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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAL : I'MUIUY ' , .Jl'LY ' 12 , li)07 ) ,
SEVERE TORNADO STRUCK LONG
PINE SATURDAY.
WAS SEVERE HAIL AT GREGORY
The Northwest Was Dotted With Very
Severe Tornadoes Saturday Evening ,
Much Damage Done at Various
Places. ,
Long Pine , Neb. , July S. Special to
The News : At 4 o'clock Saturday af
ternoon Long Pine was visited by the
heaviest wind , rain anil hall storm In
the history of the town. In some In
stances the slorm look on the force of
a cyclone and almost everything mov
able was carried from Its place.
The Alethodlst church had just re
cently been remodeled and rebuilt ,
was completely wrecked and llio
whole slrucluro Is now In ruins. On
Sunday nflernoon the members of the
church had a meeting to make ar
rangements for a new building.
The storm came from llio north nnd
n light wind was blowing from the
soiilh , the two winds meeting and com
ing to the ground at a point just above
the town. Alany people saw the storm
approaching nnd hastened to their col
lars and caves. The streets were
crowded with farmers buying their
weekly supplies. The business hous
es were soon packed with badly fright
ened people ; men were yelling , women
wqre fainting and above all the dread
ful roar of the wind as it picked the
shingles from the roofs of houses and
In many cases carried away the whole
roof. The first real thought of danger
was when the , large fire bell over llio
town hall came crashing lo Ihe side
walk and the large timbers from the
bell tower wont Hying through the
glass windows on the opposlle side of t
the slreet. One of the timbers passed [
Into the front part of the meat market ,
which was crowded with men , women
and children. Tlios. Wright , a farmer
living north of lown , was slruck In the
abdomen and suffered Internal injuries
from which he probably will not re
cover. A number of other people were
slightly injured by Hying glass and
timbers.
The Intorstalo lelephono company Is
perhaps one of the heaviest losers , as
almost all of the telephone poles are
broken off at the ground and wires are
broken and scattered throughout the
town.
The large carpenter shop belonging
to E. E. Ansminger and containing
much valuable machinery , Is a com
plete wreck , as Is also a largo number
of barns and other smaller buildings.
Large pieces of timber wore carried
for half a mile and were sent through
the air with 'such force that they were
carried through the roofs of different
buildings. The old Northwestern
roundhouse was completely unroofed
as was also the coal schutes and a
number of other buildings belonging
to the company. A number of barns
and windmills were literally torn to
pieces and twisted out of shape. Sev
eral new houses which were almost
completed wore carried and twisted
from their foundations. Alany trees
were torn up by the roots and carried
blocks away. Almost every business
house had one or more windows broken /
en by Hying debris.
Arba Robinson , manager of the Long
Pine dray line , had just put his horses
in the barn when the whole building
went up In. the air and dropped with
a crash about eighty feet away. Air.
Robinson had a very narrow escape.
One of the horses was carried with
the barn , but was not in the least In
jured. There was hardly a house In
the town that was not damaged in
some way.
An estimate of the damage as given
out by some of the leading insurance
agents is $20,000 , about halfof It covered
v11
ered by tornado insurance. The hail
did little damage as it came after 'the
wind had subsided and the hailstones
were very small.
Hail Damage at Gregory.
Gregory , S. D. , July 8. A big hall
storm struck hero at 4 o'clock Satur
k y day afternoon. Thirty-five store windows
\i
dews were broken on Main street.
Hundreds of windows were smashed
over the town.
Small grain has been damaged one-
fourth. The damage Is mostly local.
Destructive Wind at Crelghton.
Creighton , Neb. , July 8. Special to
The News : Severe wind Saturday
evening moved three barns from their
foundations , tolally demolishing one.
Two houses were moved from their
foundations. Thirteen windmills were
demolished and Iwo miles of lelophone
poles and wires deslroyed. The storm
was Ihree miles wide and occurred
Ihree miles east of hero.
Wind and Hail at Niobrara.
NIobrara , Neb. , July 8. Special to
The News : Severe rain , wind and hall
struck hero al G o'clock Saturday
evening , doing great damage to do
I nnd fruit trees and almost ng
, small grain. Considerable damage to
corn Is reporled. Gardens were ed
! by llio rain and hall. A largo barn on
Ihe Persons farm soulli of town was '
blown to pieces. The largo govern
ment wagon bridge west of town crossing
sset
ing llio NIobrara river had sixteen feet
of the approach taken about 125 feet
out Into the stream where it caught ;
A on some piling. Much apprehension
y was felt at first as the clouds were of
unusual color. So far as Is known no
lives were lost.
