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1 * t Events of the V SOCIETY . , Veck in Norfolk * ! * : : : * ; : * ; " * -t. * * * * * * * * Tinini'inlxrH of tin1) \V f club carried out n pleasant surprise on ( Mis Mullo Miller lust Tut'Bilny e\en- Ing , the oiTimlon being Miss Mllhir's birthday. Light rt-froBliinoiitH wore nerved nnd n plnisnnt evening spent by nil. TliOHo present were : Hcrthn Vlergulz , Norn Fiiesler , Clara .Jan- BCD , Hattle Schmoldoberg , U-iia Jlnnso , Mnrthn KP ! ! , Mnrlo Mlllcf , HlBlo Nltz. MiUlo Miller , Hurry OPBtorlliiB , Daniel KliiB , .lohn Booh- nke , Albert Ablinann , Emll Wilde. MrH. N. A. Huso wns hostess nt n 1 o'clock Innclipon on Friday , having as guests MlBHt-fl .losophlne Butter- Held , Hek-n UrlilBP. Almn Ettlng of Grand Island and Elolsc Hoen of ColnmbiiB. Maw Josephine Bulterfleld enter tained Miss Helen llrldBc and her Biiest , MlBB Alma Ettlng of Grand Island - land , nnd Mrs. N. A. Hnso , at n game of bridge on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Will Hall entertained a com pany of young ladles at an Informal cnrd party this afternoon. MBS ! KlolBe Hocn of ColumbuB was the of honor. A pleasant surprise party was Kivon In her honor by the friends of Miss Edna Unasch Thursday even ing , In celebration of her birthday. The W. C. T. U. met with Mrs. W. M. Robertson on Tuesday afternoon. Personal. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dutterflold and daughter , Josephine , will leave early In the week for Columbus , WIs. , for a short visit with old time friends Miss Duttorflold will go on to Welles ley where she enters upon her senior year. Mr. and Mrs. G. D. nutterfleld and daughter , Edith , have returned from a delightful trip of four weeks througl the west which Included Yellowstone Park. Mrs. N. A. Ralnbolt has returnee from a week's visit In Omaha witl her daughter , Mrs. W. H. Ducholz. Miss Alma Ettlng of Grand Island Neb. , has been the guest of Miss Helen Bridge the past week. Miss Elolse Roen of Columbus Neb. , Is the guest of Miss Josephine Buttorflcld. TWO CELEBRATIONS SAME DAY Councilman Fuesler Has Birthday and Wedding Anniversary. Councilman P. J. Fuesler had more than the ordinary man's share of celebrations yesterday. To begin with , It was his birthday. And in the second place , It was his wedding an niversary. Both were celebrated fit- tingb Mr Fuosler went driving In the early evening. Returning home , ho i Councilman P. J. Fuesler. found a houseful of friends who had taken possession. The Chess club , of which he is a member , was on hand , and nil of the tailors employed by him , together with their families , were present. The evening wns pleasantly spent , in celebration 9f both holiday events , nnd refreshments that had been pre pared in advance by Mrs. Fueslor , who was In on the secret , were served. A number of gifts were received , among them a handsome painting from the tailors. Bishop Mclntyre at Stanton. Norfolk , Neb. , Sept. 1ft. Editor News : The Rev. Bishop Robert Mc lntyre , S. S. D. of the M. E. church , will be at Stanton , Nob. , September 23- 28. He will hold a session of the an nual conference each day of the week in the morning , the lecture on Friday evening , Sept. 25. nnd preaching on Sunday morning. Sept. 27. The con ference will most likely adjourn Mon day morning , Sept. 28. The lecture which the bishop will give on Friday evening , the 25th , will be In the Inter est of worn-out preachers nnd the ad mission fee will bo not less than DO cents or more than $1 we will know In time to print It In The News and nil will have to pay who go to It , even the bishop himself. The subject will bo "Buttoned Up People. " It will be worth hearing , but to hear it or the sermon ono will need to go very early tr thn nlarnvhern It IB doUvnrpd , ow- Ing lo iIIP picwils tl'iU will attend Bishop Meli11 > re hns held some of the voi > mo t Impoilnm , If not HIP most Important , pulpits of Methodism , rnd Is regnnled s ono of the most eloquent spenkeis In Methodism or on the platform of the countiy. Ills de scriptive powers arc truly marvelous. I Blmll be xe v pleased to have mv frlnids hear this distinguished sermon of the church and huiranlty. D. K. TIN DAM , END OE WEEK IN NORFOLK Saturday Night on Norfolk Av enue Is Unique , EVERYBODY IS DOWN TOWN New York Has Its "Great White Way , " and Chicago Has Its State Street But Norfolk