PETE NORFOLK WEEKLY NUWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , AlMti I1U08. / . 3
Events of the $
SOCIETY
Week in Norfolk
Pleasures of the Week.
The ruin on Tuomliiy dlil not keep
people from I'tiJoyliiK tlio splendid din-
HIT mill supper served In the dining
room of the Queen C'lty hotel by mem-
bi'rn of the Woman's club , us the re-
Biilt of which the ladles will have n
little more than $80 to turn Into the
library fund for houUH. The work of
preparing these munlH , In fnre of very
unfavorable weather , mi'iint a great
Amount of effort for the club but they
did It gladly and wore pleased at the
ready response they received In the
way of patronage and from the people
who contributed liberally to their so
licitations. Without a single excep
tion , every person who was In position
to do so seemed Kind to aid In the
worthy object undertaken by the mem
bers of the Woman's club.
MrK. Ray Hayes entertained a small
company of ladles at an Informal card
party on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
L , V. Nicola proved most successful In
the game of flvo hundred and was
awarded a pretty piece of cut glass.
Refreshments were served at the
close of the games.
The members of the ladles' guild
of Trinity church uold a pleasant
meeting with Mrs. C. 13. Durnham
and Mrs. C. II. Reynolds Wednesday
afternoon In the homo of Mrs. Burn-
ham on Norfolk avenue. Light re
freshments were served at the close
of the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol G. Mayer enter
tained a small company of friends at
cards on Friday evening complimen
tary to Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Boas. Five
hundred was enjoyed by the guests ,
followed by daintily served refresh
ments at 11 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. C. 13. Burnbam , Mrs.
G. D. Butterllold and Mr. and Mrs. S.
M. Bnulcn formed a theatre party at
the Boyd In Omaha Thursday night ,
where they saw Lillian Russell In her
play , "Wlldllro. "
The regular meeting of the BrownIng -
Ing club which was to have been held
Tuesday evening at the homo of Dr.
and 'Mrs. H. .1. Cole was postponed
until next Tuesday evening , on ac
count of election.
Tlio Trinity social guild held an
extra meeting with Miss Helen May-
lard on Thursday evening to work on
docoratlons for the bankers' banquet.
The Eastern Star mot In regular
session on Thursday evening. A so
cial session with light refreshments
followed the business meeting.
Trinity social guild met with Miss
May Johnson on Tuesday evening at
the homo of Mrs. A. Randklev on
South Ninth street.
The ladles of the W. C. T. U. met
with Mrs. J. If. Conloy on Tuesday
afternoon.
The "Merry Widows" hold their
weekly meeting on Thursday evening.
Personal.
The many friends of Charles Mad-
sen , who wore much alarmed at first
reports of his recent Illness , will be
very glad to hear that his condition Is
greatly Improved. In company with
his sister Mrs. J. G. Troutman he has
left Now Mexico and started on the
journey homo. They are now in Den
ver where they will probably spend a
couple of weeks before coming on to
Norfolk.
Miss Josephine Butterflold , who Is
enjoying her junior year at Wellesley ,
will spend her Easter vacation in
Montpelier , Vt. , with her friend , Mrs.
Ethel DoBoer Field. Mrs. Field spent
a stimmor here shortly before her mar
riage and has many friends who will
be pleased to hear of the arrival of a
daughter at her home. Miss Butter-
field Is to be godmother to the young
lady.
Miss Opal Madsen has returned
"Ujnie from St. Louis , Mo. , where she
. /as spent the past eighteen months
with her sister , Mrs. Collins. Her
many friends will be pleased to have
her with them again.
Supreme Judge J. B. Barnes has
been Invited to speak on "The Sol
dier Comradeship" at a banquet to bo
given in Sioux City by veterans of
the civil war , April 15.
First Assistant Dr. and Mrs. Dish-
ens of the hospital have enjoyed a vis
it the past week from Mrs. Dlshong's
mother , Mrs. Beck of Lincoln.
"
Little Misses Dorothy Boas and Doreen -
reen Holden were all day guests last
Saturday of the matron , Mrs. W. G.
Baker , at the hospital.
Master Fritz Bucholz of Omaha Is
cpondlng his vacation in Norfolk , a
guest of his grandparents , Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Ralnbolt.
