Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NOHFOL1C WEEKLY NBWS-JOUIINAL : FRIDAY , OOTOHBH 4. 1U07 J
NELIQH CONCEDES CHAMPION'
SHIP TO O'NEILL.
BAIN SPOILED FRIDAY'S GAME
Nellgh and Stanton Were to Have
Played Off the Rubber at Madison
Dut the Rain Interfered Nellgh
Won Twenty Out of Twenty-three.
The Nollgh litiHulmll tc'iun practic
ally drew HH HoaHon to a cloHo at the
JMafllmin county fair thin week , though
Manager Conwi'll Is willing to make
arrangements for any games next
wrote. Nellgh and Stnntun wore to
liavo jilayod the rubber at the fair yes
terday afternoon hut owing to the
rain the game was called off. Stnnton
lind won from Crouton on Wednesday
and Nollgh beat Newman Orovo Thurs-
day. In the Thursday game Provo
and 151y were Newmnn Grove's battery
and AllHtott and Strlngfellow Nellgh'n
Imttory. Provo struck out seven , All-
stott cloven , and there were three lilts
off AllHtott , eight off Provo.
Dr. Conwell , Nollgh's manager , whc
was In Norfolk yesterday afternoon
conceded that O'Neill Is entitled tc
the northern Nebraska champlonshlt
for this summer , though ho said No-
llgh has won twenty out of twenty-
thrco games. Lust year they won
twenty-four out of twenty-eight.
Been Fast Ball Year.
The past season In northern Ne
braska and southern South Dakota
lias been marked by fast baseball all
-along the line and the games have
liccu good bccnuso of the oven play-
Ing.
Ing.O'Neill has had a number of paid
players , some of whom will go Into
leagues. Bradley , pitcher , Is said to
liavo signed up with the Western
league and Relchlo , It Is said , will try
out for league company.
There have been fast teams at Stanton -
ton , Pllger , Pierce , Plalnvlow , Crelgh-
ton , Spencer , Butlc , Fairfax , . Bone-
steel , Burke , Gregory , Dallas , Bruns
wick , Meadow Grove , Tllden , Oakdale ,
Nellgh , O'Neill , Atkinson , Bassctt ,
Ailisworlli , Johnstown , Valentine ,
Newman Grove , Albion , Petersburg ,
Carroll and other points.
SPORTS
GOTCH TO FIGHT.
Wrestler Known In Norfolk , Will En
ter the Ring.
Chicago , Sept. 28. Frank Gotch , the
champion heavyweight catch-as-catch-
can wrestler of America , bumped Into
Tommy Ilynn at the Coliseum Monday
night and before they had been In coiv
versatlon thirty minutes Gotch coiv
eluded ho could cut as wide n swatli
In pugilism as he has In wrestling. He
convinced Uyan that ho had quite n
smattering of the bit-aml-get-away
game and thought It would not take
up much of his time to becomeproll
dent enough to beat some of the pres
cnt-day heavyweights.
Ryan thought well of It and said he
would take Frank In hand and tun :
him out a champion. Tommy docs no !
consider ho will have much trouble Ir
l > laclug the big wrestler In the chain
plonshlp ranks and If Frank does tiol
chance his mind ho will have him bat
tllng second-raters before the snow
Hies.
CANS AND NELSON.
Purse of Twenty-five Thousand Offered
for Fight at Reno.
Los Angeles , Cal. , Sept. 27. A purse
of $25,000 has Just been offered Joe
Cans and Battling Nelson to battle for
In n finish fight at Reno , Nov. , on
Thanksgiving day afternoon for the
light-weight championship of the
world. Jim May , the well known
sporting man of Reno , acting under
the Instructions of a syndicate of busi
ness men of that place , made the offer
to Ben Sellg , manager of Gnus , and
Hilly Nolan , manager of Nelson , In
Ban Francisco recently. Nolan Imme
diately accepted the offer for Nelson ,
"but Selig declared that ho would not
bo prepared to glvo his answer until
after Gans' light with George Memslc
at l s Angeles on Sept. 27. Although
close to 15,000 persons saw the fight
between Joe Gans and Jimmy Brltt
the receipts of the show did not
amount to as much as It was expected
they would. The actual receipts fig-
tired up $35,903. Of this amount the
fighters got CO per cent. Gans for
winning received $12,025.80 , whllo
Brltt for losing got 40 per cent , which
netted him $8,010.10. As Gans also
won over $5,000 In bets ho realized
altogether $17,023.80 on the contest.
