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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1908)
8 TIIK NORFOLK WKKKLY NKWS.T01'UNAL. ' FinDA-V - AUfM'STH1DS DR. MAY'S ' LECTURE TAKES HUMOROUS TURN. "COME UP SMILING" HIS THEME While La Follctte Day Crowd Was Not Equalled Chautaqua Spirit Was Manifested Mies Rilling's Classes Grow Bible Talks. Another day Indicating growing | n. .forest In the Norfolk cliniitiuiim ( | was "Wednesday with Dr. Kugono May on tlic program In tlio afternoon aim DonJon - Jon C. Crowl , tliu Impersonator of Sain Jones , on the * pl'iifjnn In the evening. Wlillo the La Follotlo crowd > f Tiiexdaj was o' course not equalled , rlio npIrlL of the day was good. In striking ' -n'tnirt wltli tno Wis consin senator was Dr. May , a man with a mind flll'd w'th ' wondc-rfiil Im- aigery. a hill'lpiitoid ' painter , a de lightful spraket. Senaiii La Follotto viimo with a personal mess'iso , a poli tical message. Ho alinod to lilt hard jrathor than hcnutlfnlly. Or. May did mot take oft his coat as his lecture progressed. Ho did not sit on the Kiiblo an he talked. And he did not talk for tineo hours and a quarter. A Lecture With Humor. Dr. May came to Norfolk with n humorous locturu this time. "Como Up Smiling" was his subject. Twice fcoforo has Dr. May spoken In Norfolk , nice on "Cnha" nnd once on "Climb ing the Matterhorn. " Th's ' time ho traced out the adventures of an Irish man with the usual Irish luimor. A Modern View of the Bible. The bible , the -Id testament In fict , from the modern viewpoint Is the sub ject matter of soiro b'hly li'i ' 'ei'tins , yes and Instructive , locli're talks Kiven every nonip ? ai the chanUu- Hia gtounds by Hov. Ed.vln Booth , jr. , pastor of the V'rst Congrcgrllonal church. Mr. Ili-otb Is i latform man- .ngor of the Norf. Ik chantr H' i and Minds time to combine with 1 s othr > lutles a series of morning discus sions of several ir the bool of the old testament , his : ilks usurliy be ginning at 10HO : o'clock. Resx-arch and modern stud/ has , It "is generally known , ft inlB'c ' < i many new approaches to the bool s of the old testament. In Its cxticme foims Mills Is called "higher criticism. " Mr. Uoolh's position Is simply for r. bettor . mderslaiuling. r.VlIss Rllllng's Classes Gi aw. The IP c-en si i1' ? popu'.rity ' of Miss Hilling's wi'iU.ith ' the children has led to a dlvis'on of the afternoon class into a class for bo > s at 3 p. in. and a class for girls at1. . Nine ' childicn were out yestordaj. The you PI ladles' olass meets at 9 a. in. each morning , -ind ; Uio chlldifn's clrss at 10:30. : 'd'-hursday ' afternoon i 3 p. m. a Uoer hunt was arranged .r iho lJ ) > s. i\\c \ time for the Mils hunl was sot sit 1 p. in. Friday. And Catu.d y th ro will bo a real hare and b M d r''aso Tor the older children 'a ' v.ich tlie vonrso may even leave the chauuiu- qua grounds. The work of the chlldre in dr'lls ' Hvill bo shown In n public exhibition aiext Monday aftorncon. A County W. C. T. U. Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance mil an have taken rd van tage of the fact that public ncetlngs can be hold at the clmutiMiquc giaunds to call a general mooting at the chantauqua grounds at 10:30 : Thurs day morning. The avowed purpose of the meeting Is to organize a conn- AJ" union. A second W. C. T. U. meeting has leen called at about 4 p. m. Thursday afternoon , when the following pro- xrarn will bo carried out : Song , "America. " Solo , "The Old Tin Dipper on the Mall , " Preston Ogden. Bible reading , Hev. C. W. Ray. Prayer , Mrs. Kldder. Solo , "My Mother's Prayer , " Pres ton Ogden. Address , "Not Theories , But Condi tions , " Rev. Edwin Booth , jr. Duet , "Nebraska's Going Dry , " "Misses Edna Ixnicks and Ethel Doughty. Benediction. TAG DAY REPORTS SLOW. Definite Retuns Frcn. Bo/o' Efforts Have Not Been Made. Save for the fact that the boys tag ged long and Industriously and that u multitude of green tags Indicated many dimes In the Y. M. C. A. fund , definite returns on the financial re sults of tag day were lacking Wed nesday afternoon , all of the reports il'rom the many workers not having ! t > oen received. Charles Durland Is joaptaln of the boys' Y. M. C. A. team. Ponca Baker Kills Himself. Pouca , Neb. , Aug. 5. Jacob Munce , 35 years of ago nnd single , fired a \jullot Into his temple and was found jdead here this morning at 7:30. : A Jotter on his person road : "I owe the world nothing but my tyody , I have done no wrong and Jesus iis my friend. " Munco had ucted strangely yester- tlay and had suffered from the heat