Mrs. M. A. McMillan Is enjoying the
pleasure of an Easter vacation visit
from her granddaughter , Miss Carrie
Harding of Omaha.
IF. E. Owen has returned to En
campment , AVyo. . where this week he
finish a year's work.
Mrs. T. E. Odlorno visited with
fronds and relatives In Sioux City
several days this week.
Mister vacation In Nofhua , N. II. , with
relatives.
Hymenlat.
Columbus Journal. April 8 : Henry
A. Bovo of Norfolk and Anna L. Jung
of Loup City were married by Judge
Itatterman last Saturday.
WASHINGTON'S INCUBATOR BADY
Little Daughter of Congressman and
Mrs. Burton French Dies.
The many Norfolk friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Burton L. French wore sorry
Indeed to hear the sad news of the
death of their little daughter Wini
fred , who died April II at their apart
ments In the Iowa building , Thirteenth
and N streets , Washington , p. C.
Mrs. French writes friends that the
little girl suffered ptomaine poisoning
from the milk. The little body will
be placed In a vault In Washington
and then taken to their homo In
Idaho by Mr. and Mrs. French when
they return there In Juno. The fol
lowing clipping , taken from a Wash
ington paper a few days before the
death of the baby , tells the story of
an unusual life , even though' It was
so short a one :
"Washington's Incubator baby , lit
tle Winifred French , the ten-weeks
old daughter of Representative and
Mrs. Burton L. French , is making
splendid progress at the family apart
ments. From a tiny mite of three
pounds and ten ounces at the time of
her birth , on January ! , Winifred has
grown so rapidly that nt present she
tips the scales at four pounds and
fourteen ounces. According to Mrs
French , baby is making rapid devel
optnent. If she continues to put on
( lesh as she has In the last few days
it will be necessary to prescribe antt
fat , the physician says. Every two
hours Winifred is given two ounces of
warm milk. Yesterday afternoon at
5 o'clock , when she should have been
fed , and the fluid was not forthcom
Ing , she stretched her arms and began
yawning. She did not cry but just
looked tip ns if to say , 'Get busy , some
one , with my food. ' "
First Aid Millinery.
How to make a Merry Widow hat
at homo : Take one bicycle wheel
Superimpose on the hub one deep
granite saucepan , first snipping off the
handle with an ax. Stitch on cover
of wine-colored velvet from your sca <
son before last's coat suit . Put on
three-Inch binding around brim , of
canary-colored taffeta silk from your
grpnt-grniidinother's party dress. RJj
nineteen yards of box niching off your
shirt waist box , and wind about crown
A soup ladle and a Joint fork will give
a Jaunty effect If used ns hat pins.
Walking Sticks and Men's Hats.
Walking sticks Instead of parasols ,
one button gloves to replace the long
elbow designs and hats patterned af
ter those worn by men arc spring
fashion edicts for femininity , says a
London dispatch. Even the most dain
ty woman , who would shrink from ag
itating for her rights , will be distinct
ly masculine In appearance or else
distinctly out of stylo.
"One of the most fashionable styles
In millinery Is very like a man's top
hat , " a Regent street milliner ex
plained. "They are carried out In
black or colored satins bound with a
narrow ribbon or In rough straws. The
next In popularity Is the cowboy hat ,
slightly turned up at one side. They
are the most jaunty kind of headgear.
"The hat with a round bowler crown
and turned up brim Is another design
which has been borrowed from the
hatters. Even the pretty styles of
country wear have been discarded and
ardent hockey players , golfers and
motorist select round tweed caps to
match those worn by their husbands
or brothers. River hats this year are
also likely to follow the same mode
Frilly picture hats or fluffy ? un bon
nets will be replaced by severely mas
cullne straws or panamas. "
Some smart walking sticks for wo
men are displayed In a west end win
dow. The majority of these sticks
assume n feminine aspect when they
reach the handles. Pretty little
watches set In crystal balls , jeweled
crooks and rough amethyst or tur-
quolso bars are to be seen.
Long sleeves are responsible for the
one-button glove and It Is noticeable
that pale colored suedes have been
replaced by tan dogskins , fawn and
gray doeskins , and black kids stitched
with white.
