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Till ! ) NORFOLK WEEKL.YNEW8--JOUKNAL . KHIDAY DECEMBER 18 H)08 ) LODGE ATTACKS mm BILL Says Passage Would Be Ruin ous To Army Discipline , DEFENDS PRESIDENT'S ' ACTION , Making Race Question Out of the DrownsvJIIc Case , Senator Lodge Declared , Was the Greatest Misfor tune to the Negroes , Washington , Dec. U5. Sumitor Lodge of Massachusetts before tliu Hutiutu tlilH afternoon discussed the pending ItlllH fur llu > reinstatement of the Brownsville soldiers , defending the president's cuurHu mid attacking the hill fnthureil by Senator Foraker. Senator Lodge Hiild Unit the Warner bill ullowod the pcrsldont to reinstate the inon , whllo the Forakor bill inivdo the reinstatement obligatory under easily fulllllod condltloiiH. Discipline at Stake. The Forakor bill , ho declared , wo\ild \ bo ruinous to the discipline of the nriny. Senator Lodge declared that the president had the right to discharge inon from the army and that congress had no power to rescind his action , though congress could render sncli ac tion Impossible In the future If foolish enough. "If yon Impair the proper authority of the commanding olllcer , " he said , "yon make It 1'iipossiblo to have iui effective command. This would go far towards converting soldiers from an army Into a mob. " The senator declared that ho be- lloved that the soldiers undoubtedly did the shooting at Brownsville and that the greatest misfortune to the negroes was the making of a race question out of the case. Selffert-Warnke. "Battle Creek , Dec. 1C. Special to The News : Win. Selffert and Miss Alma Warnko were married Monday morning at 9 o'clock In the Lutheran church by Rev , J. Hoffman. The groom IB a son of William Solffert of Norfolk and the bride Is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Warlike of this place. The couple arc natives of this county , and well known. Af ter a. short journey to the east they will reside In Stanton , where the groom Is In business. A Crelghton Baby. A little son has arrived at the homo of'Mr. and Mrs. Walter Compton In Crelghton. Mrs. Compton was former ly Miss Olennle Evans of this city. Mrs. G. W. Evans went to Crelghton Wednesday to visit the grandson. Royal Highlanders. Offcers of the Royal Highlanders for the coming year wore elected last evening. S. D. Robertson was elected Illustrious protector ; Mrs. George Madsen , chief counselor ; Miss Fannie Granl , secretary ; Mrs. , J. G. Troutman , treasurer ; C. E. Hartford , sentinel ; John Kraut/ , warder ; Mrs. W. J. Gow , ovnngel ; C. W. Lament , member board of managers. Olllcers will be Installed on January 10. Spanish War Veterans. Among the north Nebraska men who have been elected vice presidents of the general committee for the second end reunion of the Spanish war vet erans of Nebraska to bo. . held In Oma ha during the coming April are : Major G. A. Eberly of Stanton , Colonel Fred Gegnor of Madison , Captain . Allen G. Fisher of Chadron , Captain ] [ A. .1. Koenlgsteln formeily of Nor 1 folk , and Lieutenant Charles Hall of O'Neill. At the reunion it Is expected that the organization 'will bo made permanent In the form of a Nebraska department of the I'nlted Spanish War Veterans. Business Changes In the Northwest. ,1. 1' . Classen has sold his Madison photograph studio to H. E. Anderson of Blnden. Mr Classen expects to niovo In a short time to a farm which he owns near Spencer SENA ALSO ASKED TO ACT , Alilricli Introduces Resolution Aimed At Roosevelt's ' Message , TOUCHES ALL SECRET SERVICE , Senate Also Has Before It For Action That Part of President's Message Which Gave Offense to Congress men In Hands of Committee , Washington , Dec. 1C. A senate resolution of censure against the presi dent because of the secret service part of his message at the opening of congress was offered today by Senator Aldrlch. The resolution was referred to the appropriation committee. It Involves nil Investigation of the whole secret service. SENATE GALLS FOR INFORMATION , On Employment of Detectives Against In Brownsville Case. nkor'R resolution calling on the war department for full Information re garding the employment of detectives to shadow the negro