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P1IM WWRKl.Y FH1DAY.T0 VOA1 Ifl07 Tki Norfolk Wtekly News-Journal Ttie Now * . KHtatillNlicil , 1881. The Journal , I2.itnbUahot ) , 1871. TH2 HU3E PUBLISHING COMPANY W. N. Hum : N. A. HfHi ; I'riwliliiiit 8 M'ri'tnry Hvory Friday. My mull per yunr , $1.60. KntonY. at the piiHtolllco nt Norfolk , Neb. . IIH _ Buconil pliifm jimttor. Tolophoiioa : Killtnrlnl DoimrtmonL Ho. 22 , liislli ) < : n Olllco and Job Hooiniv No. II 2. NORFOLK , A STOCK MARKET. Norfolk Is coming moro and more to bo an Important and prominent llvo stock market. Today Norfolk riv als South Omaha ns a Iiorso market and It Is predicted that another sum mer will see bigger horse sales hero than there. And the city Is coming to bo a good cattle market. A number of Important blooded stock sales have been held In this city during the past year , and moro are booked. With live lines of railroads radiat ing out from this city as a hub , and with nn Immense region of richness tributary to Norfolk , It Is not surprls Ing that , when stockmen have any thing to sell , they como to Norfolk with their big sales. Keep your eye on Norfolk , the stock market. CONFIDENCE RESTORED. The upward turn In financial matters tors lias already renewed confidence throughout the country and there now scorns every reason to believe that Now York's flurry is completely over and that prosperity will continue un nbatcd. Stocks In Now York were stronger , wheat went up In Chicago and live stock lias advanced nt all markets This must moan restored confidence throughout the business world. The expectation nt present is that banks will resume the payment of currency within a week , and this an nouncement has tended to make the heart of the commercial world beat more strongly. With abundance of crops all over the west , with labor employed and with holiday season coming on , it Is apparent that normal conditions must rule the day and that the holiday bus iness will be unusually large. MOVING PICTURE SHOWS. An interesting article In last week's Saturday Evening Post by Joseph Modlll Patterson tells some rather remarkable facts concerning the "nickelodeons , " or moving picture shows that have become so popular in such a short time the country over. Three years ago there was no such nhow In America and today there are , ho says , between 4,000 and 5,000. He says that this type of entertainment Is tapping an entirely new stratum of people and is developing in theater goers a section of the country's pop ulation that formerly know and cared but little for the drama. It costs about $130 per week In a city to operate a moving picture show with two film changes a week. There Is as much variety In the pictures shown as there Is in the drama. The picture machine people have stuldos of their own where they prepare the scenes. In New York they hire actors just under first class to pose. In Paris there has developed a class of actors and actresses who do nothing else but pose for the pic ture machines. Mr. Patterson gives the moving picture machine a special place in the life of today calls it a potent factor in civilization. SOUTH DAKOTA PATRONAGE. President Roosevelt has adopted a new method of disposing of state pat ronage In case of deadlock. It was with the drawing of straws and the Hip of a coin that ho settled a quarrel over patronage In South Dakota be tween Senators Klttroge and Gamble. These two senators have been at swords' points for a long time , though both are republicans. Last summer when they passed through Norfolk with Secretary Taft , they refused to warm up to ono another and the car 'was chilly when it reached Norfolk Nominations made at the * request ol ono , have boon promptly blackballed by the other. Finally the president sent for eacli without the other's knowledge. When they came he requested them to laj their guns on the table. Then IK held up his hands. In one hand was a long strip of paper , in the other r short one. Kittroge guessed the lef hand and won. Again Kittrege woi In a similar lottery and yet a thin time. Then the president borrowed i silver quarter from Indian Commiss loner Leupp and tossed It high In tin air. "Call It , Kit , " ho cried. Kittregi called heads and heads won. "B ; George , you're won again , " cried thi president The Incident attracted conslderabli Interest because of Its unusual feat ures , in Washington. As a result o Kittrege's luck , the senior senator hai the first choice In making appoint ments. NO THIRD TERM. President Roosevelt , though not li n direct statement to the public , ha practically put an end once and for al to the third term talk that has beoi buzzing about. nny effort on the imrt of any employes In tlio government service , efforts toward forcing him to break Ills word mid make another race. The letter Is taken to mean that ho meant Just what ho Bald on the night of election