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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NtiWS-JOURNAL : Fill DAY , AlMtl 8 1908. ; ; Events of the SOCIETY ' Week In Norfolk Formal parties Imvo been rather mlttalng fiotn the social calendar the lust week , Indicating ixwalbly that Ixmt IB Becurlng moro recognition as the ucaBon advances or poHHlhly that the matter of Kantor bonnets and ROWIIB In already Intruding. Ifcujtor IB three woolen away. The profMint week Haw the first of the millinery openings , events always climely bound up with the approach of 1'Jastor. ' Prominent among the parties of the week wan a 0:30 : dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. D. Mathowson on Thurs day ovonlng. Pleasures of the Week. J. W , lUise , manager of the Grand Island sugar factory , who spent a few days In the city during the week , was a guest at the homo of N. A. Ralnbolt. Ho was entertained during his visit at dinner Wednesday evening at the homo of T. E. Odlorne. at lunch Thurs day by Goo. D. Butterllold , and at din ner Thursday ovonlng by Dr. H. J. Colo. Ho returned to his homo Friday. This was the first visit ho had made to Norfolk for six yo-ars , but ho still has many friends hero. Mr. and Mrs. D. Mathowson enter tained at one of the most delightful dinner parties of the season Thursday evening at 0:110. : Real sweet peas were I a fragrant feature of the springtime \i \ decoratloiiB. The dinner was served \i \ In courses , the guests being seated nt little tables. Among the out-of- town guests wore Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mayor of Lincoln and Mr. J. W. Rose of Grand Island. Following the Initiation of a class of seventeen young men Into the A. O. U. W. Tuesday night elaborate re freshments were served In the adjoin ing hall by the wives of the Workmen. " A. M. Walling of David City , grand master workman , I. W. Alter of Wayne one of the grand trustees , and F. G. Simmons , of Seward , deputy grand master workman , wore special guests. Ton friends took lunch with Mrs. Blakeny Monday at the home of her daughter , Mrs. C. P. Parish , the oc casion being Mrs. Blakcny's sixty- eighth birthday. A pleasant afternoon was spent at the Parish home. There was a gathering of friends at the homo of Mrs. Frank Kruger , sr. , in Edgewator park last Sunday , Mrs. Kruger being sixty-nine years old. Mesdames Morrison and Wellls en tertained the Undies guild of Trinity church Thursday afternoon nt the homo of the former. A birthday party was given for Miss Clara Salzwedol Tuesday evening at her home In South Norfolk. She was llftecn years old. The Christian Endeavor of the Christian church gave a social Wed nesday evening at the homo of C. E. Hartford. Mrs. M. A. McMillan entertained a small company of ladles at lunch on Friday , at her home in the Heights. Miss Bessie Rlchey was hostess to the senior class of the Norfolk high school at a party Friday evening. The File club held a pleasant meetIng - Ing Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Falo Burnham. Misses Margaret Klentz and Freda Korth entertained the "Merry Widows" Thursday evening. An Eastern Star banquet followed the Initiation of four candidates Thursday evening. The Modern Brotherhood of Ameri ca held a box social in G. A. R. hall Friday evening. Mrs. Ray Hayes entertained the Trinity Social guild on Thursday evening. Miss May Schwenk entertained the O. M. C. club last Saturday evening. Coming Events. The Norfolk Commercial club's smoker complimentary to the travelIng - Ing men who mafic this city their headquarters Is given next Saturday evening at the city hall. The north state high school declam atory contest Is hold Wednesday even ing in the Auditorium. Thursday the north Nebraska teachers come for a three days session. The Norfolk band will give a dance at Mardqunrdt hall on the evening of April Fool's day. RAILROADS A notice was posted at the Missouri Kansas & Texas shops at Scdalla yes terday announcing that the shops which employ 500 men , would bo shu down on April 1. No explanation was given. Fire destroyed the Burlington stock yards at Putnam , a small statloi south of Beatrice , and also burned four ricks of hay belonging to Mr Cooper and Mr. Kruse , farmers o that vicinity. Quite a movement of corn Is being handled by the Burlington from Lin coin and Nebraska points