Has Saturday Night on the Avenue. New York has its "Great White Way , " Chicago its State street am Norfolk has Norfolk avenue on a Snt urdny night Not just the same thing , to be sure but for nil thnt Norfolk avenue on a Saturday night is distinctly dlfferen from all the rest of the week. It 1 just before Sunday and just after th week's work has been finished. Sand wlched in between these two mo ments , It affords opportunity for Nor folk to go down town for nn nlrlng , or n-shopplng , or on pleasure bent. Am the whole town even Including tha portion of It that has to bathe th children afterwards puts on its bon net and goes. The street is ablaze with the light of n hundred Illuminated stores. Am it is an animated avenue nil along th line n thoroughfnre fnirly alive wit men and women and youths ant misses walking , walking , walking. Among the throng there nre mnn dozens of lively commercial travelers Just in "off the rend , " for their Sun day's rest. And there's no doubt that they do enliven the scene. Then there's the railroad man and his wife. Perhaps he's just in from a week of trips , and he takes ad vantage of the fact that the stores are open , to come up town and buy what he needs , and to look around. Automobiles big ones and little ones , loud ones and the silent kind whiz back and forth , dodging in and out among the crowds. Cabs are running hither and thither and the family phaeton Is out for an even- Ing's drive. The picture show is a busy place and there's n rush and a jam In most of the retail places of business. There's a sort of excitement In the air a contagions animation that spreads around among the crowd from one to another an excitement that gives the last hours of the dying week a unique place In Norfolk's life year In and jear out. PRAIRIE CHICKENS NOT IN THEJOUNTRY , Norfolk Hunters Say There Aren't ' Any Anywhere There are no prairie chickens in the country. This is the verdict of Norfolk hunt ers who have spent the week searchIng - Ing for the birds. "We were out three days and I saw eight chickens , " said W. J. Stadelman. This party had three dogs and covered thirty to fifty miles dally. Mr. Stadelman believes the wet springs have resulted in a failure of the eggs to hatch. Norfolk Day at Stanton. Stanton , Neb. , Sept. 19. Special to ( The News : The second day of the Stanton County fair was attended by the largest crowd of the year. Over 100 came down from Norfolk headed by the Norfolk band. The presence of the Norfolk boosters was the pleasing event of the day. West Point defeated Pilger by a score of 1 to 2. Butteries West Point , Zacek and Anderson ; Pilger , Martin and Hopper. Pilger lost the game on errors. Yesterday Wlsner and West Point crossed bats for the llnal game. Racing resulted as follows : 2:35 : class : Jessie first , King Ree second , Little Star third , Dynamite fourth. Time 2:38. : County race : Miss Guild first , Lady second , Grace third , Lady Marks fourth. Novelty race was won by horse owned by Sam Webb. Taft and Sherman Club at O'Neill. A Tnft nnd Sherman club hns been orgnnlzed nt O'Neill with C. E. Hall president , Dr. E. T Wilson and W. E. McRoberts vice presidents and Sam Barnard secretary and treasurer. Headquarters have been established In the HorlBkey building. All Repub licans are asked to enroll. FOOTBALL SEASON TO OPEN , Norfolk And Madison Will Play Next Saturday , ORGANIZE FOR ATHLETICS. Norfolk High School Boys Have Or ganized Under the Rules of the Ne braska Intcrscholastlc Athletic Association Clean SpOrt Assured , The first footbnll gnmo of the soft' son In Norfolk will be played nt the Irlvlng park next Saturday afternoon U 3:30 : o'clock between the Mndlson nnd Norfolk high school teams. Athletics In the Norfolk high school issoclatlon are now controlled by the Joys' Athletic association , which has list been orgnnlzed In the high school. [ Inns Anderson Is president , Chnrles Durlnnd vice president , Roy Hibben secretary and Superintendent F. M. Hunter treasurer. A constitution wns adopted. All high school boys are eligible as charter members and all Eighth grade boys are eligible to membership on nomin ation and election. The rules of eligi bility of the Nebraska Interscholnstlc Athletic association were ndopted. Must Be Good Students. Under these rules members of the nthlctic teams must be students In the high school and must have passing grades In at least