FOOTBALL'S BEST YEAR.
Stagg Says it Will Reach the Highest
Point Ever Known.
Chicago , Sept. 27. "Tho 1007 foot
ball season will mark the highest
point yet reached by the gridiron game.
Everything points to n banner year ,
and popular Interest In the game was
.never so great. Foot ball In the west
will surpass anything over seen be
fore. "
This was Coach A. A. Stagg's foot
liall prediction yesterday on his re
turn from Battle Greek , Mich. , where
ho has been preparing for the fall
grind. According to the midway di
rector , the maroon team will bo at
least as good as last year's , while all
the western teams will bo exception
ally classy.
"Tho whole country Is waiting for
the foot ball season with more Interest
than over was shown before , " ho said
in dlscussJg * the foot ball outlook.
" "There w dcclded change from
nj > pplo believed
the result of the "reform" rules. Fol
lowers of the game may look for the
bout exhibitions they have over seen.
"Foot ball conditions generally liavo
settled Hlnco last year and the changes
n the playing rules have helped the
iiclual game. The forward pass Is
osponslblo for the great revival this
I'HHon. When Its practically unending
MWHibllltles. there Is every chance for
irllllnnt plays that will please the
Hpectators as well as the players.
'Wo will have Just as good a team
this year as wo had last. Wo have
some excellent material , and , while
here may not be a finish light for
; very position on the eleven , there will
be a contest In each case. The chlel
dllllculty at present seems to bo thai
wo will not have as big a bunch of sub
slllutcs as we could use.
TEAM HAS BEEF.
Nebraska University rootball Boyi
Take on Weight.
Lincoln , Nob. , Sept. 28. Coach Coh
has been sorting over the Nebraski
candidates and has hit upon a vnrslt ;
lineup which gives every promise o
presenting a formidable front. It I
now fairly well settled that the Nc
braska eleven will bo well balanced ate
to weight and speed , As the varslt ;
began the practice this week , It wa
almost an Ideal aggregation. Its pel
sonnel and the weights were as fo
lows :
Harvey (185) ( ) and Bctzlcr (170) ( ) ,
ends.
ends.Matters
Matters (195) ( ) and Hart (185) ( ) ,
acklcs.
Frohm (195) ( ) and Chaloupka (190) ( ) ,
; uards.
Collins (185) ( ) , center.
Minor (150) ( ) , quarter.
Wellor (190) ( ) and Burnctto (170) ( ) ,
mlfbacks.
Kroger (175) ( ) , fullback.
This aggregation averages nearly
185 pounds In the line and over 180
for the full eleven men. Nebraska , In
former years , has presented n heavier
team , but It has never possessed one
so evenly balanced as to avoirdupois.
Sommerhalter , the giant guard of
four years 'experience at Lincoln high
school , whose coming has been anx
iously awaited by Cole for the past
two weeks , has finally donned a Ne
braska suit and the coach finds the big
fellow Is even more than advertised.
Sommerhalter is a veritable Colossus
compared with the other football can
didates. Ills weight Is the modest fig
ure of 210. Ho carries no surplus fat
and every ounce of his avoirdupois Is
bono and muscle. Across the chest
ho Is broad as a barn door and his
short stature serves to emphasize his
unusual bulk. Sommerhalter , being a
freshman , will not bo eligible for the
Minnesota and Kansas games , played
under the western conference rules
concerning residence. Ho may get
Into some of the minor games while
the regulars are being rested , as Cok
Intends to give Sommerhalter a stiff
workout this season in preparation for
his active participation In 1908.
Captain Weller's Improvement In
punting also furnishes encouragement
for Cole. Some of the captain's spirals
arc sailing a full sixty yards , while
few of them arc less than forty. Wei
lor is practicing dally on drop kicking
and is getting fine results. Minor's
snappy play at quarter likewise glad
dens the coach , who Is now confidenl
that the coruhuskers arc In possesstor
of a thoroughly dependable quarter
back , a most valuable asset.
SATTERLEE ICE HOUSE DISCOV
ERED IN FLAMES.
ITS ORIGIN ALSO MYSTERY
The Second Ice House Fire of the Sum
mer Broke Out In Norfolk Sunday
Night , But Was Extinguished Before
Damage Had Been Done.
