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THE > 0in OLK KPrtLT \ NLWS JOU1 NAL FHIDAY DKCEMBEK 11 1908
NO COUNTY ORGANIZATION.
Judge Wlttcn lo of Opinion State Can
not Organize Before Mnrch.
( Iri'Kory County News : There IIIIH
1)co ) 11 a petition circulated among the
Bullion * In Trlpi * counly asking tlic
governor to call an election for the
organization of that county. Judge
Wltton ycHtonlay expressed the opin
ion that tills could not lie done nt this
tlini ) , or not heforo .March when the
land IB formerly opened for public * set
tlement. "It yet remains an Indian
domain under the control of the de
partment of thu Interior , and those
who are frequenting Trlpp county
without a permit are llahlo to arrest
for trespassing on Indian landH. Lit
erally speaking , " < ) white ninn , with
out a permit , IIIIH a right on the reser
vation , and these who are now living
there could ho ordered off by the gov
ernment authorltleH , " remarked Judge
Wltton.
Judge Wltton salt ! that he thought
the opening would occur about March
25 , and not March 1 , as had been llrst
announced. The wunthur Is thought
too Hovoro In the early part of the
month and that the latter part of the
month would bo more acceptable.
Must Answer for Killing.
Fairfax , S. D. , Doc. 5. From a Htaff
correspondent : Four criminal cason
nro reasonably sure of going before
the Jury the comliiK term of the cir
cuit court which commences here
next Tuesday. These cases arc the
murder charge against William A
Jllley , who killed Hltt the Day liornt1'
Blonder , the charge of assault with in
tout to kill against Irene Korgraves
the horse stealing chaiRO against
Henry Harvey , real name unknown
nnd the charge against O. H. Womol
dorf for maiming , an assault and battery
tory case.
Owing to the largo number of caset
on the civil docket the session will < u
nil probability occupy two full weeks
On the docket are ten criminal cases
nnd seventy-eight civil cases ,
The etatuatory charge agalnsl
Frank Herman will probably be car
rled over on account of the presenl
critical condition of his victim whc
is in a Slonx City hospital.
The lllley murder case is the mosl
serious charge docketed. Although II
la not considered likely that Willlan
A. Hlloy , who was once a Northwest
cm brakcman running out of Norfolk
will he convicted of murder in tin
first degree , ho will have a hard light
to escape a heavy sentence for man
slaughter.
Bessie Slnkular Won't Be Tried.
One case on the docket will not b (
, tried. The charge of arson againsi
Miss Hcssle Slnkular , the Herrlck Mil
liner , still stands on the docket bin
the unfortunate woman who ended lie :
life with a shotgun has gone to r
higher court to rest her case witli tin
ireat and supreme Judge.
Tno omcniis 01 the court are : lion
E. K. Smith , circuit judge ; P. J. Done
line , state attorney ; M. L. Parish
clerk ; J. M. McMullun , sheriff ; Car
lotta Hast , stenographer.
No. 1 Soon to Choose Farm.
Gregory County News : Word lias
been received in Dallas that Mae Mel
Ber , the holder of No. 1 in the Trlpi
county land lottery , Is soon to vlsil
Dallas. She will bo a person keenlj
Bought by the real estate men of this
city for the reason that every one 01
them would like to have the privilege
of locating her on the choice claim ii ;
Tripp county. About a week ago she
made an attempt to come to Dallas but
found that the river was Impassable
and she returned homo for the pros .
cut and has sent word that she will
innkc another attempt soon.
While It is not positively known
that Mae Melser has ever visited
Dallas before , it is stated that she has
many admirers here among the bachc'
lor crowd , and that she may rest as >
Biired of being very kindly dealt with
by the young men of Dallas.
Princess Lives by Her Voice.
Chicago , Dec. 4. Princess do Uro
glle , who was Miss Estelle Alexander
of San Francisco , and later the wife
of S. H. Volt of Chicago , has begun
divorce proceedings against her bus
band in Paris on the ground of deser
.
tion. The cablegram that broughl
the news last night stated that the
princess is in straitened circum
stances and supporting herself and hei
children by singing In boulevard cafe1 ?
the rounds of which she makes everj
night.
WITTEN LEAVES THURSDAY.
Will Start His Trip to Locate Town
sites Thursday.