three subjects. The management of all teams Is In the hands of the association. Only athletics of the clean type , and of benefit to the players , will be tolerated. A PLEASANT HUNTING TRIP. D. Mathewson Shot a Salmon Swim ming Upstream In the River. D. Mathewson , who has just re turned from n trip to the Pacific northwest , was much impressed with Tacoma , Seattle and Portland , as well rts the surrounding country. He enJoyed - Joyed a hunting and fishing trip that afforded rare sport. Trout abounded and Mr. Mathewson shot a large sal mon as it swam upstream in a river. No big game was brought back , though one bear was found by that portion of the party not supplied with ammunition. An advance wagon , un armed , came upon Bruno nnd the big fellow had escaped by the time the rear section of the party , loaded to the guards , arrived. Plenty of deer were seen , but the season was closed. With this trip to the good , Mr. Mathewson can count all but one state In the union In which he has been at some time or other. That one state is Maryland. FELL UNDER A HORSE. Fred Asher Is Slightly Injured , Horse Falling on Him. Fred Asher was slightly injured Thursday evening while he was out horseback riding on L. A. Hanson's horse. As Asher was driving rapidly around a corner the horse fell with Asher pinioned underneath. Death at Poor Farm. Bnttle Creek , Neb. , Sept. 19. Spe- clnl to The News : Emmn Gamble , aged fifty years , died at the Madison county poor farm hero last evening at 5 o'clock. She had been nn inmate of the institution four years. Two brothers and a sister live in Cherry county and her mother Is being cared for by the city of Madison , her home. At the request of the family the remains of Emma Gamble will be burled at the poor farm. Later the remains will be removed to Cherry county. BANQUET FOR JSBEIBHTON BAND Nebraska State Band Won First Prize at Bloomfield. Crelghton , Neb. , Sept. 19. Special to The News : The Nebraska state bnnd of Crelghton wns tendered n banquet - quet nt the G. A. R. hnll Inst evening by nppreclntlve friends of Crelghton , ns a tribute In return for winning the first prize at Bloomfield. Three courses were served In the banquet and clever speeches were delivered by W. H. Green. W. L. Kirk , Charles Atkinson and W. A. Huffsmith. The boys feel highly honored nnd Crelgh- ton Is justly proud of the band's achievement. Death of Miss Queenie Miller. Wayne , Neb. , Sept. 19. Special to The News : The death of Miss Queenie Miller cast a shade of gloom over Wayne. She had suffered from rheumatism for years. VAN WAGENEN MAY RESIGN. Pierce County Attorney Will Probably * Quit in October. Pierce , Neb. , Sept. 19. Special to The News : County Attorney Van Wagenen , who has served almost two terms , said today thnt he would prob- nbly resign his oillce about the middle of October. Mr. Van Wngenon snld the salary was not sufficient to Justi fy holding the office. Ho did not say what his future plans are. Sets House on Fire. Wlnsldo , Neb. , Sept. 19. Yesterday morning the three-year-old son of G. A. Mlttelstadt set nre to the bedding , curtains and everything else that would burn In a bedroom and then came downstairs and told his mother whnt he hint done Members of the fitinlb , with the assistance of neigh bors , put the lire out , but nut until $50 damage had been done. NO RAIN IN PROSPECT. Sunday Will Make the Record for Long Dry Spells , t'n'eps rain falls In Norfolk before Sunday morning , the piesent dry iioll will equal the record of the llrst wenty dnya of September In 1893. [ The llrst nineteen days of September , 1902 , were dry. but that period was punctuated with nn occasional shower. riie weather forecast Is for continued warm weather nnd no rain , GAVE AWAY DOLLAR BILLS , "E C CM Flakes Girl" is Generous , SHE APPEARED IN NORFOLK , A Number of Norfolk People Were the Recipients of Dollar Bills Yesterday , Given to Them by a Girl In Stars and Stripes. Many dollar bills were given awn > free In Norfolk yesterday by the "E. C Corn Flake" girl , according to ached ule. A partial list of those who re celved prizes Is given below : Mrs. C. H. Sterner , 1012 Verges street. Mrs. R. C. Allen , 100C Madison street Mrs. J. Lemly , 515 South Fourtl street Mrs. Harry Beemer , 208 Conn street. Mrs. H. Appel. Mrs. Minnie Schneider. Mrs. Dan Craven. Miss B. Wilkins , 215 South Eleventl street. Mrs. G. W. Roseberry , 420 