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rr THR NOHFOLK WBKKLY NKWS JOURNAL : FRIDAY. 8FTTKMHEH IS 1U" 5 CHANGE OF PLAN CAUSED DEED , Miss Cheney's ' Disappointment Overcame Her , HAD PLANNED WEEK'S ' VISIT When Her Departure for Drownell Hall , Omaha , Was Prolonged a Week , She Took Two Ouncei of Carbolic Acid. Very Prominent Family. Crelghton , Nob. , Sept. 1C. Special to The News : The funeral of Vivien Cheney , the seventeen-year-old ( laughter - tor of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cheney of this city , who took her own life yesterday - day , will bo held tomorrow. Seldom has Grclghton known so sad a tragedy. Miss Cheney ended her life Just be fore noon by drinking two ounces of carbolic acid. After drinking the fatal poison In an upstairs room , she came down stairs and told her mother that slio wanted some lard. Then she fell to the floor as the result of the poison's deadly work. Piqued at Not Going Away. Mlsa Cheney had planned to leave yesterday noon for Omaha to enter BrOwnell Hall , a school for girls. In his big automobile Mr. Cheney took hla daughter to the station prepara tory to her departure. Mrs. Cheney was also In the car. Hoforc the train came Mr. Cheney learned that school at Drownell Hall does not begin for another week. He said that there was no need of leaving so. fur ahead of time and told the daughter that she ought to wait a week. Miss Cheney , however , had set her mind upon going to Omaha yesterday and had planned visiting friends for a week. An Omaha girl whom she waste to visit had planned to meet her at the station last evening In Omaha. So when It was decided that she would wnlt a week longer she Is thought to have felt piqued. The family drove back home and Mr. Cheney put up his car. Then he came down town , only to be summoned to the telephone and told to quickly get a doctor. By the time ho reached home home his daughter had passed beyond all human help. A Very Prominent Family. | The Cheney family Is one of the most prominent , . In this part of the state. Mr. Cheney Is a leading banker and Is well known throughout Ne braska. The many friends of the fam ily In Crelghton and throughout the state have been shocked beyond ex pression over the tragedy that has be fallen their home. The family holds membership In the Episcopal church. Mr. Cheney Is a leading Mason In Nebraska and Mrs. Cheney is prominent In the state East ern Star organization. Prepares Feast , Takes Life. Chicago , Sept. 15. Because of dis appointment over the failure of her father to recoup a shattered fortune Miss Florence Osborne , a pretty Hyde Park girl , committed suicide yester day at the family residence , 5201 Jef ferson avenue. The young woman , her age being twenty-five , Is said to have aspired tea a high place In society , but the means of her father , Eugene F. Osborne , a consulting mining engineer , would not permit It , and she was consequently sad. There was about the whole thing a touch of pathos that is seldom equaled. A young friend , L. W. Breu- ell , living at 4220 Berkeley avenue , and W. S. Noyes , residing next door to the Osborne home , were the special ly Invited guests to a dinner which . she herself prepared , but instead of ' > sitting down to the festal board , as they had expected , they arrived in time to help carry the girl from the basement , where she had killed her self. PIFRCE COURTAGES OVER Jury Work Will Not Come Up Till October 19. PUrco , Nob. . Sept. 15. Special to \The \ News : District court was con ' | vened here yesterday afternoon by J Judge Welch , who devoted a portion of today to equity work. The Jury work for this term has been adjourned until October 19. McLeod From Stanton. Stanton , Neb. , Sept. 15. Special to The News : Hon. Charles McLeod , formerly state representative from ' this dis'tilct , was selected as the Re publican representative from this county to attend the platform conven tion to be held in Lincoln. Mr. Me 1,00(1 ( Is well known throughout the state as a man who has Ideas of his own and Is not afraid to express