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Till' ] NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , MARCH n 1908. IN A MIX-UP OF RUNAWAY TEAMS AND COLLIDING WAGONS. COOK'S ' TEAM STARTED TROUBLE Accident Occurred at the Junction , Where Rock Wai Being Unloaded. Leg Broken Between Ankle and Knee Howard Cornell Alio Hurt. Caught between two wagons Wednesday morning Fred Cook , a teamster living at 803 North Eighth street , sustained a broken leg as a result of the collision. The scut from cook's wagon fell forward , frightening hlH horses and causing thorn to plunge forward. Other teams about the same place became frightened and tried to run away. In the mix-up Cook's left leg was broken between the linoe and tbo ankle. Howard Cornell was also slightly hurt. TUESDAY TOPICS. Mf. aud Mrs. Roy Mitchell have been down from Crelghton. William Bnydor of Burkcsvlllo , Va , , IB In Norfolk on business. U S. Lllllbrldge , cashier of the Burke state bank , was in Norfolk on biiBlnesB yesterday. W. R. Locke of Stanton was In Nor * folk yesterday. II. P. Magdanz of Plerco was a vis Itor In Norfolk. Mr. nnd Mrs. Moono of Tlldon are hero visiting W. II. Shlppeo. Adam Pllger of Stanton was a busi ness visitor in Norfolk Monday. Judge Douglas Cones of Plorco was in Norfolk on business Tuesday. Former Sheriff George W. Loscy of Battle Creek was in Norfolk Tuesday. John Elslngcr , the West Point sewer contractor , was in the city yesterday. F. A. Beoler was expected homo to day from a business trip to Now York City. City.Frank Frank Strclow of Plerco was In Nor folk Monday to attend a meeting of flro Insurance agents. Mrs. J. F. Flynn nnd daughter , Miss Agnes Flynn , arrived homo last evenIng - Ing from Omaha , where Miss Agnes was operated on some time ago for appendicitis. She is now In excellent health and completely recovered from the effects of the operation. C. E. Burnham and daughter arrived homo last evening from Omaha. Attorney Dunham of Omaha , repre sentlng the Northwestern , was In Nor folk today. Smith Brothers' first March sale of horses will bo hold on March 1C. A daughter has been born at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Montti guo. guo.District District court at Wayne will convene Thursday with Judge Welch on the bench. The clerks' association called an 1m portant business meeting at the city hall for Tuesday night. The last dancing party of the season to bo given by the Elks will bo belt at the club rooms Friday night of thi week. Senator Burkett Is trying to have Valentine designated as one of the registering points for the coming Trlpp county land opening in South Dakota. J. E. Lobensteln has been elected janitor of the Lincoln schools by the school board , succeeding J. W. White , now agent of the Standard Oil com pany. A number of now telegraph operators have been lining up in northern Ne braska preparatory to beginning work under the now federal law , which goes into operation Wednesday. Engineer Jack Welsh Is now running on the Albion line between Council Bluffs and Omaha. Three engine crews arc now running on the passen ger train on that line , owing to the new law. Tuesday , "shrove Tuesday , " is the big day of the year In New Orleans and other southern cities which copy the old Parisian Mardls Gras festiv ities. The Lenten season begins Wed nesday. There Is every Indication that there will be a lull In social activity in Norfolk. County Judge Bates was called to the Joseph Pospisll home in School Craft precinct Monday to perform a double marriage ceremony. The young people married at the Pospisil home were John. J. Ambroz and Miss Emma Pospisil and John W. Herda and Miss Emma Novotny. Recent marriage li censes Issued were to Peter George Mauer and Miss Anna Zcsstn of Green Garden precinct , Vernon Walter Copeland - land of near Enola and Miss Ruth Cleveland of Madison , Ora D. Wood and Miss Maude Bloom of Columbus , The new nine-hour day for telegrapli operators goes Into effect Wednesday and In order to comply with Its pre visions the eastern district of the e Northwestern in Nebraska will read just Its force so that only seven ne\\ men will be required at various sta tions. The station at West End wil be closed so far as telegraphing 1 : concerned , the service nt this stntlor being handled by telephone. Operat ors will bo