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I'HE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUURNAL : FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1UU7 TWO-YEAR-OLD DADY DOY VICTIM AT CARROLL. FATHER DOES NOT KNOW YET A Little Burrows Babe , Toddllno Around Backward , Tripped Over n Pnll and Fell Into Scalding Water. Father IB In Franco. Carroll , Nob. , Sept 9. Special to The NOWH : When Mr. Burrows of Carroll alights on the Jock In New York city nfter n buslnoBH trip In Knuico , ho will bo greeted with n nad ntory of tragedy Umt haw befallen his homo hero during hla nbflonco. On Hnturday hla llltlo two-year-old baby boy , who had boon ncalded to death In n. pall of boiling water , was burled In the local cemetery and the unawnro father will not learn of the fatal acci dent until ho rotuniH to America from hlH present biwlnemi trip abroad. The llttlo fellow was toddling around on the kitchen lloor. After a nnmmor of barefootcdnoHU he had been put InteR R pair of shoes , and ho felt clumsy. The mother , down on her Unoos , was Hcrubblug the floor and beside her utood the pall of boiling water. The llttlo two-year-old baby boy wna walking backward when ho stumbled over the edge of the pall and fell Into the scalding water. Death followed l\ilckly. Mrs. Burrow's father will Journey to New York whore , upon the return of the father , ho will gently break the news. DENTISTS MEETJIERE SEPT , 17 Northern Nebraska Tooth Carpenters Coming to Norfolk Again. The Northeast Nebraska Dental as noclatlon will hold its Homl-nnminl mooting In Norfolk on Tuesday , Sop tomhcr 17. This will bo an important mooting. Among other things to como up for consideration will bo the plar to reorganise this society , calling It the First District Denial society , OF outlined by the state society nt Its last meeting. Election of officers wll also take place. Arrangements have been made to have a special dinner Borved HO that all can bo together a 7 o'clock at the Oxnard hotel. The following papers will bo road "Pyorrhen Alveolarls nnd Ita Treat ment , " W. H. Mullen , Bloomttold. Discussion opened by II. J. Cole , Norfolk. "Hoot Canal Filling , " C. E. Klopp , Stanton. DlHcitHfllon opened by G. M. Mullen , Creighton. "Tho Inlay Crown , " C. Sctzor , Al bion. , Discussion opened by C. E. Brown , Emerson. "Educating Iho People , " T. B. Heck- ert. Wayne. Discussion opened by W. M. Condon , Humphrey. "The Relative Merlls of Metal and Vulcanite ns a Base for Artificial Den tures , " T. W. Slabaugh , Omaha. Discussion opened by J. W. McLe- ran , Sprlngview. The following table clinics are an nounced : "Cast Gold Inlays , " W. M. Condon , Humphrey. Demonstrating detached pin hi- crowns ; also dlatorlc teeth for dum mies , G. E. Hartman , Randolph. "Cast Inlay. " P. T. Barber , Omaha. "Hollow Gold Inlay , " demonstrating method of obtaining accurate model of cavity , C. S. Parker , Norfolk. Demonstrating method of construct ing Ideal rubber plate , F. W. Slabaugh Omaha. Officers of the society are : T. B. Heckcrt , Wayne , president ; C. M. Mill ion , Creighton , vice president ; J. F. Daley , Wlsner , treasurer ; C. S. Parker Norfolk , secretary. MATINEE AND NIGHT IN NORFOLK "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" Will Start Season Saturday Afternoon. "A Bachelor's Honeymoon , " the farce comedy production which is beIng Ing rehearsed at the Norfolk Audito rium this week preparatory to starting out on the season of 1907-8 , will bo pre sented to the playgoers of Norfolk al two performances , matinee and evenIng Ing on Saturday. The play itself is ono that has nl ready established n reputation. It was put on in Hoyt's theater , Now York for ten months and was a pronounced success. It Is a decidedly funny com edy. TWO MORE SCALPS Norfolk Brownies Have Them Dang ling at Their Belt The Norfolk Brownies added twc more scalps to their belt Sunday , play ing two nine inning games. After beating Enola 13 to C th ( Brownies turned In and won from ai "all star" Norfolk pick up nine. Boll games were played nt the driving parl diamond and both , despite one-sldei scores , had a touch of life. Boveo and Gllssman were tin Brownie battery against Enola , while Haak replaced Boveo In the box Ir the second contest. Against the loca line-up the Brownies made llftcen runs to two or thrco chalked up for the opposition. Ray and Morton wore the Euola bat tery , while Austin , Nellgh and Wetze wore the trio that sought to turn the trick