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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NhJWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , MAY 1 1'JOS. VZ. L. BARRITT LOSES LIFE FALL ING OFF LADDER. JPUT WEIGHT ON FLIMSY BAR yardman at Rome Miller Eating House , Sixty-seven Years Old , Fa < Hs to Brick Platform , Fracturing the Base of the Drain. Falling from the top of a short lad- * lur , niul striking with head and shoul- li r upon thi1 hrlck platform liolow , 1C. 'ii. Bixrrltt , aged sixty-seven , sustained Injuries from which ho died two liours 3ater at the Home Miller eating house yesterday afternoon. Mr. Harrltt had , J > eon yard mail at the eating house for jtwo years. Harrltt was assisting In putting up jKcroen windows. During the momen- rtiiry ulisoncK of Fred Miller , who was BuuidlliiH the screens at tlic top of the ( ladder and to whom liarrltt was hand- Jng them , Harrltt climbed to the top < nf ( lu > ladder to try to nail on a iicroen. Placing his right foot upon ii Illmsy Iron bar which projected from ilio Hide of tlie building to hold an out door electric light bulb , liarrltt sank with the yielding bar and was precip itated to the brick platform. Turning 41 half somersault , ho struck upon the j-ildo of Ills head and his right shoulder , fracturing the skull at the base of the .drain , which proved fatal , and break ing his right collar bone. Ho sus tained gashes on the bead and cheek. Warned , But Too Late. Harrltt was warned not to step upon I lu > electric light crane , but too late. Fred Miller , who had gone to a shed for more nails , returned to find Harrltt : it the top of the ladder , trying to nail n screen. Harritt placed his foot upon the electric light Iron and Miller called lilm. "Don't step on that , " he called. Miller doesn't know whether or not Harrltt heard the warning. At that moment his weight was shifted to the iron bar and the two little screws which pinned the bar to the wall of the building , came out. The crane swung down and the man's body was dropped. He bad one foot still upon a rung of the ladder , but his weight was on the Iron and this overbalanced him. " 1 had asked Harrltt to help me with the screens , " said Miller , "but I was .doing the ladder work. I had not wanted him to go up the ladder , but when I left a moment to get nails , he climbed up to see if ho could fix a screen that 1 was working with. " Miller thought Harrltt was dead when he first fell , but the injured man lived for two hours. He was carried into the eating bouse and Dr. II. T. llolden summoned. Consciousness , however , never returned. Dr. Holdon sot the fractured collar bone and fif teen minutes later the man died. "Fracture at the base of the brain caused death , " said Dr. llolden. "Those who got to him first told me .Uarritt bled from the ear. " No Inauest was deemed necessary under the circumstances. Mrs. K. D. Perry , who was walking toward the depot with her daughter-in- law , Mrs. Milo Perry , looked up just in time to see the man throw up his .hands and fall backward to the pave ment. His Home Quarantined. The remains of the dead man could not be taken to his own home because the house is quarantined. A small boy in the house is critically sick , fatally , it Is feared , and three attending physi cians disagree as to his disease. At .all events , the house Is quarantined for a contagious disease and the re mains of the father could not be taken home. The remains we're transferred from the hotel to the home of a mar ried son. P. E. Barrltt , who Is In Chicago cage taking an examination to become an engineer on the Northwestern. Another married son , Ell Barrltt , lives at Livingstone , Mont. There are three small sons in Norfolk and one daughter. Mrs. Barritt , the woman bereft of her husband. Is not well and the shock proved doubly distressing to her because of the serious illness of her little son. A sister , Mrs. Maggie Fryo , atAlns- -worth , was notified. Belonged to Modern Woodmen. It was said that Mr. Barrltt was a member in good standing of the Mod ern Woodmen of America nt Alns worth , and the bead of that lodge was notified by wire. Funeral arrangements have not yet lieen made. Rome Miller of Omaha , In whose employ Air. Barrltt had been for two years , telephoned Instructing George VVheaton. local manager , to do every thing possible for the grieving family. Mr. Harritt was a faithful , loyal work man and was a source