c THE NORFOLK WEEKLT NEWS-JOURNAL ; MODAY FEBRUARY 29 , 19U3.
COUNTY ATTORNEY HAS ORDERS
FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ORDER CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Seven Mndlson County Citizens Are
Involved In the Charge of Accepting
Passes From the Union Pacific Rail
road.
County Attorney .luck Koenlgstoln
returned from Madison last night with
a letter from Atlnniuy General W. T.
Thompson asking htm to Institute
crlmlnnl prosecution against seven
Miidlaon county citizens who are In-
eluded In ( ho list of those churned
with violating tlie anti-pass law In
connection with Union Pacific trans-
liortullon. The attorney general
writes that In Information furnished
him by the state railroad commission
he recommends that prosecution ho
Instituted at once against the parties
named.
The Madison county people whom
the county attorney Is asked to pros-
cento under the anti-pass law are :
Dr. Alex Hear of Norfolk , district mir-
uon ; Or. F. A. Long of Madison , dis
trict surgeon ; P. V. Sprecher , editor
of the Norfolk Press ; Mrs. Sprechor ;
C. S. Kvans , editor of the Norfolk
Tlmes-Trlhnno ; Mrs. Evans ; J. B.
Donovan , editor of the Madison Star-
Mall.
The attorney general wrote that he
Inclosed a list of the passes Issued by
the Union Pacific during the year
liiOS , reported hy that company to the
stale railroad commission , and be
lieved by the commission to have been
Issued and accepted contrary to the
anti-pass law. Mr. Koenlgsteln Is
asked In the letter to Investigate and
to bring criminal prosecution where
the evidence Is found sufficient to war
rant the belief that any party named
Is Rtillty and can bo convicted. The
attorney general promises assistance
nnd states that his action has the ap
proval of the governor and of the rail
road commission.
County Attorney Koenlgsteln said
today that he would take the matter
up with the attorney general before
beginning any prosecution In order to
see what was the proper procedure.
Mr. Koonlgsteln thinks that a test
ease will probably be picked In some
of the counties whore the county at
torneys have been notified by the at
torney general.
LINCOLN CASES.
A Surgeon and One Newspaper Man
to be Prosecuted.
Lincoln , Neb. , Fell. 20. Special to
The News : Attorney General Thomp
son Is to prosecute Dr. P. A. Graham
of Lincoln , surgeon for the Union Pa-
citlc , on the charge that he is a pass
holder. One Lincoln man Is to bo
prosecuted as a test case. Other anti-
pass prosecutions are to be held In
abeyance awaiting the outcome of
these cases.
OPENING OF SOUTH SIXTH.
Citizens Will Contribute Toward Mak
ing Street Proper Width.
The opening of South Sixth street
past a piece of property owned by J.
C. Stitt , the report of the committee
sent to Stanton to Inspect the Stnnton
municipal water and light plant and
two new sewer districts occupied the
city council's attention In a short meetIng -
Ing held Thursday evening.
The Norfolk councllmen who looked
over the Stanton plant spoke highly
of the plant there but said that condi
tions were so dissimilar between the
Norfolk waterworks and the Stanton
plant that they could not advise the
Installation of a gas producer engine
on the strength of their Stnnton visit.
Sewer district No. I ! , south of Madi
son avenue betsvecn Tenth and Twelfth
streets , was passed on first reading.
The petition for a sewer district in
the Heights was examined and found
to have the required number of names.
The council was notified that citi
zens on South Sixth street had agreed
to contribute $210 towards the expense
of opening the street to Its proper
width at Park avenue. The city attor
ney was Instructed to draw up an or
dinance condemning the property , the
ordinance to be presented at the next
meeting.
ATTACKED BMICIOUS HOG
Erich Henderson Narrowly Escapes
Death in Pig Sty.
Hosklns. Neb. . Fb. . 22. Erich Hen
derson , an old homesteader living near
Bega , narrowly escaped deatli in the
pig sty. He attempted to pass through
the pen , when a vicious hog violently
attacked him. throwing him to the
ground and inflicting severe wounds
before he could make his escape.
Hopes of his recovery are now enter
tained.
John Wentherholt has purchased the
livery barn. It will be fitted out with
n new supply of horses , harness and
buggies. *
The revival meetings at the M. B.
church are still In progress and a good
attendance is reported.