Gregory County News : It might noi
be generally known , bin Judge Wlttcn
who Is now In Dallas as a representative
tivo of the government and whose mis
slon is to make the selections of the
government townsltos in Tripp county
Is from "show me state. " Wo mem
by this ho Is from Missouri. Ho nr
rived here Sunday evening nnd 'ex
pected to be through with his worl
nnd on his return to Washington , tlu
homo of the great father , by Friday
On Ills way here he ran onto a bUz
znrd at Pierce. Neb. , and brought i
with him and in consequence ho hai
been tied up here ever since nnd whlli
thus employed has been having i
right good time visiting his friends Ii
Dallas , which ho formed during hi
residence here , during the registra
tlon period. Ho wants to bo sliowi
better weather before ho undertake
a two hundred mile trip on the opei
pralrio nnd wo who nro familiar will
South Dakota weather admire th
Judgment of the man from the "shov
mo state. "
When the pudge arrived at Plerc
bo had a sort of n "hunch" that h
was going up ngnlnst some bad weatl :
cr , so ho wired nhead to Donestec
to have his friend , Jim Biggins , mee
May In Dallas and that It ) the reason
ho iiHkcd Jim to provide him with thin
certain piece of wearing apparel. .Mm
WIIH there with the goods and when
the Judge got to Dallas he wan wearIng -
Ing the Hiune coon skin coat that he
had worn on his former stay In Dal
las. 'The reason he was partial to this
particular coat was the size. H was
tailored for a largo man and a couple
of large men had claimed It as theirs ,
before the judge hit this section of
the state. This particular coat was
originally the property of ex-Congress
man Lucas , known to the early set-
tiers of the state as old Captain Lu
cas , or "Old Shady. " Captain Lucas
WIIH nn early territorial and state poli
tician , ho held many offices In the
state , such as commandant , of the
soldiers' home , register of the land of
fice and congressman nnd numerous
minor positions during his residence
here. When he moved to California
many years ago he gave this coat to
his son Fred , who is now postmaster
at Ilonesteel , and as Fred would give
.Mm anything within Ills gift It was
an easy matter for .Mm to find n coat
to lit so portly a Ilguro as Judge Wit-
ten. And the garment that now graces
the form of our esteemed friend Is one
which was worn by one of South Da
kota's great men who nided In many
ways in making the pages of her early
history Interesting. He did exactly
what Judge Wlttcn Is doing today
making history for the great state In
the opening of Tripp county for set
tlement and providing a place for
thousands of happy homes.
Yerkcs' Widow Attacks Will.
Chicago , Dec. ! . An attack on the
will of Charles T. Yerkes is being
prepared by his widow , Mrs. Mary
,
Adelaide Yerkes-MI/ner. Knowledge
of her purpose was admitted today
by Louis S. Owsley of Chicago , the
only remaining executor of the es
tate. He also intimated that the
courts would be asked to decide not
only her own suit , but whether the
fact of her action did not nullify the
provisions of the document as a
whole. Mrs. Yerkcs-MI/.ncr wants her
dowry rights Instead of $200,000 In
cash and the limited Income pilvi-
leges granted her by the will.
MRS. WILMERDING STRUCK HIM.
t
i Commodore Vanderbilt's Great Grand
daughter in Court.
Now York , Dec. 4. After hiding
from her wealthy relatives nnd former
friends In New York society for sev
eral months , Mrs. "Jack" Wllmerding ,
great granddaughter of the late Com
modore Vanderbilt , yesterday made
known her whereabouts by having
"Jim" Coates , who says she is his wife
according.to the English common law ,
arrested and arraigned In the Harlem
police court on a charge of ill-treat
ment.
Coates Is a large , blonde man ,
heavily mustached , and nattily dress
ed , thirty-six years old , and has a thick
English accent. He was arrested In
a cheap little Hat over a grocery ,
where the pair have been living for
about eighteen months.
The warrant was procured In the
name of "Marie Coates. " Under this
name the woman took the policeman
and pointed out "her husband , " orderIng -
Ing him arrested.
"It bad to be , Jim , " she said. "I
couldn't help it. "
She then began to weep , and thr < ? w
her arms around Coates' neck.
"It's all right , old girl , " Coates said.
"Don't worry. "
When the case was called in court
yesterday , the woman did not appear
to prosecute Coates , and he was dis-
missed. Magistrate Kernochan said
bo knew that Mrs. Wilmerdlng had
been confined several times in sanitar
iums , and that he was convinced there
was no ground on whicli Coates might
be punished. Coates showed a right
ear closely approaching the cauliflow
er stage , and he said It had been given
to him by his wife.
