but told lit tle of the tragedy save that he had been shot by Boche. Death came about C o'clock , an hour after the shooting. The dead man's wife , still under the first shock of the dreadful news brought to her , was taken to the scene j I of the tragedy. She did not arrive1 j until after her husband's death. The body of Frank Jarmer was car ried to the undertaking rooms of Ses sions & Bell to await the action of the authorities. May Be No Coroner's Inquest. ' In view of the lack of conflicting testimony County Attorney Jack Koen- Igsteln after an Inquiry into the de tails was of the opinion that a coron er's inquest was unnecessary and that It would represent an added expense to the county. Herman Boche , one of the princi pals of the shooting , is a Madison conn- ty farmer living four miles southeast of Norfolk. A man of forty-flight years , practically all of his life 1ms been spent In this vicinity. Ho is a married man with six children , the youngest a lad of some ten or twelve years , the oldest a young man of ago. Frank Jarmer , the victim , also mar ried , has lived In Norfolk for a number nf years , working about the city , servIng - Ing as a Imrtondor and In the last year or two conducting a saloon of hla own near the corner of Fourth street and Norfolk avenue. DOME'S ' SECOND KILLING He Killed George Ivcs Eighteen Years Ago , Almost on Snmc Date. The Wednesday morning tragedy In which Herman Bocho killed Frank Jar mer , occurred within eight days of the anniversary of another tragedy In which Herman Bocho killed another Madison county man. George Ivcs of Til don was the victim In that affair. Ills head was split open with nn axe In Bocho's hands and he , died a day later. Ho was struck Tuesday mornIng - Ing , April M , 1889 , and died the next day. Bocho was acquitted in court , self defense being his plea , Ives and his brother-in-law , Ixiw W. Reckard , were digging scloiiH from along the bank of the Elkhoru river on Boclie's farm. Herman Bocho and William Bocho approached , William carrying a revolver and Herman an axe. Words followed. It was said that William Boche advanced upon Reckard with his gun and I von , Hoeing danger , struck William Bocho with the butt-end of a target rllle. Then Herman Boche struck Ives on the head with his axe , crushing the skull and felling the victim like an ox. Herman Bocho declared that ho struck to pre vent Ives from assaulting hla brother , William , a second time. The two Bo dies at that time gave themselves up to the sheriff and were held under $5,000 bonds. Herman Boche was defended In his trial by former United States Senator William V. Allen and his partner , the late Congressman John S. Robinson. It was pleaded that Ives refused to leave the promises and became abusive and that his assault upon William Bo- die was unnecessary. It Is said that Senator Allen yet to day has .the axe with which Boche killed Ives. A DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Sober , Boche Is Kindhearted ; Drunk , He Becomes a Fiend. Friends of Herman Boche assert that he Is , excepting when under the inllucnce of liquor , klndhcarted and sociable. It is said of him that he has always been kind to his wife and children and that the children who have attained their majority still cling to the old home. For twenty years ho has allowed the public to overrun his farm , fishing and hunting at will. When he becomes intoxicated , how ever , it is said that he has always shown panicky traits. It is said ho one time jumped oft'a train between here and Sioux City which was going thirty miles an hour. NO TRACE OF DOCHE YET Slayer of Frank Jarmer is Still at Large ; No Clew Found. During the early part of the after noon. Sheriff J. J. Clements and his party returned from a tniltless search for Boche In the vicinity of his homo southeast of Norfolk. A careful search and inquiry carried on during the morning yielded no results and the sheriff and local officers returned to I Norfolk , -Stating that they had found no clue that would throw light on Bocho's whereabouts since he had left the scene of the tragedy early in the morning. During the afternoon a complaint charging Herman Boche with themur- der of Frank Jarmer was drawn up by County Attorney Jack Koenigstein. The complaint , which is divided into two counts , would afford an opportu nity to prosecute Boche on the charg es of second degree murder and man slaughter. Second degree murder car ries a nenalty of not less than ten years imprisonment , manslaughter not more than ten years imprisonment and not less than one year. When a mur der is committed without premedita tion or malice It falls under the head of manslaughter. County Attorney Koenigstein stated that from the known facts Boche could not bo pros ecuted for murder in the lirst degree. Before leaving late In the afternoon for a second visit to the neighborhood j ' of the Boche home Sheriff Clements' put himself in communication with ! : I neighboring olllclals. The sheriff of' Stanton county had been notified by the local police as soon as Informa- ] j tlon of the crime was received. Up to this hour no formal offer of reward had been made. The Jarmer saloon was closed all day. "Keys to the place were found In .Tanner's pocket. Jarmer is said to have been about forty-three years of ago. Ho leaves no children. It transpired that Boche tired four shots. The first one missed .farmer , tin ) next three inking effect Scarlet Fever Closes Schools. Bonesteel , S. D. , May 1. Special to The News : Uonesteel public schools were closed todav on account of a couple of cases of scarlet fever In town , which , however , are thoroughly ) I quarantined. This prompt action Is , expected to stamp out the disease before - ; fore It has a chance to manifest Itself In any further cases. CHARGED WITH INCEST. Anoka Liveryman Is In Jail on a Se rious Complaint. Butte , Neb. , May 1. Special to The News : M. P. Smothers , the livery man from Anoka , was arrested and la now in Jail awaiting his preliminary hearing , set for May 13. The charge Is Incest , preferred by bta seventeen- year-old daughter. AUCTION SALE WAS CALLED OFF DURING DAY. SALES AMOUNTED TO $10,000 It Was Believed by the Dallas Town- site Company That a Number of Men Were Combining to Pool on the Auc tion , and the Sale Ended. Bouesteel , S. D. , May 1. Special to The NOWH : The Hale of loin In the now town of Dallas amounted to a trllle over $10,000 before the auction feature of the Halo was called off on account of a very apparent tendency on the part of w > mo of the bidders to attempt to "corner" the Halo. After the auction was called off the towiiHlto company Hold a largo mini nor of lots at private sale to people who had ro- fuKcd to bid against the combination which had boon trying to control the affair by means of n pool. The total amount of the Hales dur ing the two days Is about $150,000. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Mrs. Perry of Stanton and Mrs. Per ry of Elgin , who have been In Norfolk the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Perry at the Junction , loft yesterday for a two weeks visit at Mlnot , N. D. Mrs. Robert Craft loft yesterday for a visit In Pierce. Mrs. O. R. Meredith spent yesterday on a visit In Pierce. Trainmaster 10. O. Mount went to Bonesteel yesterday. T. V. 1'reeco and George Berry of Battle Creek visited friends In Nor folk yesterday. Mrs. R. E. Williams returned last evening from a week's visit with friends In Omaha. L. Greenwood , auditor for the J. F. Toy banks , left Norfolk yesterday for a business visit to Madison. Will Hayward Is 111 with a severe cold. cold.T. T. C. Cantwell left at noon for Mad ison. Harry Owen went to Milford this morning. A. G. Barnum of Butie are in Nor folk today. L. D. Smith of Creighton Is In Nor folk today. Rev. J. P. Mueller left this morning for Seward. Hugh Hamilton left at noon for a visit at Pierce. II. F. Klocke of Carroll \vus in the city yesterday. William Graham of Creighton Is In the city today. T. E. Deinmo of Emerson spent yes terday in Norfolk. W. P. Mohr of Spencer was in Nor folk this morning. J. G. Besto of Hartington stopped in Norfolk yesterday. E. Crook of Meadow Grove was In the city yesterday. Mrs. C. L. Wattles of Neligh speht the day in Norfolk. J. W. Blngcnhelmer was In from Creighton yesterday. A. Brown was a Bloomfleld visitor in the city yesterday. Charles Vlterna of Lynch is in the city today. M. C. Ha/.en returned yesterday from a business visit to Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schwer