while at work. Ho was a baker for the Cliff bakery and a good workman. His body was found In the bakery. Ponca people know little about Munce. Ho came hero about two months ago from Chicago and went io work for the Cllt bakery. He haa always been steady la his work and InibltH , but Mlnt'o lilH death It Is learned IIH ! mind WIIB not oasy. To certain men In 1'onca ho said ho had once killed a man In self defense and every time ho saw a stranger In the town he feared ItMIH a person come to molcHt or arrest him for this tli'cd. ThiiHo who accredit his Htorj idlieuthe fear and thought of this thltiK weighed on his mind until It was unbalanced. Mimrc was a ( icrmnn and no one IMS un > Know ledge of his family con nect IOIIH or former place of residence , except i hat ho wild he was single and camc > from Chicago. JUDGE WELCH WILL GIVE DE CISION BY END OF MONTH. By the end of the present month District Judge Welch will have roil- doted his decision on the Not folk an- nex''tlf ' n cr 'o if present plans of the dls i J d ' do I. a miscarry Judge Wo' ' h \ \ M ( ' ' 1 i dcnd.il .IL Madi son. son.W W Jjosdny me 'li'g the Wayne judge took two inilurjbilu nips over the cky IP o ( 'oi tj l3tno ; familiar w'th | r-o - ii"CTt end pupascd bound aries cf I IT C-j i1 iid i' " ! exact condi tion of tl r u'ltjl.-i ; 'culiory which It Is c'rlnT'd ' ' la irn"y .1 p'J-t of Norfolk. The Pi-t . ' m'do - i'p wrs by Judge Wclcl , C.t > Atld ncy Iftizcu , and M. D. Tj' , r "j of the Pttorueys for the ronur . .ators. The second trip was made in tluKootitgstPln niachlne , with County Attoiney Kooulgstoln , an other 'iiicr.'stotl ' attoiney , at the wheel. City Attorney Hazen was given un til August UO to ille n brief setting up the contentions of the city. The attorneys In opposition will bo ex pected to Illo their answcis at once , permitting Judge Welch to give a de cision when ho goes to Madison about the latter part of the aionlh to dis pose of some unfinished cjurt busi ness. .Indgo Welch while In Noifolk also heard some additional ovidenro In the law light between Abiain White and the city over Mr. White's tices vhlch the city claims arc on the sidewalk lino. Judge Welch was accompanied by Mrs. Welch. Both wore chautauqua visitors Tuesday. PICK POCKET PUT OUT. Young Farmer At Pierce Landed Heavy Right To the Chin. Pierce Loader : Frank Bolik , one of the muscular young farmers living live miles southwest of Pierce , had an experience with one of the carnival pick pockets. Frank says ho had $125 In his pocket and wont over to the carnival grounds to see what was going on. When ho arrived on the grounds "friends" who claimed to know him , bu1 whom he had never seen before , began to gather around him and ask him how all the folks wore getting along , what kind of crops he had and and all that sort of thing. Among that bunch of crooks was a short red headed fellow who , when Frank was not paying much attention , put his hand In his pocket and tried to lllch the roll of bills. His work was of the coarse variety , however , and Frank caught him In the act. The young farmer sent in a blow at the pick pocket which caught him on the chin and which landed him several feet from the place where ho was stand- Ing. As soon as the rod headed thug and his side partners saw that the farmer wasn't as "green" as they took him to be , they took to cover and were consplclous by their absence for the rest of the day. FRANK HERMAN OF HERRICK IS AIDED BY NATURE. Herrlck Press : A curious thing , and one we have never heard of be fore , transpired during the severe electrical storm. Frank Herman , who lives just south-west of town , had a few days previous to the storm started to dig a well and had reached a depth of about twenty-three feet when he quit work on that night and had cov ered the well over. Frank says that during the storm a great clap of thunder accompanied by a brilliant bolt of lighting seemed to strike near by and the next morning he had eight feet of clear , pure sparkling pater In the well. He tne.i to dip the water out In order to proceed with his work , but found that a constant How of water kept coming In from the bottom of the well so that he could not pump It dry. Mr. Herman now believes that lightning has finished his well for him. Usually water Is struck In his locality at about forty feet. Whereas Mr. Herman had went Mit twenty feet and the well was still In dry soil when he stopped for the night. This first Norfolk chautauqua is starting out successfully. Several thousand visitors are expected In the city this week. It is an event worth coming from the end of the railroad to take in. OF 2,000 NEW CARS 1.