In lOUt , when he told the American people that he believed In the wise custom which limits a president to two terms , and that under no circum stances or conditions would ho accept another nomination. Among the third term boomers , fed eral olllco holders , anxlons to bo In the band wagon and to make firm their Jobs , have been counted ns a strong factor In the movement to force the president to break his word. Another strong factor has been that clement of politicians who , seeking olllce , hop ed to ride Into victory once again on the skirts of Roosevelt's popularity. The president has stood firm all along on the original statement that ho would not accept another nomina tion , Many have charged that ho was playing the game of politics for the solo purpose of getting another nomination. It Is now apparent that those friends who had faith In him and believed In his sincerity when ho said that ho would not take a third term , were the truest friends , after all. MADISON COUNTY CORN. Madison county farmers have not nesltated to take advantage of the .icrfect series of working days that he present fall has given the man ichlnd the husking peg and the fields if the county have yielded up a good jroportlon of the season's yellow har vest. Statistics of the now corn crop have nst been Issued from the state labor > ureau and these figures tell a story if material prosperity that Is going ro prevail against financial flurry. Madison county has a big cornfield 17,413 acres. The figures Just compiled n Lincoln show that corn In Madison county will average 32.8 bushels to Mio acre. The county's total produc tion Is placed at 3,140,439 bushels and 'he value of the crop at $1,852,908. In production of corn Madison coun y ranks eighteenth among the ninety sountles of the state. In oats , It will bo recalled , Madison county stoot fourth In this year's statistics. And It Is an Indication of the fertll Ity of Madison fields that only thlr teen counties outrank Madison this year In the average ylold per ucre oi lorn. Antelope county this year has a leld of 3,481,315 bushels , Cedar coun y of 4,514,815 bushels , Cumlng county if 3,338,857 , Knox county of 3,500,248 bushels. Other north Nebraska coun les press well up towards the front. Among the counties with a high av erage yield per acre were Cedar conn y with 34.C bushels , Cumlng county arith 34.4 bushels , Dakota county with 56.0 bushels , Wayne county with 38.0 mshels. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. One of the strongest objections to government ownership of railways was illustrated incidentally Saturday in President Roosevelt's letter to cablne members instructing them to orde their subordinates not to take any part in the third term movement. As has been pointed out before government ownership of railways would mean the building up of an Immense and potent political machine which could not be thwarted. It would mean that the party in power would become so intrenched that nothing bhoit of a revolution could ever over throw It. The federal appointments now make up a pretty strong element There are a good many men directly undei the various branches of the cabinet And over the cabinet , as was shown In this letter , is one man the president In this instance the dictate of that head of this machine was that sub ordlnates cease trying to put him bach in the white house. But In another ln , stance the dictate might be , secretlj enough , that the party in power waE to bo kept in indeed , that the presl dent In the white house were to be re elected again and again and again sc far as anybody knows. There would bo grave danger , ir the couple million men who would bt thrown directly under the dictation o the president , that a machine wouh bo built which could absolutely con trwl the palltlcs of the nation. The country Itself would bo helplesi against such an organization. And 2 word from the head of the machln < well , a word from the head Satur day stopped a big political movement as it was. RAILROAD STOCKS. io James J , Hill said the other nigh that he couldn't understand why pec plo should not bo willing to Invest li railroad bonds and thus make possIble Iblo the extension of the railroad sya sa tern of the United States which con dltlons demand. There are sovera reasons. In the first place the public has beei reading a good deal In the magazine about watered stock. They are no anxious to entrust their hard earnei cash with people In whom they lacl utmost confidence. They are not nnx They prefer Investing their coin In substantial Nebraska dirt , or the earth of some other state , whore they will control that money themselves. They arc getting ticklish about allow- ug other people to control their funds. The legitimate railroad has suffer- d from such conditions among Illcglt- mate railroaders. And again , con- donee In the earning capacity of allroad stock has not been benefited jy the passionate and frenzied legls- atlon which has been Indulged In in many states of late as a punishment o this or that group of railroad men. The Idea of adverse legislation , with- lit oven the fairness of investigation , s not conducive to the purchase of all road stocks. * And from the other side , the cost of operation has constantly Increased. 