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FRANK DERMEL OF NORFOLK INVESTED -
VESTED IN PATENT RIGHT.
CLOCKWORK PUMP CAUGHT HIM
Promoters of the Scheme Have Been
Found Guilty of Using the Malls to
Defraud and Are In Trouble In Kan
sas City.
W. M. Myers and J. lUudd , two of
the promoters ot the Western Pump
and Manufacturing compnuy , which
was formed to exploit a clockwork
jniinp Invented by Myers mid which
Hiicceedcd In annexing $700 of the
funds of Frank Hcnnel of Norfolk ,
wore found guilty in the federal court
jit KnnsaH City on three counts for us
ing the malls to dofraud.
After the Jury hud returned Its vor
tllct , Judge McPherson of the Unltct"
States court reserved his decision and
ordered the men Into the custody of
the marshal. The maximum penalty
Is a fine of $500 , or eighteen months
In jail , or both.
Frank Ucrinel. 207 South Firs
Htreet , surrendered $700 of'his casl'
to the Kansas City company In ex
change for county agencies for th
sale of the clockwork pump. Berniel'E
$700 was part of $00,000 which poure
Into the company's coffers.
The Kansas City trial brought on
a mass of evidence on the posslbilltie
of acquiring wealth In a short time
The pendulum pump was a wonderfu
invention according to the llteratur
went out by the pump company ,
could be wound up In fifteen minute
so as to run without attention fo
twelve hours and pump twenty ga'
Ions of water a minute continuously
At least that was what the prospectu
said. The prospectuses were sent ou
through the mall in largo numbers an
they attracted the attention of farn
crs and stockmen.
"No more pumping of water by ban
when the wind fails to keep the wind
mill going , " the literature read. Th
pump was guaranteed to last five year
and the owner didn't haveto climb u ]
a thirty-foot tower to oil It. All thl 3
looked good to the farmers and stocl <
men , but the price was better stll
One of these wonderful machine
could bo bought for only $30 notbin
like as much as a good windmill cos
and yet It was guaranteed to rals
water out of a well 100 feet deep.
None of them was ever built , but
the company had a small model In Its
ofllce.
There were doubting persons who
read the literature but believed when
they saw the picture of the mag
ic pump and these words beneath :
" 1'atented November 27 , 1900. " It
was a good looking picture. There
was a crank attached to a lot of gear
ing wheels , from which was suspend
ed a big pendulum. The circulars of
fered to ship this pump on thirty days'
trial and also advertised the sale of
stock and county agencies. Readers
were asked to send their orders in
early.
The farmers and stockmen wrote to
the company. They made further in
quiries concerning the pump , and many
traveled from 200 to 500 miles to Kan
sas City to examine the model. M.
M. Myers , the inventor , explained the
working of the new machine to all In
terested ones. He told them that the
mechanical power of the machine lay
in the big bendulum and the coil spring
attached to the gearing wheels. Ho
pumped real water with the model and
satisfied the majority that the new de
vice was a mechanical Invention per
fectly practicable.
Then they wanted pumps. They
wanted county agencies and some de
sired stock. They got everything but
the pumps. They were told that the
pumps couldn't be made until the factory
1Cry
tory was built , which would be very
shortly. In the meantime they were
informed they could buy agencies and
be taking orders for the new machines. :
They bought agencies at $100 to $200
for a county and in several months al
most every Kansas county was sold.
Oklahoma counties went rapidly as
did those In Colorado , Nebraska and
other neighboring states. Bermel oi
Norfolk Invested $700 , purchasing
agn
deeds of county rights to Madison >
Stanton , Pierce , Wayne , Cedar , Antelope
teay
lope and Doone counties. The da
following the arrests In Kansas Clt
Bermel and his brother , Mark Benne
of Osmond , were in Kansas City. Thej
bad gone down to invest more ey
as Mark wished to purchase rie
county rights. Bermel was one of
the hundreds. The news of this mar
velons device that pumped water wltl
almost no labor reached the northwest
mid men from Wisconsin came dowr
to see the model. The officers of the
company were so busy during the sum
mer months of 1907 that as one o
*
them said : "Wo don't have time to
cat our dinners. " They took In $ SO-
000 for stock and agency rights In six
months.