of Pierce wore in Norfolk during the day. The Misses Hoyerman of Battle Creek spent yesterday in Norfolk- . R. L. Canoto has returned from Hot Springs , S. D. Mrs. Canote will re main there for a time. Miss Florence Biggs of Madison vis ited yesterday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwlg Koenigstein. Mrs. H. H. Moore , Mrs. C. H. Staley and Mrs. Albert Stelnkraus were Pierce visitors in Norfolk today. Mrs. Seth Jones and Mrs. Charles Pierce of Wlnnetoon are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Van Horn. Mrs. Pierce Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van Horn. Superintendent Reynolds left Nor folk during the morning to meet Vice- President Gardner and party at Long Pine. The special train carrying Vlce- Presldent Gardner and the other Northwestern olllclals on their west ern inspection trip is expected to pass through the city sometime this evening - ing returning cast. Mrs. C. A. South of Butte Is a vis itor in Norfolk today. John Thelsen has arrived In Nor folk from Wayne to accept a position as a pharmacist In the Klesau Drug company's store. Guy Munson of Valentine Is in the city on business today. Mrs. J. C. Spellmau left this mornIng - Ing on a visit to Nickersou. James Vail of Pllger Is In the city on a visit with his parents. Miss Myrtle Weaver returned yesterday torday from a Sunday visit to Tllden. Doris OluiHted , the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Qlm ted , is quite ill. Dr. C. S. Parker and M. D. Tyler re turned last evening from a visit to Madison. Mrs. George Spear and daughter , Erma , are home from Clark , where Mrs. Spear was called by the Illness of her mother. Henry Wiles , who recently arrived In Norfolk from Dover , Maine , Is clerk ing In the Davenport shoo store. F. M. Jennings , the Black Hills rep resentative of the Faucett-Carnoy Can dy company , Is in West Point on a brief visit home. M. M. Faucott , president of the Fan- celt-Carney Candy company , not hav ing been In the best of health , Is en joying a week's rest from the road. Engineer Al. Burling , who has been working between Missouri Valley and Lincoln , \VIIH hero vlNltltiK with hln family yt'Hk'rdny. George SehwnrU went to MlHioarl Vnlloy lliln luornlag to take examina tion for a position IIH fireman. A. T. Taylor \\ont to Atkinson yen- torday to take cure of nu caglno la the gravel pit. Mi'H. John llln/c returned homo from Omaha hint night where Him IIIIH been vlHltlng. MIsHOH May and Ruth Hhlvoly re' turned homo from Oinuliu hint , night. They hail been vlHltlng friends. Mrs. Hubert Craft went to Pierce to day on huulnoHH. Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Might left for Denver for a few duj'H visit with Mv. night's biother before going to their home In LoMars. Bug Bernette , who IH working In Fremont , wan up to npend a couple of days with his parontH , Mr. and Mm. Steve Bernt'tto. Mr. Singer of Fremont IH here switching In the yards thlH wook. Herman Salzwcdlo of Ijuircl , Neb. , IH home on a vlnlt with his parents , Mr. and Mm. JulluH Snl/wcdlo. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hallott Trln- hie , a BOM. May baskets were In the air and on the doorstops Tuesday night , and Nor folk little people were happy. ScoroH of the little ImHkotH , fringed with va riously colored UHHUO paper and filled with dainty sweetH , were loft at IIB many homes to mirprlHo the recipi ents and puzxlo them u.s to the HOIK- ors. ors.With With Home accountH Htlll onlatnnd- Ing It IB estimated that the net re ceipts from the Norfolk band mliiHtrels and program advertising will bring about $ . ' 150 into the band treasury. The money UIHH received will not only be Kulllcleat to provide the band with uniforms but will alm > help to meet current expenses connected with the organization. The new unlformH have not boon selected but will bo secured In time for use on Decoration day. Beyond the one announcement that Water CommlHsloner August. Drum- inimd would bo reappolnted for an other year's service Mayor-elect C. 11. Durlnnd has declined to make any public statement relative to the llHt of city appointments to bo submitted by him to the city council on the com ing Into power of the new city admin istration. The new municipal year commences