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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURRNAL : FRIDAY , JANUARY } / 1908. WILL BE HELD SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. WILL BE STRICTLY COUNTY FAIR Dates Fixed Without Watting to Con * ult the North Nebraska Racing Cir cuit Indifference as to What the Race Association Does. Madison } Nob. , Jan. 13. From a : Atan correspondent : Madison lins de ckled on the second week In Septem ber an the date for the county fair without walling for the annual mootIng - Ing of the North Nebraska racing cir cuit association In Norfolk this month. "What does this mean ? " was asked a Madison man who Is prominent In county fair affairs. "It means , " was the reply , "that Madison Is going to hold a county fair next fall. If the horsemen want to corno to Madison , well and good. If they don't , well and good. Wo are going to have a big fair and wo don't expect the racing end to swing the whole affair. There Is also a fooling that some changes ought to ho made la the racing circuit to the annual meeting this month. " Alleging some very serious charges ngulnst his wife , Mrs. Grace Vander- venter , Alva Edwin Vanderventer filed n petition In the district court asking for a divorce. The Vanderventers were married at Stnnton on March 28 , 1905. The suit was fllQd by W. V. Allen as attorney. That old country weddings somo- llmes go wrong as well as American matrimonial alliances was attested Saturday when Mrs. Christina Hamann asked for a divorce from her husband , Ilichard Hamann. They were married on April 1 , 1899 , In Welster , Ger many. She claims to liavo been de serted on her arrival in Madison coun ty on Christmas day of 1903. Deser tion and non-support arc alleged. Mrs. Hamann asks for the control of her eight-year-old daughter , Greta , and her Richard. Jack Koen- five-year-old son , - Igsteln Is the attorney. The Madison commercial club at the January meeting went on record as opposed to the parcel post suggestion of the postmaster general. The Madison high school boys met Genoa in a banket ball game Saturday evening In Madison. The Madison city hall Is still two or three weeks from being completed. Little progress has been made on the building during the last few months. It is said that the contract in stating a time for the completion of the build ing did not fix a penalty and named a lay ot-ihe month without specifying the yeaY , It was something like passIng - Ing a law "Thou shall not murder" without fixing a penalty for killing. It Is guess work when the hall will 1)0 ready. The death of Mrs. Weltz last week was the passing of another Madison Bounty pioneer. Her residence in this county covered about two score of years. With her husband she settled on a Madison county homestead seven miles southwest of Madison in the days when the coming of the railroad was still a brave dream of the pioneer. On the old homestead Mrs. Weltz died Thursday , age sixty-four. The funeral was held Sunday from the German Evangelical church , of which Mrs. Weltz was a member. She left three sons : Lawrence Weltz of south of Oakdale , Louis Weltz of Montana and Charles Weltz of south of Madison , and four daughters : Mrs. Dan Relter who lives on the home place , Mrs. Carl Polensko of six miles south of Madi son , Mrs. Fred Sachtjen of Stanton county and Mrs. Maggie Helm of Chi cago. Save for Mrs. Helm , who Is sick In Chicago , all of the children were present. Stepping Into office Thursday all the county officials gave new bonds. Treasurer F. A. Peterson's bond was $75,000 and as required by law was a surety bond furnished by the county. District Clerk Rleld and Sheriff J. J. Clements gave personal bonds. The amount of the various bonds furnished Is : Sheriff Clements , $10,000 ; Deputy Treasurer Darlington , $10,000 ; County Judge Bates , $10,000 ; District Clerk Field , $5,000 ; County Clerk Richahrd- son , $4,000 ; Deputy County Clerk Me- Farland , $4,000 ; County Assessor Ruth $4,200 ; County Superintendent Perdue $1,000. The fight over the appointment of a guardian for Edward Johnson , alleged to bo Incompetent , has been taken from the county court to the district court. "The Dally News Is a household ne cessity In Madison , " said J. B , Donovan evan , editor of the Star-Mall , Saturdaj night discussing the newspaper field In Madison. "A man can't come from the postoffice with a copy of The News without two or three people stopping you and asking what's In The News At the postoffice you'll see The News passed around from one man to an other until a dozen have read one pa per. Madison people didn't know there was an afternoon freight until they began to get The News In the after noon. "I was In the World-Herald office in Omaha talking to the circulation manager. 