IFrom Monday's Dnlly.l
A second Ice house fire Sunday evenIng -
Ing In the big Sattorlee ice house east
of the city resulted in little or no dam
age.
age.It was the opportune discovery of
the fire by John Duncan that prevent
ed serious loss as the Ice houses Ho
outside of the city fire district.
Beyond scorching n strip of the
wall the burning straw resulted In no
damage. The Incipient blaze had been
extinguished when the hook and ladder -
dor company arrived from the city.
Insurance was carried on the build
ing.
During the summer the big double
Ice houses of Waldo & Dlllenbeck lo
cated near the Satterleo ice house
burned to the ground , inflicting a se
rious loss on the proprietors.
The cause of the Sunday evening
fire was not known.
Train Passenger Hurt.
Madison Star-Mall : While returnIng -
Ing home on the Northwestern pas
senger train Sunday Emll Weinberger
had n gash cut clear to the bono under
his right eye by a shot from a revolver
or what Is commonly known as a nig
ger shooter , one milo west of Cornlea
while the train was running at full
speed. The shot came so unexpected
that Mr. Weinberger Is at a loss to
explain it. The railroad officials are
making an Investigation and It has
been learned that a crowd of boys was
seen on the company's right of way
about the time the accident occurred.
Had the shot been a half Inch higher
ho would undoubtedly have lost his
eye. Whllo the accident Is evry pain
ful , Dr. Smart , the attending physi
cian , Informs us it Is not necessarily
dangerous.
Want ads. are woven Into the fabric
MORTHWESTERN HAS 5,000 TONS
IN NORFOLK.
BURN 1,350 TONS EVERY DAY
A Surplus of 25,000 Tons Has Been
Unloaded West of the Missouri River
to Guard Against Coal Famines In
Winter Months.
The Northwestern has filled Its coal
bin.
bin.At
At Norfolk and at other centers the
road Is piling up its annual supply of
storage coal.
In the local yards alone the North
western has just finished unloading
5,000 tons of coal. The Norfolk man
who was unpleasantly reminded Fri
day of the prospects of a winter coal
bill can figuratively shako hands with
the big railroad for It too has its little
coal bill.
It isn't all profit In railroading
Each day the Northwestern road or
Its lines west of the Missouri burns
1,350 tons of coal. And the Norfoll
man will find his imagination golnj
lame when he tries to Imagine his bU
neighbor shoveling that much coa
each dav Into his furnaco.
The Northwestern each day replen
ishes its coal supply from the mines.
Hut as the winter months approach It
ays In each year a surplus supply of
25,000 tons of coal , n surplus to pro-
oct the lines west of the river during
he winter months when traffic may be
congested and snow storms threaten.
And each spring the big coal supply
dwindles down to nothing.
So the Northwestern has Just filled
Is coal bin. At Norfolk it has stored
5,000 tons of coal , at Long Pine 5,000
tons , at Chadron 5,000 tons , at Fre
mont 3,000 tons , at Casper 2,000 tons
and 5,000 more tons In storage sheds.
It's a lot of coal that the North
western has In Uorfolk , almost a ton
for every man , woman and child In
the city.
And if every man , woman and child
in Norfolk would secretly attack the
Northwestern's big coal pile , each per
son carrying away twenty-three
pounds of coal each night , on Christ
mas eve the road would still have
enough coal left In Norfolk to got up
steam on every engine over the Ne
braska and Wyoming divisions.
Ami over the northwest the road
has 25,000 tons of coal stored for win
ter emergencies. It's a big pile but It's
only an eighteen days' supply for the
Northwestern.
NEW NORTHWESTERN BRIDGE.
Big Steel Structure to Cross Ponca
Creek at Spencer.
It is reported that the Northwestern
is to construct a new steel bridge at
Spencer , N"eb. , over Ponca creek. The
main span Is to be 200 feet long. The
Northwestern crosses the Ponca six
times In less than thirty miles with
its Bonesteel line of road.
Change In Train Service.
Deadwood , S. D. , Sept. 28. That
within the next sixty days the North
western will put on Its through ser
vlco between Deadwood and Chlcagc
via Pierre , Is the general understand
Ing In local railroad circles. On Oc
tober 10 , the big steel bridge over the
Missouri river at Fort Pierre will be
officially opened for passenger traffic
and after that period it will be pos
sible to establish whatever service the
officials deemed best. For some weeks
the Northwestern has been busy on a
magnificent equipment in Its carshops.