of satisfaction to his employer and others about the eating house. A telegram was received from the head of the Alnsworth lodge , Modern Woodmen of America , stating that Mr. Harrltt was a member In good stand ing and that the Alnsworth lodge would appreciate any courtesies that could be shown the family by Norfolk .people. Death of Mrs. Hahn at Stuart. Stuart , Neb. . April 29. Special to The News : The funeral of Mrs. George Hahn , who died at her home in this place last Saturday , took place from the Methodist church yesterdaj afternoon , the services conducted by Presiding Elder Julian. The deceased is survived by three sons and one daughter George J. Hahn of Has tings , NVllllam Hahn of Norfolk , Ar thur J. Hahn of this place and Mrs , 13d Nehlson of Crelghton , all of whom were at the bedside of their mother when she died. Also there were a brother and a sister , Mrs. Dunn of Atkinson and John Smith of Hrlstow. Tlio husband of the deceased died about a year ago. They were among the earliest pioneers of this county and were highly respected by all. SIGN PETITION AT PIERCE. Pierce Business Men and Shippers Sign Railroad Men's Petition. Plorco Leader : "Jack" Welch , en gineer , and K. H. Taylor , conductor , on the Honosteel line , were In Plerco Wednesday afternoon , circulating a petition among the business men and live stock shippers , addressed to the railway commission , and asking that no further reduction of freight rates be forced upon the railroads of the state , they believing that the freight rates are just and equal. This action Is taken by the railroad employes for the reason , they declare , that If freight rates are cut lower than they are at the present time , It will not make the earnings of the railroads HUlllclent to pay running expenses and that the railroads will then be compelled to cut the wages of all the employes In order to pay running expenses. The peti tion was signed by the majority of the business men , besides a number of live stock shippers. WANT STATE CONTEST. Norfolk Business Men Offer Audito rium For Contest Use. The state high school declamatory association will be Invited to hold Its state contest In Norfolk. The Invita tion will bo backed by the donation of the Norfolk Auditorium for the night of the contest. A subscription ) apor to cover the actual expenses of he Auditorium was circulated on Nor- 'oik avenue during the morning and he necessary amount soon secured. The contest date is May 8. If It Is icld in Norfolk It will fall on the evening of circus day , a fact which will probably tend to Increase the at tendance. Each of the five districts of the state are represented by three con testants. The invitation to hold the contest In Norfolk and the offer of the free use of the Auditorium was made at the suggestion of Superintendent Do- remus of Madison , who Is president of the state association. PERTURBED BY THE MARQUIS. Objections Raised Here Have All Been Whipped Over In Cities. Several very worthy Norfolk citl- /ens who have some time or other taken the lime to get a line or two on the English nobility , were somewhat perturbed yesterday by the presence in Norfolk of an English marquis of Canadian birth but a man who very plainly said that he had been and was quite content to be "a short ban- dled-Amerlcan. " The status of Mr. St. Lawrence Chandler as the'Marquis of Eckersloy has been pretty widely discussed pro and con for some weeks by the metro politan press. All of the objections raised by Norfolk men and several more have been whipped over. The title of the Duke of Livingstone , as was stated in the story of yesterday , Is said to be a title of French origin , though the estate Is an English estate. The present duke as bis father before him was engaged at times In diplo matic service. English titles cannot be transferred. In connection with the story of the Duke of Livingstone and his adopted heir , it has been stated that there are only two titles in all England which can be transferred. There Is a story that W. W. Astor , the Amer ican Englishman , offered the Duke of Livingstone 5,000 pounds for the title of Marquis of Eckersley. After all has been said , however , Mr. St. Lawrence Chandler is a very interestfng personality with as Interesting - esting a story as any visitor Norfolk has entertained for some months. KENNEDY GOES TO SPEARFISH. Popular Norfolk Instructor to be at Head'of German Department. A. G. Kennedy , who declined