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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1909)
TIIK NORFOLK W HKK L-Y NICVfcJO \ URN A L FIUUAY JANUARY 1 1901) ) ORDER OUT OF CHAOS Strenuous Life of Superinten dent Young , HOSPITAL IS RENOVATED , Many Changes Inside and Out of Hospital , SUCCESSFUL ADMINISTRATION , , 'aklng the Institution When It was In a Demoralized Condition , Dr. Young has Made the Norfolk Hospital for Insane a Model. The management of the Noifolk hospl.nl for the Insane under the Huporliitendency of Dr. G. W. Youim Is rapidly drawing to a close , for , al though a successor to the doctor has not yet been appointed as is tlio case with so many of the other state posi tions , yet Dr. Young realizes that tlio now democratic governor will want his place to reward ono of tlio faithful , and ho Is prepared to step down and out as soon as his successor Is named. Dr. Young has had charge of the Norfolk hospital for the Insane since October , 1900 , and that his adminis tration has boon a success Is conceded by everyone who his had knowledge of the Institution , from Governor Sheldon down. The proposition that met Dr. Young when he came to the hospital consist ed of a number of now buildings that had been occupied only a short time , surrounded by a mass of dobrls which had not boon cleared away since the lire that destroyed the old hospital building In 1901 , and a disorganized force of assistants. With this condi tion confronting him , Dr. Young went to work to straighten out the tangle in which he found himself Involved. In this ho has boon wonderfully suc cessful , and now Instead of a mass of old bricks and mortar surrounding the buildings the grounds are artistic ally laid out Into what promises to be come a beautiful park some day , while every officer and every employe Is working In harmony with the adminis tration toward the common good , and pence prevails throughout the Institu tion. And this Is the accomplishment of a little over two years. Dr. Young has proven himself a man of extra ordinary ability and executive capacity. \ Dr. Young lias made good. Not only has the Norfolk hospital made marked development during the past two years along the lines of ma terial Improvements to grounds , build- lugs and facilities , and in harmonizing the discordant conditions which pre vailed when Dr.Young assumed charge but the Norfolk hospital has boon kept abreast of the times along lines which are most essential ' .o tlio welfare of the unfortunates sent there for treatment. Insane people are now recognized as sick persons whose mental infirmities are due , or closely related , to physicial iHllctioiis and they are treated on the theory that their reason can lie restored , or , if not entirely restored , bettered. The treatment of Insane people has made tremendous advancement in late years , and In the forefront of this ad vanced Idea now stands tlio Norfolk hospital. In the two years of Dr. Young's administration , marked progress has been made in the physicial and medi cal handling of Insane patients. This could only be accomplished with an efficient medical staff , and equally ef ficient corps of nurses and attendants , together with capable assistants In the executive departments. All these Dr. Young now has and no Institution was ever bettor equipped to do the work for which It was designed than Is the Norfolk hospital today. His medical assistants , Dr. G. W. Dlshong and Dr. E. Kelley , with Miss Sinclair , superintendent of nurses , have been hard working , loyal and tensely Interested In the duties they Imvo found to do. Mont Robb has served the Institu tion as steward during the greater portion of the past two years , and to i his careful management of the details i of buying Dr. Young Is Indebted for much assistance In carrying out the work of the Institution efficiently and economically. Lon Guetzmer , the accountant - countant , has also been painstaking In his scrutiny of expense Items. Mrs. W. G. Baker , who has served .as matron nearly a year , has proved to be a most capable assistant at the head of her department. Competent t to the many duties imposed upon her , she has conducted her branch of the work In harmony with the high stand ard of efficiency that has prevailed throughout the Institution. Dr. H. Douglas Singer , who Is In charge of the psychopathic department at the Knnkakee. 111. , hospital , a line of work which Is of great value In the analysis of the mental condition of in sani pationts. served a year at the In stitution during Dr. Young's superin tendency. An admirable feature of Dr Youngs administration , in which he has had I the co-operation of the governor and the hoard of public lands and build ings , Is to employ assistance regardless - loss of politics or pulls. Competency only was counted , and when he could not Mud competent help In Nebraska hi- wont out of the state for II. In line with this policy was the selection ' "f " A. F. Bauer as chief engineer , who was not a resident of Nebraska. Mr. Bauer has greatly Improved the healIng - Ing and lighting systems , and Is now In charge of the heating and plumbing of the new buildings , which Is bolug done by the Institution , thereby sav ing considerable money for the state. The Original Hospital. Pho stale legislature of 1885 estab lished u hospital for the Insane at Nor folk. The building , constructed In the then prevailing style of having the patients housed all under one roof , was completed In about ( wo years and I ho lirst patients were received on February 15. 