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TI1K NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAL : FRIDAY , FRIJKUAIIY 7.1908. rr > WILLIAM CUDDISON FINDS LOOP HOLE IN THE LAW. SECOND MARRIAGE IS ILLEGAL Man Recently Arrested In Norfolk on the Charge of Bigamy , Finds That the Statute of Limitations Applies to His Case. By the friendly Intervention of a peculiar Nebraska law , William Cubbl- HOII of I'latto Center , a confessed big amist arrested in Norfolk recently by Sheriff Carrlg , Is to escape the penalty of the ordinary man caught with two wives. Instead of being prosecuted for bigamy Cubblson can bo tried only for adultery. After Cubblsim had been brought from Norfolk to Columbus on the charge'of bigamy , County Attorney i * * * * llcnsley of Platte county found him- I self suddenly up against the statute of limitations. The county attorney says that lu order to convict a Diga mist In Nebraska prosecution must be. commenced within three years from the date of the second or third mar riage , as the ease may bo. Cubblson got under the three year limit last October. Cubblson had been working In Nor folk for a month or two when arrest ed on n warrant sworn out by John J. Regan , father of wife No. 2 , former ly Miss Nellie Hegan , of Platte Center. v Wlfo No. 1 , who lives In Kansas Is said to have started the trouble for the man with the plural wives. The Kansas woman claims to have married Ciibhlsfm * five years ago. By the turn of affairs since the ar rest It appears that the second mar riage Is illegal and that Mrs. Cubblson No. 2 , Is consequently a slnglo woman. Cubblson was brought before Judge Hattcrmau nt Columbus and waived examination. He was held to the dis trict court under $500 bonds which he was unable to give. He will now bo tried In the district court on the modi fied charge. STOLE LOAVES OF BREAD. Unknown Man Made Away With Three From Bakery Wagon. Has Norfolk someone In dlro need of bread ? Was It n joke ? Or what ? Three 10-cent loaves of bread were stolen at 10:10 : Tuesday morning from Lewis & Goldsworthy's delivery wagon standing on Norfolk avenue In front of a store. A man climbed Into the wagon , grabbed three loaves of bread nnd hit off down the street at a lively pace. At Fourth street he left Norfolk avenue nnd turne'd north. In the stories the man who steals bread goes to jail. It was reported , however , that In this case the man was still hungry and went to the free dinner at the city hall. "Who would steal bread with an exchange day dinner at hand , " Indig nantly demanded Burt Mapes. "I don't believe the story. Next they'll sav that it was one of our committee out soliciting funds and supplies from the merchants for our dinner. " Railway Notes. Harrlman lines in Texas have decid v- ed to abolish train agents , effective February 1. The elimination of scalp ers renders their employment in the future unnecessary. Lines in the southwestern excursion bureau have declined to make reduced rates for merchants' meetings In New York and large'cities In the west and south. Telephones are being Installed In many Reading telegraph offices and It looks like preparation to substitute their use In place of telegraph Instru ments , owing to the federal eight- hour law regulating the hours of operators. John D. Shields has been appointed auditor of freight and ticket accounts of the Burlington to succeed W. Ran dall , who was appointed to special duties on the staff of W. P. Durkee , auditor for the company In Omaha. The Lehigh Valley has placed an order with a shipbuilding concern In New Jersey for two steel Moats of twenty-three cars capacity for use In Now York harbor. This additional floating equipment Is necessary to properly take care of the Increasing business of the Lehigh Valley. The Illinois Central will begin the operation of the Baton Rouge-Ham mend and Eastern February 27. Work on the new line between Baton Rouge and Covington , a distance of eighty miles , is being rushed as much as is consistent with the construction of a first class road and it is believed that it will be completed soon and In oper ation. It will be operated by the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley. W. H. Barney , who heretofore has been assistant chief cleric In the of fice of George T. Slade , general man ager for the Northern Pacific , yester day became chief clerk to F. E. Wll- lard , division superintendent at Missoula - soula , Mont. The course of the legislature of Vir ginia toward the bill repealing the Richmond , Frederlcksburg & Potomac monopoly between Richmond and the Maryland border is being watched with much Interest , as It Is as serted that In the event the monopoly ely Is repealed It will not bo twelve months before the Wabash and Balti more & Ohio are running their trains into Norfolk. In fact , when the Goulds complete their line between those points , it will be immediately extend ed to Norfolk. P. H. Houlihan , the new general superintendent of the Alton-Clover Leaf system , has issued his first gen- non-leu to keep on the nloit during the winter month * , especially when the weather has a tendency to keep the employes liuloorn. EiiRlneors are aHked to keep a sharp lookout for slg- nab and position of switch targets. The trainmen are asked to bo careful to give Hlguals at the proper tlmo amide do all uere nar.v ( lagging. All con cerned are asked to exorcise the great est euro In the Interests of safely. \j\rry \ \ ( iaghan. for fifty years a locomotive - motive engineer on the Chicago and Northwestern , a few days ago made bin last run and retired on a pension , Gaghan , who Is seventy years old , re tired rlfh. Ho Is a vice president of the Sterling National bank at Sterling , and IH reputed to bo worth $500,000 , mostly In property In the vicinity of Sterling. Contents of an express car on the fast mall train , which reached Council Hluffs over the Northwestern road Sunday evening , caught lire In some unknown manner en route from Chicago cage and considerable damage was done to many of the express packages In the car. Some of the boxes , It is said , were blazing ho fiercely they had to bo thrown from the car In order to save the remainder , and a number of the packages were badly scorched. A number of packages were delivered to Council Bluffs patrons of the Amor- loan Express company which operated the car , with the outside badly blist ered. The extent of the lire and the loss sustained by It could not bo ascer tained ( lie officials stating they knew nothing of the extent of the fire. They were aware from the condition of the packages that arrived that a fire had occurred , but be > end this they claim ed to kmw nothing. SHONTS CONTRACT SIGNED. No Mention of Marriage Settlement for Duke in Agreement. New York. Feb. 1. The pro-nuptial agreement has been blgned by Miss Theodora Shouts , daughter of Theo dore P. Shouts , and Due do Chaulnes , to whom she will be married on Feb ruary lu. This contract Is brief and there is no mention in It either of a marriage settlement or dowry. The document Is signed by Mr. and Mrs. Shouts , as their daughter Is a minor. "The marriage of Miss Shouts and the duke will be according to the cus toms of this and no other country , " Mild Mr. Shonts. "No question of a settlement on the duke has arisen as an Issue , and none will. " "UNWRITTEN"JAW A FARCE S. W. Lightner of Lynch Says Thaw Should Have Been Punished. Lynch , Neb. , Feb. ! . W. N. Huso , Norfolk , Neb. : Dear sir I want to congratulate you on the excellent scr vice you are giving us In your Daily News. I have Intended writing you before when you have done well , but always put It off. Your editorial on the Thaw verdict Is certainly splendid and I believe Is voiced by a large majority of our pee ple. This unwritten law business Is being worn threadbare. I believe a man Is justified in doing anything in defense of his home. We of course get our Ideas of many current events from the newspapers , but from the opinion I got of the Thaw case , I would say Thaw should have been punished. That man Brink from Ponca should have been punished. It Is just such cases as these thai makes mob law and changes the mosl law-abiding citizens Into criminals. Respectfully yours , S. W. Lightner RAIL TELERAPHERS OBJECT. Oppose Plan to Postpone Enforcement of the Nine-Hour-Law. Washington , Feb. 5. Railway teleg raphers from all parts of the countrj are wiring the Interstate commerce commission protesting against the ex tension of time when the nine-nous law will go into effect. Five hundred of these telegrams were received this morning and the total for the past two days Is seventeen hundred. The law will go into effect March 4 , unless an extension Is granted. The protests have arisen because the operating vice presidents of railways who con ferred with President Roosevelt ant members of the Interstate commerce commission last week asked for ai extension of time. The northwest Is liberally represented in the telegrams received. A TEAM TO THE GOOD. Obed Raasch Finds Team In His Barn Whose Is It ? It wasn't a case that could possibly Interest the antl-horso thief assocla tlon. It worked the other way. When Obed Raasch , a promlnen young farmer living a mile west of the city , arose Tuesday morning ho fount that a gray team and a hay rack had been left at his place. The horses had been unhitched and tied in a shed There was not the slightest trace o an owner. AFTER PRESS TELEGRAPH RATE W. A , Myers of Alma , Neb. , Seeks a Little Spotlight. Lincoln , Neb. , Feb. 4. Special to The News : W. A. Myers of Alma as sorted today that newspapers of the country are enjoying