to ac cept a re-election this spring as an Instructor In the Norfolk high school on account of n desire to engage In higher work , will be at the head of the German department of the Spearflsh state normal school at Spearflsh , S. D. Mr. Kennedy will enter on his new work In September , spending the summer at the state university sum mcr school. Mr. Kennedy's home Is iu Weeping Water. He came to the Norfolk high school three years ago from Lincoln , where he had just tak en his A. M. degree at the University of Nebraska. He received his lower degree at Doane college. At one time Mr. Kennedy taught In the Chadron academy. His work as an Instructor In Norfolk has been with Latin and English classes. He will have some English work nt Spearflsh and ex pects to get Into that line of work finally , The Spearflsh normal has an attendance of about 500 students. The school has been growing rapidly in the last four or fiveyears. . Mr. Kennedy has been a popular as well as an efficient instructor In the local high * school and has made many friends In Norfolk who are glad of his success. Plalnvlew Whlttler a Hoodoo. Plalnvlcw , Nob. , April 25. It Is rather dangerous to fool with Frank Friend , the town whlttler. A few weeks ago a fellow shot him self in the leg while scuffling with him and one day last week. Ernest Nurn- berg had a hand badly cut on the whit tier's knife In a friendly scuffle. Friend continues to whittle and Is allowed to pursue his peaceful voca tion without Interference. The hoodoo dee slgnhas been hung on him. FIRST GAME WILL BE PULLED OFF NEXT FRIDAY. MAPES AND HOSPITAL TEAMS The Baseball Season Will Open in Norfolk Friday When Mapes' Team and the Hospital Team Will Com pete For Amateur Honors. Mapes' "own , " Norfolk's champion amateur nine , are figuratively strainIng - Ing at thel r leshcs to be up and doing on the baseball diamond. The weath er Indications are that they will break loose next Friday afternoon with re sults disastrous either to themselves or the baseball nine from the Norfolk hospital. The baseball season will open next Friday afternoon at the driving park diamond. The game will start at 3 p. m. The price of admission will be twenty-live cents. The proceeds will go to the Y. M. C. A. fund If the Mapes aggregation of lawyers , real estate and Insurance men win. The game , It might be mentioned , will bo between Mapes' "own" and the Nor folk hospital nine. Mapes' "own" have constituted themselves for the season of 1908 the champions of the Y. M. C. A. building fund. The net proceeds of all their games are to go Into the building fund. The line-up for the new season Is about the same as last fall. Friday afternoon tlio team will line-up as fol lows : L. B. Nicola , p ; Jack Kocnlg- stein , c ; Leo Pasewalk , Ib ; Will Pow ers , 21) ; Chris Anderson , 3b ; Bnrt Mapes , ss ; S. D. Robertson , rf ; Cleo Lederer , cf ; J. S. Mathewson , If ; M. D. Tyler and M. C. Hazen , substi tutes. The hospital nine Is being managed by Lon Gutzmcr. The players who are in the line-up nt prpsent are : Hodgin , Hoensteln , Reny , Lawton , Byerly , Gutzmer , Klentz , Dr. Young and Mont Robb. Dr. Kelley Is the hospital's choice for umpire. The opening ball game was sched uled for May day some weeks ago. While the cold wave made baseball prospects look chilly for a time , the weather Indications point to a pleas ant day Friday. Rev. Mr. Hinds Called. Julesburg , Col. , April 28. Special to The News : Rev. John N. Hinds , pastor of the Second Congregational church of Norfolk , has accepted a call from the First Congregational church of Julesburg. At a meeting of the board of the Julesburg church Monday evening Mr. Hinds was unanimously chosen. Six other able divines had been tried be fore the selection of Mr. Hinds was made. STATE R. R. EMPLOYES. Meeting is Held in Omaha to Orga nize Against Rate Reduction. Members of the railroad men's com mittee , appointed to represent the em ployes of this division before the state railway commission In protest against any reduction of railroad rev enue at this time , went to Omaha yes terday to attend a conference of rail road employes before appearing be fore the state commission. The call for the meeting was general , Includ ing other roads than the Northwest ern. ern.The The members of the Norfolk dele gation of railroad employes appointed to attend the hearing before the com mission are J. F. McGrane , C. Briggs , C. J. Hlbben , C. M. Wurzbacher , John Daugherty , W. T. O'Donnell and R. J. Ryel. Monday was the day set by the commission for an open hearing for shippers who had opinions about ex isting freight rates. Norfolk was not represented at this hearing. No rep resentatives of the Commercial club attended and the railroad delegation did not go to Lincoln. The date for the hearing to be ac corded the railroad men by the state commission has not been fixed. It will be sometime In the next few weeks. A state organization of railway em ployes for the prevention of further reduction of freight rates was planned. Railroad Notes. Lincoln Journal : The railway com mission yesterday received a request from employes of the Northwestern railroad for a hearing In the matter of a proposed reduction In railroad rates. The commission received a sim ilar request or rather a protest from employes of the Burlington road and at that time told the men they would bo given an opportunity to be heard before the commission acted upon rates. No definite date was set. The request from a Northwestern employe came from Omaha. As the commis sion desires to hear shippers and rail road officers May 27 before listening to railroad employes no date can be set at this time. It Is reported that the employes throughout the state will be asked to sign a written protest against any change In rates for the alleged reason that such action will result In a reduction of their wages. Sioux City Tribune : Reports that the Burlington railroad had nearly consummated a deal whereby It be comes the owner of the 130 miles of track from Sioux City to Garrotson , S. D , , now controlled by the Great Northern railroad were riftIt Is said that the outcome of this large deal will make Sioux City the division point for not only this line , but also for the Hurllngton lines to O'Neill , Neb. , and to Ashland. This will bring much In crease of business , trafllc and people to Sioux City. In addition to the train crews that will find Sioux City the logical place to reside when this change goes Into effect , the number of transient to bo cared for will bo largo. Olllclal confirmation of this re port could not he secured at the local Burlington olllces today , but the news Is nevertheless believed. Some time ago when the O'Neill ' change was made the local olflccs wore not notified for some weeks. ROBERTS FOR ALLISON. Speaker at Norfolk Convention Says Word for Allison on Way Home , Sioux City Journal : Hon. Goo. E. Roberts , president of the Commercial National bank of Chicago , with de posits of 112,000,000 , , former director of the mint and , In his younger man hood n city editor of The Journal , was In Sioux City on his return to Chicago from Norfolk , Nob. , where ho ad dressed the Northeast Nebraska Bank ers' association on "Tho Lesson of the Panic. " Mr. Roberts , who Is a republican of the republicans , said he was deeply Interested In seeing Senator Allison retained in his place as he thought every other lowan away from homo was. He said his desire was to sec the senator kept In his place so that he may continue to do honor to Iowa. This , he thought , was the unanimous desire of lowans outside the state. The common expression is that it can not be there Is any serious possibility of his being displaced. Mr. Roberts is in fine health and declared he liked his work In Chicago. It returned him to business life and that was what he had been hoping for. Mr. Roberts left for Chicago last evening , but will stop off for a day at Fort Dodge , bis old home. During his stay In Sioux City he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Perkins at luncheon. Coleridge Man Weds Indian. Coleridge , Neb. , April 25. Herman Hlrschman , a Coleridge boy , has en tered the tepee of a Cherokee In Okla homa and won the love and promise of an Indian maiden. It is expected that Illrschman will soon return with Ills bride. TO SUPREME COURT. The Gibbs Estate Case Is Appealed to Higher Authority. The Gibbs estate case Is going be fore the supreme court of Nebraska for review. This case , which has fig ured prominently In Madison county politics , is being appealed from Judge Welch's decision by both parties. The lieirs who brought the suit are ap pealing from Judge Welch's decision , lioldlng that the case was effective only against Allen & Reed and not against George Losey , the adminis trator. Allen & Reed are appealing from the finding of the court against them In the sum of about $11,000. Judge Welch while in Norfolk on his way to Nellgh was called on to pass on the bill of exceptions. The case is a rather Intricate one. Friends of Allen & Reed say that If the case finally goes against them It will be on technical points. Lets The Auto Do The Work. Wayne Democrat : After making considerable sport of Fred Benshoof's automobile , Fred Is now showing his friends that he does what some hub bies auto do but don't. Ho attaches the machine to the washing machine and It washes the clothes ; to the churn and It churns ; to the cows and It milks 'em. NEW RAILROAD PROJECT. Talk of Electric Line Across North Nebraska Just Now. Springvlew Herald : J. F. Bladl , of Herrick , S. D. , was in town in the interest of a railroad project. A bunch of promoters about Herrick have projected building an electric line from that place to Valentine touching at all towns In this county on the way , e. g. , Jamison , Brocks- burg , Mills , Burton , Sprlngview , Nor- den , Sparks In Cherry county. They expect-to raise about $35,000 in this county for the lino. He had already secured $10,000 and eight acres of land on the Keya Palm river for a power plant before he arrived here. They expect to get the power from this river. Classen-Jurgensen. Father Walsh of Norfolk officiated at the marriage of John P. Classen , the Madison photographer , to Miss Marie M. Jurgensen , a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jnrgensen of near Tllden. Recovered From Poison. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ahlmann , who were dangerously ill with an attack of ptomaine poisoning , have regained their former health. THURSDAY TIDINGS. It cost Carl Dunkel second cook at a local hotel , $5 and costs , to slap Miss Albertine Wolf , a dishwasher. The fine was assessed In police court. It was paid. The postoffice at Smlthvllle , S. D. , has been discontinued and people liv ing there now get their mall at Wall , S. D. John Kloke is a resident of that place. Dr. G. A. Young of the Norfolk hos pital has been appointed by Governor Sheldon as a member of the Nebraska delegation to the international con gress on tuberculosis. I. M. Rice , secretary of the Elkhorn ValU-\ Editorial association , is send ing out Invitations to the newspaper iiu-n "f thin region , calling attention to ihe annual meeting which will beheld hold at Vale-mine on the first Satur day In Junu The local lodge of the Knights of Pythias initiated four candidates | Tuesday evening. The work being put I on by the degree team from Wlnslde. J About twenty-llvo Wlnsldo lodge men , were present. A banquet was served at the close of the Initiation. Crolghton News : W. A. Woodhur.\ canto up from Norfolk and went to Center to visit his parents. Mr. Wood bury was badly Injured about six weeks ago by Jumping from an engine He Is able to get about by the aid of crutches and la recovering nicely from his Injuries , The now Methodist church at Albion was dedicated Sunday , free of debt. Bishop H. W. Warren preached and managed the finances. He asked for $8,000 and $8,500 was raised. The church Is built of pressed brick , trim med with stone , making a beautiful structure. The cost was over $20,000. Rev. F. M. Slsson , formerly presiding elder of the Norfolk district , Is the pastor. Nine of the Union Pacific motor cars have been ordered by the South ern Paclllc from Superintendent Me- Keen of Omaha. These cars are to be placed on branch lines out of Los Angeles. The San Joaquin line itself has ordered seven more , making a total of sixteen cars to bo delivered. These are already rapidly Hearing com pletion at the shops. The cars will run by their own power to Los -Angeles They are said to be of a far more Im proved type than those of the past. Clearwater for the third time in four years won the degree team contest at the district meeting of Odd Fellows held In Tllden. Clearwater , Tllden and Oakdale competed. Nellgli and Elgin were represented at the meeting but not In the contest. About 300 people attended the afternoon program , Past Grand Master Hoaglnnd of North Platte and Rev. Mead of South Sioux City , grand chaplain , being the prin cipal speakers. The judges of the contest were Mr. Hoagland , Rev. Mr. Mead and F. H. Beels of Norfolk. Fremont Herald : Carson II. Ream er , a Northwestern brakeman of this city was seriously Injured and his right foot was crushed so that amputation was necessary Tuesday evening. The accident occurred