THE SILK HAT IS A "HAS BEEN. "
An Observer Rarely Sees a "Stove
pipe" Go By.
Brooklyn Eagle : There Isn't any
further doubt about the decadence of
the silk hat. For two hours I sat at
the window of the Lotus club on Fifth
avenue , Manhattan , and watched for
silk hats.
Rarely was more than one in sight
at a time , although the splendid thor
oughfare was crowded with people !
Practically speaking , the derby has
driven out the tall silk hat as thor
oughly as English sparrows have ban
ished the blue birds from our public
parks.
In London , "dear old London , " a
man Is expected to wear a tall hat in
all weathers and with all sorts of gar
ments. Nothing Is more common than
to see a Londoner with a suit of
Scotch tweed and a silk hat upon his
head.
Here the code prescribes otherwise.
The only times In which a Now Yorker
may with propriety wear a "tlio" la
( Prince Albert ) or n full dreas ( even-1
Ing ) suit. It Is not properly worn with'
a so-called "Tuxedo Jacket , " any more
than It would be with a smoking jacket
Indeed , the "Tuxedo" Is n nondescript
garment which a properly dressed
gentleman never puts on outside his
library.
Young men who are asUeu out to
dinners should remember this fact.
Not a few of the careless ones have
wondered why they have been stricken
from dinner lists of friends who know
the shiibblness of the "Tuxedo. " Far
bettor to wear an afternoon walking
coat than a "Tuxedo ! " An appearance
In the former may bo susceptible of
explanation. One may have been so
pressed with professional duties that
he could not go home to re-dress. Anyone
ono of a dozen "white lies" might ex *
plain , although explanation , tinder
any circumstances , never should be
tendered. But when a guest appears
at a dinner where there are ladles he
might better have come with an un
shaven face or wearing a red neckcr
chief. He convicts himself. He has
been home , has had time to re-dress ,
hut didn't know enough to comprehend
that he Is offering a slight to his
hostess.
It is wholly a matter of opinion as
to the propriety of wearing a"Tuxodo"
Jacket at a "stag" dinner. A man's
verdict Is always open to argument
or appeal. Harry Lehr , for a time ,
affected the habit of receiving his men
callers at Newport In the forenoon
arrayed In pink pajamas. He did so
until one of his guests peremptorily
ordered him back to bed. Then he
saw the folly of his eccentricity
which didn't have the merit of eccen
tricity but was an unintentional af
front to his caller.
The apparent cause of the decad
ence of the "stovepipe" hat Is the In
ability of the average American to
keep hl& headgear in decent shape
London has the worst climate , taken
all the year round , known to this
world ; but , somehow , the Briton al
ways appears In public with an unruf
fled "top hat. " In this country the fur
never goes back to its place after
once encountering a rainstorm or
mist.
mist.A
A London fog appears to add life
and luster to the silk nap ! That New
York men are better dressed than
Londoners goes without saying. Even
the English admit this incontestable
fact. But the marvelous art of keep'
Ing "a shine" on a silk hat Is lost
to us.-
What hatter will rediscover It and
profit thereby ?
WASHINGTON'S NEW STATION.
The Great Vestibule an Example of
Monumental Treatment.
From Sylvester Baxter's "The Rail
way Beautiful" In the April Century :
One of the finest Instances of recent
railway progress In the appreciation of
the traffic promoting value of beauty
is furnished by the history of the
movement for the embellishment of
the national capital. The chief fea'ture
of the plans , the magnificent mall
would have been Impossible had the
railway line which until lately has
had its station on Pennsylvania av
enue continued to occupy that loca
tion. The enlightened and public-spir
ited president of the company , how
ever , the late A. J. Cassatt , declared
himself heartily In agreement with the
project. He looked at the question
from the point of view of an Ameri
can citizen , appreciating that if con
gress Intended to make of the mall
what the founders of Washington ln >
tended It to be , no railway should bo
allowed to cross It. His consent to a
new location was also justified from a
strictly railway point of view. With
the carrying out of these plans , Wash
ington will bo made the most beau
tiful capital city in the world , and
will correspondingly attract Increased
travel thither , greatly to the profit of
the railways. In architecture and In
site the new station is one of the
finest ever erected , even surpassing
the splendid terminals that character
ize the large cities in Germany. It
stands on Massachusetts avenue , fac
Ing the capitol , and yet not too near
It. Fronting upon a semi-circular
plaza GOO feet wide , the building is
nearly fifty feet wider than the cap
itol. It Is constructed of white mar-
bio , with a facade of classical style.