"She hit me with an Iron , judge , "
lie explained. "But she's not a bad
girl and it is all right. She's sorry
now she ha 1 me arrested. "
Coates said he considered his alii-
' ance with Mrs. Wllmerding a legal
fine , although he admitted that "Jack"
\Vilmerding \ is suing her for absolute
divorce.
The case conies up in the supreme
court next week. In this suit Wllmer-
ding charges the wlman with having
contracted a bigamous marriage in
1900 with Coates.
Overhauling for Basements.
Norfolk basements are slated for a
general overhauling next week when
a special fire committee will make a
report to the city council on the con
ditions of buildings within the fire
district as regards danger from fire.
Tills morning the llrst trip of In
spection was made. It was a pre
liminary inspection but it showed the
need qf the thorough examination of
buildings that is to bo made. | In
one or two of the principal buildings
the members of the committee found
a lack of proper precautions against
lire in connection with the heating
plants. In ono building a leaky boiler
was declared dangerous.
This morning's visits were made by
Herman Winter , chairman of the ( Ire
0 committee , John Krnntz , chief of the
11 department , and Chief of Police Pot-
11
ers. Monday the same committee , re-
enforced by the foremen of the dlf-
"
ferent tire companies , will make a general -
oral trip through Norfolk avenue
'n basements , looking up especially ( lues ,
heating plants and the accumulation
0 of rubbish. They will report to the
council on these conditions.
iV
Another important purpose of the
trip will be to familiarize the lire lead
ers with the interior nnd basement
arrangements of Norfolk avenue build
Ings so that In case of lire no time
will be wasted In getting at the source
o bingo. . It is the experience of
ways know Just how to go after the
second blaze. The foremen will have
something of this experience In ad
vance.
Pioperty owners generally have ap
proved the course taken by the city
In this matter.
AFTER DAKOTA ROAD.
Government Wants $3,175 for a Forest
Fire.
Slonx Falls. S. D. , Dec. 7. Special
to The News : Hy direction of the
attorney general of the United States
the United States attorney's olllco in
this city has ImUitutcd a damage suit
In the United States court In Sioux
Falls against Charles O. Dalley , as re
ceiver of the Missouri Hlver & North
western railroad company , which
operates a line of railroad from Hapld
( Mly to Mystic , in the lllnck Hills.
The property of the railroad company
Is to bo sold at public auction in Janu
ary under an order of the federal
court.
The complaint alleges that on April UO
last , through the failure of the railroad
company to have one of Its locomotives
provided with a spark arrester , sparks
from the locomotive set lire to dry
grass , the railroad company permitt
ing the lire to escape from its right
of way to land owned by the United
States and Included In the Black Hills
forest reserve. The fire Is alleged to
have caused damage to the amount
of $0,175 $ , to pine timber , pitch posts
and lumber in the forest reserve , it
being alleged that an aggregate of
about 1,100 acres were burned over
"by reason of the negligence of the
defendants. "
The United States asks that Its
claims lie declared a llrst Hen upon all
the property of the railroad company.
Sheriff Gets Reward.
Lincoln , Neb. , Doc. 4. Sheriff L. A.
Beckwith of Sheridan county lias been
paid a reward of $200 , offered by the
state for the capture of Ralph Nlcnen ,
who murdered Emlle Saudosr. . , on
the hitter's ranch near Hushvllle last
July U. It was through the Instru
mentality of Sheriff Beckwith that
the reward was originally offered.
AFTER BUTTER TRUST.
Federal Law Will be Invoked to Su
press Restraint of Trade.
Chicago , Dec. 4. Oleomargarine
and the federal anti-trust law may
both bo used to defeat an attempt to
raise the price of butter. It is assert
ed that local and eastern produce men
have combined to boost the price of
the household commodity to such a
point as to drive It from the tables of
many.
Manufacturers of oleomargarine ,
who were at one time nearly put in
the "down and out" class by the but
ter dealers , are said to be waiting for
the prospective rise of butter to Hood
the market with their product and , by
taking advantage of those unable to
buy the pure creamery product , to
prove to them that oleomargarine is as
good as butter and cheaper.
It Is said that from CO.000,000 to 70 ,
000,000 pounds of butter are held in
cold storage , of which amount the Chi
c.ago warehouses hold about 25,000,000
pounds. The present production In
the western country is said to be
meager. Commission firms in Chicago
cage , Boston and New York and Elgin
are declared to be interested in the
so-called butter combine , which would
make It an Interstate affair , and as
such come under the Sherman anti
trust law.
District Attorney Sims declared that
the federal authorities had never
made an investigation of combines
seeking to control the price of butter ,
but that if such a combine was shown
to exist in restraint of trade It would
be prosecuted.