The extraordinary amount of mal
matter of the company finally attract
cd the attention of the postofflco in-
spectors. They investigated. The
read the assertions made for the na-
chine by its inventor. They askei
mechanical exports , who expressei
doubts as to the efficiency and prac
ticablllty of the , machine. Then the
officers of the company wore Indicted
charged with using the malls to do-
fraud.
Bermel left a farm nine miles nort
of Norfolk eight years ago. Since the
he has lived at Elgin , Randolph an
other places. Ho moved to Norfol
last spring.
Business Change.
Valentine , Neb. , Dec. 1C. Special : t
The News : 0. B. Church of this sltyF.
has leased his entire building to I
hotiso and roller skating rink and con
duct a meat market. Mr. Church will
close out his stock of groceries as soon
as possible.
SLUCGEDAND ROBBED
_
Report In Pierce of an Outrage Be
tween Osmond and McLean.
Pierce , Neb. , Dec. 17. Special to
The NOWH : Reports by phone have
Just been received In 1'lerce by the
authorities that a man was slugged ,
robbed and turned loose In a wagon
with a team hitched to It and left to
drift to his fate , between Osmond and
McLean. Investigation will follow and
the guilty ones will have to answer in
criminal court If they can be found.
ANNUAL MEETING OF NORFOLK
BRANCH DECEMBER 28.
OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED
Delegates Will Also be Chosen to the
%
Annual Meeting of the North Nebraska -
braska Association to be Held In
Norfolk December 30.
A mooting of the Norfolk branch of
the North Nebraska Live Stock Pro
tective association has been called by
John Krantz , local president , to beheld
held In the Norfolk city hall on Satur
day afternoon , December 28. This
will bo the annual meeting of the Nor
folk association. At the meeting local
officers for the coming year will be
elected and delegates chosen for the
annual meeting of the north Nebraska
association to be held in this city on
December 30 , The Norfolk local asso
ciation now has over a hundred mem
bers enrolled so that this branch of
the horse thief fighters will bo en
titled to eleven or twelve delegates to
the north Nebraska meeting. The an
nual meeting of the Madison branch
lias also been called for December 28 ,
while the annual meeting of the Pllger ,
Creighton and Wlnnetoon organiza
tions will bo held on December 21.
Other association meetings have been
called.
HOLT COUNTMEACHERS
One of the Most Interesting Programs
Given by Association.
O'Neill , Neb. , Dec. 17. Special to
The News : Last Saturday the teach
ers of Holt countv litUned to one of
the most Interesting programs that
has been given under the present or
ganization.
The Holt County Teachers' associa
tion consists of over two hundred
members. Each year an executive
committee of six Is elected by the as
sociation to serve for one year. The
duty of the committee Is to arrange
programs for the count' meetings and
execute other business necessary for
'
the advancement of the organization.
The present committee , consisting of
Supt. J. G. Mote , O'Neill , president ;
Supt. Chas. Mohrman , Atkinson , secre
tary ; Miss Louisa McGee , Stuart ; Mr.
T. M. Gushee , Inman ; Miss Lcnora
Daly , Emmet ; Mrs. Pearl Powers , Ewing -
ing , and Supt. Florence E.Ink , of
O'Neill , is to be congratulated on car
. rying out in full the excellent program
which was as follows :
Paper "The Disturbing Element ;
How to Control It" Supt. J. F. Pow
ers , Stuart.
Paper "A Teacher's Preparation"
Miss Celia A. Gorby , O'Neill.
Paper "What Should Be the Equip
ment of a Model Country School ? "
Miss Laca I. Pillen , Mincola.
Address "Teachers' Reading Circle
Work of Nebraska" Supt. I. A Dow
ny , Lincoln.
Address "Nebraska Birds" Supt.
Robert Thomson , Randolph.
Each paper and talk war. enthusias
lleally discussed by the teachers pres-
i-r.t.
In the evening the Stuart public
. school band linger the direction of
Xov. Samuel Light , assisted by Mr.
- Duvld B , Grosvenor end a quartette of
O Nelll high school boyp gave au ex
cellent concert at Goldon's hall.
