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Vli li IK NORFOLK WEBKMKS \ \ J01 HN\I , Fill DA NOVF.MtlKH H | 0ns Latin i" Lead Ag.v at D. / ' Altlioiii'li ri'tiniiH .ire iiionfiiiili'i'1 IlldlClttlOlm pollll In tin- < | ( > r.ll ! ( if Cnn- groHHman .1. F. llnyil of the Third N'o- brasku district in lilK rnmunljtii for re-election hy former Klnlc Senator Lattu. Judge lloyil wnj the Ropiihlloan candidate nnil Senator Latin WIIH the Democratic nominee. Wlilli1 returns wore In novny complete thin uinrnliix. the fact Hint Iloyil Inul lost In pretty nearly nil of the precinct * hoard from , caused liln friends Id concede the probable election of -itla. l . Tim OiMiiorrntH claim l/illa's ole - ( Ion by 2.000 lull Hie Republican * linvo not conceded llilH plurality. Former Vote Fnlln Off. Judge Hoyil lout nbnul III ] ier cent of Ids former majority In Antelope , his homo enmity. MudlHon cnnnty gives him alionl IfiO majority.Vnyuo connly gives lilm uhoill , 200. lie lost from ItlH former mujorliy in Knov. In Stnnon he received more voles limn had lie.en aiillclpnled , runnlii ; ; ahead of bhcldon and Raiidull ( in Incninplek1 reluriiH. II WHH ourly otslmalod he had lout nhont HOO of hn ! formnr load In Hurl county , Lultu's home connly. JMiil to connly guvo Lattu ahout 1,000. J'lorco county gave Luttu nlmtit 10. Nebraska Goes Dcmocrntlc. Lincoln , Nov. ! . - - IndlcatloiiH late tills afternoon were ( hat llryan carried the stuto hy 10.000. Shullonbcrgor hy 3',000. Omaha , Nov. ! . Lulo returns lodav 1'rom the farming districts are still Incomplete - complete and the result In Nebraska Is Ktlll In donhlvllli Bryan maintain ing the strong load gained In the cit ies and larger towns. The country dis tricts will docldo the stale. Omaha , Nov.I. . \Vorld-lIorald , Demof-rallo. gives Tufl 20S electoral , ? , 'o.'i. ' 'I'he llei',1 Itepnhllcail , Halms those with thirteen other votes still In donhl. Omaha , Nov.I. . Nebraska Is claim ed hy the Democrats hy (5,000 ( or more. The Uopnblloans nay that the state la still doubtful. The Democrats elect congressmen In the Third and Fifth districts wllh the Sixth district still in doubt. The other three districts are Hcpubllcan. Douglas county has gone almost solidly Democratic with the Republi cans electing the entire Omaha school board and getting one man on the water board. Lincoln , Nov. ! . At. Republican state headquarters It wan said that it would be night before a dellnllc state ment could bo made on the state. Republican - publican managers say in private con versation that it looks like the state had none Democratic. Randall Wins Over D. Rees. On Incomplete retnrnr. indicatlonr. point to Iho ro-olootion of C. A. Han- dull as state senator from the ICIovcnth Nebraska district Madison , Wayne , IMorco and Stunton counties by re duced majority over 1) ) . Hoes. Run- ( lull's * majorliy In somewhat In tile neighborhood of 100. Wayne county estimates give Randall - dall 1150 ; Pierce will give Hoes about 20 ; Madison connly gives Handall : C > ; Stanlon will give Roes about 111. This will elect Randall by homothiiii ; over 100. The race was much closer than two years UK" . Rtw cutting down Randall's majority from 4f.O to about 100. KEEN INTEREST IN RETURNS. People of Norfolk Made a Night of It nt the Auditorium. There was keen interest in the ro- tnrns among the people of Norfolk. Bulletins for Tuft and Bryan alter nately wore cheered lustily as they were Hashed upon the bit ? white screen at the Auditorium. The theatre - tro war packed with an enthusiastic , interested and good uatured audience. There wore Republicans and there wcro Democrats in the crowd and each cheered loyally when the bulle tin represented a sain for his rospoc- live party or candidate. Many Ladies In The Audience. There wore a Rival many ladies In the uudlcuco not as many of them as there wore men , but nevertheless a good sized crowd of fair ones to lead i\ tone to the crowd. The Auditorium was darkened so that the calcium light bulletins might .be displayed to advantase. The lan tern for the glass bulletin slides was placed In the roar of the stage , point ed toward the audience. Hoi ween the audience and the lantern was a lily ; while screen. The rollerIon ! of the bulletin , shot out of the lantern in thin wi\ ; . went on the rear side of the .screen and penetrated through , BO that it could bo clearly read hy those jii the pit of the theatre. Behind th ; Scenes. Behind the scenes a small army of men were at work from 7 o'clock In the evening until morning , receiving and compiling the returns as fast as ihey were received ever the