Burns Up In His Bed.
Newman Grove , Neb. , Dec. 4. Al
fred Westelln , a retired farmer , was
burned to death in his home here uy
overturning a kerosene lamp onto the
bed in which he was lying.
Westolin had been drinking
of late and It is said was afflicted
with delirium tremens all day Tues
day. His neighbors undertook to
look out for him while he was .on the
street during the day , and one of them
went to his house to fill a lamp be
fore darkness 'set in. Later in the
evening Westelln bade the neighbor
good-bye , saying he was going to take
a dose of medicine and would prob
ably die.
Mrs. Westelln , who Is very feeble ,
was awakened late at night by the e
plosion of the lamp and found her
husband wrapped in llames. She secured
cured a bucket of water and dashed
It over him , but It failed to ox
tlngnish the ( lames. Another bucket
ful was brought which Westclin him
self assisted In throwing over his
body. His wife then rushed to a
neighbor's house for help and on re
turning fainted before she could ren
der further assistance. A lire com
pany responded and found the bed
clothes and mattress afire. Their
efforts to get him out of the bed were
fruitless and after more water was
turned on Westolin was taken out
dead.
dead.Wostolln
Wostolln was about fifty-six years
old and was at one time an Inmate of
the dipsomaniac institute at Lincoln.
The general supposition is that the
overturning of the lamp was accident
al.
FRIDAY FACTS.
Miss Hazel McDonald of Pierce was
the guest of Norfolk friends Thursday
evening.
Charles 13. Greene of Plainview was
In Norfolk Friday.
J , S. Craig is visiting his daughter
in Merrlnmn , Nob.
Adam Ryland of Humphrey , at onetime
time a resident of Norfolk , was In the
Mrs. Ploto of Shelton are visiting at
the homo of Mrs. Hutzko's parents ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Julius Degner.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Beck went to Om
aha yesterday for a visit.
A. P. Doe , who has been visiting his
daughter , Mis. George D. Hutterlleld ,
returned today to his home In Daven
port , In.
Ernest Hut/ was called to Hosklns
Friday by the serious Illness of his
sister. Mrs. H. G. Kohrko.
Marcus Gnylord of Until , N. Y. , who
was called ( o Norfolk by the fatal Ill
ness of hlH brother , L. M. Gnylord , will
leave for New York tomorrow.
Dr. P. H. Suiter has rotitrnod from
Omaha , where he went on business.
C. L. Wattles , a Nollgh banker , was
In Norfolk yesterday afternoon on
business.
Among the day's out of town visi
tors in Norfolk were : Mrs. H. F.
Barnhart , Crelghton ; Mr. nnd Mrs.
Harry Prltclmrd , Laurel ; John Grot-
scliinan , Gregory , S. D. ; S. S. McAllis
ter , Shelton ; Conrad Landerileld ,
Dodge ; C. H. Williams , Schuyler ;
Chnrles Morrlssey , Fairfax , S. D. ; C.
B. Jamison , Lynch ; J. T. Hookshn ,
Crelghton.
The city council will meet Tuesday
evening of next week.
County Superintendent F. S. Perdue
goes to Crelgliton Saturday , having a
place on the program at n teachers'
meeting.
M. A. Burrltt has severed his con
nection with the Norfolk Heating
nnd Plumbing company and will re
move to Kansas City.
According to the Madison Chronicle
the only active candidates for the
county superlntendency nro F. H.
Price of Tilden nnd N. A. House ! .
Herman Gerecke , us a result of Ills
appointment ns steward at the hos
pital , Intends to close out the present
stock on hand and dispose of the
plant.
John Haley , who recently disposed
of the ten cent teed yard , is shipping
his goods to Inman , where lie and
his family will make their home on
a Holt county ranch.
The thermometer of the government
in Norfolk registered 7 ° above zero
as the lowest point reached Thursday
night.
The Norfolk Pure Ice company just
now is selling ice from its storage
vault , the iqcal winter market using
up about a ton a day. The ice plant
will not be operated as long as the
storage supply holds out.
Madison Chronicle : The old store
building and hall which stood on
Main street in Warnervllle for more
than twenty years lias been sold tea
a party in Norfolk and will bo torn
down and removed there In the near
future.
S. W. Warner of Chadron is the new
watch repairer and jeweler at C. S.
Hayes' jewelry store. Mr. Warner's
father , C. A. Warner , is well known in
Norfolk among Northwestern train
men , having had a run on the road for
forty-two years. He now runs be
tween Chadron and Dcadwood.