The dance last Saturday evening was
well attended. Two weeks hence the
club will give a masquerade ball.
Henry Xlemer , who is attending the
Wayne normal , was home Over Sun
day.
day.Miss Etta Miller entertained a com
pany of friends at Mrs. G. Scnrocder's
on the evening of the 19th Inst.
Misses Pauline Schroeder nnd Ida
Fnesz were Norfolk visitors over Sun
day.
day.A petition to bond the district for u
new school building Is being circu
lated.
Meier Henry and Aug. Deck shipped
car loads of fat IIORH to Omaha during
the week.
F S. IJeiiHer will soon begin the
erection of a dwflllng IIOUBO on the
site opposite his Htore.
Hum. Ohlund has begun to move
his household gondtt Into his new prop
erty.
Hospital Rents Farm.
The state hoard of public lands and
buildings have rented what Is known
as the Osborn farm , adjoining the
grounds of the Norfolk hospital for
Insane , for a trial year and have
placed It under the supervision of W.
( } . Baker. The O.sborn farm Is one of
the llnest fruit and agricultural farms
in tills section of the state , and it Is
expected to produce all the fruit that
will be required at the Institution for
a year , besides It will go a long way
toward furnishing vegetables. Under
the management of Mr. Baker , who Is
a practical farm man , the farm will
yield Its utmost. If the experiment Is
successful this season , the state may
decldo to make that farm or some
other In the neighborhood a perma
nent addition to the state holdings at
Norfolk.
ACCEPTS CALL TO GO TO SHENANDOAH -
ANDOAH , IOWA.
FINAL DECISION ANNOUNCED
At the Mid-Week Meeting of the Con
gregation , Mr. Turner Announced
That He Had Decided Not to Recon
sider His Resignation.
Hov. W. J. Turner , pastor of the
First Congregational church of this
city , will leave Norfolk to become pas
tor of the Congregational church at
Shcnaudoah , Iowa. This follows the
announcement of Mr. Turner's final
decision to the members of his con
gregation' at the mid-week meeting of
the church.
When Mr. Turner's call to Shenandoah -
doah , Iowa , was first announced mem
bers of the Norfolk church sought to
retain their pastor and adopted reso
lutions asking for a reconsideration
of the resignation offered them.
Mr. Turner took two weeks to con
slder the matter. Following his an
nouncement at the mid-week meeting
the resignation was accepted.
Mr. Turner with his family will
leave Saturday morning for their new
home in Shenandoah. The First Con
gregational church for the time being
will be without a pastor.
Mr. Turner's friends have b'een In
vited to the church Thursday evening
when something In the nature of a
farewell reception will be held. Cof
fee and sandwiches will be served.
Y. M. C. A. BUILDING COMMITTEE
IS NAMED.
BURT MAPES IS CHAIRMAN
Large Dial to be Placed in Nebraska
National Bank Window to Mark the
Progress of the Subscription Cam-
Palgn Joint Meeting.
The executive committee of the Y.
M. C. A. building campaign was named
Friday. It consists of the following
named : Bnrt Mapes , chairman ; G. D ,
Butterfleld , C. H. Reynolds , C. F. Shaw ,
Frank Davenport , A. J. Durland and
D. Mathewson.
The committee was named by the
special nominating committee acting in
conjunction with the officers of the
general Y. M. C. A. committee.
The ofllcers of the general commit
tec are : C. S. Bridge , chairman ; G
T. Sprecher , secretary ; Will Stafford
treasurer.
A big dial is to be placed in the win
dow of the Nebraska National bank tc
mark the progress of the subscrlptlor
campaign soon to be entered upon
The campaign will be for a Y. M. C
A. building costing not less than $25 ,
000. This was decided at the initla
meeting of the executive commltte <
Friday.
Friday afternoon arrangements were
made for a joint meeting to be partici
pated in by members of this new com
mittee and members of the city library
board. The conference was to beheld
held during the evening.
DROVE NAIL INTO KNEE.
Arthur Clark of Battle Creek III with
Blood Poisoning.