soldiers dismissed by the president , was adopted by the senate without discussion. MILWAUKEE'S BIG ISSUE. Issue of $150,000,000 , for Coast Ex tension Approved , Madison. Win. , Pec. II ! . The Wis consin railroad commission today ap proved the Issue of XI50,000,000 ad ditional stock by the St. Paul railroad to build the I'aclllc coast extension. A NEW REPUBLIC. Island Renounced Allegiance to Eng land and Starts Own Show. Vancouver. H. C. , Dec. 10. Thnt the natives of Hokahanga , an Island In the ManlhlKl group , have renounced their allegiance to Great Hrltlan and established a native republic , was the IIOWB brought today by the steamer Maknra from Australia. The British Hag was hauled down after a mass meeting. "LID" FOR THE PHILIPPINES , Stern Measures Expected When TaN Takes Presidency , BAN ON CALLS FOR RESISTANCE , American Governors Expected to Re place the Natives Stern Measures Against Thos ; Who Ferment Un rest in Newspaper Calls , Manila , Dec. 10. The replacement of native governors by Americans , the forbidding of newspapers to publish calls to resist the government and other repressive measures arc ex pected to be Inanguaratcd as the American policy after Judge Taft as sumes the presidency. READY FOR RANKIN TRIALS. Eight of the Defendants Plead Not Guilty to the Outrage. Union City , Tenn. , Dec. 1C. Eight of the defendants charged with the murder of Captain Rankln by night riders pleaded "not guilty" today. Talesmen to the number of 250 have appeared In court. HUNGARIAN MINERS ENTOMBED. _ * Explosion Kills Thirteen Fate of Others Not Known. Vienna , Dec. 10. An explosion In the Doman coal inlno near Reslcza In Hungary today killed thirteen miners outright. Many are entombed In the mine and their fate is unknown. Tenements Burn , Four Missing. New York , Dec. 1C. Six tenement houses burned today. Four people are missing and it Is feared that they nerlshed. The cause of the lire Is un known. One Body Ashore. Grand Marias , Mich. , Dec. 1C. The body of one member of the crew of the lost steamer , Clemson , has w.ashed ashore but was not recovered on ac count of the Ice. The man had on a life' preserver. CASTRO TO BLOW HIMSELF. Delighted With' Berlin Reception and Will Spend $250,000 There. Berlin , Dec. 1C. President Castro , .delighted with his reception here , an- nonncod that ho would spend $1230,000 here before leaving , which amount he had Intended to spend In Paris. BAD WRECK IN FRANCE. | _ _ . Ten Killed , Score Injured in Tunnel Collision. ! Limoges , Franco , Dec. 1C. Ten per sons wore killed today In a collision between a passenger and a freight train In a poach tunnel between hero and Paris. A score were injured. FOR WATERWAY BONDS. I Committee Named to Draft Bill to Be ' Given Congress. Washington , Dec. 1C. Congressman I Ramsdel of Louisiana , president of the Rivers and Harbors congress , to day appointed a committee of four to prepare a bill for congress , providing a bond Issue for waterway Improve ment. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. C. C. Gow left at noon for Herrlck , S. D. L. B. Nicola was In Dloomfleld on business. August Deck of Hosklns was ! n town yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Salter left for Chicago at noon. Miss Martha Stelnkraus of Pierce was In Norfolk yesterday. The next dance In the Elk series ! s given next Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Johnson are In Omaha taking in the corn show , Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pilger of Stanton - ton visited In Norfolk Tuesday after noon. Miss Emma Schlack of Battle Creek was down In Norfolk Tuesday after noon , Mrs. Frank Schultz and Miss Anna Ruhlow of Pierce were In town yes terday. Mrs. J. A. Ouster has returned from a few weeks spent with her sons In Omaha. Mrs. A. J. Weatherholt , Mrs. George were Norfolk visitors from Hoshlnt ) Tuesday afternoon. Arthur Hartung of Hooper , Neb. , Is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. * lesche. j Mrs. Hayes and Miss Ada Hayes left Norfolk yesterday to spend the boll-1 days In Merrill , Wls. J Mrs. Arthur Wlchman and Miss Ada Wlchmnn of Hadar wore Norfolk vial-1 ' tors Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Harper