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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1908)
vrr\nwf\T tr mwwtrT v Kruuro IYMIIIVIAI . LM > rn v i.u.inm r A T > V 11 rmo NORFOLK DEPARTMENT STORE CHANGES HANDS. D. H. STEPHENSON IS DUYER Mr. Stcphcnson Comes From Macon , Me. He Arrived In the City Satur day Store Closed For Invoice Mon day Will Take Several Days. The Anthos & Smith department utoro has been imrchuHcd liy 1) . 11. SH'phouHon of Mncon , Mo. Mr. Stoph- t'lison arrived In the city Saturday. Monday tliu Htoro wan closed fur In voicing , preliminary to the actual tritimfor of the Block. The grocery department remained open. The firm of Anthcs & Smith , com posed of A. N. Anlheu and H. C. Smith , lias been In business In Norfolk u little over two yoaru. Messrs. Anthcs and Smith will remain In Norfolk for about two weeks bill beyond that they have not determined what they will do. Mr. SlepltciiBon was In the depart ment Htore business at Macon. Ho Impressed Norfolk people whom hemet mot as having the qualities of u pro gressive merchunt. The invoicing will take several days. The New Oklahoma. Slgmund Fueslor , once In the bakery business In Norfolk but now n resident of Oklahoma City , where ho has pros pered , does not think well of the Okla homa constitution under which the now state has ventured forth on the sons of statehood. Mr. Fuesler la a brother of Philip Fueslor and In a letter - tor written o Norfolk writes : "Oklahoma City Is ( inlet slnco wo got prohibition. Doth breweries had to quit , putting 200 people out of em ployment ; also three wholesale liquor houses and sixty-five saloons which put another 1100 people out of work. There are plenty of empty stores and houses now. There Is no building go ing on. "Property prices have gone down. The best offer that 1 have had for my Broadway properly since prohibition was last week when $157,500 was of fered. Before prohibition I had an offer of11,500 spot cash and no com mission. Yon can see what prohibition Is good for. "Not only this but the city is out of money. Two months ago the city council put an occupation tax on all tl'S. ' merchants in the city ranging from $15 to $100. No one paid the tax so last week the city arrested one of the principal business men to make an example. They figured without the people. The business men called a mass meeting the same night , de nounced the occupation tux , declared that they would never pay it and that they would put it In the courts and test the legality. So the council re pealed the ordinance. "Tho prohibition preachers can't pay , the business men won't pay ; so the city will have to sell bonds to meet running expenses until next year when general taxes will be increased. "Now this is not all. The saloon men have sued the city to recover $34- 000 duo them for licenses which they paid the city before prohibition. The city refuses , In fact cannot pay. "So you see everything Is topsy tur vy. Instead of beer and whiskey being manufactured and shipped out of here , the same is shipped In from other states , which make the profit that is paid here. "There is not as much beer used as before prohibition but at least five times as much whiskey. Nearly everybody has his keg of whiskey in the house. Of course I have my beer and wine and when It Is gone I know where 1 can get more. "You see more drunks on the street than over. The first two weeks of prohibition there were no arrests mndo and the prohibition people hol lered themselves hoarse what a good thing prohibition was. But the police got tired letting all the drunks go just to please the prohibition preach ers , and besides needing the money , so they took up their old Job again and arrested every drunk and fined them $5 as before. Things got so bad the police judge had to raise the fine to $10. I sec in this morning's paper that the police Judge said if this didn't let up he would raise the fine to $15. But let me tell yon that those who want whiskey will get It in spite of bell. bell."Of "Of course this city will pick up aeain but it will take at least a year before it will bo where It was last a summer. If this was a settled town fl - ' It would never recover from the p o- ' - hlbltion blow but this town Is so lo cated that It can't help but make a city unless they try something else to kill it. " Exchange Day Finances. The exchange day committee which had charge of the big exchange dinner prepared the following financial state ment last