added at Bennlngton , Irv Ington , Blair , Arlington , NIckerson Scrlbner , West Point and Stanton. I * . will not bo necessary to Increase tin force at Norfolk , but a readjustmen will be made to comply with the law ' CLAIMS ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. Braasch Avenue Couple Answer Charg In Police Court. at * Ono of his hands bleeding where h 4 v * had tried to got out of a Braasch a V enue house and claiming that an al tempt had been made to rob him , Au ust Marquardt called In the polic Tuesday night to arrest Olllo an Harry Johnson , who had their abed on Braasch avenue. In police cour Wednesday morning Johnson was cor vlcteil of being a vagrant. The woman watt convicted on a more serious charge. The lines were placed at $10 and costs or thirty days In the county all. The couple wcro returned to the Ity jail. The Johnsons claim to be narrled and have been under arrest lefore. MANYY EARS COUNTY JUDGE W. H. McDonald of Pierce Succumba of Old Age at Fremont. , Pierce , Neb. , March B. Special to The NOWB : W. H. McDonald , for ourtcon years county Judge In Plorco county , died last night at Fremont. Death was duo to old ago. The funeral will be held at 2 ; 30 o'clock Thursday ifternoon. COMMERCIAL CLUB PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE POSSIBILITIES. UTILIZE POWER BEING WASTED Believed That the Waters of the River Could be Subjected to the Practical Purpose of Turning Wheels Through Medium of Electricity. The feasibility of obtaining power from the Elkhori river Is to again be come a question before Norfolk people f the Commercial club .directors vote o Investigate the possibilities In this direction. That the fall In the Elkhorn could bo utill/.cd to some practical purpose Is an opinion held for many years past by different people In Nor folk. It was brought up again at the meeting of the Commercial club ill rectors Tuesday afternoon. Some correspondence has been had with a south Nebraska engineer on the proposition of an Investigation of the possibility of developing Elkhorn river water power for practical use. It Is said that the proposition might not have to take the shape of the water power canal once proposed but that the river might be dammed and the power converted Into electricity and transmitted to Norfolk. The mat ter has been referred to a committee consisting of the president and secre tary of the club. President Durland and W. H. Blake- man were selected to represent Nor folk at the Wednesday morning hear ing before the state railway commis sion ou the subject of the complaint against the order of the Union Pacific for a three-tlmes-a-week freight on the Columbus line. They took the mornIng - Ing train to Lincoln. The directors voted to Invlto the association of Madison county Sunday schools to hold Its annual county con vention In Norfolk. About seventy- five delegates are expected. C. E. Burnham was appointed to look about for a permanent meeting place for the directors. The club voted to approve the Nor folk city directory Just published by F. S. Robinson and to give him letters of recommendation. NEEDED IN NORFOLK. A Building For the Young Men. What Norfolk needs Norfolk wants. What Norfolk wants Norfolk can have. Everybody says Norfolk needs a Y. M. C. A. building. Then Norfolk wants a Y. M. C. A. Hillding. If so Norfolk will have a Y. M. C. . building. Streets and buildings do not make a city Men make a city. \nything that raises the character of men , making them better physically , morally and mentally , makes a bottei city. city.Good Good men make a good city. It is the purpose of the Y. M. C. A , o make good men and by its various agencies it accomplishes it. James H. Eckles , Chicago Banker. The greatest business housss , the argest employers of labor , the best systematized corporations , have seen the direct benefits of interesting them selves In the things which affect theli men outside the hours of labor. The appeal which the Young Men's Chris- Ian Association from time to time makes to business men is not , and ought not to be regarded as an appeal 'or charity. It Is a sum which ought to be set apart each year as an " 1m provement and betterment" fund , and he man who falls to give heed to the call of the Association , after being once made acquainted with its merits makes so grave an error as