A basketball team is to be organized
by the Norfolk militia detachment.
The national guard men will practice
in their armory and soon expect to be
proficient in the game which is count
ed the best of indoor athletic games.
It. is possible that something of a
basketball league may be organized In
the city.
"The winter , " said a Norfolk plumb
er yesterday , "is not the plumber's
delight , although many think that he
shares with the coal man. In Norfolk
nearly all of our work is done during
the building season. In a month wo
will be virtually through until spring.
It doesn't get cold enough in Norfolk
to make any appreciable amount of
'freeze work. ' "
The following five men are fully
naturalized citizens of the United
States , as a result of the last session
of the district court at Madison :
John C. Drevsen , Albert Wilde , Nor
folk ; B. A. H. Uisanger , Newman
Grove ; Henrlch Schutt , C. A. Wallin ,
Emerick. There were twelve appli
cations , but six failed to appear and
one applicant was denied because he
filed his first papers when under
twenty-one.
Madison Chronicle : There was a
pleasant family reunion at the J. W.
Davis home on Thanksgiving day.
Frank Davis , who is n mail messenger
on the Northwestern between Nor
folk and Dallas , came down from Nor
folk for the occasion and Will Davis
who is in the regular army , was enJoying -
Joying his annual furlough with bis
parents. This is the first time in a
number of years that the members of
the family have all been together un
der the parental roof.
The Economic department of the
Woman's club has succeeded In ar
ranging with Mrs. Harriett McMurphy ,
state food inspector , to visit Norfolk
in the near future , and glvo a talk on
the simple methods of detecting adult
eration in food and what the commis
sion has done in the past year. The
meeting , which will bo free , will beheld
hold In the Congregational church par
lors and the department desires that
a largo number of Norfolk ladies at
tend the meeting and meet Mrs. Me-
Murphy.
The ofllcers elected by the Degree
of Honor lodge this week wore : Mrs.
Alice Fairbanks , chief of honor ; Mrs.
Delia Case , lady of honor ; Mrs. Jennie
Larson , chief of cermony ; Mrs. Lyndo ,
recorder ; Mrs. Louise Schwartz ,
financier ; Mrs. Anna Koerber , usher ;
Mrs. Lydla Llnerode , inside watch ;
Mrs. Sarah Leach , outside watch.
Save outside watch nil the officers
were re-elected. The officers will bo
Installed at some date when it will
bo possible for Mrs. Cleaver of Nollgh ,
grand chief of honor , to bo present.
"Hans Hanson" nnd the Jolly typo
of comedy tlmt It represents probably
appeals to the greater proportion of
people than almost any other kind
plot Is never strained and there Is
always the chance to laugh. "HaiiH
Hanson" comes to the Auditorium
tomorrow evening. It Is ono of the
best Swedish comedy dramas on the
road. The play has both a good
moral and sad Instances , but comedy
piedoinlmtes. The specialties are
good. The company carries twenty
rccle. It has Its own band and
nrrhi'strn.
It was co-iimented on yesterday that
victory In the stewardship content
among the Democrats went to the man
who hat ! been longest a resident of
Norfolk. The three candidates in the
race when the decision was made have
all had a long residence In Norfolk to
their credit. Herman Gerecke came
heie In 1SGO and was later the llrst
mayor of Norfolk. He thus got the
advantage of Henry Haase , who was
bom here ; In 1871. Mr. Haase has
served on the city council. John F.
Flyiin , the third candidate , came to
Nebraska with his parents In ISOli. The
following year the family left Omaha
and went to Platte county. In 187 ! )
they came to Madison county. Mr.
Flynn has been sheriff of Madison
county and was Norfolk's chief of
police under the Durland administra
tion.
Wants Money by December 14.
Money pledged to the Norfolk av
enue public library site Is desired by
the library board by December 14 ,
a week from Monday. The new Car
negie library Is hung up by this tlmo
by the collection of subscriptions for
the site.
The library board intends to sub-
nit to Mr. Carnegie the llbraray plans
Immediately after the meeting of the
board on December 14. These plans ,
however , must be accompanied by a
deed to the site in order to secure
Mr. Carnegie's authority to proceed
with the building.
At the same time that the board
meets on December 14 President Jack
Koenlgsteln of the board will an
nounce three committees , a book com
mittee , a finance committee and a
building committee.
State Librarian Here.