discriminatory rates on press dispatches. Ho has filed a complaint with the railway commission and a public hearing wll bo granted. Mr. Myers is county attorney in Har Ian county. Every man believes that ho doe more than his share ; every woman F. S. ROBISON AND JAMES POOLE MEET HERE. OLD MEMORIES ARE REVIVED The Man Who is Publishing a Direc tory In Norfolk Chanced to Enter the Singer Office and to Catch the Name of His Former Comrade. Hey friends In Wisconsin more than 'oiirteon years ago , directory making brought Frank S. Hoblson , directory maker , and James I'oole , manager of the Singer manufacturing company In this district , together In Norfolk. Mr. Hoblson Is publishing the new city directory and entered the Singer olllce lu the course of his rounds. There his rjes caught the name of "James I'oole. " It was the spelling of I'oole that called up back memories. "Say old man , you're not Jlmmle I'oole of Hlchland Center , Wis. ? , " the directory man queried. I'oole smiled and the recognition was mutual. The men had not seen each other for fourteen years. Up in Wis consin they had been warm boyhood friends and had made common cause in water melon raids and in other genial exploits that brighten the mem ory In the after days. Mr. Hoblson has been taught by his directory experience that the world IK Indeed small. Few towns have not , icldod up acquaintances or old friends of the canvass. And lloblson and Poole have enjoy ed common reminiscence of the Hlch land Center days. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Mrs. John Fauble of Hadar was a Norfolk visitor Tuesday. Will Schmidt of Monowi will visit Norfolk friends Thursday. Mrs. A. Warner and daughters of Onkdalo were in Norfolk yesterday. Miss Bertha Howe has returned rom several weeks' visit at Stanton. Mrs. Etl Muflley of Bonesteel , S. D. , vas In Norfolk on her way to visit at . .ong Pino. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Viele were ex- ecled home Wednesday from an ex- ended visit In Michigan. Among the day's out of town vlslt- rs In Norfolk were : B. G. Barnum , Butte ; C. Jensen , Miss Ethel Jensen , Blair ; F. Moore , Creighton ; J. R. Dun ham , Anoka ; H. J. Barkes , Humphrey ; Vilford Standlford , Herrick , S. D. ; L. E. Champney , Dallas , S. D. ; C. F. Burch , Meadow Grove ; M. Hart , Sliver Creek ; R. A. Tawney , Pierce ; John Javis , Winslde ; Louis C. Loseke , Platte Center. A. Pllger of Stanton was In Norfolk esterday. Dr. P. H. Salter was called to Madi- on Tuesday. Miss Violet Perce Is a guest at the Cantwell home. William Zutz was in'the city during he day from Hosklns. Dr. J. C. Myers went north on the Jonesteel train at noon. Mrs. E. P. Woodrlng of Council fluffs has arrived in the city on a visit with her sister , Mrs. Harry M. ulbcrtson. Mr. Pasek of Brlstow , a hardware merchant there , passed through Nor folk enroute to his home from Yank- ton , where he had been to attend the funeral of a niece. Mr. Pasek was one of the merchants who lost in the big Bristow tire of a year ago. J. S. Smith , accompanied by sixteen land men , has gone to the Panhandle country. On his next excursion , Feb ruary 18 , Mr. Smith expects to have a special car from Norfolk. Something of the Improving conditions was shown at the horse sale of Smith Brothers Monday when horses sold higher than at the last sale. It was declared a good sale. Engineer E. G. Wood of Council Bluffs , who Is taking a few days' lay off , was In the Junction yesterday on business. Frank Rainy of Omaha , who was the motorman on the motor car here , was In Norfolk on business Tuesday. Master Harry Cummins Is 111 this week. Miss Emma Wetzel is ill with the grip. grip.Tho The Junction card club met Tues day eveniflg. Trinity guild will meet Thursday af ternoon at 2:30 : o'clock with Mrs. May- lard. lard.William William Hill , who has been laid up for some time with a cataract on his eye , was able to go to work this morn ing again. His eye Is rapidly improv ing ho can see quite well out of it. Miss Dora Dorsey Is now working In the pickle factory. Bill collectors say that collections are unusually good and that the year Is opening up In an exceptionally pros perous way. Owen Dugan , who has been workIng - Ing for the Northwestern railroad at Clmdron , resumed employment with the Nebraska Telephone company In Norfolk yesterday at noon. Walter Vail Is spending the winter on a Louisiana cotton plantation owned by a brother in Illinois , who also spends his winters in the south on the plantation. S. H. Anderson , manager of the Norfolk - folk creamery , Is sick with the grip. As a result of Mr. Anderson's Illness the directors' meeting which is to take up the matter of enlarging the cream ery , was postponed from last Monday evening. The Norfolk office of the Nebraska Telephone company received word