week : Receipts : P. F. Ware , $1 ; A. L , Killian , $2 ; Herman Kiesau , BO cents ; C. S. Hayes , 25 cents ; Sol G. Mayer , $2 ; Hoffman & Viele , $1 ; Frank Dav enport , 50 cents ; Norfolk Shoo com pany , $1 ; Beelor Bros. , $1 ; Norfolk Furniture company , $1 ; Sessions & Bell , 50 cents ; R. C. Roland , $1 ; A , Degner , $1 ; Bee Hive , 50 cents ; C H. Pllger , 50 cents ; Asa K. Leonard $1 ; Citizens National bank , $5 ; Ne braska National bank , $5 ; George B Chrlstoph , 25 cents ; Matrau & Wllle $1 ; James Walton , $1 ; John Wldenfel ler , $2 ; R , L. Beverldge , $1 ; Norfolk National bank , $5 ; P. M. Barrett , $1 ; H. A. Pasewalk , $1 ; C. S. Bridge , $1 ; W. J. Stadelman , $1 ; Charles Schmle- deherg , 50 cents ; Will Hall , 50 cents ; Emll Mooller , $1 ; George H. Burton GO cents. H. F. Haase , 50 cents ; Emii Koolin. $1 , Hold beif toft ovi r , $2 , tinware and towels. 00 cents , total rooolplH , $1500. HxpondlluroM : drays , $ : i ; collecting. 75 eonU ; roast hoof , $21.70 ; towels and ogKM. fin con In ; tinware , $1.55 ; roasting beef , $2.75 ; wooden plates , $1 ; painting signs , $1 ; pepper , 30 cents ; labor , $2:50 : ; cash on hand , $7.12. Total , $15.00. MR. TURNER RESIGNS. First Congregational Church Pastor Reads Resignation. Uov. W. J. Turner read his resigna tion as pastor of the First Congrega tional church to his congregation at the Sunday morning services. It wan announced that the congre gation would meet Monday evening to act on the resignation. KILLED BY LOAD OF WOOD. Joe Fisher in Key a Paha County Meets Peculiar Death. Sprlngvlew Herald : On Tuesday U'tornoon , Joe Fisher met with an iccldent which resulted In his death it six o'clock Thursday morning. In company with his brother Ed , and Ira Jllne he went to the canyons for wood , n going down a llttlo pitch the wood ipset and In some way he was struck on the head from which he lapsed 11(0 ( unconsciousness and from which 10 never revived. The other boys cumo to his aid and after quieting his earn which was very wild they pick ed him up and though he was not inconsclous lie was helpless. They ook htm home to Pine Camp and called the doctors but nothing avail ed to restore him. Ho was thirty- eight years of age. He leaves a wife iiul three small children to mourn tis untimely taking off. He was an imbltlous young man and was trying o get ahead. Misfortune seems to iiivo followed him this year as the Kill took his crops , his stock died ind now ho is taken. Ho was insur ed In the Bankers' Life for $1,000 and n the Elkhorn for the same amount , le was also a Knights of Pythias but lot of the Springvlew Castle. The uneral occurred Friday at ] 0 o'clock it the Pine Cump school house. TRAGEDY ON RESERVATION. ndlan Woman Slays Her Daughters and Self at Pine Ridge. Deadwood , S. D. , Feb. 10. Word of i triple tragedy on the Pine Ridge In- Han reservation lias been received lore by White Eagle , an aged SIoiux > risoner here. The message stated bat the Indian wife of White Eagle md become despondent over his in- carceratlou on a charge of bringing iquor on the reservation , and had silled her two grown up daughters and then taken her own life. White Ingle has twice within a month attempted - tempted to commit suicide in jail , and t is now feared that he will try again. SPORTS BURNS AND INDIAN AGAIN. Fierce Wrestling Match Will be Dupli cated Again in Omaha. Omaha , Feb. 10. For the second time tills season "Farmer" Burns and War Eagle , the big Indian wrestler , will meet Friday night at he Omaha Auditorium In a catch-as-catch-can wrestling match , the best out of three falls. Slnco their former match , about the middle of January , War Eagle has been anxious to get another chance at the Big Rock veteran , who threw him In two straight falls. Frank Gotch Will Tour. Preliminary to his meeting George Hackenschmldt , "the Russian Lion , " during the month of April for the championship of the world , Frank Gotch who once wrestled in Norfolk is planning a tour of America , meeting all comers , in n desire to prove him self the undisputed heavyweight wrestling champion of this country. During this tour Gotch will meet any wrestler In America in a llnlsh contest and not one Is barred. He will also forfeit $250 to any local wrestler whom he cannot throw In fifteen minutes. Gotch will Include Nebraska in the tour if the proper arrangements can be made. Mitchell Corn Palace Receipts $13,370. Mitchell , S. D. , Feb. 10. The state- } incut made recently