to reflecl upon the soundness of his buslnes : ludgment. C. S. M'CASLIN DEAD. Citizen of Norfolk for More Thar Twenty Years Passes Away. C. S. McCaslln , for more than twont : years a citizen of Norfolk , at one tlm < chief of police and for several yean past Janitor of the Grant school build Ing , died at 11:15 : Wednesday morn ing from heart _ failure. Ho had beei critically ilf for some days. Mr. McCaslln was engaged in thi well nnd pump business in Norfolk fo a number of years. During the Matrai administrations he served as chief o police. In recent years he has beei Janitor of the Grant school. He wa a mason , having Joined the order li the east. He was sixty-one years old. H leaves a wife , a daughter , Miss Grac McCaslln , and two sons , King McCas lln at Valley Junction , Iowa , and Ro ; McCaslln , who recently left Norfol to become a messenger for the Wesl ern Union In Omaha. The sons wer expected home Wednesday evenini when the funeral arrangements wer to bo made. ELKHORN LIFE AND ACCIDENT COMPANY ANNUAL MEETING. PROGRESS MADE EVERY YEAR Report of the Year 1007 Shows Greater Business Than Any Time Since the Organization of the Company Di rectors Are Elected. Tuesday afternoon the policy holders of the Elkhorn Life and Accident In surance company met at the offices of the company nnd held their fourth regular annual meeting for the election of directors. The meeting was prob ably not FO largely attended as former meetings of the company , but It was the most enthusiastic meeting over held. Reports were submitted showing the company to be In first class financial condition , and that marked progress had been made every year 'from the date of Its organization. The report regarding the business of 1907 was especially gratifying , showing as It did , that the company had made much greater progress In that year than in any other since it was first organized. The total income from premiums was almost 50 per cent greater than for the year before ; Interest Income Increased about 94 per cent ; the ad mitted assets of the company Increased almost 50 per cent ; surplus policy to holders Increased about 30 per cent , and the Insurance In force increased 38 per cent. The following directors were elected to serve the company for the ensuing year : Dr. P. H. Salter , T. P. Mem- minger , J. B. Maylard , H. E. Williams , Jack Koenlgstein , Hurt Mapes , Geo. D. Huttcrflcld , Dr. R. II. Morse , and Jos. C. Osborn. After the policy holders' meeting adjourned , the directors met for the election of olllcers to serve for the ensuing year. There not being a quo rum present , this meeting was ad journed until Saturday evening at 7 o'clock. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Dr. O. R. Meredith was In Meadow Grove. C. S. Hayes was In Stauton Wednes- ay afternoon. H. B. Knapp went to Omaha Wednes- ay morning. P. A. Beelcr arrived home last even- ng from New York City. Miss Inez Dunham of Oakdale is islting Miss Pearl Reeso. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blckel of Exeter , are visiting their daughter In this city , Mrs. F. I. Russell. B. F. Stetson , cashier of the Center tate bank , was a business visitor In Norfolk Wednesday. The Misses Heltzman have returned fter a couple of weeks' visit In South Dakota. They visited Herrick , Greg ory and Dallas. Emll Splerlng was In Wayne Mon day on business. Mrs. Thomas Shlveley has been visiting near O'Neill. W. J. Gow has been In Nellgh on i short business visit. Miss Hattie Allbery , who Is a Bten- ographer In the Omaha office of the Nebraska Telephone company , will be lome Saturday evening for a brlel visit In Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Butterfield re turned last evening from Chicago. Mr , and Mrs. W. H. Clark are ex pected home this evening from Kansas City. City.Rev. Rev. J. C. S. Weills is quite sic ! with the grip. He was confined to hl bed all day Tuesday. S. W. Garvln arrived home Mondaj night from a short visit to one of his farms west of Pierce. Mrs. N. A. Rainbolt went to Omaht yesterday to visit with her daughter Mrs. W. H. Bucholz , while Mr. Buchoh is in the east. Mrs. W. S. Fox went to Creightor to attend the wedding of her niece Miss Martha Galley , which took place today In Crelghton. Among the day's out of town visit ors in Norfolk were : Otto Putman Hamburg , Iowa ; J. Griffith , Harting ton ; Herman Schroeder , Creighton ; Charles Berg , Charles Seger , Wausa ; W. L , Casteel , Alexander , S. D. , ; J. K Field , Alliance ; Andrew Christiansen Battle Creek ; R. H. Morse , \VIsner ; S. O. Campbell , Crelghton ; H. Reid Madison ; Mrs. Frank Pllger , Mrs. I M. Searle , Pierce ; District Judge A A. Welch , Wayne ; John Phinny , E. F Burner , Tllden. The city council will meet Thursda ; evening. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Mar quardt a daughter. Six members of the Routenberi family have gone to Wisconsin for ! visit. visit.A A baby girl arrived last week at tin home of Mr. and Mrs. James Mont ague. The ladles aid society of the Con grcgational church will meet in tin church parlors Thursday afternoon a 2:30. : 2:30.The The B. Y. P. U. will hold a necktl social in the G. A. R. hall Friday even Ing. Ing.C. C. S. McCaslln , janitor at the Gran school building , has been very ill wit ! kidney and heart trouble. Blllie Prlngle , over a hundred year old and then some , Is back In Norfoll this week with his street organ. George H. Burton , who has been \ , with an attack of the rheumatlsn was able to be back at his store ye ! terday. Miss Mamie Ward Is assisting a stenographer in the office of Ransor & Anderson during the illness of Mis Martha Koehn. Senator Allen will go to Logan , la March 17 to defend Editor A. H. Snl of Missouri Valley , who will bo tried' ' for killing M. E. Brundrlgo. The Plerco Leader states that It Is reported that Dr. A. M. Cross , may tumove from Pierce. Dr. Cross has lived In Pierce for eighteen years. Ten Stanton high school pupils con test Friday evening for the honor of representing their school at the north Nebraska declamatory contest In Nor folk next month. Stanton Picket : John Falgcr has gene to Wisconsin on a visit. His aunt and undo from central Illinois , will return with him to live on a farm south of Norfolk Junction. The Chess club mooting at the homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. Phillip Puoslcr last evening hold Its last meeting for the season. The previous meeting was at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Pasewalk. Judge Douglas Cones of Pierce , while lu Norfolk yesterday did eome work for the candidacy of W. E. Powers of Plorco for the position of district delegate to the Denver con vention. Atkinson Graphic : John Bond and family left for Norfolk , where Mr. Bond has traded for an eating house. Wo are sorry to see this family leave , but trust that this may be for their best Interests and If It does not prove such they will find the place made vacant by their removal still open for their return. A considerable portion of Norfolk's available cash was held from the ways of commerce yesterday morning when one of the bank safes refused to open at the appointed time. The bank bor rowed temporary cash funds and suc ceeded In getting Its safe open by 11 a. m. A safe export was about to be called from Omaha. Judge Welch arrived In Norfolk Tuesday evening from Madison , whore he acted as trial judge In the Boche murder case. He left for Wayne Wednesday morning. Judge Jackson of Nellgh passed through the city yes terday enroute home. Attorneys Mapes and Tyler , who were counsel In the defense , have returned home. From the cash' returns from Durno's entertainment , one of the high school lecture course numbers , the committee announces that the receipts from sin gle admission tickets a little more than covered the expenses of the number. The course now has a small balance In the treasury. Durno , In addition to being a financial success , pleased his audience. Joe Barley , who was Implicated In the roller skate robbery at Wayne , has been brought to the Norfolk hospital the Wayne county board of insanity having adjudged him insane on the complaint of his father. A year or two ago Barley was discharged by the railroad company for being respon slblc for a freight collision east o ; Emerson and later ho was arrested charged with cashing a railroad pay check not issued to him. City Superintendent E. J. Bodwel met President Roosevelt on the occas Ion of his recent eastern trip to attent an educational meeting In Washington D. C. With State Superintendent Me Brlen , Dr. Luckey of the state untver slty and President Thomas of the Kearney