THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : Fill PAY , JULY 3 1'JOS.
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SEVEN SALARIES RAISED AT
NORFOLK P08TOFFICE.
RAISE IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1
Now Flical Year Begins at Norfolk
Postofflce Annual Report Soon.
Government Building Inspector
Here Repairs Will Do Made.
Tlio nrrlvnl of July brlnga an In
crease of $700 In the annual salary
list of the Norfolk postofllco.
Four clerks and two city cnrrlora
aharo In the Increase. The postmas
ter's salary Is alBO Increased.
Beginning July 1 V. V. Light and
II. W. Jonas , among the clerks , nro
advanced from $900 to $1,000. F. W.
Frecland and It H. Hyde arc advanced
from $800 to $900.
Among the city carriers C. A.
Illchoy and George Melstcr are passoO
from the $900 list to the $1,000 salary
roll.
roll.Tho
The postmaster's salary will bo $2-
GOO for the coining year , the Increase
being based on Increased receipts.
Building Inspector Here.
Howard W. Thayer , a postofflco
Inspector , was In Norfolk this morn
ing and last evening , going over the
government building. Several repairs
will probably bo ordered by the de
partment In a short time. It IB
thought that the present white walls
on the lower lloor of the building will
bo tinted. Other repairs Include a
storm door for the west entrance nnd
the painting of the roof.
New Fiscal Year.
Tuesday was the last day In the
fiscal year. The new year begins
July 1. During the coming week the
report covering the year's business
at the Norfolk office will bo made out.
THURSDAY TIDINGS.
Miss May Barrett nas been quite
sick.
sick.Dr.
Dr. 13. TJ. Brush Is having his office
repapercd and renovated.
B. K. Hoffnmstcr will bo In Denver
during the democratic convention.
L. N. Muck and W. M. Crowder , two
blind men who have traveled over
most of the United States , were In
the city this morning.
The potato bugs have arrived In
forco. Large portions of some potato
fields whore proper precautions against
the bugs were not taken have been
nearly ruined.
Two hundred yards of ribbon was
required to make the badges to be
worn by Norfolk people making Fourth
of July visits to neighboring towns.
Mayor Sturgeon hopes to see the spec
ial train to Madison crowded with Nor
folk badge wearers.
Train No. C from the Black Hills
was two hours and forty minutes late
yesterday on account of the derailing
of a pair of trucks on a mnll car two
miles south of Black Hawk.
B. P. Olmsted , who retired some
tlmo ngo from the Sturgeon Music
company , has opened an ofllce over the
Citizens' National bank In order to
have better facilities to clear up his
collections.
Rev. Edwin Booth , jr. , pastor of the
First Congregational church , who
recently opened a down town study
In the Mast block , has had the study
room equipped with a well stocked
library , desks , tables , a typewriter
nnd a telephone.
Smith & Son , the firm which won the
contract for the construction of the
new water main extension , had eight
competitors In the bidding. The bids
which were close enough to be figured
out were as follows : Smith & Son ,
$1,545 ; Miller & Humphrey of Nor
folk , $1,581.50 ; John Elslnger of West
Point , $1,800 , ; Katz , Craig Co. , of Oma
ha , $1,733,60. The now extension lies
north of Norfolk avenue nnd west of
Tenth street. Bralth & Son Is the
firm which has had the contract for
the last three sewer districts.
Among the towns which are some
distance away Dallas In the Rosebud
country will probably draw the most
Fourth of July visitors from this vicin
ity. The big celebration In Gregory
county Is held In Dallas , the terminal
town on the Northwestern railroad.
Among othora many people who do-
Biro to see the Rosebud country , upon
which the Trlpp opening Is to center
all eyes for a second tlm& , nro planning
to run up to Dallas for tile Fourth.
A bin encampment of Indians Is a
Unique feature of the Dallas eielebra'
tlon which begins today and concluded
the Fourth.