their In governmental and political affairs MAN KILLED NEAR GREGORY. South Dakota Threshing Accident Re suits Fatally. Oacoma , S. D. , Sept. 15. Franl k Smischney of lena , was oiling hli threshing engine while it was running at top speed , when the fly whee caught a piece of cloth hanging fron n torn sleeve. His arm was drawi Into the rapidly revolving wheel nm broken and crushed. Ho"-was a few miles from Dixoi when the accident happened and wai Inimr-llately tal.cn there while physl c'nns from ( IroKory wore su'iinuuxd Three hniirn aflir the accident tin- In Jured arm was amputated , but Smlcch- ncy died twenty-four hours later a a result of the shock. New Wayne School , Wayne , Neb. , Sept. 15. The \Vn > nt > board of education has awarded the general contract for the construction 'if the new public1 school building to lltibert Butke of Omaha , for the mini of fii,100 : ! and the contract for heat Ing and plumbing to E L. Dlmmlck of \M\ITV\ \ \ \ , for $5,210. This school build ing will he one of the best In Nebras ka and will be completed next August. Wayne county will have a hot coun ty campaign this year between A. II. Davis , Republican , and F. S. Berry. Democrat , for county attorney. The Wayne Herald was sold this week to A. E. Woodruff of Cedar Falls , la. , Lister Bros , retiring. Burglars visited the home of Will- lam Their , a farmer , and stole his "Sunday" clothes a new suit nnd new shoes. SHOT IN MELON PATCH. On a Lark With Companions , Tllden Lad Gets Load of Shot In His Leg. Battle Creek Enterprise : Dan Dauphin , residing a few miles south of Tllden , has a tempting melon patch. Last night eight or ten lads from the surrounding neighborhood entered the field and proceeded to appropriate the luscious spheres. Detecting the marauders , Mr. Dauphin used a shot' gun. The sixteen-year-old son of An thony Corklo received the greater part of the charge In his legs. When taken home by Elbert Hlghtower , who chanced to be passing shortly after the shooting , the lad was unable to stand , though It Is believed his In juries are not serious. Mr. Dauphin regrets his hasty shooting , Inasmuch as tlie lad Injured was a son of a re spected neighbor , and he at once pro vided for the necessary medical aid. Particulars of the deplorable affair were learned from Elbert Hlghtower , who was In Battle Creek this mornIng - Ing , having towed a Norfolk automo bile to this place. CAPTURE SEAL POACHERS. Between Thirty and Forty Are Taken by Revenue Cutter. Washington , Sept. 15. The depart ment of justice was advised today o : the capture of between thirty or forty seal poachers , Japanese , and two schooners within the three mile limit off St. Paul Island. They were captured by the revenue cutter "Bear , " nfter a chase. The men were taken to Alaska and later will be taken to Valdez for trial. One schooner found several nun dred skins on smaller boats. The skins bore fresh blood. Brown County Republicans. Alnsworth , Neb. , Sept. 15. Specla to The News : The Republican nominees noes met in Alnsworth and appointee the following central committee : A. W. Scattergood , Alnsworth ; Tom J. Johnson , Johnstown ; W. A. Bucklin , Long Pine ; George Sheldon , Pine Glenn ; Claude Snell , Buffalo Flat ; F. A. Stephenson , Garfleld ; Washington Lesslg , Fairfleld ; Frank Wales , Lake land ; Ed Davis , Chester ; Howard O. Wilson , Smith. ENOLA BOY DIES. Charles Clayton Succumbs to Kick of ' a Horse. Enola , Nob. . Sept. 15. Special to The News : Charles Clayton , the lad kicked in the forehead by a horse , succumbed to his Injuries. Prof. Bruner at Alnsworth. Alnsworth , Neb. , Sept. 15. Special to The News : Prof. Bruner , state entomologist , was here Friday and in spected the Boyd nursery. Prof. Bruner met a number of his old time friends here , among whom was Rev. Mr. Bassett , whom he had not seen for thirty years , nnd Rev. F. W. De- Long , whom he had not seen for near ly that period of time. " A Daughter. Born , to Mr. nnd Mrs. Courtney Car- bo Monday a daughter. BUSINESS ACTIVE IN WEST Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Rothe Return From Three Weeks' Trip. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Rothe , who- have just returned from a three weeks' trip into the Pacific northwest , met n number of Norfolk people and former Norfolk people all through that region. ' J'They met Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Durland in British Columbia and enjoyed a day with them in the woods. Mr. Rothe , who is at the head of the Citizens National bank of Norfolk and naturally Interested In business con- ' ditlons , cays that he was surprised to find how active all lines of business were on the coast. Lumber mills have all resumed nnd he saw not one Idle anywhere. He thinks the Pacific northwest has Just begun to grow. Mr , Rothe was unable to tell whether the prevailing sentiment In that section is for Taft or Bryan. "I scarcely ever went down town in Spokane or Seattle , " Mr. Rothe said , "without meeting somebody whom 1 had known In Norfolk. " Frank Nelson. Nellgh Leader : Frank Nelson ol Nlobrarn , has been selected by Con gressman Boyd as chairman of the Third district-congressional committee He is fully qualified for the positior and personally is popular over the whole district. The secretary of the committee has not yet been an Dounced. ICE FAMINE PREVAILS , Northern Nebraska Face Short age Of Ice Now , PAY NOW FOR MILD WINTER , t Is Said That Practically Every Town In Northern Nebraska Is Out of Ice Norfolk Fortunately Is Saved With a New Ice Plant. Northern Nebraska Is pretty gen- ; rally suffering from an Ice famine ns he result of last year's mild wlntor , md the cry for tons aud tons of rozen chunks of water Is colng up 'rom ' all over this section of the stato. An Iceman In Norfolk yesterday from one town said that ho had boon un successful In trying to secure a ship ment of Ice from Sioux City , so ho came to Norfolk. Fortunately for Norfolk , this city now has an artificial Ice plant. For tunate It Is , too , for many another' town In this part of the state. The plant Is just now running to the maxi mum limit. A car of Norfolk made lee was shipped last night to Croluhton. It is said that the town that has any quantity of ice In this territory , Is few and far between. Practically every town is reported to bo facing a shortage right now. Pierce County Politics. Pierce , Nob. , Sept. 1C. The Repub lican county central committee met here and selected P. D. Carroll of Plainvlew , as delegate to the Republi can state convention and Georso W. ' Llttell alternate. The committee unanimously offered the chairmanship of the county central committee to Thos. Chllvers , but he declined the honor and Geo. W. Llttell of Pierce was named as secretary. The Democratic county central com mittee selected Fred H. Free of Plalnvlow as chairman. Douglas Cones of Pierce was chosen as delegate to the Democratic state convention. J. H. Sheldon. Nellgh , Nob. , Sept 1C. Special to The News : After a lingering Illness that extended for a period of several months Judson H. Sheldon died In this city. Ho was one of the old resl dents of Antelope county and highly respected by rll who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. During the late hours of his llfo he was surrounded by his beloved wlfo several of the children and grand children. Mr. Sheldon was born in Lisbon , N , Y. , October 11 , } 83G. Ho removed to Wisconsin In 1858 , and was mustered n the U. S. service September 1C 1SC1 , In company A , Eight Wisconsin ( the Eagle regiment. ) After good am ; faithful service was mustered out September 1C , 1SC5. While on a furlough Mr. Sheldon ivus united In marriage to Miss Marj Ann Hayward July 4. 