NORFOLK WEEKLY NKWS-JOUKNAL : FRIDAY. MAY 15 1'JOS.
W AMTICI PANTS IN THE CANNES
TRAGEDY WELL KNOWN.
. , \LL FORMERLY LIVED HERE
and Robinson arc Brothcrs-ln-
Law nnd Lived at Madison Suthcr-
Mancl Went to Kcya Paha County
.From Dattlc Creek.
Tim pnrtlflpantH In Hio Carnos tniK-
' < ody , details of which were related yes
terday In 11 apodal dispatch from
HiiHrtHt , II Heeiim were at one tlmu
ull Madison coun'y mon. According
lo the memory of HIOHO who Unew the
ramllloH when they lived In thlB conn-
iy , % \rm. Blrkloy IH not the noii-ln-law
i > > f A. K. Robinson , us stated In the
, llspaU'li , hut the Uo nre brothers-Ill-
tlnvi. The former Is the son of Win.
IMfililoy. sr. . who died a few years
O , who homeatoaded a farm adjoin-
the city of Madison. He ropro-
U'd MndlHon county In the legisla
ture In IRS I , and was a powerful fac
tor In HccurliiK the original appropria-
tlon for the construct Ion of the Nor-
'folk hospital for Insane. When lie
lived In Mndlhon , A. K. Robinson was
the proprietor of what was known as
A ho Hoard of Trade livery. Some
yoiira a o the families moved to Keyu
Vaha county and took liomesteadH ,
Mother ltlcKle > going with her clill-
ilren
Warner Sutherland , the young man
who svas shot , Is said to be the son
of one of the Sutherlands at Hattlo
< ! ieek. so ho also Is a Madison county
man. and said to be connected \\llh
Home of the bust families In Madison
county.
DETERMINED BY A CARD GAME
. .Or. Bear Became a North Nebraska
Citizen by Chance.
'A card game made Dr. A. Hear a
north Nebraska citizen. At least that
Is a story that the pioneers toll.
Dr. Hear and Dr. T. C. Sexton parti-
-clp.ited In the famous game. It was
jpluycd In Fremont In ISOii.
Homesick and more than a trifle
r discouraged the two young physicians
viewed the western frontier and the
nJesolite prairies \\itli alarm. They
Avi-e about ready to tobs it all up and
Dr. A. Bear
return to th east IJut the story U
that tin y pUi > ed .1 card g.iaie to de
clde. The > stayed.
It was a fortunate issue of thai
same. Hoth men became prosperous
and honored citizens In the great com
monwealth that they hid a snbstantla
imrt In building. The lives of botl
men have lilted s > o well into theli
north Nebraska setting that the skoptl
cal may find it a trllle hard to believe
that at one time it all hung on a can
game.
But Us a story oft repeated.
Husband Deserts , Child Dies.
Alnsworth , Neb. , Miy IS. Specla
-to The News : The infant child o
Mr. and Mrs. Hey Cunningham diet
Saturday night and was buried Sun
i'lay afternoon. Cunningham left hi
wife two \\eeks ago and nobod ;
luiows his whereabouts. The famll ;
liad no means and the deserted wlf
aiiul her child have been sustalnei
ithrough charity since that time. Th
? > oor woman , doubly bereaved , ha
the sympathy of the entire commu
nlty.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
O. A. Helmers of Pierce is drivln ;
ii. Jackson twenty-four horse powe
louring car which he purchase
through K. A. Bullock of Norfolk.
The city council meets next Tnes
.ilay evening , the council meetln
alights having been changed to th
-.second and fourth Tuesday evening
x > f the month.
The front of Emll Koehn's saloo
nn Fifth street has been remodele
io conform with the requirements c
sthe new saloon ordinance. A fu' '
view of the entire room can now b
diad from the street.
J. lj. Kudrle of Sioux City , who 1
-preparing - to start a creamery In th
Olney building , arrived In Norfol
yesterday with a force of three o
four men. Some work will be n
quired to get the building ready fc
the creamery.
The Norfolk pickle company ha
little trouble In securing the necei
ary encumber acreage this sprlni
It Is thought that the same acrcag
will bring in more cucumbers tha
last > ear. This year the company I
contracting for cabbages In advanci
Battle Creek will not put a basoba
loam In the field until the suminc
vacation brings the college plajer
l > ack to town. Several of the lies
players among the younger ball ei
ihuslasts are away to school. Th
Norfolk "Brownies" wanted a game
with Battle Creek nntl designated J.