at Charleston , a little town near York , and Immediately afterwards he was conveyed to the York hospital and attended by Dr. Conway , the company physician there. The foot was so badly crushed that amputation was found necessary and the leg was severed shortly below the knee. Mr. Reamer was resting well at a late hour last night. Upon recommendation of the Inter state commerce commission the presi dent has awarded a railroad life sav ing medal to Frank Larson of Fre mont. Neb. Larson is a fireman on the Chicago & Northwestern. On Jan uary 19 , last at Exeter , Neb. , he dis tinguished himself by crawling out on the pilot of Ills engine and saving tlio life of a three-year-old child which was in the center of the track and but for Larson's heroism would have been run down and killed by the moving train. The president has written a personal letter of commendation to Larson. General Crozler , chief of ordnance , lias announced that the request for cannon and obsolete shells for the grand army post at Wayne , has been granted. The request for condemned cannon was made to Senator Burkett , through the commander of Casey post No. 5 , Wayne , who desires this trophy for ornamental purposes and the can non to fit their wishes has been dis covered at the Rock Island arsenal In the form of a three-Inch parrott gun , and this and three projectiles will be shipped to Wayne. General Crozler in his letter to Senator Burkett cau tioned him to advise his Grand Army friends in Wayne not to attempt to load and fire the cannon they are about to receive , as it might prove disastrous to the surrounding territory and its people. Bassett Leader : Last winter the hardware store of Smith Bros. , of Newport , was broken Into and articles to the value of $300 to100 taken. The plunder consisted principally of knives , watches , jewelry and revolvers. The firm has been quietly working on the matter and finally received what they deemed sufficient evidence to cause the arrest of Carl Pettijohn , a man of from thirty to thirty-five years of age , who had been around Newport for a number of years and also bad relatives at Long Pine. Pettijohn was arrested at O'Neill by Sheriff Hall of Holt county , brought to Bassett and turned over to the authorities here. A preliminary examination was held be fore County Judge Spann , Friday the 17th and he was bound over to the next term of district court which con venes Monday , April 27. The state offered evidence but Pettijohn made no defense In the preliminary hearing. County Attorney Douglas represented the state and Attorney Carlln the de fendant. Pllger Herald : A few months ago Mrs. Otto Koehler's sister living In Omaha sent Mrs. Kaehler's baby a pair of shoes and In the shoes was a note which said E. McDowell , Rochester - tor , N. Y. Finder please write to mo. Algle thinking it was some marriage able young man worth about $75,000- 000,000 , wrot e to the above address and by return mall received an answer from the above mentioned person stating that she was a widow- working In a shoe factory in Rochester - ter , N. Y. This led to the frequent exchange of letters and then photo graphs , Mrs. McDowell asking all about the baby that had got the shoes , also desiring a photograph of the baby which was sent. Last week Mrs. Koehler received a fine pair of baby shoes made entirely by this lady. They also received S' > me beauti ful Easter cards Algio of course was disappointed In tmt way , thinking the mime was borne marriageable young man. Hut she sn > s It pays to answer advertisements any way. FIRST TRIPP COUNTY BANK. Messrs. Slaughter and Young Will Open Bank at Lamro. . Gregory Times : Work was begun I at Lamro this week on a new building to bo occupied by the first banking Institution to start up In Trlpp county. iJimro has already had a healthy growth and will undoubtedly boom considerable during this season Should It become the county seat of Trlpp county It will be the most Im portant town within the great fertile tract of land to be thrown open to settlement shortly. The establish ment of a bank at Lamro will add n great deal to the prestige of the town and will give the business Interests of I iniro an Impetus which will bring favorable results. II. F. Slaughter and Attorney Young of this city are behind the new Institution. PAPER TRUST HEARING Increase In Cost of Product Did Not Keep Pace With Raise In Price. Washington , April 30. More evi dence tending to show