The plaza before it is a fine feature
in itself , and provides a place where
bodies of troops or large organizations
can be formed for Inauguration cere
monies or on other occasions. The
railway station thus forms the great
vestibule of Washington , a fitting in
troductlon to its attractions. .
The monumental treatment of rail
way terminals to express their func
tions as the modern gateways of a
great city has received a remarkable
Impetus from the example set at
Washington. Direct consequences are
the two magnificent stations now un
der construction in New York , the
union station In Cleveland and the
beautiful Atlanta terminal built In the
style of the Spanish renaissance.
LONG FAST ENDS LIFE.
Knute Olstead Made Effort to Refrain
From Eating For Forty Days.
St. Paul , April 11. Knute Olstead
died today at the homo of David Plenty -
ty , 195 Grove street , of starvation.
At the time of his death Olstead was
within twenty-four hours of complet
ing a forty-day fast which he had
undertaken in order to demonstrate to
his own satisfaction that the mind la
superior to matter. Had he survived ,
his self-imposed fast would have end
ed at midnight tonight.
Damage by Prairie Fires.
Pine Ridge , S. D. , April 11. Much
damage has been done in the vicinity
of Porcupine and Manderson , S. D. ,
by prairie fires , assltsed by the high
winds that have prevailed in the last
DR. D. K. TINDALL PREACHES U.
C. T. MEMORIAL. .
MEN WHO LIVE A BUSY LIFE
Synopsis of Presiding Elder's Address
to the Norfolk Council of the United
Commercial Travelers Delivered
Last Sunday.
Dr. I ) . K. Tlndall In delivering the
special memorial address to the Nor
folk council of the United Commercial
Travelers at the First Methodist
church last Sunday morning sold In
part :
I find my text In "Here wo have no
continuing city ; we seek one to
come ! "
1 learn from this text that this Is a
busy life. God Intended it so. The
Idle life Is unsuccessful and danger
ous. When Adam failed to keep the
Garden of Eden and became Idle ho
lost his beautiful home. His heart be
came Idle and hence the workshop of
Satan. All successful men have been
busy men. Adam was at first a sard-
nor or florist. Abraham was a much-
mnn. Moses , says tradition , was early
a great warrior. David was a shepherd -
herd boy. Paul a tentmaker. Peter a
fisherman , Luke a physician and
Christ a carpenter.
You traveling commercial men find
life very busy. Behold the traveling
man tomorrow morning , rising before
daybreak , starting off to make an early
train , swinging two heavy grips ; ho
rides day and night ; ho talks to his
customers face to face for hours. His
meals and sleeping come at all and
any hours. His life Is , indeed , a busy
one.
one.Fifty years ago the retail man
sought the wholesalers. Now It Is
reversed. Through these traveling
salesmen the wholesaler goes to the
retailer. It Is now the only way to
succeed , I well remember the face
and name of the first traveling sales
man I remember to have seen. It
was about forty-five years ago. Now
those who have wares for sale go to
the people ; and Is this not In keepIng -
Ing with the Savior's method of evan
gelizing the world when he says , "Go
ye unto all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature ? "
I think I see In the text the union
or solidity of God's people. The "we"
In the text Implies this. The human
race Is one for God made of one blood
all the nations of men , says Paul.
This solar system Is one for we find
by spectrum analysis that the heav
enly bodies of this system are com
posed of the same elements ns our
earth. This body of commercial trav
elers Is one they are "united. " This
Is as right as it Is beautiful. Unions
with the motto of malice towards none
and charity for all are right , desirable
and helpful. In them is strength , help
fulness , protection. It is > vell to be
long to a splendid organization wheth
er it be a union , order , church or na
tion. The highest of all unions Is that
with God through Jesus Christ.