by the treasurer of the Mitchell corn palace committee . shows last September were $13,970.74. , The report shows that there Is still . debt of $5,300 against the new corn ' palace building , which was built in 1905 at a cost of $22.000. Arrangements are now being made to get things In working order for the annual festival , which will take place the last week In September , 1908. LOST ALL IN BLIZZARD. Jordan Family Renews Old Acquaint ances in Norfolk. Memories of the fierce blizzard that brought death and disaster to north west prairies on January 12 , 1888 , were awakened Sunday at the home of August Raasch , where Mr. Raasch had as his guests Jarvis and Geromo Jordan , whom ho had not seen for twenty years. The Jordan brothers lived near Nor folk then. They lost virtually all that they had In the big blizzard , Over ninety head of cattle that they owned died In the storm. They left Norfolk after the blizzard. The Jordans now live two miles from Wakefleld. Business brought them to Norfolk and they took occasion to drive out to the Raasch home to bridge over the score of years that had inter vened. The friendship of twenty years ago was renewed and stories of the great storm recalled. MIKE MOOS OF FAIRFAX LOCATES MISSING BOY. INMATE OF HOSPITAL IN IOWA Nineteen Years Ago Henry Moos Left His South Dakota Home , Carrying a Large Sum of Money Robbed , It Preyed Upon His Mind , Plenty of pathos and n strange story were held In the trip that Mike Moos of Fairfax. S. D. , tools through Norfolk last week when accompanied by Ills son-in-law , Fred Hertz , ho passed through this city on his way to see his long lost son , Henry Moos , whom Mio father had not seen or heard from for nineteen years. The son is an Inmate of a hospital for the insane at Cherokee. Nineteen years ago Henry Moos , then n young man of about twenty-one , suddenly and mysteriously disap peared from his father's farm near Lestorvllle , S. D. All attempts to lo cate the young man were futile. It Is said that the young man car ried a considerable sum of money with him. the proceeds of the sale of a farm. He was , according to this story , robbed of the money shortly after leaving home , the financial loss so preying upon his mind that ho finally became violently Insane. This much Is certain , that the young man was found insane in Woodbury county , Iowa , on Augusta 25 , 1S92. In 1902 he was transferred from the hospital at Clarlnda to Cherokee. Recently the father heard of a Hen- ry Moos In the Iowa hospital and cor- respondence proved that It was his son. It Is said that after years of treatment the son's condition shows little Improvement. MONDAY MENTION. Miss Rebecca Duggan returned to her school In Pierce Sunday noon af- er spending Saturday with her par- nts , Mr. and Mrs. Axtel Johnson. Mrs. Apfel is among the sick this veels. Miss Maude Whltla returned to her ionic in Battle Creek last evening after | spending Saturday with Norfolk 'riends. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dick are the iroud parents of a bouncing baby boy weighing eleven pounds , who arrived Saturday morning. Allen Castle of Long Pine Is in the function l visiting his sister , Mrs. Bow- jrs. Jlmmie McCune of Missouri Valley 1M ; > assed through the Junction Sunday noon < on his way to Valentine , where . will run the derrick car In loading old rails. Willie Baker of Ainsworth Is here . visiting his uncle , E. L. Barrltt and family. Ed Chie : of Stanton was In the Junction on business. Mrs. J. C. Adams and son came in from the east last evening after a visit with relatives. Roy Sheer of Long Pine was in the Junction over Sunday. Gilbert Johnson , who has worked for the railroad company for seven teen years as car repairer , resigned Ills position yesterday and will move onto his farm southeast of the Junc tion. tion.Andy Andy Dryden , who is in the hospital In Omaha , Is getting along finely , after an operation was performed. Lew Johnson of Page spent Sunday with Norfolk friends. Mrs. Ed C. Adams and son Harry arrived home from West Point last evening after spending Sunday with her son , Morris , who Is attending the convent at that place. Officer Livingston hunted up the thieves who stole his revolver and flash light , and got the property back again. There was more than one Im plicated in the affair. Part of a box of cartridges which were stolen were returned , and he expects to get the rest. rest.Miss Miss Bessie Walton went to Tllden last evening. to