-100 ARE BOX CARS FOR THE WEST. FREIGHT BUSINESS PICKING UP Signs of Freight Revival Here NorthWestern - Western In Period of Forced Economy Has Laid Splendidly for the Future. With a great crop soon to market and with the long cattle trains al ready feeling their way from the ranges In the northwest over north Nebraska prairies to Omaha and Chicago markets , the fall revival of business is beginning and railroad equipment from being In some con- Hiderablo part Idle will soon be pressed into active service. The Northwestern road , whoso main line through Norfolk runs through the prosperous valleys of the Elkhorn and the Nlobrara and taps the rich range country to the west and north , Is bettor prepared just now to handle the fall rush of business already starting than ever before In its his tory. tory.For For one Important Item , the North western Is bettor able to care for the extra business by virtue of 2,000 now cars purchased during the lull of bus iness the last few months. A second Important Item Is the fact that the condition of Northwestern rolling stock , power and cars was never bet ter than today. The statement comes from high olllclals that not for many years has there been so few cars waiting repairs and never within the period In which the equipment list has approximated Its present s\zo. \ The Northwestern has turned the recent lull to good account. Econo mies , as this section well knows , have been necessary in the matter of train crows and In contemplated Improve ments. But no shortsighted policy has mapped the course of the big road and the rolling stock instead of deter iorating has been improved both In quantity and condition. New Cars For the West. Norfolk , north Nebraska nnd all west , will benefit especially by the purchase of the 2,000 now cars. For 1.-IOO of these now cars arc box cars to help fill the wants of the agricul tural states and hundreds of those new cars will roll through Norfolk and other towns of this section. It will assist materially to almost any sized crop which may bo offered. The quick handling of the crop Is an Important Item to the agricul tural west and it Is a gratifying bit of news which brings word that the Northwestern in making the enforced economies of the past season has not sacrificed the future. Local Business Better. The freight business In this Imme diate section Is picking up. The other day the "Verdigro turn-around" was restored. This was just one Indication of the local drift , indicating the fall revival of business that is at hand. The range stock movement started In unusually early over the Bouesteel line , duo to the prospective opening of Tripp county. But from western South Dakota the movement is startIng - Ing beyond last year's figures. It Is said in the hill country that despite pessimistic reports sent out some months ago the shipment of the pres ent year will exceed that of last year. In Belle Fourche whore something like 1,800 cars wore sent to market In 1907 , it is estimated that 2,000 cars will be shipped the next few weeks. The range year has been prosperous , the cattle are In excellent condition and the demand is good. One of the features of the building of the Northwestern and Milwaukee lines across South Dakota It is said will be the lessening of the Impor tance of Rapid City as a cattle ship ping point. RAILROADS READY FOR RUSH Northwestern Has Not Retrenched In Car Equipment 2,000 , New Cars. . Omaha , Aug. C. "Let the business come , and come with a rush , and the western roads will be ready to care for It as fast as It comes. " This Is the expression of General Managers Mohlor , Walters and Holdrege of the Union Pacific , Northwestern and Bur lington , respectively. Business Is steadily progressing. There Is no doubt about that , for the reports of the railroad companies show It. The stock business Is con siderably heavier than last year and the general merchandise business Is showing an Increase. Passenger traf- Ilc Is heavier than last year. An opinion scorns to prevail In some eastern communities that the railroads have boon keeping down ex penses of maintenance so much that the rolling stock Is in bad condition and not In shape for the increase of business which Is siire to come. That this is not the case Is shown by the statements of the general managers themselves. "The Northwestern Is looking for an Increased business , the stock bus iness and the general merchandise shipments already show a largo In crease , " said Frank Walters , general manager