I learn from the text that the human
race arc travelers. "Here we have
no continuing city. " We are a migra
tory race , a nomadic people. Like the
Arab we are constantly pitching and
striking our tents and stealing away.
You commercial men are ever on the
go. You are hero today and gone to
morrow. You are most of your time
away from home sweet home. I
deeply sympathize with any one who
is denied so much of the time the
sweet comforts of home. I sympa
thize with the man whose only home
is a hotel , however good and pleasant
the hotel may be. There Is no place
like home. I well remember hearing
d. young man in a great gathering of
young people in Cleveland , Ohio , sev
eral years ago saying he never knew
what It was to have a home. It
touched my heart deeply.
The traveling man by reason of be
ing from home so much Is peculiarly
exposed to temptations to evil. It
must be so. And yet there are many
of the best citizens and Christians
among traveling men. It is true right
hero in Norfolk. Still , the temptations
are there and these men have my
prayerful sympathy. But we can over
come all these temptations. I always
endeavor to live the same away from
homo as at home. Then I am safe.
Once In Paris I was urged to visit the
finest opera house in the world ; but
at the time a play was on and since
I do not go to operas at home I would
not in the city of Paris. In the city
of Florence , Italy , I was Invited on a
Sunday to see the leaning tower of
Pisa ; but not believing In traveling
on Sunday except on occasions of
necessity I declined to do so there.
While in the Orient where drinking
water was bad I was urged to drink
wine instead ; but not being a wine
drinker at home I refused to do so
abroad.
As travelers we will all soon journey
to another world than this. A little
while ago we were not in this world
and in a short time to come we will
not be here ; we must go hence. Be
fore long you traveling men will , aa
It were , pack your grips for the last
time and go , to return no more In this
world to that faithful wife and those
darling children. Some of the mem
bers of your union have passed away
since your last memorial day.
If prepared to make it , the Jouiney
to the next world will be a happy one.
I am always happy after a hard Sun
day's work to return home on Monday
to my family. I am sure that after a
hard week's work you men are always
glad on Saturday to turn your faces
homeward. No train or boat or car
riage can travel fast enough to suit
us. So it will be when after life's
trials are over we start to our eternal
home. No heavenly chariot can travel
too fast to please our home-bound
hearts.
MISS MARLOWE NAMED ,
Woman Names Actress as Principal
Co-Respondent In Suit for Divorce.
Salem , Mass. , April 11. A suit for
divorce was "entered In the Essex coun
ty probate court hero yesterday by
Mrs. Clara Louise von Hermann 01
Hamilton , against her husband , Kari ,
In which Julia Marlowe , the actress ,
The suit has been entered at the EH-
SOK county probate court at Silem.
The Hocond co-respondent mentioned
in the libel I.H Mrs. Maud Thorburn
Ilnckus of Brooklyn , but Mrs. von
Hermann appears to place the great
est emphasis upon her charges against
Ml MS Marlowe , for whom. It Is said , Mr.
von Hermann was at ono time asslts-
ant business manager or press agent.
Miss Marlowo Is understood to bo at
present touring professionally In Up
per Canada.
The offenses enumerated In the
charges are alleged to have taken
place In several cities between the
autumn of 11)011 ) and the spring of I'JOfi. '
It Is asserted that Mr. von Hermann
met Miss Marlowo six or seven yours
ago , through a highly eulogistic cri
tique of one of her performances ,
which ho wrote , ns a newspaper man ,
while the actress was playing In Louis-
vllle , Ky. It Is claimed that Miss Mar
lowe was so pleased with the notice
that she sent for the writer , and HOOII
afterward took him Into her employ ,
and that later ho went to Europe with
her , and looked after the business af
fairs of the trip for her.
It appears that Mrs. von Hermann
entered a suit for divorce against her
husband , naming Miss Marlowe , once
before , in 1903 , but that she later
withdrew It. She now declares that
she Is prepared to prove that at about
the time of that former suit Miss
Marlowo Introduced Mr. von Hermann
to some ono as her own husband.
Mrs. von Hermann's ' lawyer Is Percy
A. Brlgham of Boston.
Mrs. von Hermann was a Miss Foss ,
of Lynn , the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Foss , and she was 1C years old ,
attending high school , at the time she
married Mr. von Hermann In Juno ,
1900.