W. P. Logan was In Wynot on busi ness Saturday. Misses Matilda Schmode and Aug usta Prausker went to Wlnslde Satur of day. day.A. A. Degner left Monday for Lincoln , where the state hardware men's convention . vention Is held this week. Miss Daisy Offenhauser Returned to her home in Omaha Sunday after a week's visit at the home of her sister , Mrs. A. D. Warner of this city. er A. N. Anthes arrived home last week . from Macon , Mo. , where he com pleted the details of the sale of the \nthes & Smith department store. James Poole was In Pierce Tuesday. Paul Kell was up from Fremont over Sunday. John Boehnke spent Tuesday after noon In Pierce. Paul Wetzel arrived home at noon from a visit at Stanton. Miss Irene Feyerherm of Stanton spent Saturday In Norfolk. to Chris Anderson left Monday on a in business trip to Kearney. Charles and Ed Hulac arrived home last evening from Omaha. Miss Hand of North Bend is the guest of Mrs. J. L. Weaver. Louis Johnson of Page was the guest of J. S. Mathewson Sunday. Miss Grace Matrau is home from Madison on a month's vacation. Miss Anna and Julia Keleher are home from a short visit in Omaha. . John R. Hays was in Bazlle Mills over Sunday , the guest of George Brooks. Mrs. Mary Elliott left for Rochester , Minn. , where she may be operated on for gall stones. Frank Cousins was called to Ban croft by a message stating that his brother. Lou Cousins formerly of Nor folk , had been brought bacls from the Omaha hospital and was critically ill , A little daughter arrived Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Schenzel. State Secretary Bailey of the Y. M. C. A. will arrive in Norfolk Tuesday to assist in the preliminary arrange ments ' for the state convention here this week. Miss Lcnorn Stlrls of Battle Crock , who Is teaching school at Foster , was In Norfolk over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Johnson of Omaha spent Sunday In Norfolk , guests at the homo of Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Parker. Among the day's out of town visit ors In Norfolk were : Mayor Clint Smith of Madison ; J. S. McKlbbon , Hosklns ; D. Boyd , Wlnnebago ; Mr. and Mrs. H. Goodrocks , Tllden ; G. L. Cormany , Boncsteel , S. D. ; W. A. Klngsley , Stantou ; Fred E. Blust , Grecley ; L. Hansen , Tildeu ; W. H. Harding , Madison. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Dick , a son. son.Mrs. Mrs. George LuFarge , who was op erated on for gall stones a week ago , was able to bo up a little Saturday. The C. F. Shaw public sale will be held at Mr. Shaw's faqru In Wayne county Thursday of this week , Feb ruary 13. Charles H. Peterson of Omaha , age twenty-two , and Miss Christcua Hansen - sen of Lindsay , age twenty , were mar ried in Omaha. Norfolk friends have received cards from Nellgh announcing the birth of Sterling Taylor Romlg to Mr. and Mrs. Max J. Romlg February 1. Examinations for teachers' certifi cates will be held by County Superintendent - tendent F. S. Perdue at the Madison court house on Friday and Saturday , February , 21 22. Mlllard South , a son of E. S. South of the firm of Coleman & South , will be one of the Y. M. C. A. delegates to Norfolk j from Crete , where he is at tending Doane college. Congressman Boyd passed a bill In the house allowing Michael Trucks of Cuming county a claim of $377 , the amount due the beneficiary as salary while a second lieutenant In the army. J. H. Beaver has succeeded J. A. Balleutyue as auditor for the Edwards & Bradford lumber company , the latter having become the manager of the company's business. The auditor was formerly a collector for the company. A sewer district for the Heights is now assured. City Attorney M. C. Hazen has a district petition which has received the signatures of a majority of the property owners In the Heights. The sewer will be put In this spring and will connect with the main sewer at Park avenue and Sixth street. Charles S. Young , advertising man- iger of the Milwaukee road , has been awarded a $50 prize by one of the magazines of the country for writing the most popular advertisement print ed that month , the readers being ask ed to vote on the differenf "ads" in the publication. The subject of the adver tisement was the crusade the Milwau kee has started on clean passenger coaches. General Passenger Agent Miller of the Milwaukee received a request from the German emperor for information on the road's system of car cleaning. The request , which came through F. W. Guthrod , techni cal