RETIRES FROMPICKLE FACTORY
, , _
- C. D. Simms Sells His Stock and Inter
> est to George Ft. Hodson.
> The stock and Interest of C. D.
! Slmms In the Norfolk Pickle and Vin
egar company has been purchased by
George R. Hodson , who has been sec ,
retary and treasurer of the company
aa well as one of the principal stock
- holders.
C. D. Slmms , with the sale of his
lgm.
stock , retires as president of the com
pany , which he was largely Instru
mental In organizing. Mr. Slmms , who
- was a prominent Norfolk commercial
man last spring , conceived tlio idea
that Norfolk was a natural center for
, , - a pickle Industry and worked up the
: now company which now lias a factory
building running on South Seventh 1
street. He retires from the company
- with another business proposition In
- view.
; Pending the annual meeting of the
- stockholders , which will bo held on
January C , Vice-President C. B. Dur
arm
land will act as president of the com
- pany. Mr. Hodson has been ed
manager of the business and has en
, complete charge of the factory and HE
- outside business.
Mr. Hodson , the now manager , cairn
to Norfolk recently from Lynch nit
for some twenty years lie was a sue
ticHo
cessful business man In Knoxvillo. Ho <
is taking n vigorous hold on Norfolk' !
pickle Industry.
If a woman has the happy knack of
to being able to dress In a hurry , shi
must never tell It , for such a boas
F. leads other women to think , "Yes , yoi
A PROBLEM THAT IS GOING TO BE
A MATTER OF FUNDS.
SEVERAL LOCATIONS SUGGESTED
Library Board Has Not Yet Had a
Meeting Since the Carnegie Offer
Was Received A Question for DIs-
cusslon.
The question of a site for the now
Carneglo library , it appears , is going
l'I l < be pretty largely a matter of funds.
The site which Is generally viewed
'Iv
with the most favor , but which Is also
probably | i as expensive a site as could
bo selected , is one of tlio corners opc
posltc ' the federal building. A lot on
any of the corners would have the advantage -
vantage of close proximity to the post-
ofiico as well as being centrally located ,
The government building Is ono of the
handsomest buildings in the state and
It Is pointed out that a $10,000 library
building close by would tend to create
a favorable Impression with visitors.
Other locations for the library buildI
Ing are already being discussed. A
Norfolk attorney spoke yesterday in
favor of the library board purchasing
a corner lot adjacent to tlio lot which
the city already owns on Third street
between Madison and Phillip avenues.
The attorney urged the price of real
estate near the postofllco ns against
a site on Fourth street and Madison
avenue.
A suggestion for a west side site
has been made , the vacant lots across
the street from the First Congrega
tional church being pointed out as
among the possible locations.
Another suggestion made Is that L
the library bo located on the south
west corner of the Lincoln school 1
grounds. Arrangements for this It
was thought could bo made with the
board of education.
The city library board has not met
since Mr. Carnegie's offer was re
ceived last Sunday. It is quite pos
sible that the board may not get to
gether until after the holidays. In
the interval there is a period for public
discussion of the matter , although
even after the board meets a consider
able time must elapse before a site
proposition can be put In shape for
definite action.
It is probable that in the interval
more definite information will be se
cured from Mr , Carnegie's secretary
as to exactly what is required by the
steel king in the way of a site.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
N. W. Clover went to Beatrice at
noon.
Judge J. B. Barnes is In Lincoln this
week.
Guy Qulmby of Osmond was In Nor
folk Tuesday.
William Patrick of Pierce was a
Norfolk visitor.
Chief of Police J. F. Flynn was in
Madison Tuesday afternoon.
J. M. Barto of Gordon is In town the
guest of W. J. Weathorholt.
Sheriff J. J. Clements was up from
Madison Tuesday atfernoon.
August F. Ruhlow , the Hosklns mar
shal , was in Norfolk Tuesday.
William Zutz of Hosklns was a busi
ness visitor in Norfolk Tuesday.
George D. Butterfield left Tuesday
noon on a business trip to Dallas , S. D.
Mrs. G. D. Butterfield was expected .
home Tuesday evening from a short
visit in Omaha.