on the Bro'wnlo batters in th < Hitter part of the afternoon. Buyo Fine Home , Mndmiy , Nob. , Sopt. 10. Special ot 'I he NUWH : Joe Ducoy bought the C. 10. I'lmlniiulHl rofllile < nco and IH now about rcndj to move In. The eonsld- urntlunMIH $5,075. Mr. ChalnqtilBt will move to Omaha to work with n company organized by Lindsay capital- IfUll , HAT 18 THE SIZE OF THE PRES ENT ENROLLMENT. S NO INCREASE OVER 1007 ut No Increase Was Expected During the First Week of the School Year on Account of the Unfortunate Con dltlon of Building. < Norfolk boyu and girls to the num or of 983 gathered up their school thlngti" and went to school laat week. hat number of pupils enrolled In the Ity schools last week , according to 10 statistics of the superintendent's Illce. The attendance mark for the first cole does not Rhow an increase overlie lie 11 rat week of last year. In fact none no expected that it would on-account f the unfortunate building situation uit confronts the Norfolk schools as result of the ( Ire. Still the tlgures re about the same as last year which s encouraging in view of the actual ecreaso In high school attendance uo to the lack of regular high school uartors. The different schools report the fol : nvlng llrst week enrollment : Grant building 25 : , lncoln buildings 301 Ugh school MO Jrades , Olncy building 81 .ViiBlilngton . building 180 cfforson building 25 983 No comparisons can ho made with ant , year because the high school 11 ro vlpcd out all school records back of list spring. The now system of rec rds will bo filed in a flro proof safe o that no future flro can repeat the [ imago In this direction. Norfolk schools arc in a healthy con lltlon and with the completion of the tew high school building In January ind the resulting rearrangement o classes among the other buildings an lUomlnnco boom Is slatfcd to set In The high school attendance will take rapid strides upward at that tlmo. There Is ono new feature of schoo uttcndttiico this year resulting from a e glslatlvo enactment last winter. In cities of Norfolk's size all children un- ; lor sixteen must attend school during ho entire school year. There are cer- aln exceptions made between the ages of fourteen and sixteen but the new aw Is stringent on insisting on a full year's attendance. IMMENSE THRONG OF PEOPLE ' FROM EVERYWHERE. CIRCUS PARADE WAS MISSED The Big Barnum & Bailey Circus Rolled Into Norfolk From Omaha Early Tuesday Morning and Was Greeted by Great Crowd. The magic of the name of Barnum , still the trademark ot supremacy in , the circus world , was amply attested In Norfolk Tuesday. It was a perfect circus day , a Sep tember day built to the order of north . Nebraska for the greatest show on , earth. The crisp atmosphere nnd the cloudless sky called to north Nebraska to take a day off and go to the circus. Tuesday was not alone circus day In Norfolk , it was circus day ns well In north Nebraska. Visitors came to the city on the evening trains and from the west on the morning passenger from Chadron. A circus day crowd - filled Norfolk avenue long before the noon trains poured their crowds into the city. The first section of the Barnum & Bailey big show arrived In Norfolk early In the morning but It approached the noon hour before other sections bringing the rest of the giant circus began to arrive. Tents from the first section of the circus soon converted the Union Pa cific grounds into a gigantic city ot tents. Nearly all the canvas of the big show outsldo of the main tent came In on the first section , loaded out of Omaha while the evening per formance was still in progress. Cook tents , horse tents , the big animal tents soon crowded the big circus grounds ; clear evidence that the Olnoy grounds could never Have held the greatest show on earth. Save for a llttlo more system Bar num & Bailey tents go up like other show tents. And the greatest show on earth was willing to press the Norfolk contingent of small boys Into service In the absence of many of Its regular crew on the delayed sections. The amputation of the old time parade rado was a noticeable feature of cir cus day. It was the first paradelosE circus that has over visited Norfolk The absence of the parade lent greater interest to the preliminary operations of the big show. Another effect wat seen in people from the farm delaying their circus day past the noon hour. NEEDLE VENDER WAS WINGED BY CARROLL MARSHAL. IS NOW IN KANSAS PRISON Stranger Who Was Winged by Mar shal Maher at