of the Northwestern. "Instead of the Northwestern road retrenching in the matter of car equipment , wo have done Just the op posite , " said S. F. Miller , general freight and passenger agent of the Northwestern. "President Hughltt Man during this period of depression added over 8,000 freight cars to the equipment of his line and more ( ban half of these are box cars of high capacity , available for handling grain particularly. "Durlni ; the hard times of HH > 3 pros- Men I highlit made n similar move when he bought for the Northwestern company 5,001) ) cars , llefote the con tract had been lllled It was easily seen he had made a saving of over $1,000,000 tar his company on account of the low prices paid , In comparison with the prices obtained lu connec tion with now orders. " Mr. Miller added that the current repairs on the cars and locomotives had been kept up dally am ! that every car and engine the company owns Is ready for service. Ho said that the condition of this old equipment , with the addition of the new , should put the company In position to handle ex- pedltlously the large business which will necessarily come If the crop re ports from the Northwestern territory are correct , an there Is uo reason to doubt them. The Threatened "Car Shortage. " . Omaha Bee : One of the most en couraging features of the business sit uation Is found In the fact that the talk In railroad circles over the number of Idle cars that have been lying on the sidetracks throughout the country for some months has been succeeded by serious talk of a car shortage later In the year , when the crops begin moving and the delayed mercantile shipments are being hur ried to their destination. Freight movement is already increasing rapIdly - Idly , In spite of the usual midsummer dullness and all Indications are the business will soon bo on with a rush. Discussing this feature of the sit uation , Chairman Knapp of the Inter State Commerce commission , in an interview on Friday , said : "All the railroad men with whom I have talked assure me that business In getting better. Fewer cars and lo comotives are Idle. When harvesting is over it will develope that during the period of short revenues railroads have been scraping along on the smallest possible maintenance. " Tills charge against railroads may apply to lines in the east , but inquiry developes that it is not correct so far as It relates to roads serving Ne braska and the western country. It is known that several of the roads In this section have added thousands of now freight cars to their equipment during the period of depression and that one road alone saved more than $1,000,000 , by placing its orders at bed rock prices. The roads of the west generally report that they have had their rolling stock thoroughly repaired and are In better shape than ever be fore to handle the expected rush of business. The movement of live stock has commenced earlier than usual. The coal shipments , usually made in April and May , have been delayed until now and the volume of this bus iness will make a heavy drain on the idle cars. This , with the grain move ment from the west and the merchan dise movement from eastern jobbing and manufacturing centers , makes a serious car shortage possible within the next few months , but develop ments will show that the western roads have done remarkably well , under the circumstances , in preparing for expeditious handling of the largo business that must necessarily come. ONCE IN PEN FOR MURDER OLD MAN STILL UNRULY. Stanton , Neb. , Aug. 5. Special to The News : Now eighty-two years old and a pensioner of the county at the poor farm , Ferdinand Schultz , who once served a term In the peniten tiary , has been bound over to the dis trict court on the charge of threaten ing to kill Sam L. Webb , the overseer of the poor house. The lesson re ceived years ago has failed to bear fruit and the old man of eighty-two Is at heart the young man of years ago. Story of the Murder. In the early seventies a man by the name of Gale was found shot to death In his home In what Is now Wayne county. His wife and his hired hand advanced the theory that the shootIng - Ing was accidental. Suspicion on part of neighbors led to a prosecution. The trial was held at West Point. Hon. J. B. Barnes , now on the supreme bench , was the prosecuting attorney. The evidence disclosed proof of guilt on the part of the hired man as well as participation In the crime by his wife. The hired man , Ferdinand Schultz by name , was convicted and sentenced and served a term In the penitentiary. After