'Why Is It , Donovan , that with all our friends around Madison wo haven't got a bigger list of sub scrlbors there ? ' ho asked. 'Well I'll tell you , ' I said , 'The Norfolk News scoops the World-Herald Just exactly thirteen hours on late news and the people got what they want In The NOWH. Besides , It gives us the north Nebraska news where our Interest na turally Hos. ' The circulation man didn't know much about the Norfolk NOWH but 1 told him north Nebraska icoplu did. " "Lo ) you know that The Norfolk Jews Is a household necessity at my ionic ? " asked County Superintendent \ 8 , Perdue. "I have two hoys , one leveti and one fourteen , and there Is rouble from them If I don't bring The 'Jews ' homo from the court house. It B the only paper that the boys will read. I find that the reason Is that the pieces In The News arc moro con- lonucd and moro to the point than the Omaha and Lincoln papers which the ads find hard to follow. And just what appeals to those boys appeals to the rown-ups. " I SEVERAL PROPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. BOARD GIVES CONSIDERATION At a Meeting of the Library Board Three Propositions Are Considered. Dissatisfaction With Proposed Third Street Location. The nfattcr of a location for the Carnegie library building was up for consideration by the library board at a meeting held Friday evening. The matter came up in the form of a report from the commlttco that had previous ly been appointed to secure proposi tions and prices on locations. Three sites wcro considered , the lot across the street from the federal building on the south , a lot cast across the street from the Catholic church and one on Third street and Philip avenue. At the close of the meeting a state ment was issued by the board , as follows : Statement of the Board. It was the sense of the board to be gin with , that the first condition to be observed in the location of the buildIng - Ing Is that the location must bo cen tral considering the geographical boun daries of the city , proximity to the business part of the city and to the schools. To this end It was considered not best to go far outsldo of limits , roughly drawn , as follows : West from Third street to Sixth street , and south from Norfolk avenue to Park avenue. It by no means follows that under no circumstances would the building be located outside of the above limits. Circumstances might arise that would compel the board to select a site out sldo of these limits. The committee waa able to report the following propositions for sites withlr\.the \ above limits : , First. So much of lots 7 and 8 , block 4 , Mathewson's addition ( the corner south of the federal building ) as would make a corner lot 100 feet square , for $3,000. Second. Lot 8 in block G of Koen- igstein's addition ( across the street east from the Catholic church ) a cor ner lot 56 feet wide and 17G feet deep , GO feet on Madison avenue and 17C feet on Fifth street , $2,500. Third. Mr. S. S. Cotton proposes that If the city of Norfolk will deed to him the lot which It owns fronting on Third street , being a lot 50 feet wide and 100 feet deep , off of lots 15 and 16 , block 2 of Mathewson's Second end addition , he will give the city 100 feet off of the south end of said lots , 15 and 1C. This would make a site for the library 100 feet square on the corner of Third street and Philip av enue. This site is situated on Third street , one block north of the Lincoln school. It does not follow that the above sites are all that will In any event be considered , but those are the ones thai the board feels are the most desirable for the reasons above given. It was determined to prepare sub scription lists and present them to the people of the city. This privilege will be given to all to indicate their choice of the above propositions by subscribing the amounts they will be willing to give for their first and second choices oi the first two propositions , and also oi Indicating whether they think the third proposition should be accepted. Copies of the said subscription lists will be left with the banks of the city and a committee from the board will also call personally upon all they can reach. The foregoing Is the official state ment Issued by the board as to the location of the Carnegie library build Ing. A persistent rumor Is provalenl that the board favors the Third streei location , and many people , partlcu larly those who have labored for many years In the hope of securing just such a building and library as are now promised , are very much stirred up over the prospect of having the building on that location , which it Is claimed is neither convenient nor appropriate. The fear that the board seriously contemplates placing