IFljnn as tlielr representative on
Iho occasion of his visit to Battle
Creek' ' yesterday.
Master I j-roy Bock Is 111 this week.
Mm. Slmins returned home Sunday
evening from Btnnlon , where oho
Hpent the afternoon with friends.
Mrs. Gnniuut and daughter , Mar
guerite , and son Hey returned to their
homo In Fremont Monday noon after
i brief visit with her brother , C. IL
Kampnmn ami Philip Kampman.
lames C. Mahoney returned to Nor
folk jesterday from Council Bluffs ,
\\hero he spent Sunday with his pa
rents.
Mrs. Hlmer S. Cummins ami three
small daughters arrived homo Mon
day noon from Battle Creek , where
( hey had been visiting Mis. Cummins'
parents , Mr. and Mrs. Shlpplee.
I lamp Nelson and son Orloy ar
rived homo from Missouri yesterday ,
where they had been to look after
some pioperty.
The Union Pacific's evening passen
ger from Columbus now arrives at
! ) : LT > p. m. , a now time card bringing
It Into Norfolk ten minutes earlier
than formally. As yet there has been
no change In the M. < fi O. time card
based on the recent twenty minute
advancement of the Northwostern's
noon trains. The noon mail Is now
dispatched from the post olllco twenty
minutes earlier than formally.
Mrs. M. II. Green came very close
to having a serious accident the other
night while driving on Norfolk avenue.
Another horse became frightened at
a passing automobile and plunged
against the buggy In which Mrs. Green
and another lady were riding. In the
collision both of the back wheels of
Mrs. Green's vehicle were broken.
Fortunately neither of the occupants
of the buggy wore Injured. The man
driving the horse which caused the
collision never stopped to ascertain
the extent of the damage.
The Norfolk school board has two
vacancies to fill In the local teaching
force. Miss Alta McKlver has declin
ed a re-election and Miss Rcna Olm-
stod who was elected to one of the
third grade rooms , will teach in the
Pierce high school the coming year.
Miss McICiver had been assigned to
second grade work. Miss Mando
Boyd , who has been principal of the
Grant school , notified the board some
time ago that she would not teach
here next term. She has had one of
Hie preliminary grades in the Grant
school. Her class will be assigned to
MNs Laura Durland.
'I lie Norfolk automatic telephone
' 11 t is getting Into working order as
I 1-1 .ii the experts can make the nee-
--ai > connections with the compli-
I'M ! switchboard. The company Ie
* Diving service to about 150 sub-
'i ' I'D is in Norfolk. This week the
| > secured connections with
I'd ' on switchboard. This line glyes
1 ' -n connections with Newman
' . "M. IClgin , Monroe , Cornlea , Llnd-
[ > \ ; mil Petersburg. The Norfolk
' ' ' . has had connections with
M -kuiR. Battle Creek , Tllden and
Mi .iilow Grove for some time. The
Midi pendent ofllce has been able to
n .icli Madison for some time by the
\ \ aof Battle Creek but the now con
nections are direct between this city
uid the county seat.
Sugar City Aerie Grows.
The caglo will fly next Friday night.
He will fly in Norfolk and the course
> f his flight will be especially directed
for the benefit of some forty or fifty
awed candidates for initiation Into the
local aerie.
Friday night will be a big night in
the history of the Sugar City aerlo
A big class of fifty candidates will be
Initiated into the lodge.
Among the prominent Eagles from
away who will be here for the occa
slon will be P.J.Barrett , deputy grant
president for the south Platte conn
try , J. M. Tanner , secretary of the
state lodge and editor of the MId-Wes
Eagle , C. W. Brltt , an Omaha attor
ney , Thomas Malloney , mayor o
Council Bluffs , and L. J. F. laeger o
Chadron , famous the west over as
"Billy the Bear. "
The Initiation of Friday night wll
bring the membership In the Norfoll
lodge up o about 200 members.
The first of next month the Norfoll
aerlo entertains the state aerie. The
Norfolk aerie boasts of the presiden
of the state aerie , P. M. Barrett
Baseball is Waking Up.
