The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, March 27, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

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    NOIU'OI-K WEEKLfNEWS-JOUltNAk 1'ltIDAY ' MAUC'll , S7 I'JUS. '
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CANDIDATES NOMINATED AT A
< v HIQH LICENSE CONVENTION.
WOULD NOT CHANGE CONDITIONS
High Llcennc Voters Are Satisfied
With the Present Manner of Controlling -
trolling the Liquor Traffic Ticket
Headed by W. L. Staple for Mayor.
i , Nub. , March 2-1. Special to
The NUWK : I'urHiinnt to u cull Issued
tlio high license voters of this city
mot In the court room laHt night.
From all Indications the ticket was
"cut and dried" hoforo the convention ,
although u light wan made for coun
cilman In the First wnrd , C. L. Wnt-
tleti winning by a vote over L. A.
llorhy hy fill to 18.
M. II. Iliiffinan called the meeting
to order andvhy u choice W. T. Wat-
tleH was olf'cted chairman with J. W.
Spirit UH uccrotnry. The chairman
stated the nature ot the call ami In
u pleatmnt manner wished that the
tv- voters would suggest a commltteo on
I'oHolutlotiK. M. I ) . HufTman came to
tlio rescue and Htatcd that ho had
lived In Nellgh thirty years and he
did not see that rcHolutlons were nec
essary In fact It had not been the
custom , and did not think It waH the
sutiHo of the voters present tonight.
I Iu Htated that the opposition had
adopted resolutions as long as your
arm , and In .short , seemed to think
that the high license principle should
prevail.
Dr.V. . F. Conwell moved that reso
lutions ho drafted and a committee of
three ho appointed. They were M.
II. Huffman , C. L. Wattles and W. F.
Conwell.
Without a "hook or crook" and with
II unanimous vote W. L. Staple was
nominated for mayor , Hohert Wilson
cleric , If. U. Iltuiser , treasurer , .Too
McCalg police Judge , councilman from
First ward C. L. Wattles , councilman
Second ward .less Wlnn.
The resolutions In part favored the
present plan of the workings now goIng -
Ing on In this city , cited the fact that
If the saloons were not voted In on
April 7 next that the present high
standard of the high schools would
ho dropped to a low degree.
Before the close of the meeting M.
U. Huffman asked the voters present
to got out and work for the ticket
nominated. Ho stated that ho has
boosted for the good of N'ellgh for
thirty years but will not do so If the
opposition wins.
It goes without saying that the res
olutions were adopted without a dis
senting vote.
MODERN WOODMEN AT ORCHARD
Preparations For a Big Class Adoption
Next Month.
Orchard , Neb. . Mnrch 21. Special
U to The News : The Modern Woodmen
of America from the camps' at Orch
ard , Venus and Walnut will hold a
rally and joint class adoption In
Orchard on Wednesday night , April
8. Besides the members of the above
camps a largo representation from
neighboring towns Is expected to swell
the attendance. A banquet will fol
low the work of the night and the
rally will last through the night.
Many prominent Woodmen , Including
E. B. Kester , W. C. James and others
will bo present. D. H. GIpe , deputy
head consul has been organizing the
class during the past three weeks and
the rally Is expected to be the big
event of the M. W. A. In this section.
Salaries of Teachers.
West Point , Neb. , March 24. Spec
ial to The News : The West Point
f. / school board has fixed the monthly
salaries of the teachers for the com
ing year at the following figures :
Miss Leah Meyer , $ SO ; Prof. William
Thelssen , $70 ; Miss Helen Travis ,
$05 ; Miss Agnes Barrett , $55 ; Misses
Margaret Gallagher , Eva Schalrer , Ida
Melcher , Emma Ackerman and Blanche
Shearer , $50 each.
FOREIGNTREES IN NEW ZEALAND
Trees From Other Countries Being
Successfully Cultivated.
Trees' ' from the United States , Eu
rope , and Australia are being sys
tematically Introduced into the native
forests of New Zealand. In the cli
mate of that country trees from al
most anywhere- will thrive , and this
fact is taken advantage of to plant
the most profitable species. Eleven
million larches , oaks , spruces , Doug
las llrs and eucalyptus have been set
la plantations , and vast numbers of
seedlings are coming on in nurseries
These are rapidly growing species
which also make excellent timber.
