THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 15 , 1)07 ! ) ffw DAYLIGHT ATTEMPT TO HOLD UP A PLAINVIEW DANK. WORK OF A DEMENTED MAN While Ho Was In the Business Ho Or * dered the Postofflce to Close up Be lieved Th.it the Man Is Leas a Crlnv innl Than He Is Insane. Tlalnvlow , Nob. , Nov. 11. Special to The NOWB : Mur li VauDovor , n nunplcloiiH and dumcutcd charnctor UlvliiK ouBt of town , created n consld- urablo Htlr liuro thlu morning by Jo nnnndliiK I > OHBOSHOII | of tlio Security Stuto bunk and ordering the i > ostmas < itur to cloHo up the government's busl- Shortly after the hank opened thin jiiorulng VanDovor appeared at tlio Security hnnk and nBkod the presi dent , O. 12. Kngler , 1C he way ready to turn over the money In the bank to him. The demand was treated us a joke by the president , and after some jmrloy VanDover left and Bald ho would go to the poslolllco and then como hack after the funds. At the postolllce VanDover ordered I'oHtiiuiBturCrellln to close up the ot- ilco , as It was not needed In IMuinvlow iiny longer. Then he went buck to the bank. 'Hero he again demanded that all the money In the bunk be turned over io him at once , and hccamo BO Insist- out that President Engler was obliged io drive him out of the building at the I > olnt of u gun. VauDover then climbed Into his wagon and drove fu riously toward homo. Warrants were sworn out against the man and at noon today officers wore searching for him. VanDover Is an eccentric character tvho has made a good deal of trouble here in the past and there Is little doubt in the minds of people living iu I'lainvlow that he is demented. \Vhlle the attempted hold up of the bunk and postolllco are not taken se riously , yet it is believed the time has come when the man should bo placed where ho will not be a menace to the community , and it is likely that ho will be sent to the hospital for insane. TUESDAY TOPICS. "Mrs. Edward Tanner of Battle Creek spent yesterday in Norfolk. Miss "Winucfred Jeffries of Stanton was the guest of Miss Rogers. Charles llarkey has returned to Spencer after a visit in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hlght returned yesterday from a visit at Crolghton. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Westorvclt are .visiting their daughter in Clinton , la. iMllo ilooro of Gregory , S. D. , was the guest of Messrs. Paucott and Car- noy. noy.Mrs. . August Rclchman of Seward , Avho has been visiting with her broth er , John Oesterling , returned home at noon. U. G. Rohrko , the Meadow Grove l\nkor , was In Norfolk on business yesterday. George Brooks of Bazilo Mills has been in Norfolk on a visit with John K. Hays. C. A. Smith has gone to Malvern , la. , on a ten days business trip. Other - or members of the Smith Brothers Land and Live Stock company have returned to Newport. Among the day's out of town visit ors Sn Norfolk were : Ed L. Brooks , VVinnetoon ; II. C. Dobhs , Nlobrara ; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Nordin , St. Paul ; W. C. Campbell , Croighton ; D. F. Pel- ton , Gregory , S. D. ; E. Cunningham , Wayne ; Mrs.J. . R. Mourer , Madison ; Mrs. E. Schanon , Battle Creek ; Misses Grace and Latta Bailey , Fairfax , S. D. ; W. R. Locke , Stanton ; John Me- Onus , Wayne ; Ernest Mohr , Osmond , Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Crowley , a daughter. Ferdinand Schulz Is able to be uji after a recent sick spell. The Queen Esther circle will meet Tuesday evening with Miss Ella Bland , A little daughter has arrived at the liomo of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kee- man. Herman Prlbbenow , while working on the hospital boiler house , fell from a scaffolding. No bones were broken Init Pribbenow was quite badly bruised by the fall. L. Sessions , who was quite badly jarred up last week by a fall from the roof of his home , Is able to be up ngnln hut has not been down town since the accident. Misses Lucille and Winifred Hazen entertained n few friends last Satur day afternoon. Refreshments were served at the Hazen homo following a visit to the Auditorium. On next Friday evening the Epworth league of the Methodist church