DUE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JORURNAI , : FRIDAY , AUGUST 9 , 1907 ,
AN INCH AND A THIRD OF WATER
FELL HERE.
TORNADO NORTHWEST OF HERE
Near Center the Storm Approached
the Ferocity of a Tornado Light
ning Plnyctl Hnvoc With Electric
Wires Ditches Needed on Avenues.
A heavy rnln mid electrical storm
raged for nn hour or no In Norfolk
nnd other pnrtlonn of northern Ne
braska Wednesday night. About nn
Inch nnd n third of rnln fell In this
city nnd lightning kept np n continual
display of llroworlto during tlio storm.
Norfolk nvonuo wim totally covered
with wntor nt the firvonth street Inter
section , the wetness Hmuling ( six Inches -
os deep on the sidewalk fronting the
Mlttolstndt Ininbor otllco nnd some
water going Into the yards. This sur-
lliiH ) wntor ciuno not. from Uio wont
rnd , where the now drainage ditch
porfornu'd Its function with ease , hut
resulted from the drnlnnRO waters
that po\ircd \ down from hlllH In the
northern purl of town. Lightning
played hnvoc with electric wires ubont
the city.
The oxnct nvlnfnll In Norfolk
amounted to 1.31 Inches. The storm
followed nn Intensely sultry afternoon
nnd evening , during which honvy
clouds bnnkoil up from the northwest.
People who returned from Mndlson
on I ho evening train said Unit there
the county seat
was n heiivy ruin In
nnd that It wns necessary down town
for hiiHlnoHB men to Bweop the water
off the sidewalks In order to prevent
Us going Into buildings.
At Tlldon the rain wns hard but day
light brought news that the downpour
was n good thing , Inasmuch aa It has
laid the dust well for the second and
third days of the carnival.
Need More Drainage.
Norfolk people who saw the flood
of water that came down to Norfolk
avenue from the hills In the northern
part of the city , nro discussing the
need of drainage ditches running east
along Koeulgateln avenue and Nebras
ka avenue , in order to relieve Norfolk
nvenuo of the overflow.
The storm approached the ferocity
of a tornado nt Center , northwest of
Norfolk , nnd aa n result of a Hood re
sulting from the storm n tragic dual
drowning occurred , William Klllott
nnd wife losing their lives. William
Klllott was n brother ot .T. C. Elliott
of West Point , postmaster at that
place and editor of the West Point
Republican. Mr. Klllott Is a member
of the Norfolk lodge of Elks.
Gas Main Drokcn.
There were about six feet of water
running at one time In the new gulch.
The force of the water must 'havo
been very powerful as U dug out the
gas mains that run about six Inches
under the bed of the ditch. The wa
ter bent the two-inch main so much
that It broke , allowing gas to escape
In large quantities. The tnsk of repairing -
pairing the dnnmgo wns a very dlfll-
cult one , but wns finally accomplished
WILL RUSH TOJAOIFIC COAST
Milwaukee Railroad Will be Pushed
on From Rapid City.
After taking n trip over the St.
Paul's new coast line extension , A. J.
Earllng , president of the road , who
recently passed through Norfolk , has
decided to employ several thousand
additional men nnd push the work to
completion ns rapidly as possible.
Mr. Earllng made the journey In
wagons , on foot , on horseback and In
canoes , from Taft , Mont. , to Seattle.
Ho wns accompanied most of the way
by H. R , Williams , president of the
St. Paul line In Washington , and by
'Chief Engineer E. J. Pearce. Mr. Ear-
ling said :
"There is an army of men working
on the road between Seattle nnd Mon
tana and there will bo moro as soon
as wo can get them. Wo now Intend
pushing the coast extension to com
pletion as fast ns men and machinery
can accomplish the task.
"Our trip was a difficult and ardu
ous one , nnd nil the way 1 was Im
pressed with possibilities ot the coun
try through which the now line will
pass. There will bo bumper wheat
crops In Washington this year , nnd It
may be possible wo shall help haul
the crops next year. The line to
Butte will be In operation next year ,
probably in May.