four vires which had previously boon strung into the stage of the Auditorium. There were operators who mannud the tele graph nrt telephone wires , others who received the 'bulletins ' and sifto.l enl , the essential features to ho quiekb written on the glass slides and flash ed onto the screen. Anil ihi'ieirt1 others constantly engaged in writing the bulletins upon the glass olides. Out nt the front end of the tlu-nirr ladies of the Undies' Guild of Trlnlt.v church served coffee , sandwiches anil doughnuts to the crowd that grt-v hungry along about midnight. Telephone Wires Win Victory. Jt was a men between tin * lolcp'mmi and the telegraph wires in u i t-ffuit K K , t the election news line town flu- ' 11,1111 services had ben ; provided n. in. ' stage "t i ' Aii'liiormin. liiii ii ! < lo . pholi" WPOS IMMH.nM 'li i.i. ' A' l'VCr > point nl tin pUlHlae si- \ U IVi'i'luu < -i > muii lie of tin' BU ; > Classed and uuilisium-el | tin- . - : S * \ \ i\ \ if'-t ' f'n'f ' IT * nil tin' iHpphot' * ' UIIH Inviii .iilily InoiiKlii in luiiT b > ihi' telegraph. Bell Phone Qprvlcc Rnpld , In Ibis outinoctlon too much could not bo , ild for the uffidpw.'y with which the lldl company Iinudlod thn roiuriin. The > bounn rpodvliiB hnllo- ilnit durini ? the Into nrtonioon and kept rluM on receiving frimh news all through the I'li'lu. ' Tim tei phone company has HH own special McKi-nph wires from New York to Omaha and another spoplnl telegraph wire from Omahu lo Nor folk. Ou-r IhoHo special wlreii the niORsauodlokod ! wlthoul Inlerferonco or Interrupt Inn , HO that Norfolk wuii constantly In toitnh with the situa tion in the east. Ojtt of Norfolk the telephone com pany Hashed ( IH bulletins In nil ill- i-ocllotiH , Mippljlng ninny iituilomi. This li'lephone iiervlcn WIIH a revolil- lion in KOIIIO ways , as It bus been but In recent yours dint any returns from a nut loin- I election could bo secured through any other source than that > f the telegraph , MunugiT G. T. Sprechor of the locnl Bell telephone olllce roniuincd con stantly at the receiver on the Audi torium stage , rapidly handling the bul letins as they came In. New York Returns First. AM had been anticipated the first returns - turns wove from Now York. Later returns fiom Chicago , Ohio and east ern states wore received. The returns from Nebraska and from the Third cougtosslonal district , In which there was a great deal of in terest , wore extremely alow. This wus duo to the fact that the ballot was long ami the llrst work done was the counting of the straight party votes. Band Furnished Music. During die evening the Norfolk baud contributed to the occasion with a number of choice musical selections served well to enliven things. The audUnce In the Auditorium was said by i-iany to be a Bryaa audience. I ED HARTER ON THE WIRE. Norfolk City Clerk'Has Not Forgotten How to Operate. I'M Hartor has not forgotten how to take messages off a telegraph instru ment. Ho took nil of the telegraph reports for the Bell Telephone company in Norfolk ami he was the only operator in the Btie ; ! who got a complete re port. port.On On the same line were Fremont , York , Columbus , Hastings , Central Clly and Sioux City. Central City , Fremont and Sioux City stayed. Mr. Hortcr remained at the wire seven iH'iirs straight without a halt. lie look about 20,000 words during thill time. And.Mr. Ilarlor had Iho satisfaction of "scocniiu ; " die Western I'uioii about au hour and a half. During the rush Mr. Hart or ate lunch wl''i ' ' his left hand , writing down reports all die while with his right. He uH'-d ' to be a truiit dispatcher. Now ho is city dork in Norfolk- . QUEER INCIDENTS AT DALLAS. Andersoi'5 Led the List and Were Fol lowed by Browns and Ericsons. Dallas , S. D. , Nov. I. Who would have thought there were more An dersons In the world than Smiths ? Perhaps there r.ro not , but there are" more of them who are land hungry , us shown by assorting of the names of the lOS.ooo who did not win a piece of land. And then the Browns took second place , with a list large enough for ieglf.1 ration in r. crowded ward , and dies- were followed by the Uric- sons , wl'o spelled their names as many dl.Vomit ways as a swallow tiles. Some queer things were found on and in tl.e envelopes. Ono man had three two-cent stamps on the face ot Ills envelope , one on the buck to pre vent the seal belir : broken , and one Inside to Insure prompt notification. An old soldier , who was likewise an Irishman and a Catholic , wrote on the envelope his name , nationality , relig ion , occryation , age , the company in which he served during the war