normal. Mr. Bodwell wa Introduced to the president by Senator Brown. The senator afterwards pres ented the Nebraska school men to Vice President Fairbanks and also en tertalned them at luncheon at the capital. Brown county , according to a Lln coin dispatch , is the first county In the state to notify the state treasure that It is going to vote on the propos ition to Issue bonds for the purpose of erecting a county high school built ing. The county clerk wrote to Treas urer Brian to see whether the state could buy the bonds , the question o county. Mr. Brian held Inasmuch a the bonds will be signed by the count } clerk being whether the bonds wer school bonds and the chairman of th Board of County Commissioners th bonds are certainly an obligation o the county and can bo bought by th state. He notified the county clerk to have the bonds pay 5 per cent. The proposition to be voted on is to be an issue of from f 15,000 to $20,000 bonds. WILL BE ENACTED AT MADISON MONDAY , MARCH 16. HEARING FOR A NEW TRIAL If the Motion for a New Trial Is De nied , Sentence Will at That Time be Pronounced Upon Boche by Judge B Welch. The next chapter In the Boche trial will be written at Madison a week from next Monday , District Judge Welch coming to Madison at that time to pass on the application of Boche's attorneys for a new trial. Judge Welch will probably deny this applica tlon , at the same time pronouncing sentence on Herman Boche. it Until the sixteenth Bocho will be a ! liberty under his old $15,000 bone which holds good until the end of the present term of court. When Eoch < is placed under sentence , and Judc ( it Welch can sentence him anywhert from one to ten years In the penlten tiary he will again become Sherlt s Clements' prisoner. After sentence Is pronounced Bocht will be back In the county Jail untl the supreme court can be asked t < fix the amount of ball under which h < can secure his liberty pending or appeal to that court. Preparatory to appealing the Bochi cnso to the supreme court on allegei 5S error In the trial the attorneys for thi convicted man have asked for thi preparation of the customary "bill o exceptions. " FLAT TOPPED HILLS , PECULIAR FEATURE OF COUNTRY. MOST NOTED ONE AT GREGORY Was n Land Mark For Years , Now Oc cupied by the Municipal Water Sys tem of the City , Erected at a Cost of $25,000. , Gregory , S. D. , March 2. Special o The News : One of the peculiar 'oatures of the topography of the losobud country is the flat topped tills or buttca which rise above the rolling prairies , sometimes to an de ration of 200 foot or more. Perhaps ho most noted of these buttcs Is that low known as the Gregory Heights. Using near the point where the road o Chamberlain and Plerco branches off from Uio old government trail which leads from old Fort Randall on .he Missouri river to Rosebud agency and the Black Hills this majestic nittc was for years a noted landmark of the reservation. Under Us shadows where there is an unlimited supply of ) uro water the first Bottlers of Gre gory staked out the town slto after .he opening of Gregory county In the lutumn of 1901 , and founded the vll- age which was destined In three short years to become the chief commercial center of the Rosebud country , with a population of 2000 people. The city of Gregory has recently con structed a line municipal water system a cost of $25,000. with n great concrete reservoir upon the butles iving sufficient pressure to throw water over the highest buildings and iffordlng lire protection equal to that of any city In South Dakota. While the workmen were engaged In exca vating for the waterworks they un earthed the bones of a huge prehls- : orlc mastodon very near the top of the buttes and about five feet beneath the surface. A part of the monstrous skeleton was in a good state of pre servation but much of It crumbled to pieces very shortly after exposure to Ihe atmosphere. The Hag waving from a tall staff on the buttes Is visible for many miles across the beautiful rolling prairies of the reservation. It Is an Inspiring sight and one which will bo witnessed by thousands who come to Gregory during the coming summer to register for the great Trlpp county land openIng - Ing and who must pass almost under the shadow of the Gregory Heights on their way to secure homsteads in the promised land which is only