"Gangs are getting ready to begin
work on the Bitter Root tunnel , which
will be 8,500 feet long , and consider
able work has been done on the 10,000-
foot tunnel In the Snoqualmlo pass.
From Tekoa to Ellensburg there Is
great activity , and considerable progress -
ress has been made on the bridge
work. Wo do not know when wo will
begin work on the Seattle division. "
NEBRASKA SWITCHMEN WATCH.
Believe They Will Benefit If Man on
C. & S. Win Contentions.
Nebraska trainmen nnd switchmen
are watching with great Interest the
strike of switchmen nnd trainmen on
the Colorado Southern rend. This
strike hs been in progress for sever
al weeks , and now that the trainmen
have joined some results , one way or
iho other , are looked for in the near
future. It Is said the men ask , among
other things , an Increase of two cents
nn hour In their wages.
"If the Colorado & Southern men
get an Increase in their wage scale
that will eventually spread to the oth
< -r ronibi connecting , " HII.VH n switch
man , "and for that reason wo nro
watching their IlKht with much Inter
nal. It In almost mire that the results ,
If favorable to the men will nffoct
very many more men tlmn nro now
( itKiiRctl In ( lie strike. Wo arc hoping
they will win. "
rim Htubbornnofis with which thin
Blrllco him been carried on , both 'with
ho men demanding anil the railroad
enisling , has In n mensuro Interfered
with the service In the Denver yards
) f the railroads doing business there.
Many of the IndnstrloH nro located on
1 ! . & S. tracks In Denver , and roads
laving consignments for these Indus
tries have been employing the C ,
S. to do twitching to those Industries.
In this way trouble has followed , the
railroads offering cars being unable to
gel them delivered nnd unloaded. The
situation has not been very serious ,
but It has been an annoyance of some
duration.
The Colorado Southern road
reaches many of the Colorado Fuel
Iron company'H properties , nnd some
Interruption to the movement of coal
and ore has followed.
It was reported yesterday that a
number of strike breakers wont west
on the Union Pacific to take the places
of the men who have quit pending a
settlement of their grievances.
DRINKING MEN OFTEN KILLED.
Railroad Engineer Says Intoxication
Causes Many Accidents.
In nn experience of thirty years
Doorgo K. Abbott , nn onglno driver
employed by the Chicago , nurllngton
Qulncy railroad , has run over nud
killed nearly forty persons , three of
whom were added to the list Sunday
afternoon , near Napervlllo , 111. , says
the Chicago Record-Herald.
looking back over his railroad ex
perience , Mr. Abbott said yesterday
that ho seemed to have boon a marked
man since youth. His life has been
ono long series of horrors , with the
shrieks of women nnd the cries of
children continually ringing In his
ears.
"I have been the most unfortunate
railroad man in the country , " said Mr.
Abbott , ns ho oiled his engine nt the
union station last night. "I have moro
than thirty years' experience ns nn
engineer and I have never been ac
cused of carelessness or Incompetence ,
and yet In those years I have seen
nearly forty men , women nnd children
hurled without warning Into eternity
by my engine. U Is nn awful thing to
think of , let mo nssuro you , nnd foi
many , many years the death screams
of those unfortunates rang In my ears
dav nnd nlcht.
"I have seen sonio terrible sights. I
One of the earliest accidents of niv
experience , and ono that I never can
forget , was the suicide of a demented
ivomnn under my engine , many years
ago In the east. I was running n fast
train on the old Now York , Now Ha
ven Hartford road down a steep
rnde. I saw a woman walking along
the tracks about n quarter of a mlle
ahead. I whistled a warning and she
stepped from the track and descended
the embankment.
When my engine wns about ono hun
dred feet away , the woman , with a
wild cry. dashed back on the track and
deliberately dashed her head on the
rails. Before I could stop the train
I had run over the woman , severing
fior head.
"The accident of Sunday was quite
as distressing as any I have over ex
perienced. There Is a sharp curve
where the three boys were killed , and
they had little warning of tholr fate.
Two were brothers , and they were
walking with linked arms. When wo
picked thorn up dead , tholr arms were
still twined together.