on Tuesday , May 7 , and on that date Mr. Durlaml and the oth er successful candidates at the recent city election will bo conducted Into office. The llfit of appointive olllpers whose term of service expires with the present administration Is as fol lows : E. P. Weatherby , city attor ney ; .1. Hay , chief of police ; Win. Uecher , night police ; W. II. Living stone , Junction police ; August Bruin- mund , water commissioner ; street commissioner , ( vacant ) ; August Grnul , engineer at the pumping station. Newport News. Dan Kleckner of the Into firm of Dodd & Co. , who traded their stock of general merchandise here to F. A. Huston for a section of land at No- llgh , Is now at Neligh making im provements on the land preparatory to establishing a residence upon it. The following were recent visitors In Newport ; Mrs. Peacock and son , D. Peacock , G. M. Anderson , J. E. Estlack , Mlle , Fred and Frank Hutton , Marlavlllo ; Rev. E. E. Dillon. M. H. Vargason , J. M. and Frank Diiss'ett , J. .I ! Ehlrrs and M. Jerred , Klrkwood ; R. B. Trailer , H. Prlndle. J. O. De- guard and MHH | Rosa Hudspeth , At kinson ; F. H. Hamlet. Mills ; Dr. George Hemingway , O'Neill ; Emll Johnson , Brocksburg ; II. II. Everett , Stuart ; Dr. J. A. Meehnn and Dr. C. H. Root , BaHHett : M. Koenlg , Napcr ; J. E. and James Cook , Simpson ; Frank Amman and Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Brown , Hammond ; John L. Towlo , Sheridan , Wls. Wls.Born Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert An derson , a son. A young man who was Intoxicated slept out In the snow all night the other night and was nearly frozen when found. He was a stranger hero. RAN AWAY WITH PLOW. Team of Horses Drag Plow for Mile and a Half. A runaway occurred In the Held at the Rnasch farm , where the horses became frightened at a train while the boy who had been driving left the field for a few minutes. The team ran a mile and a half before they were played out plowing the hard road. Mr. and Mrs. John Faublo , jr. , went to Omaha Thursday to purchase a stock of goods. August Huebner went to Stanton Saturday. Miss Mary Brisso has gone to Pierce to make her homo. Mrs. Anton Huebner went to Tllden Saturday to visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs August Sonne. Henry Austin went to Pierce Sunday to visit his sons. Frank Modrow returned homo after a week's visit In Stanton. A surprise party was given at John Raasch's homo Tuesday , the ocpaslon being Mrs. Raasch'H birthday. Hadar and Pleasant Valley will play baseball Sunday on the Pleasant Val ley diamond. Is Run Over by Disc , Lindsay , Neb. , May L Special to The News : Joe Kans , a farmhand working for Joe Buettnor , was run over by a disc and escaped with a wrenched knee and torn clothes. The horses became frightened and ran away , throwing him under. It hap pened when both physicians , Dr. Ev ans and Dr. Tobkln , wore out of town attending the county medical meeting at Columbus. MISS MARGARET THOMPSON ADDRESSES - DRESSES MINISTERS. DEFINES POETRY OF POWER Professor of'English Llteurnture In Donne Collcue Held Her Audience by Charm and Coherence of Thought and Sympathetic Delivery. Holding the IntnroHl of her nadloaco by the claim ) and coherence of her thought and by the olTci'ttvuaeHH of her low Hympathulle delivery , MIHH Marnarol ThoinpHon , profe.HHor of Eng- HHI | lltornturo In Donne college at Crete , addreHHcd a northeaHt Nebraska audience In the First Congregational church last evening on "The .Spiritual Element In American poetry. " MIHH Tlioniimon'H lecture occupied the TIIOH- day evening part of the Tuesday HUH- Hlon of the Elkhorn Valley AHHoclntlon of Congregational churehoH now mootIng - Ing In annulil convention In the Find Congregational church of Norfolk. In addition to the visiting paHtors and delegates In attendance at the HOH- HlotiH , the Tuomlny ovenlng lecture wan enjoyed by u large number of Norfolk lioople. Distinguishing between I ho poetry of Intellect and between that poetry which , having Honiethlng of the spir itual becomes the poetry of power , MlHs Thompson reviewed the Hplrltual element IIH It appearH In the American poetH of the nineteenth century. The ittltado of these American pools of fame toward nature , Immunity and God was