Deputy County Clerk Sam McFar-
land spent Tuesday in Norfolk , return
ing to Madison during the afternoon ,
B. P. Olmsted and I. Catlin were in
Meadow Grove on business yesterday ,
estate man , was in Norfolk Tuesday on
business.
H. F. Barnhart returned Tuesday
from Brunswick , where he secured a
Judgment for the Anchor Grain com
pany on a contract It had for grain.
Mrs. Joseph Schwartz and daughter ,
Miss Gretchen Schwartz , were Omaha
visitors Monday.
L. P. Tonner , diet Nelson , Frank
Krasne , Tom Chilvers , K. W. McDon
ald , Fred Fry , Paul Schultz and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Drebert came down
from Pierce Monday evening to see
the Boston Ideal Opera company in
"Olivette" at the Auditorium.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors In Norfolk were : S. R. McFar-
land , deputy county clerk , Madison ;
John Hedln , Laurel ; William Mobr
. J. J. Walker , Spencer ; M. Nichols
Foster ; L. R. Prlchard , Meadow
Grove ; F. Blshoff , Brunswick ; Mr. and
idB.
Mrs. B. L. Glllham. Nlobrara ; J. E.
B.t.
Dahlberg , Pierce ; J. A. Johnson , St. ;
, t.ry
Edwards ; P. L. Best. Stanton ; Henry
Uergcr , Verdel ; James Gordon , Loup
ips.
City ; C. S. Sherman , C. E. Lisle , Dix.-
s.P.
m.on ; Robert Brown , McLean ; T. F.
Dlckerson , Dallas , S. D.
R. B. Hall is homo trom the road
for the holidays to be at the Hall book
store during the Christmas rush ,
Frank Davenport has added another
shoemaker , John Stelnhauser , bo
comes to Norfolk from Atkinson ut
who only recently came to America
from Berlin.
There is no trace of financial flurry
In the Black Hills country. This seems
to be the unanimous verdict of rail'
road men , commercial travelers and
others who have returned to Norfolli >
from trips west Into the hill country.
! It is not believed at this time thai >
Herrlck's big suit against the city will
bo tried before the February term oi
the district court at Madison. Arrangements
Vrve
rangements had been made to , ve
Judge Welch come to Norfolk nd
- hear the case without a jury but it Is
hardly thought that a convenient" dat (
will bo found now.
The Northwestern officials so far
have been qulto well satisfied with tlu
service that the new motor car has
been giving on the Bonestecl line
no.ho
With the Northwestern , however , UK
car is still viewed as an experiment
nt.hq.
winter snow arrives will go a long |
way towards determining the extent
to which motor cars will bo used In
meeting the demands of light local
traffic.
Invitations have been Issued to a
holiday wedding , the marriage of Mr.
Fred Miller and Miss Charlotte Walter ,
both of Norfolk , to take place In Christ
Lutheran church at 2:30 : o'clock on the
afternoon of December 20. The cere
mony will bo conducted by Rev. J. P.
Mueller and will bo attended by a
largo ' number of friends. A wedding
reception at the homo of the brldo's
parents , Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Walter ,
at129 South Third street , will follow.
Mr. Miller Is a young Norfolk carpen
ter.
ter.Tho
The organization of Jack O'Leary's '
athletic club or physical training class
now seems assured. O'Loary has secured -
cured about thirty-five signatures of
Norfolk men who have agreed to Join
his 1 class. While ho desired an initial
membership > of fifty , O'Leary Is going
to t start in at once to fix up the gym-
naslum ' rooms , having secured the
rooms ' which have been used by the
Norfolk 1 Democrat. He expects to se
cure ' a largo number of additions to his
list ' as soon as the lessons start and
the I "gym" Is fixed up.
An unusually large house greeted
the ( Boston Ideal Opera company in
"Olivette" at the Auditorium Monday
evening , and again the company made
good In Norfolk. Some people who
saw both "La Mascotte" and "Olivette"
did not like the latter play as well as
the one given Wednesday evening , but
It contains much tuneful melody ,
though less comedy. The Ideals seem
to bo very much at home on the stage
in whatever they undertake and the
next time they come to Norfolk they
will be greeted by a full house.