Woman Killed on Rosebud.
Valentine , Neb. , July 8. During a
severe electrical storm , which passed
lovir the Rodcbud ngcncy , north of
'hire. ' Mrs. Alfred Bordeaux was hilled
by lightning. Telephones were burned
out nnit several horses hilled. The
storm \vns accompanied by n high
wind , which did considerable dntnngo.
Hnll at Petersburg ,
Petersburg , Neb. , July S. Special to
The News : A heavy wind and rnln
storm visited this section of the coun
try. The wind brought rnln nnd hull
which fell for nbout llftoen minutes ,
doing great damage to crops wimt of
hero. The hall fell In streaks. East
and north of hero no hall fell but n
heavy rain , and west considerable
damage was done to winter wheat.
For four consecutive years hall has
done dainago to a strip of land west
of Petersburg.
The rain was of great benefit to the
crops as It had been some weeks since
the last rainfall and the ground Svas
quite dry.
WILL ARREST EDITOR GEORGE A.
MILES OF O'NEILL.
UNDER CRIMINAL LIBEL LAW
FOR STATEMENTS MADE IN HOLT
COUNTY INDEPENDENT.
MUST NOW PROVE HIS CHARGES
Supreme Judge J. B. Barnes of Nor
folk Authorized His Attorney , Burt
Mapes , to Commence Action Against
O'Neill Newspaper Man.
Supreme Judge J. B. Barnes of Nort
folk , justice of the Nebraska supreme
court , has authorized his attorney ,
Burt Alapes of this city , to commence
action against George A. Allies , editor
of the Holt County Independent of
O'Neill , for criminal libel.
Basis for the suit Is found In an ar
ticle which appeared in the Indepen
dent last week In which vicious and
libellous charges are made against the
supreme judgo. The charges are so
criminal and terrible that Judge
Barnes and his friends will give the
O'Neill editor an opportunity to pro
duce the proof of his story or face a
term In Ihe penllenllary.
This acllon was aulhorized by Judge
Barnes after he had consulted with .
friends in Norfolk and other parts of (
the state who declare that there Is not
a particle of truth In the charges made
by the O'Neill paper against Judge
Barnes and say that upon his failure
,
to produce evidence In support of
false statements , It may go badly
wllh Iho Holt county , newspaper man. ,
Judge Barnes left on the early train
for Lincoln to attend a session of the
supreme court. His decision to prose
cute Editor Allies was reached late
last night , after he had consulted with ,
his friends here.
Some in Norfolk May Get Stung.
Along with the determination to
prosecute the Holt county editor on a
charge of criminal libel , Judge Barnes
determined also to give a number of
local scandalmongers who have been
retailing stories concerning- him on the ,
streels , an opportunity to prove their
stalemenls in court.
It will probably be found before they
get through that those persons and ,
newspapers who have been busying
themselves with the affairs of Judge
1
Barnes will be taught a severe lesson
as the judge Is determined that those '
. ,
who have been slandering him shall
either prove their assertions or suffer 1
the consequences.
DEMENTED MAN IN THE FIELDS
Was Seen Between Nellgh and Plain-
view by a Farmer.
Plalnvlcw , Neb. , July 8. Special to
The News : Will Peterson , a farmer
living a short distance north of Plain-
view , came to town and reported that
he had seen a crazy man at the road
side while returning from the celebra
tion at Neligh. Peterson stated that
the man was nude and , while crossing ,
the fields , would occasionally run as
though pursued. Others saw the un
fortunate man but none got close
.
enough to Identify him. It was a first (
thought here that the man might be
Hay 0. Grooms , who was drowned at
Nellgh and whose body was not found
till Saturday.
LOOK INTO CREAMERY RATES ,
State Railway Commission Will Hear
Case August 6.
Lincoln , Neb. , July 8. Special to
The News : Fearing that the big
creameries and the Western Freight
association are trying to kill the small
creameries , the railway commission
has called a public meeting of dairy
men at Lincoln August 0.
The western association has an
nounced special rates for long ship
ments and has boosted other rates.