Senator Halo of Atklnwrtl , In Nor-
folk last evening , declared that after
the ttehio'cruts ni\i\ \ nominated Bryan
tor the prteftldViicy on the first ballot
and 'eltnWr Gray of Delaware , Chand
ler Vrt few York , Mitchell of Illinois
Vir libvernor Douglas for vice presl-
Vumt they would have put up their
best ticket since the Lincoln admin
istration. Senator Hale will take part
In the convention as a delegate at
large and Is naturally a trifle preju
diced In favor of his prospective handi
work. Senator Halo said that h'e ' was
confident that government ownership
would not be an Issue. Mr. Halo It'ad
just returned from a short u\Ysmess
"
trip In the southeastern "part of the
state , whore ho funnel crops In ex
cellent
'HOSKlNS NEWS. * *
Mrs. Dbdg'friVayne County Pioneer ,
'Was 'Burled In Hosklns.
HoskW , Neb. , July 2. Special to
The \Vws : The body of Mrs. Dodge ,
\vldo < \ of the late Byron Dodge , was
ImJught hero Friday morning from
Sfoux Falls for burial. The deceased
Vas ninety-one years of ngo find was
ono of the early pioneers of Wayne
county.
nnfl
Hyron Dodge of Harrington , grandson
and BOH of the deceased , were present
at the burial of Mrs. Dodge.
Mrs. Andrew Johnson died nt her
home early Monday morning of tuber
culosis of the litngn. The deceased
wan forty-thrco years of ago nnd loaves
n himhand nnd < > lght children. Burial
at the Swedish cemetery
John Foster returned from a bunl-
nosH trip to Chicago Sunday ovonlng.
\V. S. Dual returned Saturday from
a visit to his father at Colorado
SprlngH.
Mrs. (3. anther Is very low with an
attack of appendicitis.
Hov. Mr. ( Jruber preached In the
Herman Lutheran church at Stanton
Sunday.
. ! . M. Hughlln loft for Kansas Fri
day to go on his claim a few months.
The Sunday school picnic of the
Herman I3v. church was well attended
and proved n very enjoyable affair.
13. Orttber of SL James , Minn. , and
Fred Hruber of St. Paul , Minn. , are
at the bedside of their mother , Mrs.
0. Grubor.
Sam Nelson of Norfolk Is homo for
a few days Installing telephones on
the North Spring Branch telephone
line.
Hosklns will celebrate the Fourth
and IB putting forth every effort to
duly entertain n large 'crowd.
The Hosklns Headlight has been
bold. The new proprietor will soon
take possession.
PLANT GROWS ON BEER.
Big Geranium , Seven Feet High , Fed
on Stale Beer.
The worst booze lighter In the Junct
ion is a big geranium plant in the Owl
rcHtnunint.
This geranium plant Is seven feet
high with a breadth of live feel.
Nothing Is fed the big frekk plant
same a quart of stale beer each day ,
yet It thrives and blossoms the year
round.
South Norfolk people with temper
ance leanings view the big plant with
suspicion nnd some hostility. They
do not think that Its propensities for
beer arc elevating or that Its happy
growth lays proper emphasis on their
view of beer as an unhealthy bever
age.
Anyway the big plant Is a confirmed
toper.
A SOUTH DAKOTA BANK CHANGE
W. M. Pease Sells Interest In Commer
cial State Bank of Wagner.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 2. Special
to The News : Two Sioux City men ,
In the persons of Dr. J. N. Warren
and Nelson J. Warren , and a Nebraska
man , L. V. Hnskell of Lincoln , have
purchased the Interest" of W. M. Pease
In the Commercial State bank , of Wag
ner , Charles Mix county. Under the
reorganization G. W. Williamson , of
Wagner , who retains his Interest , will
remain as president of the Institution ,
while L. V. Hnskell becomes vice presi
dent and Nelson J. Warren cashier.
The latter will take up his permanent
residence at Wagner. Under the new
management the bank will have a
capital of $10,000 , with $5,000 surplus
and undivided profits.
Northwestern Train Derailed.
Huron , S. D. , July 2. The north
bound mall and express , over the
Chicago & Northwestern railway , ran
into a bunch of cattle on the track
near Ordway. The engine , baggage
nnd express cars were derailed. En
gineer Michael Murphy and Fireman
Fred Klrkow were severely injured.