attache of the German consulate In Chicago , has been answered. Columbus Telegram : The provis ional association of the Y. M. C. A. In Columbus will be well represented at the annual meeting of the state association at Norfolk next week. The people of Norfolk want to know how to raise money for Y. M. C. A. purposes and the officers of the state society immediately referred them to the men who have met such signal success along that line In this good town. So far as known at present the delegation will consist of H. F. Hockenberger , C. H. Sheldon , G. W. Phillips , I. H. Britell , Rev. L. R. DeWolfe , Rev. R. E. L. Hayes , R. S. Dickinson and poss ibly others. The dates for the Norfolk convention are February 13 to 17 , in clusive. Omaha Bee : In these quiet days of railroading when the railroads are said be resting and not planning any large building for the summer , the ru mor has leaked out that the Burling ton is contemplating the construction a new line from O'Neill to connect with the main line from Omaha to Billings and the northwest. Since the acquisition of the O'Neill-Sioux City line by the Burlington that line has been added to the territory which is tributary to Omaha. The new line from O'Neill to Thedford or some oth point on that line would give the Hill lines a short cut from Saint Paul and Minneapolis to the Black Hills country. During the last two years both the Milwaukee and the North western have Invaded that territory which formerly had no outlet to St. Paul except through Omaha and it Is said the Hill lines will now make an effort to get after the business. Sickness Around Ainsworth. Alusworth , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special The News : There Is much sickness the country around Ainsworth. Special Lincoln birthday services is were held in all of the churches Sun day. The attendance In all was large. Henry Matson and daughter , Dona , and Mrs. Charles Howe , left Monday morning for a three months' visit In Germany. They will visit Mr. Mat son's boyhood home and then take In Berlin and other Important cities of Germany , with London and Paris on the return. If your plan will "hold water , " a business opportunity ad. will find the man to finance It. A window card is for the eyes of neighbors , A "to " let" ad. reaches probable tenants , | . , WILL DYER IS BACK IN HIS CUM ING COUNTY HOME. HE HATED TO GO TO SCHOOL Will Dyer , a Boy From Cumlng Coun ty , Ran Away From Home Because Studying Was Disagreeable to Him. The News Was Means of Locating. Will Dyer , the Cumlng county boy who ran away from home because liu hated to attend school , is back In the Dyer home , where the hearts of a fa ther and mother have been lightened by the return of a missing son. It was the story of his disappearance printed in The News that tools young Dyer back to his Cumlng county home. Young Dyer started for school one day last mouth. Thoughts of school were heavy in his heart aud before he had reached the school house he had turned his back on Gurlleld township. Ho came to the vicinity of Norfolk , making Ills home with Mr. Mlckle near this city. The Btory which appeared in The News was read in the Mlckle home. A month ago a Holt county woman road In the news columns of The News the story of an Inheritance waiting her in central Nebraska. ALLEGED FORGER ESCAPES. F. W. Sclk , Out on Ball From Bancroft , Makes Getaway. . West Point , Nob. , Feb. 8. Special to The News : In the district court which has boon In session for the past week In West Point the bond of F. W. Sells ( was forfeited. Sells was accused of forging a check at Bancroft last summer. | Since lie was admitted to . ball he has made his escape. In the case of West Bros , of Wlsnor , who . sued David Bradley & Co. for a breach of warranty , the verdict was for the plaintiff. For the tlrst time in some years a decree of foreclosure was granted , the amount Involved being . ing a trllle over $1,000. A number of cases which will have to be tried by Jury were continued over the term. NOT THAT KIND. One Kind That The Banker Particular ly Didn't Want. A Norfolk banker walked blandly into a Norfolk furniture store this week. "You know the things that you use so and so in hanging up so and so ? " asked the banker. "Sure , " said the furniture man" "that's the kind I always use. " "Well , that's the kind I don't want , " said the banker , "I want the other kind. Please. " West Point News. West Point , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special