Illustrated la detail by quota tions ftom ( ho poeniH In qacHlloa. HS Thompson saw In the ( aspiration of the American poets a roslntlng force igaliiRt present day malerlallHia. She wild In part last evening : "We find that the Hplrltual element IHIH strong , vital expression In Amer ican poetry. ThlH fact moans much to as as citizens of America and of the world ; and It may moan vastly more to us I him It does now If we but will. We hear much of the predomi nance of the mlaorlallHtlc Hplrlf In our country today and we arc lee little Htlrred by the HorloumiOHS of thin charge. "Without vision the people perish , ' and we all know that the inn- terlall.sllc spirit Is as deadly to vision today as In the days of Solomon. This li'our affords neither the time nor the place for dlHciisHlng the various means of overcoming this tendency towards materialism. Bat one ineaiiH I urge. The law of growth Implies food and exercise. If we wish IhlH life of the spirit to be strong in ourselves and In our children we must glvo II abun dance of pure , wholesome , nourlHlifng fond and an opportunity to express If- self again and again In terms of our own Individualities. We are most foi- lunate la having I how soulful singers of the pure lives anil readily Inter preted page ns our own countrymen , sinning of oar own nkles and land scapes , with their birds and flowers , and of our brothers anil sisters and family history and thoughts ami Ideals. 'If we bat make them companions and comrades first of all in our homes and then In our schools , knowing them through and through , we shall find them very potent In helping UK to over come undue emphasis on material things by developing within us what they have In such rich meamiro : sen- Hitlveness to beauty ; n deep feeling for nature ; the spirit of brotherly love ; a high conception of the purpose of life here and now ; a deep reverence for God ; and oarac.st inquiry and med itation concerning the life beyond that 'bourne from which no traveller re- tuniH. ' " \n organization of the association for the two days session In Norfolk was effected yesterday afternoon. Rev. J. J. Parker of Genoa , a former pastor of the First Congregational church of Norfolk , was chosen mod erator. J. E. Taylor of Neligh , prin cipal of Gates academy , was selected as clerk. Under the topic of the "Trl-Church- Union" Rev. C. H. Crawford of Bloom fleld brought before the association the proposed union of the Congrega tional , Methodist Protestant and Unit ed Brethren churches. Mr. Crawford favored the plan of union and the trend of the discussion that followed was In the main favorable to the union of the churches. It Is probable that a loose confederation of the churches will precede an organic union of the three churches. The question of un Ion is to come before the national council of the Congregational churches meeting next October In Cleveland. The following committee was named by the moderator yesterday to draw up resolutions expressing1 the attitude of the northeast Nebraska association on the trl-church-unlon : Rev. Victor Clark. Neligh ; Rev. W. J. Turner , Norfolk - folk ; Rev. John M. Hlnes , Norfolk ; Rev. C. H. Danes , Plerco ; Rev. C. H. Crawford , Bloomflold. The committee was instructed to report today. Interest was aroused yesterday af ternoon In Rev. J. J. Parker's discus sion of "Theological Interest in Eng land , " and in the book review of Gor don's "Through Man to God" by Rev. J. J. Klopp of Stnnton. JACK KNIFE KILLS JACK RADDIT Carl Reiche's Aim Lands Game Then the Rabbit Revived. One jack-knife , and ono jack-rabbit down ! It was the skillfully aimed Jack knife of Carl Relche , a prominent farmer living several miles south o : Norfolk and director in the school of hln ( llmrlcl , which plunged Iliiotijih 'he April air and howled over u HWlftly 'wiping Jack rabbll on the meadow. When Mr , llelelin picked up hi * Ini'Ki'l. II wan a llfehwM jiic.U-mhhlt When he got hotno with hi * itniiiii h < > wan howllilcted to HCO ( he Mills' Jackrabbit - rabbit come lo life again. A kmicl , behind ( he earn completed the second killing. THIS COMMITTED PAYS OWN WAY Union Depot Committee Will Work at Its Own Expense. C C. ( low wan Installed In bin of lice an secretary of the Commercial club al the