Mr. Murphy , besides being fearfully
scalded and hurt about the head , Is
reported to have received Internal In
juries that may prove fatal. The train
was in charge of Conductor Prothrow.
TO STOP BANK "RUMORS. "
Prosecution to Follow Statements of
Suspicion Against Any Bank.
Lincoln , Neb. , June 27. To start a
rumor that any state or national bank
la in an unbound condition will bo a
misdemeanor punishable In Nebraska
by a prison sentence , If the next legis
lature passed the bill which has been
prepared by the Nebraska Bankers'
association.
Secretary Hughes has sent out cir
culars telling that such a bill has been
prepared and asking all bankers to
support the executive committee In an
effort to secure Us passive1.
The pttnlshmpnt mentioned In the
bill Is a Hue of not more than $5,000 $
and Imprisonment at hard labor for n
erm of not more than five years.
At present a suit In an equity court
s the only action which can reach n
man guilty of injuring the reputation
of a bank. As most men who make
statements derogatory to a bank's con
dition are financially lrresponslblek a
suit will do no good.
They must bo reached by ft. prison
sentence , say the banker * ,
Dills similar to , thfe One of the Ne
braska bankers hi'vb been prepared In
every other * tule at the suggestion of
the American Bankers' association.
An O'Neill ' Race.
O'Neill Democrat : One of the moat
exciting events that ha8 ever beeu
pulled oft in Holt county will bo the
trotting race on July 4 , between the
dpeedy driving horses of our city
Jesse Mellor'e big bay , " \Vlsetm , " Bll
Froellch's gray driver , "Spokane , jr , '
and Judge Harrington * * four-year-old
colt , "Diamond , " drlvrtl by their own
ers In half mile heAts , best three h
five , will make a Jtico to keep O'Nell
holding Its breath during Its progress
Wm Mathers and Berger Bros. ma >
each enter a > iorso In this race , and 1
they do will stand a strong show to
win , but the real Interest In this even
Is the three O'Neill horses. It Isn'
the tlmo they will make that Is o
Interest , "but "which can beat" Is the
nil Im'itartant question.
NEW BOARD THROWS LIBRARY
OPEN TO PUBLIC.
MRS. UTTER ELECTED LIBRARIAN
Board Meets on Beginning of New
Fiscal Year Will Keep Bishop
Block Quarters Library Open
Every Saturday.
Norfolk for the first time in Its his
tory has a free public library con
ducted by the city1.
Meeting on the first day of the
now fiscal year , the library board
yesterday afternoon took formal
charge of the library which had been
turned over to the city council by the
library committee of the Woman's
club.
club.Mrs.
Mrs. Robert Utter , who has had
charge of the library in the past , was
elected librarian for the coming year.
It was determined that the library
should continue to bo open every Sat
urday until the situation is thought
to call for a more frequent opening
of the library rooms. Arrangements
were made to keep the library in the
Bishop block for the present.
With yesterday's meeting the fee
charged for library cards Is abolished.
The library becomes In reality a free
public library for all living within the
city limits. New cards will be Issued ,
the only requirement being residence
In the city and the endorsement of
some taxpayer. Non-residents may
obtain cards on the payment of on
annual fee of $1.
The president and secretary were
named yesterday as a committee on
by-laws.
The library board announces that
100 new books will be placed on the
shelves next week.
Library Open Friday.
The public library will be open on
Friday Instead of Saturday , the latter
day being the Fourth.
Mrs. Robert Utter , librarian.
ADVERTISES FOR FORTUNE.
Family Possess Fortune , But Can't
Find Box to Which Key Belongs.
New York , July 1. In an advertise
ment printed In a morning paper lies
the last hope of n Tarrytown family
of recovering a fortune estimated as
high as $200,000 which Augustus Kon-
road , eccentric miser , concealed while
in good health and the hiding place
of which he was unable to reveal after
disease had suddenly destroyed his
reason.
Konroad died in the Poughkeepsle
insane hospital In October of last
year. Before his death he gave evi
dence of desiring to tell the attend
ants somthlng and he oven attempted
to place his thoughts in writing in a
letter to his daughter , but the result
was an incoherent jumble of words.
Kept Three Keys.
