NOUFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-TOULVAiV. FHIDAY FFMUARY 7. 1903.
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NORTHWESTERN DAMAGE SUITS
BROUGHT TO NORFOLK.
FORFEDERAL COURT TRIAL
The Catts of Thomas A. Taylor and
John B. Williams , Northwestern
Men Who Arc Suing For DnmagCB ,
Have Left District Court.
Two important damage cases against
the NorthweHtein have been taken
from the district court nt Mndlson to
the Norfolk district of the United
States court. One of the cases was
brought by Thomas A. Taylor for
$20,000 on account of nn injury re
ceived nt the Norfolk round house.
The second of the suits wns filed by
John 11. Wllllnms of this city , who
nsks for $35,000 on account of in
juries received when ho fell from a
freight train ns a result , so ho claims ,
of a defective hand grip.
Application to have the two cnscs
removed to Uro federnl court wns
mndo by the firm of Whit , Wright nnd
Dunham , attorneys for the Northwest
ern. The application hns been ap-
provcd by District Judge Welch nnd
the tnmscilpts of the two cnses will
bo Illert in n short time with John R
Hays , deputy clerk of the Norfolk dis
trict of the United States court.
M. F. llnrrington of O'Neill Is nt-
toriiey for both of the former rail-
ronil men who have filed the big damage -
ago bills agnlnst tire railroad.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
Mrs. J. li. Scott of Kansas City , Mo , ,
Is the guest of Mrs. IL F. Schiller nt
the Oxnard.
M. Stafford of Omaha has been in
Norfolk on n short visit with his
In-other , P. Stafford.
County Attorney J. A. Van Wag-
nnen of Pierce county was in Norfolk
over night enrouto to Omaha.
Miss Georgia Austin , who has been
In Norfolk on n short visit , returned
to AVayno today to resume her work
nt "Wayne college.
Knox Tipple of Stnnton wns In Nor
folk yesterdny with W. A. Klngsley ,
the now proprietor of the Pnclflc , In
troducing the Inttor to Norfolk busi
ness men.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors in Norfolk were : Paul F. Lamour-
eoux , Gregory , S. D. ; Mrs. F. J. Moh-
ler , Lynch ; Rudolph Jngerly , Spencer ;
J. Bates , Humphrey ; W. A. Klngsley ,
Stanton ; C. E. Beaty , Leigh ; 'E. S.
Benty , Blair ; Knox Tipple , Stanton ;
T. K. Hansen , Tllden ; J. M. Barto ,
Gordon ; B. J. Overton , Gretna ; Mrs.
T. M. Brady , Herrlck , S. D. ; Mrs
Duffey , Lexington.
Ralph Gnrvln has been quite sick
with the grip.
Miss Lizzie Schrnm , who is teaching
school nt Pierce , has been 111 with
the grip.
C. W. Landers , who has been quite
Blck , wns able to be down to his office
n little while Monday.
Twelve Inch Ice for the joint house
of E. B. Kauffman and the Fair store
Is being eecured from King's pond.
Smith Brothers' regular fortnightly
sale of native horses was held Mon
day afternoon at the Brunson barn In
Norfolk.
A number of alterations are bedng
made In the Interior arrangement of
the hardware store of Coleman &
South.
The birthday club of the Heights
spent Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. 13. Sly. A one o'clock lunch
eon wns served.
The board of education Monday
evening formally elected Miss Lois
Glittery as fourth grade teacher In
the Grant building.
Otis J. Baughn , until last November
a Rosebud newspaper man at Gregory
is In Lexington , Ky. , where he went
to study law during the winter.
Walter Dunn has gone to Wayne to
tnko a preliminary course In Wayne
college before entering on a course In
electrical engineering In Lincoln.
A little daughter has arrived at the
homo of Rev. and Mrs. John C. Sleg-
ler of Nodlne , Minn. , but formerly of
Norfolk. Mrs. Slegler was formerly
Miss Minnie Pasewalk.
The republican convention of the
Sixth district will meet In Omaha on
March 12 , at the same time that the
republican state convention convenes
to select delegates-at-largo to the Chicago
cage convention.