The reason given for Introducing
foreign trees is that the native trees
of Now Zealand are too slow in growth
Some of them , as the kauri pine , grow
to gigantic slzo and produce excell
ent timber , but it takes from 200
years up to do so. Successful forestry
demands quicker returns.
More rapid changes In animal and
vegetable life are taking place in New
Zealand than almost anywhere else
in the world. The native Polynesian
race Is rapidly disappearing before the
European. The wild animals , native
to the Islands , amount to little in the
contest -with animals brought In ,
many of which now run wild. The
streams are full of American and
European trout , which grow to en
ormous size. The very forests are to
bo replaced , tree by tree , by planting
foreign species as the native woods
disappear.
Now Zealand has one million two
hundred thousand acres of forest , with
two hundred kinds of trees. It Is es
timated that the native forests will
last , at the present rate of cutting ,
lor seventy years. The replacement
will therefore he gradual Hut In the
end , If the Imported trees prove to bo
more valuable economically than the
native OUCH , they will make up the
future forests of the country.
Forestry wan taken up In Now Zea
land over thirty years ago , hut wan
abandoned after a few years. The
reason given for dropping It was that
It coat moiv than It waa worth. After
several years of exploration. It was
generally conceded that the abandon
ment of forestry by the government
was a serious mistake , and It wan
taken up again with renewed energy ,
bridge In safety.
BATTLE ROYAL ON THE NORFOLK
WRESTLING MATCH.
IT WAS A VERY CLOSE CONTEST
Wasem Won After a Close Tussle.
Match Was Lively From the Start
and Finished up Fast and Furious.
"Lucky Bill" Challenges Winner.
In a battle royal on the wrestling
mat at the Auditorium Tuesday night
Oscar Wasem proved a better man
than Jack Downs , middleweight , chain-
plon of Canada. After losing the first
fall In 20:50 : , Oscar Wasem got the
second fall In 11:20 : and the third and
derisive fall In 13:20. :
Nearly an hour of actual wrestling
was afforded. The match was lively
from the start and towards the close
waxed fast and furious. It was not
a fancy match and did not smack of
the exhibition contest. It was In fact
declared to bo the best wrestling
bout ever held in Norfolk and a good
sized house saw It.
Wasem IB a Lincoln wrestler and a
Norfolk favorite. Broad shouldered ,
muscular and deep of chest , he still
falls a little short of Frank notch and
the other top-notehcrs hut In his class
ho need ask no favors. Wasem had
an especial advantage over Downs
In the matter of wind.
"Kid" Jensen of Norfolk rcferend
the contest. The entertainment was
opened with a preliminary between
the IToush brothers. Claude Housh
drew the first fall In two minutes ,
while Ertrlo Housh gathered In the
second and third falls and the match
in nine and five minutes.
The main match early developed
that the two men were evenly match
ed. It required Downs five minutes
and a half to get behind Wasem.
Down on the mat two minutes the
men were up and down again. They
broke and again for five minutes spar
red for an opening1. They went down
again , Downs on top but soon to ex
change places with Wasem for a few
seconds. The men were on their feet
and then for two minutes worked on
the mat. The work fell to Downs who
had held the aggressive all through
the early evening. Both men were
clever but Wasem was beginning to
show confidence. The men were at it
again on the mat , Downs working at
the German's wind. Another tussle
and Downs had Wasem on a bridge
and the Canadian's stock went up.
Downs tried for a hammer lock but
failed. Ho had a head scissor and
then slipped into a straight body hold.
The arch in Wasem's body flattened
out and the shoulders touched. One
of Wasem's arms was locked.
On the next opening Downs got be
hind Wasem In less than two minutes.
Downs got a scissor leg hold on
Wasem. The Gorman turned out of
the hold , almost getting Downs on a
crouch. Again they were on the mat ,
Wasem this time on top and meaning
business. Downs smiles as he wrest
les but Wasem Is always serious. A
few turns 'and Wasem won the fall
with a crouch hold and an arm lock.
The match now became sensational.
The men opened cautiously. There
was applause when Wasem shifted on
top. Twice Heteree Jensen had to
liring the men back on the mat , once
when they rushed against a scene In
a lively skirmish and once when
Wasem went part way over the foot
lights In trying to pull Downs tint on
the mat. The fall was won on a half
Nelson and a crouch. Wasem got his
hold quickly as he let Downs turn.