The Norfolk base ball situation i
beginning to take pretty definite shape
The base ball committee has beet
making an active canvass for flnan
clal support the last day or two. Tin
committee Is securing definite month
ly pledges and proposes to enter th
season on n working basis. The re
g spouses to the committee's appeal
e while not In all cases as liberal a
s might have been expected , nre stll
such as to make the local outlook en
n cournglng.
d The base ball team Itself is abou
if to appear. E. C. Shafer , who runs i
II cigar factory in the Mast block , ha
e been chosen captain and has takei
active charge of the team. Mr. Shafe
s came to Norfolk a few months agi
e from Missouri Valley , la. , where In
k had an enviable reputation as an al
T round ball player.
2Captain Shnfer has called the loca
ir players out for practice. The mei
who will bo candidates for position
d in the regular line-up will work on
3eneh evening.
; . The base ball diamond is to be lal
o out anew so as to bring It dlrectl ;
n In front of the grand stand. Th
is judge's stand , which nt present ol
. > . btructs the view of the field from th
11 grand r tnnd , Is to be taken down
ir Norfolk. It Is stated , will hnvo i
s good team in the field when Bcnso :
it Eagles como here for a game the firs
i- day of the state convention of Eagle
o next month.
NORFOLK IS ENTERTAINING NE
BRASKA CONVENTION.
LIVE WIRES OF COMMONWEALTH
Commercial Travelers Began Arriving
In Norfolk Thursday Evening to At
tend the Tenth Annual Session of
the Nebraska Grand Council.
The Nebraska grand council of the
United Commercial Travelers of
America is In session In Norfolk. It
has brought to Norfolk scores of the
most representative commercial men
of the state. Norfolk welcomed
Thursday evening and Friday morn
ing the "live wires" of the state.
The grand council was called to or-
or shortly after 9 o'clock Krlday
iiornlng. The council meets in the
Insonlc hall In .the Mast block and
vlll bo in session until Saturday noon ,
'ho meetings of the grand council
ro always secret.
E. A. Bailey of Lincoln , grand conn-
elor , presides over the state meeting ,
'he greater part of the actual conven-
Ion details fall on Fred \V. Hawkins ,
rand secretary. Grand Conductor S.
' . Ersklne Is a Norfolk olllcer of the
-rand lodge.
There arc ten councils of the U. C.
, In Nebraska : Omaha , Llnooln ,
tastings , Beatrice , Norfolk , Grand
sland , Chadron , Fremont , Holdrego
nil Columbus. Each council is rep-
escnted at the state convention in
Norfolk.
This Is the tenth annual session of
he Nebraska council.
Norfolk council has made a tremen-
Ions gain within the past year , hav-
ng brought the membership of the
ocal council , No. 120 , up to the 120-
x > lnt.
THE DECORATIONS.
Colors and Emblem of U. C. T. Brighten -
en Norfolk.
A hearty welcome to the grand coun
cil of the U. C. T. and to the indl-
Idual knights of the grip assembled
n Norfolk for their tenth annual
itate convention was expressed in
iiindreds of banners , flags and "col
ors" displayed on Norfolk buildings
mil In store windows.
The pretty colors of the United
ommerclal Travelers , blue , old gold
ind white , afford an opportunity for
x number of very attractive window
llsplays.
The decorating was universal , Indl-
ating that Norfolk was unanimous in
ler greeting.
The U. C. T. colors were displayed
about the homes of many Norfolk
ravolers.
EXTENDS GREETING.
rand Council Sends Message to Five
Councils In Session.
The Nebraska grand council of the
U. C. T. , meeting in Norfolk , extend
ed greetings to sister grand councils
n convention in five different states.
The message was dispatched to the
grand council of Kentucky , the Vlr-
Inlas , Maryland and the District of
Columbia meeting at Parkersburg .
V. ; to the grand council of Illinois
meeting at Decatur , HI. ; to the grand
council of Indiana meeting at Terra
Haute , Ind. ; to the grand council ol
Georgia and Florida meeting at Macon
con , Ga. , and to the grand council of
the Carollnas meeting at Ashevlllo
N. C.
The message read : "Nebraska
grand council assembled extends fraternal
tornal greetings and best wishes for
a pleasant and profitable meeting. "
THE PARADE.