At the end he had to be cared for
as a baby , but through it all he in
sisted to bo allowed to retain three
keys one to his home at Tarrytown ,
a second to a trunk , which he al
ways .kept locked , and a third the
mysterious key , to a safe deposit
vault , In which the family believes
the written evidence of his wealth re
poses.
Since his death every effort has been
made to discover this vault. Near-by
safe-deposit companies have been
asked to aid , the company making the
key has been applied to , and these
sources falling , Mrs. Konroad , as a
last resort , decided to appeal for aid
in an advertisement.
JUST BELOW NORMAL.
In Temperature , Rainfall and Cloud
iness Week Was Below Normal.
Lincoln , Neb. , June 30. The week
ly weather bulletin issued today gives
the following review of the week end
ing June 29 :
The week averaged , for the state as
a whole , just about normal tempera
ture , rainfall , and cloudiness.
The dally mean temperature was
Qtween 70 ° and 74 ° in the centraj
nd eastern counties , which IB just
about the seasonal average. It was
jotween CC" and C8 ° in the western
counties , which Is about three de
grees below the normal. Monday and ,
laturday were generally the warmest
days , with maximum temperatures
near 00' ,
The rainfall was above normal In
most of the state. It excBfedod one
nch In most of the central and east
ern sections , exj ( * > j > t In some north
eastern couiillbB , where It was about
one-halt Inch. The rain fell mostly
i\ Heavy showers Monday night , Fri
day and Saturday. In a few localtles
he rain was accompanied by hall. The
otal rainfall from April 1st to date
s decidedly above the normal , except
n a few western counties , where It
s slightly below.
TO BOOST DENATURED ALCOHOL
Secretary Wilson Will Show Formers
How to Make It ,
Omaha , July 1. Under the direction
of Secretary of Agriculture James Wil
son , a model denatured alcohol planl
is being bulll \ \ \ Washington , which
will probably make alcohol from fiiore
different fn'iUorlals and fn more "wldel }
separaleU localities 'than any slmllai
plant Which will bo built In a good
many years.
This plant Is to be "Tama Jim's'
traveling fuel maker , nnd It Is estl
mated that In the next two years the
secretary of agriculture will be able
to show 500,000 farmers how to make
denatured alcohol from the waste pro
ducts of the farm. i
The plan Js to build this alcoho
plant in Washington , and move it tc
the great national expositions nnd
later It will make a whirling trip
around the country to state fairs and
other meetings where the largest num
ber of farmers can see the simple
process of making something just as
good as the "civilized drug gasoline"
for power and fuel purposes.
The llrst visit of the denatured nl-
cohol plant and the government ex
perts who travel with It , will bo to
the National Corn exposition , which
Is to be held In Omaha December 9
to 19 , and will have an estimated at
tendance of 300,000 farmers. From
Omaha it will go to one or two agri
cultural colleges and then across the
Rocky Mountains to Seattle , where It
will make alcohol out of everything
from furs from Alaska to fish skins
from the Columbia river at the Alas-
kn-Yukon-Paclilc exposition , which
opens there next June.
Congress has appropriated $10,000
for the denatured alcohol demonstra
tion and Secretary Wilson has whltten
to J. Wilkcs Jones , manager of the
National Corn exposition , asking that
1,250 , square feet of floor space be re
served for his traveling alcohol plant.
Dies of Lock-Jaw.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 1 Special
to The News : William Doaue , a
young man who came to South Da
kota about a year ago from Warren ,
III. , and located at Artesian , is dead
as the result of being aflllcted with
lockjaw. About three weeks ago ,
while employed at carpenter work ,
he was unfortunate enough to step
on a rusty nail , which penetrated his
foot to a considerable distance.
DROPPED $150.
Peter Anda , Casper Cowboy , Found
the Pace Too Fast.
Peter Andn , a CasperWyo. , cowboy ,
left on the morning train for Sioux
City , short $150 In spending money.
Anda claimed that he had been rob
bed In a Norfolk resort.
Anda stopped in Norfolk yesterday
to see the sigu.d. He was interested
and missed the Sioux City train. Dur
ing the afternoon he strolled across
the river. Ho claimed to have $250
In his jeans.