The match was over. "I guess he
won , " said Downs to the crowd , "I
guess he is a little bit the better-
man. "
Wasem was called for and spoke of
the challenge from "Lucky Bill , " the
Geddls , S. D. , wrestler , to the winner
of the match , the challenge having
been read at the opening of the
match. Wasem said that he was
ready to meet "Lucky Hill. " Wasem
also declared that he was given to
wrestling rather than talking and that
the South Dakota man had only to
Insure a match. This match may he
pulled off In Norfolk.
H. F. Barnhart went to Pierce Mon
day.
Father Tevls went to Omaha Tues
day.
day.Mr. . and Mrs. Duke Hill , who have
been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elton
Sherdeman , left yesterday for Lin
coln.
coln.Mrs. . Connelly , who was taken very
ill Sunday , is ranch better.
E. P. Olmsted left Sunday to visit
his farm near North Platte.
Miss Maude Wnrk of Stanton was
the guest of Mrs. L. A" ; Slmms.
M. B. Ayers of Stanton Is In the
city.
city.Mrs. . J. Schwartz Is able to be about
after three weeks of Illness.
Miss Lillie Drake of Albion is hero
visiting her friend , Mrs. W. H. Ship-
pee.
Charles Belersdorf has returned
from a short visit at Plainview with
his brother-in-law , August Millnltz.
Mr. MHlnltz suffered a severe stroke
of paralysis about a year ago but Is
gradually improving.
THE MIND OF THE MOB PROFES
SIONALLY TREATED.
INFLUENCE OVER HIS AUDIENCE
Dr. Vincent of the Chicago University
Advises People to Hold to the Truth
as They See It , and Not Yield to the
Influence of the Speaker.
Visiting statesmen who come to Nor
folk this summer and fall on various
campaigns of education will bo greet
ed with moro critical and more sus
picious audiences than waxed Into en
thusiasm In 1S9C and 1900 and 1904.
Norfolk people who were at the Audi
torium Monday evening were educated
In the arts and devices of the "spell
binder" by Dr. George 13. Vincent ,
whoso lecture on "The Mind of the
Mob" was given as the last number
of the high school lecture course.
Dr. Vincent closed his lecture with
a plea for men and women who hold
to the truth as they see It , who are
loyal to their conscience , who are not
drawn Into irrational "movement , "
who do not borrow all their ideas from
the few people who do the thinking
for their community. He said that
civilization was not swept on by
waves of sentiment but that It was
advanced by slower and more sub
stantial methods.
Sociological phychologlsts , Dr. Vin
cent said , had found a close analogy
between the mind of the mob and the
crowd and the Individual mind under
certain conditions ; also that the lead
er or spellbinder gains ascendancy
over the mob or crowd by exactly the
same methods used in hypnotising the
individual through the various stages
of concentration of attention , loss ol
the sense of personality , loss of the
critical or hard-headed attitude , and
the final or suggestionable stage.
"The spellbinder and the brass band
are Inseparable , " said Dr. Vincent ,
"and crowds must bo turned away If
only in-the morning papers. In the
hall there must be just enough air to
keep the audience awake but not
enough to make it rellective. There
must be the pictures to point to and
'old glory" calling1 up visions of Wash
ington crossing the Delaware and oth
er exploits dear to the school books
and all surrounded by a fringe of
emotional fireworks.
"The spellbinder must know his au
dience. Before he steps upon this
Auditorium stage ho has Inquired of
the local chairman the local church
coloring , the various elements of the
population , the local industries , the
jokes on the local opposition. Then
after the audience has been kept on
edge for a number of minutes he
steps upon the stage with the chair
man.
"He first puts out feelers , the witty
feeler and the humorous feeler. He
tries the witty feeler and if the audi
ence Is responsive he realizes that he
has sharp-minded folks to deal with
and is careful. But if the people , as
Aid says , 'come in by freight'.on the
witty feeler he knows that they will
take on the feeler and that he h'as an
audience of 'good sound American cit
izens' after his own heart.
"His allusions and jokes are all
familiar , made by wholesale for people
ple who consume by wholesale. Ho
Is never dry but is always the word-
painter. Ho flatters the audience and
gets them to think that thej are really
doing the thinking that he is doing for
them. 'You can see that it follows
from the premises that ' the spell
binder says , and though the crowd
nay see it jou may be quite sure that
t does not follow from , the premises
even if there are any premises to fol-
ow from.
"There are three ways to dispose of
the man with the pointed question ,
ct the laugh on htm. Pass his ques
tion on till later and then dodge It.