Miss Tompleton of Lincoln , state
librarian , was present at the library
board meeting yesterday , going over
the plans for the new building In de
tail. She made several suggestions as
to details , praising the plans as a
whole.
As one result of Miss Templeton's
visit the llbraray board almost im
mediately will order Installed a regular
library system for the arrangement ,
indexing and charging of the library
books. The regular library system
will be used and the way paved for
operating the library in the new build
ing.
The members of the library board
are : Jack Koenigstein , president ; G.
B. Sailer , vice president ; Mrs. G. D.
Butterfield , secretary ; D. Matliewson ,
G. M. Kendall. E. M. Huntington , Mrs.
P. Stafford , Mrs. Fred Koerber and
Miss Margaret Klentz.
Death Comes to Mrs. Wm. Boche , Sr.
Mrs. William Bocbe' rs. , widow of
the late William Boche , sr. , who was
one of the original band of settlers
who first came to Norfolk and who on
his death some three years ago left
about ? 2,000 in gold burled on the
old family homestead , died at 5
o'clock Thursday morning at her home
on North Eight street , following an
attack of grip.
Mrs. Boche was herself one of the
early settlers of Norfolk and has
lived in tills city for about thirty
years. A son , Herman Brumiiiund ,
is a Norfolk printer. Herman Boche
and William Bocbe , who was drowned
in the Elkhorn last winter , wore step
sons. Mrs. Boche belonged to St.
Paul Ev. Lutheran church.
Gerecke Will be Steward.
The announcement that Herman
Gerecke , Norfolk's first mayor , is to
be steward of the Norfolk hospital
under the Incoming Shallenberger ad
ministration , ends a fight among the
local Democracy which most Norfolk
people thought would prevent a local
man from getting the place. Against
the candidacy of Mr. Gerecke were
the candidacies of John F. Flynn ,
chairman of the Democratic county
central committee , and of ex-Council
man Henry Haase. T , J. Cantwell ,
who was the fourth candidate , with
drew a week or so ago in favor of
Go reck e.
Gerecke Three Times Mayor.
Herman Gerecke , winner of the
stewardship , has been closely con
nected with the history and develop
ment of Norfolk. Coming here In 1809 ,
be 1ms been a resident of the city for
nearly forty years. He is rightfully
a pioneer of Nebraska , coming to the
state in war times , a boy veteran of
the battle of Shlloli , In this state he
was In the Indian wars , campaigning
once with Colonel Cody , hailed as
"Buffalo Bill. " Here nearly at the
birth of the town and working at his
trade , Gerecke with his own hands
helped build that first town , erect the
first frame building , the early mill , the
pioneer residences of Norfolk. Later
he served tliroo terms as mayor and
was also on the school board. Ho has
been successively In the furniture ,
lumber and brick business and was atone
ono time one of the wealthiest men In
the city.
Mullen Chief Oil Inspector.
The appointment of Arthur F. Mul
len , the O'Neill attorney who was
president of the Bryan Volunteers In
the recent campaign , to the ofllco of
chief oil Inspector , places ono of the
best ofllco plums at Slmllenberger's
disposal.
Will M Maupln of Bryan's Com
moner , will take J J Ryder's place
as labor commissioner
W J O'Brien of South Bend will
keep the fish commlsslonorshlp.
Dr. McKIm to Private Practice.
South Omaha to be state veterinarian ,
means that Dr. C. A. McKIm of Nor
folk , present Htato veterinarian , will
he sacrificed to the demands of poll-
tics. Dr. McKIm will return to pri
vate practice , but It Is slated that ho
bits not determined whether or not
to locate In Norfolk. Dr. McKIm WIIH
In Norfolk yesterday but Is In Lynch
today.
Among the new colonels on the
novornor's staff Is James 11. Qulgley of
Valentine.
Will Go In In January.
It Is understood among Democrats
that the new olllce holders will get
their places In January. Republican
appointees In many Instances have o\-
reeled to hold until their terms ex
pire but it Is thought that Shallenber-
ior will remove them at once.
Bank Flgurcsa are High.
The greater security with which
forth Nebraska faces the present
happy Christmas season as compared
with the Christmas season of a year
ago Is shown In the Norfolk national
bank statements made public yester
day. Tito statements show that in
the national banks of Norfolk there IH
on deposit $58,005.75 more than there
was on deposit on December ! t , 1007.
"Money In the bank" is always sy
nonymous with prosperity.