Carroll During the Period When the Country Was HuntIng - Ing Hlgglns , Is Now In Stripes. Carroll , Nob. , Sept. 10. Special to riui NOWH : Word roaches hero that ncedlo vender named Straddler , who an Hhot hero by Marshal Maher last pring as n result of mistaken identity , i now In the Kansas penitentiary , traddlor wan thought by Marshal rlaher to ho Hlgglns , slayer of the opploH , who was lynched at Bancroft. Word was telephoned to Carroll that Ilgglns , the murderer , had escaped In nit direction. When this stranger allied into town Marshal Maher or- orod a halt. Falling to stop , Slrad- lor received a bunch of shot For a mo Straddlor was In the Wayne Jail , 'hen ' ho left and now ho is in the Cansas state prison , HIGGIN8' GHOST COMES BACK. ancroft Bridge Almost Useless to Indians. Lyons , Nob. , Sopt. 10. Lorls Hlg- Ins' ghost will not down , according to ndlan superstition. Since Hlggins -as lynched by the mob near Bancroft , ley say : "White man , ho come back nd flit on the bridge all night" See o Indian has dared to cross the bridge luce the lynching nt night , nnd oven vheii they cross In the daytime they unko their horses go on the "dead un , " load or no load. Ono or two , vlll not cross the bridge nlono ; they valt until they get a big crowd , and hen all go with a whoop across the 'ntal bridge. Last week n party start- d from Bancroft for their homo on the 'cservatlon. ' and as it was getting late hey urged their horses to utmost peed so as to get across the bridge leforo sundown , ns that Is the tlmo hey claim the spirit of Hlggins takes ts station there , In a Hitting position. As they ncarcd the bridge their speeel > ecame greater , and all began whoop- ng yelling to help drown out their 'car. 'car.A A smaller party heard the din anil noise and thought the spirit had at- acked the Indians , so they got scared inA returned to Bancroft to await the rising sun before they would atternpl o cross. And now they will not go across the > rldgo even In daylight , but go up around by Ponder , some twenty miles out of their way. EFFECT OF LYNCHING. Wayne County Man Tried to Cut His Throat Brought to Hospital. Wayne Herald : One evil of mob violence Is shown In the reflex on , voak minds. A man under a delusion that the Bancroft lynchors had dlscov ered they had taken the wrong culprl as the Coppel murderer nnd that they wore after him as the real criminal is now in the Wayne county Jail. Sheriff Moars received a mldnlgh call from Leslie precinct Monday nigh with instructions to bring a doctor am hurry , for a man had cut his throa and was liable to bleed to death. The call came from the Henderson home which Is ono of'the Sullivan farms near the old Slaughter place. In company with Dr. Williams the sheriff arrived at Henderson's abou 3 o'clock and found several men guard Ing an unfortunate who had attemptei to cut his throat with a big butche knife and had succeeded in Inflicting a gash about a half inch deep and two inches long In the fleshy part of the neck , from which ho had bled profuse ly. After the wound was sowed up the fellow was brought to town in the carriage. It appears that the man had fled from a gang of railroad laborers while working near Fender , because h thought they were susplcionlng him as the Copplo murderer. He said h escaped from their hands several day before and had hid in the weeds ant brush and slept in haystacks , and tha he was glad he had got away. He walked unannounced into th Henderson homo , where several wo men were preparing supper for th threshers at that place. His action were such that it was evident he wa demented. But when he picked up knife from the kitchen table am slashed his neck , the men were calle for nnd ho was overpowered and guard ed until the arrival of the sheriff. He gave his name as Joen Coleman and is apparently about thlrty-flv years of age. The commissioners o insanity will have him sent to the Nor folk asylum this week. TUESDAY TOPICS. Miss Rosella Cole will leave Thurs day for Oberlln , Ohio , where she wi be n sophomore during the coming yea at Oborlln college. Mrs. G. C. Price of Tllden is vlsl Ing nt the homo of her brother , W W. Weaver. Misses Llzzlo Eyl nnd Marth Schott of Battle Creek are the guest of Miss Hattlo Jonas. Miss Myrtle Hewlns , instruclor i music at Wayne college , was in No folk over Sunday on a visit. Miss Margaret Dally of DCS Molnes la. , who Is to bo the trimmer at Mrs Stear's millinery store , arrived in No folk last evening. W. W. Weaver