1900.Mr.
Mr. von Hermann , who Is 30 years
old , Is said to have attended Exeter
academy , and later both the academic
department and the law school at Har
vard , but only for a while. Later he Is
said to have made a tour of the world
in a sailing ship , and In recent years
to have written on a variety of sub
jects for magazines and newspapers.
New Head For Gates Academy.
Nellgh Leader : A dispatch to the
dally papers announces that Rev.
Charles A. .lacqulth has resigned the
pastorate of the First Congregational
church of New Windsor , Conn. , to be
come principal of Gates academy.
Several months ago Principal Taylor
tendered his resignation to the execu
tive committee , having made arrange
ments to pursue studies fitting him
more especially for his chosen life
work.
Correspondence was at once opened
with friends of the academy In the
east , who highly recommended Rev.
I.Jaqulth. Finally , the position of prlii-
I clpalshlp of the academy was tendered
him at a meeting of the board held
early In March , and a few days a&o
his acceptance was received. In the
letter he stated that he had been led
to consider the matter favorably ,
largely through the outspoken words
of praise given the school by Professor
H. E. Gregory of Yale university , for
merly of Nellgh. Rev. Jaquith is a
comparatively young man , Is married ,
but has no children. He graduated
from the classical course of Dartmouth
college , and atferwards from the di
vinity school of Yale. He has been
engaged In the ministry for six years ,
and has been successful. The new
principal will enter upon his duties
next fall , probably coming to Nellgh
somewhat earlier.
ANNUAL HOME TALENT PRODUCTION -
TION OF NORFOLK BAND.
TO BE HELD EASTER MONDAY
A Better Show Than ) he Minstrel Hit
of a Year Ago Is Promised Change
in the Style of the Program Cho
rus of Pretty Norfolk Girls.
On April 20 , just a week from next
Monday , the band minstrel show will
hold down the boards at the Audito
rium. A good production by home
talent , a better show in fact than the
minstrel "hit" of a year ago , and a
worthy cause entitled the band hoys
to look to Norfolk people to reserve
Easter Monday for the band minstrels.
When the curtain goes up the first
time It will disclose a stage effect
more elaborate and pleasing than the
one arranged last year. True to their
part the end men will appear as black
face comedians but the chorus will be
costumed to represent the various na
tions of the earth.
Three songs by a chorus of pretty
Norfolk girls will be one of the spe
cial features , New songs , monologues
and fancy specialties are being prac
ticed.
Frank Conley , a Norfolk traveling
man who handles the Robert Burns
cigar , is to bo one of the particular
stars of the evening in a black face
specialty.
The purpose of the minstrel show
Is of course to bring funds to the re
lief of the band's treasury. In addi
tion to having to meet regular expenses -
es of about $75 a month the band is
decidedly short on uniforms.
WRESTLING MATCH AT BUTTE.
A. G. Luth Wins Two Straight Falls
From Bobby Ford.
Butte , Neb. , April 11. Special to
The News : The wrestling match be
tween A. G. Luth and Bobby Ford held
at Butte last night wont to A. G. Luth
who got the first two falls. The first
fall ho got in flvo minutes , the second
In three. The prize was $25 $ and the
EMPLOYES FEAR RESULT OF
FREIGHT RATE REDUCTION. . .
MEETING TO BE HELD SUNDAY.
Railroad Employes Plan to Hold a
Meeting at Railway Hall Sunday
Afternoon to Which Business Men
are Invited Interesting Statistics.
Northwestern railroad omployeH
living In Norfolk are not a little
wrought up over the prospect that the
state railway commission Is likely to
order a general cut In freight rates as
the result of the hearing to be hold
In Lincoln April 27. A mammoth
meeting of railroad men , consisting
of the Order of Railway conductors ,
Order of Locomotive engineers , Or
der of Locomotive firemen anil Order
of Railway tnilnmon has boon called
to be held at Railway hall Sunday
afternoon to discuss the situation
which confronts them. It Is probable
that at this meeting one or more rep
resentatives of railway employes will
bo selected to go to Lincoln on the
day of the hearing to protest against
a reduction In freight rates within the
state. Members of the Commercial
club and business men generally uro
Invited to attend this meeting.