the conclusion of his sentence ho returned to his old haunts. How ever , ho never prospered In a finan cial way. About a year agohe made application for admittance to the county poor house of this county. He was admitted. Ho soon became un ruly and yesterday was arraigned on a peace warrant charging him with threatening to kill Sam L. Webb , the overseer of the poor house. After hearing the evidence he was bound over to the district court by County Judge Cowan. We'd have cause for complaint If it weren't for these invigorating Ne braska winds which cool the cheek of mankind even on the hottest of days. MORE THAN HALF A THOUSAND HAVE "CHAUTAUQUA SPIRIT. " GROUNDS HOLD COMPLETE CITY Telephones , Electric Lights , "City Directory , " Restaurants and Rest Rooms Mark Grounds Pahahaslka a Star Feature. Chautauqua attendance : Saturday afternoon , 571. Saturday evening , 050. Sunday afternoon , COS. Sunday evening , 70S. Monday afternoon , G73. Monday evening , 7-12. One very notlveabie feature of the chautauqua attendance is believed by those Interested In the success of Norfolk's llrst chautauqua to call for the placing of additional emphasis on the uniform merit of the programs which have boon so far presented. The attendance feature which has Impressed observers Is that the per sonnel of tlio audience scarcely seems to change from day to day , or In other words that the people who have attended one or two programs are de lighted to go again and again but that many Norfolk people unaware of the high standard of the programs have failed to get the 'chautauqna spirit. " The attendance at Father Nugent's splendid address was rather of a dis appointment. Poslbly no more elo quent speaker has over been heard In Norfolk nnd as ho ran down the pages of the world's history he swept his whole audience with him. That the audience should have numbered over a thousand Instead of some six hundred was the general verdict. Pamahasika Will Please. The character of the first four days' entertainment indicates something of the nature of the six days to follow. Wednesday with Dr. Eugene May In the afternoon and with Denton C. ' Growl , the brilliant young Imperson ator , as Sam Jones In the evening will hold Its own. Thursday's program is especially unique. Pamahasika with his $10,000 collection of trained pets brings a trained animal show to the chautau- qua , a trained animal show which In its character is an appropriate num ber for the program and which Is sure to delight. Monkeys' dogs , parrots , trained far beyond the usual show animals , will perform. Possibly the most wonder ful feature of all is the "stunts" of the timid canaries , the most dilllcult of birds to train , but which Pamaha sika has under perfect control. A school of high school pigeons , who enact a Carry Nation scene , is another feature. People who attend Pamahnsika's exhibition in the afternoon will , it Is said , bo among the first to reach the chautauqna grounds in the evening. Miss Rilling's Classes. Eighty-live children began work In Miss Rilling's classes yesterday after noon. The children's classes are given during the afternon beginning at 3 o'clock. A young lady's class has been organized for the morning. It Is a wonderful array of drills and games which the children are taught and which will bo shown to the pub He Monday afternoon In the big audl torlum tent. A Chautauqua City. It is indeed a little chautauqua city which lies to the north and east of the big auditorium tent In the pretty mill park. It Is a complete little city too , well policed by special officers , lighted by electric lights and supplied with numerous services. Five phones are on the grounds. First there are the chautauqua tents proper , Including the headquarters or office tent where E. F. Huso , the local manager , handles the details of the chautauqua. A restaurant on the grounds Is con ducted by H. D. Lodor , a soft drink stand by B. W. Hall and a candy and fruit store by W. F. Hall. The tents which represent local organizations are the tent of the Methodist ladles , the tent of the Nor folk Woman's club , the tent of the Wednesday'club and the W. C. T. U. rest room. The numerous rest tents have been an especially helpful fea ture of the chautauqua. As much as any thing else on the grounds the A. U Kllltan rest tent has won praise for its completeness and for the courtesies shown. Even frco postal cards arc distributed. The Nebraska National bank has a rest tent and provides stationery , free newspapers nnd other conveniences. Among the chautauqua campers who have erected tents