Or have the fellow 'chucked out. '
"The spellbinder fuses his audience
together by the rapidity of his utter-
mice. He first wins their favor. He
makes his points early. Then ham
mers them down with flight after flight
of oratory. His coherence all the time
is verbal , not logical. His voice is
resonant but monotonous. He turns
more and more to emotionalism as he
feels his control over the audience. "
Dr. Vincent himself had thorough
control over the arts of the lecture
platform and the lecture was very
much appreciated. Being a lecture
the attendance was of course only
fair. Dr. Vincent is a University of
Chicago professor and the lecture ,
while presented in a popular way , was
at the same time of a higher order
than the usual public lecture.
Dr. Vincent remained in Norfolk
Tuesday and in the afternoon ad
dressed the high school students.
A Deficit In Finances.
A deficit of $115 faces the committee
In charge of the high school lecture
course. The course closed with Dr.
Vincent's lecture of Monday evening.
The deficit will fall on about fifty
Norfolk men who guaranteed the fi
nancial success of the course by agree
ing to make up any shortage. Last
year the deficit amounted to only a
few dollars. The future of the course
as a result is rather dubious.
ROURKES NOW AT PRACTICE.
Omaha Champions Start Practice with
Few Changes in Team.
Omaha , March 23. Captain Franck
and LeBrand arrived from the west
Saturday and regular practice of the
Rourkes started today.
Slim Hall arrived Saturday noon , so
with Franck and LeBrand on the
ground , Belden and Autrey already in
and King and Graham and Austin due
tomorrow , the Champions should have
a full line-up Monday , which Is report
ing day.
As now constituted the Omaha team
will bo Gondlng and l/'Hrand. catch
ers ; Autrey and Dolan , first bane ;
Graham , second huso ; Franck , short
stop ; Austin , third base ; King , left
field ; Welch , center field , and Belden
In the sun garden. The pitching staff
Includes War Sanders , Slim Hall , Me-
Neeley. Hollonbeck , Hit/man , Metr ,
Clark , Isaacs and Williams.
Thompson , who cost Pa llourke
$1.000. was traded for Householder ,
whose demands wore too strong for
Pa. The last heard from Householder
he had reported to the Fresno team.
Honrke Is figuring on a trade of
Householder whereby he will get a
good pitcher or an outfielder.
Pa has arranged exhibition games
for each Saturday and Sunday until
the opening of the season , and a few
minor games will bo played on week
days , but the greater portion of the
time , morning and afternoon , will be
given over to hard work under the
guidance of Captain Franek.
The dates aa arranged will bo the
Originals for next Saturday and Sun
day ; the White Sox No. 2 , for three
games , Aprll , I ! . 4 and 5 ; Sioux City ,
April 11 and 12. For many years H
has been the custom of the Omaha
team to play the opening dates with
the Lee-Glass-Andrccscn team , and
this practice will be adhered to this
\ear.
Although the Western league season
opens April 15 , the opening game for
Omaha will be April 23 , when the
band will play and the pennant will
he unfurled from the tall pole at Vln-
IOH park.
NORFOLK MEN ON GRAND JURY
F. E. Davenport and John W. Decker
Drawn Others Who Will Serve.
Norfolk has two representatives on
the grand jury drawn yesterday for
the Omaha division of the United
States court. The two Norfolk citi
zens who have places slated on the
Omaha grand jury which will begin
Its work April 0 are Frank E. Daven
port , the Norfolk shoe man , and John
W. Decker , who Is baggageman at the
U. P. station.
Among the other north Nebraska
citizens who were drawn on the grand
jury are John Coleman , a Wayne
farmer ; J. H. DeLarm , a Petersburg
livestock man ; John Hoar , a Wayne
hotel keeper ; Matthew Keeper , a re
tired farmer at Spencer ; William
Lytle , a Neligh miller ; Mark J. Simp
son , a Bassett merchant ; George
Snide , a Springfield farmer ; Nick
Weber , a Butte farmer.
Some of the north Nebraska men
who will have to report In Omaha for
the petit jury on April 8 are Ray At
kinson of Alnsworth , Fred T. CHft of
O'Neill ; Lewis B. Hallstead of Peters
burg ; J. C. Horlskey of O'Neill ' ; Milt
Knight of West Point ; William Smith
of West Point , and Charles E. Trow
of Wisner.