The menace to railroad employes
Is that the moment the earnings of
the railroads are reduced the wages
of the employes will be cut down. A
year ago , after much effort , the cal-
arles of all men employed on the
Northwestern were advanced ten per
cent. Even In face of the reduced
tratllc on the road during the past five
*
months the wages of the men have
not yet been disturbed , It having been
the policy of the road not to cut wages
unless It becomes Imperative. But
the men are satisfied that with a re
duction of freight earnings the cut
will bo sure to come , and they Mil
not be In position to dispute Its fair
ness , because they realize that even
now the road Is earning far less than
It was a year ago when wages were
advanced.
Representatives of the railroad men
wore interviewing members of the
Commercial club yesterday afternoon
urging attendance at the mooting Sun
day. The employes hud understood
that the effort of the Commercial club
to secure freight rates Into Norfolk
Is for a general reduction to retailers ,
but when they wore assured by some
members of the club that the effort
now being put forth by the club is
to secure n rate that will enable
wholesalers to do business here , they
wore very much pleased and hope to
gain assistance from the club to help
protect their wages. They present
some statistics to show that tlio bus
iness men of Norfolk are certainly
Interested in the prosperity of the
railroad employes who make this city
their home , even if they are not in
terested in the railroad , and this move
ment they insist is In the interest of
the men and not the road that employs
them.
They make the statement that of
the 1-198 men employed on the East
ern division of the Northwestern In
Nebraska , whose pay chocks are all
made up In Norfolk , RG2 live in this
city , and the $40,000 a month that Is
distributed among the Norfolk men
really makes quite a difference to the
trade. They enumerate the number
of men employed on the Northwestern
whose homes are in Norfolk as fol
lows : Trainmen 190 ; yard and
swlthchmen 20 ; onglnemen and fire
men 230 ; shop men 70 ; bridges and
buildings 67 ; station men 10 ; flag men
4 ; track men 40 ; coal heavers C ;
office men 19. total CC2. These fig
ures represent a resident population
of about 2,500 people , and It may be
readily seen that In a city of 5,000
the Interests of one-half Its residents
are of serious moment to those en
gaged In business here.
The railroad men say that previous
to their visit to the Commercial club
they were laboring under the impres
sion that Norfolk business men as a
class were working for a general re
duction of freight rates , which would
affect their personal pocket books
seriously. Under this Impression , an
organized plan was started a few days
ago to establish a co-operative store
at the Junction , and for that purpose
$8,000 was subscribed among railroad
men within twenty-four hours. Now
that they have been assuerd by the
Commercial club that it Is not a part
of the Norfolk plan to try to disturb
rates to retailers , but only to secure
rates which will make a jobbing center
of Norfolk , they feel very differently
about It and say that It is probable
the co-operative proposition will be
dropped. On the other hand , they
express their sympathy with the move
ment for jobbing rates and will be
glad to assist In any way possible to
bring about such a result. Many of
them own homes hero and are as anx
ious to see Norfolk advance as reslu >
ents of the city engaged in any other
lines of business.
Business men of the city will no
doubt embrace the opportunity offer
ed by the railroad men to meet with
them Sunday afternoon and hear their
side of the freight rate question.
Railroad Notes.
The Northwestern during the week
has taken several carloads of Italian
laborers through Norfolk on Its main
line train onrouto to Wyoming for
track work.
The Northwestern steel rail gang
which Is laying now seventy-two pound
stool rails on the main line is workIng -
Ing west of Bordeaux now and pushIng -
Ing on to Chadron. For the time bo-
inlles of track In order to com ploto
first the road between Chndron and
Hay Springs which IH hilly and gen
u.rnll > rough.
A glance at the Northwestern inup
shows a peculiarly oxeollont feature
of the Northwestern sysU'iu , the great
number of possible dolours .which
render It almost InipoHHlhlo to itlto
Kutht'r tlo up service on the road by
reason of washouts. In almost ever >
territory the tralim may roach their
moro Important destinations bj a detour
tour over other Northwestern tracks.
CONFIRMATIONS IN THE GERMAN
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LUTHERAN CHURCHES.