and his official designation of sergeant. One n.aii enclosed a return ticket with his affidavit , while another inadvertently - advertently inclosed a bunk check for $50 , which was intended for one of his creditors. Another applicant wanted full par ticulars concerning the number of In dians and their savage propensities and how long since they bad been in nil open stute of Insurrection and in dulged ii : a war dance. The most pecullir coincidence was that of a woman who registered for an old soldier and also for herself. Ml of the first day and part of the second while the drawing was being conducted she listened intently for the announcement of a familiar name , while the envelopes on the big plat form wore being continually shuffle-- ! by the attendant ) * . About noon , of the second day , she was greeted by , the welcome announcement of her name , and while she was enjoying a long broil h of relief ever her good luck , thivo other names were drawn and then came the announcement of the nanio 01' her soldier friend. Hundreds of absolutely empty on volopea uiiesU'd the carelessness ol those who bad gone to expense of time and money to take a chance of get ting a piece of land. YEARS CROSSED BY CIRCULAP Dy Chancs W. R. Hoffman Finds < Boyhood Companion In the East. Yonis ago back in Ashbnry. N. J. , a town adjacent to and die pnmrniioi die famous ; seaside resnrt. lloffmai n I nc.w \ ouiiu t'i i u Ini'T In lu-t : h' j \tnrl f | for rni lin-'V failiir ai tin < MI miHi.n u i 'V > jl\ < > r bint i iidml tin lathei's I ftlloffmnn was die flrai . i \ r -ipi , ] f. ' i : i " 1 Mir r * ' i h'"fitV ; n w to I'm ' frtrnll ; . I Huffman wroie casi and received an answer from ( 'reveling that the hit- t r wan the Hnmn fellow whom Hoff- infill know an a hey , thai he wan glad to know of thn Norfolk mun'ri where- iiboutH nnil hud often wondered what had become of him. C'aroleBHly picking up a trade circu lar , Kifh IIH 111 ! the mall of every mor- t-liani , W. IE. Hoffman of the linn of Hoffman d Viele , chanced to strike a name on the circular which seemed familiar. It WM : < Iho name of an of ficer of u Now Yyrk , KlasHwaro Job bing house. The name curried was " \V. K. Crovollng. socrolary. " Instantly a dramatic picture of .years ago Hashed Into Mr. iloffmun'n mind -the story of u "fast" sjon. a disappointed father , a revolver shot. "Cun Cits he , " asked Mr. Hoffman to himself. "Warren K. Crevollng ? " Kinkald Lends Ticket in Brown. Alnsworth , Nub. . Nov. 5. Special leThe The NC\\H : Complete lonirnn give Taft n majority of 07 in llrown county. Klnkaid lias a majority of inn. liar- ton lias n majority of III , " . The Hrown county vole complete U : ' Tafl fiSO , llryun fi2l , Sheldon r-S7. Shallenhergcr 5:11 : , Hopowll . " . ! > : ' , , Carroll - roll ' 197 , .luiikln MI ; , Uutowood f.oi . , llarton (120 ( , Price 19 : : . llrian . "Hi. Mac- keyl ! > 7. Ulshop < ! 0" , Abbott HOO , Thompson ( ilO , Floharty r > OI , Cowles v',01 ! , Kastlmm 502 , Kinkald ( .I : : . U'est- "verIS7 , Mo.yors ( Hi ! , Adams fil'J , Skill- ii'an ' 1(15 ( , Harrington rIO. , Tlio Prohibitionists cast 11 vote.0 , the Socialists III ! . Indians Abroad to Join Show , Pine llidge. S. n. . Nov. .J.'i'hlrty ; -"oux Indians have signed contracts sith Karl H. dandy , of KniTs rnjirt. Lnndon , HiiR1. . to give ( -Khlhltlons i here for ulx months , beginning nest April. Moving Notes , There is a great deal of moving go ing on in the clly. Persons who have not been able to recuro a new house to live in this win ter are making upHITor It by "swap ping" residences with' ' one another. ISd. Grunt is moving Into I. M. Macy's now house on Madison avenue. .1. R Llndsey is installing his household furniture in Kiidros' house on NVabash avenue. B. H. Miller and family have mov ed into C. K. Doughty's now residence on South Ninth street. H. C. Demmon of S1U Madison street lias sold his home to Ilev. .lolm H. Craig , pastor of the Second Congrega tional church of this city. Jlr. Dem- moil is going to live for the present in the building that Mr. Craig has just vacated. 