to Loulfi vllle , Ky The corn goes to St. Louis over the Burlington lines and there i transferred to other roads. It Is claimed Unit cast of St. Ixnils this htiBlnoBB l evenly divided between competing lines. "Tho Mlsaouri Pacific adopted 0110 method of reducing operating ex penses during the recent force reduc tion era. " said a traveling freight agent , "that Is now. They had a lot of men they wanted to get rid of. Some of the old tlmor got from one day to no notice at all. Some of them rend of their resignations In the nowB- paporB before they know they were to be lot out. In places where they let out commercial agents they sometimes named men under the commercial agent as acting commercial agent without an Increase In salary. They saved the difference In snlary. It IB claimed that that reduction In expense - pense caught a great many high sal arled men. " Western railroads are considering the discontinuance of the folder rack In hotels and all large depots. U lnu been the custom of the roads to prlnl Immense supplies of folders for dls GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERA N CHRISTUS CHURCH AT PIERCE The church buildings which north Nebraska has Just completed or is engaged in building is an indication of the development and substantial irosporlty of this section of the state , flu eo new church buildings were started In Norfolk last summer. At Pierce last month a new church vas dedicated , the German Evangeli cal Lutheran Chrlstus church. The cost of the church \\as over $5,000. The main part of Chrlstus church Is ! 0x50 feet with a sanctuary and sac- Isty in the rear 12x11 feet and a lastor's study 10x12 feet. The tower and spire of the church reach to a leight of seventy-five feet. Special pains were taken with the ntcrlor of the church. The altar and surplice stand over sixteen feet high trlbutlon everywhere so that the public could easily ascertain the time and outes of trains. The publication of 'oldors Is the laVgest Item of the adver tising bills of the railroads. The executive committee appointed ) y the railway labor organization to plan the establishment of co-operative stores In Lincoln , Wymore , Alliance , McCook and Omaha continued its work at the Lincoln hotel. It was said that the organization work had not proceeded far enough to make public the details. Three general chairmen of organizations of the Bur lington road are here at work with the local committee. It is said that where this scheme was tried in an eastern town the local merchants rn- fused to ship goods over the line of road represented by the organizations and that a strenuous fight resulted. No fear of such a fight exists among the promoters who expect to estab lish co-oporatlve stores nt all divis ion points on the Burlington system. It Is said that labor organizations on oiher roads have the same plan un der consideration and that soon the establishment of these stores will be uridertaken on other roads. Arrangements have been perfected by the Northwestern to start the op eration of cream cars commencing next Sunday , and continuing so long as the business will justify. The cars were taken off last fall , and now the Increasing business has caused the railroad people to prepare to again start the service as formerly. Fremont Herald : Officials and em ployes of the Northwestern are to be called together Monday at the com pany's ofllces In Fremont for a con ference regarding the federal law re lating to the number of hours em ployes are permitted to bo on duty. Full explanations of the law will bo made and all Us different phases will bo freely discussed , so that everyone may understand the situation thor oughly. From all indications the at tendance at the conference will bo largo and the meeting will bo a most important one. Try a News want ad. UNPRECEDENTED RECORD FOR THE PAST EIGHT DAYS. COMPETITOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA At the End of Eighteen Years , If the Rate of the Past Week Is Kept up , There Will Not be a Single Married Couple In Omaha. Omaha , Nob. , March 27. With a continuation for eighteen years of the lecords of the divorce courts and mur- rlagc license bureau of Omaha for the past eight days , the city will bo with out a single married couple , in the event of nil the divorce petitions be ing granted. From Murch 1C to March 21 , twen ty-eight divorce petitions wore filed and twenty-one marriage licenses is sued , showing the unhappy couples to have n clear advantage of 33 % per cent over those entering connubial ventures. This remarkable condition , said one of the district judges , Is the result of Nebraska laws which make It easy to secure n divorce. "Talk about South Courtesy of Pierce Call , and Is characterized as a rich and magnificent piece of workmanship costing about ? 