"I tun told the young men were on
their way homo from a camp meeting
and that Is some consolation to mo ,
for at least SO per cent of the persons
killed under my engine have boon In
toxicated.
"Other engineers have told mo that
their experience corresponds to mine
In this respect. The great majority of
people killed while walking on rail
road tracks hnvo been Intoxicated.
That only ndds to the horror of such
accidents , for I always think of the
eternal fate of men hurled before their
Maker with all their sins on their
souls. " 4
Mr. Abbott has a good record ns an
engineer. Ho always has been ab
solved of blame for his accidents nnd
10 is known to his superiors nnd as
sociates ns a careful , conscientious
nnd capable engineer.
An Expensive Vacation.
J. B. Long , pioneer , poet , philoso
pher nnd theologian of Madison coun
ty , was In the city today from his homo
at Pilot Knoll. Mr. Long was ono of
the first settlers In this part of the
country , having come hero before Nor
folk nnd Madison were located. Ho
told n story on Chemist Wiley of the
agricultural department nt Washing
ton , who was his classmate at college.
Wiley , who lived near Hanover col
lege , Invited Uncle Jerry out to his
homo to spend Sunday. The latter had
just purchased a new graduating suit ,
for which he had paid $70 , war prices.
While nt Wiley's a fellow with a
house boat on the Ohio stole the suit
and It was never recovered.
SENATOR BEVERIDGE MARRIED.
Ceremony at Berlin Which Makes Miss
Eddy His Wife.
Berlin , Aug. 7. Miss Kathorlno
Eddy of Chicago , sister of Spencer F.
Eddy , Ilrst secretary of the American
embassy here , and Senator Boverldgc
of Indiana were married here today.
THE NEWS TELEGRAPH REPORTS
ARE CRIPPLED.
BUT "BEATS" SCORED ANYWAY
All of the Fresh News of Throbbing
North Nebraska , Following the Ter
rific Storm , Is Given Exclusively In
Norfolk's Paper.
fProm Thur ( luy'a Dnllv. ]
Among other disastrous results of
the terrlflc electric storm which rnged
n this Htnto during the night , tele-
grnphlc and telephonic communica
tion with the outside world wns shut
) ff from Norfolk during the day nnd
The News was prevented from receiv
ing its regular telegraphic news sor-
vlco from nil parts of the state nnd
world.
The Western Union telegraph ofllco
it Norfolk has four direct wires to
Omaha and not ono of them would
carry a spark.
Telephone communication was in
the same condition.
Frenzied efforts were mndo by The
News to got Us dispatches by way of
Columbus , by way of Sioux City and
by ( * fory other way known , but the
wires refused to work.
Finally Into In the afternoon a wire
was Hccnred to Omaha but by that
tlmo business had become so congest
ed along the line Unit It was practical
ly Impossible to got much of anything
through. The morning markets nt
last came limping into The News of
llco but much other news wns side
tracked for commercial telegrams.
Telephones in northern Nebraska
are working for some dlstn"co , so
that many exclusive news occurrences
of this part of the state are given to
News renders , despite the lightning
handicap.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
Ily Closncr of Bloomflold Is visiting
hero.
hero.Miss
Miss Ellen Newton of Ncllgh Is n
city visitor today.
Miss Jesslo E. Odell of Fullcrton Is
visiting friends here.
C. Schmidt of Blcomflchl Is a busi
ness vlstor In the city.
L. A. Rotho vsas In Meadow Grove
yesterday on business.
C. A. Aboil of Brunswick Is a bus
ness visitor In Norfolk.
Julius Schwlctcnbergor cf Pierce
wns In the city over night.
M. II. Christiansen of Plnlnvlew It
seeing the sights hero today
Miss Vao Iloezdaelel- Nlobrnra
j.ls shopping In the city today.
Chas. Apfel of Meadow Grove J' > f u
the day in Norfolk yesterday.
Calrenco McFnrlaud has returned
from a short visit In Madison.
Gus Kuhl nnd daughter , Birdie , nro
attending the Tlldon races today ,
Jas. Provo of Oakdalo was a busi
ness vlstor In the city yesterday.