arrived home yeste ay from Uonestoel , where his broth-1 r , P. N. Weaver , is to open a hardware i tore In n few weeks , John Duncan of Sioux City , construe- on engineer for the Norfolk Long Din- unco Telephone company , arrived In forfolK last evening from a trip to hlcago. L. A. RiiHsoll of Tllden , n pioneer Indlson county farmer , was among 10 clrciiH day visitors in Norfolk. Mr. lussell came to the county twenty- Ight years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lewis of Mon- wl are guests nt the homo of J. D. turgcon. Mr. Lowln Is station agent t Monowl. Mrs. O. Rico of Creighton s also n guest at the Sturgeon homo. Among the day's out of town visitors wore : E. L. Jones , Brlstow ; Henry Saunders nnd Will Dalldorf , Bazlllo .Illls ; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cahro , Mad- son ; Mrs. H. Anhorn , Mrs. Frazlor , Ilss Emolla Anhorn , Tony Holcchok , Via. Bry , Fred Seller , Mike Bchock , V. B. and 0. L. Tlenkon , Naper ; Otto Coehler , Plainviow ; Charles Wataon , Nlobrara ; Robert C. Anderson , Genoa ; . R. Turnoy , Fairfax ; W. H. Reeves nd W. G. Reeves , Emerick ; James Northrup and Charles Price , St. Ed- vard ; C. D. Case , Wood Lake ; L. P. Corbel and Fred J. Sedlacek , Spencer ; ambcrt Korbol , Battle Creek ; Miss 3mma Stcffen , Verdlgro ; Charles Bruce , Vordlgro ; Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Flnloy , Long Pine ; T. W. and George Lowe , Creighton ; F. D. Davoy , Crolgh- on ; Eugene Scheler , Vordigro ; George rawford , Beemer ; W. W. Crosby , Bloomfleld ; John P. Classen , Madison ; R. R. Naper and family , Nnpor ; R. Blomqulst , Blair ; H. G. Simmons , Sew- rd ; C.V. . James. Central City ; Rob- rt Shclton , Madison ; Carl Llndo and Tom Tompson , Newman Grove. Mrs. Edens and Mrs. Washburn of 'alrfax nro visiting in Norfolk. Paul Lyons returned home from the ast last evening nfter a visit with rlcnds and relatives , Wesley Connor has moved his fam- ly from Lincoln avenue to Mr. Wil ey's house on Fifth street. Henry Barrett , who has been hero Isting his parents , Mr. and Mrs. leorgo Barrett for the past week , re- urned to Ainsworth Monday noon to continue his work. Miss Clara Anderson returned home rom Creighton Monday noon , where she has been visiting her sister , Mrs. ' " "red Sprecher. Ernest Turner , a Northwestern fire man , has moved hero from Omaha and will work out of here. Sidney McNeely , who has been work- ng out of Bonesteel , will now run on the Verdlgre turn-around. Mrs. W. H. Dean went to Missouri Valley today to visit with friends. Harry Johnson went to Sioux City this morning for a visit. Mrs. Kate Kernell of Rapid City is lore visiting relatives. A. R. Beaten went to Oakdalo with i gang of men yesterday to make some repairs on the coal chutes and depot. Jim Thompson , ono of the round- liouse employes went to Missouri Val ley yesterday to bo examined for a position as a fireman. Crotty's , Case's and Craft's , who have been camping out at Bocho's slough , broke up camp Sunday evening and returned homo Monday morning Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. Uecker , a daughter. The first anmirtl meeting of the stockholders of the Norfolk Long Dls tauce Telephone company was post poned from last evening on account of the absence of one or two of the principal stockholders from the city C. E. Burnham , as chairman of the executive committee in charge of the semi-centennial celebration of the founding of the Masonic grand lodge In Nebraska , has received word from Governor Sheldon that the latter will participate in the big Omaha celebra tlon. The anniversary celebration wll occur In Omaha a week from next Mon day. day.Friends Friends of Dr. and Mrs. H. Douglas Singer , who are to leave Norfolk with In a few days for their new home In Illinois , will be given an opportunity to bid them farewell at a little infer rnnl reception which will be held at the insane hospital Wednesday evening ing between the hours of 8 o'clock am 10:30. : No invitations have been issued but friends who would care to , are cordially asked to call. The Sioux Indian polo club , whlcl visited Norfolk early in the summer has according to a Valentine dlspatcl returned to. the reservation. The team was organized by J. H. Ludwlg ane played exhibition games through the west with a cowboy team from the northwest prairies. The polo club after going as far east as Coon Rapids , Iowa , returned last week to the re servation. The teams were in Nor