250. The church is located beside the parsonage and parochlcal school a block south of the Pierce public school building. Just five years ago Chrlstus church at Pierce was organized with but five members. Services were first held In the Congregational church. Later the present school building was used. The church grew each year numerically and financially. The dedicatory sermon last month was preached by Rev. G. Mueller of Yutan , who organized the church as presiding elder. Pastors from all over Nebraska were present. Rev. August Bahr Is pastor of the Pierce church. Dakota , " remarked the Judge , "why , that state does not even present a strong case of competition. I have been thinking seriously of asking other members of the court to join me In suppressing the number of divorces granted. Two or three of the court rooms arc crowded half the time with people waiting to testify in divorce cases. The record for the past eight days Is plain evidence that our laws should be amended In a manner which will prevent them putting a premium on divorces. " This criticism was brought about by the application for a marriage li cense by Joseph Tapley and Miss Ida Howard , of Moorhead , Iowa , Tapley having been granted a divorce five days ago. The district judges of Omaha have been trying for three years to stop the wholesale divorce business in Omaha , but admit that they have been discouraged largely by an Influx of persons from surrounding states , es pecially Iowa , Minnesota and Kan sas , who establish a six months' resi dence and at once begin their suit for a decree. The police records show that nearly fifty suicides have resulted from the ranks of transients who have come to the city within the past year to-sue for divorce. On Hats. Ponca Courier : A millinery sales man was in town the other day and kindly allowed the agricultural editor to take a look at the now styles. His report reads like this : The new styles will bo fully as pleslng as those of last year. The principle change noticed was that the front porch has been enlarged and an upper deck added to the roof. In many instances they will run In three story effects with the roof garden rich In foliage and evergreen. The bay window has been moved from the front to the left sldo. whllo the chlmmncy has been done Gothic Instead of Grecian design There will bo a lister furrow across the rear garden. Owing to the fact that no now colors have been discover ed recently there will be no change LJ1IUCU UlJIt In this particular , although an effort will be mmle to got 'at lenst a dozen different shades on each hat , The cave trough will Bag over the loft eye. Owing to the financial Hurry the price , vlll bo from one to nine cents lower. FIilK la supposed to bn the latest nc- ciirato Information on the now styles. Spring Hats. Walt Mason in the Emporln , Knn. , Jnzette : "My poor old lid Uwks pretty slim ; I've worn It seven years ; anil when ! view its crown and brim , I shod mbldden tours. It Is the cllmnx and the sum of all that's tough in tiles ; yet , though it's looking fierce and hum , It bents by forty miles , the hats I sco the women wear , around the town this sprint ; , all loaded down with grass mid hair and moss and everything. You'll sco their hats of every hue the dyer's arts command ; with flowers Ilko none that ever grew outside of Dughouseland ; with wings of birds and tails of cats , and traps too wlerd to tell O Mary Ann ! Such scream Ing hats , would make an Indian yell ! " Tlmeo Looking Up. Nellgh Leader : Fred Thornton re ceived a telegram from Chicago on Wednesday afternoon stating that the train of cattle shipped by him from the Iford feed yards the first of the week sold at | 7.15 , and averaged 1,440 In weight. They were bought by the United Dress Beef company of New York. This ds way above the top of the market to this date , and the ship ment will net n handsome profit , when earlier In