The commission will not allow now
schedules to become effective until the
matter Is explained.
There are storo-ads. printed today
which will quicken the Interests even
. of these curious folks who only
"glanco over the ads. now and then. "
NORFOLK SCHOOL BONDS FOR
$2,000 RETURNED.
PROBLEM IS NOT YET SETTLED
The Board of Education Received
Word More Than a Week Ago That
" "
"the Chicago Bond Buying Finn Had
Decided to Accept Bonds.
The Norfolk board of education has
the $111,000 high school bond IHHIIO
back ' on Its hands again. The Chica
go linn of Trowbililge , Nlver & Co. ,
which bid In the bonds at four and a
halt percent at a premium of $1111 ,
has ' notified the board that the bonds
will not bo taken up by the company.
The various bids milimltted by the
several bidders for the bonds last
spring provided that the bonds must
be approved by the bidder's attorney.
The Chicago company takes advantage
of this provision In withdrawing Its
bid. The history of the school bonds
was approved by the state auditor and
the position taken by the Chicago
company In the matter Is declared by
members of the board to bo a mere
subterfuge.
Trowbrldgo , Nlver & CO.'H offer for
the high school bonds WUH accepted by
the board on May C. A few days later
a cerllfied check for $1,000 was tiled
with the board. After many weeks
had elapsed and no word came from
liC
Chicago the board wrote to the bond
llrm ashtntj for action on the bond
purchase. In reply the Chicago llrm
backed away from the transaction.
The next best bid received by ( In
board last May on four and a half per
cent bonds was the $51 premium of
fered by Mason , Lew.ls & Co. of Chi
cago. This company has written to
the board that It would not duplicate
Us offer of last May because of chang
es in the condition of the general bond
market.
The Norfolk board of education held
a : i special meeting Saturday evening in
the ofllce of President Vlele. No ac
tion was taken at the meeting In re
gard to the bond muddle. Members
of the board arc having the general
condition of the bond market Investi
gated before taking further action to
wards disposing of the bond issue au
thorized at last April's election.
MONDAY MENTION.
N. Al. Johnson was In Omaha today.
S. Beck returned at noon from Stan-
ton. ,
C. S. Hayes left at noon for Battle
Creek.
Carl Lehman visited friends In Stanton -
ton today.
Jack Wellls of Lincoln spent Sunday
In Norfolk.
A. J. Iloehuo of Osmond was In Nor
folk Sunday.
Sheriff .1. J. Clements was up from
Aladlson Sunday.
Frank Flynn was In Grand Island
over Sunday.
Emll Grosse of Bcemer was In Norfolk -
folk Sunday.
Airs. B. F. Wood of Bonesteel is in
Norfolk loday.
C. S. Smith of Aladlson was In Nor
folk over nlghtl
F. W. Llermann of Bcemer was In
Norfolk Saturday.
H. Al. Scott of Plalnviow stopped in
the city Saturday.
C. D. Case of Wood Lake was in
Norfolk yesterday.
Dr. O. R. Meredith was in Stanton
Salurday aflernoon.
Fred Pllgor of Plalnvlow Is visiting
relatives in Norfolk.
Aliss Virginia Halo of Atkinson was
in Norfolk Saturday.
Aliss Alvlra Johnson Is home from
a visit to Wisconsin.
John R. Hays rolurned Saturday
evening from Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hlbbcn returned
Saturday from Oakdalo.
Miss Llzlo Schramm returned to the
Fremont normal yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Farlln were up
from Madison over Sunday
Miss Edith Barrett returned to the
Fremont normal this morning.
, Miss Bell Temple of Waynojs in
Norfolk on a visit with her sister , Mrs.
C , C. Gow.
James W. Gordan , connected with
the Genoa Indian school , was In Nor
folk Saturday evening , returning to
Genoa.
Mrs. Charles Lodge left Sunday noon
to visit her husband , who entered the
General hospital in Omaha last week
on account of liver and heart trouble.
J. C. Stltt left at noon on a business
trip to Nellgh and Oakdale.
Chris Anderson left Monday on a
business trip to North Platte.
Miss Birdie Kuhl will return this
evening from n visit at Fremont.
County Attorney J. A. Van Wagenen
of Pierce was In Norfolk last evening.