'ost ' of material , wages of men , etc. , urn gone to such a limit that most icople , seeing legislation shaving lown Incomes and operation cost push- ng up the outgo , prefer sinking their nonoy In their own lands where they can watch It grow. These elements may serve as a par- lal explanation to Mr. Hill's bewilder ed mind. EXCHANGE DAY. It Is with no small degree of Balls- faction that The News views the prep- irntlons to establish a Fanners' Ex change day in Norfolk , and It Is par ticularly gratifying to note the Inter est that has been taken In the move both farmers and townspeople. The News has urged the establish ment of an event of this kind for sev eral years , quoting the success with which such events are attended In Wisconsin towns , where they particu larly seem to nourish. An exchange day held once a month in Norfolk when farmers from far and near may bring articles to a common meeting place and there either sell them out right or barter and exchange them for something else that will be of more service , ought to prove a great benefit to every one who avails him self of Its advantages. Around every place are a number of pieces of ma chinery and other articles , which have been outgrown for one reason or an other and are an eyesore around the premises , of absolutely no value un less they can be put to use , which are just what some one else wants , and ' .hey may be brought to the exchange market and traded for something that will be of benefit to the owner. Be- ildes the exchange of this class of commodities , live stock , fruit , vege tables , In fact everything that Is a surplus on the farm , may find a good market on this common day. For the Initial Exchange day arrange ments have been made with horse and cattle buyers to be present and bid on that class of stock. Three brass bands and a parade will help enliven the incidents of the first Ex change day In Norfolk. With a con tinuance of the enthusiasm with which this Norfolk event starts out , there seems no reason why it will not In time become as much a factor In the life of the community as similar days have grown to be In those prosperous Wisconsin towns. NO SYMPATHY FOR GAMBLERS. Now that the country is beginning to get at the facts of the causes whlcl ' led up to the recent financial strin gency , less and less sympathy Is fell for the money kings of New York ant their Imitators in other parts of the country , and It Is quite evident thai these gentlemen need look for little assistance from the coming session o congress. Almost all the congress men who have reached Washlngtor admit that the situation Is a serious one and that some radical remedj must be devised to supply plenty o money. They are , however , says Raymond mend , the Washington corresponden of the Chicago Inter-Ocean , almost t < a man disposed to put the blame fo the recent trouble upon the specula live Influences of New York. > Every congressman from the wes reports the same thing , continues tin correspondent. They come to tin white house and treasury departmen ind tell Identical stories of constan prosperity , good crops , largo domain for manufactured articles , and will It all scarcity of money. Many o them are unable to understand ho\ : two such contradictory conditions cai exist at the same time. What they d know Is that western banks and wesl crn capitalists have now and have ha vast sums on deposit In New YorP while western banks today hold Ne\ York commercial paper upon whlc they have advanced millions upon ml lions of money. The constant complaint which Is b ( Ing dinned Into the ears of Secretar Cortelyou and President Roosevelt 1 that western banks have mone enough on deposit in Now York t move the crops If they could only gc s- at their own cash. It was this con plaint , which came from every In a- portant business center of the wes which finally Induced the president t resort to the extraordinary device c Issuing Interest bearing certificates c Indebtedness at a time when the treai ury actually had on hand a surplu amounting to $250,000,000. Members of the house and senat from the Interior who arrived hero ar roncy legislation unless some action s taken at the same time to prevent the use of government funds for stock gambling operations. These men say there never could have been any mon ey stringency In the face of the extra ordinary prosperity In every legitimate line of trade had It not been for the vast Hums needed to continue the wild spccluatlvo game In Wall street It Is assorted freely , and some treas