the building on the ground offered by Col Cotton Is perhaps overdrawn , as the board could hardly seriously con template erecting a building of the character planned on a location tha would give as much general dlssatis faction as seems -to be manifests over the proposition at this early stage ol the game. You often wish you were rich , In order that you might "do something1 for your friends. If you will do the little within your power , you will do enough. You can add a little cheer to the life of everyone you know , by be Ing gentle , polite and considerate. I CITIZENS OF M'LEAN , PIERCE CO. , WANT INVESTIGATION. MA'NY CRIMES ARE ENUMERATED There Are a Number of Matters In Pierce County Considered Worthy of Grand Jury Investigation by People ple of That County. Fifty-three citizens residing near McLean In Plcrco county have peti tioned District Judge A. A. Welch to call a grand Jury In connection with the next term of the Plcrco district court which convenes March 1C. In the petition there are enumerated some ten or moro crimes that Imvo licen committed In the vicinity of Mc Lean within the last two years. Stock- stealing Is the offense enumerated of- tenest. Among the crimes listed Is the slug ging and robbing of Alonzo Snydcr on December 14. Snyder Is a farmer liv ing near McLean and the assault on lilm served to arouse the people of Lho northeastern part of the county. Snyder's assailant Is being prosecuted ly County Attorney J. A. Van Wag- ancn. Some citizens of that section allege the existence of a bold gang of thieves , who have been working In Pierce coun ty and against whom they are calling the terrors of the grand jury. It Is said that mass meetings have been held and that feeling is very In tense around McLean. The grand Jury may bo called. The grand jury Is of course expensive. On this score the opinion of the Pierce county commissioners will probably b obtained. SATURDAY SIFTWGS. A. H. Winder Is home. Perry Dlngman of Missouri Valley is in Norfolk Saturday. J. O. Engelman went to Orchard on business Saturday afternoon. A. M. White of Foster was a busi ness visitor In Norfolk Saturday. The funeral of Mrs. Schwerm , moth er of Mrs. J. C. Adams , will be held at the Baptist church Sunday after noon at 2 o'clock. Father Tevis was in St. Edwards Friday. Father Walsh arrived home Friday noon from Omaha. W. J. Stadelman is home from a short trip to Kearney. Miss Drusllla Tompklns of Inm'an Is visiting her sister , Mrs. Ed Loucks. Claim Agent Hunter of the North western was in Norfolk yesterday from Omaha. Misses Junke and Randall , who have been employed at the Norfolk hospi tal , have gone to Grand Island on a visit Frank O. Evans and C. F. Austin of Dea Molnes , who have been In Nor folk on business , returned to Iowa yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. D. Varner are expect ed home next week from Seward , wkere they have been making a wed ding visit. Mr. and Mrs. Luders came over from Hoskflns Saturday. Mr. Luders re turned on the afternoon train and Mrs. Luders will visit Norfolk friends until Monday. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Viele leave Sun day for Chicago and Michigan. Busi ness takes Mr. Vlelo to Chicago but he and1 his wife will visit in Michigan before returning to Norfolk. O. D. SImms leaves Monday for Lin coln , where he is arranging to start a new pickle factory. The factory will be located at Havelock with office and warehouse In Lincoln , and Mr. SImms thinks he has1 a fine opening. Among the day's out of town visitors in Norfolk were : A. R. Davis , Wayne ; S. E. Baker , Columbus ; S. W. Stauffer , Lyons ; J. C. Moore , Broken Bow ; Miss Davey , Wayne ; Miss Clara Stlllman , Wayne ; C. B. Kane , Bonesteel , S. D. ; E. Crook , A. M. White , Foster ; J. G. Huffman , Plalnvlew ; William Gehrts , Murdock ; M. M. Kennels , Osmond ; H. M. Scott , Plainview ; Knox Tipple , Stanton ; Julius Degner , Wlsner. Mrs. Whitney returned Friday even ing from Rochester , Minn. , where she had been with her father and mother , Judge and Mrs. Powers. Mrs. Powers was able to leave the hospital on Tues day and it Is expected that she will be well enough to come home the lat ter part of next week. She was very sick while in Rochester just before the operation for gall stones , hence her recovery Is comparatively slow. Judge Powers is better than ho has been be fore for ten years. Marion Saunders spent yesterday In West Point. Bovn to Mr. and Mrs. James Klnkral , living southwest of Norfolk , a son. A. M. Qulnn , a Norfolk commercial man , Is able to be up after being quite sick. Councilman E. B. Kauffman is re covering from a severe attack of the grippe. C. J. Schroeder of Battle Creek held an auction sale , preparatory to moving to Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wachter or Fre mont , returning from a short visit at Verdel , were guests at the Schwartz home. Forty Greek laborers were taken through by the Northwestern to Sho- shonl , Wyo. , where they will be used In construction work on the road. The two now rooms which have been added to the Norfolk National bank by an extension to the Mast block will bo ready for use In about ten days. Orval Maxwell of Gregory , S. D. , on his way to spend the winter with his mother at his old homo in Harlan , la. , stopped for a visit at the homo of L. C. Taylor. The twelfth annual meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Medical society , which Is held In Norfolk next Thursday after noon and evening , will bo held In the Eagle lodge rooms. Miss Jennie Schwenk Is homo from .a two weeks' visit In Stnnton , M mil son merchants have formed a credit association and adopted a sixty lay credit rule. They have also ulopted n G:30 : o'clock closing rule for ill days save Saturday. II. F. Uarnhart ciuiio down from the Bonesteel line Friday. Mr. Barnhart expects to hnvo the bullet removed from his knee next week. The bullet will be removed In Norfolk. Madison Star-Mall : Jtulgo Bates Is sued the following marriage licenses : ho past week : John Louis Krolfol and Margaret Wehenglc , Grover C. Ol son and Pearl Edith Thell. According to the Holt county Demo crat much of the efficiency of the Chambers Silver Cornet band Is duo to N. Beebe , now 'a Norfolk traveling man. The band was organized under Mr. Bccbo's leadership about thirteen years ago and ho was leader of the band for many years. Norfolk la still coughing. Physi cians say that most of the time is tak en up now with treating cases of the grippe and pneumonia. Among the children there are a number of cases of measles and whooping cough. De spite the long sick list , however , the doctors report few cases of serious Ill ness. ness.Miss Miss Florence Judd , who resigned her position In the Norfolk schools re cently , did so to take up dress mak ing. When Miss Judd deckled to leave the profession of school teaching she announced her intentions to the board far enough In advance to permit them to go out and secure a competent teacher to elect when her resignation came before the board. A sleeper full of United States sol- dlers , enroute to Fort Robinson from the east , were taken through Norfolk over the Northwestern on the evening train. The soldier boys were trans ferred to the main line of the North western at Missouri Valley. For twen ty minutes there was a touch of blue about the Junction depot. Saturday night at Krause hall In West Point the Landwehr society of West Point gives a historical represen tation of many of the scenes , Incidents and events of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71. The representations were to be In the form of living pic tures with some fifty members and their wives participating. Many of those selected to participate were vet erans of the German army. THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS THE VICTIM. SON OF A ROSEBUD RANCHMAN Son of C. H. Klmball Accidentally Shot Himself With a Rifle , the Bullet Lodging In His Stomach Thirty Miles From Medical Assistance. Valentine , Neb. , Jan 13. Special to The News : Scott , the 13-year-old son of C. II. Kimball , who Is a ranch man over on the Rosebud reservation , ac cidentally shot himself with a rifle Saturday. The bullet entered his stomach and It Is not knoVn whether It proved fatal or not , as the nearest medical assistance was at Valentine , nearly thirty miles away , and the at tending physlcan has not yet returned. The boy at the time of the shooting was at the Indian boarding school on the Rosebud reservation. "A DRUMMER'S DREAM. " As Related By Himself At Least That's What They Say. One night a drummer dreamed a dreani And dreaming , dreamed he died , And straightway to the Pearly Gate , His sin-stained spirit hied. And there before the saints he stood With downcast head and low. "My record's pretty rank , " he said , "I guest I'm bound below ; I've smoked a lot and drank a lot , Confess It all , I must. And flirted , too , and then besides , Great Heaven , how I've cussed. " The good St. Peter looked at him With kindly smiling eyes , But shook his head , "Don't ask , " said He , a mansion in the skies. " But let me ask some questions , sir. "Are you a traveling man ? " The siner bowed , and in this strain The aged saint began : "You've gotten up at four a. m. And chased the train a mile Amid the trains crew's gibes and jeers A-sounding all the while. And then you found as usual , The time card's played Its trick , You've chased the wrong train once again And yours goes out at six. You've taken some