Battle Creek Enterprise : Arthur
Clark , employed as harness maker by
the Battle Creek Hardware company ,
was the victim of an accident last
Saturday morning which will lay him
up for some time. Mr. Clark was
breaking kindling across his knee , not
noticing that the board contained a
long nail. With a terrific blow such
as "Tick" can deliver , he drove the
protruding nail full length Into his leg
just above the knee. The nail split
when It reached the bone. After apply
ing common remedies , Mr. Clark suf
fered little until a few hours later ,
when the wound began to cause him
pain. Blood poisoning set In and dur
ing Sunday night ho suffered untold
agony. For a short time It was feared
the results would prove serious. At
present , however , ho Is getting along
as well as could bo expected and
there Is no further danger that the
wound will seriously affect the entire
limb.
To keep In touch with real estate
values in this city you must keep "In
touch" with real estate advertising.
WILLIAM BOCHE MET DEATH BY
DROWNING IN RIVER.
WENT THROUGH HOLE IN ICE
BODY FOUND A QUARTER OF A
MILE BELOW FATAL HOLE.
TRAGEDY RESULT OF ACCIDENT
Appearances Indicate That Boche At
tempted to Cross River on Ice That
Was Not Strong Enough to Bear
His Weight.
William Boche , a prominent farmer
living southeast of Norfolk and a
brother of Herman Boche who Is waitIng -
Ing trial for murder next Monday , was
drowned In the Elkhorn river Wednes
day morning. He was not missed un
til evening and his body not recovered
until late Thursday afternoon. Boche
went through the thin Ice In the river
as lie was trying to cros to the camp
of his cousin , Fred Boche. William
Boche is one of the bondsmen on his
brother's $15,000 bond.
Caught between ice and sand the
body of William Boche who had been
missing since Wednesday morning ,
was found late Thursday afternoon In
the Elkhorn river near the farm of
II. Kohloff , about a quarter of a mile
from the point wheie Bocho plunged
through the Ice. The body had washed
against a sandbank and had lodged In
the shallow water. The greater part
of the body was under the Ice.
William Boche was drowned in a
river that had been the constant com
panion of he and his family for more
than forty years. But It Is said that
he never viewed the river with friend
ly eyes , that he was always afraid that
the treacherous stream would some
day eat up his land and that when he
had completed arrangments to ex
change his river farm for a Knox
county farm he said he was glad to
get away from the river. Then just
as ho was about to say good bye to
the river banks forever ho ventured
across the weakened ice and the river
jaws snapped up his body.
Course Easily Traced.
William Boche's course as he left
his home Wednesday morning is
easily traced. He had business In
Norfolk and had told his family that
he was going to town. Then as he
was preparing for the town trip he
made up his mind to visit the camp
of his cousin , Fred Boche , to the south
across the river. He first fed the hogs.
Then he set off towards the camp. It
was about 10 a. m.
By his trades in the snow Bocho was
followed from the farm yard down to
the river bank. At the place where
lie essayed to cross to his cousin's
camp beyond the river the water had
cut a long narrow slit in the Ice. A
man could easily have stepped across
the long narrow opening but for the
thin Ice on either side. Boche pro
bably tried to jump across this weak
place when the thin ice gave way
beneath him. From the marks on his
forehead and the top of his head he
probably struck the Ice bank with his
head as he fell forward.
In Ten Feet of Water.
Where Boche fell into the river
there was about ten feet of running
water. Ills body was swept down
stream about a quarter of a mile. It
was finally washed In on a sandbank
and lodged In the shallow water.
Thursday afternoon a systematic
search was carried on to locate tht
body. About twenty men were engag
ed In the search , among others the
drowned man's brother , Herman Boche
whose trial at Madison for the shoot
ing of Frank Jarmer has been set foi
next week.
Julius Lehman , working his waj
down the river in a boat , found th <
body. Frank G. Moldenhauer , who 01
the bank was keeping pace with Leh
man , walked out on the Ice and dre\\ \
the drowned man to the surface
Boche still had his gloves on. Hli
cap had been washed away. The bodj
was taken to the homo.
Inquest Net Necessary.
Shortly after the body had been
found friends and relatives of the
drowned man called on County Attor
ney Jack Koonigsteln to acquaint him
with the circumstances. The county
attorney's decision was that an Inquest
was unnecessary.