yes terday that the sleet storm was gen eral over the entire state and that extra men should he had in readiness for wire troubles. An additional force that a bill has just been passed in the United States senate granting that village about 280 acres of U o old Fort Nlobrara reservation. The allowance of the grant hinged on the approval of the war department , the reservation being under Its control. That approv al has just been given. Dr. Uawson. the Methodist minister at Stanlon , and Dr. Slmrpe , the Meth odist minister at Wayne , were In Nor folk Tuesday to attend a meeting of the committee In charge of the pro gram for the district conference moot ing of the Norfolk district of the Meth odist church. This conference will beheld held March 20-27 , probalby at Wayne. The weather man produced the snow storm and the mercury dropped Wednesday morning. During the night the wind shifted to the north west , the storm center having passed over Norfolk to the southeast The wind drifted -tbo snow In places and early Wednesday morning there was the noise of shoveling snow and shov eling coal to be heard all through the town. Battle Creek Enterprise : Frank Appleby , brother of Mrs. Chas. Hues- ton of this place , died last Thursday at his home near Cloarwater. Mr. Hueston went to Clennvatcr Friday to be present at the funeral , Mrs. Hueston being unable to go on ac count of sickness. This makes the third death In the .Appleby family , within two weeks , the oldest children a son and a daughter , having died before the father. C. C. Gow , chairman of the finance committee for the Y. M. C. A. conven tion , has decided on the course that will be taken In raising the $250 re quired by the convention. This money will be raised by popular subscription. The committee will ask 125 Norfolk men to contribute $2 each. Printed cards have been secured for the $2 pledges and have already been signet ! by a number of men. Mr. Gow Is as sisted on the finance committee by Dr. O. R. Meredith , W. R. Hoffman , A. O. Hazeu , Clco Lederer and Frit ? Asmus. Tuesday's sleet storm coated Nor folk streets and sidewalks with such a heavy caking of Ice that Ice skates were at once brought Into play and made good use of during the afternoon Fremont Tribune : Norfolk has the annexation fever. That hustling clt > wants the residents' of the outlying districts within the- corporate limits of'the town for two , very good reasons. One of them is that these people have nearly all the advantages and bene fits of the city without paying for them. The other Is a very Important reason Inasmuch as It would Increase the population of Norfolk by about 500 people and would look good In the next census report. An action has been filed In the district court and will be heard this month. The third-class postmasters of the Third congressional district met Wed nesday afternoon at Columbus for the purpose of endorsing the movement to obtain for third-class postofflces increased allowances for clerk hire. The movement was begun some time ago and has been indorsed by several state organizations of postmasters. The third class postmasters of Ne braska are organized but the expense of holding a state meeting is consider able , so the postmasters of the dif ferent congressional districts have been getting together. The postmast ers of the First and Fourth districts met in Lincoln last month , and those of the Fifth district met In Hastings , January 30. So far the meetings have strongly indorsed the proposed in crease. The Travelers Protective association will supplement its active campaign for a passenger fare of two cents a mile with another for steel passenger cars. Backed by more than half a million traveling salesmen there will , within a week , be Introduced Into congress a bill , which , if passed , will compel all the railroads of the United States to replace their present wooden passenger equipment with fireproof steel coaches. It Is desired that the railroads retire ten per cent of the wooden cars each > ear for the nexl ten years. The association , which Is actively engaged In working for the proposed legislation , had compiled some startling tables , showing the great destruction of life during the past five years as a result of collisions derailments and other accidents. In nearly every case the great sacrifice of lives was due almost wholly to the fact that the wooden coaches either were crashed Into splinters or caught fire after the wreck. Steel cars , It Is claimed , would have prevented the loss of life. BATTLE CREEK IS NOW RID OF THE SMALLPOX. SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR A WEEK Both the English and German Schools at Battle Creek Reopened Wednes day Morning After Having Been Shut Down for a Week. After having been closed for about a week on account of two cases o