WON'T ATTEND POP CONVENTION
Senator Allen , Although a Populist ,
Will Support Bryan.
"I shall support Mr. Bryan for the
presidency no matter who nominates
him. " said ex-United States Senator
W. V. Allen in an Omaha interview.
"I shall support him for the reason
that I believe him to be the best man
for president and believe that he will
be' nominated and elected.
"I shall not go to the St. Louis con
vention , though'I am still a populist.
I think the populist convention will be
dominated by the southern delegations
and influences , and that Mr. Watson
or some other southern man will be
nominated. So if I do not go to the
convention I will not be bound by It.
"I suppose Mr. Taft will be the
nominee of the republicans. I hope so ,
for the reason that I believe we can
beat him with Mr. Bryan. Yet , after
nil , I think Mr. Roosevelt is still a can-
ilidate and that Secretary Taft is
merely a stalking horse for him. I
believe Roosevelt wants the nomina
tion and that he would take it again
four year ? from now if ho can get It.
"The populist party is now in the
minority in the west. Most of the
members have gone back into the
democratic party , and some intft the
republican party. But there are a few
of us left as a leaven to keep the old
spirit alive.
"My visit here Is on private matters
and I return to Logan , la. , where I am
engaged In the defense of A. H. Sniff ,
editor of the Harrison County News ,
on trial for the murder of M. E.
Brundlge.
INDIAN SPENT NIGHT IN JAIL.
After Trying a War Whoop or Two ,
He Became Guest of Flynn.
Nebraska James Hallowell. an In
dian brave armed with a flask of fire
water and a letter from United States
Senator E. J. Burkett , made merry on
the streets of Norfolk last evening.
Nebraska's memory turned back tow
ards the days when others of his tribe
had roamed over the prairies of Madi
son county and he forgot that the pale
faces , cranky and finicky , had crowded
in with city ordinances , jails and po
licemen.
Nebraska broke the quiet of Nor
folk avenue with a war-whoop. It
sounded well and he tried it again.
Chief Flynn was disturbed. Translat
ed Into Irish the Indian's war-whoop
seemed to foreshadow trouble.
With visions of an Indian uprising
the chief hit down the street but the
chief from the reservation was merely
vocal in his disturbances. The Indian
spent the night In the city jail.
Mr. N. James Hallowell lives in
Macy In Thurston county and he was
on his way for a visit at Genoa. He
took the train for Genoa today.
Nothing makes a married man so
mad as to hear his wife speak of her
hall of his money.
THE NEW ST. PAUL LUTHERAN
CHURCH ON MAY 3.
IMPORTANT EVENT IN CHURCH
Dedication Sermon Will be Preached
by Rev. M. Lehnlnger of Plymouth.
Complete Program Not Yet Mapped
Out.
The beautiful new church home of
St. Paul Ev. Lutheran church will be
dedicated on May , ' ! , the second Sun
day after Easter. The complete pro
gram has not been mapped out but It
will be an event which will attract
many Lutherans to the church.
The dedication sermon will bo
preached by Rev , M. Lchnlnger of
Plymouth. Rev. Philip Martin of Stanton -
ton will preach in the afternoon. In
the evening it is probable that a ser
mon In English will be delivered by
Rev. August F. Zlch of Sleepy Eye ,
Minn.
The windows of the church , the non-
arrival of which occasioned delay ,
have been received.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
C. A. Smith Is homo from Lincoln.
Hurt Mapcs was In Foster yesterday.
Miss Lena Mills Is homo from Sioux
City.
City.M.
M. C. Hazcn returned yesterday
from O'Neill.
Mrs. Fred Miller returned to her
homo in Utlca today.
Mrs. A. G. Mason of Meadow Grove
was in Norfolk yesterday.
Dr. P. H. Salter was called to Pierce
yesterday for an operation.
Mrs. Ella Lefllcr left Monday evenIng -
Ing for Johnstown on a business trip.
D. Mnthowson returned last evening
from a pleasant and quite successful
hunting trip in Iowa.
Mrs. O. Lamoureaux of Lamro , S.
D. , was in Norfolk returning to Trlpp
county from Omaha.
Mrs. Will Vail and Mrs. Lawler
came down from Wayne and are the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Over-
rocker.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Koerbcr and
John Koerber left at noon for Madi
son , Wis. , to see their father , who is
very sick.
Victor N. Peterson of Wausa was in
Norfolk yesterday , his first visit to
the city. Mr. Peterson recently sold
his Knox county farm and may move
to Norfolk.