Gco. Hetchom came down from
Plnlnvlew this morning on business.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Clark left yes
terday for a trip through Wisconsin.
W. P. Kennedy nnd family of Mad'
son nro visiting relatives In the city.
Harvey Mason of Meadow Grove
was in the city on business yesterday.
Mrs. Willis McBrldo and children
of Elgin are visiting relatives In the
city.
city.Miss
Miss Birdlno Whlpps of Fremont Is
visiting at the homo of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Gcrecke.
G. M. Frazcr and family of Salt
Lake City , who hava been visiting
hero , left today for Long Pine.
Superintendent Bell and Auditor
Plxley of the Nebraska Telephone
company aio heio from Omaha.
Miss May Johnson has accepted a
position as stenographer at the Nor
folk National bank , succeeding Miss
Matrau.
Mr. nnd rMs. John Davlo , who have
been visiting relatives n't different
points In Michigan , have returned to
their homo hero.
Judge N. D. Jncksou of Nellgh ar
rived In Norfolk on the early train and
returned at noon to ITlden to take In
the carnival and races.
Mrs. A. Bear and daughter , Robin-
ette , leave tomorrow for Richmond ,
Va. , to attend the Jamestown exposi
tion. Miss Boar will remain there this
winter and attend Holllns Institute.
Miss Walker of Chicago , who has
been visiting at the homo of her broth
er , M. C. Walker , left this morning
for a short visit In Plattsmouth. Mr.
Walker accompanied here to that
place.
Misses Ruth Pfundor nnd Myrna
Wright are attending the Tllden races.
P. F. Ahlqulst has resigned his posi
tion at the C. N. W. offices and
leaves tomorrow for his homo In Be
atrice.
Chas. Killan arrived homo today
from Now Mexico , seriously ill. The
Order of Railroad Trainmen brought
him homo.
Mrs. R. M. Upton and Mrs. Brandt
of Madison , who have been visiting
friends In this city , have returned to
tholr homo.
Norfolk's delegation to the Tllden
races today were : Sol Mayer , J. S.
Mathowson , Dr. Tashjean , Mr. Cant-
well , Will Ahlman.
Commissioners Taft and Harding
went to Madison today to attend the
commissioners' meeting which is held
there today. At tills meeting the
levies are mado.
The services for the laying of the
corner stone of the now St. Paul's
Lutheran church , which are to take
plnco next Sunday , will begin at 10 n ,
in. and the ceremony at 11 o'clock.
Rev. J PreusH of WInsldo will deliver
the principal address.
The band concert which did not take
place last evening on account of the
rain will bo hold Friday evening nt
the comer of Norfolk avenue nnd
Fourth street.
A party composed ot Mason Frnzor
and family , Walter Recroft , Ed Fisher
nnd Misses Carrie Roland and Bessie
Williams nro camping at the Klcntz
farm south of the city.
Samuel W. Brian , Jr. , and Miss
Frances Cramer of Kw4ng wore quiet
ly married nt the Episcopal church In
this city nt C o'clock last evening , Rev.
J. C. S. Wellls performing the cere
mony.
Fremont has had an experience with
a professional baseball team during
the present season very similar to
that known to Norfolk some years ago.
About $1,100 In debt , the Fremont
team has disbanded ,
A horse belonging to Dr. W. II. H.
Ilngey was almost swamped because
of a leak In a water main at the June
tlon. A hole had been washed out
largo enough for a man before the
leak was discovered nnd stopped.
In some way the valve on the whis
tle at the candy factory opened last
night and the whistle blow for about
an hour. It wns finally stopped by ono
of the boys living near the factory ,
who climbed through a window nnd
shut off the steam.
Ben T. Reid of Norfolk nnd Miss
Sophia Cleveland of Chicago will be
mairled in the near future at the
homo of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. French in
that city. Announcement of the n
preaching marriage has just been
made by Mr. nnd Mrs. French , Mr.
French being guardian of Miss Clove-
land. Mr. French Is dl-ector of the
Chicago art Institute and is known in
Norfolk as a lectuier , having delivered
a very striking lecture on art In ono
of the Wednesday club seilcs some
years ago.