1888. The site chosen for the hospital Is on high ground a mile east and a mile and a half north of the city and commands a line view of the city and surrounding country. When ( he building was ready for oc cupancy It was considered one of the Mnost of Its kind In the country. Dur ing the years Intervening until 1901 a number of auxiliary buildings were erected and It was considered a very complete plant , when ouo morning late In September of that year lire was discovered In the main building and this gradually ate Its way through the whole structure , nothing being saved of the main building except the walls of what is known ns the west wing , which was then just completed. The lire was never at any time very llerco , but Insufficient water supply made futile the efforts of those who fought. At that time a stand pipe was being erected and a few weeks later It was completed and capable of furnishing an abundance of water. The aiixllary buildings were saved without Injury. Rebuilt on Cottage System , The legislature of 1901 appropriated $100,000 to rebuild the hospital. The board of public lands and buildings secured the opinions of experts and after much planning decided to adopt the cottage system In the rebuilt hos pital. This system has boon adopted in the construction of all modern hos pitals for the Insane , as It is consid ered much more efficient than the old plan. Under that appropriation three cottages and the administration build ing were constructed , eacli cottage having n capacity of fifty patients. The hospital was opened for the reception of patients in August of 1905 , more than two years after the appropriation had boon made to reconstruct the hospital. Of the original cottages one was for men and two for women. At the next session of the legisla ture $35,000 were appropriated to re construct the west wing , the walls of which had stood intact since the lire. This was made into a cottage for men , giving two for men and two for wo men , which Is the plant as it stands today , although the west wing fur nished more than a capacity for fifty. An appropriation of $92,000 was secured at the 1907 session providing for the construction of two cottages and a store houso. Ono of these build ings , which are now under construc tion , is to be a hospital building for acute cases of women with a capacity of 100 patients , twice the size of any other , while the other cottage is for convalescent men with a normal capa city of fifty. When these buildings are completed , which will be some tlmo next summer , the capacity of the hos pital will bo 382 , and even this will not supply the demand made upon the Institution. Even now the hospital is treating a surplus of twenty-four patients. In his biennial report Dr. Young asks the legislature for an ap propriation of $45,000 to build an ad dition to the west wing in the form of an L. This will make the build ings on both sides of tlio grounds pymetrlcal and will give an additional capacity for seventy-five male patients , room thai will bo needed badly before another bionnlum rolls around. A number of other smaller appropriations are asked for to complete unfinished work on the grounds and buildings. Patients Well Cared For. It will be of Interest to the relatives and friends of patients at the Norfolk Hospital for tlio Insane to know that they are comfortably housed ; comfor tably clothed ; nourishing and whole some food ; that they are kindly treated ; that their physical condition Is carefully guarded ; that their bodily wants are not subordinated to medical treatments , as was the cus tom two decades ago. Dr. Young , whose superlntendency dates from October , 190G , was assistant superintendent at the time the old hos pital was destroyed by fire. After wards he was pathologist and chief of the medical staff at the Lincoln hos pital. Before assuming the Norfolk Biiperlntendoncy he took a special course of study In the east , particular ly regarding the recording of patients' cases , a composlt of which ho has established here. Formerly the records of patients were kept In a single large book. These records were neither complete Information nor convenient to handle. Dr. Young devised a card index sys- tern with separate detailed Informa- tlon on Individual cases. This was a great Improvement over the old style , In that It gave a complete history of patlonts and their condition before and after their entrance to the hospl.