to The News : The Woman's club of West Point met this week at the homo of Mrs. Thompson. Roll call was re sponded to by quotations from Spen cer's Falrle Queen. The subject of the session was the "Revival of Eng lish Literature. " Papers were read as follows : "Spencer , " by Mrs. Thomp son ; "Shakespeare , " by Mrs. Dr.to Schwencker ; "Ben Jensen , " by Mrs.co S. S. Krake ; "Popularity of Euphonls , " by Mrs. Louise Krause. The next meeting Is appointed to be held at " the home of Mrs. William Stuefer. , 1 The eightieth birthday of Ludwlg Thlempke , a pioneer settler of Cumlng county , was celebrated at his home in West Point this wfels. County Judge Dewald has issued a marriage license to Dr. D. McDonald ' of Minneapolis and Miss Lulu Nelhardt of Bancroft. c R. H. Kerkow , a West Point jeweler , , has filed the first license in optometry with the county clerk. Richard Druelow , for some time pharmacist with le ; Thompson Drug company , has resigned his position and will remove to Stanton. For the first time since the inaugurwl atlon of the system of registration , ll1 the births and deaths in Cumlng county for the mouth just closed have been exactly equal , namely seven births and seven deaths. As a rule A the births greatly predominate in number. Three residents of Cuming county > applied for United States citizenship ' at the term of district court just clos ed. They were confronted with the ' United States attorney who put many searching questions to the applicants. Gustavo Gllssman , a native of Gcr many was granted citizenship ; the second applicant was John Ohlebusch who admitted having been in trouble several times on charges of larceny. He was doomed an unlit candidate for citizenship and was Incontinently turned down. The third appllcent , while having the necessary qualiflca- tions as to residence and character was not sufficiently versed in the in tricacies of the American form ofgov- ernment as to warrant the court In m giving him the desired privilege. He was given several months to learn the rudiments of civil government. to The present system of examination very thorough and in marked contrast - * trast to the former method by which : ! citizens were admitted as fast as they could be marshalled before the court and sworn , regardless of their true " fitness. MILLIONS TO SAVE LIFE. Splendid Record Made by the Union Pacific During the Past Year. It Is often charged that human life , In the present age , is held of little value. Whenever there Is an accident In which lives are lost , sensationalists generally bring forward the argument that great employers of labor do not exorcise the right care for the protec tion of life The annual report of the Union Pacillc railway shows among other Interesting tilings , how great lias boon the effort miido during the past \iir : to roditco 10 tin minimum the possibilities of accident and of the do-1 structlnn of human life and personal' Injury Incident to the operation of rail , ways. During the past year about $2,000- 000 wore expended In the Installation of safety appliances , all for the pur pose of reducing to the lowest possible degree the ohanoo of accidents. That this expenditure 1ms not boon In vain Is Hhown by the comparative report of the loss of life and of personal Injury on account of accident. For the year ending Juno : ! 0 , 1007 , the total number of employes killed on the Union Pa cillc system was 00 , and Injured 859 , out of a total of 27,000 employes , and 05 % of the Injuries were very slight. During the year 100(5 ( , 03 employes were killed. During the year ending Juno 30 , 1907 , there were but three passengers killed and 100 Injured. In 1900 two passengers wore killed and 135 Injured. During 1907 those em ployed as postal clerks , express mes sengers , etc. , one was killed and 31) ) faijurcd , compared with 3 killed and 15 Injured during 1900. Other persons who lost their lives during the past year through railroad accidents of the system number 35 , with Injuries to15 , against -10 killed and 73 Injured in 19110. The total killed In all accidents for the year 1907 was 105. The total Injured 1101. against IM killed and 19SII Injured In 1907. When It Is taken Into consideration that the Increased business handled by this company Is Indicated by in creases of 2.00 per cent In tons of freight carried one mile and 12.87 per cent . In the passengers carried one mile ' , 10.10 per cent in the total train mileage , and 5.71 per cent in the total car mileage , the decrease In the loss of life Is romnrknblo. . The principal train accidents during the yoar. Include a collision between a . running wild freight car and a freight . train near Cheyenne on August 20. 