J. W. Rose , manager of the sugar
factory at Grand Island , Is in the city
visiting old time friends. In the six
years since he has been here he notes
many changes.
Rev. and' ' Mrs. Headbloom of Stroms-
burg were in Norfolk on a short visit
early In the week for the purpose of
becoming acquainted with the mem
bers of the local Baptist church" of
which Mr. Headbloom Is to become
the pastor next summer.
Burt Mapes was In Pierce Wednes
day.
day.Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Sprecher are in
Omaha.
E. P. Weatherby was la Sioux City
Wednesday.
W. E. McDonald drove up to Pierce
in his machine Wednesday.
James DeLaney of Clinton , Iowa , Is
in Norfolk on a visit with his uncle ,
W. A. Wtizlgman.
S. E. Hewlns and wife are homo
from a long trip visiting friends in
Wisconsin , Iowa and Ohio.
Ross Tlndall will be homo from
Wesleyau university at Lincoln next
Saturday for a week's vacation.
James Burk of Foster was in Nor
folk Tuesday evening to attend the
wrestling match at the Auditorium.
Prof. C. Bronson , a member of the
; heologlcal faculty of Northwestern
inlversity at Chicago , was in Norfolk
Wednesday on his way to Wayne ,
where he Is on the program of the
district meeting of the Methodist
churches o this district.
Jack Downs , one of the principals
in the Downs-Wasem wrestling match
: it the Auditorium , left Norfolk at
noon for Crawford where on April 8
lie has a ring fight with "Dewey , " a
north Nebraska black fighter who
some time ago fought a forty-four
round draw with Jack Sullivan of
O'Neill. Downs spoke well of "Lucky
Bill" Crandall of Geddis , S. D. , who
has challenged Wasem and may come
to Norfolk to see the match In case
it is arranged for this city. Downs in
trying for an opening in wrestling un
consciously drops Into the attitude of
the prize ring.
Among the day's out of town visit
ors in Norfolk were : John Weaver ,
Gregory , S. D. ; John Abart , Emmet ;
J. Shnonson , Broken Bow , W. F. Settee -
tee , Stanton ; J. H. Sager , Genoa ; A.
M. Walling , grand master workman
of the Nebraska A. O. U. W. ; I. W.
Alter , H. E. Greggs , Wayne ; Mrs.
Charles Bush , Crclghton ; Mr. and Mrs.
P. L. Best , Stanton ; F. Moore , Crelgh-
ton ; William Royalty , Dallas , S. D. ;
Walter. Gaebler , Wlnsldo ; Dr. E. H.
Oelkc , Pierce ; R. N. Thorp , E. M.
Peterson , Hugo Santy , D. R. Johnson ,
P. H. Cox , B. R. Perdue , Ralph C.
Eraery , Wayne.
E. R. Taylor of South Norfolk has
recovered from a recent sick spell.
The Modern Woodmen added six
members to their lists Monday even-
Ing.
Ing.The
The ladles' guild of Trinity church
will meet with Mrs. Morrison Thurs
day afternoon.
Cement walk building In Norfolk
will start In April. For three years
Norfolk has been engaged in a ce
ment walk campaign.
C. E. Doughty is having a new plato
glass front placed on his building at
523 Norfolk avenue occupied by Ed
Brueggeman's electrical supply house ,
The first regular meeting of the
young men's committee of the Com'
mercial club will be held at the Nor
folk National bank , \t 8 o'clock to
night.
Burt Mapos left last evening for
O'Neill where district court IB In ses
sion.
sion.Paul
Paul Wetrel left yesterday for
Omaha , where he waa operated on
sometime ago for appendicitis , to con
sult physicians In regard to his con
dition.
Mrs , J. I ) . Maylard Is In Madison
visiting Mrs. Goo. Davenport for a
few days.
S. W. Abernelhey , who has been
living In Gross for the past year , has
returned to Norfolk to make his homo.
Chris Sclmvfand , master mason of
the Madison Masonic lodge , Is In Nor
folk to attend the school of Instruc
tion held here by Grand Custodian
French.
J. D. Sturgeon was In Plalnvlow
Monday.
C. J. Havlland , formerly Western
Union manager in Norfolk but now
stationed at Concordla , Kan. , returned
to Kansas yesterday after a short
visit in Norfolk.