The total deposits in the throe
national banks of Norfolk show an
Increase of $ U2lHi.2S : over the state
ment of two months ago and an .in
crease of $58,005.75 over the state
ment of a year ago. The figures are :
Tola ! deposits , November 27 , 1tOS ! , $1-
: ! 70.S40.74 ; September 2. ! . 1908 , $1-
tttS.707.-IG ; December ; ? , 1007 , $1,312- ,
771.99.
A year has soon the total footings
of the Norfolk banks mount up $72-
109.85. The increase in two months
has been $10.757.24. The figures are :
Total bank footings , November 27 ,
1908 , $1.70lt51.92 : : September 23.
19ns , $1,72.G)4. : ! ! ) 8 ; December It , 1907 ,
$1,092,182.07.
Randall Jury Fallo to Agree.
Rapid City , S. D. , Dec. 3. The jury
at the Randall murder case was called
In and discharged after being out
thirty-six hours and unable to agree.
Preparations are being made to ar
gue a motion to admit Ernest Rand-
dall to bail.
DEACON FOR 25 YEARS.
August Raasch , Norfolk Pioneer , Suc
ceeded by Son , In Church Office.
After serving for twenty-five years
as a deacon or director in St. Paul Ev.
Lutheran church In Norfolk , August
Raascli , one of the pioneer home
steaders of Norfolk and the first post
master of tills city , lias been succeed
ed In bis olllce by bis son , Obed
Raascli. Mr. Raascli was elected for
a three year term. William F. Win
ter at the same meeting was reelected -
elected to the board of trustees for a
five years term. Otto Xuelow was
elected to the school board for a three
year term. Mr. Xuelow is a new mem
ber on the board. Fred Dressen was
re-elected janitor for the coming
year.
Sam Reynolds Is Promoted.
Information was today given out by
the Norfolk headquarters of the Northwestern -
western lines that Samuel J. Reynolds
has been appointed chief train dis
patcher of the Wyoming and North
western railroad with his office at
Casper , Wyo. The territory placed
under Mr. Reynold's charge com-
urises the western terminals lines of
the Northwestern system and em
braces all the Wyoming lines. The
appointment became effective today.
Mr. Reynolds came to Norfolk about
three years ago as trick dispatcher
and was later made night chief dis
patcher of the eastern division at Nor
folk. Ho was formerly connected with
the Norfolk & Western and Seaboard
Air Line roads in Virginia , the Southern
Railroad in Tennessee and the Alton
road in Illinois.
Is at the Building Point ,
Mr. Reynolds in his new position is
at the future building point of the
Northwestern. The extreme western
point In his territory Is Lander , Wyo. ,
the farthest point west yet reached by
the Northwestern. Rumor has repeat
edly had it that from this territory the
Northwestern would eventually com
mence the coast extension , reaching
out from Lander.
The placing of young an.'V ex
perienced men at the front can but be
taken as an Inference of the watchful
eye of the Northwestern management
for the protection of western Interests ,
with the view no doubt of laying n
foundation to build extensively in the
west and eventually to the coast.
During his residence hero Mr. Rey
nolds has earned widespread and well
deserved popularity and esteem among
these who know him.
A. P. Larson will succeed Mr. H < j
nolds in Norfolk ns night chief di-
pntchc-r. The latter leaves this mot.
Ing for his now position.
Order of Hearing on Original Probate
of Will.
In the county court of Madison county.
Neb. The State of Nebraska. Madi
son County :
To all persons interested In the es
tate of Caroline E. Farley , deceased :
Whereas , there Is on file in the
county court of said Madison county ,
an Instrument purporting to be the last
will and testament of Caroline E. Far
ley , late of said Madison county , de
ceased , and Myron M. Farley , has filed
his petition heroin praying to have
said instrument admitted to probate ,
and for the Issuing of letters testa
mentary , which will relates to both
real and personal estates :
I have therefore appointed Monday
the 2Sth day of December. 1908 , nt 1
o'clock In the afternoon , nt the county
court room In Madison , in said county ,
ns the time nnd place for hearing nnd
place you nnd nil concerned may np-
penr and contest the probnto nnd al
lowing of the name.
It Is further ordered that said peti
tioner glvo notice lo all persons Inter
ested In said ( > state of the pendency
of the said petition , ami the time and
place set for the hearing of the same ,
by causing a copy of ( his order ( o bo
published In the Norfolk Weekly
News-Journal , a newspaper printed ,
published nnd circulated In said
county , for three weeks successively
previous to the day set for the hear
ing.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto
sot my hand and olllclal seal this 21st
day of November , 1908.
William Hates ,
( Seal. ) County Judge.
OriliT of llriiilnu , in IVilllnii for AM.