the season n big loss was expected. FACULTY AND STUDENTS COME TO NORFOLK FOR GOOD TIME. THURSDAY EVENING AT PACIFIC "Wayne Normalitcs" Will Have a Banquet Here , at Which the Facul ty , Graduates , Former and Present Students Will Attend. Graduates , former students. fncult\ members and present students of the Wayne normal will have a banquet In Norfolk at the Pacific hotel In this city on next Thursday evening. It Is expected that 300 "Wayne normalltes" will attend the banquet. The Wayne meeting will follow the Thursday evening session of the North Nebraska Teachers' association and the lecture by Governor Huchtcl of Colorado at the Auditorium. The Wayne banquet will be attended by all of the present normal faculty and many members of the alumni who live In north Nebraska within easy reach of Norfolk. The Wayne reunion will be one of the pleasant features of the teachers' convention next week. Incidentally It will be a factor In drawing more teachers to the convention proper. J. T. Sauntry of Wayne Is chairman of the committee In charge of the banquet. The banquet tickets have been placed at $1. LA FOLLETTE ANSWERED. James B. Forgan and Charles Dawes Answer Senator's Charge. President Forgan said Senator La gan , president of the First National bank , and Charles G. Dawes , presi dent of the Central Trust company , who were classified by Senator La Follette In his speech against the Al- drlch hill as "tools" of the country's "Industrial dictators , " and as taking orders from "higher up , " retorted to day In kind. Chicago , March 30. James B. For- Follette Is a demagogue , who is play ing to the galleries , stirring up class feeling and class prejudice , and that he Is a "rainbow chaser , " drawing on his imagination Instead of producing facts. "It is singular that Mr. La Folletto should classify me as a tool , taking my orders from 'higher up,1 when it is well known that I have opposed the Aldrlch bill all the time , " said Mr. For gan. gan."That "That being true , and If I am a 'tool , ' I suppose my job is in jeopardy. If the senator's statements are true , I must be a rebel against my bosses. " President Dawes IOOK tue matter humorously. He said : "I don't care to comment on Senator La Folletto's speech. The Spaniards are right when they say that 'It is a waste of lather to shave an ass. ' " EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGED. Chadron Bookkeeper Arrested on Ser ious Charges. Chadron Journal : Monday evening the community was surprised and even shocked to learn that Marvin Booth had been arrested on a complaint by R. McNalr for forgery and embezzle ment. For the past few months Mr. Booth hns "been bookkeeper for Mr. McNair. Previous to that time , he was employ ed by the Chadron Mercantile com pany. During his residence here , Mr. Booth has seemed like a capable young man and the friends he has made can not understand why ho should commit a crime. Tuesday the preliminary hearing was held before Justice Babcock and Mr. Booth bound over to the district court. Falling to secure anyone to sign the ? 700 bond demanded ho was sent to Jail. While there arc heard many c-xpres- slons of concern for Mr Booth , there are many who deeply sympathize with Mrs , Booth , who is said to be a very excellent woman. SUPPLIES FURNISHED QUARTERLY - LY TO OVER 4,000 PEOPLE. STATE IS A GOOD PROVIDER. Purchases are Made Quarterly Esti mates for the Next Three Months Call for Quantities of Meat and Other Provisions. I low much food does the state of Nebraska buy every three months for the officers , employes and Inmates In state Institutions ? This Interesting question has been Investigated by State Accountant Falrllcld probably for the first time In Uio history of the state , says tho'Lincoln Journal. As an assistant of the board of purchase and supplies ho haa compiled the estimates of the amount of provisions and other articles which the heads of Institutions request the board to buy. The board will moot next week to make contracts for the coming quarter The population of the thirteen state Institutions where wards of the state are maintained was 4,331 last fall , enough to make a good sized town. At the Hastings hospital for the Insane there are usually 1,100 or 1,200 em ployes and Inmates , which is more than m'any towns can boast of. The estimates of heads of institu tions call for a