ury officials as freely admit , tlvat only a small percentage of the government deposits In Now York banks actually have been used to assist In crop mov ing operations In the south and west A great deal went to cnablo brokers and trust companies to hang on to stocks and bonds held on margin. Other sums went to fortify Individ uals whose failure on the stock ex change might have precipitated runs on banks In which they were Inter- stfd. An unknown percentage of the re- orves of New York banks went Into peculntlve channels , and the money oposlted by Secretary Cortelyou vhen the situation became acute was1 [ ; ald to fortify the New York banks .hcmselves , and mighty little of It vent into the agricultural section of he country. It Is a significant coincidence that 'our or five senators and a dozen or wo of the representatives who have ropped Into Washington within the ast ten days have been preparing bills coking towards some kind of govern- nent regulation of trading in margins. One senator today outlined a measure which ho expects to introduce provld- ng for a tax of 10 per cent on all radcs in which one person sells a hlng ho docs not own upon a margin , : iut up by another person , who does lot expect nor want the property ac- ually delivered to him. "I believe , " said the senator , "that rading in margins on the New York stock exchange is wholly responsible 'or the panicky conditions of the last month. The operations of Helnze , Morse , Thomas and other so-called fi nanciers were all based upon stock obblng values. They established strings of banks merely to secure noney enough to control the stock markets. No deliveries of stocks or bonds were actually made by anybody. There was no question as to the in- rinslc value of the property which ivas supposed to be represented by se - curities. Vast sums of money were poured into the stock exchange to build up or break down values of se curities , and every cent of that money ivas taken out of the legitimate chan nels of trade. "It is a fact , as most people know , hat the prosperous west has been out of Wall street for a long while. It s not directly concerned in the col- apse of the Heinze copper corner or n the downfall of Morse and Thomas. What did concern the Interior , and what docs concern legitimate business nterests , is the fact that money has been diverted to speculative purposes which should have been held for legiti mate business. The farmers and man ufacturers In the west are not only solvent , but have a surplus. They are not merely prosperous , they are rich. "The only mistake western banks made was In depositing money in New 'l : York financial Institutions and in loanIng - Ing money there because of the high * rates of Interest which were not cur rent in the west The demand for money for speculation made New York commercial paper seek western banks and the crash on Wall street tied up ; New York banks and they In turn tied up western banks , which could not col lect on their New York collateral and so could not supply money to move the crops. "I believe states ought to prohibit trading In margins. The federal gov ernment cannot prohibit , but It can tax. A slight extension of the system adopted In the war revenue act of 1898 would put an end to the practice of dealing In stocks and bonds on margins. I would not tax any legiti mate sale or contract to sell In the fu ture , but the principle of buying and selling stock or commodities , putting up margins sufficient to cover ordinary fluctuations , without any Idea of trans ferring the property itself from one person to another , Is vicious. " ROOSEVELT'S PART IN IT. President Roosevelt's part In the recent financial disturbance is discuss ed by a number of well known men In last week's Issue of a current mag azine. John Wanamaker lays the trouble to dishonest financiers and In no way holds the president rcsponsldlo for the condition. Others moro or leas blame the president for Inciting loss of confidence. John G. Shcdd of Marshall Field company gives the president credit to for being sincere but says that for a man In his exalted position his utter ances have probably been Incautious. Mr. Shedd says that with commodities all being brought faster than mills can produce them and that with prices and wages high , no serious harm could como at the present time. John Wanamaker puts It this way : Things are quieting down , the worst of the business depression is passing , to the tldo has actually turned , and con- ro fldenco and prosperity will como along dually been suffering I do not hold President Roosevelt to be In any degree respon sible. It Is the result of conditions which ho has Indeed helped to make known , but of which ho has not been In any degree the cause. As ho him self has admirably expressed It : If ho lights a torch ho Is not responsible' for what the light shows. Clinton U. Evans , editor of the