that there IB a combination of paper manufacturers to fix thu price of news print paper In the United States was adduced bo- foio the special committee of the house which is Investigating the sub Jed of duty on wood pulp and print paper as affecting the price in the United Stales. John Norrls of the New York Times und representing the paper committee of the American Newspaper Publishers' association continued Ills testimony and presented numerous letters and documents to bear out his contention. Apparently , the committee was particularly 1m pressed with the annual statement of the International Paper company for last year , showing an Increased cost of production of GO cents a ton as against the raises in price of paper of $12 a ton. Chaiiman Mann , appreciat IIIR the Importance ) of this testimony , announced that he would go to the bottom tom to ascertain the cause of bo large ftn increase In the price of paper. TUCKER WENTJNTO POLITICS Uncle Sam Oil Man Met the Standard People on the Field in Kansas. Topeha. , April 30. The Uncle Sam Oil company In 190G contributed to a campaign fund , according to the testi mony brought out In the trial of H. H. Tucker , Jr. , charged with iiblng the malls to defraud. A. F. Robertson , an associate of Tucker , told of a meeting between Tucker and a number of Re publicans in Topeka in 190G. After the meeting Tucker instructed him to have 20,000 petitions printed to bo sent to stockholders of the company In Kansas , asking them to urge the governor to call a special session. The desire of the management , Robertson testified , was to have anti-trust legis lation enacted. "It was hoped that the special session , " he said , "would pass any legislation adverse to the Stand ard and'the railroads. " Robertson told of going to Washing ton with Tucker and D. W. Mulvane , Republican national commlttoeman of Kansas , to appear before Judge Good win of the postofllco department to prevent a fraud order being issued against the Uncle Sam company. "On the way back , " testified Robert son , "Tucker asked mo what I thought would bo a fair price for Mulvano's services , as the fraud order had not been Issued. I replied anything from $500 to $5,000. He told me that ho had paid him $2,500 and said ho had made a good' Investment. " LOOT BANK , SHOOT UP TOWN Robbers Secure Seven Thousand Dollars lars In Raid at Scandia , Minn. Crookston , Minn. , April 30. Rob bers looted the Scandia State bank and secured about $7,000. They ter rorized the Inhabitants by "shooting up" the town and made good their es cape. It was found that the robbers took away about $8,000 In currency. There were at least six men in the gang. The front door of the bank was forced by crowbars. The explosion when the vault door was dynamited awakened William Merdlnk , a merchant , who re sides near the bank. Others were aroused by the second explosion. Mer dlnk got on the roof of a building and when the robbers loft the bunk opened flro , sending fifteen bullets after them. The robbers fired a fusillade of shots. One robber was Injured , as blood stains were found. Three of the rob bers headed toward Standqulst and two others took away their wounded pal with a stolen horse and buesy. WOMAN ORDEREOITPORTED Mrs. Clary's Husband Dead In Ireland and She Is Arrested on Steamer. New York , April 30. The steamei Campania , from Queenstown , was de tained at quaiantine until detectives from this city , at the cabled request of the royal Irish constabulary , had found and questioned' Mrs. Margaret Clary and Mrs. Catherine Bowen of Clare-Morris , County Mayo , Ireland. The cablegram stilted that Mrs. Clary's husband , a farmer , hud died of poisonIng - Ing since the two women sailed from Ireland. Mrs Clary was examined by a board of special Inquiry at Ellis Island , and ordered deported. The other woman was not ordered deported , but made no objection to staying at the Island with her friend , and her case will re ceive further consideration. It Is be- llevod that she will conaont to accom pany the other woman back without further procedure. Battle Creek. Tlio cunoert given last Saturday by ihe BattkCrcck Valley string band was a succe-ss. The opera house was llli'd with people to Its full capacity. T. D. Best , the city mayor , has Health- Economy ialumet taking 'owder .Best by Test quit riding Ills white horse , because he ban a fine automobile which ho bought at Norfolk. Ralph Simmons had his barn moved to