Hastlngi avenue. Mrs. A. Kuntz , 308 South Fourtl street. Mrs. W. F. McComb , 1207 Pierci street. Mrs. E. J. Ferguson , 1208 South Firs street. Mrs. W. I. Austin , 508 South Nlntl street. The E. C. girl appeared on tin streets In the morning , dressed In i becoming costume of the stars am stripes , which attracted conslderabl attention everywhere she appeared. RATTLESNAKE ON MAIHJTREEL Big Rattle is Killed at Oxnard Hotel , WAS ON THE STONE STEPS , A Rattlesnake With Five Rattles and a Button , and About Two Feet Long , Was Killed in Front of the Oxnard Hotel on Norfolk Avenue. Does it necessarily follow that just because civilization is moving more and more closely upon the reserva tion of the Rosebud Sioux , that the reservation must back up and over flow Into civilization ? Indeed that's the sign of the times , if rattlesnakes in Norfolk may be taken to mean any thing. thing.A A real live old-fashioned rattle snake , with five rattles and a button on his tail , was found and killed on a stone step leading Into the Oxnard hotel , on Norfolk avenue , yesterday afternoon. Where the rattler came from , no body has ventured to guess. Sunning himself complacently , he lay peace fully on the stairway when discovered by Homer Killian , a bell boy at the hotel. Everybody about the hotel took a hand in killing the prairie-grey ser pent. It was about two feet long. It is said that the hot weather of the past two weeks has brought out rattlesnakes all over the middle west in numbers not often remarked. WILL IMPROVE ROADS. Battle Creek Business Men Secure County Aid to Improve Highway. Battle Creek Enterprise : A meeting of Battle Creek business men held last Saturday evening to discuss plans for Improving loads centering at Battle Creek. An organization was perfected nnd n committee consisting of O. H. Mans , Herman flogrefe , W. L. Boyer. Carl Premier. W. B. Fuerst nnd How ard Miller wns appointed to confer with the county commissioners. Com missioners Taft , Mnlono nnd Sunder- man met with this committee Mon day and the creamery road south from Battle Creek was viewed. The commissioners agreed to a proposi tion whereby the county agrees to divide expense In repairing nnd grad ing this road. Present plans con template the repair of thnt section of the rend upon which much work wns done Inst yenr nnd an extension of the work on places heretofore given little attention. Battle Creek business men have pledged n fund sufficient to meet nil expense Incurred above that assumed by ttie county. NORFOLK IS TO HEAR TAFT , Republican Presidential Nominee Speaks Here , WEEK FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY , Judge Taft Will Arrive In Norfolk at About Noon on Wednesday , Sept. 30 , In a Special Train From Sioux City. A U'lOgrnin wns sent by The News 10 Secretary Wllllnm Hnywnrd of the national Republican committee sev eral days ago , urging that Judge Tuft be sent to Norfolk on his middle west ern trip , to deliver an address. And the announcement of a change In Tnft's itinerary so as to include Norfolk , as well as several other northern Ne braska towns , Is good news to thla whole section. Judge Taft will speak In Norfolk a week from next Wednesday , Septem ber 30. He will come from Sioux City to Norfolk and will go south from here over the Northwestern to Lin coln. Will Come In Special Train. The Republican presidential nomi nee will arrive in n special train which will leave Sioux City in the morning. Enroute from Sioux City he will mnke speeches from the renr WILLIAM H. TAFT. end ot the car at Emerson , Wake-field nnd Wayne Enroute from Norfolk to Lincoln Judge Taft will address crowds from the renr conch at Stnnton , West Point nnd Scrlbner. Mammoth Crowd Expected Here. Tnft day will unquestionably wit ness a mammoth crowd In Norfolk Thousands of people from all ovei northern Nebraska will undoubted ! ) be here to listen to the presidential nominee. From the Rosebud coun try , from the west as far as Chndron 100 miles away , from the Albion- Oakdale branch , and from the Union Pacific line to the south , hundreds upon hundreds of people will prob ably center In Norfolk on that day. From the fact that Hoskins and Wlnslde have not been Included In the schedule as telegraphed , it Is ex pected , also , that many people from those towns will be here for the speech. His Second Visit In Norfolk. This will be Judge Tnft's second visit In