gay merchant out , And spent a ten or more , And then he calmly says he's bought His goods the day before. You've spent your life at bad hotels. And eaten still worse meals , With oleo' and waiter girls All run down at the heels. You've had your letters sent astray , Your trunks have wandered , too , With porters , clerks and baggagemen You're In a constant stew. And once a month you see your wife. Now tell me , Is it so ? " "It is , " replied the drummer , As he took his hat to go. "Ah well , " said good St. Peter As he opened the portal wide , "I'm very glad to meet you , sir , Just kindly step inside. We'll try and make you happy here , We'll do the best we can. You've served your time In Hades , For you've been a traveling man. " PILGRIM CARRIED IT BY A STRAP OVER HIS SHOULDER. JOHN VANVASSALER HAD IT Left for Belgium a Week Ago CarryIng - Ing His Gold and Accompanied by His Wife and Two Small Children. A Story of Accumulation. Carrying n little over $9,000 In gold coins packed away In n satchel at tacked to his body by a strap over his shoulder , John Van Vassaler left Nor folk with his wife and two children for a visit In Belgium. Van Vassaler's story reads like an echo of the money flurry. Incidentally It might hold the elements of a trag edy , for an unschooled man takes his life In his hands when he travels a quarter way around the world with $9,000 In a leather satchel. Van Vas saler left Norfolk a week ago. His departure from Norfolk with his little satchel of gold was not chronicled for fear that an evil message might be clicked over the wires to gome shifty thug In America's metropolis. It was a sleepless night that Van Vassaler spent In Norfolk on the eve of his departure. A nervous man or he would not have Insisted on the ringIng - Ing coin Van Vassaler saw on that last night a carefully laid plot to rob him. He was restless and he guarded his gold with a loaded revolver. The man drew his thousands In gold from a Norfolk bank. Most of the amount was paid In $20 gold pieces. In all , the coin weighed about sixty pounds. The gold pieces were stacked and wrapped in cloth to prevent a tell tale single. Month after month In the last few years the family fortune of the Van Vassalers has grown. But a thousand dollars was deposited In the Hclntz bank that failed at Butte , Mont. So when that Belgium trip came up and Van Vassaler set out again to his na tive country , whore he will spend the winter and return to Norfolk , he took his gold In a handbag and set out across a continent and an ocean. The story of the gold that filled that hand satchel Is a story of a laborer's hire , of saving and of fortune telling. While the husband labored at his work the wife told fortunes and the family cash box filled and filled. Mrs. Van Vassaler has told fortunes all over north Nebraska. At race meets and county fairs she has plied her trade. And it Is a prosperous trade for In a day she adds from $10 to $25 to the family hoard. It was on a rainy night in Broken Bow that the fortune telling era opened and the Van Vassaler fortunes began to look upward. Van Vassaler and his wife had been with some small show and the cash box rang empty. Then came a careless tale of the "easy money" that came into the path of the fortune teller. "If others , why not me ? " Mrs. Van Vassaler went out on the street and , all ignorant of the arts' ' of the seventh daughter of the seventh , she fell to preying on the credulous. That night she told fortunes for ten cents alolig the street and she came back with $1.60. For a long time the fortune teller never asked more than a dime. Then she became bolder and ventured a quarter. Sometime in the Rosebud country In fair times fortune telling stiuck an upward market and destiny was retailed out at fifty cents a tell. Long as she worked her trade Mrs. Van Vassaler never deceived herself ] It was a hard working profession. And with the husband It was to laugh. He was a hard working man , was Van Vassaler. He has been In Nor folk three years. Among others he has worked for J. W | . Ransom. A good workman he got from forty to fif ty dollars a month. And what was taken In in this family stayed In and helped to make that pile of gold coin that rode out of Norfolk with the fam ily. When the Van Vassalers left Nor folk they had tickets to Belgium where relatives live. They expected to be back in Norfolk In the spring. MONDAY MENTION. M. Endres is back from California. Sheriff J. J. Clements was in Norfolk Saturday afternoon. C. F. Elseley was In Madison on business Saturday. George E. Schiller left Saturday af ternoon for Central ICty. Miss Mao Barrett was called to Fre mont Sunday by the death of Mrs. Dora Ham. Miss Georgia Austin , who Is a stu dent at the Wayne normal , was home