Mr. Reid Is n prominent young busi
ness man In Norfolk. The young cou
ple will make their hcmo in this clt/ .
BURNING CATALOGUES.
New Method of Fighting Mall Ordsr
Houses.
The Commercial Bulletin of Minne
apolis has discovered a new method
of fighting catalog- : houses that Is
being practiced In some paits of the
country. The Bulletin says :
"Retail li'inbeimen's associations In
several parts of the country are , vag-
Ing vigorous wprfaro against the big
catalogue houses on a new plan. Oth
er associations of retailers are joining
in , and the scheme is nssum.iig largo
proportions. The big catalogues them
selves have been picked o < c as the
vulnerable point in the ni il order
method of doing business and the
me is fi r every retail dealer to
get as many of those catalogues as
ho can and destroy them. It Is said
thai the big bocks cost ovf r a dollar
apiece , delivered In the mails , and It
Is therefore figured that If a large
number of these catalogues arc wast
ed it will menu the niln of the mail
order houses. Retail dealers write for
these catalogues themselves and in
duce all their friend ? to write for them
and the number of catalogues which
have already been destroyed Is enor
mous.
"Furthermore , the mail order houses
are made to pay the expense of an
enormous amount of unnecessary coi-
respondence. A retailer or ono of his
friends will send an order for goods ,
but will not enclose the necessary
postal money order , and this cf course
necessitates much correspondence on
the part of the mall order house. Ev
ery i.osslblo scheme for making the
catalogue houses spend money on
btanij.s , stationery and stenographers'
time is being worked , and the move
ment Is causing the big catalog. 3
houses a great deal of trouble.
GREAT CURE.
nictrFlexner Discovers a Serum for
Spinal Meningitis.
According to private advices re
ceived from New York and Castalia ,
Ohio , says a Cleveland dispatch , the
wealth of John D. Rockoiellcr has
made possible the euro of cerebro
spinal meningitis.
Dr. Simon Flexner , Now York ad
vices say , has discovered a serum , the
elflclency of which , has been demon
strated by experiments made at Cas
talia.
Dr. Flexnor Is at the head of the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search in Now York. Ho will return
from Europe In a few days and Is then
expected to announce his discovery
through the proper medical channels.
"It was a remarkable test , " said Dr.
S. Gorsuch of Castalia. "Not one of
the patients could have recovered. A
girl , one of the flrst attacked , was al
most dead when the serum was ap
plied. No ono thought she would re
cover. Yet now she Is getting well.
"We doctors hero have said nothing
about the matter because of the fact
that the cases were of an experiment
al nature. Wo have kept Dr. Flexnor
in constant touch with the progress of
the patients , and feel that the experi
ments have demonstrated absolutely
that the serum will cure meningitis.
Ono of the worst diseases In the hu
man calendar has been conquered
without doubt. "
Physicians say the serum is the dis
covery of the ago , as It means the
saving of thousands of lives. The per
centage of deaths duo to meningitis is
Sometimes yon are delayed in "get
ting your number" on the telephone
so you must , sometimes , "try again"
with a want ad. , too !
SPECIAL CREAM RATES RUINED
TWENTY IN NORTHWEST.
TESTIMONY OF PROF. BROOKINGS
Representative of South Dakota Agri
cultural College Says Special Rates
Prove the Death of Local Enter
prises.
Lincoln , Neb. , Aug. 7. Special to
The News : Prof. Brooklngs of the
South Dakota agricultural college , tes
tified before the state railway commis
sion today that special ratos-to Twin
City creameries , killed twenty local
creameries In the northwest. This
testimony wns given before the com
mission In Us investigation of the spe
cial cream rates which nro In vogue
in this state to creameries In the larg
er cities.
THE NEWJROME HOTEL
Credit to the West and to Former Nor
folk Man.