on the grounds arc Col. S. S. Cotton , M. C. Ha/.en , M. L. Ogden. T. J. Hlght. J. A Ballan- tyne , H. B. Thomas , D. Rees , J. L. Baugh Sherman Wllley W. R. Hoff man , J. B. Maylard , L. B. Musselman , Rev. Mr. Woldman of Wlsner. J. R. Mansfield of Wlsner , Mrs. M. A. Minor of Wlsnor. The three Wlsner tents represent the outside colony. A Chautauqua Directory. Yesterday afternoon a chautauqua di rectory was started In the A. L. Ivll- Han tent for the benefit of the chau tauqua visitors. Every one on the grounds was provided with a in-lit l > made number which wlin | irnpi'rt > Indexed In the KIMIati tent making ; It possible to locate an > of the various chautauqua tents In n few seconds. The following telephones are In use < > ii the chautauqua grounds : Chau- iauiiiii | headquarters , 1C. V , Huso , matm-icr , Hell No. .100 , automatic 11 111 : islllliin's rest room , nnlonmtle 1211) ) , \V < ( inesday club , automatic 1017 Wo man's club automatic 1010 , River Fcatureo. The old historic "Hwlmniln hole" Is a reality on the Norfolk chautauqun grounds. In the Northfork river b'okm the dam , where the river IB fairly wide from twenty-live to llfty boys can lit seen swimming and diving at almost any time In the afternoon or evening Fishing Is also good. The rlvei abounds In channel cat , sunllsh and carp , with an occasional good sized bullhead. Above the dam many people are using the several rowhoats and there Is also a launch which can go several miles up the river and return lu a single evening , giving one a scenic view of the country north of the city. The Wayne Chautauqua Paid. Wayne Democrat : Manager 10. P. Wilson tells the Democrat that the chautauqua association is well pleased with the patronage given the Inslltu tlou and it will probably pay out in full. Tuesday night a special train from Wausa swelled the attendance to about 2,000. While some of the en tertalnmeiits have been a little ills anpolnllng the larger portion has been of high quallt.\ and pleased the public. RELIABLE SOURCE SAYS HE WILL MAKE SPEECHES HERE. The Third congressional district of Nebraska , of which Norfolk Is the hub , will bo one of the principal Holds of effort on the part of Mr. Bryan this fall , according to a reliable source. It Is said that Mr. Bryan has already promised to make speeches in the Third district in u effort to elect the Democratic nominee for congress. THURSDAY TIDINGS. Miss Hnttlo Jones has accepted a position with the Norfolk Bargain store. Miss Bertha Wilkins has accepted the position as stenographer in Or , P. II. Sailer's olllco. About twenty-live young people spent a pleasant evening at a party al the Willoms' dairy farm soulli of Ihe cily. cily.J. J. W. Ransom has btilll a wide co- menl gutter , oven wider than tlio Nor folk avenue gutters. In front of his residence property on South Fourth street. Miss Lou Spnydc slipped on Hie stairs In Iho Bishop block , severely spraining her ankle. She will be mi able to fill her position as bookkeepei for the Norfolk Long Distance Tele phone company for several days. Uncle Billic Prlngle , the old organ grinder , Is now 102 years old , having had a birthday since last In Norfolk. Prlngle declares that his birthdays come regularly every summer and al ways on the same day , at least In recent years. Fremont Tribune : Clint Mason , John Peters , Frank Wallien , August and Emll Janowsky and Hank Wat son wont to Dallas , S. D. , where they will build an elevator for a man named Sears. DeLong and DeLaMatyr have the contract , W. F. Scherwin of Pierce , Republl can , just got under the wire for repre scnlatlvc in the Nineteenth represen talivo district. His petition was not received on time but was mailed be fore the closing hour and was let In by a ruling of secretary of state. Fred Wiggins of Beemer , a Democrat , also got In for the Seventh district senatorshlp on Ihe same ruling. The Farmer's Grain and Live Stock company has been making extensive repairs about Its place of business on Philip avenue. The elevator has been roshlnglcd and made modern In every respect. Coal sheds have been built. The Northwestern stock yards are used for handling hog shlpmets. About ton wagon loads of grain and four loads of hogs are being received dally , the business coming from farm ers within a radius of twenty miles of Norfolk. Lincoln Journal : The American Ex press company has filed an answer to the complaint of the Long Distance Telephone company of Norfolk. The telephone company complained that the express company refused to In stall one of Its Instruments In Its of- flco , notwithstanding the fact that largo numbers of people In the city and surrounding territory desired such service. The express company says that It does not need the long dis tance company's service. It main tains the Nebraska 'phono and to com pel it to put in the other would be unreasonable and unjust. Want Bovee In Illinois. Boveo , one of Norfolk's fast pitch ers , who has shown this season that ho has a future before him , has re ceived an offer from the baseball man agement at Rockford , 111. Bovco will not consider the offer owing to the fact that the season Is now far ad vanced. It was said at Mitchell that a suc cessor to Dr. Nicholson as president of Wesleyan university Is likely to he selected next week. PIERCE REPUBLICANS CONCEDE SENATORSHIP TO STANTON. SELF INTEREST IN THE MATTER PIERCE AND WAYNE ARE LOOK ING INTO THE FUTURE. SEE MENACE IN "ONE MAN" IDEA If the Time Honored Precedent Is to be Broken In the Eleventh District This Year , Why Not In the Future ? i Appleby an Able Man. ' Pierce , Nob. , Aug. fi. Special to | - The News : In the senatorial race In I ) this district between Appleby and Handall Pierce county politicals are divided In their opinions as to the outcome but most reliable political forecasters are agreed that Appleby has the pole and a good lead. Randall has several supporters who seem pleased with his record In the last legislature but they nil feel that Ap pleby Is as good a man and owing to the fact that there has always been an accepted rule that the olllco bo passed around from one county to an other In a regular way the Handall supporters are not disposed to take any active part in pushing the light In his behalf while many Appleby friends will enter Into the contest and point out the fact that Pierce would bo entitled to the office next year while if Handall wins it may be many years before , if ever , Pierce would again be represented In the upper house. It is argued that should Pierce county go strongly for Randall that Wayne , Stanton and Madison counties could continually shut out Pierce In the future and Pierce would have to eat crow without complaint for Pierce would have set the pace. A conserva tive estimate , however , from Inter views with about fifty farmers and townspeople who vote the Republican ticket is that Appleby will carry Pierce county by a good majority. Shy at "One Man" Idea. While It may bo that Randall hni not overestimated Ills ability as a legislator , many Pierce voters arc In clined to shy at any thing akin to the one man Idea. Many argue that the Stanton candidate Is equally lilted for the- position and therefore there is no occasion for the abrogation of the time honored way of passing the of fice around from county to county each year. SUBSTITUTES PARK FORCHURCH , BAND FOR CHOIR. , . Alnsworth , Neb. , Aug. 3. Special to TheNews : Leaving his church for the court house park and hiring a band to swell the attendance , Rev. H. C. Van Valkcnburgh of the Con gregational ' church of Alnsworth solved the hot weather problem Sun day. The Sunday afternoon innovation was so successful that the Congrega tional pastor will preach from the court house park next Sunday. The Alnsworth Military band fur nished the music. The services began at 4:30. : The attendance was good. RED HOT GREGORY BALL GAME. Married Men and Single Men Cross Bats Single Men Win. A red hot ball game was pulled off at Gregory Tuesday afternoon be tween the married men and the single men. The single men arc reported to have won the day by a score of nine to eight. Following were the married men's line-up , as given on the post- crs : "Hon. J. M. Hackler , Prof. C. B. B. Oldham , Sir Chas. Do Ulmer , Dr. II. A. Hastings , Col. H. F. Slaughter , Grandpapa E. E. Yocum , Dad J. B. Knecht , Uncle C. W. White- , Councilman McFayden , Fire Chief Jake Renter , Yay Ole A. FInstad , Ump. Captain Hood. " The single men's line-up , as given In the posters , was : "Georglo Hagcn , Harrio Rosa , Bobbie WInslow , Little Evert I gan , Onlo Short , Heroic Blgsby , Joie Hamm , Willie Kalash , Hennlo Rocok , Base Runner Maxwell. " The married men are said to have been In the lead until the last half of the seventh Inning. "Then the bal loon went up and up and up , " they say. Prairie Chicken Hunters Arrested. Valentine , Neb. , July 31 : William Francko , deputy game warden , caught three men from Cody out shooting [ ) rairle chickens south of Wood lake Sunday afternoon , nnd as It Is a Ittlo early for the sport ho took both the birds and the men In custody and brought them to Valentino for safe keeping.