The Modern Woodman special was
run from Norfolk to Fremont Monday
over the Northwestern , returning to
Norfolk Tuesday morning from Fre-
mont , where the Woodmen celebrated
a stiver anniversary with one of the
biggest lodge rallies ever held in the
state. . The special consisted of seven
cars and was said to have carried 400
Woodmen Into Fremont. Few boarded
the train at Norfolk but large delega
tions got on at Wlsner , Beemer , West
Point and Hooper. In the parade
Hooper with 112 men had next to the
largest delegation in line. Eighty-six
West Point lodge men and seventeen
Wisner men marched.
The bad money swindle that was so
openly worked in north Nebraska last
fall was part of a gigantic money
swindle that has been as wide In its
operations as the continent. Press
dispatches are telling of the operations
of the "wild-cat" jnoney men all over
the central west. The latest dispatch
is from Muskogee , Okl. , and reads :
"In the woods not far from this city ,
beyond the Arkansas Bottoms , were
found yesterday a bundle of bank
notes issued by the Merchants and
Planters' bank of Savannah , Ga. , long
before the war. The bills , amounting
to several thousand dollars , were in
denominations of tens and fives and
were pasted together. Eastern Okla
homa has been literally flooded with
this money , which is usually passed at
night and among the most ignorant
people. In this city alone there have
beer fifty or sixty arrests for passing
the money , but the courts have held
that the money was not in any sense
of the word counterfeit , and that the
only recourse of the man swindled was
to have the swindler arrested for ob
tabling money under false pretenses. "
CHRISTMAS WITH ITS GOOD
CHEER COMES NEXT WEEK.
PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Christmas Shopping Is Heavy , Attest
ing the Prosperity of North Nebras
ka Fully as Much as Did the Grain
Fields Before Harvest ,
Another week and Christmas
Parties have given away to Christ
mas shopping and holiday planning.
The first of the holiday visitors are
arriving In Norfolk. Next Friday the
Norfolk schools close for two weeks
- vacation. Norfolk stores are crowded.
Christmas is just around the corner.
, Christmas shopping Is heavy Mils
, fall , most of the merchants agree.
Norfolk avenue stores on an afternoon
ine
attest ot the prosperity of north Ne
. braska fully as well as did the north
. Nebraska grain fields before attacked
by the harvest hands.
"Trade early shop in the morning. "
- These injunctions have been heralded
. over the country this year until something
eas
thing like a national movement has
asff
been Instituted against the "put It off >
till the day before Christmas" habit.
In Norfolk the bulk of the retail business
sirs
ness Is transacted between the hours
rsn.
of 2:30 : and 5 o'clock In the afternoon.
n.d.
These are the hours of the crowd.
Those who come earlier find the stock
In place , a small army of clerks ata
leasuro and every advantage for a
careful selection. Norfolk avenue
- merchants are inclined to believe that
more and more people are learning to
avoid the crowd.
The evening shopping preparatory
to Christmas is only Just starting. The I
general experience was that few evening
;
ing sales were made during the first
- week or so that the early closing agree }
ment was suspended for the holiday
season.
First Snow of the Season.
Valentine , Neb. , Dec. 1C. Special to
The News : A light snow fell Saturday
irof
day morning , which in the memory ol
the oldest inhabitant Is the longest it
. has held off , this being the first fall ol
the season. This section of the coun >
. try Is exceptionally dry this year and
hq. . p.l t".rn.is..badly needed. . . _ _
MISS BERTHA TIEDJE OF HOSKINS
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
BALL FROM 22-CALIBRE RIFLE
BROTHER WAS CLEANING GUN ON
RETURN FROM HUNT.
PROBABLY DIE FROM EFFECT
Henry ( , Her Brother , Didn't Know the
Gun Was Loaded Taken to an Oma
ha Hospital , But Doctors Think
There Is Little Chance for Recovery.
Hosklns , Neb. , Dec. 17. Special to
The News : Bertha Tlcdje , thirteen
years old , was accidentally shot by
her sixteen-year-old brother last even1
Ing on the Tledjo farm six miles north
of Hosklns. The bullet struck the girl
In the neck , lodging near the spinal
column , paralysis following. The little
girl was taken to an Omaha hospital
this morning in a very critical condi
tion.