In Norfolk several suicide stories
were afloat in connection witli the
drowning but those stories were scout
ed by those best acquainted with the
facts. Friends of Boche say that he
has been In cheerful spirits anc ]
thought well of the change of location
that he was about to make. About
to go to Norfolk , ho suddenly decided
to go to see Fred Bocho in some mat
ter. He misjudged the strength ol
the river covering and in a moment
had fallen beneath tit o ice. This
seems to be the story of the drowning
About to Leave.
Had William Bocho lived he would
have closed a deal for the sale of his
farm and moved to a Knox county
farm near Bloomfleld , having with
that Intention announced a farm sale
for next Wednesday. While the Boche
farm of ICO acres had been virtually
disposed of to J. H. Conley It was
learned Thursday that the sale had
not been legally completed. The Bocho
farm Is a valuable piece of land worth
over $11.000.
In addition to his wife and three sons
the latter young men , William Boche
leaves a daughter who is a bride o :
two months , Mrs. William H. Bockel
nmnn , living four miles northeast of
Pierce. She was married on Decem
ber I , 1907. The family of William
Doclie Is naturally grief stricken at
the sudden river tragedy.
William Boche was llfty-two years.
He was raised on the old Boche farm
and grew up along the banks of the
Elkhorn river a couple of tulles south
of the city. His father , the late Will-
lain Boche , sr. , wan a pioneer settler
In this region , coming hero among the
first of the Wisconsin pioneers. He
picked his homestead on the Elkhorn
about forty years ago.
William Boche's name Is signed to
the $15,000 bond that guarantees the
appearance of his brother , Herman
Boche , In the district court at Madison
next Monday to answer to the charge
of murdering Frank Jarmer on May 1.
Funeral of William Boche ,
According to arrangements made
Friday morning the funeral of William
Boche , who was drowned In the Elkhorn -
horn , will be held Sunday afternoon
from Christ Lutheran church In Nor
folk. Mr. Boche was a member of this
church. Rev. J. P. Mueller will con
duct the services. Interment will be
in the new Lutheran cemetery.
OLD MAN WITH DISEASE SAID TO
BE IN NORFOLK.
FLYNN COULDN'T FIND HIM
In Response to a Pointer the Chief of
Police Spent a Fruitless Night HuntIng -
Ing an Old Man With Grey Beard
and the Small Pox.
Chief Flynn spent Sunday night In
a wild chase for a small-pox stricken
visitor in Norfolk , a man of seventy
years , who had alighted from the even
ing train from Fremont nt the Junc
tion. All morning Monday the cilef
continued on his old man hunt , chas
ing after every strange man whose age
appeared to approach the designated
three score and ten.
The chief was notified Monday even
ing from the headquarters of the
Northwestern that a small pox victim ,
an old man of seventy years , with gray
hair and a gray full beard , with a new
black suit of clothes , black overcoat
and soft black hat , had gotten off the
train at Norfolk. In the Interest of the
public health Chief Flynn was request
ed to find the man and hold and fumi
gate him.
The list of old men found by the
chief would be long and varied. He
found them everywhere , at the hotels ,
at the depots , around town. But none
answered the description and none
confessed to small pox. The original
old man was said to hail from Chirks.
NORFOLK CAUCUSES ARE PRAC
TICALLY UNANIMOUS.
ADMIRE THE BIG SECRETARY
Taft Delegations Sent to the County
Convention at Battle Creek , Where
State and Congressional Delegations
Will be Selected.
The sentiment of Norfolk voters
who met in caucus Saturday evening
to choose delegates to the county con
vention at Battle Creek , was found
to be virtually unanimous in favor of
Taft for president. While In only one
ward , the Second , was the chance for
a presidential preference vote taken
advantage of , the same trend of senti
ment was evident in all the ward cau
cuses.
In the Second ward caucus a vote
on presidential preference was taken
and resulted in sixteen votes being
cast for Taft and one for Fairbanks.
The First and Third ward caucuses
were held in the city hall , the Second
ward caucus In Mapes & Hazen's office
the Fourth ward at the Junction.
The caucuses selected the following
delegations to represent Norfolk al
the republican county convention al
Battle Creek next Saturday , when del
egates will be chosen to the state am
congressional conventions.
First ward : J. S. Mathewson , .Tacli
Koenigstein , M. D. Tyler , P. F. Sprcch
or , A. G. Lindsay , Judge Isaac Pow
ers , W. A. Wit7.igman.