This Is Intended for use on the new
Deadwood-Chlcago train which will be
known as the Black Hills Limited and
will take the place of the present pas
senger train from Chicago via Omaha
that train continuing on west nt Chad
ron and a local train from Chadron to
the Black Hills , carrying passengers
from that point of Nebraska. The new
train via Pierre will shorten the time
to Chicago by several hours , and will
also carry the mall to and from that
point to the hills.
ROBBERS HAVE BEEN BUSY.
Freight Cars Opened In Transit and
Goods Taken Therefrom.
Lincoln , Nob. , Sept 28. Robbing
valuable merchandise cars while In
fast freight trains has now ceased on
the Burlington since the arrests of
three men were made at Ashland a lit
tle more than a week ago. It Is
claimed by Special Agent Malone of
the Burlington that two of these men
have confessed to robbing Burlington
fast freight train No. 77 of valuable
freight , and that they will be taken to
Iowa for trial , where the cars were
entered.
The systematic robbing of this train
offered a problem for the special
agents of the railroads that has been
a serious one. The train would start
from Chicago sealed , and many of the
cars destined for Denver and beyond
would arrive at the terminals with the
seals apparently intact , but with
freight Inside disturbed and short
many of the articles shown on the
billing. The cars had been robbed In
transit. A closer Inspection of the
seals , however , would show that they
had been broken and placed together
In a manner that , with rough Inspec
tion , would escape detection.
The method of car burglars is fa
miliar to most railroad men , and at
this time when burglaries are frequent
on every road all of the trainmen and
special agents are on the lookout for
these men. Cars are opened whllo the
train is standing In the yards and one
man secretes himself in the car and
closes the door. At n certain place
along the line ho opens the door and
throws freight out along the line while
otlon. Confederates
follow along after the train and pick
up the loot , taking It to some place
where It may bo "planted" until an
opportunity comes for disposing of It.
In recent Instances n market has
been found for stolen goods among
bangs of foreign laborers In the em
ploy of the railroads. The thieves
take the goods out to the camps of the
laborers and sell the stuff. Twenty
jalnrs of shoes will be sold to laborers
for twenty dollars. Like prices will
> o made on other goods that the rob
bery of the cars affords. In this way
cndy sales are made to people who
are not at all talkative. Because of
the manner of selling the goods It
has been difficult to trace the thieves.
Sometimes the thieves do not find
all of the goods thrown out by the
man on the train , and the section men
going over the road the next morning
locate boxes and crates by the track
side and report the find. In this way
robberies have been discovered before
the check of the robbed cars has been
made.
For several months railroads operat
Ing In Nebraska have been reporting
heavy losses to freight In transit. II
Is said that the summer and fal
months are the times of greatest nc
tlvlty of the car robbers. When tin
weather gets cold the robberies an
not so frequent and do not cause sucl
a heavy loss to the railroads.
LOST TRUNK IS FOUND
Baggage of Mrs. Charles Rice Went
to Harrlsburg , Pa.
The trunk of Mrs. Charles Rico was
est , but the lost Is found. At Harris-
inirg , Pa. , the trunk has boon located.
The trunk was lost In a peculiar
nanner. On her return from Europe
Mrs. Rice was met by her husband.
Mr. Rico re-checked the baggage and ,
minting to the trunk , Instructed the
laggagoman to send the trunk to Nor
folk. It was no lemon that was hand
ed them , but It was a sure enough
> askot of bananas. And the Italian
who owned the bananas and found the
trunk oT Mrs. Rico to correspond with
his baggage check at Harrlsburg ,
Pa.
After several weeks of tracing , the
trunk was located.
TANGLE OVER GRAYING
Prominent Norfolk Business Men In
Legal Controversy.
How many state laws and city ordi
nances does every lawabiding citizen
In Norfolk fracture in a day ?
Norfolk had a little spasm of law
enforcement.
Two prominent Norfolk business
men Invoked the majesty of police
court law against each other during
the week. W. A. Emery , proprietor
of the Norfolk Lumber company , and
W. H. Blakeman , proprietor of the
Norfolk Storage & Transfer company ,
have been In court for draying with
out a city license.
Can a Norfolk citizen dray his own
goods without a city permit ? Sure ,
but he inusn't haul other folks' mer
chandise even though It Is sent in n
carload lot In care of himself. That's
what W. A. Emery did and that's what
he was fined $2 for in police court af
the instance of W. H. Blakeman.