five miles distant. Government officials are predicting that the rush for land In Trlpp county will bo the greatest the country has ever seen. There Is nearly one million acres to be thrown open and it Is said to bo the most des irable body of land yet remaining in the public domain. It is said that no section of the United States has ever developed so rapidly as the territory around Greg ory which was settled In 1904. Al though the first railroad train did not reach Gregory until June 1C , 1907 there was about $300,000 expended during 1907 for improvements. These improvements included many hand- borne residences. It Is freely predict ed that with the opening of Trlpp county which because of its close proximity is natural Gregory territory. The thriving young city will continue to grow wjth unprecedented rapidity MONDAY MENTION. George Berry went to Omaha yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Koerber spenl yesterday at Wlsnor. Attorney Berry of Wayne was Ir Norfolk between trains Saturday. Mrs. Hetty Glare of Knox countj stopped In Norfolk on her way home from Chicago to visit her old time friend , Mrs. Ella Clare. Mrs. W. P. McCune and little daugh ter returned home Saturday evening iI from a visit with her sister , Mrs. Wai ter Braasch , at Platte Center. Mrs. Ella Roberts has been enjoylnj a visit from her sister , Mrs. T. M Hook of Creighton , and her niece Mrs. Leslie Harper of Deadwood. Wesley Roberts has returned toth < Kearney military academy after hav Ing recovered from the effects of i powder burned eye. He will bo com ' pelled to wear glasses. Miss Nettle Dortch Is visiting li Lincoln. George E. Schiller returned to Cen tral City Saturday. C. W. Schofield has been In Gram Island on a short visit. A. L. Kllllan returned Saturday fron his business trip east. Dr. D. K. Tlndall was In Humphre ; and Creston Sunday. C. E. Burnham and daughter Fal < went to Omada yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Perry left for i visit with their daughter In Seattle Wash. W. B. Hlght , T. G. Hight and Ro ; HIght left for a visit with their mothe at her home near Cedar Rapids , Iowa W. C. Ahlman and W. C. James ar home from the automobile show a Lincoln , where they purchased thre machines. Mr. James got a runabou for his own use. Dr. and Mrs. T. B. Heckert an daughter , Miss Margaret Heckert , c Wayne 'were guests over Sunday a the home of E. P. Olmsted. Mrs. A. D. Howe , Mr. and Mrs. I E. Williams , Miss Bertha Howe , an Mrs J. J. Clements of Madison won to Stanton Sunday for a short visit c the home of Mr. and Mrs. J J Leik. City Superintendent E. J Bodwe arrived homo yesterday from Wasl Ington , D C. , where he attended meeting of the department of superli association. Mr. Bodwell spoke of the \ mooting with enthuBlnsm. R. H. MathowBon , cashier of the Farmers nnd Traders bank of Wake- field , with his sister , Miss Eleanor MathowBon , who Is visiting from Con necticut , spent Sunday in Norfolk , the guests of relatives. Dr. Young , superintendent of the Norfolk hospital for the Insane , Is homo from a visit to the east. Ho vlHltcd his mother In Now Jersey and his sister , whoso homo Is In the Roosevelt velt family In the whlto house. Among the day's out of town visit ors In Norfolk wore : John Ellorman , Scrlbncr ; D. H. Newcomer , Spencer ; C. Dcgalllez , Burke ; G. L. Connany , Bonesteel , S. D. ; W. E. Buckland , Homer ; W. W. Cram , Walthlll ; H. M. Scott , Plalnvlow ; J. O. Metcalf , Grand Island ; A. R. Davis , Wayne ; Arthur F. Mullen , O'Nolll ; O. AV. Mnnson , Spencer ; E. B. Kelley , MadlBon , S. D. ; B. Storm , Crelghton ; C. M. Taylor , Columbus ; A. E. Keel , Bonesteel , S. D. ; J. W. Fitch , Newman Grovo. Mrs. J. S. Morrow was taken quite sick Sunday. Perfect spring days wore the first two of March. The air was crisp and invigorating. The four-year-old son of Fred Terry , living a mile and a half southwest of Warnorvllle , died last week. March came In like a lamb , all right , all right. Norfolk hopes it won't have any semblance of the lion's roar at all , at all. The Norfolk branch of the anti- horse thief association held a meeting In the city hall Saturday to discuss various matters. It was reported that no members have lost horses of late. Farmers and live stock owners are urged to Join. Bertha Thleje , the fourteen-year-old