will 'tlve a reception in honor of the thirty new members who have been added io the league during the past month. Damascus Chapter No. 25 , R , A. M. , selected officers for the coming year at their Monday evening meeting , These men were chosen : W. R. Hoff man , excellent high priest ; W. J. Tur ner , king ; J. C. Myers , scribe ; L. C. aiittelstadt , treasurer ; J. B. Maylard , secretary. The officers will bo lu- stalled later. As a possible moans of lessening water damage In flres the Norfolk lire department has purchased a new combination hose nozzle for the use of the Mast hose company. The new nozzle will regulate the slzo of the stream or throw out the water in a \vldo spray. Firemen are anxious to sea the results obtained by the now nozzle. The flrst meotlug of the Interdenom inational Sunday school teachers training class was held Monday oven- nominations were represented at the InlUil meeting. Mrs. O. R. Meredith acted as temporary leader Monday but permanent olllccrs will bo chosen at the meeting next Monday evening , which will also bo hold at the Chris tian cUurch , Omaha Hoe : "Hilly the Bear , " sans hands and feet , has scored n demo cratic victory In Dawcs county , where ho was candidate for clerk of the dis trict court. Mr. laegor was defeated In MB contest for national secretary of the Independent Order of Eagles and returned homo to bo nominated for a county office. In the face of re publican victory for all other offices ho came In a winner by eight major ity. ity.Ono of Undo Sam's now ten-dollar gold pieces , embodying a radical de parture from the old design , has been received In Norfolk by the Nebraska National bank. The now coin carries the famous Saint Gaudcna design , for which an Irish waitress In the cast | HHcd , to the consternation of those who wanted the face on the now coins to embody the features of some maid en whoso sojourn in America had been a little longer than that of the beau tiful Irish lassie. On ono sldo of the now coin is the head of the Irish maiden , given an American tinge by a high Indian bonnet. On the rcverso side the traditional caglo is still im printed hut the noble bird on the new coins has drawn in his formerly ex tended wings. Another Innovation Is a circle of stars on the cdgo of the new coins in place of the imprint left by the former milling process. Wbllo probably more artistic In aspect , the now coins are less symmetrical than the old ones and lack the clean-cut de sign that has marked the American coins. So radical is the change in the now gold pieces designed by the Into Saint Gaudens that they pass readily for a foreign coin when seen for the first time. The twenty dollar gold pieces have not yet been received In Norfolk. WM. ZULAUF OF PIERCE IS TWICE SHOT AT. NEITHER CHARGE TOOK EFFECT As the Horseman Was Leaving the Race Track , a Man Approached and Deliberately Fired Two Shots at Him Race For Life Into Town. A gentleman who came down from Pierce last evening says that city was thrown Into consternation yesterday by the attempt on the part of a man either drunk or crazy to shoot Wm. Zulauf , the popular horseman. As Zulauf was leaving the race track with one of his Horses , which ho had been exercising , the assailant came up and fired two shots at the horseman. When he heard the shots , Zulauf did not realize that the man was aiming at him until he drove up alongside and pointing his gun at Zulauf's head , said : "I'll blow your d d head off. " Then followed a race for life Into town , Zulauf probably getting as much speed out of the racer as ho ever did on any track , and the enraged Indi vidual whipping his team to Its full speed but dropping behind more out of range at every step. Near Mohr's lumber yard , where Zulauf was block ed by teams In the road , the assailant caught up with him , but by this time ho seemed to have changed his mind about shooting and passed on after uttering dire threats as to what he would do the next time. Then the man went to a saloon near by where Marshall Bartlett was wait ing for him. As ho came In the mar shal grabbed the man and wrested the revolver from him and then marched him off to the cooler to