Economist , Chicago , says the presi dent is no man of business and Is a bad misfit. In part he declares : President Roosevelt Is a menace to the business of the country because of the fear of what ho will say next. Nothing that ho has actually done ( ex cept as saying Is doing ) has hurt the country , hut a constant outpouring of threats from the ruler of any nation must necessarily cause disturbance In the best times. It Is more than proper for a president of the United States to avow principles of honor and to de clare that dishonesty shall bo pun ished ; but a constant Iteration of such avowals Is not only unnecessary , but suggestive of purposes that iiro not made known. Mr. Roosevelt's course probably can not l > e attributed to political motives , but he IH doing precisely the same thing that the noisy sandlots orator does when ho attacks anybody that has 'accomplished anything In a business way. Mr. Roosevelt lias his eyes dl- roctod to only one element In business affairs , and is apparently unable to see anything else. Ho ferociously de mands that dishonesty shall be elim inated from business. So far , so good ; but if his methods were fully operative he would kill the patient while expell ing the poison. In the ordinary sense of the term ho cannot be called a nar row man , but in this one respect lie Is pitifully narrow. In the management of any great affair the diplomatic qual ity Is as essential as the purpose to do the right thing ; otherwise the pur pose falls of accomplishment. The punishment of a few thieves need not lie accompanied by the ruin of a mil lion people and the destruction of the A'hole economic fabric. Mr. Roosevelt Is a man of strong convictions and great tenacity of pur- lose. He lacks the breadth of a Lin coln and the amenability to reason of a McKinley. He has to a considerable extent Justified the fears of many that ils administration would be character- zed by a series of blunders such as my headstrong man might commit. Yes , he is .a menace to the business of he country. If he Is better than the rest of us maybe he is too good for his Ime , or perhaps one might say too sxactlng. But his zeal Is a zeal too ittle tempered with wisdom. E. D. Hulbert , vice president of the Merchants Loan and Truct company , Chicago , thinks Roosevelt has strain ed public confidence to the breaking ; ) oint. In part he says : For some time past the president of .he United States has been hunting 'or evildoers In high places In a way never before attempted- a chief mat- stratc anywhere. It would seem al most as though the principle has been hat It Is better for any number of In nocent people to suffer than for one guilty man to escape. When complaint ivas made that this action and the hroats accompanying It were doing mrm to legitimate business , it was eally no answer to say that corpora- Ions that were obeying the law had lothlng to fear. That may be true so 'ar as the responsible heads of these corporations are concerned , but the widely-scattered small stockholders lave no means of knowing whether .ho responsible heads are obeying the aws or not , and here it was that tea a great extent the harm began. For the well-to-do some years past - - middle class has been Investing heav , ly In corporate securities. The amount of money thus Invested In the past four years Is probalby as great as the total amount of savings deposits n the country. Naturally these people plo became timid about their invest ments and tried to get their money back by selling their securities. It was about the same thing as a run on a savings-bank , and the result has been the heaviest drop in the stock market during the past year that has ever been recorded. T. A. Mclntyre says that the presi dent Is no business man and that his continued denouncing of "malefactors of great wealth" strained things to the breaking point He says that pee pie accepted his reforms down to the dictation as to the propogatlon of the race , but as one after another of the various big corporations was assailed publicly by a battery of gover/imeni prosecutors , confidence weakened. Henry Clews ends the series In a defense fenso of the president and his policies lie says that the president has been a constructive force and a cleanser The gist of his statement Is con talned In this paragraph : I can well remember the calumnj and the abuse which were heaped upoi the devoted head of Abraham Lincoln This denunciation did not for one mo ment cause him to desist In the great work that ho had undertakon. Today those who traduced him honor his memory. History will repeat itself , and the men who today are denounc ing the president as a destroyer of con fidence , as an annihilator of capital , will some day come to the realization that ho Is doing a great work. The one comforting thing in readIng - Ing all of these opinions is the univer sal expression of faith In the country's