Now W. H. Blakeman Is more for
tunnte than Emery in that he has n
city dray license but he didn't have il
before July 1C. So Blakeman in tun :
faced a charge of draying without r
Icense , the charge being preferred by
Emery who grieved to think of Blake-
man having existed without a dray
icense prior to July 1C ,
It was said that Blakeman has only
been doing a general transfer business
since he took out his license. Anyway
he went Into police court , pleaded guil
ty and paid that $2 fine. But Emery
hasn't paid his fine. Instead he has
given notice of an appeal and filed a
$100 bond to carry the case to the dis
trict court.
That's how It Is that the names of
two of Norfolk's business men appear
in police court record In the midst of
a miscellaneous array of other sinners.
SUGAR FACTORY THERE IS TO BE
TAKEN AWAY.
BUILDING TOO WILL BE MOVED
The Sugar Factory at Leavltt , Near
Fremont , Is to Go the Same Route
That Was Traveled by the Norfolk
Sugar Factory.
Fremont , Neb. , Sept. 28. It is re
ported hero that the machinery of the
beet sugar factory at Leavitt Is to be
taken out and moved to Scott's Bluff.
If the litigation now pending concern
ing the plant results In favor of the
bondholders , It Is thought that the
building itself will also be moved to
that point. This week a quantity of
syrup , left over from last season , was
worked up. The removal of the fac
tory probably will leave Leavltt with
out any Inhabitants. There are only
about ten families living there now.
Nellgh Boys Play Ball.
Nollgh , Neb. . Sept. 30. Special to
The News : Conwoll's Sluggers , a ball
team of this city composed of boys in
the neighborhood of sixteen years of
ago , met a team from Battle Creek of
thqlr own ago Saturday afternoon at
the Riverside park diamond and defeated
featod the visitors in an Interesting
game by a score of1 to 5.
One consolation you cannot prevent -
vent unpleasant features of life in
your neighborhood , but you can move
away. Look at the tenant-hunting ads.
VERDIGRE BLAZE WILL BE LOOK
ED INTO.
FOLLOW UP GIRL'S FORECAST
County Attorney J. H. Bcrryman of
Crelghton Called up County Attor
ney Van Wagenen of Pierce to Ask
For a Detailed Description.
Pierce , Neb. , Sept. 30. Special to
The News : County Attorney J. H.
Uerrymun of Knox county has begun
a campaign to run down the clue re
cently furnished by County Attorney
J. A. Van Wagonen of Pierce county
as to the origin of the lire which last
week crippled or destroyed nine Ver-
dlgro business Institutions.
County Attorney Berryman tele
phoned Van Wagenon as soon as The
News containing the story of the fire
prediction which the latter heard
made on n train by n young woman
two weeks ago. Ho has asked Van
Wagenen to give a detailed descrip
tion of the young woman and the clue
will be followed out as far ns possi
ble with the hope of ascertaining what
the young woman know when she said
that more of Verdigro was to burn.
MONDAY MENTION.
Dr. O. R. Meredith went to Stanton
it noon.
Miss Dcna Lehman was In Stanton
over Sunday.
W. L. Lehman left at noon for a
visit nt Stanton.
Clarence Hartford left at noon for a
visit at Glenwood , Iowa.
Miss Georgia Austin was home from
the Wayne normal over Sunday.
Miss Anna Bocnke Is spending the
week In Omaha on a visit with her
sister.
Master Lorentz Poucher of Omaha
spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. II. L. Snyder.
Mrs. R. M. Ilarwood of Holly , Colo. ,
Is In Norfolk on a visit with her moth
er , Mrs. Augusta Korth.
C. A. Berry of Wayne who was on
his way to Omaha , was the guest of
E. P. Olmstcd over night.
Mrs. II. L. Snyder left at noon for
Omaha where she will be the guest of
Mrs. S. S. Montgomery during the
week.
Romaine Saunders of the O'Neill
Frontier , one of the live newspaper
men In the northwest , was In Norfolk
on business.
Mrs. F. C. Marshall of Center , who
has been In Norfolk on a visit with
her parents , Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Vlele ,
has returned homo.
District Judge A. A. Welch was in
Norfolk Monday morning , leaving at
noon for Pierce , where ho convened a
jury session of the district court.