The now Rome hotel In Omaha , a
credit to the west and to Omaha , was
built and Is owned by a former Nor
folk man Rome Miller. Mr. Miller
owns and operates the eating houses
along the mainline of the Northwest
ern from Missouri Valley to the Black
Hills , Including that In Norfolk. Ho
built and formerly resided In the resl
donee at the northwest corner of the
Norfolk avenue and Thirteenth street
Intersection. Concerning the new ho
lol the Omaha Excelsior says :
Though yet Incomplete In all Us Interminable -
terminable and beautiful details , yet
presenting to the eye ot the layman
or that of the expert a picture of gor-
geousncss , good taste and modern-
ness such as Immed'ately ' places it
nmong the rights to be seen In Oma
ha nnd the middle we-t , the no v Rome
hotel 'opened its wide doors as a
guesthouse for the flrst time at mid
night Wednesday. Another month
will pass before all the plans of Prc
prletor Rome Miller and his souad of
trained assistants have been entirely
completed , but meanwhile the ho.,1y
will entertain hoover knocks at its
door asking for accommodation , EH-
percedlng the Her Gram' , as it does ,
in that function.
To those Omnhans whose Ideas of a
modern hotel are confined to tholr ob-
scrvptlous of the local Institutions
which vveie built twenty or more
years pgo , and to many others who
have made observations in other cities
the now betel will be a marvel of rlcl1
ness ard craftsmen's handlwoik. For ,
In building , decorating and fitting
this hotel , Mr. Miller has drawn from
the efforts of men highly skilled In
their arts , as exemplified In some of
the best-appointed houses In the Unit
ed States and foreign countries as
well. Beginning with the entrance ,
which has gnnd and ample width , the
vlbitor goes through a broad , resplen
dent rotunda , thrcvgh handsomely fin
ished nnd decorated hallways and
sumptuously furnished rooms , finding
at every turn something pleasing to
the eye upon which to gaze.
The hospitality of the house Is ex
tended from behind a twenty-five foot ,
white marble desk , and the air of rich
ness and style Is at once In evidence.
A. feature of the room , which Is also
a feature of every room In the build
ing , Is the novelty of the light fix
tures , being constructed on an oilg-
Inal plan , of gilded lion chains , always
hanging perfectly In plumb , and with
odd chandeliers. The lotunda , however -
over , does not do complete justice to
the rest of the house. Where It Is
merely smart and precise , everywhere
else there Is entrancing resplendency
and remarkable beauty. On the ex
treme left , the hallway leading to the
gentlemen's restaurant and bar , the
walls are finished in Austrian gray , an
effect which can bo appreciated only
by seeing , and is even more striking
than the old , dull English. On the
right , a moro brilliant hall leads tc
the general dining room , and these
two almost beggar description in the
richness of their appointments.
All through the upper halls an ( ]
rooms , mahogany is the prevailing fin
Ish , but any attempt to recount the
details would merely be repeating
what has been said about the richness
of the main floor , only , perhaps , 'with
moro frequent superlatives at times.
A notable feature of the furnishings ,
Is their evident durability and the
taste displayed In their choice. Pe
riod furniture has been selected for
certain rooms , which Is ono of the
main points In the furnishings. For
Instance , in the ladles' waiting room
on the second floor , the style of Louis
XV Is followed , while In the ladles'
dining room the Idea Is the period of
I/nils XVI. Again , in the general dinIng -
Ing room , It Is L'Art Nouveau.
Whether a person approves ot bar
rooms or not , a visit to that in the
Rome hotel would prove a lesson in
art. There Is nothing like It on this
side of Chicago , and Its peculiar style
nnd odd attractiveness la bound to
make it famous over the west. Aus
trian gray is again the wall finish ,
carried to every detail. Long plush
seats line the walls in an "alcove"
room , along which are small tables
covered with leather , supplementing
the tables throughout the room , all of
the same style and design , and for the
use of the men at meals or drinking.
This Is without doubt ono of the most
striking rooms In the entire house.