After a night spent in hilarity Anda
said he had been robbed of a largo
part of his hard earned savings.
The cowboy started out to file a
complaint this morning but found that
he had barely time to catch his train.
He left , his heart sorrowful nnd re
pentant , his pocket , as he claimed ,
still mourning the roll of flashers.
Anda's story was weakened by the
fact that he did not stay to file a
complaint.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WANTS NORFOLK -
FOLK AVENUE KEPT CLEAR.
THE DIRECTORS GO ON RECORD
Resolution Adopted by Commercial
Club Directors Declares Strongly
Against Shows and Exhibitions on
Norfolk Avenue.
The Commercial club directors have
taken a decided stand against street
shows on Norfolk avenue. At the
meeting of the directors yesterday af-
ternootf the following resolution was
adopted ;
"We , the directors of the Commer
cial club of the City of Norfolk , at
our regular meeting June 30 , 1908 ,
adopt the following resolution : We
hereby agree to use our best endeavor
to keep Norfolk avenue absolutely free
from shows or exhibitions that mar
and obstruct our main business street ,
and we hereby resolve to stand by the
mayor and council In their purpose
to enforce the ordinances as they now
exist In relation to the matter. "
The city council in granting con
cession privileges to the Norfolk driv
ing club for the race meeting made
provisions that Norfolk avenue and
Fourth street should be kept free of
booths and shows.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Piano Fell on Charles Mix County
Man.
Sioux Fallu , 8. D , , June 29. Special
o Thb News : An accident with fatal
Gfiults which has not yet been re
ported in the dally papers occurred
at Wagner , Charles Mix county , the
Ictlm being Henry Bucholz , a well
tnown resident of that place. While
aiding In handling a piano at a rail
road depot the truck upon which he
vas standing was tipped over , throw
ng the entire weight of the piano
upon the unfortunate man. Ho suf
fered two serious fractures of the
ilp and thigh and received Internal
njurles , which resulted Ih his death
twenty-four hours later. Ho is sur
vived by a widow ftud Bix children , In
addition to olh f relatives.
Heads Gun Club.
BfoiVx Falls , S. D. , Juno 29. Special
to Thfe News : The latest town In
Dakota to secure a gun club is
Spencer , McCook county , where such
a club has just been organized as the
result of a meeting of the marksmen
of that place. The organization was
perfected by the election of Rev. J. W
DeMerrltt as president and Henry
Kruso as secretary-treasurer. It 1
thought that a little later in the sea
son a shooting tournament will bo held
on the grounds of the new gun club
In which all the gun clubs of tha
part of the state will be Invited t
participate. The new gun club ha
ordered the necessary apparatus am
practice will commence as soon as I
has been received.
IVIC CLEANERS SWOOP DOWN
ON THE ROW.
FFICER8 MAKE MANY ARRESTS
Ivlo Federation President Starts
Clean-Up on the til Famed Line.
Swears Out Complaints One De
fendant Will Fight.
The Norfolk civic federation has
tilled off Its first raid.
Norfolk justice court officials ,
mcked by the civic federation of-
cers , have swooped down on the 111-
anted line again , bringing the deml-
itlzctis of the Norfolk under world
nto court.
The complaints which precipitated
10 latest raid were sworn out by
ilson II. Brewer , president of the
, vic federation. Arrests were made
ast evening. More arrests followed
oday. About $150 In tines were paid
tto Justice Lambert's court. Of this
ver $100 goes to the school fund.
All but one of the raid victims paid
10 lines assessed. Roy Manor , con-
ccted with the Ingham house , said
10 would stand trial. This will force
to civic federation to produce ovl-
ence.
Ono of the resorts which has moved
tit In the country since the last raid
vas included In the new attack.
The Raid.
Touching the recent raid instigated
y the civic federation , the officers
r the federation Issued the following
: ntement :
"At the Instance of the civic feder-
tlon , the county attorney had the in-
iates and managers of the houses of
11 fame , east of the city , arrested and
irought into justice court , where they
vero assessed a fine which they paid
t once , thereby acknowledging them-
elves to be violators of the law , or
n other words , criminals. When
uch characters get so bold and so
agrantly disregard the law as to
ecome a decided menace to the
lorals of the community , it Is high
me that every citizen who has the
> est Interest of the people and the
Ity at heart should aid In every way
ossible in driving these blots from
ur borders. And the end is not yet. "
TAFT NAME AND HONOR LINKED
War Secretary's Ancestors Set Him
Example.