WILL BE LARGE CLASSES IN DOTH
At the St. Paul Church the Class for
Confirmation Numbers Twenty , and
In the Christ Lutheran Church
There Are Twenty-one ,
Palm Sunday as usual brings with
It the confirmation services al the
Lutheran churches In Norfolk. At St.
Paul Ev. Lutheran church the confir
mation class numbers twenty. At
Christ Lutheran church there are
twenty-one In the class. The confir
mation services are hold Sunday at
10 a. m.
The confirmation class nt Christ
Lutheran church Is : Erwln IClontz ,
Oustav Maas , Ferdinand Mueller ,
George Schmodo , Curl Vlergutz , Ar
thur Koll , Paul Kohlhof. Louis Kohl
hof , Herbert Schultz , Otto Hans , I/eo
Dognor , Conrad Schaefer , Clara Waiter
tor , Martha. Jahn , Mnthlldo Young , Er
nestine Born , Haerota Lehman , Clarft.
Honkel and Martha Kollath.
The class at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran
church Is : Carl Xutz. Alfred IHllo ,
Otto Hutz. Hans Nltz , Enrich Rackow.
William Nltz , Arnold Hlllo , Martin
Dommor , Ralph Dedermann , William
Heckmann , Paul Uecker , Oscar Wach-
tor , Herman Wolff , Arthur Winter ,
Max King , Emma Drooson , Amanda
Drooson , Alvlna Haase , Ida Pribnow
and Elsie Lehman.
Hosklns Items.
Miss IMullne Schwedor returned
from a trip to Lincoln Thursday morn
ing. " '
Miss Fern Dewey returned from a
three days' visit to O'Neill ' Thursday
forenoon.
, A little daughter arrived nt the homo
of Einll Krausc on the morning of the
ninth.
Hoskins reports two cases of meas
les.
Mr. Daugherty , father of Mrs. R.
Templln , Is hero on a few days' visit
with his daughter.
Mrs. Wm. Bruchnor underwent n
very critical surgical operation at
Sioux City on Thursday of last week.
At present she is reported ns doing
nicely. >
It Is reported that Hosklns Is to
have a new bank and that the location
will be the corner now occupied by
the opera house.
Mr. Roerhe of Meadow Grove was
In town Sunday , returning to Meadow
Grove with his wife and family Sun
day evening.
Chas. Green and William Maas left
for South Dakota Sunday evening ,
taking with them a carload of house
hold goods , farm Implements and ma
chinery and a carpenter.
Wm. Dick , mending from his in
juries In a Sioux City hospital , the
result of a recent runaway , Is reported
as doing nicely.
C. W. Anderson shipped two car
loads of cattle and one of hogs this
week.
Miss Bertha Tiedjo , the young girl
shot accidentally by her brother last
December , died Wednesday noon at
the home of her parents as a result
of the injury.
Miss Anna Nelson Is homo after a
several weeks' stay with Wm. Satmm.
Aug. Ruelow returned from her visit
to Pierce.
The Petzold family left for South
Dakota Friday.
Mr. Swanson was taken violently ill
on Thursday. He Is reported as much
better.
Y , M , C , A.JASS MEETING
Called at the City Hall Sunday After
noon at 3 O'clock.
A Y. M. C. A. mass meeting has
been called at the city hall at 3
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Every one
Interested in the building campaign Is
very earnestly urged to turn out and
familiarize themselves with just what
progress Is being made In the move
ment.
The executive committee of the Y.
M. C. A. building campaign will hold
a mooting in connection with the
mass meeting.
With about half the fund still to
raise the committee has something of
a pull stll before It but the substantial
amount already raised will encourage
the efforts to raise the second half -of
the required $25,000.
The meeting Sunday afternoon will
be Interesting to everyone with the
Y. M. C. A. movement at heart.
SOME INDIANS PROSPER.
The Piano Not Uncommon In Indian
Homes In North Nebraska.
For all the progress of tlio Indians
as a whole has been rather discour
aging there are some mighty good
Indian citizens In north Nebraska.
Some of the customers of the Stur
gi-on Music company are Indians and
there can be found a number of In
dian homes around Nlobrara equipped
with high grade pianos. Not far from
Nlobrara ono Indian Is Just now erect-