B. F. Woods , who has been a north
Nebraska newspaper man , has bought
the Sun-Review at Fairfax and moved
It to Bonesteel where he will start
a democratic paper. He was once
editor on the Bonesteel Pilot , now
consolidated with the Dallas News.
Fremont Herald : Sheriff Bauman
left yesterday for Minneapolis to take
Into custody , I. J. Good , a traveling
salesman , wanted here on a charge
of beating Otto Pohl out of something
riko $18 , In a business transaction a
couple of months ago. Good repre
sented the Pit-Pat Candy Co.
The Index finger on the right hand
of little five-year-old Dora Conrad
was amputated Monday afternoon ,
Drs. Bear & Pllger performing the op
eration. Last week the little girl ,
playing around her mother , Mrs. Ar
thur Conrad , caught the finger In n
clothes wringer. The end of the fin
ger wns nearly severed but a futile
effort was made to save It. Nearly
the whole finger was amputated Mon
day.
day.Tho
The faculty of the O'Neill junior
normal has been announced. Dr. D ,
K. Wolfe , one of the head professors
In the state university , will bo super
intendent of the O'Neill normal. The
Instructors are , N. C. Abbot of Te-
kamah ; Clarence E. Ward , Nellgh ; T.
N. Flemmlng , Lyons ; Miss Eunice
Eusxjr , South Omaha ; Miss Katherine
LJnton , Spencer ; Superintendent J. Q.
Mole of O'Neill nnd Miss Florence
/.Ink , county superintendent of Holt
county.
The board of education decided
Monday evening to apply on behalf of
10 Norfolk high school for admission
o the North Central Association of
Colleges nnd Secondary schools , mem-
ershlp In which would admit high
chool graduates to any reputable col-
egu In Colorado , Illinois , Indiana ,
own , Kansas , Michigan , Minnesota ,
llssourl , Nebraska , North Dakota ,
3outh DM < otn , Ohio nnd Wisconsin
vlthout examination. Admission to
his association Is rather dlfllcult to
btain , the only Nebraska high schools
oldlng It at this time being the Be-
trice. Fremont , Grand Island , Has-
Ings , Lincoln. Omnha , South Omaha
ml York high schools.
The olllces of the Norfolk Long DIs-
iinco Telephone company , which have
eon In the Cotton block , were yoster-
ay moved to the new exchange build-
ng on Norfolk avenue. The building ,
two story prefixed brick structure
vlth an eight foot basement , has been
ompleted nnd Is wnltlng the Installa-
Ion of the automatic equipment which
vas shipped yesterday from Chicago ,
he slilpment Includes both the nil-
omatlc switchboards and the now tel-
phones. Monday the Independent
img distance connections were trans-
erred to the new olllco. Manager
Stadelman now has connections with
loHkiiiH , Battle Creek , Meadow Grove
nil Madison. The first tloor of the
lew exchange office hns rough pins-
ored walls tinted in colors with the
voodwork of a dark finish. The first
leer consists of a wnltlng room , ctish-
er's ofllee , mnnnger's office nnd n
wltchbonrd room for the long dls-
nnco nnd informntlon operators. The
crmlnnls nnd nutomntlc swlt-clien are
o occupy the second floor.
Railway Notes.
The Missouri Pacific will now be
nnhled to increase Its equipment nnd
iluce It nil in good working order
ilnce President George J. Gould hns
ucceedlng In borrowing $0,000,000 to
nvest in improvement of the property.
Elfiectlvo Februnry 1 , E. J. Correll
s appointed engineer of maintenance
f way of the southern district of the
Missouri Pnciflc , with headquarters at
iittle Rock , and will report to the
hlef engineer of maintenance of way
il structures , and of such betterment
vork as may be performed by the di
vision forces.
Hnn'lman ' lines In Texas nave de-
lUed to abolish train agents , effective
'ebruary 1. The elimination ol scalp-
rs renders it unnecessary to employ
rain agents longer.