Chicago , June 27. "As I study the
istory of the Taft family , I learn that
t Is noted for Industry , energy , and
rugallty ; nnd when the dark clouds
f war have hung over the nation , from
10 conflicts with the Indians down
o the great rebellion , It has taken nn
ctlve and patriotic part in the sup-
ort of the government. "
This summary of the inheritances
f William Howard Taft was uttered
t a reunion of the Tnft family at Ux-
ridge , Mass. , Aug. 12 , 1874.
"That our noble family tree Is
trong and flourishing , we have abtind-
nt evidence today. Its roots have
truck deep , Its branches have spread
Ide ; and , although some , while ling-
ring in the deep shade of its foliage ,
may have lost sight of the summit , yet
lore have been many brilliant lights ,
cattered here and there , that have
ver pointed upwards to direct asplra-
on and encourage hope. "
This was another of the utterances
f that day on which 300 Tafts and
.wlce as many sons and daughters of
he same blood traced their history
ack to the revolution , through the
olonlal period with its Indian wars
nd even to Ireland and Wales , reclt-
ng deeds of their ancestors with
raise ,
Nominee's Father Speaks.
The historical addreBB upon that oc-
aslon was delivered by the 'late Al-
honso Taft , father of the republican
omlneo for the presidency , and the
acts brought forward bear directly
pen the life of the next president of
10 United States.
Valentine 6 , Wood Lake 2.
Valentine , Neb. , Juno 30. Special
o The News : Valentine G , Wood
Lake 2. That is the story of the Val
ntine-Wood Lake ball game. The
ame moved rather slow , looking like
shut-out for Wood Lake up to the
ast inning , when two runs were
cored on errors ,
The score :
Valentine 00013200 x C
Vood Lake 00000000 2 1
Batteries : Wood Lake , Heddlng
on and Corter ; Valentine , Luke nn < !
Fisher. Umpire , Ed Clarke of Valen
Inc. Struck out , by Heddlngton 2
by Luke 12.
12.A
A SNAKE STORY.
Draper Homesteader Held Snake KillIng -
Ing Bee.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , June 27. Special
to The News : Maurice Wendleboe ,
a well known homesteader residing a
few miles north of Draper , Lyman
county , claims to bo the champion
snake-killer of that part of western
South Dakota.
In support of his claim to this title
he states that ho killed a total of
sixty-five snakes In a single day.
Wendleboe says ho was proceeding tea
a dam on his place when ho ran across
a blue-racer , which ho succeeded in
killing. At a point only a short dis
tance from where the snake was killed
ho noticed a hole , nnd thinking the
mate of the snake might bo found In
it , he procured a spade and com
menced to dig.
At a depth of only two or three feet
ho claims he found the mate of the
snake killed , and also sixty-two othet
snakes of the same species. Wondle
boo nny ho lost no time In attacking
HID Hiuikos and that when he stopped
from his strenuous exertions every
Hnalu > was dead.
But WondlelKo , according to his
Htory , had not yet soon the last of tlu >
tmako spe-cles for the day. In the
ovonlng , while again near the place
whore sixty-four snakes had met their
WatorlH ( ) at his hands , ho Bays he ran
across a rattletmako , which ho alao
sent to Btiako heaven In short order.
As NVoiidleboo has the reputation of
boliig a man who would not tell a Ho
under any circumstances , his story of
the whok'Balo Blnughtor of snakoB Is
accepted by his friends and acquaint
ances as bolng true.
FOUR TRAINMEN NOW DEAD.
Fireman Harris Dies at Chadron One
Dead Tramp Identified.
Chadron , Nob. , Juno 29. Special to
The NCWB : Fireman Harris , ono of
the trainmen Injured In the wreck of
train No. 11C , died yesterday , making
the fourth fatality umoiig railroad
men In the wreck. Harris" log was
broken and he also received Internal
Injuries. It WHH thought at the time
that tlieBo Injuries would bo fatal. Ills
home Is In Chadron.