13 , N. Vail and familv got settled again yes.ierday. They moved Satur day. Grief of the Land Winner. Dallas News : Considerable amuse ment was furnished some men who were out in Trlpp county last week when they saw a locator with a man from Nebraska out in Meyer county showing him laud to select for bin claim. They were at least ten mile.s over the line Into Meyer county , and were bound for a point further on. O'Neill Line Managed nt Lincoln. Lincoln Journal : More than two hundred miles of railroad will ho ad ded to the Lincoln traffic division of the Burlington by an order effectIve today. The order adds the line from Ashland to Sioux City and the line from Sioux City to O'Neill to the ter ritory now looked after by Division ' 'roight Arcent J. J. Cox of this city. This order also abolishes thn office of division freight aggnt.at Sioux City , heretofore held by Hs spnes. ( ) Mr. Jones represented the Great Northern road at Slonx City , as well as the Bur- lingion , and while no definite infornii- , ! ' .n is at band concerning this mat- tei ! t la supposed that Mr. Jones will L'iHInue with the Great Northern. it Is raid to lie desirable on the irt of the Burlington to manage traffic fic- matters on these lines from Lin- c > In , because the lines are operated from Lincoln. This move , also , may ' 10 taken as an indication that the Lincoln operating division will con tinue to look after the operation of the Ashland operating division. Which includes the Ashlaml-Slonx City and die Sioux City-O'Neill lines. There has been talk of a division of the Lin coln operating division , which com prises about one thousand miles of railroad , making a division of the lines east of Ashland and north of Ashland. This , perhaps , will not follow until another rush of business and building i omes. The Lincoln traffic division now comprises the line from Nebraska City to Tecuinseh and Lincoln , and the main line from Lincoln to Kear ney , with a mileage north ot these liner reaching as far west as north-of Sidney , to Guernsey , Vyo. , and to I'Mgomont , S. 1) . This comprises in all 1,700 miles or more of railroad. Card of Thanks , We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the friends and neigh- born , and also the lodges , for their kiiidncs.s during the death of husband and father. We alHQ < wU > h to thank them fcr the l > eautifiu"llonil offerings. Mi * . Sim nil Kvans and family. Legs Broken in Peculiar Manner. Stanion , Nob. , Nov.1. . Wes Kails this atlernoon , while pulling stumps with a biump pulling machine hud the misfortune ro have loth of his le-ra broken. Ho was leading the team and a bolt broke , which throw part of the r'inucluiK - against his loss breiikliif. In ; li nt' dn-.n. One of die burse's It-gtf was a ! : it liioki'ii iii.il . m such a wi : > that ( hi . . livl io ! H. l.il'.i-l. ' Mi K.I.Is n. a laboring man ai'd ' a man wiihuin mean * . huMn.'j ' si-vin children nd ,1 , < ' ' ( ili > n K'ir ; mi him V e > . ' rMnti xvps "ilc'ti up by tlo ; c'f'/'ii ' ' nr Immediate relief. D"ath of Mrs. L. E. Smith. Long Pine. Neb. . Nov. i > . Special leThe The Now : Mr . U 1C. Smith , wife of 1C. Smith of the linn of n. A. Smith & Son , died at i ! o'clock yesterday nornlng. The Hustoni Star , of which she WIIK tbo worthy tnatr.m , will have cliaruo of the cniomonles at the conic- cry after a uliorl sonleo at the home. G. A. MOHR DIES AT PACIFIC. YOUIHJ Man From Monowi Dies at 1 P. M. Wednesday Afternoon. Lying in Iho arms of bis father , 1C. . \lolii' , a merchant at .Monoul , and IH ! grandfather , George llolser , Geo. \ . Mohr , u young man 'JS years of ige. died at I o'clock Wednesday af- eriidon at tinPacllle hotel in this IIy. Mnir ) was Doubled with tuber- ulosls and had been biouihl lo this Ity to consult u local pUyHKIan. The young man's mother at Monowi , -iiit notllli'd and arrangemeuls wore undo to take the rcmiilmt to Monowi u the morning train. II was thought hat the funeral would be held In the fleriioon. The deceased hud been \\llh bis nthor for about two yearn. The Int er was a lo ! > d county home.teuder ighteen years ago and Is well known n north Nebraska. MRS. SAGE WEEPS ON RUGS. /Yoman / With $60,000,000 , , Cries at Thought of Yearn of Stinting. New York , Nov.I. . Mrs. Itussoll iage has new velvet carpels in her ome , < ; , ' ! : J Fiflh avenue soft , rich and oantil'ul. with deep , thick pile , Into vhlch the foot HlnkB. "I am glad , " said u woman who bus nown Mi'H. Sage for > oars. "that she onld have those velvet. carpeln before lie died. In all I bo yearn of her mar led life down at the house at "iOf. . "Ifth u venue , she had nothing but an noloiil liniHScls carpet on her parlor loor. It was one sln > had when she irst went lo keeping house , and had hose great , set medallions in'it that hey used to use for carpel patlomfi orly yearn ago. The nap was worn > ff all over it so that the brown warp bowed tliiongh. "When it finally got so bad Hint it as impossible to use it. longer , mat ing was put down in the parlor , as it ad long been used in the rest of the louse. She always used the old lorsehair furniture she hail when she vas