Acting under orders from headqunr-
ers , the working hours at the Waonsh
shops nt Moberly were reduced Mon-
lay to five hours and the working
days to five dnys per week. This
schedule gives the shopmen twenty-
five hours work per week.
The Louisville & Nashville has an
lounced a general reduction of forces
n the machine shops along its line.
Many men were dropped from the
, hops at Mobile , Pensacola , Montgom
cry , Birmingham and Decatur. Offi
cials of the road say Uie reduction is
lue to a marked falling off in bus !
ness.
Official circulnrs have been received
innouncing the appointment of B. G.
Sunders to bo general eastern agent
of the St. Joseph & Grand Island with
ofllces at 229 Broadway , New York ,
le succeeds Herbert Comlns , re
signed. Mr. Saunders was formerly
; eneral eastern agent of the Great
\Vektern in New York.
CHASE NEWCASTLE.
Officers Join Sheriff Masked of Dlxon
County In Hunt.
Sioux City , Feb. 4. Escaping from
ils home town of Newcastle , Neb. ,
ifter a long pursuit In which he elud
ed Sheriff Maskell nnd his deputies ,
David Lynch Is said to bo at large In
Unix City , ill of n contagious disease.
The town is being searched by local
letectlves and a quiet manhunt Is be
ing Inaugurated for the missing man.
A long distance telephone message
from Newcastle to the city health de
partment , warned the authorities here
! o bo on the lookout for the stranger.
Ho had been ordered Into quarantine
in his home town , but defied the health
officials there , stating he would not be
hampered by remaining in a room for
three weeks , and that ho would go to
Sioux City where he said he could do
as he pleased.
Sheriff Maskell , of Dlxon county ,
was summoned to detain Lynch , bul
Lynch eluded the sheriff by means of
a team of horses. It is believed ho
boarded a train at Pence , Neb. , for
this city. A search of the hotels failed
to reveal any person of the descrip
tion furnished but n vigilant lookout
Is being kept , in the hope of capturing
the man , If he Is In the city. Lynch
Is an engineer for the Omaha rail
road.
Court in Cumlng.
West Point , Neb. , Feb. 4. Special
to The News : The spring term of
the district court opened yesterday
morning , Judge Graves presiding.
Thirty civil cases are docketed and
two criminal. The prisoners to be
tried are Bert Shoemaker for robbery
from the person and August Wegener
of Wisner for nn assault with Intent to
commit great bodily Injury.
BACHELOR CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
Hon. George B. Wiseford of Third Vir
ginia District.
Richmond , Va. , Feb. 4. Hon. George
D. Wiseford , for many years a mem
ber of congress from the Third dis
trict of Virginia , died early this morn
ing.
ing.He
He was unmarried and was seventy-
two years of age.
To find , to get , to let , to sell Is to
want-advertise !
AT THEJHEATRE
Stock Company Opens *
TinSpeddenPnlgo stock company
ipcned n week's engagement at the
Auditorium to a packed house Mon-
lay night nnd from the enthusiastic
ipphuiHo which greeted the company's
efforts nt nil htagcs , It was mipnrcnt
that tlic troupu has already made good
with Norfolk people. , And Norfolk
icoilo | are discerning people , too ,
when It comes to picking out n good
Dhow.
"For Honor's Sake" was the open-
ng hill , a civil war story dealing with
.ho home side of that grove conflict
t was a story of intense human In
terest and the audience was in com
plete sympathy with the stage-folk
'rom the fctart. There wore moments
n the play when stern faced men kept
Iry eyes with dlfllculty , and then there
were other moments when the whole
louse was convulsed In spontaneous
nnghter over the comedy features ,
which were strong.
Sum Spcdden , leading man In the
stock company , Is a handsome fellow
big and broad shouldered , with
smooth , Middy cheeks , big black eyes
and a haudsomo set of teeth that como
forth when ho smiles his good naturcd
smile. He made a hit with the nudl-
OTICO right off the reel and held the
closest Interest throughout.
Miss Claire Paige , leading lady , Is
a mighty clever woman and she
pltiyod a difficult role In an entirely
satisfactory manner.