think It over , Chief of Police Flynn went to Pierce at noon to bring to Norfolk Julius Lehman , who flied the shots at Horse man Zulauf as the latter was driving home from the race grounds. Leh man Is a hea\y drinker and his friends In Norfolk believe that he suffered sudden dementia us he came in con tact with the horseman near Pierce. If his condition warrants It , an effort will be made by his family to send him to the state hospital for Insane at Lin coln as a dipsomaniac. MARRIAGES ILLEGAL. Five Thousand Weddings at Hammond , ! nd. , Pronounced Void. Chicago , Nov. 11. Five thousand marriages of Chicago couples which have been performed In Hammond , Ind. , within the last five years , were declared to be Illegal , In an opinion rendered yesterday at Hammond by Attorney Lowdon 0. Bomberger to Ernest L. Shortrldge , clerk of the cir cuit and superior courts. In his opinion , he holds that licenses Issued by the superior court In Lake county , located at Hammond , are Is sued without legal authority , and that the only court of Lake county which Is empowered to Issue licenses , Is the circuit court at Crown Point. If ho Is right 5,000 couples who have sought the aid of the kindly laws of Indiana during the past flvo years , and had the knot tied nt Hammond , Iwvo been living together without le gal sanction. The possible complica tions of a legal character alone which would follow such a state of affairs nro Innumerable. The revelation has been brought about by a long fight between the jus tices of the peace of Hammond and those of Crown Point for the lucrative business of marrying couples , who go from Chicago to Indiana to avoid the Illinois law requiring divorced por- HARRINGTON AND WE8TOVER REELECTED - ELECTED IN FIFTEENTH. THE RESULT WAS VERY CLOSE It la Conceded In Valentine That the Fight Against Harrington and Wast- over Did Not Win , Out They Knew They Had Opposition. Valentine , Neb. , Nov. 9. Unofllclal returns from the Fifteenth judicial district , two precincts in Cherry coun ty not returned , show : Douglas ( rop. ) 5,719 ; Jeuckes ( rep. ) , 5,401 ; Harring ton ( fus. ) , 5,804 ; Wostover ( fus. ) , 6,021. CHERRY COUNTY VOTE. Reese Given a Small Majority , But the Other Way on Judges. Valentine , Neb. , Nov. 11. Special to The News : Following is the com plete vote of Cherry county as shown by the official canvass : For judge of the supreme court : Reese , rep. , 795 ; Loomls , dem. and p. 1. , 545 ; Graves , pro. , 49 ; Stebblns , soc. , 40. Regents : Anderson , rop. , 807 ; Couplund , rep . 747 ; M\illard \ > dem. , 490 ; Sundean , dem. and p. 1. , 440 ; Von Steen , pro. , 48 ; Carter , soc. , 53 ; Porter ter , soc. , 49. Regent to fill vacancy : Rogers , soc. , 319. Railway commissioner to fill vacan cy : Clarke , rop. , 850 ; Llchty , pro. , 90 ; McClure , soc. , 118. Judges of district court , Fifteenth district : Douglas , rep. , CG3 ; Jenckcs , rop. , 595 ; Harrington , dem. and p. 1. , 71C ; Westovor , dem. and p. 1. , 808. For transferring territory , 140 ; against transferring territory , 1070. County assessor : Ormesner , rep. , C89 ; Young , dem. , 780. County clerk : Keeley , rep. , 1087. County treasurer : Armstrong , rop. , 10G6. 10G6.County County judge : Layport , rep. , 800 ; Clynes , dem. , G60. Sheriff : Sherman , rep. , 637 ; Ros- seter , dem. , 846. Superintendent : Kortz , rep. , 1017. Surveyor : McDanlel , dem. , 963. Coroner : Lewis , rep. , 740 ; Compton - ton , dem. , 707. Commissioner , Second district , to fill vacancy : Russell , rep. , 982. Commissioner , Third district : Bow- ring , rep. , 723 ; Mono , dem. , 737. TAKES THE PLACE OF THE LOCAL PASSENGER TRAIN. STARTS NEXT MONDAY MORNING The Morning Passenger Out of Nor folk Will be Replaced With a Motor Cap Service That Will Carry Pas sengers Only. Motor car service on the Bonesteel line will go Into effect Monday as one of the features of a new time card ef fective next Sunday. The new car will run between Bonesteel and Nor folk and will be substituted for trains N'o. 403 and 404 , running on the same schedule as the train which It re places. The motor car represents the latest development made In the