abundant resources and the continu ance of the .prosperity that wo have known for the past several years. And particularly may this portion of the west look with cheerful oyei upon the situation , for this Is the region that has the crops and the llvo stock ; this region has abundance of property that will enable the holding of grain until such time as the farmers hereabouts see fit to soil it ; the west Is not In debt and not pressed to make pay ments ; and the people of the balance of the world simply must buy our farm products. That condition will spell prosperity - AROUND TOWN. The turkey's geese Is cooked. Now for the meals llko your mother ised to mnko. Once again the day Is at hand when he turkey bird and the pigskin battle or first place In the world's attention. Think of the dreams that will bo Ircamt this week , with all the mlnco neat there Is In the country to bo tickled. Glvo the modern girl an education n domestic science and you'll have 10 cause for grieving over not getting ) ld fashioned cooking. "It's getting so that people think , " said a farmhand In an adajcent coun- y , "that they can't go to a dance with out at least four bottles of booze nckcd In their pockets. " When you get down town before layllght , nobody seas you and you ; et no credit for It. When you strag- ; lo down after sun-up , everybody sees rou and you get moro credit for It Jian you want. 'Rah for Skcet. It Is remarkable bow many business iion have to work on wrestling match nights in Norfolk. If you would make a boy happy , let ils grandfather own a big windmill. Dan Craven has a little boy whom ho ecently took visiting on the grandfa- her's fnrm near York. It happens that the grandfather , who Is a horti culturist , has the largest windmill In hecountry. . And as a result there Is milling In Norfolk or anywhere else hat anybody can mention which is , o that boy's mind , to bo compared in iiagnitudc with grandfather's wind- nlil. Shake , Pusewalk. Could you beat this for Thanksglv- ng weather ? There Is a big force of men earning heir livings by braking out of Nor- 'oik. ' Norfolk Is a railroad town. A Madison avenue woman says she ) olieves the people as far north as Koenlgsteln avenue must be disturbed when her husband wakes up In the light and blows his nose. The traditional three fires In a row ilevoloped before the week was over. In fact , while this illuminating column ivas busy telling "about the second , the : hlrd one had the nerve to break out. Four Norfolk women who were des perately thirsty last night admitted : hat they had formed a gum-chewing club , which caused their thirst The rules of the club provide a prize for ; he woman who can chew gum the ongest without stopping. They're prominent women , too. ATCHISON GtOBE SIGHTS. About the best luck that happens : o any town Is that all of those who look at an autumn scene and wish they ; ould paint It , can't. This question came up recently : When a man is wild does his wife l > etter things by tagging him around In order to keep his fingers out of the jam ? Is the result of this vigilance worth while to her ? "When I was a young man , " an old fellow said today , "I noticed that the ladles looked at me a great deal , and I flattered myself that they were ad miring me , but I afterwards discov ered that they were only remarking my big mouth. " THAT NEW PRESS. Orchard News : Within the next few weeks the Norfolk News , north Nebraska's popular dally , will Install a new press. Owing to the Increase in circulation the old presses were too slow. The new press will feed from a roll and the paper will be turned out printed and folded at the rate of from 5,000 to 0,000 per hour. North Nebraska could not get along without The Dally News and Bro. HUBO has our congratulations on the success which has made this new press nec essary. Creighton News : The Norfolk Dally News will soon instill a mammoth web perfecting press with a capacity of printing from 5,000 to C.OOO papers an hour. This is substantial evidence of prosperity and growth , a fact which the News is pleased to note. The Dally News Is a mighty good little daily paper , especially for northwest Nebraska , always giving the news about twenty-four hours ahead of any other state dailies , and much of the north Nebraska news you do not got at all only through The News. With the now press and other new equip ment to bo added , The Dally News will be brighter and better than ever. Plalnvlow News : To handle It's rapidly Increasing circulation , The Norfolk Dally News has placed an or der with the manufacturers for a new web perfecting press , which has a ca pacity of 6,000 papers per hour. The best there Is made is none too good for that bright little Nebraska dally. AInsworth Star-Journal : The Nor folk News Is putting In a now perfect ing press and Is otherwise taking on metropolitan airs. Good ! Wo are all glad In Brother Huso's