Charles Verges loft Norfolk at noon
for Chicago where ho will complete
his course In the Hering Medical college -
lego this year. He will engage in the
practice of medicine following his
graduation in the spring.
Dr. Peters and Dr. Gains of the
state experimental station at Lincoln ,
and Dr. McKim , state veterinarian ,
passed through Norfolk Sunday return
ing to Lincoln from the vicinity of
Ewlng where they had been called tc
investigate reported cases of swamr
fever among horses.
George Conley of Tilden was in Nor
folk Saturday on a visit with his broth
or , J. H. Conley.
Mrs. I. W. Williams , who has been
visiting her husband in Omaha , re
turned home yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Doroty of Lamar -
mar , Mo. , are in Norfolk on a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. M. A. France.
Mrs. Charles E. Newell and chil
dren , who have been visiting Mrs. W.
H. Clark , left for their home at Walk
er , Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. John Collins of Mar
cus , Iowa , were in Norfolk over Sun
day. Mrs. Collins was formerly Miss
Lulu Johnson.
Congressman Boyd will be in Stanton -
ton on next Friday. The congressman
has been making a "tour of the district
to get in touch with his constituents.
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Garvln left at
noon for Kansas City on a three weeks
trip that will Include visits at Norton-
vlllo , Kan. , Belolt , Kan. , Lenox , Iowa ,
and Atlantic , Iowa.
Miss Nellie Howard of Norfolk left
at noon to return to her work as a
traveling representative of the Nebras
ka Children's home society of Omaha
after a few weeks visit at home.
Louis Jensen left Norfolk yesterday
for Antlgo , Wls. , to accept a position
as window trimmer with the A. Gold
berg Drygoods Co. Mr. Jensen has
been In Norfolk for several weeks
with the A. L. Kllllan company.
L. P. Pasewalk returned Saturday
evening from Battle Creek , Mich. , af
ter a visit to that health resort that
has been of appreciable benefit to his
health. Mr. Pasowalk Monday morn
ing returned to the cashier's desk In
the Norfolk National bank.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors In Norfolk wore : A. L. Krause ,
West Point ; A. E. Smith , Lynch ; Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. MHler , Lindsay ; H.
Ranbach , Wayne ; E. L. Delnmlck , Laurel -
rol ; Miss Olga Johnson , Wlnslde ; E.
B. Bushnell , Butte ; Frank Meholln ,
Niobrara ; Mrs. H. A. Luckey , Grand
Island ; Mrs. R. Perrln , Wayne ; J. II.
Farlln , Madison ; C. D. Case , Wood
Lake ; W. E. Whltcomb , Ponder ; John
O. Rossard , Pierce ; B. Deffonbaugh ,
Plalnvlow ; Otto Xuolow , Schuylcr ; W.
H. Locke , Stanton ; B. F. Wood , Plerco.
The moving picture attractions will
iipgin at the Auditorium tonight.
The West Sldo whist club will meet
a ith Mr and Mrs D Mathowson
Thursday evening of this week.
The W C T U will meet with Mrs
J II Conley tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
Mrs. M. C. Wnlkor slipped on the
sidewalk Saturday and broke her left
arm near the wrist. The fracture was
a severe one.
This Is the basobnll program for the
Herrlck street fair this week :
Wednesday , Bonostoel , "tho old gate
way , " vs. Dallas , "tho now gateway ; "
Thursday , Boyd county vs. Gregory
county ; Friday , winners of Wcdnes-
ilny and Thursday's games ,
Stanton , according to the Stanton
Picket , will ask that the annual con
ference of the Methodist church of
north Nebraska be hold there In 1908.
The north Nebraska conference meets
this week In Omaha and Is one of the
most Important church gatherings of
the year.
Sherman Saunders of BloomfloUl
has been named by Governor Sheldon
as one of Nebraska's live delegates to
the deep water convention which will
convene In Memphis , Tonn. , on Octo
ber -1. Governor Sheldon , who Joins
the Roosevelt party at Kookuk , lown ,
will attend the Memphis convention.
Nine o'clock ' Tuesday morning Is the
hour set for the confirmation services
at the Norfolk church of the Sacred
Heart. A number of priests will bo
In Norfolk In connection with the con
firmation. Bishop Konno of Cheyenne
will bo present to represent Bishop
Scannell of Omaha. At noon the
church party will go to Battle Creek
where conflrnmtiou will be held In the
afternoon.