Second ward : Burt Mapes , John
R. Hays , W. N. Huso , L. M. Gaylord ,
E. A. Bullock. C. E. Burnham , J. M.
Covert , S. D. Robertson , George D.
Butterfleld , C P. Parish.
Third ward : George N. Bcels , J.
H. Van Horn , J. B. Mayla-rd , R. II.
Reynolds , .1. S. Jackson , 12. M. HuntIngton -
Ington , M. C. Ha/.en.
Fourth ward : C. S. Hoar , Mr. Kilts
"
E. B. Taylor , W. H. Livingston , R. J
Eccles.
In the various caucuses It was voter
that no proxies bo allowed but thai
the delegates present cast the full
vote of the delegation.
A NEW BOCHE STORY.
A Norfolk Man Argued the Truth ol
Implausable Story.
A man argued on Norfolk avenue
the other day that Herman Boche had
killed three men. Some of his hear
trs were Inclined to dispute his state
ment but he spoke with so much con
viction that he convinced .several men
He claimed that Herman Boche line :
murdered a man In Germany and for
that reason had had to come to Amor
lea.
Herman Boche as a matter of fad
was born In Wisconsin and when stll
a small boy was brought to Norfolk
by his father the late William Bocho ,
Sr For about forty-five years he liv
ed on the Bocho farm just south of
Norfolk
MRS. RICHARD HAMAN BECAME
MISS CHRISTINA DREESSEN.
NOW MRS. ERNEST LUEBCKE.
Divorced From Her Former Husband
Last Week the Lady Hastily Mar
ried Again Said That her Former
Husband Had Second Wedding First
From Mrs. Richard Haniann to Miss
Christina Dreessen and from Miss
Dreessen to Mrs. Ernest Luebckc rep-
lesontcd but a week's transition for
Mrs. Hamann-Dreessen-Luebcke who
secured n divorce from her former hus
band at the hands of Judge Welch
last week and who married again this
week. Ernest Luobcke is a well known
young farmer who lives near Warner-
vllle. He Is a widower. The wedding
took place In Norfolk.
The Nebraska laws prohibit a di
vorced person from marrying again
within six months , that time being
allowed for an appeal of thu case. It
is claimed for Mrs. Luobcke , however ,
that there Is no danger of her divorce
case being taken up any farther , II
having been testified In the trial al
Madison last week that her husband
has been married for sometime and
Is now living with another wife In
central Nebraska.
FRIDAY FACTS.
Dr. H. T. Holden made a trip to
Hoskins and return Friday.
Mrs. S. M. Braden Is expected to ar
rive home Saturday noon from Chicago
cage , where she stopped for a few
lays on her way back from her east
ern and southern trip. Mr. Braden
inived home Wednesday.
Miss Retta Lee went to Omaha to
day.
Frank Beels went to Oakdale at
noon.
J. D. Sturgeon was in Battle Creek
yesterday.
J. E. Harper of Clearwater Is visit
Ing M. C. Walker.
Attorneys Tyler , Koenigstein and
Hazen have returned from Madison.
E. P. Olinsted has arrived home
from a business trip up the Bonesteel
inc.
inc.Burt
Burt Mapes came up from Madison
Thursday evening and left during the
lay for O'Neill.
Mrs. E. F. Stear has left on a tripe
: o Sioux City , Omaha and several
other millinery centers.
John F. Flynn went to Madison
Thursday afternoon to attend a meet-
ng of the democratic county central
committee.
Oscar Johnson has returned to his
orange farm near Orange , Calif. , now
ils permanent home. He took his
lousehold furniture and three of his
horses west with him , shipping south
over the Santa Fe route.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors In Norfolk were : Frank H. Jack
son , Ernest Jackson , Dallas , S. D. ;
Marlon McColley , Plain view ; S. E.
Clark , L. W. Fox , Callaway ; Ole Hansen -
sen , Chris Nielsen , Brunswick ; E. G.
Malone , Columbus ; M. S. Whitney ,
Randolph ; J. K. Doanc , Fairfax , S. D. ;
R. G. Kinyon , Gushing ; O. E. Daniel-
son , Emerson ; L. V. Lunburg , Hos
klns ; Attorney E. D. Kllbourne , Ne-
ligh.
ligh.Mrs.