of Bea trice were guests at the Goo. Chris- toph homo over night. They had been visiting Mr. Harper's parents at Plalnvlow. I Misses Norab Dlxon and Bertha I Howe returned yesterday from Omaha j ivhoro they have- been visiting friends | mil lelntlves and attending the corn , inhibitions. { William Fruiu of Omaha , a brother-1 ! ii-law of the late Mrs. Mary Elliott of j this city , died Tuesday In an Omaha hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Gibson of Onkdalo , relatives of Mrs. Frum , passed through Norfolk for Omaha to attend the funeral. Mr. Frum had visited In Norfolk. Hurt Mapes left at noon for O'Neill. H. A. Lnntz left for Tecumseh yes terday. B. T. Reid Is homo from a trip up the Bonesteel line. I I John Locht of Battle Creek was in Norfolk yesterday. Mr , and Mrs. Ed Roinecclus are visiting In Madison. A. J. Durland wont to West Point yesterday afternoon. H. C. Matiau Is expected homo from Omaha about Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hays were passengers to Omaha yesterday. Mrs. A. H. Kiesau went to Omaha yestoiday to attend the corn show. Mrs. Mnnson oi Battle Creek was visiting friends In Norfolk yesterday. Ed Tlllotson of Bellovno , Mich. , is in Norfolk visiting his cousin , A. H. Vlelo. W. S. Slaughter , vice president of the Bank of Horrid : , was in Norfolk Tuesday. J. F. Walton and V. L. Walton went down to Des Molnes yesterday on business. Frank Lamb and little son have re turned to Madison after a visit with Ylarry Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and daughter of Stauton were In Norfolk on Monday. Henry Hasonllug went to Hadar yes terday to look after some real estate transactions. Mrs. M. C. Demmon left yeserday to attend the horticultural exposition in Council Bluffs. Miss Hagarman and Mr. and Mrs. John Pofahl of Hosklns were Norfolk visitors on Monday. B. A. Staley , ono of the proprietois of the new store at Foster , was in town on business yesterday. L. F. Spencer of Boomer who has been in Crelghton most all fall passed through Norfolk yesterday on his way home. Herman II. Miler went down to Co lumbus yesterday for a consultation with the attending physician at the hospital there. Mrs. C. Brlggs of Norfolk left yes terday for California where she will spend the winter with friends of last winter's making. O. C. Hauptll and bride , who have been spending a delightful wedding trip in Arizona , are expected to be home in Norfolk Sunday next. Mrs. J. R. Carter , who is visiting at the home of her sister , Mrs. Henry Evers of Mornlngslde , Sioux City , Is expected home the last of the week. J. N. Marsh of Niobrnra , a promin ent stockman and cattiefeeder , passed through Norfolk yesterday with cat tle billed for the Fjipux City market. Among the da > s out of town visi tors In Norfolk were : R. S. Poelke , Gregory , S. D. , C. C. Dally , Creighton ; C. H. Turpln , Oakdale ; J. R. iudiow. Lynch ; J. A. Stern , Herrlck , S. D. ; E. Halvorson , Burke , S. D. ; R. J. Allen , Herrlck , S. D. : Arthur Oliver , Wlsner ; George Sinter , finrko. S. D. ; B. A. Staley , Foster ; II J. Backes , Hum phrey ; K. McDonald , Pierce. Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Scott , a laughter. Elmer Hardy Is working in the C. S. Hayes jewelry store during the Christmas rush. .1. O. Wcathery , a former manager of the Western Union In Norfolk , Is at NVeatherby , Mo. Mrs. M. E. Cooper has established in apartment for hair dressing , etc. , at 300 South Tenth street. Mrs. Cooper has studied In Omaha. Casper Riof , said to be the largest Individual landowner In Cuinlng conn' ty , died at his farm homo near West Point Monday night at the age of seventy-two. Two Mormon missionaries have * ieen canvassing the town for recruits hi * week. Whether or no they have had any success in Norfolk has no ) been ascertained. The Queen Esther circle met Mon < day evening at the home of Mrs. J. H Oxnam. The feature of the evening was the packing of a Christmas Until per for the little child In the soutli the circle is supporting. It Is stated at Battle Creek thai Congressman Boyd's recommendatlor of the appointment of Fred W. Rich ardson , the father of County Clerli George E. Richardson , as