over Sunday. Mrs. B. C. Gentle B. C. Gentle re turned Saturday evening from a visit at Creston , la. Mr. and Mrs. B .T. White of Omaha spent Sunday In the city , guests at the homo of Burt Mapes. Wm. Frlcke of Crelghton was In the city on business. He had been visit ing relatives In Battle Creek. Mr. and Mrs | Elton Sherdeman are home from an extended visit In Falls City. Mr. Sherdeman has returned to his work on the road for the Rock Is land Plow company. C. D , Slmras will leave Norfolk to morrow morning for Lincoln where he goes to start another pickle factory. Mrs. O. Stevens and Children arrived Saturday from Platte Center for an extended visit with Mrs. Stevens' sis ter , Mrs. John Stevens. A. Brumund has gone to Columbus to attend a meeting of the grand lodge officers of the Sons of Hermann , of which ho Is one of the trustees. John F. Flyn , , E. B. Kauffman , T. C. Cantwell and S. G. Dean will prob ably represent Norfolk at the big Bry- , IF we could take you through our establishment , and showyou the vast care and cleanliness ' which produce the old original egg and sugar coated Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee , no one could ever tempt you to change to any other coffee. iinoa , N W York ottr. an banquet at Lincoln Wednesday. M. F. Harrington of O'Neill Is one of the speakers. Among the day's out of town visit ors In Norfolk wore : D. B. Newcomer , Spencer ; W. E. Woltus , T. L. Woltus , Fullerton ; J. C. Wright , S. S. French , Pcnder ; Otto Storbergor , Crolghton ; F. McWhortcn , Plerco ; Herbert Rhodes , Creighton ; A. LIcsnor , Plain- view ; Charles Stortz , Crelghton ; J. A. Barnes , Plainview ; G. A. Hume , Madi son ; Miss- Myrtle Cole , Tllilcn ; Mrs. W. S. McCallum , Meadow Grove ; Aug ust Bookhoff , Wlnnctoon ; A. R. Davis , Wayne ; R. A. Tawney ( Pierce ; 0. E. Linn , Hosklns ; R. R. Killer , Dallas , S. D. ; Misses Carrie Webster and Mary Kennedy , West Point ; Martin Cobb , Hay Springs ; C. Rcddy , Long Pino. Mrs. F. M. McNeely Is ill with the grippo. The O. M. C. were entertained Sat urday evening by Miss Matilda Herr mann. Mr. and Mrs. D. Mathcwson enter tained a few friends at a C o'clock din ner Saturday evening. Tom Price has received word of the accidental death of his little son in California , where the little lad was run over by a train on Christmas day. The boy was four years old. The next meeting of the economic department of the Woman's Club will be held a week from next Monday at the home of Mrs. John R. Hayes. The funeral of Dr. A. S. Warner , who dropped dead In his drug store at Butte last week , was held Sunday at Butte. A largo number of friends attended the services. Ed Bennlng and little son , Fred , cel ebrated their joint birthday Sunday by giving a party for the son in the af ternoon and a party for Mr. Benning in the evening. A very enjoyable time w.is spent at both parties. Atkinson Graphic : Dennis Crum and wife of Norfolk , were In Atkinson Wednesday. A tardo has been con- suroated whereby Mr. Crum will take possession of the John Bond farm and Mr. Bond becomes proprietor of a resturant In Norfolk. O'Neill Frontier : Mrs. Mary Brush of Norfolk was on Monday , appointed administratrix of the estate of her brother , the late Edward Johnson , who died recently at Inman from in juries sustained In a runaway. Mrs. Brush , accompanied by her brother and her son , Dr. Brush of Norfolk , were In the city Monday , when her appointment as administratrix was made by the county court. Her de ceased brother owned considerable real estate and personal property In the vicinity of Inman. Mrs. Dora Ham , formerly Miss Dora Smith of Norfolk , died early Sunday morning at the home of her sister , Mrs. W. F. Thurber , in Fremont. The death of the husband , Walter Ham , preceded that of the wife by a little over a month. Mr. Ham was an engi neer on an Illinois railroad and had at one time been a fireman on the Northwestern out of Norfolk. Before the death of the husband the Hams lived at Springfield , 111. A little daugh ter , a year and a half old , is made an orphan by the two deaths. The funer al of Mrs. Ham will be held from the Second Congregational church in Nor folk on Wednesday afternoon. BRYAN WON'T SAY A WORD. Nebraskan Postively Declines to Discuss - cuss Johnson's Interview. Lincoln , Neb. , Jan. 9. William J. Bryan spent several hours at homo In Lincoln yesterday and then hurried on east to attend a series of Jackson- Ian banquets. He politely turned down all interviewers who sought to Induce him to comment upon the recent state ment of Governor Johnson In the New York World. He declared that he did not care to be Intervled on the subject , that he had discussed the various issues thru the Commoner and would continue to do so , but