Fairfax Advertiser : Roy Edons was
called to Norfolk Tuesday by the
Northwestern officials to take the ex
amination with the Intention , of mak
ing him station agent at Iladar , Ne
braska. Roy is an exemplary young
man , and although Fairfax regrets to
lose him , all are glnd to see him promoted
meted to something bettor.
Slanton Picket : Ethan Allen is in
: ho county Jail , charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses. The
specific charge against Allen Is that
in 1903 ho borrowed $300 from the
Stanton National bank. As security ,
It is alleged that ho mortgaged prop
erty that he did not own and did not
exist. He farmed several years and
slnco then has been doing odd Jobs
about town.
Plerco Leader : J. J. Wagner , six
miles southeast , had the misfortune
on last Saturday to break one of the
bones of the loft leg just below the
knee. The accident happened nt Ha-
dar where Mr. Wagner had gone for a
load of posts. After ho had loaded the
posts ho stopped near the elevator
where the team was frightened by the
starting of a gasoline engine. The team
in running broke down one of the Bell
telephone posts and was soon cnunht
with no further damage. Dr. Oelko
was called to dress the injured log.
B. E. Hoffmastor , who has been spe
cial agent for the National Mutual
Fire Insurance company of Omaha , Is
going over to the Commercial Union
and Palatine companies o [ London.
With his new companies Mr. Hoffman-
ter will have charge of the territory
of Nebraska and South Dakota. Mr.
Iloffmaster came to Norfolk last
spring on account of the city's railroad
facilities and will maintain his head
quarters hero because of Norfolk's
central location in regard to Nebras
ka and South Dakota. His surcessoi
with the Omaha company has not beer
announced.
H. B. lletrick of Council Bluffs , whc
has n general agency for the Bankers
Life Insurance company of Lincoln
was In Norfolk Saturday renewing nc
quaintances made among Norfolk busi
ness men twelve years ago. This was
Mr. HetricK's first visit to Norfolk In
twevo years and he commented on the
appreciable advance that the city had
made during those years. "Financial
ly Norfolk Is one of the strong towns
of the northwest. " said Mr. Hctrlck.
"The bank statements show that.
Whllo on a muddy day like this brick
pavement would bo a good Introduc
tion to a stranger , still to anyone who
looks around those bank statements
do look mighty good. And Norfolk I
understand is going to pave. "
Chadron Journal : During the lime
between the Crawford and Chadron
fairs , Mayor Dahlman took n trip to
the Black Hills and while in Lead
some newspaper reporter got next to
the fact that he Is n possible candidate
for governor of the state. Immediate
ly ho turns the wheels In his head to
turning and beheld a half column of
stuff about the mayor's trip to Craw
ford and Chadron being n starter of
his boom for governor. Possibly ho
may have Intended the trip to help his
advancement in that direction , but
moro likely , he came to Crawford and
Chadron because he has many good
friends here who were anxious to have
him participate in the fall festivities.
While the mayor is popular to a cer
tain degree in this county , he couldn't
get to first base-when It comes to get
ting votes to make him governor of
this state.
Sprlngvlew Herald : "Doc" Wilson ,
who was held for the murder of a man
from West Point some time ago , jump
ed his bond at Fairfax and started
west on Monday. He was to como up
for retrial on Tuesday , the first jury
having disagreed. Ho headed west
and passed through this county , but
telephones were too numerous for him
to escape. Ho drove an old grey horse
to a single buggy and made inquiries
along the way for towns which he did
not visit. Sheriff Cottrill got a tele
gram describing him and found that
ho had passed three mlles north of
town In the afternoon of Tuesday. Ho
got busy with the phone and the man
was caught at the Archer ranch , five
miles west of Sparks , where he
stopped for supper , having made a
tour through the canyons south of
Nordon. F. B. March and J. Hutchln-
son made the capture and brought him
back and turned him over to Sheriff
Cottrill who In turn delivered him to
his bondsman , who came along to
Norden soon after they got In.
0
S TWENTIETH ANNUAL EVENT
IN THAT COUNTY.
FUN BEGINS THERE TUESDAY
Among the Features of the Week Will
be Balloon Ascension , Baseball
Games , Free Street Attractions and
Races.