postmaster will end the postolllce contest there satisfactorily. W. J. llnhn received a letter and photographs yesterday from hlf brother-in-law , Ell Poessnecker , ol Nnlato , Alaska. The very tang ol the Icy Artie Is In the pictures whlcl : are real photographs of fur clad ad venturers and reindeer. Madison Chronicle : Judge Isaac Powers was appointed guardian , ad lltem , last week , of Fritz Hangartner whoso'mothor was recently burned tc death in a gasoline explosion in Nor folk and whose father is an inmate erty in name of Mrs. Hnngartnor at the time of her death was ordered by the court to bo made over to Mr. Hangnrtnor. E. M. Huntlngton sold a half sec tion of land In Gregory county last week. As an Idea as to how land values have Increased during the last six months It Is stated that the piece referred to has has Just doubled Itself In value during that time. The case of Mrs. Olga Brnmmund .igalnst O. 1' . Herrlck , the sewer con tractor , will not be tried before Judge Welch. llerrlck linn dis missed his appeal and Mrs. Brnm mund will obtain the damages award ed her by Justice Elseley. Mrs. Brnmmund claimed that her llrst stieet properly was damaged by the blasting of the sewer ditch. The house which wns claimed to have been damaged has since burned down. The recent transfer of property | from Herman Bouhe to bis wife for a nomimul consideration Included not only his farm south of the city but also the personal property. The prop erty was signed over to the wife for merely a nominal consideration. It Is not known that the threatened suit1 of Mrs. Frank Jarmer for damages , through the death of her husband had anything to do with the transfer as such action , local attorneys state , would In no wlso effect the suit if brought. i The athletic association of the Nor folk mllltla , a detachment of the First Nebraska National guard , held a short meeting for the purpose of electing ollicers for the coming year. Law- j renco Hoffman was elected president , j Leo Horiskoy secretary and treasurer. | The supply of basket ball equipment | ordered some time aso arrived yester day. Space is being cleared In the aimory for the practice of the game. A team with which to meet all and any invitations will bo chosen as soon as the piollmlnnrj practices have the talent located/- $16,500 , , Portland Institution Held Up by Tliree Masked Men , MAKE OFF WITH RICH HAUL President and His Son Obey Command of "Hands Up , " While Thief Crawls Through Cage Window and Passes Out the Money. Portland , Ore. , Dec. 8. The East Side bank , located at East Washing ton street and Giand avenue , was robbed last evening by three masked men. It Is understood that they se cured about $16,300. The president of the bank , Henry H. Newhall , and his son , Roger Newlmll , were just closing the day's business when two men armed with pistols entered. Pres ident Newhall and his son were or dered to hold up their hands , and while they were thus under the cover of the robbers' revolvers , one man crawled through the cage window , passed out the money and crawled bnck into the foyer through the win- flow. A third man guarded the en trance. The three men made their csi'nne before an alarm could be sounded. Both sides of the river are being searched by police and detectives In an effort to apprehend the criminals. RUEF CASE NEARING AN END , Defense Rests Without Calling Wit nesses to the Stand. San Francisco , Dec. S. Abe Rnef's third trial upon an issue of municipal bribery exposures ol 1'JUiJ the alleged bribery ol a supervisor In the award of the United Hallioads trolley fran chise Is approaching an end. Sornu time tomorrow the jury will begin consideration of a verdict. Arguments are now being made and It Is practic ally assured that a verdict or a dis agreement will be Inclsdod in the rec ords of the court before the end of the week. The derision of the attor neys for the defendant to call no wit nesses has undoubtedly shortened the proceedings by many days , and while the move was not entirely unexpected , there was much surprise when Henry Ach , Ruef's leading counsel , an nounced that the delense would rest. ACCUSED OM1LACKMAIL Council Bluffs Man Bound Over to District