Miss Fiuinlc Hatfleld , as "Bridget , "
was ns bright and clever as a new
dollar and she never let up for a
moment with her spontaneous wit and
wholesome humor. Besides being a
cle\er player , she is a feature as a
vaudeville artist between acts , mak
ing a hit with her unique dancing
specialty and with her two cute little
trick dogs that dance with her.
Harry Manners Is the good looking
Individual who plays the villain role
and ho won a compliment in the very
of dlsnnnrovnl filimvn fnr thn
Mrs. Leslie Carter starred last year ,
and for which the Spedden-l'algo com
pany pays n royalty of $25 every time
it is presented by them , will he the
bill Thursday night. This company
has exclusive rights for this piny
nmong western popular-priced reper
toire troupes.
Prizes Saturday Night.
A number of mahogany chairs will
bo given away free by this company
Saturday night lo persons who huvo
attended during the week and are
present that night.
WEST POINT ICE.
Nine Inches Thick This Year Other
Items In Cumlng County.
West Point , Neb. , .Ian. HI. Special
to The News : The annual ice crop
Is now being busily harvested in
West Point and large quantities arc
being stored by the local dealers.
The Ice Is of excellent quality ,
clear and solid , but only nine inches
thick , In marked contrast to the
crop harvested twenty years ngo
by Anton Psotn , which was twenty-
two Inches In thickness.
Considerable light snow fell Thurs
day , the wind blowing strongly from
the south and for n time it looked as
If winter had arrived In earnest. Dur
ing the night it cleared somewhat.
The regular spring term of the dis
trict court of Cumlng county will con
vene at West Point on next Monday
with Judge Guy T. Graves of Ponder
on the bench. There are two criminal
cases of small moment for hearing.
The term Is expected to be a short
one. The docket Is of about the usual
size.
STANDARD GETS ICE TRUST.
35,000 , Shares Known to Have Been
Acquired Already.
New Yorl ; , Feb. ! . It Is believed
that the Standard Oil coterie has se
cured control of the Ice trust from E.
II. Thomas. It was learned yesterday
that there have been sales or largo
hlnn1f nf Amnrlpnn Tnn ctnnlf
character which he represented. Mr.
Manners Is a clever actor and plays
well a hard part.
\V. D. Collins does an old man char
acter In excellent fashion. Mr. Col-
Si by the way , played In Norfolk ten
years ago in "East Lynne , " the last
time it was presented here.
Fred Langley and Luella Montague
were popular with the audience and
Little Cecil Manners , playing the role
of a little boy , was especially good.
Ed1 La Rose Is a mighty clever
vaudeville artist , they say ; much bet
ter as a vaudeville artist than In a
regular stage role.
The specialties Introduced between
acts are bright and brought deserved
appaluse.
Bargain Night Tonight.
Tonight will be bargain night at the
Auditorium with the Spedden-Palge
block company. "The Fatal Wedding"
will be the play and a 10-cent ticket
will be good for any scat in the house.
Mr. Spcdden announced that ho ex
pected to make a record night for at
tendance nt the Auditorium tonight.
Wednesday Matinee , "East Lynne. "
Mr. Spedden said in a speech last
night that so many requests had been
made for the presentation of "East
Lynne , " that he would put this ever-
popular play on at the Auditorium
Wednesday afternoon at a 10-cent mat
inee. The matlneo will begin at 2:30 :
o'clock sharp and a. 10-cent ticket will
admit to any seat in the theater.
Spedden said that this play Is a good
deal like "Undo Tom's Cabin" that
it ought to bo seen at least once a
year. The great preacher , Henry
Ward1 Beecher , was quoted as having
once said that every man and woman
ought to see "East Lynno" as often
as possible.
Thursday Night , Du Barry.
"Du Barry , " the great play In whlcfc
ed privately within the last week , and
that the buyers have been Jesup &
Lament , known as Standard Oil brok
ers. That firm has acquired 35,000
shares.