railroad world to meet the problem of trans portation on local lines. The car which will be placed on the Bonesteel line next Monday Is the first motor car to be purchased by the Northwest ern. During the past few weeks It has been given a successful trial on the Fremont-York line. The new car is driven by a gasoline engine , carries seventy -eight people comfortably , Is heated by hot water and lighted by acetylene gas. The car Is modern In every respect and just now is the last word on the subject of handling light traffic satis factorily. Railroad men are watching the new cars closely because the Innovation Is believed to mean a revolution In local passenger traffic. The Union Pa cific has been the flrst company to put the cars on the market and Is using them on a score or so of their branch lines where they are said to be giving good service. The new car will be brought to Nor folk next Saturday afternoon from Fremont where It has had temporary use on the Fremont-York line. Hav ing stood all tests It Is brought to this city for permanent use on the north line. Its use Is an experiment on the part of tlio x Northwestern and may foreshadow the purchase of a number of other similar cars. The motor car will bo limited to passenger service. It will not carry mall , baggage or express. The car will run on the old sched ule , leaving Norfolk Junctlsn at 7:30 : a. m. and arriving In Bonesteel at 12:20 : p. m. , leaving Bonesteel nt 2:15 : p. m. and arriving In Norfolk at 7:15 : p. m. Death of Rosa Klujj. Operated on Friday evening for ap pendicitis , little nine-year-old Rosa King died at 12:30 : o'clock Sunday night at the homo of the parents , Mr. and Mrs , Y llllfun Klug , on North First street The little girl attended the third grade at the Lincoln school , The funeral services will bo held Wednesday afternoon at the homo and later at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran church. Notice. _ TolhoConsrreB8 Construction Com pany : You are notified that on Aug ust 15 , 1901. you placed In my ware house on lirausch uvcnuo In Norfolk , Nebraska , for storage , three derricks and llxtures , ono box of rope , one bar rel of Junk and three pair of stone tongs , that the charge against said property to November 15 , 1907 , Is $195.00. If said charge Is not paid within three months from the 4th day of November , 1907 , the sumo will bo sold according to law. George W. Stalcop. THE SENATOR SAYS HE WILL NOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR. WOULD NOT ACCEPT NOMINATION Effort of the Bee to Placa Him Befort the People as the Democratic Candi date Is "Just Writing. " Without Foundation. Will William V. Allen of Madison be the next democratic nominee for gov ernor ? No , not If the senator knows anything about it. "Allen For Governor" formed the subject for a half column dlscusfllon In the Omaha Bee. Senator Allen , who was up from Madison yesterday , said the matter was "nonsense. " " " Senator Allen's "Just writing , was comment In Norfolk. "Nothing In It. I would not accept the nomination. I have always appreciated the honors that have been given mo but I have served In office enough. " Senator Allen's friends , while they admit that Nebraska couldn't place many better men In the governor's office , don't put any faith In boom talk for the ox-senator. Senator Allen , they say , Is "out of politics" In ofllce- fllllng senso. This Is the Bee's Allen boom : "Jim Dahlman will never run for governor on the democratic ticket at least not in 1908 , " asserts an Omaha democrat , who professes to bo In the confidence of the "powers that be" In the house of democracy. "Shall I tell you who will be ? " he continued. "Well , William V. Allen has been decided on as the man ; the only question is whether the former senator will accept the nomination. "I have it on the best authority thai this is the card decided on by Mr , Bryan and other leaders of the fusion forces In Nebraska at a recent confab , one held since the election , and that all plans for the campaign will be shaped toward that end. The under standing Is that ex-Senator Allen will agree to run under proper pressure , Bryan , I am