Preston Ogden returns tomorrow to
Moody Institute In Chicago after a
short vacation visit In Norfolk ,
Miss Ida Jones of Winnetoon , who
has been visiting In Norfolk , left at
noon for her home In Winnetoon.
Mrs. Bruno of Columbus , who has
been In Norfolk on a visit with Mrs.
W. S. Fox , left at noon for a visit at
Crclghton.
Mrs. C. 13. Burnham and daughter ,
Miss Fale , arrived homo Saturday
evening from a visit at Ad < 1 and Rock- :
Inwell City , Iowa.
Mrs. L. C. Mather and Miss Harriet
Alalher loft today for Seattle , Wash. ,
where they will visit relatives during
the coming year.
M. D. Tyler , past exalted ruler of
the Norfolk lodge of Elks , and C ofB.
Salter will leave tomorrow morning
for Philadelphia to attend the grand
lodge of Elks. They will go by way
of Nlognra Fallii , Ntw York City ,
Wa > hlngton. and will probably visit
the Jamestown exposition.
Franh Pluck IN tjullo 111.
Hilly Mill \\cnl to Onmlia this noon
HI hUHlnoHM.
Men. Van Kvana' sinter and two chil
dren of Fremont nro visiting with her
this week.
Mm. Kd , Adams returned hoinefioin
Fremont hint night , where Hho had
been on biiRlnesH.
Mrs. Charley Taylor returned homo
from Marflhalltown , Iowa , hiHt night.
Hho had been vlslllng with bur son.
Airs. Clarence Iledrlck returned
from Chadron yesterday where she
haw been visiting with her sister , Airs.
Pintle.
MI-H. Mather , who has been hero
\lHltliiK with her HOD , Mlllor Mather ,
loft for her home In Seattle , Washing-
ion , today.
Mr. Itranlgan loft for Wisconsin ( o-
day on business.
i'ho weal passenger was delayed
yenlcrday noon , , until about l ) o'clock
last evening , on account of a washout
on the line , but an extra was made
up at' Long Pine with Mr. Cane us con
ductor , which brought the passengers
huro at about 2 o'clock.
Mrs. It. W. Williams and Helen
lU'cla returned from Columbus Satur
day evening , win-re they spent the
Fourth with Mr. Williams.
A. 11. Vh'lo loft at noon on a busl-
IH-B8 trip to Chicago and Grand Hap-
Ids , Mich. He will bo absent In the
east for two or three weeks.
General Manager F. Walters and
Engineer of Maintenance A. A.
Sclioneh of Omaha were In Norfolk
Monday noon on route to Chadron ,
Fred W. Hoffman of Omaha Is In
Norfolk thegmBt of Harold Gow. Mr.
llofmnnn Is a student In the engineer-
lug department of the slate university.
Commissioner John Malone of Mad
ison was In the city completing the
purchase of a bunch of cattle which
go to his farm a few miles out from
Madison.
Will Hoar of Wayne was In Nor
folk last night enroulo homo from a
luminous lrlj > to Plt-rco. Mr. Hour
recently graduated from the law do
partmenl of the state university.
Hrnest Bridge has returned to Norfolk -
folk enroutc to his hnino In Mount Vernon -
non , S. D. , from Spokane , whore ho
went with his parents a few weeks
ago. Ho says that he is glad to get
back cast.
General Superintendent S. M. Braden -
den pf Norfolk , Trainmaster 12. O.
Mount of Norfolk , Trainmaster J. Lop-
pla of Fremont and Trainmaster M.
E. Panglo of Chadron left for Chicago
to attend the monthly meeting of
Northwestern operating olllcials held
in Chicago Tuesday.
Al Campbell , general agent of Camp
bell Brothers' circus , a Nebraska en
tcrprise , was In Norfolk the guest of
Robert F. Schiller of llio Oxnard over
Sunday. Air. Campbell reports thai
ills circus , which left for the coast
after showing In Norfolk hibt spring ,
Is doing a fine business in Idaho , Wy
oming and Washington. Details of the
contract for the return trip was the
principal business that brought Air.
Campbell to Norfolk , where his nego-
liallons wore with the Norlhweslern.
Air. Campbell left Norfolk Alonday.
Born to Air. and Airs. W. A. Schwcrt-
fcger , a son.
Norfolk firemen are discussing
plans for the annual picnic of the de
partment. The picnic will bo hold In
about si month.