married. "Mrs. Sago suffered fronvniortlflca- ion at such things , just , us' ' muoJl as- my other woman would , and I'm glad jhj's able lo have the velvet carpe'.s or a few years before she dies. Hut hey came too late lo give her much jloanuro. Aflor they had all been nil down and the fnrniluie wan in dace , she walked through the bouse ibserviiig and admiring and then sat lown and cried. She said not a word n explanation , bni It was easy to nn- lerstand. She. was thinking of all the Minted years wli"ii she might have 'njoyed ' such things , and now she has hem when she is too old to care very mich. "There scarcely is a day Ihut Mrs. Sage does not weep. " continued the ) ld friend. "She simply sis ( and cries it the intolerable burden of having 'Gii.OOo-.Ono on her shoulders , at the mrdcn of distributing that huge for tine in the way that will do the most ? ood. She is SO ye.irs old and has a Vow Kngland conscience. She wants o do just the right , thing with it all , unl it requires an amount of thought ind study and imposes a feeling ol csponsibillty that is hard on an old .voninn v ! io only wants a quiet cornel o spend her few romainlng yon IT. in. " Boyd County. Lynch , Neb , . Nov. ! . Special to The N'ews : Lynch gave llryan a majority if 12 ever Taft. The Lynch vote Is as follows : Taft IOH , Bryan lir , . Prohibition votes 7. socialist voloa : ! . For governor : Shel- 'on 107 , Shallenbergor 112. For con gressman : Kinkuid 110 , Westovoi 10S. For slate anialor , Tjiirleenth istrict : F. W. Phillips , Republican. IOH ; .lames A. Dinoluie , Democrat , 122. For state representative. Twen tieth district : T. N. Gulhrailh , Repub lican. 0. ; .1. M. Talcott , Democrat. 12S For county attorney : W. A. Goble. Republican , it I ; D. A. Harrington , Democrat , 1U5. Ate Thirty-Four Bananas , Sioux Falls. S. D. , Nov. n. Special to The News : "Rumble" IJeebe , a resident of the town of Kdgomont , Full River count.by a recent feat in the aiing line is entitled lo the diutlnc ion of bein.7 the champion banana ater of South Dakota. As the result of a wager as to how many banaiuii' ' 10 could eat at a single Killing , ho , lie fore a large ciowd In a fruit store at Sdgemont , ate thirty-four bananas , one U'tor the other. He suffered no ill of 'octs from the foat. for bo was at work the next day an usual , lie now Is ready to meet all comers in the Imnana eatlns Hue. Death of " " "Cheyenne Johnny. Sioux Fiillx , S. D. . Nov. 5. Spocia to The News : One of the mojt Inter esllng characters of western South Da Kola wus removed from life's ! activl lies by th death n few duy.i ago of n\ \ tgeil men named John Uyan , but who for years had been better known us "I'liojonno Johnny. " IIo was 78 yeans of HMO at tl\o \ lime of his deuili. Ryui A'iu amotrf.'tho ' oldest solders of tlu .vostoni part of the stale , and years liefoie railroads had been ronstniotot Into that region he was engaged n a freighter in transporting goods to aiii ' , ' : - . Hi" n.'w Hcitlomoiit'i ) ti the Iliac ! IUIU .mil other parts of the west. Dur UK iin-M' li'im ' tivi-ihtiiii : trip' * Inbni I'ni ) i u ituig u'lx.'ii'iin s with \\or iiKi Indians ami wnhluic ron < agents Ills rctnlnUccnccs of carl\ li'i' nn I'le l > ' ' 1ins WOUl. ) b.l\o Rllnl a , " " Vi l"H Cf"'i ' | tbny bnve been reduced io wrlllii ; : . lie H urvl\od by a widow and tlireo children. A CUMING COUNTY TRAGEDY. Love Affair Supposed to Have Caused Mlrs Welsel to Kill Herself. Omaha lUo ; ; "You wore angry and wtui tmt wanted. ICmtna was cross. I lldn'i come here to raise ttouble , I am ' Ired of suffering , but \ \ lint last ong. " These are sentences from a note which Mary Wolsol , ai : years old , vroto lust night to Arthur Shaver Just leforo she shot herself three limes n the breast , dying a few minutes Qfi terward. ( ] .Miss Welsel , whoso homo Is HeoiuerJ Soh. , has been living for the lust , two voeks at hy hoarding house of Minn Jininji Slolnhoofol , 10'r. . Georgia avo- nuo. Miss Slelnhoefel wan a school 'rlfiiil ' of the dead woman , who before 'oinlni ' ; hero WIIH for a tlmo a patlonl it St. lleruard's hospital at Council Huffs. She occupied n hare little room on ho ( bird lloor of the Htelnhoefel ion nl Inn lion HO and It was about mid- light when she 11 red the shots which ended her life. She used u pistol vhlnh s''o ' bud secured from Shaver , vim Is u boarder nt the same place. Shaver claims Hint he left the weapon n Hi'1 ' ImiiFo and did no ! know she lad It. In the note writ Ten to him Miss Wolsol asked forgiveness for Ink- tig Iho revolver , saving she did not noan to meal it , but wished to gel out