Commercial Travelers , a Hundred
Strong , Marched up the Avenue.
A hundred commercial travelers
In Norfolk for the grand council meet
Ing of the U. C. T. , marched up Nor
folk avenue Friday noon. It was the
annual parade of the U. C. T.
The parade started exactly at the
noon hour. It was headed by the
Norfolk baud.
Following the band came Mayo
J. D. Sturgeon , one of Norfolk's dele
gates to the grand council , and Grand
Counselor E. A. Bailey of Lincoln
head of the U. C. T. in Nebraska. The
executive head of the commorcla
men's order and the U. C. T. mayo
of Norfolk rode In the official auto
mobile , the mayor's runabout.
Then came the traveling men , twr
abreast. There were an even him
tired In line.
The parade was an Imposing one
Norfolk has never seen a better ap
pearlng body of men than the lonp
line of Nebraska travelers , gracet
with badges , lodge colors and parad
canes.
Word From Supreme Office.
The following telegram was ro
celved by the Nebraska grand conn
ell from the supreme office of the U
C. T. at Columbus , Ohio :
"Accept friendly and fraterna
greeting from supreme office with bes
wishes for an enjoyable and profit
able mooting. C. C. Daniels , suprom
secretary. "
GRAND COUNCIL ROLL.
s
List of Delegates Having Vote In
Grand Council Session.
The U. C. T. grand council Is no
a largo body. Despite the fact tha
there are between ono and two hui
tired traveling men in Norfolk enl
thlrtflvo men are entitled to vote
In the convention.
Each council has a delegate fo
every seventy-five members. The I
C. T In Nebraska has a memborshl
of 1237.
in aiiuttton to the grand olllcers , make
up the grand council now in ses
sion :
Beatrice : F. D. OWOIIB , E. E. Ab
bott.
Lincoln : G. E. Doorck , E. T. leck ,
. A. Traphagen . E. Seely.
Omaha : F. E. CoaUworth , J. E.
lagan. E. W. Gettln.
Hastings : G. E. Homer , H. D. Me-
'addon , A. D. Spelr.
Grand Island : John W. Sink , H. J.
lolmes , Ed Eiicl.
Chadron : P. H. Patterson.
lloldrege : F. S. Emnions , E. H.
Jay.
Columbus : H. F. Fritz.
Fremont : W.V. . Blackmail.
Norfolk : A. Handklov , C. D.
IllHIlS.
RECEPTION AT ERSKINE HOME.
Ladles From Away Meet Wives of
Norfolk Commercial Men.
A Friday afternoon reception given
t the home of Grand Conductor S.
" . Ersklno , 210 North Ninth street ,
ompllnientnry to the ladles from
way who accompanied their bus-
lands to Norfolk for the grand conn-
11 meeting was a pleasant social f en
ure of the program arranged for the
pcclal entertainment of the out-of-
> wn ladles.
The reception In addition to afford-
ng a delightful afternoon gave the
vlvcs of Norfolk traveling mon an
pportunlty to become acquainted
vlth the wives of various prominent
ommerclal men from over the state.
Mrs. Erskino was assisted In ro-
elvlug by Mrs. A. E. Chambers , Mrs.
O. L , Hyde , Mrs. A. Randklcv and
Irs. George E. Spear.
The Erskine homo was prettily dec-
iratetl for the occasion In the colors
f the United Commercial Travelers ,
Id gold , blue and white. A profusion
of flowers in keeping lent to the pret-
y effect of the decorations.
An Interesting program was arrang-
d for the afternoon. Music was fur-
ilshed by the Larson orchestra of
' " "rcmout. A piano solo was rendered
> y Miss Katherine Shaw and a violin
election by Hay Estabrook. Mrs. L.
M. Hibbs gave a reading during the
afternoon. Mrs. C. E. Greene of Plain-
/lew sang.
Punch was served by Mrs. D. S.
Day and Mrs. E. C. Engle.
The hours of the reception were
rom two to four.
U. C. T. Directory.
When the grand council convened
' " "rlday morning all save two of the
grand officers were present. C. C.
'atrlck of Omaha , a member of the
tate executive committee , was unable
o attend , and J. H. Gary from Has-
Ings. a member of the same commlt-
eo , had not arrived.