Mrs. Gay Halversteln was quite sick
yesterday.
The West Side whist club was en
tertained by Mr. and Mrs. D. Baum
Thursday evening.
A regular conclave of Damascus
coinmandery will be held Friday even
ing at Masonic hall for the purpose of
conferring the black.
John Bates , a son of Judge Bates
of Madison , hurt his ankle badly while
practicing basket ball at Madison this
week. The game Is all the rage In
Madison.
Jack O'Leary of this city left Thurs
day for his Gregory county fight at
Dallas , S. D. , Friday evening with Pat
Stephens of Gregory. This fight marks
O'Leary's return to the prize ring.
Howard Beymer , ticket salesman at
the Northwestern Junction depot , who
accidentally shot himself In the arm
a short time ago , expects to get back
to work at the depot window in a few
days.
L. II. Hinds has sold his ranch south
of Butte and purchased a farm some
twenty-six miles north of here. He
was in Norfolk looking for a home in
this city so that he could send his chil
dren to school.
W. C. Ahlman now occupies the en
tire building at his Norfolk avenue lo
cation , G. A. Bllger having before this
time occupied the front portion of the
building with a tea and coffee store.
Mr. Ahlman will have the front of the
building fitted up to give an automo
bile entrance.
The regular weekly meeting of the
ladles guild of Trinity church was held
with Mrs. Gwynn Thursday afternoon.
Learning that the day was the wedding
anniversary of their hostess , the ladles
of the guild planned and executed a
neat little surprise by taking refresh
ments and making the afternoon a so
cial holiday.
Madison Chronicle : Judge Bates'
court was occupied Thursday after
noon in hearing a suit wherein Mrs. N.
L. Taylor was plaintiff and H. F. Barn-
hart and wife werf > defendants. M.
C. Hazen appeared for the plalntifl
and Mr. Berryman of Crelghton and
M. S. McDuffee of this city for the do
fondants. The Barnhnrts rented a
farm last year from the plaintiff and
the suit was to recover rent and for
damages done to said farm buildings
by the defendants. The judge found
for the plaintiff fixing the amount of
1 judgment at $ USUfl : nnd costs of suit
I The case will bo appealed lo the dls
trlct court.
If you want the cheapee *
good coffee in the world buy-
Arbuckles * Ariosa Coffee.
There is no other ,
, .
UUOa Now York City.
SPRING TEMPERATURE AND SUNSHINE -
SHINE ARRIVED SUNDAY.
YOUNGSTERS PLAY SPRING GAMES
Marbles and Base Ball for the Boys ,
Jumping the Rope for the Girls ,
While Both Sexes Have the Roller
Skating Craze.
"Hooray , the boys are playing mar-
blest Yes , and baseball ! "
"Gooddy , the girls are jumping
rope. "
Now , doesn't that Bound llko spring ?
Sunday was tinted with the warmth
of spring. March Is nearly n week
away and It will not bo until March
20 that the sun slides across the equi
nox , but Sunday afternoon was called
spring hy the thermometer If not by
the calendar. And It was called spring
by the small boys who cracked the
Sunday lid by playing marbles and
baseball.
The small boys of Norfolk have boon
digging up their old marbles and to
day wore around at Norfolk avenue
stores trying to buy "knee pads. "
Baseball hasn't reached Its full devel
opment but "one old cat" Is flourishing
on the school grounds.
But all the small boys are not playIng -
Ing marbles and all the small girls
are not jumping rope. A small army
of them are rolling up and down Nor
folk's cement walks on roller skates.
Holler skating is swinging Into pop
ularity In Norfolk In a way that sug
gests the roller skating of the eighties.
Only It Is limited to the boys and girls
just now and the presence of miles
of smooth cement walks has given It
a new turn.
There are Norfolk boys and girls
who are beginning to find It difficult
o walk without roller skates. Save
n the school hours the skates do not
cave their feet. At home they skate
through the house , skate up stairs , out
on the front walk , skate to school , to
Sunday school , skate everywhere and
ibout all the time. The school author-
ties have not surrendered yet and It
s not within the rules to skate through
the school halls.
A man was In Norfolk Saturday
looking for a hall or store building in
which to start a rink. But the boys
and girls have turned all Norfolk into
a skating rink and the fad is still on
the upward swing.