smallpox in the town , the public schools at Battle Creek reopenot Wednesday morning. "Uncle" Jim Clark and Mrs. Charles A. Martin were the smallpox victims They have had the disease for three weeks and have now about recovered Both the English and German schools reopened at Battle Creel Wednesday. There are several ways of raising SLEET STORM PLAYS HAVOC WITH COMMUNICATION. WESTERN COUNTRY TIED UP Communication by Telegraph and Tel ephone Over the Entire Western Country Was Practically Impossible On Account of the Storm. Omaha , Neb. , Feb. 5. Communica tion by telegraph and telephone are > aralyzed today over the entire west ern country as a result of last night's sleet storm. No wires wore available for news service from the outsldo world up nu ll noon today. The sleet storm was general over S'ebraska , South Dakota and other portions tions of the middle west. Telephone and telegraph companies have largo extra forces out repairing damage done to service by the storm. The weather forecast for Thursday is fair and colder. APPLAUD MESSAGE. Roosevelt Message Meets No Opposi tion Among Public Generally. Washington , Feb. , 5. Telegrams and letters of congratulation by the hun dreds each day continue to reach the president , called out by bis message of last Friday. It Is noteworthy that these words of approval come from all parts of the country and from men In all walks of life. Thus far not a note of dissent has appeared in any of them , and the pres ident Is therefore Inclined to bollevo that those of his close friends who advised - vised against the message were not true gangers of opinion. Now that several days have elapsed since the message was Issued senti ment regarding It Is beginning to crystalize and It Is a fact that the pres ident's contentions regarding the wis dom of this fiery defl to his opponents is being amply justified. Many sincere admires feared that be had made a mistake and that the ountry would not follow him to the engths to which he went. This , how- ver , seems to bo another case of loosevelt luck , in which his political nstlnpts were more accurate than all he wisdom of his trained political ad- Isers. It Is still probable that con gress , the anger of whose leaders Is umbatcd , will do just as little as pos- iblo toward carrying out his recom mendations , but it is also probable that here will be another message as soon as this shall seem definitely to be the case. BIGGEST PULLMAN TIP. Company Gives Nearly $200,000 , to Its Conductors and Porters. Chicago , Feb. 5. Almost $200,000 was given away yesterday by the Pull man Palace Car company to nearly 1,000 car service employes as the com pany's expression of appreciation of he high standard of merit and cour- .esy to the traveling public main tained during the year 1907. Checks for $175,000 for 1,153 con ductors and 2,017 porters , divided into one month's pay to each man , were mailed to the employes with a mess age thanking them for their efforts to mprove the service and give the pub ic a maximum of the courteous treat ment. TO DISCUSS ALDRICH BILL. Aldrich Will Make His Statement on Measure Next Monday. Washington , Feb. 5. Next Monday Senator Aldrich will make his state ment regarding the financial bill bear ing his name. It is thought it could pass the senate Immediately , hut two or three weeks will be consumed for discussion. There Is still probability that congress will change the measure. RED PERIL IN CHICAGO. Anarchists Are Growing Bolder , Out break Is Feared. Chicago , Feb. 5. "Never In the his tory of Chicago have anarchists and other enemies of law and order been more dangerous than they are at pres ent , " declared Chief Shippy yesterday. "The people are watching their move ments closely. You never know when they are going to break out" Ho then criticised the recent action of Municipal Judge Oscar M. Torrison in suggesting that two men arrested for posting red placards unlawfully , advertising an anarchist meeting , bo released without penalty. Chief Ship py said that It amounted to an encour agement of the anarchists. The chief was grave and troubled. He had just finished reading a police report on an anarchist meeting the night before at 3C3 Dearborn street , in the Illlni cafe. This meeting waa called to celebrate the assassination of King Carlos and Prince Luiz of Portugal. Most Inllammatory speeches were made at that meeting. Hero are some of the sentiments im pressed by E. Mclntosh. "Who was McKlnley ? Was ho any better than you or I , or the king of Portugal ? Was ho not n king who was put there by a certain element to down another weaker element ? Ho got Just what ho deserved , as much as the king of Portugal , and some moro in this country ought to get the sarao thing right now. "I am with the mob. I would llko to go out right now with the mob be hind mo