girl accidentally shot by her brother In the family homo near Hosklns , Is gradually getting worse. The girl Is very despondent , which makes It harder for her family to care for her. The girl , while only fourteen , is largo for her age. Ernest Raasch says that he intends to bid on all the cattle brought to the exchange day Tuesday. Ho will buy every "critter" on which ho thinks ho can make fifty cents. He says there will be a better demand for farm machinery , etc. , because of the approach preach of spring work. Herman Boche was a familiar fig ure on one Madison street last week , walking quietly back and forth from the rooming house where ho stayed to the court house. Contrary to a mis conception in Norfolk Bocho has not been confined in the county jail dur ing the trial , the bond which he gave for his appearance In court holding good during the progress of the trial. The charge upon which Herman Bocho Is being prosecuted down In the district court at Madison Is "mur der in the first degree , " an offense which is punishable with life Impris onment or by hanging. County Attor ney Koenigstein in his complaint charges that the murder of Frank Jar- mer was premeditated. The jury can bring in a verdict for murder in either the first or second degrees or for man slaughter. While the state probably has not hoped lor a verdict of firs ! degree murder yet technically It Is upon this charge that Herman Bocho has been prosecuted. Norfolk members of company B were much pleased with the Inspection at Stanton the other day. Major Davl son , U. S. A. , retired , gave the mem hers excellent Instruction. Following . the Inspection there was an oyster supper , with Inspecting officers , mem hers of the G. A. R. and others as guests. Speakers were. Brigadier General Schwartz , Major Davison John A. Ehrhardt , former J. A. D. ex-Representative Charles Chase , ex Representative Charles McLeod , ex Senator W. W. Young. Major G. A Eberly , Captain Ivor S. Johnson. Nor folk members are trying to have a de tachment located here. i- ig I- DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO YOUNG LADIES OF CLASS. BASED ON SCHOOL RECORDS Miss Bessie Richey Will be Valedlcto a rlan and Miss Lydia Brueggemar " Will Deliver the Salutation Usual Commencement Exercises. Miss Bessie Richey and Miss Lydlc Bruggeman win the class honors Ir the Norfolk high school this year. Ai holding first rank In scholarship Misi Richey will be valedictorian at the 'Of commencement exercises while Miss Brueggeman , ranking second , will de liver the salutation. These announcements are made bj the high school faculty and are baset on the records since the high schoo fire last March. These class honors based on the record of the graduate ! In their high school course , have al ways been highly prized. In the pas the honors wore based on the foui years work but all high school recordi were destroyed In the fire last year. Last spring the class honors wen distributed by a class vote. This yea : it the faculty returned to the scholars ! ) ! ] plan , taking the records made sinci the fire. It will not bo until 191 that the honors can bo finally dlstrll utcd on the basis of the full four yea course. The commencement exercises thi spring will not depart from the plan adopted last > ear. The principal feal are of the exercises will be an addres by some speaker away The speake has not been selected h- ha a Price-cutting IB advertising If It 1 emphasized and blazoned and rcltera 11 IE IS AS DELEGATE TO NATIONAL RE- PUDLICAN CONVENTION. DY MADISON COUNTY REPUB5 Madison County Republicans Met at Dnttle Creek Saturday Afternoon and Selected State nnd Congressloiv nl Delegations , lluttlo Crook. Nob. , Feb. 29. Spe lal to The NUWH : The Madison conn y republican convention mot hero this ftormum anil selected delegates to 10 state and congressional conven- ons. Resolutions endorsing Prcsl- ont Roosevelt , the candidacy of Sec- ptnry Tuft , Governor Sheldon , Con- resBmnn Royd nnd W. N. Huso foi ologato from the Third district to the atlonal ropubllcnn convention In Cht- ago , were adopted. State Delegate ! . Delegates to the state convention re : George N. liculs , Hurt Mapes , ! . 