Norfolk. Just a year before the day of his nomination he passed through Norfolk and made a brief speech here. This will be the second presidential candidate ever to have visited Nor folk , Mr. Bryan being the only man who has ever been here as a presi dential candidate. Roosevelt was here eight years ago , ns a candidate for the vice presidency , but he has not been in Norfolk since he becnme president. Be Here About Noon. It is expected that Judge Tnft will be in Norfolk around the noon hour perhaps shortly nfter nil of the in coming noon trains have arrived. This will be by nil odds the biggest day of the campaign of 1908 in Nor folk nnd northern Nebraska. NEW TOLL LINE OPEN MORE GABLE STRUNG , 2,4000 , Feet of Gable Added To New Phone Service. The Norfolk Long Distance Tele phone company hns Just added 2,100 feet of cable to Its lines Jiiht cast of the Northfork river on Main street This new line will connect people In the district living close to the city More cable has been strung , by far than had been figured on up to this time. The company will open a new field for toll lines on Monday. Including all the territory of northeast Nebras ka , between Norfolk and Sioux City and at tributary points. First Football Game , The first football game of the sea son will take place on the driving H THE STORY OF THE NORFOLK a BASEBALL SEASON I v H x x 9x ax x > x XBX x x xti x ? : < x x x x > x x x xaia > xax T While Norfolk nmnteiirs make Merry Saturday afternoon on the local diamond mend the local ball season , with one eye on the pennnt fight In Sioux City , drew to n close. Already the official season In Norfolk Is over. At the end of the Emerson Norfolk game the Norfolk nine was disbanded for the season. It was a satisfactory season. From relatively Inexperienced material Nor folk developed a nine which was cap able of meeting the best which the north state country could offer nnd which , while possibly not entitled to claim championship honors , was not surpassed in North Nebraska n an amateur nine of home boys. Twenty-live games were played dur ing the season , fourteen won and eleven lost. In Juno four games were lost nnd three won. In July five were won and four lost. In August two were won and three lost. September netted four victories. Standing With Other Nines. Norfolk met nine north state teams during the season. Plalnvlew wns Norfolk's chief rl- vnl nnd in the opening games out played the local nine. Norfolk how ever won four out of the seven games played , closing the season with throe straight victories over Plalnvlew. Norfolk after dropping two games to the Wnlthlll Indians found two ensy victories. With Stnnton Norfolk played four games nnd lost but one , the last gnme played. Norfolk and Spencer divided games. Wakefleld won the two gnmes played , the first by n score of 2 to 1 , the second by 3 to 2. Norfolk divided the games with Humphrey. Norfolk defeated Verdlgre , , swamp ed Brunswick 17 to ! and shut out Emerson. Norfolk had only one opportunity to meet O'Neill the fast west line profes sionals and dropped the game in the lirst Inning. The Men Who Played. The season showed that Norfolk has good baseball material available. Bo vee , a farmer lad , and Klrklnnd , n twlrler from Atkinson , have done park gridiron next Saturday between Madison and Norfolk high schools. Admission 2ne , school children ir > c. RANCHMAN SHOOTS AWAY HIS HAND , Bitten by Rattlesnake he Grows Desperate , Rushvllle , Neb. , Sept. 19. Word reached hero that Jules A. Snndoz , a brother of Emll Sander. , who was shot by Neiinnn in the sand hills , wns bit ten by a rattlesnake. He had reached down under his claim shack to get an axe when he was bitten , and he had to walk two miles before ho could get anyone to catch his horse for him. In tlie meantime his hand swelled so much that he attempted to cut out the poisoned llcsh , but could not stand it. In a fit of desperation he took his shot gun and in some way managed to blow tlio back of his hand away. His suf- fnrlngs were Intense. Spencer Team Disbanded. Spencer Advocate : The Spencer baseball team has disbanded for this season. The team made a good showIng - Ing up to about two weeks ago when they took a slump and lost several ames. Out of thirty games played' they won twenty , which Isn't so bad a showing when considering the fact that nineteen of these games were pln > ed nwny from home and with