told , has said that Dahl man Is simply out of the question , not a possibility , and while he and 'Jim' are still good friends , he cannot be made to see that 'Jim' would stand a ghost of a show running for governor. The results of Tuesday's election In Omaha confirm that view. " "Does Bryan construe the election in Omaha and Douglas county as re flecting the public sentiment toward the Dahlman city administration ? " was asked. "How could he help It ? " was the reply. "This" Is the first time the people ple who elected Dahlman have had since his election to express their opinion of him and his government , and they expressed themselves. " "How about 'the sting of Ingrati tude , ' that is In case of Allen's candi dacy , would Gilbert M. Hitchcock sup port him personally and with his pa per ? " "Now , you're asking some ques tions , my friend ; you're getting down now to the real subject matter. I'm sure I can't tell whether the 'sting of Ingratitude' would be felt In that case or not. It might be that , owing to the same political ambition and conditions which have forced him to smother the sting and get behind Bryan more than once , Mr. Hitchcock would see fit to lend an unwilling support to the Allen candidacy. But there Is no doubt he has never forgotten that Governor Poynter , at the Instigation of Bryan , who telegraphed from Texas , appoint ed W. V. Allen as a populist and not G. M. Hitchcock , as a democrat to the United States-senate to fill the va cancy occasioned by a death. Well , Mr. Hitchcock may have a chance to show us what he would do. "You see , there Is much method In the madness of this scheme. The democrats or Mr. Bryan must resecuro control of the populist vote In Ne braska. It Is all well and good to say there Isn't a populist party , may be not , but there are populists just the same , and one thing Is plainly evident , the democrats did not swing those pops to their man Loomls last Tues day. Nobody is more keenly aware of this fact than Mr. Bryan. And Mr. Bryan knows that before 1903 It would bo a good thing for him to get his arm around the recalcitrants. " 1 WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS. Inspection of Mathewson W. R. C. Proves an Enjoyable Event. A most enjoyable meeting was held In G. A. R. hall Saturday afternoon , when Mrs. Kate Remington of Omaha Inspected Mathewson W. R. C. After a thorough drill on the ritual and Inspection In new work , a short , stirring , patriotic address was given. Refreshments were then served and a social time enjoyed. Mrs. Reming ton inspected the Nellgh corps Mon day. Ono of today's classified ads. may bo your opportunity now but someone elso's within a few hours. Superior wedding stationery , engraved - graved or printed. Ask to see earn- pica. Huao Publishing Co. OFFICIAL COUNT OF VOTES CAST IN MADISON CO NJO\/E/V\BEFL5. / / \ 1907. CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE RUSHES. TWO MINUTES BY THE WATCH In That Much Time T. S. Allen DIs posed of a Law Suit , Bought a Lunch and Talked Politics to a News Re porter. T. S. Allen of Lincoln , chairman oi the state democratic committee and brothcr-ln-law to W. J. Bryan , did the real hurry-up act In Norfolk Monday noon. noon.Mr. Mr. Allen was in Norfolk two mlii < utes. In that time he disposed of a law suit , bought a lunch and saved a trip to Nellgh. Chairman Allen said that the demo cratic committee would follow the ex ample of the republicans In maintain ing permanent headquarters during the months preceding the presidential canvass. Mr. Allen stated that the state headquarters had been closed temporarily but would be opened again in Lincoln by the first of the year. "Tho heavy vote that was cast this year Indicates something of the stren uous campaign that will be on for the presidential fight , " Mr. Allen remark ed. "The vote lu this state was larger than expected. As to the election Itself Reese's success was Indicated in advance hut we were surprised at his majority. Reese , however , re ceived a big populist vote from men who thought that he had been badly treated In the past and saw a chance to even up scores with those who had once turned htm