G. A. Gass left last evening for Chicago
cage with a carload of horses belong
ing to W. R. Ixicko. On hid way back
ho will stop at Newton , 111. , to visit
his father and mother , two brothera
and three sisters , whom he has not
seen for four years.
William Reynolds , the little son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Reynolds , la recov
ering from the effects of a surgical
operation1 in Omaha last week for car
trouble.
Herman Boche , who Is at liberty
under a $10,000 bond pending the re
view of his case by the supreme court ,
was in Norfolk Tuesday afternoon ,
having driven a big hunch of cattle
to town.
The regular meeting of lleulah chap
ter , No.10 , O. E. S. , will bo held
Thursday evening1 In Masonic hall at
70. : ? ! There will he work mid Im
portant business to como before the
chapter. Members are urged to bo In
attendance.
W. E. Alexander and Guy Alexander
formerly of Norfolk , now live at Raton ,
New Mexico , where they operate the
Alexander Mercantile Co. wholesale
and retail grocery establishment. Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Alexander are the par
ents of a four-nionths-old son.
A telegram received from Mrs.
Troutman , who has gone to New Mexico
ice on account of the Illness of her
brother , Charles A. Madson , says that
he Is slightly better. It Is expected
that Mr. Madson will be brought homo
as soon as he Is able to stand the trip.
The A. L. Kllllan company ) has add
ed a special glass shirt case to Its
show case equipment. The new case
economizes on space and at the same
time gives a good display. The case
holds twenty-five dozen shirts , there
being about twenty-five open apartments -
ments In the case.
Elgin Review : It is stated in many
newspapers of the state that John
Donovan , of the Madison Star-Mall
laid a wager of $850 that Bryan would
be the next president. Any democratic
editor who can save $850 under a re
publican administration ought to be
ashamed to bet it against the party.
A Norfolk girl in the Boston conservatory
vatory of music Is making moro than
normal progress. Word received from
there is to the effect that Miss Lois
Gibson , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Gibson of this city , is of unmistakable
musical talent and that her work In
the piano department Is far above the
average of students In that conser-
vajory.
Fremont Tribune : By the breaking
of a glass window against which he
was leaning in a car on the North
western train between Omaha and Fre
mont , C. E. Howe of Ainsworth , had
his hand painfully cut. The road's
physician was at the union passenger
station to meet the Injured man on his
arrival here , and his wounds were
dressed. Mr. Howe went on to Alns
worth.
Robert Eccles will not make the
race for councilman from the Fourth
ward. Mr. Eccles' first Intention waste
to withdraw from the ticket and yes
terday he formally withdrew. A good
leal of regret was expressed at his
action , it having been generally recog-
ilzed that he would have made a good
councilman. The republican central
committee will meet this evening to
fill the vacancy on the ticket. The
name of C. J. Hlbben has been promi
nently mentioned in tills connection
as a strong candidate.
Next week there will be over 500
north Nebraska teachers In Norfolk
for the three days of Thursday , Fri
day and Saturday. The task of carIng -
Ing for this number of teachers Is
again placed before Norfolk people by
Superintendent E. J. Bodwell. The
teachers pay their expenses while in
Norfolk , but their number makes it
necessary for many of them to bo
placed in private homes. Norfolk
people who will take teachers during
the three days are accordingly as- ,
to notify Mr. Bodwell. He can oe
reached over the telephone either at
his own home or at the Lincoln school.
Madison has decided to keep her
"lid. " She decided for the "lid" at a
caucus attended by pretty nearly every
body In the county seat town. Madi
son's "lid" Is personal , nevertheless
actively energetic. The "lid" is Mar
shal Kennedy. Kennedy started to
deport "undesirable citizens" before
Roosevelt over thought of Inventing
the term. Madison is a "no-tramp"
town. It says "twenty-three" and It
doesn't draw the color line. Kennedy
Is moro than a "lid , " he Is an "Issue. "
Ho was "at the caucus. It was Ken
nedy or no-Kennedy. And the Bide
which adopted Kennedy's club as Its
plank carried the caucus with a rush.
So there will bo another year of Ken
nedy.
JOKED DURING OPERATION.
Tumor Removed and Hundred Stitches
Taken Without Anaesthetic.
Dello Fourche , S. D. , March 24.-
DIRECTIONS TO PREPARE SIMPLE
HOME MIXTURE.