Plinton Pit-hot : The twentieth an
nual fair of the Stnnton County Agri
cultural society opens next Tuesday
and continues four days. With good
wonlhor II will bo the host exhibition
of Its kind over hold In the state.
This ynr the premium Hut of the
Stnntun county fair Is larger than
usual , liberal provisions being made
for exhibitors. This Is going to brim ;
In a Inrgo line of line exhibitions from
all parts of the county.
Secretary llylnnd IIIIH boon busy for
many days bonking exhibits and now
announces that the stock pens will bo
bi-tlor Illlod than during previous
yearn. The same will bo true 111 lilt
other departments.
On the grounds there will bo some
thing doing every hour of the day.
There will bo a big siring of fast
lows , the same ones that have boon
it Crolghton and Albion and were at
Madison last week. Besides , there-
will 1)0 ) many other fast horses on the
Stanton track.
In the way of amusements , there
will bo downs , some of the principal
ones being a balloon ascension anil
parachute drop. Weather permitting ,
the balloon will go up once daily , between -
twoon 1 and 3 o'clock , and not later
than ( i o'clock.
There will bo a ball game on the
grounds each afternoon with two
played Friday.
On the grounds there will bo an
oloctrlc theater with a continuous
show. Besides this there will bo the
Gouott Sisters , who will jrlvo free per
formances In the flying aerial combi
nation acts.
Up town each ovonlng the Frooso
Brothers , boxcar artists , will glvo free
shows. In Ibis show Happy Hnllignn
and Iho Gloomy Gus crowd will ap
pear.
Prof. II. B. Smith , the export from
the state university farm , has boon
secured to judge the livestock.
FAIR AT HERRICK.
Carnival There Begins Wednesday
and Continues For Three Days.
The Horrlck Press gives tinInllow -
Ing program for the Hcrrlek fair and
carnival for Wednesday of Ililwooh :
11:00 : o'clock a. m. A grand spec
tacular street parade of 500 sloux In
dians In full dross and war regalia ,
headed by old Chief Swift Hoar and
his braves.
1:00 : p. m. Address of welcome ;
band concert at Xorba hall .
2:00 : p. m. Baseball game , "Old
Gateway" vs. "Now Gateway" purse
$ CO.OO.
' 1:00 : p. m. Farmers race , trot or
pace , one-half mile heats , b't two In
three , five to enter , thrco to start ,
purse $15.00.
Free-for-all running race , ono-half
mile heats , best two In three ; purse
$15.00.
Ladles' pony race , not over 11 hands.
half-mile heats , best two In three ;
purse $15.00.
8:00 : p. in. Free street attractions ,
shows , dancing and all kinds of sports
until daylight or later.
DR , YOUNGJN INSANITY
Hospital Superintendent Creates In
terest in Insanity Definition.
Lincoln , Noli. , Sept. 28 Whllo tes
tifying that ho considered Frank Bark
er a sane man Dr. Young , superinten
dent of the Norfolk asylum , gave a
definition of Insanity which excited
the interest of the spectators.
On cross-examination , being request
ed to define Insanity so that the lay
mind might understand the definition ,
the doctor said :
"Insanity. Is an abnormal and dis
eased condition of the mind which re
sults In the acting or following out of
an Idea at variance with the patient's
accustomed acts and Ideas and at vari
ance with the standard of social ob
servances of his fellow men ; that Is ,
men In the same sphere of life. There
fore , what would constitute Insanity
In a civilized person would not bo con
sidered as such in a savage. "
There was small likelihood that the
case will go to the Jury before this af
ternoon.
THIRTY-TWO CHURCH ADDITIONS
Series of Revival Meetings In Norfolk
Has Come to Close.
The September revival meetings
conducted by Evangelist II. W.
Knowles , "tho boy preacher , " In the
Christian church , closed with the Sun
day evening service. Thirty-two addi
tions were obtained to the now church
during the month , bringing the mem
bership in the Park Avenue Christian
church up to eighty-six.
Evangelist Knowles left Norfolk nt
noon for Wakeficld , where ho will hold
special meetings during October. Mrs
Knowles , who has been In Norfolk
with her husband , returned to Lincoln
During the progress of the Wake-
field metlngs Rev. John L. Stinc will
occupy the pulpit of the Norfolk
church each Sunday. At the close of
the meetings ho will return to the
practice of spending every oilier Sun
day In Norfolk.
Probably one of today's classified
ads , will bring you a new neighbor.
Look and sco which one.