I'i'liili ' ' < ( AiliiiliiNlmtiii- Atl-
iiilnlNlriif rl\ .
The Slnto of Nebraska , .Madison
vouniy H H , '
At a ooimly court hold ill the county
court room , In nnd for mild county. No
vember SO. A. U. JiKKS. Present , WIN
lain Hates , counly JudKo.
In I ho mutter of iho estate of Kranlc
.Jariucr , deceased
On reading antl filing- the petition of
I ortha .limner , praying that admlnlH-
tra on ol said osiatoynmy ho Knintod
to Hortha Jarinor as iQlinlnlHtratrlx.
. .t'J'dorod ' , Thai noeoinbor 'Jl ! . A. D.
JilOiS. at ono o'clock 11. m. , Is asslKiiod
for hfiirliiK Hald petition , when all per
sons Interested In sahi iniutor may
appear at a counly court to ho hold at
the court room In and for said county ,
and xhow cause why the prayer of poll-
Honor should not ho wanted ; and that
notice ol the pendency of said petition
and the hcarliiK thereof , ho uJvon to
all persons Interested In said matter
I'.y liulillHhlMj , ' a copy of this order In
the Norfolk Weekly Nows-.loiirnal a
weekly newspaper printed , pulillshcd
and circulated In said county , lor three
successive woolen , prior to said day of
hcnrliiK.
( A trno copy. )
. , . WILLIAM HATES.
„
( Seal. ) County Jud o ,
Xollce.
irerinau May , widower. Olio Sollln ,
IMchard Sollln , Onslav Hellln , Uinolla
Schwcde Hiittlo Koholeorn , holrj of
\\llhclnilna May , deceased :
In the district eourt of Madison
county , Nohraska.
In the matter of the petition of Jack
KoonlKHtcIn , adnilnlHlratoi , for license
to well real estate.
Order to Hhow cause why llcenso
should not ho wanted to Mull real es
tate.
tate.Now
Now , on Ibis twentieth day of No
vember , isms , this cause came on for
hearing ujmli the petition undur oath
, ill Jack KounlKHtoin , administrator of
the estate of Wllholmliui May , dec-eaa-
oil. praying for license to Hell the fol
lowing doscrlhod real estate of the
said \\llhelinlna May , to wit : l ot
twenty U'O ) , and an undivided Inter
est In lots twenty-ono ( ! ! ! ) and twenty-
two ( SI ! ) of hloek on.(1) ( ) , of Hlversldo
1'ark addition to Norfolk , Madison
county , Nohraska , or a Hiilllelent
amount thereof to lirliiu the Hum of
one hundred dollars for the payment
of debts allowed against sahi estate ,
and allowance mid costs of administra
tion , for the reason that there Is not
n Hiilllelent amount of personal prop
erty In the possession of said Jack
IvoonlKHtoln , administrator , holoiiKliiff
to said estate , to pay said debts , al
lowances and costH.
It Is , therefore , ordered tlmt all per
sons Interested In said estate appear
before nio at chambers In the city of
\\ayno , in Wayne county , NohrasKO ,
on the second day of January , I'.iOli , at
the hour of ! l a. in. , to show laiiHO ,
If any there be , why a license nliould
not be granted to said Jack KoeulB-
steln. administrator , to sell no much
of the above described real estate of
said decedent as shall bo necessary
to pay said debts and expenses.
It IH further ordered tiiat a copy of
this order be served upon all persons
Interested In said estate by causing
the same to be published once each
week for four successive weeks prior
thereto In The Norfolk Weekly News-
I Journal , a newspaper printed and iinb-
i llshcd In said .Madison county No-
| braska. Alison A. Welch ,
JudKo of the Ulstrlet Court.
Seeds , Including snake and other
cucumber , prehistoric and other com ,
both sweet and field , pencllarla ,
squash , melon , mammoth sunflower ,
and hundreds of other sLeds , 1 cent
nnd up per packet , ( also seed In bulk )
direct from grower to planter. Garden *
Guide and descriptive price ! lst freb.
Address II. M. Gardnei , seed grower , JO
Marengo , Nebraska.
WANTED Success Magazine re
quires the services of a man in Nor
folk to look after expiring subscrip
tions and to secure new business by
means of special methods usually ef
fective ; position permanent ; prefer
one with experience , but would con
sider any applicant with good natural
qualifications ; salary $1.BO per day ,
with commission option. Address ,
with references , II. C. Peaiock , Hoom
102 , Success Magazine Hldg. , New
York.
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