if her I rouble. She also had in her lossession a pistol belonging to Miss Slelnlioefel and she said she wished o have I wo weapons in order that she iiU'li ! no ! bo held up in her plan tend > nd her life. It Is siid : by friends of Miss Wolsol hut she IIIIR boon demented for some line an.I that this caused her to end ier llfo. flho wan found lying aerops ho bed. ( .Hired In n while parly dress vhlchts : burned in ihree places , .bowiii'i where the shots had taken "Ifoot. Two wore on the right side of he ehoi I ever the lung and one wap on the I.'i'i side apparently almost di ce ! ly over the heart. Fiorn i be ( one of the note which vas found under tbo mattress of the ted by the coroner It would seem that oulousy of Shaver was the prime mo- ive which led to her wish lo die. A lumber of other letters lit her hand- vrllliig. all apparently written recent- y , were also found and wore taken in haigo by the coroner and will bo pre sented nt the inquest. Miss Riolnhoefel states thai she did lot hear the shots , but on going up stairs shortly after midnight , noticed smoke and made Hie investigation vhieh lo 1 lo finding the girl. Dr. R. 0. Moore , who lives nearby , was summon ed. He notified the coroner , who In urn not Hied the police. The body was taken in charge by he coroner and an inquest will be. lOld. lOld.Miss Miss WoUol leaves u father , four n'othors and two sisters , all of whom ivo at Boomer , Nob. Thomas W. Evans. The funeral of Thomas W. Kvans , who died Saturday afternoon , was hold it 10 o'clock Tuesday morning .at the hristlan church , Rev. Roy Lucas of ficiating. Thomas AV. Evans was born in Cam- ira county , Pennsylvania , .Inly 17 , 1SH2. Came west , with bis parents to 1SS:5 : tN'ii he moved to Kannuj ; where ho resided until 1800 , when 10 came lo Nebraska , and has ; * lnce il\od in this slate. On the -Mth day of April. 187. , be was marled - led to Sarah A. Thomas. Ho loaves i wife and live children four soup : ind one daughter : John A. Uvans of Cameron , Mo. , Mrs. Mary Gates of JJroughton. Kails. , Charles W. of Nor- rolk , Hangers G of Norfolk , Grant H if Norfolk ; also an aged mother , four > rothrrn. four sisters besides nnnier- nis other relatives to mourn his loss : to was converted on October 22 , 1891. " .nil tii.'l to live a Christian life until was deprived of his reason. Ran Well at Home. Nolhh. Nob. , Nov.1. . Special to The N'ews. : The largest vole ever polled In the hislory ofNeligb was that of yesterday. Returns from various parts f the county came in after three ' 'clock. Congressman Boyd received a ma jority of 1li ! in tills city. Ho stated that there is a falling off over two years ago. The county attorney proposition is still In doubt and it will take the of- llclul county to settle the mutter be tween O. A. Williams and R. W. Rice. Concedes His Defeat. Nellgli , NeJi. , Nov.L Special to The News : Friends of .ludgo Boyd , who watched election returns all night , concedi d at an early hour this morn ing the defeat of .ludgo P.oyd. THURSDAY TIDINGS. P. A. Woods left for Wulthill yes- torduy. Frank II. Bools went to Madison yes terday. Mrs. Mi'.lor of Hoskins visited In N'orfollc Tuesday. Mrs. C. .1. Undntrom returned from n visit in Fiemont Tuesday. Waller Molohor of Pierce was in the ciiy Wednesday on business. Miss Ruth Morsch of Albion , Is here visiting her sister. Mrs. R. O. Webb. Mr. nud Mrs. ( ! . W. Ryel returned to their homo In Chudron laM evening. Mrs. .1. L. Schwartz of Norfolk left for Omaha Wednesday noon. She will be gone nbotit a week. Kd. Lamb loft Norfolk on Iho noon train Tuesday lo file on Kinkaid lands ( in Chorr.county. . Mr. Lamb will ro- tin li in Norfolk Salih'diu. Job.i Taunehill , who Is in the gov crnnu-nt postal son ice in Panama , has 5 returned to the canal zone after au i extended visit ul home. Ills HlRler , Ml" * Tannelilll , accompanied htm IIH far an Stanton. ' Mrs. W. I. Austin accompanied her daughter. Gooi-glu , lo Lincoln yester day. Miss Austin , who In a teacher In the ICdgewater school , will attend the mutual meeting of Iho Touchers' UHKO elation , which is being held there ( his week. Mr,4. L. P. PuHownlk relumed ti Norfolk \ejtterday. She has been vlHltliig Iho last few dayB wllh u sis ter In Madison. Phillip Hull left for Lincoln yester day. day.Mrs. Mrs. Albert Miller left for Grand In land yenlorduy. Dr. Tashjon made a professional trip in Long Pine yeslerduy. Mrs. August Miller and Miss Minnie ICIko of Pierce wore visitors In Nor folk on Tuesday. O. II. Grauel loft Norfolk Tuesday lo accept a position us druggist in a store at Waltelleld. Out-of-town