he did not care to discuss any one else's opinion or position. Further than this the lips of the dis tinguished Nebraskan were sealed. A friend who came to Lincoln with Bryan from his recent southern speak ing and hunting trip , said today that Bryan had been bombarded for several days with telegrams from the New York World urging him to comment upon the Johnson Interview , and that all of the telegrams had gone unan swered. It Is not at all hard for the friends and associates of the Nebraska gentle man to guess that he will pursue his own pleasure In either responding to any request from the World or in ap proving any political suggestions from that source. Wednesday Bryan Is to break bread with the Jefferson club In Chicago , and the following night he is to banquet with the Jacksonlan democrats In Dan ville , 111. RECEPTION TO JUDGE BARNES. Banquet Given by Nebraska State Bar In Omaha , Judge J. B. Barnes of Norfolk , who this week became chief justice of the supreme court , was given a pleasant reception at the banquet of the Ne braska state bar association held at the Rome hotel In Oninhn. Judge Harmm was called on as ono of the speakers of the evening. Ho described the working methods of the supreme court commission ; spokn highly of the character , ability and loyalty of the commissioners ; but de clared that the system Is wrong , and that the steps being taken for a larger court are wlso. "Now , after a third of a century of the practice of my pro fession , I reflect with pleasure that I have never thought that I lost a cnso because of the dishonesty or corrup tion of the court. " TOO BUSY TAKING MEDICINE TO DO MUCH SOCIALLY. QUIET AFTER THE HOLIDAYS Social Activities of the Days Preceding Lent Arc Now at Hand and More Social Life May be Expected In the Near Future. Norfolk has been so busily engaged during the week In swallowing medi cine and guarding against colds that society has been largely neglected. The week coming just at the close of the holiday season marks the social eddy that formsi between the retreat ing gayetles of holiday week and the social activities at hand In the weeks preceding Lent. Pleasures of the Week. On Sunday a birthday party was ; given at the home of William Wagner , complimentary to his son , Martin Wag ner , whose twenty-first birthday was celebrated. The party was also a fare well , the young man being about to return to Northwestern university at Watertown , WIs. , after the holidays. Mr. Wagner Is studying for the Luth eran ministry. Rev. .1. W. Taylor of Madison , who Is acting as pastor of the Presbyterian , church In Norfolk , with his family were guests at an old fashioned "pound \ social" last Saturday evening at the home of J. A. Ballantyne. The birthday club of The Heights gave a one o'clock luncheon on Tues day afternoon complimentary to Mrs. J. B. Maylard and Mrs. C. D. SImms. The club met at the Maylard home. Before Mrs. James Dlgnan left for Interior , S. D. , she was given a fare well surprise party by twenty-five members of the M. B. A. The party was given Monday evening. Guests were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wltzigman at a six o'clock dinner on Wednesday evening. The evening was afterwards largely de voted to cards. , Following the Odd Fellows lodge- meeting Thursday evening an oyster supper was enjoyed by some twenty- five members at the Now Merchants restaurant. Mrs. John R. Hays on last Saturday entertained the girls of her Sunday school class in the First Congregation al church at a ono o'clock luncheon. Miss Verna Coryell was happily sur prised Wednesday night by a party in her honor at the Coryell homo attend ed by twenty schoolmates. Miss Lela Braasch on last Saturday evening entertained In honor of Miss Bertha Stierson of Atkinson. The Chess club was entertained at the home of Philip Fuesler on Thurs day evening. Mrs. L. C. Taylor pleasantly enter tained a party of ladles on Thursday afternoon. 41 The Trinity Social guild met on Tuesday evening with Miss Cora Lul- kart. Mrs. A. Bear entertained the "Thir teen" card club Monday afternoon. The Wednesday club met with Mrs. George D. Butterfield. Coming Events. On next Tuesday Norfolk will have the Elkhorn Valley physicians as the city's guests on their semi-annual visit to Norfolk. Friday of next week Is the date for the annual anniversary dancing party of the Elks lodge. You think you have nerve : Why not demonstrate it by quitting some of your bad habits ? Why not show that you have nerve by quitting to bacco ? You eat too fast and too much. Quit that bad habit. No doubt you swear. Quit swearing. Don't demonstrate your nerve by rlmnlne the risk of losing your Hfo ; 4 show your nerve by quitting dangerous habits ; habits that will shorten | your 11 fo.