1301. To th ! union were born three boys , two re siding in this city and one preceedei' ' the father sereral years ago. The family removed to Antelope county in 1S7S , where they have since made their home. Funeral services were hold yester day morning in the Congrogatlona church. Rev. V. F. Clark oflloiatlvg after which the remains were placec at rest in Laurel Hill cemetery. Junction News. B. W. Caldwell and family arrived home Tuesday noon from Maryland Virginia and other eastern points. Teddy Crouse , boiler Inspector ro the Chicago & Northwestern com pany , was in the Junction yesterday Miss Margaret Tlnlng Is visiting he parents at Wlsner this week. Mrs. Mariara and son , Dwight , ar rived home from Omaha Monday even ing after a brief visit. Railroad Notes , Live coils dropped from the asl pan of a Northwestern engine as i passed over the long trestle three ai a half miles east of Onawa , la. , so lire to the tins and wooden braces And burned out a stretch over seventy live feet in length before fire fighting apparatus could be placed on the grounds. The Onawa fire engine wa loaded on a flat car and hauled to the bcene of the tire. Itsas soon extln gulfahed , and by putting a big force o men on the job the bridge was 10 paired and ready for the contlnuatioi of trafllc. The Lake City special , car tying beveral hundred Intersl-ate fal visitors , was the first one to pass eve It after the repairs had been made Trafllc was delayed to sor..e exten on the night trains , It being nocessar. to route the Chicago sleeper fron Sioux City via Missouri Valley. The Lindsay Schools. Lindsay , Neb. , Sept. 12. Special to The News : Both Lindsay school have opened for the year , the paroch lal school starting September 1 wit an attendance of 125 pupils and th public schools opening Monday wit an attendance of C5. The teachers 1 the public schools arc G. Looints , Mrs Sweeney and Miss Lyons. South Dakota Elk Honored. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Sept. 15. Specla to The News : C. P. Bates , a vel known local attorney , has boon ofll cially advised by the grand oxalte ruler of the order of Elks that ho has I ( en appolntid a member of thu jiull elnr > crimmlttee of the grand lodge This Id the body before which comes ull legislative matters In connection with the order. For Kv-veral jears the- South Dakota Elks have been ll Mlng for recognition on one of the tfraud lodge committees , and the appoint ment of Mr. Hates Is an honor to the Elks of South Dakota In general. Valentine Schools Start , Valentine , Neb. , Sept. 11. Special to The News : The city schools opened last week with their usual largo at tendance. On account of the addi tion of the twelfth grade this year and that the new addition to the school building ; not IK-Ing completed yet , It was found necessary to rent the Hcthel Vail , In which the eighth grade Is be ing held. The new addition Is ex pected to be ready by some tlmo In November. RAILROAD HEADS AND EMPLOYES IN LEAGUE First Step Toward National Or ganization Is Taken , Chicago , Sept. 1C. The first step award the formation of a great closed" railroad organization , de igned to embrace Investors In rail- oad properties , heads of various sys- ems and an army of railroad em- loycs , was taken last night In Chi- ago. The new body Is known as "Tho Vmerlcfln Railroad Employes' and In- esters' association. " The move , which Is not without po- Itical significance , although the or ganization primarily 'Is to bo uon- lolltlcal , Is admittedly a mutual of- ort of the heads of the systems and he leaders of the most powerful rail- oad employes' and labor organlza- lens to form an offensive and defen- Ive alliance to further favorable rail road legislation and to wield such In- luence politically as shall further the irosperlty of the roads aud men who work for them. ' When ? Norfolk Times-Tribune : Last Mon. lay evening the magnificent new Y , M. C. A. building at Fremont was for mally thrown open to the public , the people of that city , proud of their new mlldlng , turned out en masse to In spect the building and to show their ippreclatlon of the advantages It would be to the city. Governor Shel don was the principal speaker of the occasion , although * several other speeches were made by E. A. Gurney , W. J. Hill , S. S. Snyder , Mayor Wolz and others. When will the city of Nor folk have a similar occasion for re- lolcing ? Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postofflce at Norfolk , Nob. Norfolk , Neb. , Sept. S , 1908. Mr. C. B. Barnes. Miss Hazel Ben son , Mr. John Chumm , Miss Ester Currier , Mr. Wm. Ellewood , Mr. War ren A. Ellis , Mr. H. P. Hanna , Mis Ruby Harris , Lyle Hardenbrook , Leo 15. Lawrence 2 , Mr. Frank Murphey Miss Nellie Martin , Mrs. C. E. Shipley Marie F , Shay , Mr. Clarence Sardesty Mr. W. Snider , E. A. Smith , Alfred Solomon , C. E. Ripple , package , Miss Effia Wooldrldge. Parties calling for any of the abovi please say advertised. John R. Hays , P. M. Personal Rights League. West I'oint , Neb. , Sept. 1C. Specla to The News : The Personal Rights league of Cumlng county have elected as their officers the following : Pres idcnt , Adam Schlfcrl ; vice president Otto Gerhardt ; secretary , Chris Hlrschmann ; assistant secretary Theodore Bluechel , treasurer , J. C Clausen. The membership of this body in Cumlng county has already reache ( 400. Arrangements have been made to ascertain the sentiments of eacl nominee for the state legislature on the question of county option. John Somela , who has been conduct Ing a butter , egg and poultry business IK West Point for some years past , has retired from business. Prof. Wm. Thelssen of West Point who was elected to the prlnclpalshlp of the Beemer schools , has removed to that place and assumed the duties o the position. Prof. Thelssen is n na live of West Point and a graduate o the state university. A call Is Issued for a meeting of the Democrats of the county today for th purpose of forming a Bryan club In this city. CHILD DEAD ; MEDICINE MISTAKE South Dakota Mother Gave Too Mucl Drug to Her Daughter. Sioux Falls , 5. D. , Sept. 1C. Specla to The News : Audrey Beatrice King aged seven , daughter of Mr. and Mrs Alvln King , of Ben Clare , a small towi east of Sioux Falls , Is dead ns the re suit of a mistake being made in giving it medicine. Mr. King is the depo agent of the Illinois Central rallroa ( at Ben Clare. The child was frotfu during the night and a sister of Mrs King gave It a dose of medicine fron a bottle which she supposed was In tended for the child. Instead the hot tlo contained medicine for Mrs. King of which morphine was one of th principal Ingredients , and before th mistake was discovered It was to late to save the unfortunate little girl' life. She was an only child. DENTISTS I l HAD FINE SESSION , nnual Meeting Closes With A Banquet , NEW OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN , Northeastern Nebraska Dentists De voted the Afternoon and Evening to One of the Most Successful MeetIngs - Ings In Their History. W. M , Condon , M-ndlson , President. J. F. Daly , Wlsner. Vice Prosldont. C. S. Parker , Norfolk , Secretary. H. J. Cole , Norfolk , Treasurer. The Northeast Nebraska Dental as ocial Ion hold one of Its most enthus- astlc nnd successful meetings in the ilstory of the society Tuesday after- eon and evening In Mnrquardt hall , losing with a supper at the Oxnnrd wtel , In which Impromptu toasts by Imost all the members , and a smoker , vere features. The dentists present were : G. B. laird and H. T. King of Fremont ; T. C. Lago of Mndlson ; H. J. Cole , C. 8. arker and R. A. Mlttelstadt of Nor- oik ; A. B. Ayers of Long Pine ; G. M. lullen of Crelghton ; J. F. Duly of Vlsnor ; H. E. Eells of Wayne ; C. E. Brown of HJmorson ; H. Thompson of Vest Point ; N. A. Hitchcock of Til- en ; E. A. Meservoy , president of the State Dental association ; C. M. Burrlo nd G. E. Hartman of Randolph ; W. I. Condon of Humphrey ; C. C. Bangs and J. C. Clark of Stahton ; H. E. Snyder of Elgin ; J. E. Wallace of Oakland ; W. H. Mullen of Bloomfleld ; Maxwell and Thomas of Pierce. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. M. C. Hazen was In Pierce yester. day. day.John John H. Stelnhauser went to Sioux ity Monday. Rev. Theodore Mester Is visiting 'ather ' Walsh. Miss Edith Barrett went to Pierce Tuesday morning. Mlss > Mamie Hlrsch returned from } relgliCon Tuesday. Miss Emma Wetzel returned home 'rom ' Bouesteel Tuesday. Lawrence Hoffman , who has been quite 111 , Is able to bo around again. Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Kindred of Meadow Grove visited Mrs. Hyde yes- : erday. Mrs. W. E. Hlcuerson of Seward Is visiting her son , 0. L. Hlckerson , for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Russell of DCS Molnes have been the guests of their son , T. I. Russell. J. R. Foster of Crelghton , stopped off hero for a visit with his father on Ills way to Omaha. Misses Ida and Anna Volker o : Stanton , returned home after a vlsl with Paul Johnson and family. E. E. Shepherd , traveling represen tatlvc for the Sherwin-Williams Co. of Omaha , will locate In Norfolk. Mrs. B. W. Avery , who has been visiting at the home of F. S. Ersldne returned to her home In Jackson Minn. J. W. Ransom accompanied his son to Lincoln Tuesday morning where the latter will enter Wesleyan unl verslty. Herman Breltlnger and wife o Wood Lake stopped oil here on their way to West Point and visited Mrs Carl Asmus. Mrs. James Morgan of Atkinson who was the guest of Mr. and Mrs S. Beck for the past few days , wen home Tuesday. Miss Lois Gibson started Tuesdaj for Boston where she will continue her course of sludy In the New Eng land Conservatory of Music. Dr. E. A. Meservey and wife am son , Douglas , of Kearney are visiting C. J. Llnstrom. Dr. Meservey Is the president of the State Association o Dental Societies. W. H. Butterfleld Is looking afte ranch Interests In Knox county. Dr. Condon of Madison came eve to Norfolk in his touring car yester day. Charles Bridge , jr. , leaves tomor row for Oberlln , Ohio , to attend col lege during the coming winter. Ben Davis of Madison , Republican candidate for county commissioner In the First district , was In. Norfolk yes terday afternoon. Among the day's out of town visi tors were : E. G. Malone , Columbus ; W. E. Reed , J. L. Wakely. Ben Davis nnd J. R. Hide , Madison ; H. E. Snyder , Elgin ; John D. Haskell , Wake- field ; C. A. Bard , Crelghton ; E. P. Me- Manigo , Bonesteel ; W. H. Anderson , J. N. Fuller , Butte ; Walter , W. O. Guthtnann nnd wlfo , Plalnvlow ; H. Pueppke , C. O. Ollno and F. N. Skeeh , Wayne ; D. McLeod , Ashlund ; Judge A. A. Welsh , Wayne ; W. J. Courtrlght , Theodore Davoy , H. Smith and J. E. Stephens , Fremont ; George Rohnedde , Nellgh ; E. C. Porter. Anoka. Miss Edith Barrett has accepted a position as teacher In a school at Plorce. John Boohnke , whoso thumb was seriously slashed In a corn-shredder Sunday morning , Is recovering rapid ly. Ross TIndall has entered the Uni versity of Nebraska , at Lincoln , where ho will take a preparatory course In medicine. The V , M. C. A. fund has been In creased several dollars as a result 11 last Saturday's Elk-tT. o. T bnsebail Hnme , I ho proceed * golnx toward the M l' . A building. "no Norfolk mini won $18 a < < Iho ro- HUH of wagers placed on Slouv Clty > vlnnlng the championship In the WuHt- M'ti League. A number of Norfolk irnple saw ( lie llnal Htrugtclo between he Sioux and Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. logger , who ia\o been enjo > lng a month's vnen- Ion at Corpus Christ ) . Texas , have oturnod lo Norfolk. Mr. Lngger will travel for the Hornlck. Hess & Moore wholesale drug company. An extra crew of train dispatchers , consisting of three men , has been idded In the Norfolk olllce of the Northwestern , duo to Increased bunl- loss In connection with the stock rush and the growing tralllc to Trlpp county. Henry Hanso tins sold his cigar store on Norfolk avenue to A. W. Fink- louse , who is now In possession. Mr laase will not Immediately re-engtige n himlness. He expects to look over he Rosebud country. Mr. Flnkhotiso uis lived In Norfolk since March 1 , Hiving come here from Boone county. Rudolph Wlchert of Norfolk and Miss Podoll of WIiiHldo were married at the home of the bride In Wlnslde esterday. Mr. and Mrs. Wlchert will > o at home In this city after a brief lonoymoon trip. The groom Is a salesman In the Baum Bros , store nnd ho bride lived In Norfolk for some line. Charles Adalr of Norfolk , one of the bur men who own the Sioux City Western I > eagno baseball franchise , Is feeling very comfortable as a result if this season's pennant winning. Mr. Adalr Is the popular nnd handsome conductor on the M. & . O , passenger rain between Sioux City and Norfolk. le leaves Norfolk each morning and eturns each night. For four years Mr. Adnlr has held stock In the Sioux City cam , but has never received any dlvl- lends until this year , when "Ducky" Holmes took hold of the club. Mr. Adalr's photograph looms large In the Sioux City Tribune of last evening. The News Is Informed that some consternation was full at Nellgh Mon- lay afternpon when It was discovered that a portion of the papers which went to that town contained an ac count of the Cheney tragedy at Crelch ton , while a portion of them did not. The report was received after the noon edition hid gone to press. A number of papers had been printed and mailed. The press was stopped In stantly nnd the Crelghton message lifted In. It chanced that some of the Nellgh papers had been printed nnd mailed , when the press was stopped. The balance of papers going to thai town , naturally , contained the later news. In connection with the sad af fair at Crelghton , It seems a most ex traordlnary coincident that the Chenej family should be cast Into gloom bj this tragedy on the tenth annlversarj of the day when Georse E. Cheney her grandfather , fell down an elevator shaft in the Drcxel hotel at Omaha and lost his life. The News ycstor day contained brief mention of thai fatality of ten years ago , In tho'Toi Years Ago Today" column , and , 01 the front page , an account of the granddaughter's tragic end just tei years later. Carpenter Is Killed. Grand Island , Neb. , Sept. in. Spe clal to The News : H. II. Shearer formerly of Kearney , aged sixty-nine Is dead as the result of a fall sustain ed yesterday while at work as a cai penter. While putting on flooring on the second story of a new residence he fell through joists to the floor be low , fracturing the skull and spine The remains will be shipped to Kear ney tonight. Crawford at Kennebec. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Sept. 1C. Specla to The News : Coo I. Crawford , go\ ernor of South Dakota , will be th principal speaker at a reunion of th old soldiers of Lyman county , whlc will be held at Kennebec , that countj on Thursday , Friday and Saturday o this week. He is scheduled to ai dress the gathering on Friday. It I expected ho will return from Lincoln Neb. , where he will make an addrcs on Thursday afternoon , In time to make an address at the scheduled time or at least on Saturday. Andrew E. Leo , of Vermllllon , ex-governor o South Dakota , also Is being adver Used as one of the speakers at th Kennebec reunion. The reunion promises to be one of the most Intores ing in the history of central and west ern South Dakota. It will be some what in the nature of a harvest fes tival , and will be participated In b thousands of persons other than th old veterans. Several hundred Slou\ Indians from adjacent reservation will be present nnd will add pictures quencss to the scene. The Indian will be permitted to take part In a' ' , the races nnd sports which have bee provided for the entertainment o those who accept the hospitality o Konnebec during the three days , am as they have some expert runners am horsemen they are expected to cap ture some of the liberal purses whlc have been offered. FARMER IS ARRESTED. Charged With Attempt to Destro Dakota Threshing Machine. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Sept. 1C. Specla to The News : Something of a sonsa tlon has been created in the nortl western corner of Brown county b the arrest of a well known farme named Wilfred Gronso on suspicion o having been Implicated In nn attomp to destroy a threshing outfit whlc was operating in the vicinity of hi homo. Some Imaginary grlovanc against the owner of the machine 1 x Every on" wlio ' npro ; la'c ' s c tf > * ! - of the l ' r f'M'l in eili- ; valrd by lliorii ! ! \v r ; ' h- ncss , iho rcftvs-liiin' ll.i\or nncl ills * su'istnnli. ' I ( -e od- neas of OLD GOLDEN superb ( itmlitics r > . iill5in * from n sillftil ! : blciiciinu ; of "Old Crop"coffees. . OLD GOLDEN is truly un usual ns good ns colfcc can be inncle ( nr belief thnti most of it is tnnde. 