the south alloy on Depot street last , week. Mrs. 11. Ixinghoop of llartlnglon was visiting here from Friday till Monday with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. M. Warlike and other rolatlvoH. Frank M. Srb and family and F. ( ! . Slndelar of Cowells were visiting rel atives here Sunday. On the 21st a daughter was wel comed at ( lie home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Henselelt. The Unites Union ( Frauen-Vereln ) of the Lutheran cliureh will meet , at the parsonage Thursday afternoon. Uimbert and Ludwlg Kerliel were here from Saturday till Monday on business from Silencer. A social crowd of young people en joyed a hop at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nllos Saturday night. Mrs. J. W. HIsk was visiting with relatives at Stanton Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry 1'etersen moved back from Madison to this place Sat urday. There will be no meeting at the Lutheran church next Sunday on ac count of the dedication of the St. Paul Lutheran church at Norfolk. J. E. Risk was visiting Sunday at the Thomas Dugher home at Wlfiiicr. Tuesday John j | . Hodokohr shipped three carloads of cattle , Fred I3yl one carload of cattle and one of hogs , Joe C. Osborn two carloads of cattle and James Gillesple one carload of hogs to Omaha. Karl 10. Cartney went to Fremont Tuesday on a business mission. A. M. Jones , a real estate broker of Tllden , was here on business Tuesday. Mr. and Mra. Joseph F. Srb and son , Paul ! , went to Howells Wednes day fur a visit with relatives and friends. That place was their former home. CONFESSES MURDER. Young Man Admits He Killed Theo Sothman. Sinux R.nKi , s. n ( A ] | | . , , ; ,0 > _ Jollu Steltz , alias John Clark , who was arrested - rested for the murder some weeks ago of Theodore Sothman In a lonely cabin - in on the banks of the Big Sioux river about three miles northeast of Sioux Mills , was arraigned before Judge- Jones , of the state circuit court , and Pleaded guilty to the cl.argo . against him. He was sentenced to life Im prisonment in the Sioux Falls nenl- tentiary. When arraigned Steltz confessed to the murder of Sothman and also con fessed that some years ago he had murdered a man in Philadelphia. Sothman was murdered on the evenIng - Ing of March 1C last , the crime hav ing been committed for purposes of robbery. That day Sothman had re ceived a check for nearly $70 , and this came to the knowledge of Steltz. The two men came to Sioux Falls that day and , unknown to Steltz , Sothman deposited the check in a local bank while Steltz believed he had gotten the check cashed and that he had the proceeds In his pocket where the two returned home together late in the afternoon. Sothman was shot as ho lay asleep on a bed , his head nearly being blown from his body owing to the close range at which the shot had been fired. Owing to the smallness of the room and the position of the bed and other furnishings the muzzle of the gun could not have been over six or eight inches from the sleeping man's head when the shot was fired. Instead of securing nearly $70 , with which lie Intended making his way across the country , Steltz found in the pockets of the dead man only about $3 in cash , and , having no money with which to flee , was compelled to remain and concoct a story to the effect that three mysterious strangers had appeared at the cabin and thai one of them had shot and killed Seth man. Steltz gave the police the In formation which resulted In the dis covery of the cold blooded murder. LOOKS AFTER THE ELEPHANTS. Nebraska City Man Friendly With Campbell Brothers' Elephants. Nebraska City Press : Fred A. I. Cooper left yesterday for Omaha and from there will go to Grand Island where he will join the Campbell Bros , circus for the season. Fred will have the same duties that he had last sea son , that of taking care of the ele phants , with which he Jias good suc cess. HO likes the big animals and they like him. South Dakota News. In the trial of Gustavo Kammel at Miller for the murder of his wife , his son was the principal witness against him. Representatives of Dakotan Wesleyan - an university , defeated Hamllne , mil- versity In debate at St. Paul. Yankton is making elaborate pre parations for the entertainment of Admiral Sonify on May 1. Mitchell lost $10,000 by a morning l > laze In the business district. The Congregational society at Mit chell is preparing to build a $25,000 church.