George B. Chrlstoph was awarded
Ihe contract for paints nnd oils and
the contract for drugs for the Norfolk
hospital ( hiring the coming quarlor.
The Ladles Alisslonary society of
the Congregallonal church will meet
with Airs. O. H. Aleredith Tuesday af
ternoon. The ladies of the congrega
tion and their friends are cordially In
vited to be present
O'Neill Independent : Al. F. Har
rington leaves Sunday for Omaha on
his way to the Pacific coast and the
Clipper mine. His sons will join him
at Omaha and go with him. They will
be absent unlll Ihe laller part of Aug
ust.
The necessary allerations have boon
made In the banking fixtures of the
Nebraska National bank to make the
fixtures conform with the bank's new
home1 in the Cotton building. During
the past two days men have been em
ployed In setting up the flxlures.
Aliss Alia AlcKlver of this city has
been elected to a vacancy In the
leaching force of Ihe Norfolk schools.
This election was made at a meeting
of the board of education held Satur-
day evening. All vacancies In Ihe
ranks of Norfolk's leachers have now
been filled.
The Aladlson Star-AIall subscription
contest resulted as follows : Aliss
Stella Smith , Aladlson , first. 591,880
80w
votes ; Aliss Nora Hoskins , Fairvlew ,
second , 283,100 ; Aliss Alaria Goble-
man , Green Garden , 273,510 ; Aliss Car-
rlo Abts , Randolph , 1G1.COO.
July 17 Is the dale set for the game
between the Walthill Indians and ho
Norfolk Brownies. The game will bo
played at the driving park diamond.
The Indians are from the Omaha and
Wlnncbago reservations and have a
fast team. They play at Plalnvlew
on July 1C.
L. A. Hothe , who is to become vice-
president and local manager of the
Clllzens Nallonal bank of Norfolk ,
has railed the W. II. Johnson resl-
kdenco property on Koenlgstcln av
enue. Air. Ilotho will ship his house-
hold goods to Norfolk this week from
his former homo at Fonda , Iowa.
Sunday morning th < engine on the
Black Hills passenger out of Deadwood
wood slipped a tire , the accident oc
casioning delay In the arrlvn of echo
noon passenger from the hills Sunday.
A special passenger train made up at
Long Pine arrived In Norfolk on the ;
scheduled lime , Hie regular llliu-U
HIM' , train arrhlni ; In Hie city Hrveral
In urn later In Hie afternoon
due death and one prnHtnilloii fiom
heal are repotted I'loni Valentine In
it dlHpalclt to the Omaha I lee. The
four-ear-old daughter of Mr. and Mr * .
Johnson of that place succumbed , A
crippled man from Lincoln , who want
helping to inflate a balloon prior to an-
ceitfdoii , WIIH overcome from heat and
Ihe gun , and for a limn WIIH In a crit
ical condition , lull will recover.
J. C. PitKoh-r , farmer * line uncut
for lite Nohrntdm Telophnno company ,
and MHK | Lillian D. Neal of Peru were
married In Peru on June ill ) . Mr.
1'ageler has been stationed In Norfolk
since Ihe first of AIny nnd has made
many friends In the city. Mr. Pag
clcr and his brldo have arrived In
piN
Norfolk and are malting their home
with A. H. IJolmimn al 200 South
Nlnlh slreel.
Another ( making rain , Just at the
right time , drenched Norfolk andvl01
clnlty Saluiday night. An Inch and
( Uie-hiindredlh of water fell In u whorl
lime and crops worn greally bcuollled ,
While the air was sultry , nothing of
Ihe violent storm which raged In the
country northwest of Norfolk , touch
ing Long Pine , NIobrara and Gregory ,
was felt here. The temperature
reached only Si ) on Sunday. The atmosphere
mosphero was Intensely sultry Alon
day morning.
Clearwaler lleeord : Plans for the
waterworkn HyBlcm are rapidly being
completed. It Is undei-Htood that the
tank will bo placed In Pitas. Nelder
helde'H carpenter shop BO his gasoline
engine can bo utied to do tinpumping. .
The finance commit lee lire meeting
with good HIICCCHS In soliciting dona
lions , an the biislneHH men and proper
ty owners seem very willing lo donate
Hums of fifty or twenty-five dollars for
Ihe enterprise. .Another meeting will
be held In the near future.