The U. C. T. directory Is :
E. A. Bailey , grand counselor , Lin
coln ; Louis E. May , grand past cotin-
< elor , Fremont ; \V. A. Sain , grand
iinior counselor , Beatrice ; Fred W.
lawken , grand secretary , Fremont ;
X C. Hewitt , grand treasurer , Has-
ings ; S. F. Erskine , grand conductor ,
Norfolk ; C. W. Hln/.le , grand page ,
Omaha ; Paul B. Trtieblood , grand sen-
inel , Grand Island ; grand executive
committee H. W. Bock Grand Island ,
. C. Patrick Omaha , J. R. Gary Has
tings , C. E. Harmon Holdrege. C. J
. yon , chairman railroad committee ,
Omaha ; Fred H. Frahm , chairman heel -
el committee , Fremont ; C. E. Har
mon , chairman legislative committee ,
Holdrege.
The officers of Norfolk council , No.
120 , which entertains the state meetIng -
Ing are :
A. E. Chambers , senior counselor ;
E. C. Engle , junior counselor ; A.
Handklev , past senior counselor ; D
S. Day , conductor ; C. H. Taylor , page ;
C. A. Rickabaugh , sentinel ; Geo. H
Spear , secretary and treasurer ; Frank
If. Beels , A. L. Lagger , C. A. Blakely
E. A. Moore , executive committee.
The local committees for the grand
session nre :
Finance : J. D. Sturgeon , chairman ;
A. C. Randklev , O. L. Hyde , Geo. H
Spear , S. R. Carney.
Entertainment : S. F. Erskine , chair
man ; Fred Gettlnger , D. S. Day , C
A. Rickabaugh.
Music , badges , printing : Frank H
Beels , chairman ; A. L. Lagger , M. W
Beebe.
Decorations : E. C. Engle , chair
man ; A. E. Chambers , E. B. Kauff
man.
SATURDAY BASE BALL.
U. C. T. and Elks Play for Benefit of
Y. M. C. A.
The Elks or the U. C. T. ? How
do you line-up ?
With the coming of the commercla
travelers to Norfolk Interest In the
Saturday baseball game has been get
ting up to the fever height.
There has probably never been as
much interest In an amateur game as
In the contest for Saturday afternoon
Every traveling man In town will be
at the game. So will a good portion
of Norfolk.
The game will bo opened with n
grand parade as all properly innnaget
amateur games are opened.
After that the trouble will start.
The game Is called at 3 o'clock.
The game Is played for the benefl
of the Y. M. C. A. fund.
The revised line-up follows :
U. C. T. Elks
Well p NIcoln
Gottlnger c Koenlgstein
Price Ib Burton
fleels 2b Logan
Marketnn 31) ) Pasownll
Connolly sa Mope.
Masters rf Brusl
DcHart cf Gutzme
Day If Hall
Sutherland umpires Shaffer
Look for work among the want ads. ,
and to help along have your own
want ad , "take a hand" at the task ,
oo ,
S NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL.
MAY SOLVE THE PROBLEM
The Question of Site Is the First
to be Settled The Offer of a Free
Site to the Council Is Being Con
templated ,
The future of the Norfolk fiee pub
ic library as yet existing only as a
natter of ordinance , Is In the hands
of the city council. This situation has
ipparently been accepted by nil of the
nembera of the late library board. In
'act several members of the board
sere In sympathy with the action of
he council In declaring Hie board out
of ollice.
There are Indications that the coun
cil may bo able to solve the library
problem which Immediately resolves
Itself into a site problem.
It Is understood that the offer of a
free silo to the council is being con-
emplated. In fact this situation Is
n the air. As a result It would prob
ably be expedient for any parties hav-
ng a site and a mind to furnish It to
get their favored proposition ready to
iresent to the council.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
A. A. Corkle is in Milwaukee.
James Poole was In Crelghton yes-
onlay.
C. B. Jones , a Sioux City attorney ,
vas in Norfolk yesterday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Greene of Plain-
view were among the guests at the
U. C. T. banquet.
Miss Lulu Nethaway leaves Sunday
norning for Belle Plalnc , Iowa , to
oin the Trousdalo stock company.