"The Wizard of Wall Street. "
Playing In competition with the cold
wave and a Nebraska blizzard , Miss
Phyllis Daye and the musical "Wizard
of Wall Street" brought an enthusiast
ic audience to the Auditorium Friday
night. And the audience speedily for
got the cold outside on account of the
clever little musical play.
The cast and the chorus In the "Wiz
ard of Wall Street" are clever beyond
doubt. The play Is a clean little bit
of musical humor with the usual pop
ular comic opera features. And It was
put on at the Auditorium with a snap
and a dash that was infectious.
The songs were catchy and well
sung and wore received with applause.
Fred Walters , a man with an excep
tionally good voice , is a popular man
with the company , wlnnlns especial
favor singing "Polly" with the Ingeui'o
chorus and "Reed Bird" with the In
dian maidens.
Phyllis Daye , known in Norfolk , was
the "hit" of the evening. Pretty , clev
er and unique In her dancing , and sing
ing with a way and an air that was
quite her own , Miss Dayo made good
her reputation hero and added some
thing to her Norfolk fame. Miss
Dayo's dancing was new. And the
songs she sang pleased.
Andrew M. Morrlssey for Delegate
Alliance , Neb. , Feb. 4. The demo
crats of the Sixth district are a unit
In their support of Andrew M. Mor
rlssey of Valentino as a delegate to
the national democratic convention at
Denver. Mr. Morrlsscy la a young
lawyer and an active democratic work
er. The other candidate to ho select
ed will probably come from the Union
Paelllc territory , Iniinniuch as both
delegates to the St. Ixmls convention
were from the Hurllngton J. J. Wil
son of Broken How and T. J. O'Kcefo
jf Alliance.
Chicago Saloon Question.
Chicago , Feb. 4. Frlenda and foes
) f the Sunday saloon held meetings
csterday and girded themselves for
i titanic struggle.
For the first time in Chicago history
ho paramount Issue In the April elcc-
Ions will bo the liquor question. It
H a battle that both sides welcome ,
mil each is already claiming victory.
RPORT ON BUILDINBOPERATIONS
ncieased Use of Cement Has Not De
creased Lumber Cut.
Washington , Feb. 3. In a report re-
carding building operations aud the
timber supply , the geological survey
auys that thu Increasing prlcu of lum-
jtr and n rapidly increasing use of
perfected fireproof systems of con-
btiuctlon should hnvu much to do In
holding down the amount which for
ests are called upon to yield each
year , but that so far thosa moro sub
stantial materials have not decreased
the lumber cut of the nation. Not
withstanding the remarkable In
creased use of cement and other flro-
prool material , the Inst report * of the
building operations In forty-ulno of the
leading cities of the United States
for the year show that D9 per cent
wore of wooden construction. This
docs not Include the large quantities
of lumber used for the construction of
dwellings , stores and other bulldlngi
In the thousands of small cities and
towns scattered over the country and
not included in the forty-nine cltlea
on which a reckoning was mado.
In towns and small cities wood' IB
usually the predominating building
material and It is safeto say that If
the statistics had Included figures for
all places of whatever size , the per
centage of wooden construction would
have been much greater.
The average cost of buildings la
constantly Increasing , having risen
over $300 during the last threeyears. .
The average value of a building la
given In the report as $2,035.
Black Hand Murder at Pottsvlllo.
Pottsville , Pa. , Feb. 4. A band of
six Italian members of the "Black
Hand" made an unsuccessful attempt
upon the life of Antonio do Salvo , a
wealthy contractor. They surrounded
his home , armed with shotguns and
were forcing In the door when Joseph
Rlotto , a neighbor , fired on them. He
flred two shots and was reloading his
gun , when a volley was flred by the
gents of the Black Hand , and he was
mortally wounded. The murderers
Bed.
Judge Sentences Himself to Workhouse
Toledo , Feb. 4. Handcuffed and
shackled , Police Judge Jnmea Austin ,
Jr. , was carried to the patrol wagon
and taken to the workhouse , where
he will serve a short time with the In
mates for the experience to bs gained.
The Judge sentenced himself to the
workhouse because he wanted to learn
by experience the meaning of punish
ment he was Imposing on others.