folk for three days , playing two games in this city. Beatrice Express : It is fortunate that Charles B. Anderson of Crete and George Caupland of Elgin Inherited names whose Initial letters entitled them to first place on the ballot under the head of regents , for both are able men and well suited to the places for which they have been chosen , nnd they are most satisfactorily situated from a geographical standpoint. Dr. von Mansfeldo Is doubtless equally as ca pable as either of the others , but his geographical location Is not so good , considering that two regents are to bo elected. If his name had ranked first or second , however , ho would have been nominated. Bonesteel News : South Dakota , when It comes to hunting prairie chick ens , Is generally referred to as the "Sportsman's Paradise" and each year on September first gunners from many of the neighboring states and those from the larger cities in this state en- Complies with the pure food laws of every state stateCALUMET BAKING POWDER Calumet U mnde of the flnent material ! poi- nlblo to select , nnd mutes light , enilly dlgeilrd , , N'Md. BlHcults or P siry | therefore , It It recom mended by leading phyilclani and chemliti. 'ECONOMY ' In using Cilumet you nro nlvrayt a mired of a good baking ! therefore , there li no vraite of material or time. Calumet li put up In air-tight cans ; It will keep longer than any othtr linking Powder on the market and bai more raising power. CALUMET It 10 carefully and icltn- tlflcally prepared that the neutralization of the Ingredients li abiolutely perfect. There toteCalumet Icnvei no Rocliello Salu or Alum In the food. It It chomlctllj correct. $1,000.00 given for any nibitance In jurious to haaltl ) found In Calumet oy an outing by traversing the largo jrain fields in search of game. Hunt- ng Invariably is very good and those who como many miles to enjoy this sport generally return well repaid for the tlmo spent. Nearly all of the smaller towns In South Dakota are annually visited by a party or several parties on this sort of an expedition. Bonestcol has had several such this week. Other towns in the county lave had the same. A largo number passed through Gregory county and went to Dallas , from which place they started on their quest for chickens in Trlpp county , where they are reported ; o bo very numerous. Several parties n the vicinity of Bonesteel killed from fifty to one hundred chickens last Sun day and the entire community has been feasting on the prairie fry most of the week. Rev. H. O. Knowles , the evangelist at the Christian church , announces the following subjects : "Tho Unpardon able Sin , " Tuesday evening ; "What Must I Do to Be Lost ? " Wednesday evening. There will bo good music with a special solo on Wednesday evening. A call has been Issued for a meeting to ho participated in by citizens con tributing to the bonus for the sugar factory and who have either taken out no shares or have received common stock In the Norfolk Industrial com pany. The meeting has been called for 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Septem ber 21 In the law office of Barnhart and Koenlgsteln. The purpose of the meeting , it is stated , is to take steps to protect the interests of the holders of common slock in the company formed when the sugar company turn ed the local factory and grounds over to the Norfolk contributors. It Is the aim of the promoters of the meeting that the common stock should fare the same as the preferred stock which was issued to the guarantee committee who at the time the bonus was first raised were forced to make up a deficit of about $20,000 in addition to their own contributions to the fund. To cover and protect the guarantee com mittee in the former expenditure pre < ferred stock was Issued. To prevent this stock from receiving preferred treatment in case the sugar factory building should be disposed of is the object of the meeting called a week from next Saturday. Battle Creek Enterprise : James Glllesplo of Emerick was in Battle Creek Monday for the first time since his return from a trip to his old home In County Denigal , Ireland. Ho had a delightful voyage both ways and.un- like a majority of the passengers he escaped the usual seasickness. Mr. Glllesple had not informed his three brothers of his intended visit , and after being apart for twenty years the reunion was indeed a happy one. Several weeks were spent in touring through Ireland and England. Dublin was visited and a few days