3Sa ' Iowa.safe TONE DUOS. . Drt Mulnti. Iowa. upposod to have been the motive , /k undlo of barley pitched Into the * yllndor contained a trace chain and ? recked the separator. Investigation * ovealed a bundle containing a pint : lottle of kerosene oil and a handful ? f matches , tied In the center wltln wlno. A third bundle was found to * ontaln another trace chain. It In al- egcd that cart tracks led from thm cone of the crime to the homo of Oronso. Only a short time previous ! ) the wrecking of this separator , an ther separator was wrecked In the * Iclnlty of Cresbard as the result or erne villain fastening a number or ron holts togathor with binder twine nd placing them in n bundle of gram , , vhlch was fed Into the separator wltMi ther bundles. LITTLE GIKJ.ONG WALK Started From Wagner , 8. D. , to Tyn > dall , on Foot. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Sept. 1C. Spoclalf o The News : Becoming homesick : while visiting her grandparents , Mr. mil Mrs. Frank Clhlar , at Wagner . harles Mix county , Mamie Ollva , ( lies seven-year-old daughter of Mrs. watek of Tyndall , quietly left Wagner uul bravely started out to inako the : eng walk to Tyndall so she could see- , icr mother. When her absence was discovered'1 icr grandparents and the cltlzonsTof * ' A'ngnor In general were greatly * ilnrmed. She was last seen about the nlddlo of the afternoon and when hci absence was discovered a search Immediately commenced. The searching parties falllms to find any trace of her , posses of Wagner men started out in various directions on- iiorsolmck nnd In carriages , continu ing the search throughout the night * and until the following afternoon/ when the little wanderer was found at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton. Kuca , about ten miles southeast ol ' Wagner. It developed that the little girl had ! started out with the Intention of walk ing to Tyndall , which is in an ad joining county , but had been over taken on the road by darkness. When.- everything Indicated that she would ! have to pass the night In the solitude * of the prairie she was observed by nm Indian , who took her to his homo- . Upon discovering that she could tnllc Bohemian he took her to the Kucra home , where she was found the follow ing day by searching parties , ns stated. Family Disappears. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Sept 1C. SpecIaZ to The News : A family of Hollanders who had rented what Is known as the ; Rudolph Miller farm. In the northern portion of Union countv. were the. principals In n mysterious disappear ance. The members of the family wore.- last seen by a neighbor , whom they asked to look after the chores on thelr- place , stating that they might not : come back. Since then nothing has been seen or heard of them. They had good crops this season and ap parently were doing well nnd pros pering , so no reason is known for their leaving the country In so pe culiar a manner. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Nearly every man has a fool habit of whistling , which ho Is unable to break. Compliment a woman to a woman , and the woman will say : "Yes ; hasn'K she improved ? " Wo believe the old war between men and women grows fiercer every year. How often you hoar this statement around business houses : "Ho has gone to lunch. " A man was punished for a certain- offense. "You'll know bettor next time , " said a friend , "Thoro ain't golng- to bo no next tlmo , " the guilty man replied. Nothing pays as well as politeness , except Industry and honesty. And an Industrious , honest man Is handicap ped If he Is not polite. Don't leave a trail of grumble nnd HI nature wherever you go. One of the sure Indications that a man is serious In his attentions to n girl is that ho presents her with a copy of "Lucille. " If she Isn't a- school teacher nnd ho Is not afraid oC her , ho reads U out loud to her.