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.