Henry Tlcdje , jr. , a sixteen-year-old
lad , didn't know the gun was loaded.
Brother and sister were up stairs at
the Tlcdje home. It was 9:15 : and the
household was about to retire. The
girl was sitting across the room from
her brother on a bed. Henry took up
his 22-calibro rifle and started to clean
the gun. He didn't know it was loaded
until Its sudden discharge put a ter
rible penalty on his carelessness.
The bullet penetrated the little girl's
neck on the right side near the ghoul
der blade. It apparently lodged near
the spinal column for the girl's right
side was paralyzed. Dr. Schemel was
called from Hosklns and Dr. Cherry
from Wlnslde. A telephone consulta
tlou was later held with Dr. P. II. Salter
tor of Norfolk.
As a result of the critical condition
of the girl and with a view of making
a desperate effort to repair the acci
dent of the evening It was decided to
take the little victim to an Omaha hos
pital. This morning the little girl , ac
companied by her father and mother ,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tiedje , was placed
on board the Sioux City train to make
connections with the Omaha train at
Emerson.
Henry Tiedje , jr. , who accidentally
shot his sister yesterday , a year ago
shot himself through the hand with
the same rifle ,
Mrs. Tiedje , now grief-stricken at
the accident , has only recently left
the sick bed.
Bertha Tiedje will be fourteen years
old on Thursday , the accident coming
close to her birthday. Despite the
paralysis she did not lose conscious-
ness.
It was said by the physicians that
little chance existed that the accident
could result otherwise than fatally.
When taken to Omaha the little girl
was paralyzed from the shoulders
down.
CHARGE OF AJJHILD-MOTHER
Thirteen Year Old Girl at Pierce Di
vulges Name of Young Man.
Pierce , Neb. , Dec. 17. Special to
The News : Much interest is mani
fested here over the outcome of the
hearing today in the case of the state
of Nebraska against Jacob Wagner ,
on the charge of bastardly. This case
is the result of a charge made by Mag
gie Deer , a 13-years-old girl , who is
low the mother of a healthy boy , that
one Jacob Wagner is the father of her
legitimate child.
FUGATE DOWNS BLEKA
Two Successive Falls at Valentine Sat
urday Night.
Valentine , Neb. , Dec. 1C. Special to
The News : Wm. Fugate of Valentino
and Karl Bleka of Table Rock met on
the mat here Saturday night in a
wrestling match Tor the middleweight
championship of this state , which was
won by Fugato in two successive falls.
Time of the first fall was nineteen
minutes and the second fall nine mln-
utes. A large crowd was in attend'
ance and much Interest was created
by the match , as the two men had for
merly met in a 45-mlnute match , which
was won by Fugate and was postponed
on account of the Illness of Bleka.
On the 23rd of this month Fugate win
meet a man from Iowa in a match
which will bo his last appearance on
the mat this season.
LONG MATCH WITHOUT RESULT.
Over Two Hours of Wrestling With
out a Fall.
Beatrice , Neb. , Dec. 1C. The finest
exhibition of wrestling ever seen in
this city was put on the mat here.
, The match was between Oscar Wasem
of Lincoln and Charles Dellvunk , the
Austrian. The two men struggled for
two hours and fourteen minutes with-
out either ono being able to secure
. a fall. In the earlier stages of the
match It was fast work , but toward
the close the men were so tired out
by their exertions that they were com
pelled to slow up and the referee fin
ally declared It a draw. As a prelim
inary the "Dago" Kid and Kid Roth
met on the mat and the "Dago" won.
Mrs. Louisa B , Force ,
Mrs. Louisa B. Force , mother of Mrs
Josephine Hull , passed away at the
Csod In
millions of
liomos
It In put up under the supervision of n competent
chemist , from the finest materials possible to select ,
insuring the user Unlit , wholesome , easily digested food.
Therefore , UAl'lJ.lIKT is recommended by loading
physicians and chemists.