Court. Council Bluffs , In. , Dec. 8. C. A. Wilding , who wns arrested charged with attempted blackmail , has been bound over to the district court. At his preliminary hearing three letters weie produced which had been sent to the proposed victim , Charles Me- Keown of Crescent , in each of which threats of vengeance were written in the event of McKeown not depositing $350 at a given point on the rnllioad tracks. The authorities are now lookIng - Ing for a second man who Is believed to have had a hand In the attempt to extort money from McKeown. Wealthiest Negro In Sioux City Dies , Sioux City , Dec. S. When W. H. Staley , a telegraph operator , stopped at the restaurant of J. C. Matthews , colored , on his way homo from work , he found Matthews stretched full length on a table. He tried' to wake him with a vigorous pull at his leg , but discovered the man wan having an epileptic fit. A few moments latei the negro came out of the fit and col lapsed , dying within a short time , Ho wns the richest necro In Sioux City. filESSAGE SENT TO SENATE , i President Transmits Report on Brownsville Affair , WOULD REINSTATE SOME MEN , Says Investigation Will Be Continued Foraker Reads Letters From Formei Soldier Telling of Alleged Attempti to Get Confession From Him. Washington , Dec. 15. The Browim vlllo affair consumed nearly the entlio session of the senate. Senator For- ulcer obtained the floor early In the day and rend letters from a former soldier of the Twenty-fifth regiment , | telling of the procedure of the govern ment In attempts to got a confession from him. Mr. Forakor introduced an amendment to his original bill for the re-onllstment of these soldiers pro-1 vldlng that a commission of three re tired army olllcers bo created to deter mine whether the discharged soldiers are Innocent of complicity In the shooting up of Brownsville as a pre requisite for their re-enlistment , In stead of leaving that duty with the president , as provided by the Warnei , bill. I The president's message , giving the results of the war department's in vestigation of the Brownsvillo affair , ' was read , as follows : , "I enclose herewith a letter from the secietary of war transmitting a re port of the Investigation made by Mr. Herbert J. Browne , employed by the department , In conjunction with Cap tain W. G. Baldwin , to Investigate ni far as possible what happened at j ! Brownsville on the 13th and 14th of August , 190fi. "This report enables us to fix will ) tolerable dellnlteness at least some of the criminals who took the lead In the murderous shooting of private citizens at Brownsville. It establishes clearly the fact that the colored soldiers did the shooting ; but upon this point fur ther record was unnecessary , as. the fact that the colored soldiers did the shooting has already been established beyond all possibility of doubt. The Investigation has not been far enough to enable us to determine all the facts , and wo will proceed with it ; but it has gone far enough to determine with sufficient accuracy ceitaln facts of enough Importance to make it advisa ble that I place the report before you. Concealment a Grave Offence. "It appears that almost all the members of company B must have been actively concerned In the shoot ing , either to the extent of being par ticipants or to the extent of virtually encouraging those who were partici pants. As to companies C and D , there can be no question that practic ally every man in them must have had knowledge that the shooting was done by some of the soldiers of B troop , and possibly by one or two others In one of the other troops. The conceal ment was Itself a grave offense , which was greatly aggravated by their testi fying before the senate committee that they were Ignorant of what they must have known. Nevertheless , it 13 to be said' in partial extenuation thav they were probably cowed by threats , made by the more desperate of the men who had actually been engaged In the shooting as to what would hap pen to any man who failed to protect the wrongdoers. Moreover , there are circumstances tending to show that these misguided men were encouraged' by outsiders to persist in their course of concealment and denial. I feel , therefore , that the guilt of the men who , after the event , thus shielded the perpetrators of the wrong by refusing to tell the truth about them , though serious , was in part duo to the unwise and imntopcr attitude of others , and that sonic measure of allowance should be made for their misconduct. In other \\ords , 1 believe we can afford ] to reinstate any of these men who now truthfully tell what has happened , | give all the aid they can to fix the re- i sponsibility upon those who are ically j guilty and show that they themselves had no guilty knowledge beforehand and were In no way implicated In the affair , save by having knowledge of It afterward and failing and refusing to divulge It. Would Reinstate Some Soldiers. "Under the circumstances , and In view of the length of time they have been out of the service , and their loss of the benefit that would have accrued to them by continuous long service , we can afford to treat the men who meet the requirements given above as having been sufficiently punished by the consequences they brought upon themselves when they rendered neces sary the exorcise of the disciplinary power. I recommend that a law bo passed allowing the secretary of war , 1 within n fixed period of time , say a I year , to reinstate any of these sol- ' filers whom he , after careful examlna- I tlon , finds to have been innocent and whom he finds to have done all in his power to help bring to justice the guilty. "Meanwhile , the Investigation will be continued. The results have made it obvious that only by carrying on the Investigation as the war depart ment has actually carried it on la there the slightest chance of bringing the offenders to Justice or of separat ing not the innocent , for there wore doubtless hardly any innocent , but the loss guilty from those whose guilt woa heinous" heinous"A A Saving Or ce. Florence I can't understand why Ethel mnrrlrd Mr Gunson. He Is old enough to be her father. Lawrence- Tea , but be la rlcb enough to ba b r § JOHNNY DUMPER GOES SKATING ? S WITH FOUR OMAHA GIRLS H + x * xx * xxxxx + x + x + xxx Omaha. Neb , Dee. 11. To the Kd- Itor of the News : Did > ou ever no sUatlng with fore Omaha girls ? I did , but I wont ennj more. The Ice has been line over to Hanscum park and I've bin skating several times. The uther nlte the lady In blue that tends the elgar stand ast me how was skating over to the park and I sod line , and she sed and sed she wlsht she cud go. she hadeut bin skating this year and Uncle Oscar hurd her and he sed he hadenl bin either and If she card to go he'd get sum skateH and wo'd all go after supper , she m > s sure , and 1 ses there was a girl up on Itarney , street that tended the same business college as mo that wild go If 1 went for her and Uncle Oscar scd we'd meet at a surtaln reslarant at ate o'clock and have a hot cup of chockolato before wo started ami all go together. The lady In blue sed that wild be just the cheexe and 1 sed It wild suit mo to a checkerr. You know Uncle Oscar's bin getting fat sins he quit farming and cum to live in a hotel and his big toe's bin hurting him dreadful and the doctor se'd he had a touch of the gowt and proskribed more outdoor exercise. That's why Uncle Oscar was so tickled to go skating. So 1 went up on Ilnrney to wheio the girl lived and when I got there they was aiiuther girl there abed of me witli her skates and they was about to stall together so of course I had to take 'em both. And just as we was leevlng , the telefono rung ami aniithor too girls ( lint livd down the street a little ways ast them to stop for them , and this girl 1 cum after K _ > d she'd like to but Mr. Dumper was going to take 'em and lie mite object to having so inenny girls. Of course there was nothing for , me to do but butt In and say It wild bo all rile with me , and so we stopt down to their boils and that's how I cum to take fore girls skating. I sed we'd have to take a car down town cause 1 promlst to moot Uncle Oscar at the restrain and have a cup of hot chocklato , and the girls sod that was just the stuff for a cold nlte and we got on the street car and road down town and it cost mo a quarter. Uncle Oscar Inokt kind of agast when we all