1900 , In which one engineer was killed , one fireman and one brakcinan Injured. This accident was due to failure to properly set the brakes in the Cheyenne yards. On September , 1900 , through do- fectlve track near Red Buttes , Wyoming - ing , a passenger train was derailed. One trespasser beating his way over the line was killed and another tres passer and ten passengers Injured. On October 9 , 1900 , a passenger train was derailed by broken rail near Wa- mego , Kansas. One conductor and forty-six ( ) : passengers were slightly In jured. On October 10 , 1900 , freight trains collided at Ridge , Wyoming , owing to overlooking of train orders. Two en- glneers , one fireman and one brakeman - man were killed and two firemen in- Jured. On December I ! , 1900 , one brakcman was killed in a collision between freight trains near Point of Rocks , Wy- omlng. On January 2 , 1907. at Brule , Nebraska - braska , two passenger trains collided , causing the death of one passenger and injury to seven passengers , four mall clerks and four employes. The cause of this accident was improper flagging and control of trains. On March 25 , 1907 , through failure to observe signals , two freight trains collided at Gllmore , Nebraska. There were < no persons injured. On May 15 , 1907. freight trains col lided at Red Desert , Wyoming , due to carelessness of an engineer and cans- ing slight injury to one engineer. In all the above cases , employes re sponsible for the addicents were dis charged , after careful inquiry made nto the accidents by special boards of Inquiry , which have been provided 'or during the past your , and which consist of officials of the road together vith persons of prominence , integrity ind reputation who may be selected te fill a place upon the board. Carefully compiled statistics , the re sult of close inquiries , during the year , iave supplied a basis upon which the nanagement of the road are acting with a view of reducing accidents to the minimum. A system of tests was established three years ago for the trying out of the watchfulness of em ployes relative to the signal system. school of instruction , or a board of examiners passes over the system i each six months drilling both new and ld employes In the matter of trans portation rules so that all may think , Isnow and act uniformly in the per formance of their respective duties. Witli an education system and with i tlio protective measures that are em ployed , it is more than likely that dur ing the next year , there will be a still j further decrease In the number of ac cidents , and in the loss of life and per. sonal injuries on the Union Pacific. TARDINESS DECREASES. p po Why Norfolk Boys Get to School Early si on Snowy Mornings. If your boy leaves the table In a hurry to get to school , if he even misses his pie In a frantic effort to got back to the school yard , don't get the mistaken Idea that he Is rushnlg get back to his dear books. It isn't n sign that he's getting the a studious fever ; it's just a sign that In these snowy times he wants to avoid the school boy process of "getting Into the bunch. " The first boys at school form the "bunch. " And after the "bunch" gets its system to working every boy that gets on to the school yards approaches preaches under a volley of snow balls. "My Willie Is really getting more hopeful , " said a fond Norfolk parent yesterday. "I have noted with pleas ure lately that Willie's feet do not drag when he sots off for school but that he seems truly anxious to got back to his books. " But what Willie had in mind was those horrid boys with the Icy snow balls down by the Olnoy building Did jou ever "get In the bunch ? " il ) ' SENATOR DURNHAM INTRODUCES A NEW MEASURE. OUT VILLAGES WILL OPPOSE The Parcels Post Dill Introduced Mon day Is Not So Liberal as Advocate * Had Desired Has President's Ap proval , It Is Said. Washington , D. C. , Fob. 10. Senator Hurnhain today Introduced a measure providing for parcels post service on the rural free delivery routes of the postolllce department. . It was stated that the measure as today | introduced has the approval ot both President Roosevelt and Post master General Meyer , The provisions of the bill , however , are not so liberal as had been