Perfect in Quality
Economical in Use
Moderate in Price
Culiiinot Is so carefully nnil Rclcntlflcnlly prepared ( tint the
neutralization ( it the liitfrcillenls In absolutely pel foci. There-
( ore. I'nlliuicl lonvcs uu Kochollo Satin * r Alum In tlio
food. ItUcliomlrnllr corrorl. "ForyournlonuicliU
uliu'i iuu ( 'alitinul. 1'or cconomy'ii snlio buy < ! nlnincl.
$ IOOOOO Riven lor nny Rubstnnco In
jurious to health ( omul In Unliiiiiut.
homo of her daughter Sunday after
noon at { o'clock , at the ngo of 83
years. The remains will be taken to
lOlgln 1 , 111. , leaving hero Tuesday noon ,
for f interment.
Mrs. Force lias been an invalid for
about fifteen years , the last four of
which she has lived In Norfolk with
Mrs. Hull. Besides Mrs. Hull , she leaves
two other children , both sons , ono liv
ing In Illinois and the other In Mich
igan. She was an early settler of 131-
gin , Illinois , and the farm upon which
she and her husband originally located
Is now a part of the city.
Jack Barnes Married.
John B. Barnes , jr. , accompanied by
his bride , until Sunday Miss Alia M.
Itowe of Casper , Wyo. , arrived in Nor
folk yesterday on a short wedding trip
that included a visit with his father
and mother , Judge and Mrs. J. B.
Barnes. The young people leave to
morrow for a short visit in Omaha
returning to Norfolk the latter part of
the week.
The wedding ceremony took place
Sunday morning at Casper at the
home of the bride's st.\father , C. K
Buchnian. It was a quiet wedding
with only a few Intimate friends pros
out. The bride is a popular Wyoming
jlrl of Casper , where Mr. Barnes is
now practicing law.
John B. Barnes , jr. , or "Jack" Barnes
as he is best known by his Norfolk
friends , Is said to be meeting with
success in the practice of law at Gas-
; ) er , having given evidence that he
lias inherited the legal abllfrty of bis
father , Judge J. B. Barnes , now a jus
tice of the supreme court of Nebraska
and soon to be chief justice of the
state's highest court. "Jack" Barnes
s a graduate of the state university.
Before entering on the practice of law
ho taught school for a few years. In
Norfolk he was an instructor in the
Norfolk high school , where he was a
very popular teacher. He left the
'ocal ' school to become principal of the
high school at Tekamah.
NORFOLK EXCHANGE DAY
To be Carried on With Enthusiasm the
First Tuesday in Each Month.
The Norfolk "exchange day" is to
be carried on with enthusiasm. Not
only will the exchange days be held
regularly on the first Tuesday of each
month but an effort Is going to bo
made to give each day some special
feature.
The initial "exchange day" was open
ed with a long parade that marched
to the music of three bands. While
the other exchange days may not be
heralded on quite so an elaborate plan
it is the Intention of the men who arc
supporting the exchange day project
to add some auxiliary feature either
of a social nature or along the line of
entertainment for the benefit of ex
change day visitors.
Farmers in this vicinity are discuss
ing the next exchange day and many
have already announced specific ar
ticles or live stock which they expect
to bring to Norfolk.
The next exchange day is Tuesday ,
January 7. It will occupy the entire
day.
WILD CAT MONEY MEN
Federal Authorities Are Now After the
Operators.
Two men , accused of circulating bad
money to tlio amount of several hun
dred dollars in Aurora , Geneva and
Wahoo , were brought to Lincoln Satur-
day morning by Deputy United States
Marshal C. T. Hensel to be given a
hearing by Commissioner C. C. Marlay
Monday afternoon , says the Lincoln
Star , commenting on tlio arrival in
Lincoln of the "wild cat" money men.
The men are passing under the names
of Thomas O'Brien and Alex Johnson.
So far as is known , the men began
operations In this state in the vicinity
of Aurora , passing a considerable
quantity of counterfeit currency there.
Later they appeared in Geneva and
obtained about $70 there on spurious
$10 and ? 20 bills. Late in October
they began operations at Wahoo and
did a prosperous business until they
were detected and arrested. Upon re
funding all the money they had taken
In that vicinity they were released and
not prosecuted , but in the meantime
they had been connected with the work
at Geneva , so Sheriff Page , of Flllmoro
county , arrested them and took them
back there for trial. In their opera
tions they had been careful not to take
more than $35 at any ono transaction ,
so they could bo prosecuted rjily for a
misdemeanor. Their Jail sentence ex
pired today and Deputy Marshal Hen
sel was on hand when they were re
leased and took them Into custody
indor the charge of passing counter-
'oil money.