Airs. O. R. Meredith of this city Is
In recelpl of a letter from her brother
Byron McKlbben , who was sent lo the
Orient In the Interests of the Interna
tional Fisheries company. Air. Ale
Klbben wrote fiom Yokohoma In Japan
and was preparing to depart foi
Shanghai. China. Air. McKlbbon will
have his headquarters In Japan during
the year or two that bo will spend It
the east. Air. Klbben IH a Hastings
boy and for threeyears _ was manage !
of the Western league baseball loan
at St. Joseph.
The Brink farm near Ponca , when
lives Frank Brink , the young man re
leased hist week from the Norfolk In
Hano hospital after having been ar
Inmate- Just three months , nnd wltr
was tried for murdering Bessie New
ton , was visited by Iwo lightning holts
Saturday morning and the barn was
burned. A report from Ponca ten the
Sioux City Tribune says that supersti
tious folk up thai way who disapprove
of the acquittal of Brink bellcvo that
the lightning was Indicative of the
wrath of the Almighty.
The Norfolk city council this even
ing will decide whether or not Norfolk
is to have an Independent telephone
exchange. At tills evening's meeting
of the council the Independent fran
chise will bo up for third reading and
final action. Other Items of business
will come before the council but W.
J. Sladolman's application for an in
dependent telephone franchise In Nor
folk represents the principal business
of public moment. It is probable that
the council meeting will bo attondoij
by many Norfolk cilI/ens interested
In lite telephone situation.
Bassetl Leader : The music loving
portion of Uasselt. was given an excellent
cellent treat Friday evening by the
Ahlman Concert company. Mr. Her
man Ahlman , pianist,1 assisted by Miss
Isabelle Havens and Miss Lizzie Ahl
man , vocal soloists , gave the program.
Mr. Ahlman Is a young man of great
musical ability , and music Is his llfo
study. Ho has devoted several years
lo Its study and Is now proposing to
continue his musical education as far
as possible in this country and then
go to Germany to the masters. His
execution was superb , and expression
good. Miss Havens and Miss Ahlman
did creditable work In the vocal num
bers In which they appeared. The
company has talent and Is worthy of
patronage.
Charley H. Groesbeck of Norfolk
general agent for the Gund brewing
company in this territory , has been
doing a land ofllco business since Hit
new clause regulating the sale oi
wholesale liquors went Into effect
Under the new law keg beer can not
be sold by retailers since this Is heb
to be wholesaling , and retailers arc
not permitted to wholesale. The
Gund distributing house in Norfolk is
the only wholesale beer Institution litho
the territory radiating out of Norfoll
lo Omaha , Sioux City , Columbus , the
Rosebud reservation and the Blacl
Hills 500 miles to the wist As
result many carloads of Iwr have
been going out of Norfolk dirl'ig the
past few days Into the big sir ' "h o
country , developing and settlln r up
which Is tributary exclusively to Nnr
folk.
Senator Jonathan Prentlss DolH'-or
of Iowa , who delivered the prlnclnl
address at the last spring session of
the Norlh Nebraska Teachers associa-
iaat
lion in Norfolk and who Is to speak at
llio Knox county Institute to bo held )
In NIobrara in August , has been issued
a challenge for duel by Senator Ben
jamin F. Tlllman of South Carolina.
Senator Dolllver lectured at llio Jackson
son , Michigan , chaulamiua and , with
out attempting to reply seriously to
the address of Senator Tlllman on hong
negro question , ridiculed everything
that Senator Tillnmn had said. Air.
Tlllman hurried Into town and Inserted
irtml
ed an ad. In the evening paper that
he had boon grossly Insulted nnd that
In the south llio way those things
i-Mc adjusted wan by duH Dolllver
i ad iln Hiaiitniiit in ( IK < newspaper
in ml met 'I Illnmn In Hie OHWCKO hotel.
A Mldiinj Inlorvlrw followed , Dolllver
ell ( own and Tlllman remained In
he hotel.