NORFOLK FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
Masonic.
Damascus Commandery , No. 20 ,
Knights Templar , meets the third Fri
day evening of each month In Masonic
hall.
Damascus Chapter , No. 25 , R. A. M. ,
meets the second Monday In each
month in Masonic hall.
Mosaic lodge , No. 55 , A. F. & A. M. ,
meets the first Tuesday In each month
In Masonic hall.
Beulah Chapter , No. 40 , Order of the
Eastern Star , meets the second and
fourth Thursday of each month at 8
p. m. In Masonic hall.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Elkhorn Encampment No. 27 , I. O.
O. F. , meets the first and third Tues
day evenings of each month.
Norfolk lodge No. 46 , I. O. O. F ,
meets every Thursday evening.
Deborah Rebekah lodge No. < 53 , I. O.
O. F. , meets the first and third Friday
evenings of each month.
B. P. O. E.
Norfolk lodge. No. 6E3 , Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks , moeta
regularly on the second and fourth
Saturday evenings or eacn month.
Club rooms open at all times. Lodge
and club rooms on second floor of Mar-
quardt block.
Eagles.
Sugar City Aerie , No. 357 , meets In
Eagles' lodge room as follows : In
Eagles' lodge room the first and third
Friday evenings of each month.
L. M. L7of A.
The Loyal Mystic Legion of Amor-
lea meets at G. A. R. hall on the fourth
Thursday evening of each month.
M. B. A.
Sugar City lodge , No. 622 , meets on
the second Friday evening of the
month at Odd Fellows' hall.
Sons of Herrmann.
Gormanla lodge , No. 1 , meets the
second and fourth Friday evenings o !
the month at O. A. R. hall.
Norfolk Relief Association.
Meets on the second Monday even
ing of each month In the hall over II
W. Winter's harness shop.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
North Nebraska Court No. 9 , T. B.
II. , meets the first and third Monday
ovcnlnga of each month.
Knights of the Maccabees.
Norfolk Tent No. 64 , 1C. O. T. 1L ,
meets the first and third Tuesday
vonlngH of each month.
Ancient Order of United Workmen.
No-folk ledge , No. 97 , A. O. U. W. ,
leetn the second and fourth Tuesday
venlngs of each month.
Woodmen of the World.
Norfolk ledge , W. O. W. , meets on
ho third Monday of each month nt
Q. A. R. hall.
Roynl Highlanders ,
Meets the third Tuesday of each
nonth at S p. m. , In 0. A. R. hall.
Highland Nobleo.
Regular meetings the second nnd
ourth Monday nights of each month
U I. O. O. F. hall.
Q. A. R.
Mathowson post , No. 100 , meets In
G. A. R. hall on the second Tuesday
vcnlng of each month ,
egular meetings.
Royal Arcanum.
The Norfolk chapter docs not hold
egular meetings.
Knights of Pythias.
Knights of Pythias , meetings over ;
ccond nnd fourth Monday , in I. O. O
' . hall.
M. W. A.
Norfolk camp No. 402 , M. W. A , ,
meets every second Monday In Q. A
R. hall
ALL NORFOLK JOINED IN ENTER
TAINING FARMERS.
THE WEATHER WAS "FERNINST"
The Glad Hand Was Given to Norfolk's
Farmer Friends Tuesday Noon at a
Big Open-and-Above-Board Dinner In
The City Hall.
Pretty nearly nil Norfolk got togeth
er Tuesday noon to give the glad hand
: o the town's farmer friends who were
Norfolk's guests on the occasion of
the February exchange day. Sleet ,
rain and snow reduced the volume of
xchnnge stuff brought to the exchange
day yards but It didn't keep n reprc
sentntlvo crowd of farmers from com
ing to Norfolk to accept the city's invl
iatlon to dinner.
Dinner was served In the city hall.
Banker , lawyer , merchant , doctor ,
everybody along the avenue forgot
other dinner and lunch appointments
and went over to the city hall to join
In the big jolly dinner which was
served with a glad hand to all comers.