Any attempt to mention the long
list of modern contrivances and little
conveniences of the latlerdny hostle-
rlca for the comfort and greater en
joyment of guests , which have been
Installed In the Rome , would require
too much space. Dozens of things ,
however , some of them already old In
other cities , others now everywhere ,
but all totally new departures in Oma
ha , are a part cf the hotel's appoint
ments. Nebraska Telephone com
pany's Instruments nro In every room
for local or long-dlstnnco use ; an elec
tric light is fastened nt the head of
every bed for reading purposes ; the
modern door locks , by means of which
an Indicator tells the chambermaid
whether or not the occupant of a room
Is In , without making It necessary for
her to try the door with her key , and
perhaps thus rouse a tired traveler
from a sound sleep ; private elevator
from behind clerk's desk for the use
of bell boys nnd porters , so they need
not bo continually scurrying about the
corridor tripping over guests end oth
erwise annoying them whllo hurrying
upstairs with Ice water or answering
a call ; cleaning will be by the vacuum
system ; water Is secured from a 1,300
foot artesian well ; these and many
other things which years of experi
ence hnvo taught Bonifaces the world
over to be highly appreciated by
guests , are all In the Rome Miller
equipment.
BARGAIN DAY SUCCESS.
Norfolk Merchants Are on Right Track
According to This.
That the bargain day Idea , which
Norfolk's energetic merchants will
soon carry out in one form , Is a suc
cess in other towns of the northwest
and therefore ought to be here , la
shown by the following article concerning -
corning a bargain day at Rochester ,
Minn. , which recently appeared In the
North wort Trade Bulletin :
Merchants of Rochester , Minn. , are
sure that the bargain day Is a big profIt -
It maker for their town. They are
planning on making such events moro
frequent and will add new features.
Rochester Is the county seat of Olm-
stead county , ono of the richest coun
ties in America. It Is in a region cam
paigned hard by mall order houses
and Its farmers are loyal to the homo
merchant. Getting together on bar
gain days has helped In promoting this
good feeling.
The story of how the merchants of
Rochester nnd the farmers of the sur
rounding country v\ork together has
been told In these columns before.
Hitherto gatherings of farmers and
merchants have been held once or
twice a year with much doing In the
way of a good time. Now It is pro
posed to hold these get-together
events or bargin days , as they have
come to bo known , moro frequently.
Rochester has net yet tackled the
monthly bargain day but It Is coming
to It.
The last bargain day held there was
very successful. Attendance was
large and trade was good. A meeting
of the farmers' society was held In
Rochester on that day and the mer
chants let loose their best efforts In
the way of entertainment and bargain
offers. The effect of all this on the
merchants' organization was very help
ful. It woke the organization up.
M. C. Lawler , president of the Ro
chester Commercial club , says that
every live town should hold several
bargain days each year. Back of the
enterprise must be a good merchants'
organization with a good program for
the day , plenty of bargains , and plen
ty of good advertising.
Advices received by the Bulletin and
Trade Indicate a rapidly growing in
terest in the bargain day Idea all over
the northwest.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN
GERMANY TODAY.
AMERICAN TOURISTS KILLED
The Accident Occurred Between Posen
and Thorn Among the Dead and
Injured are a Number of Rich Amer
ican Tourists.
Berlin , Aug. 7. Fifty passengers
were killed and many others Injured
as the result of a railway wreck be
tween Posen and Thorn.
Among the dead and Injured are a
number of rich American tourists.
Threshing Is On.
Petersburg , Neb. , Aug. 7. Special
to The News : Threshing In this vi
cinity has been on for some weeks.
Winter wheat Is running froi fifteen
to twenty-two bushels per acre. Corn
Is booming , duo to the recent hot
weather. Oats are of fair stand , al
though some have become rusted and
others have been hit by hall.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
FAULK CO. SOUTH DAKOTA
farms. Improved and unimproved at
right prices. I employ no agent. You
can save money by dealing with me.
Write for list or come and see mo.
Ofllco first door south of postofflce.
John W. Hays , Faulkton , S. D. N
FOR SALE My residence property
at 312 South Fifth street must bo sold
before September 1. Submit bid with
terms to owner , Howard A. Rowe , Lin
coln , Neb.
FOR SALE Ten thoroughbred Du-
roc-Jersey boar pigs , ono mile west or
Norfolk. Obed Raasch.