Ono of the tramps who was killed
In the wreck has been Identified. A
track has boon built urouml the
wreckage so that trains are making
the trip without delay while the
wrecking crew of the Black Hills di
vision is still at work clearing awny
the wreckage.
The bodies of other men whom the
negro tramp claimed must be dead
under the cars have not been found
and it Is now known that several
tramps who wore supposed to have
boon killed never rode out of Chadron
on the ill fated train No. 110. The
negro tramp escaped without a
scratch and claimed that there wore
other tramps under the wrecked train
who wore not at that tlmo accounted
for and who , as the work of the clear
ing up goes on , are now known not to
have boon riding on the train at the
time.
Even as late as Saturday afternoon
credence was given In Chadron to a
report that seven tramps met death
in the wreck.
Fireman Harris' death , it Is be
lieved , closes the list of fatalities con
nected with the Friday morning
wreck near Gordon. With his death
the authentic list includes four train
men and two tramps , the body of one
of whom remains unidentified. The
trainmen are Engineer Graham , Fire
man Myers , Brakeman Elmer and
Fireman Harris , all of Chadron.
Two Survivors Reach Here.
Herbert Heshett , a tramp printer ,
and Judd Deal , a tramp cook , arrived
In Norfolk Monday morning and an
nounced themselves survivors from
the wreck of train No. 11G near Gor
don.
Some fifteen tramps , they said ,
made an effort to board the train at
Chadron but not more than seven were
successful in evading the trainmen.
One of the tramps who was killed
was George Ostergaard , a tall Swede
who has been wroklng in the irrigated
country near Belle Fourche. The
other tramp victim they called "Jim"
but knew nothing else concerning him.
The two men here said they were
sleeping in the eighth box car from
the front when the wreck occurred.
The car was torn from the trucks but
they were not injured.
The tramps who were killed , they
said , were suffocated in the mud and
water. They were in a car further
ahead. The negro escaped by being
thrown through the door of the box
car. Two men with Heshett nnd
De rfl were missing for a time.
The two wreck "victims" said that
their homes were In Waterloo , la. ,
but they left Norfolk for Sioux Falls.
IMPORTANT SCHOOL MEETING
HELD IN AINSWORTH.
PLAN FOR A NEW BUILDING
Meeting Votes Fire Escapes and
Orders Fire Drill Increase In
Teaching Force Is Authorized Nine
Months School Voted.
Alnsworth , Neb. , June 30. Special
to The News : In another year Alns
worth will probably erect a new sch6ol
building. This was the sentiment at
the annual school meeting yesterday
afternoon.
There was much discussion over the
need of an additional school building
The final decision was to provide
temnorarv rooms for the coming yeai
and to plan a new building for the
year following. To this end the presl
dent of the board was Instructed to
appoint a committee to discuss the
situation and report plans to an ad
journed meeting to be held the last
Monday evening in September.
R. S. Rising was re-elected a mem
of the board. Amos. Burwell sue
ceeds Mrs. Ellen Ackeraan who de
dined a re-election.
A nine months' school term wa
determined upon at the meeting. Th
board was also authorized to hire tw
new teachers if deemed necessary.
Fire escapes were ordered placec
on the second story of the presen
building. It was also voted that the
pupils should be perfected In flro drills
so that the rooms may bo speedily
cleared In case of danger.
If you are Inclined to bo somewhat
persistent In anything you undertake
and do not reverse yourself when II
comes to the matter of advertising
your success Is assured.
WOMAN'S CLUB COMMITTEE
RAISES $600 SITE FUND.
MEETS NEW LIBRARY BOARD
Vleetlng of New Library Board to Or
ganize Was Called for 3 P. M. Pub
lic Library to be Formally Trans
ferred.
Having ralHod the $000 slto fund
vhlch they had pledged , the library
ommltteo of thu Woman's club met
his afternoon with the now llbrarr
umrd for the purpose of arranging
formal transfer of the public library
o the city hoard.
The mooting of the now library
oard was called at 3 o'clock for the
mrposo of effecting an organization ,
'ho hoard has not mut nlnco Its an
ointment this mouth by Mayor Stur-
eou.