and kill every policeman on the street and then throw their bodies Into the lake , llko so many dead , flsh , I could go out now and rob ovorv store for a robber than Tor any one of the unemployed , because the robber gets It , while the unemployed has not sense enough to get It. They hnvo no sense here at all. In Russia they are doing It right. They kill policemen every day there , and they rob banks and leave their receipts , saying the money will he used for the revolution. "I fully sympathize with the queen of Portugal and I am sorry nho did not meet the fate of her despotic hus band. My mother was a liar when she taught mo to bo honest nud not to steal and rob. The preacher was a liar when ho told mo to bcllovo In God. They are all liars. The whole of society Is a mass of liars. " NORFOLK PEOPLE ASKED TO ENTERTAIN - TERTAIN DELEGATES. STATE CONVENTION NEXT WEEK With the State Convention of the Y. M. C. A. a Week Away the Local Committees Are Searching for Homes in Which to Place Guests. With the sate Y. M. C. A. conven tion but a week away the Norfolk com mittees which are responsible for the local arrangements for the state con vention are hurrying to complete the details of their work. One of the most Important of these preliminary committees , the enter tainment committee with D. Mathcw- son as chairman , has the task of secur ing entertainment for 250 delegates during the convention days. A letter received from Secretary Bailey states that an attendance of 250 can be ex pected. Up to yesterday the entertainment committee In their canvass had made arrangements for 125 of the city's con vention guests. The canvass Is being made through the churches. Persons who will volunteer to entertain the young men who arc coming as dele gates should call up Mr. Mathewson. The Y. M. C. A. guests will be enter tained from Thursday night until Sunday morning. A plan to have the men of the city serve two meals on both Friday and Saturday of conven tion week has been discussed. DISCUSS JOHNSON IN EAST. Press Publishing Interview With Jus tus L. Johnson of Chicago. Washington , Feb.1. . The eastern press has been publishing the inter view with Justus L. Johnson , presl dent of the Swedish American league of Chicago , regarding what In his opln ion , would , bo the strength of Gov ernor Johnson of Minnesota as a pros Identlal nominee. The Washlngtoi dallies had the story yesterday , as dlt the New York World , and last nigh It appeared In the Baltimore News which has been the most ardent east ern newspaper boomer of the Mlnne sola executive after the World. The News had the following edito rial paragraph , based on a special dls patch from Us Washington bureau o the day before : "In an Interview , Senator Rayner , speaking of what occurred at the New- ands dinner , said : 'There was no discussion of any sort that would prove of any benefit to the democratic party or anyone else. The democratic party will accord a hospitable greeting to any one at the present time who can suggest anything that will be of jenefit to it. ' If Senator Rayner and a few other potential democratic lead ers would go together and courageous ly resolve to openly concentrate their support on some other candidate , say Governor Johnson of Minnesota , It might have a most salutory effect In dissolving the fateful conglutination of the Bryan following. " HEARST OF DAKOTA. Senn Controls Seventeen Papers on The Old Reserve. Mitchell , S. D. , Feb. 5. E. L. Senn , who makes his home at Oacoma , spent a day In the city while on his way to Huron to attend the meeting of the republican state central committee , of which he Is a member. Mr. Senn Is In the newspaper business on the Sioux reservation , where he Is regarded as the William R. Hearst of the west. Ho owns seventeen newspapers out on the great prairie domain. A year or two ago Mr. Senn con ceived the idea that , with the settle ment of the country the publication of final proof notices would be necessary In the course of time , and so arranged to get In line for the business. When he started , the towns yet had to he Dullt and for a long time the one build ing standing alone on the prairie would servo for the postoffice , general store , the newspaper olflce and the homo of a settler. Now the towns in which his newspapers are located are In a nour ishing condition and ho Is reaping what reward there was In the von- ture. ture.For For several years Sonn has had a strenuous life. There were some per sons who rather resented his way of looking Into affairs of a moro or less public nature. Particularly was ho the object of revenge on the part of cattle rustlers , who tried to get rid of him. As a last resort they undertook to-burn him out of house and homo several years ago. His assllants in several in stances are serving terms. COMMUNICATE WITH DEAD. Sir Oliver Lodge Creates Sensation at Physical Research Meeting. London , Feb. 4. Serious statements by Sir Oliver Ledge command ro NOTED AUTHORITY GIVES A SIM PLE PRESCRIPTION. A SPLENDID KIDNEY REGULATOR ! Tells the Rentleis of This Paper How ) ' to Prepare the Mixture nt Home , , and Other Advice Dress Warmly,1 , and Keep the Feet Dry. Now IH the time when the doctor Kotn btiH.