prosperity and In the growth of Norfolk as a town. The bigger and better Norfolk can be come , the better for all north Ne braska. pnco with Its rapid growth , The Nor folk Daily Nown has boon compelled Io add now machinery. Not long ago It put in several thousand dollara worth of material and now It linn placed an order for n perfecting promt. Illght hero It can bo truthfully said that The NOWH IH the bent dally In the state , outsldo of Omaha and Lincoln. Its editor , W. N. Huso , has made It n great success and Is entitled to all of the prosperity that ho Is enjoying. Monowl News : The Norfolk News will soon Install a now rapid printing press to supply the Increasing demand of that already well equipped office. The now proas will bo able to turn out five thousand papers per hour. The NOWH editor Is to bo congratulat ed on Ills' past efforts to furnish the northwest with an excellent dally pa per , giving to this territory much later news than cither the Omaha or Lin coln dallies. Quick and accurate no wo service la what the public demands and the Norfolk News Is surely trying to supply this much needed service. Fremont Dally Herald : The Norfolk News announces that it has purchased a now web perfecting press. This la one of The Herald's dreams , and wo are not at all jealous of our very en terprising and esteemed Norfolk con temporary. The News Is ono of the best dallies In the state. Stuart Advocate : The Norfolk Dally News will soon Install a now printing press which will print and fold five thousand papers per hour. It can print two , four , six or eight pages at once from a continuous roll of paper. This will bo the finest equip ment In the state , west of Omaha or Lincoln. FIRST MOVE ON PART OF DE < ! FENSE IN THE BOCHE CASE. , / ' WANTS THE TRIAL TO GO OVER Unless Continued , Boche Will be Put on Trial for Murder Next Monday. A Number of Divorce Cases Disposed of by District Court Madison , Nob. , Nov. 2C. Special to The News : Senator Allen , as counsel for Herman Boche , charged with the Jarmer murder , has filed an applica tion to have the Bocho case go over until the next term of court. In the motion to have the case continued Sen ator Allen claims that the public mind is not at this time in such a condition 4 that Bocho can secure the fair and 1m- partial trial to which he is entitled. In support of his motion Senator Allen hus filed a complete list of the newspaper articles on Bocho that have appeared In the papers of the county since the murder. Boche's attorney claims that some of the articles show prejudice and that the great amount of space given the prisoner is evidence of public interest and feeling In the case. case.The The volume of the newspaper clip pings was startling. The clippings from The News formed a complete history of Boche's acts from the mo ment that he again came prominently into the public eye on the morning of that May day murder. Senator Allen has been given until Friday morning to file additional affi davits in support of bis motion. Some action on the motion for a con tinuance is expected next Monday morning , when district court will con vene for jury work. The Boche case has boon listed for trial next Monday but It can hardly be readied before Tuesday oven if the trial is not hung up on motions. It was announced Tuesday afternoon that the court's work for the present week would be concluded by evening.s Judge Welch's attention has been given to routine court business , mo tions and divorce cases. Three divorces were granted , about the first definite action of the court George R. Seller of Norfolk was granted a divorce from his wife , Mrs. Anna S. Seller. Ho was granted the custody of the child. Mrs. Anna 13. Hull of Norfolk was divorced from her husband , Hoagland Hull. Hull.Mrs. Mrs. Ida Vorplank was released from the ties that bound her to her hus band , John Vorplank. These cases wore not contested. BtltlE FAMItY TROUBLES. First One Side Wants a Divorce and Then the Other. Butt a Neb\ \ , Now 20. Special to The News : District court again con vened yesterday afternoon. The di vorce case of Carrie Blllle vs. Ole C. Blllle occupied the attention of the court during the entire day. Mrs. f Blllle pleads cruelty and asks for all- * mony and the custody of the children. * This is the third time the Bllllo fam ily have begun divorce proceedings , | / each of the parties having at different 0 .f I times asked for a separation , but both ' - 1 of the former proceedings were die- missed. Northwestern After Water. Bonestcel News : The Chicago & Northwestern railroad have let the contract for the sinking of an artesian wf-11 to the firm of Horbeck & NIcol- son of Redfleld. S. D. , which they pro- pobo to use for railroad purposes. It will bo a deep well and It Is estimated that they can get a strong six-inch flow by going down 1,500 feet. The. report that the railroad com work on thn well