vlsllora in Norfolk yes lerday were : Will McDonald , Men dow Grove ; T. O. Campbell , A. .1. Rice. R. .1. Jones. Crolglilon ; Cburhs II. DOOR in. Gregory ; .Inllus Nol ; , Crofton ; A. Sohulchlonborg , Pierce ; Fred I Halt , Lynch ; Mrs. Domini , HonoBteel ; ,1. M. Fleming. WLsnor. Paul Nordwlg Is quite ill with ap pendicitis. Messrs. ICd ward ICvuns mid Glen Wllloy have opened up a suttatorlum. The West Side Whist club will moot with Mrs. W. II. Bullerllold this oven- ing. William Hooker , who has been In a critical condition for the last week , IH slightly improved. The .Mast and Queen Clly hose com panies meet ut the oily hall ut K o'clock lonlght lo consider a proposi tion for consolidating the two com panies. The Miidlsou business men , who signed u ennlriicl lo Kvll 100 acres of Madison county land nl JjT.fiil an acre if Bryan WIIH elected , In reported to have ln > 'ii somewhat relieved at the election n-sull. A public auction is the concluding c.hnpior in a Norfolk election hoi. Fl mor Rco < | w'on u hoise on an election hot as a result of Tuft's victory and the Taft , horne is to bo sold at public auction next Saturday afternoon. Tin ior.se was hot by Manager Woods of the local olllce of the Singer company. A detachment of recruits in the uniform of the ICighth cavalry rogl iiienl , t'nited States army , passed .hrongh Norfolk Tuesday on their waj oul to Fort Wushakle. Wyoming The "rookies" were in charge of Cor poral Murphy of For ! Snolling , Minn John Reid of Wakolleld , father ol Harry Reid , is In u critical condillnn it his ho.no in Wakollold. Mr. Reid. t.ho was SS year. * of age his last birth lay , was probably the oldest man l ( . ' ogistor lor a Trlpp county farm. Hi tiled his uflidnvlt at O'Neill the first week of i he registration , hut did not happen to be among the lucky ones who drew. The election bulletin service furnish ed election night over tin1 long ills tance lines of the Nebraska Telephone company was probably the most com plete over given lo local patrons. The issociated Bell companies had SO.OOf employes odiiing , compiling and send ing out bulletins throughout , the Unltec States. Never before. It is said , had such an arrny of workers been engag d In this work. It has become a matter of seven condemnation that the license permit od for the celebration of the old time lestival of Hallowe'en should lia\ ' ( ' .ecu extended beyond the liberal time -illowanco made bv the city. On Mon lay evening a brick sidewalk on Sixth uid Park , south of the Christian . 'htirch , was entirely removed by par- 'ies whose identity Is as yet unknown The destruction of a sidewalk Is to In .londeiniifd on Hallowe'en night , buV 'uit ' such acts of vandalism should ho- erne evory-day occuruncos Is a state f affairs much to be deplored. reception at the Baptist Parsonage. The young people of the Baptlsi church gave a reception at the parson- ige Moudav night in honor of Clec I.oderer who left today for Lincoln whore lie will enter the state unlvor sity. Mr. Lodoror is held In highest es teem by his friends and especially by the members of the Baptist church for his noble Christian character and faith ful service. Ho will be greatly missed In the bible school and young people's work. His many friends wish him tlu best of success In his school work. Another Hot l for Bassett. Bassott , Nob. , Nov. . " . Special to The News : Basset is to have a new hotel , the foundation of which is now complete. It will he liilxiio feet and two stories high with n line basement. The whole building will be built of cement stone. Mr. Fisher , who is erecting the ho tel , says it will ho beutod throughout with sleain or hot water. He expects lo make it modern in every particular and it will be a credit lo the town. The town has needed another good ho tel for seme time. Base Their Luck on Number " 13. " Though fatalists shiver at the men tion or appearance of the word thir teen , It doesn't appear that they have over-much foundation for their falla cies. Although that combination of the two figures spells had luck In big let ters for a great number of siipersti- tously inclined persons , one Iowa town Is beginning to have very differ cut Ideas au to the potency of this old time hoodoo. Lake City , Iowa , Is the town of nv ( ion. ; I'pon two occasions now the nun her thlrtei-n bus come up and puL well Four > ears ago. on the thirteenth din of Julj 1'JOI , L , E. .NoaU < a o [ Lui > , Clly. rorhlorod at dm Botiostoel land opening. ; , . .J . f Two weeks later ho received govern ment noi Ideal Ion of the fact that ho had dra\-u nuinhor thirteen , Mr. NoukoH. happening to ho a man who know a good thing when It came bis way , IM today the proud possoHflor of one of the best olulimi In Gregory " county. -nf Three weeks upo Tuomliiy , on llu < Ihlrloenlli day of October , IlltlS , . , ( , , ,11. , Jones , ale of Uiko City , Illod hlti uill- davit of uppllcullon at Dallas for , Die Trlpp drawing. The following week he received die pleasing Intelligence that ho had drawn a claim and dial bin number was thirteen , Mr. Jones , In company with 10. 