filed into the rostarant for seven times ten was seventy cents but he had the lady in bine with him and he shelled out butifiilly. We herded a park car and Uncle Oscar pade the fair , and ho sed it seemd like old times to be going skat ing agen. He sed he lister be con sidered the chninpyun skater of In- jlanna , that onct when ho lived on the old home farm his little sister got sick in the nlte and it was twelve miles down ( he river to where the doctor llvd and the rodes was blockt with snow and ho put on his skates and skated them twelve miles In forty minnits , and the river was open In places In the middle and he had to jump sum of these open places that was from ate to ten feet wide and It was nite too. And the doctor sed ho cndent get thru witli a team so Uncle Oscar borryed a hand-sled and hauld the doctor home In an our and five minnits , and got him there in time to save his little sister's life. The girls all ses , Oh ! wnsent that fine ! But one of them ast how ho got across the open places with the sled. Uncle Oscar sed he'd forgot to explano how that was but it was very simple : T ( was such a cold nito that the open places was all froze over sollid when he cum back and he just skated rite nloti'j. The girls all ses Oh ! agen , and i the la'v in blue sos it must indeed have been cold. | Uncle0..cnr sed it had been mennj 'a ' day sins lie had skates on and il mite bother him at first but ho blieveil after he got limbered up he cud show his heels to enny of the young fellers ( and he suvo did ! ) He sed ho wasenl nster these new fangled lower skates that wlien he skated he had skate ; that ho scrude Into his heels ant strapped onto his soul so they novel cud cum off. When we got to. the pond I had tc strap all them ate skates onto then fore girls feet besides my own am Victim of Black Hand. Philadelphia , Nov. 27. Salvaton- Baldona , a wealthy Italian grocer , wab found murdered on a sidewalk neai his home In Chestnut hill. His head bad been crushed and In addition he had been shot twice. Several arrests have been made. Baldona recently received a number of threatening let ters , demanding money , and the police believe he was the victim of a "Black Hand" plot | About Norfolk. 1 Hosklns Headlight : The Norfolk merchants have engaged In nn egg war that IP effecting the entire coun try tributary to Norfolk. To hold the trade here the merchants hnvo been compelled to meet this price and as a result are playing a loosing gamo. I Madison Post : The people of this section will regret that the now con stitutional amendment has been so Intorpicted as to advance Judge Ileeso to the Chief justiceship over Chief Justice Barnes. The amendment wns awkward and unreasonable In this re spect , but the grace with which 1 Judge Barnes yielded to this Interpre tation Is a mark of greatness and tin- I assuming dignity. I Mndlson Post : The Nebraska School Review , backed and edited by leading school men of north Nebraska , is now being published at Norfolk. It is a wide awake magazine and re- fleets great credit on its editors , ono m.\ hands like lo of fro/e Alnt It queer how If girls goes sKatlng nloati ihe > call strap their invn skaton oti jiiHl linn but If they liuv n feller with them they just sll like1 a hump on a log with Its hands In Us muff. When I not thru Uncle Oscnr wim having a nuwfiil time. He'd got her skatoH on the rong feet and hall to lake ' ( Mil off and start afresh and hln hands got cold and he eudent plncli the straps hard eiiuf to pull them tlto and his eulT bill Inn cot In her Hhoe- string and ( lieu his handu wan HO ( Ilium he eudent lie that and lit1 got norviis and exiled and his chillies It * all getting to tile for htm enny way and as ho was stooping over to begin on the uther foot hln back Hpendor bnttuns busted off and ho was In in nnwful slue. He rose1 up and sea "Johnny ; outim with me I want to spook to you a inlii- nlt ! " We wont round the bolo IIOUB and he as ! me If I dldent hav HunithlnK to ( Ix them spenders with ; and E' had sum Khliigol nails and I llxt tlionv up so they wild hold If he was oarofitO and when we got back the elgnr lady had llnlsht putting on her own skntoi ? , I help ! Undo Oscar get Ills Hkatcrt