13. Ilurnhnm , P. F. Sprcchor , W. A. VltzlBinan , ChrlH Schuvlnnd , T. K. Al- orson , P. 8. Perdue , C. 8. Smith , George ( lutru , B. II. ( Johrhnrt , C. A. mlth , M W. Carmody , Howard Miler - er , Ilermnn Hogrcfe. Congressional Delegates. Following are delegates to the con- resBlonal convention which inootB In Norfolk March 10 : 13. A. Uulloclc , elm H. Hays , Hurt Mapes , C. 13. Burn- am , A. C. Daniel , P. II. L. Willis , S. ! . niarlcman , James Nichols , John II. larding , .lames Dover , H. II. HoynoldB , C. A. Handall , 8. D , Robertson , . ! . 8. lathe wson , Uurr Taft. Resolutions Adopted. Following arc the resolutions adopt * d : \Vo , the republican delegates of Madison county In convention assem- led , hereby renillrm our allegiance to he policies of the republican party as iromnlgated by our worthy president , Theodore Roosevelt , and endorse his Inn and patriotic administration. Re- grettlng his determination not to servo B president again , and Inspired by his wishes In the selection of a candidate o succeed him , we cordially endorse ho candidacy of Hon. William II. Taft or president , fully convinced that ho s a wlso and courageous statesman and eminently fitted to continue the vork laid out by President Roosevelt. Therefore bo It Resolved , That the delegates from his convention to the slate and con- ; resslonal conventions lie Instructed o vote and work for such candidates 'or delegates to the national conven- ion as will pledge themselves to cast heir votes for Hon. W. 11. Taft and continue so to cast their votes until ho shall bo nominated or cease to bo a candidate , In which case they shall .ransfer their votes to some candidate whoso progressive republicanism can not be questioned. Pleased with the administration of Governor Geo. L. Sheldon , and believ ing In his Integrity and fidelity to the principles of the republican party , wo iiereby endorse his business methods of conducting state affairs and recom mend his re-election. Wo congratulate the Third district of Nebraska upon the splendid record made by Hon. J. F. Iloyd , now serving his first term in congress , and recog nizing the merit of republican prin ciple that a public official who renders faithful , conscientious service Is en titled to serve two terms , wo urge his renomlnation and re-election. In acknowledgment of the newspa per of the present day as a party fac tor , we endorse the candidacy of W. N. Huso , editor of The Norfolk News , as a delegate to the national repub lican convention from the Third dis trict , and the delegates from this county in the congressional convention are Instructed to use all honorable means to secure his election. Fight Over Resolutions. It was not without a heated contro versy and debate that the above reso lutions were adopted. Early In the convention a motion carried that a committee on resolutions be appointed , one delegate from each precinct , the various precinct delegations naming their own commltteemen on call. A committee to nominate delegates to conventions was named In the same way. Then there was a balf hour's Intermission. The resolutions committee brought in the resolutions Just as they were afterward adopted. A minority report was brought In , striking out the final paragraph. It was here that the debate broke out. The minority report was offered as an amendment to the original. Minority Report Snowed Under. On vote , the amendment was voted down , 97 to 21 , and the majority re port adopted. The state delegation was named by the nominating committee. By vote of the nominating commit tee , the naming of the congressional delegation was given to W. N. Huse. S. C. Blackman , secretary of the county central committee , called the convention to order , in absence of Chalrman'C. A. Smith. C. A. Randall was made temporary , then permanent , chairman and Mr. Blackman perma nent secretary. f Credentials were accepted , there be ing no contest. GAY HALVERSTEIN BETTER Serious Attack of Blood Poisoning Fol lows Scratched Finger. Gay Halversteln , who has been In a rather critical condition on account of blood poisoning following a scratch on one If his fingers , was bettor today. Yesterday the hand where blood poison had set in was lanced five times. It was said that medical atten tion was secured just In time to prevent - vent fatal results Last Frlda > night Mr Hah orate In scratched ono of hlo fingers on a gal Is vanized boiler vhcn ho was taking ashes from the furnace. Infection set