The plan under which they worked
showed considerable shrewdness , both
In the planning and execution. They
wont into stores in the small towns ,
making n small purchase at each place.
In payment they would give notes In
ho year 18fi ! ) by the Merchants bank
: > f Georgia and State bank of Now
Irunswlck. On their faro these notes
'lo.sely resemble national bank notes ,
hough the reverse sldo was nothing
like that of a bill. They were of the
lenoinlnatlons of $10 and $20. In or-
ler to cover the backs of the notes
which would hardly have deceived the
nest unsophisticated , they pasted two
lotes together , faces out. When ar
rested In Wahoo the men had about
$200 of good money on them ns well
as a considerable amount of their wild
cat currency. They spent nearly all
their money paying their lawyers and
settling with their dupes , and in addi
tion have served a jail sentence. They
succeeded in digging out of the Jail at
Geneva , but were recaptured before
they had gone far. Now they are fac
ing a charge by the federal govern
ment of passing money in the simili
tude of lawful currency , and If found
guilty will have to servo a term in the
penitentiary.
HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGES.
Eighteen Pairs Are "Planted" at Long
Pme
Long Pine , Nub. , Dec. 17. .Special
to The News : The eighteen pairs of
Hungarian partridges which were pur
chased by the citizens 'of Long Pine
arrived this morning and were soon
given their liberty at different points
In the Pine Creek cnnyon. The birds }
are very tame as a result of their long
captivity , and also because they nro
young. This bird promises to be the
coming game bird for sportsmen and
everyone in the vicinity has taken It
upon themselves to protect and.care
for the little strangers until they be
come accustomed to their now abodes.
The birds were obtained at consid
erable expense and everything possible
will be done to protect them. There
Is a heavy fine for killing foreign ganu-
and everyone should be careful not
to kill them for quail , which they
somewhat resemble.
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DEATH CAME SUDDENLY. '
John Horsham , Madison County Plo-
neer , Succumbs to Heart Disease.
Madison , Neb. , Dec. 17. Special to
The News : With his wife critically
ill , deatli came suddenly to John Her
sham , a Madison county pioneer. Mr.
Horsham died suddenly of heart fail
ure a few minutes after midnight.
News of the husband's death was kept
from the wife on account of her own
feeble condition.
John Horsham was a miller in his
younger days and his son J. C. Hor-
sham , Is the miller at the local mills.
Mr. Horsham came to Madison county
In 1871. For eighteen years , since ho
left his Madison county homestead , ho
has lived in Madison. The funeral
will be conducted by the Masonic fra
ternity.
Mr. Horsbam was eighty-two. Ho
was born In England.
Praises H. F. Barnhart.
The recent acquittal' HIgglns on
a serious criminal charge in the dis
trict court of Boyd county brought tea
a close a case which according to the
Butte Register probably cost the coun
ty $2,000. The county attorney In
prosecuting the case was assisted by
Mrs. Taylor , one of Nebraska's woman
lawyers. Speaking of the defense the
Butte Register says : "Attorney II.
F. Barnhart of Norfolk made a strong
and eloquent plea for the defendant
In which ho brought out some strong
points for the defense which no doubt
bad much to do with the verdict of
acquittal. Saturday Mr. Higglns left
for home , accompanied by ills faithful
wife and little child. Ho was pleased
over bis acquittal as ho should be.
That he Is a free man now is duo
largely to the efforts of able counsel ,
H. F. Barnhart who had the case in
charge , and his assistant counsel In
the cose. In tills case Mr. Barnhart
put his best effort and the knowledge
gained in over twenty years active ex
perience In Nebraska courts. Ho
fought every point and succeeded in
winning his case and tlio defendant
has much to thank him for In the able
manner in which the defense was man
aged and successfully carried out. "
When a woman wants n favor from
her husband , she sends her daughter
to ask It , and when a husband wanta
a favor from his wife , ho osles It A
through his son.