meeting of the directors TncHilay morning In the ollleo of I ) . MathowHoa & Co. Mr. Gow at ( Mice catered upon bin new datlen. Of the illrecloi'H MCHHTH , lluralinm , Mnthow- HOII. Degner , Mayer , Carney , Durland and Hoffman were present. looking towards a conference to beheld held with lulcnmtcil railroad ofllclalK la Omaha In the IntcrcHlH of the pro- poHcd union depot for Norfolk , A. J Durland wnti authorized to nolect a committee of Commercial c.lub direct- on ) and other cltl/oait to confer with the railroad oliclaln ! at Omaha , the committee HO Hclcctcd to defray Ibi own oxpotiHOH. The conference wltJi the olllclals of the Hovoral roadii will probably bo held In Omaha within the next few days. Secretary Gow WIIH Iniilructed to no- cure ronownlH of laeinberHhlp la the Commercial club and to make an ef fort to bring now moinbent Info the orgnnl/.atlon. The directors volod that in the fu ture their ineetlngH would bo hold promptly al H : . ' ! ( ) a. m. on the weekly meeting dato. If was also roHolvod by the direct ors that In the future all Information touching Commercial dab affairs should roach the public only through the hands of the Hecrotary. RAY CASSELL , AGED NINETEEN , HAS PLEADED GUILTY. ROBBERY WAS AT MADISON Dan Q. Nicholson's Merchandise Store at the County Scat Was Entered and Robbed and a Youthful Farmhand Has Confessed His Guilt. ( From Twstlay'H Dally.l Ray CaHsoll , aged I ! ) , a farmhand working near Madison , Tuesday ad mitted being guilty of the burglary of llan C } . NIcholHon'H general niorchan- UlHo store In Madlmm on last Satur day ovealng , according to advice re ceived from MndlHon by County Attor ney Jack Koenlghtola Tacsduy nl'lei- noon. The goods taken from Nichol son's store were said lo bo valued at $121) . CaHsell , according to Iho Information mation furnished the county attorney , consented to waive the preliminary examination in the county court and to enter a plea of "guilty. " The burglary occurred after 111 o'clock Saturday evening , entrance to the store building being effected from the rear through the collar. The goods were found Tuesday morning by Cos- sell's employer , E. T. McGchee , wrapped in a sack In an old IIOIIHO on the McGohco farm. Mr. McGehee's suspicions had been previously aroused by the absence of his farmhand Into Saturday evening and by suspicious acts following his return. Cassell , who gave hlH homo ut Steele City , Nob. , and who has been working around Madison for about two months , was taken to the county seat Tues day. Admitting his guilt , he declined to offer a defense. After CassoH's plea of guilty Is formally entered in the docket ho will receive his sentence following the convening of the dis trict court In Madison on May 27. Be cause theyoung , prisoner offered no resistance to the charge filed against ilm Tuesday the presence of the coun- .y attorney was not required In Madi son. Aid Society Entertains. Butte , Neb. , May 1. Spuclal to The News : The M. E. Undies Aid society entertained members of the Congre gational Ix-idles Aid society yesterday iftcriHxm at the beautiful homo of \ttorney W. T. Wills. About fifty la- lies wore present and a most elegant unch was served by the hostesses. The state of Nebraska , Madison county , ss. In the matter of the estate of Wil- lam R. Braasch , deceased. Notice Is hereby given to all per sons having claims and demands against William R. Braasch , late of said Madison county , deceased , that the time fixed for filing claims against said estate Is twelve months from the Gtli day of May , 1907. All such per sons are required to present their claims with the vouchers to the coun ty judge of said county at his office In the city of Madison , in said Madi son county , on or before the 7th day of May. 1908 , and that nil claims so tiled will be heard before said Judge on the 7th day of May , 1908 , at 1 o'clock p. m. U Is further ordered that notice to all persons Interested In said estate bo given by publishing a copy of this order In the Norfolk Weekly News- Journal , a weekly newspaper printed , published and circulating in said coun ty , for four consecutive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand and seal this 29th day of April , A. D. , 1907. [ Seal- William Bates. County Judge.