The roller skating fad has swept
i\\ \ \ over Nebraska. At Wayne the fad
had become so popular that it was
counted a public calamity when some
one stole the town's supply of skates.
With summer , roller skating will
probably become even more of a fad.
And spring and summer are coming ,
for yesterday the thermometer touched
fifty-nine degrees.
ROBINS HAVE ARRIVED.
Red Breast Birds Declare That Spring
is Really at Hand.
The robins have arrived.
Mrs. W. J. McNnmeo is the first per
son to report having seen these un
questioned heralds of the springtime.
It was Saturday that the first robins
came to Norfolk.
Graceful , happy in the sunshine ,
cheerful as of old , the robin red breast
brings the same word of peace and
good will and contentment that he has
been bringing for these many , many
years.
And in answering "present" to each
morning's roll call , he tells the people
of Norfolk that the ground hog's shad
ow has lost Its effect.
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latest approved style at reasonable
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Write It about as you would write a
telegram or memorandum that want
ad. of yours.
ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION OF $2,500
IS ADDED.
CONTRIBUTED BY D. MATHEWSON
Two Subscriptions to the Fund , those
of W. H. Butter-field & Son and D.
Mathewson , Give $5,000 as a Starter
Towards the Building.
The Y. M. C. A. fund has grown to
double the size It was Saturday , now
amounting to $5,000. The contributor
to cover the amount subscribed by W.
H. Butterfleld & Son , who had an
nounced a $2,500 subscription , Is D.
Mathewson who gives a llko amount ,
making the total subscribed to date
$5,000. With this fund as a basis the
committee Is looking for other big
subscriptions and It is hoped a few
more of like size may bo added to the
list In a short time. A number of
smaller subscriptions are now In sight ,
and the committee feels encouraged
to believe that the desired fund of $25.
000 may bo raised In Norfolk with
which to erect a Y. M. C A , building.
Tomorrow morning the largo dial
will bo displayed In the window of
the Nebraska National bank , showing
the condition of the fund. It will ho
a dial three feet In diameter , simitar
to a clock face , on which will ho fig
ures commencing at $1,000 and run
ning to $25,000. In the center will bo
printed the words , "Watch the clock
See the Y. M. C. A. grow. " The llrst
announcement of the clock will be
that $5,000 has been subscribed.
JURY GIVES MRS. KURPGEWEIT
HEAVY JUDGMENT.
SUIT BROUGHT FOR $25,000
Sensational Case From Battle Creek
In Which Farmer Klrby is the De
fendant is Charged With Having
Made Improper Advances.
A $11,000 verdict against Edward Kirby -
by , a fanner living near Battle Creek ,
was awarded Mrs. Ida Kurpgowolt
Thursday afternoon in the district
court at Madison. The jury's verdict
was announced In the afternoon after
the jury had been out the greater part
of the day. Mrs. Knrpgewcll sued for
$25,000.
The case was sensational. Klrby
was alleged to have called at the
Kurpgeweit home to take Mrs. Kurg-
gewelt to a neighbor's home whom he
claimed was sick. He was accused of
having made Improper advances. The
woman Jumped from the buggy and
made her way to the neighbor who had
been reported 111.
Klrby was arrested at the time and
came to Norfolk and paid a fine of
$25 in a justice court. The big dam
age suit was Instituted later. It is
thought that the case will be appealed.
The suit of Mrs. Hannah Bryant
against the Modern Woodmen will
probably be tiio last case heard this
week. The case against the Battle
Creek , saloon keepers has gone over
until later In the term.
ALL HAVE SMALL POX.
Two Girls Communicate the Disease
to Twenty-four Men.
Lincoln , Neb. , Pub. 21. The popular
ity of two young women of North Bend
Is responsible , according to the state
licalth Inspector , for the prevalence of
an epidemic of smallpox In that vicin
ity. There are now twenty-four cases ,
and eacli one of the twenty-four Is de
clared to have been contracted at one
of two dances which were recently
held in that vicinity. And all of the
twenty-four victims are young men
who danced with two girls.
The young women had been visiting
In Omaha , and when they returned
home they svere attacked with what
the physician said was a skin trouble.
When they recovered In a few days ,
they went to two dances. Each had
a full card , and now , says Dr. Wilson ,
the smallpox has been spread in 11
different directions.
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