down. "Tho national campaign in a way Is almost on us. The national commit tees will meet next month. By Febru ary the flrst state conventions will be meeting. Our own convention will come in the spring. "And about Bryan ? Well , that can't bo discussed now. Nor the presiden tial situation. There are too many things that may happen in the next few months. " Chairman Allen came to Norfolk In his capacity as attorney for the Mod ern Woodmen In the $2,000 Insurance suit brought by Mrs. Hannah Bryant of this county. The case was to have como before Judge Welch at Nellgh on a motion but Mrs. Bryant's attor ney , Senator Allen of Madison , met the democratic chairman at the Junc tion depot and arranged to have the Issue go before Judge Welch on briefs , Then the chairman , who had just como In from Fremont , grabbed a quick-or der lunch and caught the return train just pulling out of the station. MONDAY MENTION. C. E. Cole was In Neligh over Sun day. day.L. L. B. Nicola returned Saturday evening - ing from Foster. II. F. Barnhart went to Neligh at noon to attend district court. Woods Cones , the Pierce banker , was In Norfolk during the day. H. C. Matrau Is homo from a visit with his daughters in Lincoln. E. P. Olmsted and J. D. Sturgeon were In Omaha Saturday on business. Father F. J. Geussen of Gregory was in Norfolk Monday on his way to Minnesota. E. P. Weatherby Is In Sidney on business and will return Wednesday or Thursday. Court Reporter Wm. Powers left at noon for Nellgh , where district court is in session. District Judge A. A. Welch of Wayne was In Norfolk Monday noon on his way to convene a terra of court at Nellgh. Attorney M. C. Hazen ac companied Judge Welch to Nellgh. Senator W. V. Allen was In Norfolk over night , returning to Madison Mon day afternoon. Mayor C. S. Smith and County As sessor J. L , Rynearson of Madison were in Norfolk Monday on business. Miss Lena Prauncr and Miss Ida Lambert of Battle Creek spent Sun day In Norfolk with Miss Hattto Jonas Superintendent , and Mrs. Bradcn went to Chicago Saturday to attent the wedding of a young friend In tha city Tuesday evening. President J. M. Pile of the Wnynt normal was lu Norfolk returning fron Nellgh , where he was on the progrnn at a teachers' meeting. Mrs. S. II. Brown , who visited a the homo of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Bra den during the week , returned t ( Sioux City Saturday noon. County Superintendent F. S. Per due was In Norfolk over night on hii way back to Madison from Butte where ho spoke at a Boyd count ) teachers' meeting Saturday. He wai accompanied to Norfolk by Count } Superintendent Teed of Dlxon countj who was on his way back to Ponca. Miss Grace Matrau , who Is employ ed as stenographer In Senator Allen's ofllco , was up from Madison over Sun day. day.Miss Miss Hazel Weber of Wayne spent Saturday and Sunday In Norfolk , the guest of her friend , Miss Payne , prln < | Cipal of the Norfolk high school. County Attorney J. A. Van Wagenen of Pierce passed through the city at noon , accompanying his wife and young daughter from a hospital in Sioux City to their home In Pierce. Mrs. B. W. Barrett , accompanied by her daughters , Mrs. Ella Manor of Denver and Miss Alice Barrett , left this morning for Rochester , Minn. , where she will be operated on this week by the Mayo brothers. Ralph Boyd and bride , who have been visiting In Norfolk since their marriage at Columbus , will go to In terior , S. D. , next week. Mr. Boyd left Sunday for a week's business visit at Presho , S. D. , Mrs. Boyd remainIng - Ing In Norfolk on a visit with her brother , O. E. Satterlee. Ralph Boyd has a homestead near Interior. Among the day's out of town visit ors In Norfolk were : J. M. Pile , pres ident Wayne normal ; Senator W. V. Allen , Madison ; County Superinten dent F. S. Perdue , Madison ; Mrs. Aug ust Relckmnnn , Seward ; W. G. Weber , Humphrey ; Mayor C. S. Smith , Madi son ; J. M. Barto , Gordon ; C. E. Hall , O'Neill ; Miss Haskins , Stuart ; D. F. Filton , Gregory , S. D. ; W. I. Noble , Bazile Mills ; J. C. Green , Crelghton ; William Reinhold , Pierce ; Joe Wolf , Pierce ; J. B. Howard , Wahoo ; Miss Braenard , Miss Wlnefred Leach , Oak- dale ; W. R. Locke , Stanton ; E. H. Hunter , Oakdale. Damascus chapter , No. 25 , R. A. M. , will elect new officers at the regular convocation held In Masonic hall this evening. A birthday party was given Sunday evening by Mrs. H. Appel In honor of her daughter , Miss Hattle , who was fourteen years old. The Northwestern Is trying to edu cate the public to purchase tickets at stations before boarding trains. The education campaign Is made necessarj by the growing custom to pay cash or trains , multiplying the numbers ol miles of the journey by two cents , the legal rate per mile In this state. Charles Braasch of Norfolk and Miss Louise Relcho , the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. Carl Relcho living soutli of Norfolk , will he married next Sun day In St. Johannes church , the cere mony taking place at 3 o'clock. A wedding supper will be served later at the Relcho home south of Norfolk , Norfolk's flrst sewer district , known as district No. 1 , will retain its orig inal boundaries and will not bo com plicated by the addition of property adjacent to the district This Is the decision of the city administration following the requests of a number of property owners that their property 1)0 annexed to the district. "Form new districts , " is the advlco of the administration. Water Commissioner Brummund Is out with his semi-annual report coverIng - Ing the flrst six months of the present city administration. Receipts during this period were $3,038.94 , an increase of $351.23 over last year. The expens es during the period totaled to $2- 804.03. Hero there was an Increase of $823.28 over last year. The princi pal Items of expense were : coal , $1- 010.11 ; meters and meter repairs , $599.95 $ ; salaries , $070 ; repairs , $1C3. Norfolk has 290 motor rate customers and 174 flat rate customers , a total of 470 water consumers. Eleven now taps were reported and twelve chang es from Hat to meter rates. Norfolk has over seventeen miles of water mains. The city used 23,093,400 gallons lens of water during the last six months. The Norfolk post of the Travelers' Protective association has launched Its campaign for un Increased mem bership and will soon be in the midst of plans for Its state convention In Norfolk , one of the most Important state conventions to bo held In Ne braska this year. Commenting on the activity of the Norfolk travelers the Omaha Trade Review says : "Post F of Norfolk has had a revival. Mr. I. J. Johnson , their president for the lost year , has removed from the city and Mr. A. F. Stearns was elected to the office of president. They have de cided to hold regular monthly meeting the flrst Sunday In each month , and have elected the following directors : S. F. Ersklne , D. S. Day , A. L. Lag- ger , Geo. II. Spear , A. T. Thompson. At the request of the stoto hotel chair man , Geo. H. Spear of Norfolk , the state board has ordered a hotel com plaint blank , to be used by the mem bers. It is Mr. Spear's Idea that the service of many hotels can bo Im proved by a systematic plan which ho intends to carry out. Bum hotels be ware. ware.FOR FOR SALE ! A Wayne County Farm at $40.00 240 acre s a great snap. A. J. Durland , Owner NOR.FOLK , NEB. SO VEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKO DESIGNS . . COPYRIGHTS &o. Anyone "ondlnif nnkotrh and donrrlni ; n mn > quickly njtcortitlu our opinion free wJiuitirr nil Invention la prnhnliljr pntpntnhlo. rVtinnmiilrn * tloniKlrlctlrcnnndrntlal. HANDBOOK on I'.itcul * c-nt free. Olilcnt npcnry forp < > currifr pnluntn. I'ntimts taken through Munn Si Co. ru'-olre rjjfiml natiet , rlthout charge , In tlio Scientific American. A hnnn > onipf | llliiKtrntpil wr-ok'v. ' t.nri'Mt nr- dilution nr iinr nrlunitua journal. 'J'i ma , f3 a Tfliir : ( our tnontlm , f L Bold by all nowlialor * y Vojft BEETLES PLATES ARE RIGHT BEETLES RATES ARE RIGHT FRANK REISTLE ENGRAVER AND ELECTROTYPER Emm nu 1420-24 lAwpthct omvtn. coio OUR CUT5 PRINT FAIR PRICE foil MUst Not Porpt We are constantly imprpv- ng in the art of making Pine 'notes. Newest Styles in Cards and Finish , Wo also carry a Fine Tano > f Mouldings. I. M. MACY.