on rite , one of them Rhlngel nails o. slicking him In the back nil the time , and he sed he'd liaf to limber up a bit before he took enn > body out. Ami Miu'd oiiKlitor'vo seen him. He must have trlde lo cut one1 of them npri'd- eagles for one foot went out from under him one diectlon and the itthor one1 went the utherav. . and there hf was all Kpraiiled out nnd ciident jot up till I Ioo ] ( his skates off and lie sod he lileeved ho'd have to go liotu and gel ainilher pare of panln. There was a lot of folks down nknr- 111) ) ; nnd just then a big travelling man tint lioids at the hotel skated up to ( lie Hsur lady and ast her if she had pompny. She sed she dldent have Jimf. at present and she'd he dollied , and my , you oughter'vo seen them ukatov just as graceful as too geese a swim ming together. Uncle Oscar dldent stop lo walclB them uinliiiil ( | hut llmpt oil' to tlio street car line a holding up hit ; clothes with one hand for the KhlngoX nails had lore out. 1 wn.SjWishlng a travelling man wild cum along and take sum of my glrlo but they dldent and I just had to keep a going first with ono and then wlthi anuther and sunillmes with too , an(3 onct all together and we pln.\ed we * was a foot-ball teem , with me for center and the girls for Inehols and ! gnrds , and they was shreoking ami ? giggling and I wns a urging more * teem wtirk when all to once I sloppt on a shinny slick sum kid had diopfc and made a tuch-dowji and they alll pild on top of me. I like to a Binntli- erd. I tell you I was just about all in when wo finally got on the car for home , and I just had cnuf money to pay our live fairs and get transfers for Harney and my hart neorly stop ped palpittnting when one of the girls sled and sed "My ! Wndcnt a good cup * of hot chock , taste right about this time ! " And the uther girls sed "Oo , oem , yes ! " And just then f thot of a skeme. I began to feel round In my pockets and lookt skalrt and sed "By jinks , I must have lost It ! " And the girls all lookt skalrt too and ses "What ? What have you lost , Mr. Dumper ? " And I scs , "My pocket-book ! " And they sea "O , you must'vo lost it when we all tumbled on you ! " And ono of them ses , "Stop the car and we'll all go back and help you find It ! " And I ses , "How'll you got back" , I just paid out my last lilt of change for our fairs ? " And they ses , "Oh , that's ta : , we never thot of that" So I told .hem to use fieir tianafe-ra to pet homo on nnd If I cn'iont find my pnckpt-book I'd go rut parh in the morning before eunybody ol&e got there nnd look for It. But I didenf. need to ; I found It In my loom all ! safe and sound In my uther pants 11 pocket. That wasent lying , MM- \ < ? ' That was just wurklng. A feller hats to work glrls sumtlmos don't he , , , or they'll wiirk him. 1 Yours , Johnny Dumper. of whom is F. S. Perdue of this places. Mndlson Post : Wo didn't know un til the other day that Sam McFarlnnd , the popular deputy county clerk , la an old newspaper man , but we know It now for wo hnvo had a talk with him and he has told us of some of Ms ex periences In the business. lie wns iia the business ; along In the eighties and from some of the incidents he relatots we Imagine the business was operated under vastly different conditions than It is now. Mr. McFarlnnd wasin thcr business for some ten or twehivtnrt nnd during that time ho held every position In the shop , from de\H to > editor In chief. Ho launched the llrst newspaper In Pllgor which wns known as the Pilger Review. This \M.I In 1SSS. After that he went to Stantoii where he was a silent partner in the Stanton Democrat. Then he started the Dodge Advertiser. For a time af ter that ho held down n case on tlw Norfolk News and the O'Neill Inde pendent. Along about ten years ago ho decided to quit the newspaper business nnd settled down In other work In Norfolk where he lived up to the time ho eanio to Mndibon Htt wns , nnd is yet , n prominent member of the Odd Follows and for years was connected with the Norfolk lire de partment. Ho also officiated as city clerk In Norfolk for n term or two. I Mr McFnrlnnd has two brothers in I the newspaper business at the present I time , ono at Dodge and ono nt Lynch.