total of 12 ! > , IOr pounds of meat and meat products to tide them over a period of three months ; 201.300 pounds of ( lour and meal , 43- 035 pounds of sugar , and 22,425 pounds of beans. The meats are divided as follows : 87,210 pounds of beef ; 0,750 pounds of pork , not including 22,305 pounds of pork products and smoked meats. A total of 8,850 pounds of ba con Is asked for. It will require 1,018 pounds of baking powder to malic the dough rise In the proper manner and 2,280 pounds of coffee to stimulate the employes and Inmates to do their dally tasks. "Passing the salt , " a remark heard at the table , will result In the consumption of 5,820 of table salt. This does not include 75 barrels of common salt for the superintend ent's horses and for use in the kitchens. That fullness after eating will be accelerated by the use of 7,700 pounds ) f diled apples and apricots listed In he requisitions. This does not Include Iried benles and other evaporated fruit. Years ago a storm was raised lecause It was reported that the popu- 1st administration was buying plug tobacco for the home for the friend less. Later this wan denied , hut the estimates now on file show that the nstitutions supported by the state de mand 3,018 pounds of chewing tobacco and 035 poundsof smoking tobacco. There is a demand for 1,030 gallons of coal oil and 1,075 gallons of gasoline , and 7.345 tons of coal. Last fall the joard bought coal for a period of six months for several institutions and many of them have fuel on hand at this time. All these figures arc for a period of three months. SATURDAY SIFTINGS. Mrs. C. A. Bacon of Wlsner was In Norfolk yesterday. Milliard South is home from Doane college for the spring vacation. Mrs. Pauline Schlack of Battle Creek Is visiting at the William King home. Miss Katherine Boas , who is a senior In the Sioux City high school , arrived In Norfolk last evening for a visit home. Lester Weaver , who Is a student at Wesleyan university , came up from Lincoln yesterday to spend the spring vacation at home. Miss Flora Englemau arrived In Norfolk last evening from Carroll , la. , where she is attending school , to spend a few days with her father , J. C. Engleman. Miss Alberta Beermaker , Instructor In music In the public schools of Mad ison , was in Norfolk over night the guest of Miss Grace Matrau , leaving today to spend the spring vacation al her home In Wahoo. Miss Nellie Adams of Sheldon , la. Is visiting at the home of her uncle J. C. Adams , on South Fourth street Miss Adams' homo Is in Sterling , 111. but she Is teaching domestic science in the high school at Sheldon. Misses Polensko were up from Madl son. . P. Rlchllng was down from Crelgh ton. ton.N. N. L. Taylor of Lincoln is in Nor folk on business. J. C. Schwichtenberg of Seward was in Norfolk last evening. Charles Lindsay came down from Crelghton Friday evening on a visit. Earnest Braasch and Clyde Best go to Woodlake to hunt ducks for sever al days. Miss Leila Craft was expected homo from Wayne normal to spend Sunday in Norfolk. Burt Mapes returned Saturday from Pierce , wrere district court is being held by Judge Welch. Mrs. C. .E. White entertained the B. B. club Thursday afternoon. Refreshments freshmonts were served. Miss Sophia Nethaway came up from West Point Friday evening to spend Sunday with relatives. Frank Twlss came up from Lincoln yesterday to'spend Sunday with hi father and mother In Norfolk. Misses Eva Ilorsham , Mablo Her sham , Frances Leslie and Dora Krlel man of Madison were in Norfolk. Mrs. Connelly was reported Satur day as being very low at the homo o her daughter , Mrs. A. J. Ryle. Rola lives were called to her bedside. L. A. Rotho and P. F Boll leave th flist of the week for Lusk , Wyo where they will bo guests on Tom Boll's ranch They will spend a good part of their time hunting , Miss lEoleno Wetzel left cm the nornlng train for Omaha to apoiul ovoral dayH with her brother , Paul Votzel , who Is recovering from the ffocts of a recent operation. Miss Ruth Shaw returned from Xwno college at Crete last ovonlng or her spring vacation. Miss Jennet Wheeler , attending the tmmo InatUu- ton , IB expected homo Sunday. C. U. Engolman left at noon for Wayne- where ho will complete the commercial course In Wayne college. Ic has attended the school before and vlll complete his work in nlK > ut two nonths. R. A. Stewart , representing the ) avld Cole Creamery company of 5maha , is In Norfolk today In conncc- Ion with the purchiino by the Cole company of the business of the Nor- oik Creamery company. Mra. R. W. Williams returned at loon from an extended visit In New York. Mr. Williams remained over one train in Omaha. Mrs. Williams saw the Itonoy'a Boys , who are to bo at the M. E. church Saturday ovonlng , at Sprlngvlllo , N. Y. , and she says they are well worth hearing. A. J. Durland returned last ovonlng 'rom ' Omaha and Lincoln. In the Int er city Mr. Durland represented the Norfolk Commercial chit ) at the hear- ng before the state railway commis sion-on the petition for a distance rate arlff. Mr. Durland said that no orga- ilzatlon or town spoke for the dls- anco tariff on the proposed Iowa plan. On April 27 , however , the commission will give formal hearing on dlscrlm- natlons which may ho hi ought before t by representatives of shippers or communities. The Norfolk club will > e represented at this meeting. Mr. Durland did not speak at this week's icarlng. Mrs. Henry Appel Is on the sick list. Albion ban a wet or dry Issue again this year. Miss Elsie Swott , who Is attending 3atos academy , came homo from No- ligh this week on account of an attack of rheumatism. Holt county , according to Miss Florence E. Xlnk , who is county super intendent , will probably load In the enrollment list at the north Nebraska teachers' convention next week. The new superintendent of the Plalnvlow schools Is D. 1) . Gibson , at present principal of the Beatrice high school. Mr. Gibson is a graduate of the state university and a P. B. K. man. J. H. Conley , who is engaged in strengthening the Eagle lodges In the noi th section of the state , reports that he has added on an average of from fifteen to eighteen members to the various towns visited. Neligh Regl&tcr : T. F. Birmingham of the Galena Lumber company of O'Neill , ran in from Omaha Monday with a new automobile ho bought at the exposition at Omaha. Ho made the run to Norfolk In seven hours. MJss Nellie Kane , a central girl at the Nebraska telephone company's ofllce , ran a hat pin through one of her lingers. The hat pin penetrated one of the larger veins In the finger. The accident was serious enough to call for the attention of a physician. The "A Bachelor's Honeymoon" company which opened Its season In Norfolk last fall has made good since starting out from here with Its enter taining play. The company is back In north Nebraska and will play In the new auditorium at Nellgh next Friday. The1 meeting of the Norfolk Com mercial club auxiliary has been post poned a week. Instead of meeting next Tuesday evening the auxiliary will meet at 8 p. m. on Monday , April 0 , at the Norfolk National bank. A plan of organization in the shape oi "articles of association" will be pre sented at the meeting. Lincoln Journal : The number 2323 wll ! dangle from the rear of an auto mobile registered yesterday by the secretary of state. The machine is owned by H. C. Sattler of Norfolk. That the sale of motors has been good In Nebraska recently Is shown by the fact that the secretary of state has registered thirty in the past three days. The executive committee of the Y M. C. A. campaign will meet Sunday afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock In the office of Mapes & Hazen to plan to carrj out more thoroughly the organized campaign for subscriptions. A rela lively small number of citizens volun leered to assist In the soliciting move ment last Sunday and It Is very mud desired that Norfolk men with the Y M. C. A. project at heart should come to the meetlnir Snnrinv to h li > In the plan of getting additional subscrlp tlons during the coming week. One of the largest Masonic gather Ings ever held In Cedar county mei In Hartlngton this week. The Master Mason's degree was conferred on two candidates , one of whom Is the soi of Past Grand Master Balrd. Visiting Masons were present from Wynot Crofton , Wausa , Randolph , Laure and Coleridge. In the degree work the principal stations were occupiec by the following past grand masters of Nebraska Masonry : Robert E French of Kearney , C. E. Burnham o Norfolk , Hon. R. E. Evans of Dakota City and 7. . M. Balrd of Hartlngton. Nearly all of the six groups of bank ers in the state have made dates for their annual meetings. The north No hrabka convention will be hold in thlb city on April 22. Group four has Jus notified Secretary Hughes of the No hrabKa Bankers' association that I will moot at Hastings May C. Carsoi Ilildreih of Franklin is president , am R. V. McGrew of Bloomington Is- sec retnry. Group six , located in the northwestern part of the state , whlcl gave a notice a week ago that the an nual meeting will bo held at Chadroi Ma2'.i. ' . 