\ , and the patent iiictllclno- imuufncturerH reap the hanwt , MIH OKH great enre Is taken to ilroHK witnu * j and keep the feel dry. This * to tin * idvleo of an old eminent Imthorlly , vho wi.\s that rheumatism unit kldnov ? rouble weather IH hero , ami uliui tolltH vhnl to do In case of an attack. Get from any good prescript lorn iharmaey one-half ounce lluld e.vtracC hindelion , one ounce compomvti kar- gen , three ounces' icompouiitf ) vui > ' sarsaparllhi Mix by shaking In u ( xit- e and lake a teaspoonful ul'ter moaltn ind at bedtime. Just try this simple home-made mix- ure at the first sign of rheumatism , . > r If your buck aches or you feel thutr he kidneys are not acting just right. This IK said to be a splendid Kltlnoy egulator , and almost certain leinedy for all forms of rheumatism , which lw aused by uric acid In the blood , \\lildn the kldiie.\s fall to filter out. Any ontv can easily prepaio this at homo timl at small post. Druggists In this town and vleiiiitx , . when shown the prescription , .state < > that they can either supply thcao In gredients , or , If our reader.- * prefer , I hey \\lll compound the mixture of r them. amazement rather than skopticfarrs that a meeting of the Phyaloal He- seaieh society listened to the distin guished scientist practically aairna that communications had beun ixt- celved from the dead during secret exhaustive testa recently conducted * by members of that society througla spiritualistic mediums or mitornatists , . as Sir Oliver called them. SeveraTI automatlsts were concerned fn thin tests , the most notable being 'Mrsu Piper and Mrs. Vorrall. FOR EQUALITY IN RATES ! Business Men of the Black Hills Wl ! ? { Appeal to Congress. Rapid City , S. I ) . , Feb. 5. In IK strong resolution , copies of which weror forwarded to the South Dakota con gressmen at Washington the Business ! Men's club of this city went on rccorcK as In favor of legislation abolishing all railroad rate discrimination preju dicial to the Interests of small coinmu- nitles. The executive committee ol then club has had the subject of railroad * rates under dlf-cupslon for some time * and found many flagrant Instance ? of discrimination. Rapid City and , for that matter , every portion of fho Blaclcr Hills , has suffered from inequality of : rates , and it is the intention of the * club to do all possible to overvomo * this. FRED LEHMAN OF STANTON TY IS ARRESTED. AND PUT UNDER PEACE" BONDS For Some Years There Has Been Dif ficulty in Maintaining Discipline Irn the Sporn District School in Stantora County Different Now. ) Stanton , Neb. , Feb. 5. Special to The News : For some years It Is said : .hat the public school commouljr known as the Sporn school , in then western part of Stanton county , hasi lad trouble in maintaining order IDI the school room. Last fall Harry A. McFarland , a young graduate of the > Stanton high school , was engaged to teach it , and it was insisted on part of the board of education at the time of his hiring that discipline must ha- maintained. It is admitted that discipline was ; maintained , but it is asserted on ona- side that to do so necessitated the uso- of considerable corporal punisnmcnt- and on behalf of the opponents of the > teacher it is claimed that the punish. * ments inflicted were cruel ami exces sive. sive.Fred Fred Lehman , a prosperous farmer residing in the district , seemed to bo-i most aggrieved. He met the teacher on the road and stopped hfm , it Is. claimed , swung a club around rather- wickedly and Informed the curious * pedagogue that If he whipped his chil dren again Lehman would beat him ini the earth. Mr. Lehman also broughr. the matter before the district board ! but the board , after Investigating the. matter , fully sustained the teacher. It is claimed that Mr. Lehman made" further threats against the teacher of personal violence. The result was * that Mr. McFarland swore out a pcacits warrant and yesterday Mr. Lohniai * was brought Into court. In Justice tcv Mr. Lehman it should bo said that h r denied making any serious threats * against the teacher but when ar raigned on the charge ho concluded that the shortest way out of the dlfit- culty was the best one and concluded not to contest the charge. Thereupon. . In compliance with the order of Coun ty Judge Cowan ho furnished a bontT condition that ho keep the peace antll bo of good behavior generally , 1111 * particularly toward the complaining ;