were spent at the world's exposition in that city. Mr. Glllesplo says that Undo Sam Is apparently little interested in this affair , as he noticed very few American exhibits , though American machinery is extensively used in the country and especially so by the farmers. As to crops in Ireland , ho says they are very poor on account of an extremely rainy season. During his entire stay he en Joyed the sight of the sun only a few days. While In England Mr , Glllesple visited London for the first time and saw the principle sights In the world's largest city. "Candidly , " he says , "I'd rather shop in Battle Creek , where the streets are fewer , cleaner , wider and not quite so long. " Liver pool was also visited and it was at this port he took passage for home. We hear a great deal about how much bet tor European railroads are than those of the United States. This , ho says is all bosh. The faro is about two cents n mile , the same as in Ne braska , but accommodations for the ordinary traveler are very poor. It is true the trains are not allowed to be crowded as in America , but the coaches aside from those reserved for the pin > headed aristocracy are no more com' fortablo than the common American freight caboose. Hotel rates are hlgli and the European regards the American can only for what there may be in his porketbook. John Glllesplo , a nep hew , returned with Mr. Glllesplo and will make America his future homo. As a general rule your store has prospered in proportion to the extent and attractiveness of your advertising in this newspaper. Isn't It true ? NAMES OF MEN TO APPEAR IN NORFOLK MONDAY. FROM ALL NORTH NEBRASKA i The Federal Jury For the Term of Federal Court Which Begins In Nor folk Next Monday Morning , Were Selected In Norfolk Monday. The federal Jury for the term of the [ edoral court which will convene in Norfolk Monday was drawn during the morning by John R , Hays , clerk of the court , and C. B. Durland , Jury commis sioner. The following Jurymen were drawn to report In Norfolk next Mon day : Elmer Brink , Battle Creek , farmer. H. Whittle , Butte , farmer. George Barr , Stanton , farmer. L. Roe , Wayne , meat market George Mather , Norfolk , mason. A. L. Carter , Norfolk , farmer. E. J. Rix , Norfolk , farmer. Charles G. Nelson , Clearwater , farm er. Charles F. Benton , Verdel , hotel. Herman Hogrefe , Battle Creek , banker. James F. Gallagher , O'Neill , banker. F. W. Stolnkraus , Pierce , banker. Rudolph E. Theim , Norfolk , meat market. Jacob Kesselring , Crofton , hotel. Elmer Vifquin , Sprlngview , farmer and stockman. Edward S. Bagley , Bloomfleld , mer , ? chant. Peter F. Boyens , Plalnview , furni ture. Joseph Jones , Carroll , clerk. Charles D. Simms , Norfolk , travelIng - Ing man. Carl Wilde , Norfolk , banker. George Sellory , Nellgh , merchant. Robert Skinner , Nellgh , furniture. John B. Maylard , Norfolk , Durland Trust Co. Michael Hughes , Battle Creek , farm- er. James Crowley , O'Neill , farmer. Dan Craven , Norfolk , laundry. Charles E. Greene , Plalnvlow , mer chant. F. C. Holbert , Plainviow , banker. Isaac T. Cook , Norfolk , drayman. Thomas C. Green , Creighton , pub lisher. Charles A. Randall , Newman Grove , banker. George D. Butterfleld , Norfolk , bank er. er.John John Friday , Norfolk , hardware. Louis W. Ray , Norfolk , farmer. M. L. Thomson , Battle Creek , mer chant FLOURING MILL AT THAT PLACE IS DESTROYED. LOSS $25,000 , NO INSURANCE G. O. Westcott , the Owner , Says He Will Not Rebuild The Flames Started In the Engine Room Serious Loss to the Town. Dodge , Neb. , Sept. 9. Special to The News : The big flouring mill at this place was destroyed by fire today. The mill was owned by G. O. West cott. The loss amounts to $25,000 , with no insurance. The fire started in an engine room. Westcott will not rebuild. DIED WHILE VISITING HERE. Henry Blck , Former Resident , Suc cumbs at Brother's Home. Henry Blck , a young man of twenty- seven who with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Chris Blck , sr. , moved to Okla homa from near Norfolk several years ago , died yesterday at the homo of his brother , John Blck , nine miles south west of Norfolk. The young man came up from Oklahoma about two months ago and was taken ill with ty phoid fever about three weeks ago. Funeral services will bo held nt the homo of the brother at 11 o'clock Wednesday forenoon and at St. Jo hannes Lutheran church at 2:30 : in the afternoon. Interment will bo in the new Lutheran cemetery.