There was plenty of good fellowship
In the air and men from the country
side , from Norfolk avenue and from
off the avenue rubbed shoulders at the
big free dinner.
Several hundred people were served
and served by seven popular young
ladles of Norfolk.
The dinner features were open and
above board. Nothing was concealed.
The multitude looked on and saw Burt
Mapes make the coffee , felt prepared
'or the worst and then felt real cheer
ful when it wasn't so bad after all.
Dr. C. S. Parker and J. S. Mnthew-
son carved roast beef with grace apd
ease. Frank Lehman , J. D. Sturgeon ,
Ernest Raasch , A. L. Kllllan , L. A.
Rothe. C. E. Hartford and Herman
Winter were Inside the enclosure , act-
ng as impromptu aids to Mapes , Par
tor and Mathewson.
Misses Ethel Doughty , Margaret
Austin , Ruby Macy , Edna Ixjucks ,
Kathryn Shaw , Lucy Carborry nnd
Edith Evans assisted in serving.
During the progress of the dinner n
jand concert was given by the Norfolk
jand. The appearance of the band in
the sleet was accepted as another evl
denco of a healthy Norfolk spirit and
the Norfolk band Is always ready
'or an Impromptu concert the band or
ganization came in for a fair share of
, hc compliments of the afternoon.
Directors of the Commercial club
almost without exception enjoyed a
city hall dinner.
WOMAN AS MAN.
Attempted Suicide Reveals a Very
Strange Story of Dual Identity.
New York , Feb. 4. Stranger even
than the dual Identity of Murray Hall ,
the man-woman politician , Is the case
of Robert G. d'Amron and Mrs. Gusslo
Bllckman d'Amron Sears , a young wo
man whose life came near being end
ed by laudanum which she took at
ler home , and who was arraigned yes
terday charged with attempted suicide
and discharged.
Mrs. Sears declared her first hus
band was Robert G. d'Amron of St
Louis , with whom she eloped twelve
years ago when she was Augusta
Qllckham , the 17-year-old daughter of
a prominent St. Louis family. Five
years ago she said , they wore divorced
and Robert G. d'Amron today told the
story of his marriage and divorce.
But neither Mrs. Sears nor Mr.
d'Amron revealed the astounding clr-
cumsances of their meeting at Capo
Girardeau , Mo. , when the present-day
Robert G. d'Amron was Miss Jean
Dameron of that place. Nor did they
reveal the fact that d'Ameron was al
ways a "Miss" and never a "Mister"
until the couple came to this city.
Miss Sears , when a young girl , went
alone on nn excursion down the Miss
issippi. The boat stopped at Capo
Girardeau , where Miss Jean Dameron
came aboard. The steamer was crowd
ed and the captain put Miss Dameron
In Miss Bllckhnm's stateroom. Arriv
ing nt St. Louis , Miss Bllckham Insist
ed that the young woman from Capo
Girardeau accompany her homo. Pas
sionate fondness grew up between , the
girls.
girls.Finally
Finally the musician became amaz
ed at muncullno trails displayed hy
Jean DiuiHMon. Him displayed total-
WM for tobacco nnd smoked clgnrn
ami clgnrelH wllh manly gnico. AC
nst Mr. lloeseheirrequested I he RUT
lo h'livo hln IIOUHO. but Augusta Illicit
liain would not hear of purling ullln
lu-r friend , nnd they riimo to this city
ind took n lint In Columbus avenue.
Miss Jenn Oameron being transform-
d Into Jack d'Amron.
NORFOLK COMMERCIAL CLUB DIS
CUSSES MATTER.
PREPARING DEFINITE ACTION' '
It Was Pointed Out at the Weekl > /
Meeting of Directors That Llncolm
Enjoys a Much Bettor Rate Frotni
Di/luth / Than Norfolk.
Members of the Commercial club-
bought to clarify their IdcnH on freight-
rates at the Tuesday morning meeting-
of the directors held In the olllco of
President Durlnud. Severn ! Norfolk :
men \\'m ' me Interested in freight rntcib
were present at the mooting , joining
in the discussion of the gencrnl freight
rate question.