Elgin Review : An effort WIIB Hindu
ant Friday to gel the. National Dloom-
-t r ball team to atop off hero Saturday
nornliiK and play a KM.no of Imll In
he forenoon. Thtiy were pausing
hnniKli here enroule to Polembtirg.
where they were to piny In the aftnr-
loon. The lentil agreed to como for
i guarantee of $15 , which they could
ill'ord lo do , wince the ntop here did
nit IncreaHo the cxponx'-H. The guar
antee was wen rod and the amount
n alm-d from gale receipts. A ball letlm
WIIH picked up , and the game played
The result wa a score of five lo two
In favor of ISIgln. Quite it number of
nit i * baseball enthimlnHlH went to Pe-
l lernluirg lo see the game there In the
afternoon. The game was a good
01 : no , resulting In a scorn of 0110 to
milling In favor of PMemhurK. The
National lllooniers Is an aggregation
' f ' "Indies"composed mostly of gentle
men , and ate fair ball players , but met
more than I heir match In the local
teams at ICIgln and Petersburg.
Albert Habe , nrrested In Norfolk
Hal unlay at tint request of Marshal
Shearer of Kincrsnii , yesterday In Urn-
el-son admitted robbing the F. II. Muel
ler saloon at IJmcrson. On the Sun
day previous lo his arrest In a Nor
folk Kiiloon , Halio had broken his way
Into the Mueller saloon building
through Hie cellar. Ratio was taken
lo I3mernon Sunday by Chief of Police
John r. Flynn. After his arrival hn
admitted his guilt and d < tailed the clr-
cuniHlances of UKrubbery. . A writ-
leu statement was obtained by Coun
ty Attorney if. S. Berry of Dakota
county. Itnbo connected with $77.0 ! !
In the ISinerson saloon. Ho had
walked to Waheflcld and taken the
first train lo Norfolk. With his "easy"
wealth Habe got. on speaking term : :
with the fast life In Norfolk and
dropped u little of his coin In Omaha
on the Fourth. Saturday when ho
was gobbled up by Marshal Flynn
Habe bad exactly $1.08 left. Rabo told
theollicers that ho hailed from Char
ter Oak , Iowa. Ho had boon In Em
erson for about a week. Rabo Is a
German , a heavy set young man of
about twenty-five years nnd wallui
with a slight limp that renders his
Identification easy. He was In Nor-
lolk ( he greater part of last week ,
stopping at a local rooming housu.
PIERCE BOY WHIPPED AROUND
BY REVOLVING CHURN.
DEATH NARROWLY AVERTED
Ralph Green Was Holding His Hand
In the Inside of a Churn When a
Screw Head Caught His Ring and
Picked Him Off the Floor.
Pierce , Neb. , July S. Special to The
Mews : A most peculiar accident nnd
mo that nearly cost a llfo occurred
u-re at the William Bechter creamery
n the east part of town. Heeso Lewis ,
vho lias charge of the extensive plant ,
iad the machinery In motion with the
argo churn , which Is sabout twelve
eel In diameter , revolving at a rapid
ate of speed when Ralph Green , a
seventeenlyear-old boy , was lolling his
lands lay agalnsl the moving churn.
A screw that had become slightly
oosened caught Its head In the ring
on' one of the boy's fingers and In
stantly the boy was hurled over the
churn and had 11 not been for the
liilck action of Air. Lewis the boy
would have been dragged to death ,
lint by heroic efforts the boy was loos-
ncd from the revolving machinery
ind dropped to the floor with only a
sprained ankle and a severe shaking
ip and a lacerated finger.
It Is almost miraculous that n person -
son of such weight could be so sud
denly hurled about by one finger with
so slight Injuries. The ring was
stretched to .almost . twlco Us original
size.
W. J. SLOANE MAKES FULL AD
MISSION OF IT.
SAYS HE KILLED FRANK HERMAN
Man Arrested at Gretna , Neb. , Two
Weeks Ago Is Taken to the Town
Where the Decomposed Remains of
His Victim Were Unearthed.
Grand Island , Neb. , July S. Special
to The News : W. J. Sloano , arrested
at Gretna about two weeks ago , has
been taken to Stack where the decom
posed remains of Frank Herman
wore found , and confessed fully and
freely to the murder , adding that ho
low wants to go to the penitentiary
and the sooner the belter.
The preliminary hearing will beheld
held lomorrbw.
BARKER INSANITY HEARING
VYeSster County Murderer Must be
Heard on Insanity Charge ,
Lincoln , Nob. , July S. Special leThe
The N.ews : Frank Barker , the Web
ster county murderer , attempted to
delay his Insanity hearing Iwo weeks
, In llio court of Judge Lincoln Frost
this morning. The judge ordered that
the case proceed tomorrow.