wished b > the promote of the parcels post. Agitation loading up to today's bill began last summer when the postmas ter general made It known that he would favor the establishing of u pur- eels post service In the United States. Increasing the quantity of matter which could bo transported In the malls to eleven pounds at a low rate. Opposition Instantly sprang up from the country merchants , who claimed that such a measure would wipe out the small villages altogether. Many farmers are against such u system , believing that any measure which causes one department of the govern ment to operate at a loss , Is wrong in theory. The Travelers' Protective Associa tion has gone on record in Nebraska against the parcels post. There will unquestionably bo a long debate before the bill succeeds in puss- lug. Banquet at Nlobrara. Niohrara , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special to The News : As a lilting climax to the completion of reading "Homeonnd Juliet , " the Shakcspcarlans and nu merous ! Invited guests gathered at the home ( of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Houston of this city and listened to a wealth : of matchless speech and music. The forepart of the evening a high class literary and musical program was rendered - dered by members of the present club , assisted by Miss Llnton of Spencer , a fine contraltolst. The alluring toast list was made up of Rev. E. J. T. Con nelly ' of Pierce , Hon. S. Draper of tills city | , Mrs. Dr. Lyons of Verdlgre. Mrs. Houston , president of the club , also responded. E. H. Houston was toastmaster - master for the occasion. It Is but speaking mildly to say that his address was Immensely enjoyed. The follow ing were present from out of town : Miss Llnton , Spencer ; Miss Watson , Lynch ; Mrs. Ira , Lynch ; Mrs. .T. Dem- el , Plalnvlew ; Rev. Mr. Connelly. Pierce ; Dr. and Mrs. Lyons , Verdiqre ; Mrs. Thompson , Omaha ; Mrs. Hiles , Monowl. Kosinskl-Slawinski Scrapski Columbus Telegram : There is more than one way to skin a cat , and more than one way to collect a hoard bill. Joe Kosienski chose the other way In dealing with his boarder , John Slaw- inskl , and that was the cause of the Kosienslsl-SSIawlnskl scrapskl , which took place In south Columbus the first of the week. It started with a dispute over a board bill amounting to $4. which another boarder had contracted. Joe claimed that John had guaranteed the bill , and John claimed that he hadn't. John declared he wouldn't pay. But he was wearing a pretty good overcoat for a man to talk saucy , and so long as he could not get the money Joe proceeded to forc ibly remove the coat from Slawinski's back. The scene then shifted to po lice court , whore Kosionskl was re quired to answer to a charge of assault He admitted that be had taken the coat , but In view of the extenuating circumstances Judge O'Brlon let him off easy with a fine of $1 and costs. Will Remodal Bee Hive. S. M. Rosenthal Is planning to com pletely remodel the Interior of the Bee Hive store room at an early date. The room to be vacated by c. H. Pil- ger will be used for a stock of men's trousers and boys' clothing. The up stairs portion of the building will be shut off from the downstairs and rent- ed. Extensive Improvements are planned. SIMPLE WASH CURES ECZEMA. Itching , Burning Skin Disease Routed Without Use of Injurious Drugs. Great inventors often have been praised for surrendering the secrets of their discoveries. Practically the same thing happened in the medical world in the case of Dr. Decatur D. Dennis , the eminent skin specialist of Chicago. Dr. Dennis , in Ills own office prac tice , discovered that pure vegetable oil of wlntergreen , properly mixed with other simple remedies was practically sure specific for eczema , psoriasis , barber's Itch , salt rheum , and other itching skin diseases. But the oil of wlntergreen alone was found Ineffec tive. It required other mild Ingredi ents such as glycerine and thymol compounded with the wlutergreen , to produce the real eczema cure. This compound D. D. D. prescrip tion positively takes away the Itch at once the Instant it is applied to the skin. This vegetable liquid does away with deleterious drugs so long used in an attempt to doctor the blood , whereas modern science has deter mined that eczema is llrst and all the time a skin disease. If you want to know more about the- morlts of D. D. D. Proscription , call at our store. Wo vouch for this rem- ed > . Asa K. Leonard.