1ms written fuither that 1 will tuKi tin- occasion of Mo > 30 be in , ; a holiday and Muj 31 a Sunday to mo\t the whole meeting in a bed > to Hot Springs , S. D , to enjoy an out lug , following the formal session. TWO BROTHERS IN FATAL ACCI DENT NEAR WAKEFIELD. SIOUX CITY-NORFOLK TRAIN ANTON BLICK IS KILLED OUT RIGHT , HIS BROTHER DYING. DROVE IN FRONT OF TRAIN Driving to Town , Anton and Enoch Bllck Failed to See the Approaching M. & O. Train , Although the Track Was Straight at That Point. Wnkoflold , Nob. , March 28. Special V to The News : Ono farmer WIIH In- stnntly killed and another , his brother , probably fatally Injured by the Sioux City-Norfolk passenger train Miortly before noon today. Anton Illicit , aged twenty-nine , was cut to pleri'H and his brother. Enoch , nged twenty-Hrven , will probably die. The two brothers , bacholorH , were driving Into town from their farm live and a half miles southuiist of town on the reservation. Track at That Point Straight. The track at the point whore the was Htruck , a mile past of town , Is as straight as a string , and how the two men could have failed to HOO tlu > oncoming train Is a mystery. Anton was horribly mangled and Enoch wan very severely cut up. It is not believed he has a chance to live. Still Alive ; But Can't Recover. Wakefleld , Neb. , March 30. Special to The News : Enoch Illicit , who was not Iimtantly Killed In the train arcl- dent Saturday , was still alive at noon today , but It was not expected that ho could recover. ATKINSON MEAT MARKET DEALER - ER IS NOW FREE. CASE ENDED SATURDAY NIGHT It Was Charged That Dibble Had Knowingly Bought Stolen Hogs But the Jury Found the Man Not Guilty. Other Cases Pending. O'Neill , Neb. , March 30. Special to The News : John Dibble , a meat mar ket man of Atkinson , was acquitted Saturday night of the charge of know ingly buying stolen hogs. The case had been pending for some time. One Atkinson man was some time ago convicted of stealing hogs. The supreme court sent the case back for new trial. Several other cases are pending. Wilson to Lincoln. O'Neill Frontier : Harry Wilson left Monday morning for Lincoln to work out with the western league team and try for a position as catcher. His many O'Neill friends hope that he will make good and cover himself and his team with glory. HENRY WILLIAM SPORLEDER OF PIERCE , THE VICTIM. WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT The Team Came Home Without the Wagon and Investigation Developed the Dead Body , Still Warm , a Short Distance Out of Town , Pierce , Nob. , March 30. Special to The News : Henry William Sporleder , a young farmer of twenty-nine years who had been living with his father hero but who had planned to go to work today on a farm for himself , met accidental death Saturday night whllo driving home. It is supposed that ho was kicked by one of his horses whllo driving , and killed. The young man's body was found a mile and three-quarters east of Pierce early yesterday morning. The team had gone to the parental homo seven miles east and a younger brother , alarmed , Immediately drove back toward town , finding the dead body on Iho road. The body nt that time about 1:30 : a. m. was still warm. The right arm had been broken and there was a terrible blow over the right eye. There were no marks to indicate that any wheel had run ovei Iho young man. Young Sporleder and his father , Wil liam Sporleder , had driven Into toun during the day and the young man had bought new farm machinery. Hf planned to begin operating a farm nine miles northeast of. town th s morning. The father loft for home early , and the young man bUrtod later in the evening. One of his horses was spirited ami U is believed that the nnininl klrKeil the driver when lu ll .mid OM r too close , peihaps The- funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tutsdaj afternoon from the German Lutheran church two miles east of Plt-rce.