the best teams northwest of Norfolk. Manager Coombs can be congratu lated upon the success of the team ns ho has spent much time nnd energy In placing In the Held the best team In north Nebraska. When n team can go on the road and win two-thirds of their games they are surely play ing ball , and this Is the record Man ager Coombs made with his team. Several of the team piny nt Bone- steel this week during their fnlr. All Three Bays Dismissed. Chester Housch , Guy Storm nnd Ned Emery , the three boys brought up In Judge Elselcy's court Saturday morn ing on the charge of "malicious des- some remarknblo pitching during the senson nnd have Mulshed with ns good a record as many of the league nines. Wllnon , of O'Neill , a former Nebrns- kn university stnr , cnught several games very nbly , but Hoffman hns been behind the bat most of the sen- son nnd has been In great demand by outside nines. Rusk linn played n stnr gnme nt short stop and showed great activity. Klrklnnd nnd Bovee , alter nated at first base ; while ono pitched the other held down the Initial bag. After Hank had played the first four games of the season nt third base a Donne college man came to Norfolk nnd was Immediately captured for third. South proved to be one of the best men on the team , strong nt the bat nnd a good Inficlder. Rey nolds nnd H off man of Battle Creek showed the stuff they were made of nt second base. Ollssmnn played con- terflcld the entire season and he wna "there" nil the time , also n good mnn with the "big stick. " Wilde nnd Reynolds - nolds took turns nt right field , each being entitled to part of the fancy plays made In that region of the dia mond. Left Held was held the first few games by Brueggeman. Afterwards Haak held It till the rest of the sea son. Both of them made ninny nifty catches. Hank pitched one game this season nnd struck out nine men. Several Norfolk men , when not en gaged playing games scheduled with Norfolk , found no trouble In picking up money playing" with other teams. In fact many calls for players had to be turned down by the home men on account of Inability to gel away. Sev eral of the players and the official umpire , Norton Howe , have estab lished an enviable record among the baseball enthusiasts of this section of the state. The Ball Committee , A. L. Kllllan , W. P. Logan. Asa K. Leonard , Dr. E. L. Bush. These four men , at no little sacrifice of time and energy , have stood behind baseball In Norfolk during the season just closed , made n successful season pos sible nnd paved the wi ; > for future seasons. The men were elected at a mass meeting and justified their se lection befoie the season eloped. true ) ion of property , " were dismissed for thirty days at least , and probably perinniientl.v. It was decided Judge Eiseley had no juilsdlctlon and that It was a case for the county court. The case will not come up In county court before thirty days. If at all , good behavior being made a factor. Death of Mrs. W. R. Mansfield. Beemer Times : The death of Mrs. W. R. Mnnsllcld , which occurred at her homo northwest of town Inst Fri day forenoon from the effects of n draught of carbolic acid administered by her own hand between 9 and 10 o'clock , was one of the saddest events that these columns have been called to chronicle. The deed was the im pulsive act of a mind temporarily af fected by an excessive use of drugs to relieve a headache , to which Mrs. Mansfield had boon subject for some time. Naturally possessed of a finely- organized nervous system , which hr/,1 leen ) disordered by III health , she was in a state , mentally and physically , to yield to such an impulse under the slightest degree of excltment. After the draught was taken and she came to a renll/.ntion of her net , she was nnxlous to be relieved , and is said to have suggested antidotes for the dead ly poison , which soon rendered here unconscious. Dr. Rlley wns sum moned and hastened to do all that could bo done to sn\v the life of the unfortunate patient , but nil efforts were of no avail D , C , O'CONNOR" ' WAS IN NORFOLK , Superintendent Of Schools In Canal Zone. D. C. O'Connor , formerly superin tendent of the Norfolk public schools , but now superintendent of schools In the Cnnnl Zone , cnmo to Norfolk Thursday for n short visit with friends. Ho delivered nn address to the high school boys Friday. "As others ace you , " depends upon your advertising.