10. Lemon , who drew 1,111 , and another friend WKI ! hud been lucky , stopped o\or In Norfolk yesterday on ( heir way up lo Dallas to spy oul the land. "From now on , " said Mr. Jonei , "when I hour u man 'ctiHsIn" Iho thiiteens ( or bringing him bad luck , I Khali feel Inclined to tell him ho doesn't know what ho Is talking " ' ' about. Lalta Wins by 2,000 Majority. Senator l/iltu of Tokamah ban car ried die Third district for congress over Coiifvossman Boyd of Nellgh by li.OOO majority. Compleiirolurns from all of die eighteen o inntles show that Congress man Boyd carried Antelope , Burl , Dlx- on , Dakota , Madison , Merrlck. Niiliqe , Thiirston and Wuyno counties , gain- ; ng a majority of i.niil in those coun ties. Lai ( a , Democrat , carried Boone , Cedar , Cuiulng , Colfax. Dodge , Kuox , Pierce , Pl.ilto and Stanlon counties , piling up a majority In those counties of a u oven . ' 1,000. In his homo county. Burl , die strong est Republican county In the illslrlnt , Laila out down ibe huge Republican mujorliy io His. Lullu curried DMIIIII- crude Pl.iilo county , die hunie .iif his recoil i Plulto county primary oppon ent , Judge Howard , by 1,100. Boyd's bigKont majority was In bin homo county. Antelope. Latla and Boyd ouch carried nine counties. The majorities on oongrosntrfon In ho eighteen counties , complete , save ! n Platte and Knox counties , Is as fol lows : Boyd Lada Majority. Majority Uitolope 258 'Joono r,2 Hurt ifis 'Jedar 210 dimming ' Colfax . JOO Olxon in Dodge < nox Madison 107 ' .Ion-Id ' , ; | j ! Vance fii ; Pierce Platte . . . : . . - . 1100 Stunton , . riiiirston ' . . . ' . . . iooJ Way no JOO Tolulr lout ItOOO Malone , Nichols and Young Win. .lunies Nichols of ladlson , Rt-publi- Kin , is the next county attorney of Madison county. John Malone , Demo- Tat , bus been re-elected to the board ) f county commissioners. L. J. Young , u Newman Grove druggist , and i Democrat , will represent Madison ionnty in the legislature. ' Nichols rolled up the banner ma- 'orlty ' of the contest , securing a load of riSi ! over J. C. Hngelman of. this jity. , .si- , .tilono's majority ever Ben Davis is 2C2. Malouo got : i big vqto pvui- the connly and polled an especially big vote in Union and Shell Creek precincts and in Madison. The closest race was' run between Young and G. N. Beels of this city. Young's majority , unofficially , is fin. Young was elected by the vote he re ceived in Republican Newman Grove. 3eels received a flattering vote at the Junction. Senator Randall carried the county iy ) only : : . " > . Reea showed strength thai surprised the Republicans. ' Boyd carried die county over Latta by 107. Sheldon's majority In the county was 211. Tuft curried 'lh comity by 2CO. Considerable variation wan shown In the majorities polled by state officers. Fairbanks and Kern Vote In Stable. Indianapolis , Ind. , Nov. 3. The in dications are that the vote will be the heaviest ever recorded in Indiana. Vice President Fairbanks and his two sons voted In a livery stable at 10 o'clock. Vlco Presidential Candldntn Kern voted at the same place a little earlier. Fairbanks and Kern greeted each other. Lincoln , Nob. , Oct. . ' ! . W. J. Bryan voted early. H required just twenty seconds for the presidential candidate to vole. Ho drove a mile over lo the Normal precinct , voting place. Mr. Bryan shook hands around before ontbrlrij ; Hie booth. He said "Our fight Is won. We await the verdict confidently. " Mr. Bryan is in excellent physical condition. lie will rest at homtftodhy and will hoar the returns with a party of friends tonight. ' ' ' Stevenson Also Votes Straight. Bloomlngton , 111. , Nov a. A dial Stevenson , candidate for governor and former vice president , was nn early voter. He wus greeted by Iho crowd and was insldo the booth but n few- seconds. Cincinnati. Nov. : ! . Judge Taft ar rived nt 8 o'clock this morning , in n voice hardly audible ho declared that the outlook was cheerful. The Taft car stopped outside tlir train shod and Tnft laughed as he helped od bis wife across the trac a. Taft shook hands with Fireman Nodi. Engineer Kdenger wished him luck.