The net lesult of the meeting wn- > <
the designation of W. R. Hoffman u-
the ehnlrmiiu of u committee to drnw
up n concise report of what they con
celve to he the Important rate lssuc
before Norfolk , outlining In n clear-
cut way the case that Norfolk can put.
before the railroads. The report wllU
be presented next week.
The discussion Tuesday morning :
was informal aud was bumpered to in
certain extent by the Inck of eBtjentinl1
nnd definUo information. It wan.
agreed , however , that the rnto muttei.
should bo approached hi n spirit of
fairness nnd that neither the club'tc
nor the nillronds' nttentlon should btr
taken up with Irrclovent or luessein
tlnl matters. This it wns snld was luo
chief fault In the last rate agitation
started in Norfolk' .
In the discussion importance warn
given to the compnrntlvo rules from. '
Duluth to Lincoln and Norfolk. Tho-
first clnss rnto to Lincoln from Dulutlift
was given as 85 cents , to Norfolk from
Duluth as $1.12. It was pointed out' '
that Norfolk was nearer to towiiH-
which had the lint Missouri river rater
than Lincoln was. The Chicago and:1 :
Duluth rate to Emerson , It wns snld. .
wns 80 cents and from Duluth to Nor
folk $112 , or a difference of thlrty-twcn
cents. On lumber nnd coal Norfolk nl-
rendy enjoys the same rate as Lincoln , .
Ask for the kind of employe yom
want for he's to be had , and he readtr.
the ads.
"BUY COAL , " BOTH SAY. '
Weather Man Chimes Into Chorus *
With Groundhog.
The groundhog said , "Buy coal.1'1
And now the weather man butts Into *
the chorus.
"Rain or snow tonight with warmer
east portion Wednesday , partly cloudy
and colder with rnln or snow easK
portion Thursday. "
That's his prediction. It was thir
teen degrees above zero In Norfolk ! :
during the twenty-four hours preced
ing 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Bur.
that doesn't say what's to come.
A disagreeable snow began falling :
during the early morning and , whipped
by a south wind , Indicated that uioro
was to come.
Agitate fop Auditorium.
West Point , Neb. , Feb. 4. Special
to The News : The Diietsho Landwehr
Voreln , an organization of veterans
of the Franco-Prussian war. which ha .
a numerous and influential local mem
bership , comprising the best German *
element in the community , are agitat
ing the question of the erection of a.
new and commodious opera house In.
West Point , to cost approximately ?
$10,000.
Notice to Creditors.
The State of Nebraska , Madison Conn-
ty , ss.
In the matter of the estate of ValHo *
B. Nethaway and Mary L. Nethaway , .
deceased. Notice Is hereby given tcv
all persons having claims and de
mands against Valllo B. Nethaway amt
Mary L. Nethaway late of said Madison-
county , deceased , that the time fixed1
for filing claims against said estato-
Is six months from the 21st day oC'
January , 1908. All such persons aro-
required to present their claims with-
the vouchers to the county judge of
said county at his office In the city of
Madison , in said Madison county , on
or before the 22nd day of July , 1908 ,
and that all claims so filed will bo-
heard before said judge on the 22ml'
day of July , 1908 , at one o'clock p.
m.
It is further ordered that notice to >
all persons Interested In said estato/-
bo given by publishing n copy of thiai
order in the Norfolk Weekly News-
Journal , a weekly newspaper printed. ,
published and circulating In said'
county , for four consecutive weeks ?
prior to said day of hearing.
Witness my hand and seal this 14thi
day of January , A. D. 1908.
[ Seal. ] Win. Bates ,
County Judge.
Western Grown Garden and Field !
Seeds , Including snake and other cu
cumber , prehistoric nnd other corn ,
both sweet and field. pencilnrla , .
squash , melon , mammoth sunflower , ,
nnd hundreds of other seeds , 1 cent ;
and up per packet , ( also sell In bulk ) '
direct from grower to p.nter. Gar
den Guide nnd descriptive price Hat
free. Address II. M. Gardner , seed
grower , Marengo , Nebraska.