Mrs. B. T. Held , who has been vlslt-
ng in Norfolk for several days , ex-
lects to return to her claim in Wyom-
ng next week.
D. Rees has purchased the rest-
lencc property of F. F. Ware on North
Ninth street.
lalley of Lincoln and Grand Secrc-
ary F. W. I lawken of Fremont were
.he guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. Rand-
dev during the grand council.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Lyon of Omaha
wore guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. F. Erskine. Mr. Lyon was
'ormerly grand secretary of the U.
T. grand lodge.
Otto Voget of Wayne , who recently
gave a Y. M. C. A. benefit concert In
Norfolk , will leave Monday noon for
the east where ho will become the
raveling representative of a New-
York music establishment. Ho will
ravel in Europe and America.
A little daughter has arrived at the
ionic of Mr. and Mrs. August Steffrn.
Mr , Steffen is the teacher In charge
of the Chlrst Lutheran school.
Frank Owen , formerly of Norfolk , Is
n the city attending the U. C. T. con
vention. Mr. Owen is now in the hoad-
luartcrs of the Dempster Manufactur
ing company at Beatrice.
The local Rebokah lodge last evenIng -
Ing ejected the following officers :
Mrs. Steele Beck , noble grand ; Miss
Maude Clark , vice grand ; Miss Mlna
Trnlock , secretary ; Mrs. I. M. Macy ,
treasurer.
Definite notice has been received
that district court will not bo convened
at Madison until next Wednesday af
ternoon. The equity session of the
first week will be short. The jury
work begins May 25.
A new time card becomes effective
on the Northwestern Sunday morn
ing. The noon trains as a result ar
il ve and leave twenty minutes ear
lier. The corrected time can ! is pub
lished in this issue of The News.
Miss Mattie Davenport has boon suf
fering n great deal during the past
week as the result of having come in
contact with poison ivy. Her eyes
have been swollen shut and she has
been confined to her bed for several
days.
The automobile is a useful animal
When E. P. Olmsted got a larger ma
chine he found it almost impossible
to get into the garage the way the
auto house stood. So he raised the
garage , hitched It to the automobile
and immediately hauled it around In
another direction.
Dr. P. H. Salter of Norfolk has been
invited to act as toastmaster at tht
banquet to be given next week in Lin
coin by the state medical societybill
has declined the honor. Dr. Salter Is
being mentioned by physicians In
many parts of the state as the prob
able delegate to be chosen to the na
tlonal medical convention which meetfl
in Chicago early in June.
Count M. V. von Hahden of Crelgh
ton , who was In Norfolk a week ago
to take In the Campbell Bros , circus
met hero many old circus people whom
he knew intimately. The count Is an
old showman himself , having been in
charge of the foreign cavalry In Buf
falo Bill's great show at the world's
fair In Chicago. Besides attending the
duties of justice of the peace In
Crelghton , the count Is'just now engaged -
gaged In training four very beautiful
saddle horses. Ho will drive two of
his horses In tandem style at the
Knox county fair next fall.
Alnsworth Commencement May 29.
Ainsworth , Neb. , May 18. Special
to The News : The Alnsworth high
bchool commencement will take
place Friday evening , May 29. There
are five members of the class : Slier
man E Eddy. Helen R. Skillman. Della -
la Girtrude Needles , Alta F Scales
aiul diaries. Kenneth Paine Sherman
E IV'lv ' wun the fir-it prlzo. a schol
- > in pnaiHculUgi - ah'l ' H 'U-n
H Sliiiltnan bi-cond a srholaislup m
Iimnn'iun wi'l ' be pronounced bj
lUv Mr Van Valkcnburgh Harold
Humphrey will give a piano solo ;
Mis. Sadlo A. Smith a vocal solo and
Robert Herro a cornet solo. The
lass prophecy will be given by Echo
larvls of the tenth grade. The ora-
Ions and essa > s by the class nre as
follows : "Value of Time , " Sherman
: . Eddy ; "Vocational Fits mid Mis-
ItK , " Alta F. Seals ; "Success Through
Conflict , " Delia ( lertiude Needles ;
'The New Ideal. " Charles Kenneth
Palno ; "Fads. " Helen H. Hklllman.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
lellvered In the M. E. church on Sun-
lay evening , Mny 21 , lij Hev. Joseph
0. Johnson , the pastor.
CLOSE GRAND COUNCIL SESSION
WITH BASE BALL.
TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTEEN
Travelers Win Great Stick Contest
Saturday Afternoon Game Wit
nessed by 300 People Brings $50
to Y. M. C. A.
The United Commercial Travelers
closed their triumphant two-days
stay In Norfolk with a big-scoro vic
tory over the Elks baseball nine. The
Elks Interposed no serious obstacle
.o the triumphant procession of the
.ravelers. Though they rallied in the
latter part of Iho game the final
score stood twenty-live to thirteen
with the Elks holding the unlucky
Ollll.
Three hundred people saw ( ho
game , svhlch was called shortly after
. ! o'clock , Saturday afternoon. The
side lines were lined with carriages
nnd automobiles nil decorated with
the gay colors of one or both of the
opposing nines.
The game brought about $50 Into
the Y. M. C. A. building fund. The
receipts at the gate amounted to
? 02.75.
Burton's cubs lost the game In the
first two Innings. When they settled
down the travelers were disappear
ing just around the corner. Disaster
struck the Elks again In the seventh
Inning but the game was wull to the
bad by that time.
Dr. Brush negotiated for a three-
dagger once. So did Hurt Mapcs.
The travelers wore sixty-one times
it the bat.
The story of the game is :
U. C. T. Champions :
AB R II PO A E
Connolly , lib 7
KirUpatrlck , ss 7 -1 ! 0 ! 1
Heels , 2b 7 1 -1 0 2 0
Well , p 7 3 2 I ! 0 1
Dellnrt , If 2 2 1 0 0 0
Masters , If 5 1 3 0 0 0
Price , 11) ) 7
Day , rf 7
Scott , cf G 2 3 0 0 0
Gcttinger , c C 3 315 1 0
01 25 2S 27 12 3
The Elks ;
AB R II PO A E
Koenlgstein , c 5 1 2 8 J. 2
Nicola , p n 1 0 1 n 1
Burton , Ib 5 1 1 8 1 1
Pnsewalk , 3b 5 3 4 1 2 4
Gutzmer , cf 5 2 4 0 1 1
Brush , rf 5 0 1 0 0 1
Logan. 2b 5 1 1 S 1 2
Hall , If 5 2 2 1 0 1
Mapes , ss 5 2 3 0 2 1
45 13 IS 27 14 14
Statistics of the Game.
Wild pitch , Nicola.
Hit by pitched ball , Nicola , 4.
First base on balls , Well 2 , Nicola
I.
Passed balls , Koenigstein 1.
Struck out , Weil 11 , Nicola 8.
Sacrifice hits , Price 1.
Stolen bases , Koenlgstein 1 , Bur
ton l , Pasewalk 2 , Gutzmer 3 , Hall
1 , Mapes 1 , Klrkpatrlck 4 , Beels 1 ,
Scott 1 , Gettlnger 3.
The score :
U. C. T 47040081 1 25
Elks 0 1 0 1 0 2 4 4 1 13
The umpires : Sutherland , Shaffer.
NORTH WEST BANKERS.
Annual Convention of Group Six Held
at Chadron May 29.
Group six of the Nebraska Bankers'
association will hold its annual con
vention In Chadron on May 29. The
meeting' will be called to order at
9:30 : by President D H. Grlswold of
Gordon.
Saturday the bankers will take an
excursion to Hot Springs , S. D. , taking
advantage of the Decoration day boll-
day.
day.The
The convention program Is :
Invocation Rev. J. Rockweed
Jenkins , Chadron.
Address of Welcome Hon. J. H.
Flnnegan , mayor , Chadron.
ResiKinse C. M. Thompson , New-
port.
port.President's
President's Annual Address.
Report of group secretary and treas
urer.
Appointment of committee by pres
ident.
Adjournment for lunch.
1:30 : p. m.
Convention called to order.
Address J. P. A. Black , president ,
Hastings.
Address Clement Chase , editor of
the Western Banker , Omaha.
Address C. F. McGrow , vice presi
dent Omaha National bank , Omaha.
"What Has Our State Association
Done For Us During the Past Year ? "
W. B. Hughes , secretary N. B. A.
Report of committee.
Education of olllcers.
Adjournment for dinner.
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