The Woman's club commlttoo , whloli
tartod the Norfolk library and which
ins Blnco boon Its sponsor , sot out
oiiio weeks ago to raise $000 , which
vould represent the purchase prlco dC
ho Koenlgstoln lot on Eighth street
nd Norfolk avenue. This fund wn
alsod within the required tlmo anil
vlll bo placed In the hands of the city
> onrd.
The library , which the Woman's club
urns over to the city , consists of.
bout 1,000 volumns.
Following the mooting this afternoon
lie various questions connected with
he proposed Carnegie library build-
ng and slto will bo In the hands oT
lie now library board.
LOOKING FOR RELATIVES.
Frank Moreland While Intoxicated
Was Run Down by M. & O. Train.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , July 1. Special
o The News : The authorities of thlu
ouuty are striving to ascertain the
vhereabouts of relatives of a man
vlioso name Is supposed to bo Frank
Morelund , whoso body lies in the
undertaking rooms of Coroner L. D.
llllcr , in this city , pending Instruc-
lens from relatives as to what shall
10 done with the body.
Moreland met his death as a result
f ovcr-lndulgoncc lu Intoxicating
Iquor. While in a drunken stupor he
vent to sleep on the track of the
) maha railroad company near Valley
Springs , east of Sioux Falls , and wan
truck by a locomotive hauling a
relght train. At the point where the
mfortunato man went to sleep there
s a sharp curve , which prevented the
engineer seeing the object on the
rack In time to stop the train.
NORFOLK SAW ECLIPSE.
Nearly Half of the Sun Obscured Sun
day Morning.
Attracted by an opportunity to ob-
erve a partial eclipse of the sun Nor-
elk arose early Sunday morning. The
cllpse began about 8:30. : For a little
nore than two hours people peered
hrough smoked glass as the moon ,
lowly encroached on the suu , flnallr
bscuring about half of its area. Then.
Norfolk rubbed its eyes and hurried
ff to church.
No trace of the eclipse could be
Iscerned with the naked eye. Through
moked glass , however , the moon's
outline was plain.
Some of the more Ingenious ob-
erved the eclipse by pinching a hole
hrough a large piece of cardboard.
atching the sun's imago on a piece
of white paper.
The magnitude of the eclipse was
hlrty-eight percent at the northwest
orner of Nebraska and
fifty-four per-
ent in the southwest corner.
The eclipse was visible all over the
United States. Its magnitude varied
considerably. In the state of Wasblng-
on it was only about ten per cent ,
hat is , only one-tenth of the sun's
llameter was obscured , whereas IB
Florida It was ninety-seven per cent.
t would have been total in Florldn If
he moon happened to be nearer the
earth at the time than It actually was.
As the facts want It , the moon nnS
sun are at such distances from the
earth , that the moon appeared to bo
a little smaller than the sun , so that
when centrally placed before It It was
not able to obscure the whole sun , but
eft a narrow ring of light visible an
around It. For this reason the eclipse
s called an annular or ring eclipse.
This ring eclipse was visible In the
United States only along a belt about
eighty-five miles wide In Florida. It
was well worth a journey of many :
miles to see. Scientifically , however ,
an annular eclipse is not of much
value , since It requires a truly total
ecllpso to show the sun's magnificent
corona , such as was visible in the
United States on May 28 , 1900 , anfl
will not bo visible again within our
borders until June 8 , 1918 , ten years
from now.
A Romance Ends.
Wayne Democrat : Judge "Welch
went to Dakota City and entered a di
vorce decree for Mrs. Mary McAllister
McNamara , giving her $3,000 allmonr
and the custody of four children. Thus
ends a sensational romance , the couple
created considerable of a furore when
married some years ago.
Try a News want ad.
ARTESIANJVELL 'BASIN
Wo have over thirty quarter sec
tions lying in northern Faulk nnd
southern Edmonds counties In the fa
mous Artesian Well Basin of S. D.
Prices range from $1C to $25 per acre.
For further particulars address ,
Ward , Guernsey & Kendedlno ,
Carlyle , S. D.