WITHOUT INJURING STOMACH
Tells You How to Overcome Rheuma
tism With Simple Recipe , Which Is
Easily Mixed Vegetable Extraction ,
Harmless to Take.
A well-known authority on rheuma
tism glM-H the readers of a large Now
York dally paper the following pro-
tu'ilptloii , which any oiu > eiin easily
prepare at home :
Fluid extract dandollon , oiio-hnll'
ounce ; compound kargon , one ounce ;
compound syrup sarsaparlllu , three
ounces.
Mlv by shaking well In a bottle , and
take a tcaspoonl'iil aflnr each meal ami
at bedtime.
Ho stales that Iho liigi-odlouts can
ho obtained from any good proscrip
tion pharmacy at small cost , ami. he
lm ; of vegetable extraction , are harmless -
less to take
This pleasant mixture , If taken reg
ularly for a few days , IH said to over
come almost any CIIHO of rheumatism.
The pain and swelling , If an\ . dimin
ishes \\lth each dose , until penmmtml
results are obtained , and without in
juring the stomach. While ( here are
many so-failed rheumatism remoillos ,
patent medicines , etc. , some of which
do give relief , few really give perma
nent resultH , and the above will , no
doubt , lie greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of this
neluhhorhood elicits the Information
that these drugs are harmless niul can
be bought separate , or Iho druggists-
here will ml\ the prescription for our
leaders , if asked to.
Kor three hours surgeons cut anil
scraped at. the neck of William \Vluii.
a local bartender , during an operation.
Wlnn had refused to take an anaes
thetlc and two or three times during
the operation swallowed a slug of
whisky. When the tumor had been
removed and It was found necessarj
to use 100 stitches to sew up thi
wound , Wlnn Joked the surgeons , de
claring that this seemed to dlsprovo
the old adage of a "stitch In tlmr-
saves nine. "
FAVORABLE ACTION TAKEN BY
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
MANAGER TO BE HERE SHORTLY
The Question of Wireless Telegraphy
is Also Before the Club and Its Prac
tical Side is Explained as a Dividend
Getter.
Wireless telegraphy and a summer
chautauqua , were the two subjects before -
fore the Commercial club directors
yesterday afternoon. The action taken ,
by the club will In all probability bring
a chnulauqiia to this city for the ten
days beginning July 21.
"Wireless telegraphy , " not as a
startling invention or as an interest
ing scientific experiment or govern
ment plaything but as a simple busi
ness project smacking of commercial
ism , dividends and telegraph competi
tion even In Nebraska , was explained
to the club directors by M. H. Ish ,
fiscal agent for the United Wireless
Telegraph company In Nebraska.
S. M. Holladay of Des Molnes , man
ager of the Midland Chautauqua com
pany , will either bo In Norfolk or will
have a representative hero In a few
days to complete final details in the
arrangement to be entered Into with
the club directors for tlio purpose of
holding a Norfolk chautauqua.
The location of the chautauqua
grounds is now a matter up for con
sideration. Among the places sug
gested is the Island made by the loup
on the Northfork by the mill.
The Apple Tree.
Walt Mason in the Emporla Gazette :
Come , let us plan the apple tree , hard
by the garden wall ; and though wo
pass away , its shade , on other men
may fall ; and on the long , long sum
mer days , when woodland music Hews ,
the children , on their way from school
may rest beneath its boughs. Per
chance some pilgrim , worn and weak ,
oppressed by doubt and fear , may
haply rest against Its trunk , and find
some comfort here ; until pursuers
coming up , shall find the goods on
him , and put a rope about his neck ,
and string him to a limb. So let us
plant the apple tree ! 'Twill bloom
some other day , when frosts will come
and from it knock the everlasting-
whey.
EXODUS FROM POOR FARM.
Fifty Transients Leave Comfortable
Quarters for Railroad Camp.
Spokane , Wash. , March 21. Flfty
translents left their comfortable shel
ter at the Spokane county farm at
Spangle a few days ago to take em
ployment In railroad construction
camps , and it is announced by W. M
Stafford , superintendent of the Instltu
tion , that as many more will strlko
out to hustle for themselves within a
week. Until the exodus began then
wore 1G5 dependents. Including nine
aged women , at the farm. Since tlu >
beginning of the year between 500
and COO meals have been served , a
large number of wanderers being In
cluded. As a rule these men would
not accept employment during the
winter Whence thoj came the } would
not saj , and no one knows -whither
they -will go , after they earn enough
money to get a fresh start.