- tal. The advantage of the detailed system , loose loafed , Is that It Is type written and compact. It would gratify the relatives and friends of the patients In the Nor folk hospital to see how kindly and tenderly these unfcji lumites are cared foi : how closely their condition is watehe.1 their plisical needs are looked after , how IVIMI amusements and employments are provided for I1 them. One of the modern methods In ( he treatment of Intmiio persons Is to give thorn employment. It is a diversion to them to have something to do ; something In the working line that will divert their minds. Male anil female i > .itlents al the Norfolk hospital uru encouraged to work , but It' Is not compulsory. If they desire to work they are given It , If they don't , the don't have to. Hut only responsible patients , who will neither do themselves or others harm , are employed In Institution work. In this class comes those who work In the kitchen , In the laundry , In the farming , gardening , milking and landscaping departments. Dur ing the summer patients did some work on the two new buildings under construction , and In the digging of trenches for the tunnels leading there to. It should be explained that all the Hoveral Norfolk hospital buildings have tunnel connections with each other and the kitchen , laundry and power house. In these tunnels are placed the electric lighting wires , water and steam heating pipes. Beyond the beneficial effects of work on the patients , money Is saved to the state , although the employment of patients is considered as a sec ondary matter to the welfare and comfort of the patient , 1'atlents are given light employment In all the various departments of the Institution with very beneficial off eel upon their mental and physlcial well being. Training School tor Nurses. The reorganization of the nursing staff at the Norfolk hospital Is con sidered one of the most beneficial achievements of Dr. Young's admin istration. The three essentials in his system are : Patients shall be pro vided with proper and attentive nurs ing ; every patient who enters the Institution is treated as an individual , not as one of a collective mass ; special visits aiul special observations of individual cases , of which a complete record is kept. The object of this movement was to replace the old attendant force by a body of trained nurses and trained attendants , who would bo able to give the patients under their charge the skilled care that their con dition requires. It does away with the so-called "tramp attendant. " who moves from one state hospital to an other , rendering satisfactory service In no Instance and remaining but a few months in each place. The whole nursing and attendant force was placed in charge of Miss Sinclair , sup erintendent of nurses , a most efficient and capable lady for the place , who ranks as an administrative ollicer and is responsible only to the superintend ent. A training school was establish ed , which is alllliated with the Omaha Methodist hospital , the Clarkson hos pital of Omaha and the Mercy hospi tal of Council Bluffs. The training school has a course of two years , six months of. which are spent in one of the afllliated hospitals. Pupils are taken from the northeast part.of the state and only those admitted who have worked in no other institution , who possess the proper requirements of character and education. The re sult has been gratifying in an In creased efficiency in the thoughtful and considerate care of patients. Saved Nice Sum. One of the new buildings on the Norfolk hospital grounds Is a small store house. The lowest bid on plumbing and heating work for this building was $1,200. Dr. Young se cured permission from the board of public lands and buildings to alow the institution engineering force to do the plumbing , and it was done at a cost of $000. He estimates that the em ployment of the same forces will save an adltional $5,000 in the installation of the two largo buildings now under construction. The lowest heating and plumbing bid on these was $11,000. It Is figured that the hospital mechani cal force can do this work for $0,000. Improved Hospital Treatment. The largest of the two now build ings In course of construction is as handsome In design as It is excellent In arrangement. It Is Romanesque in architecture , fire proof throughout and three stories high. The exterior Is of Floronn , Kansas , stone. Us cost will exceed the appropriation. Designed to treat acute cases of female In sanity , it will be provided with an operating room connected with sterili zing and anaesthetic rooms , a patho logical labatory , an autopsy room , a hydrotherapy room for treatment of patients by water , such as sprays , douches , Turkish , electric and con tlnuous baths , dormatorles and diet kitchen. This Is the east building. The west building under construction is for male patients. It will cost $2 000. Cleanliness Prevails. Cleanliness is characteristic In everything at the Norfolk hospital. The rooms are clean and well venti lated , the beds are clean , the food Is clean , the patients are clean from frequent bathing and the clothing they wear Is clean. The living rooms , bed rooms and halls , are scrupulously ocean. There Is an absence of that peculiar odor coming from the pa tients , due to the excellent ventilation In the buildings , which Is so notlcablo In old style asylums. Another factor besides ventilation contributes to this the cottage system compared to the largo building under one roof. There Is less crowding and more separation of patlonts In the cottage system than tu the other. Daily Routine , The dally routine In the life of pa- plonts at the Norfolk hospital may beef of Interest to the public. At 5:30 : in the morning the patients i and attendants are awakened by the night nurses The latter are on watch in wards all night. Breakfast Is at G 30 a. m. It re - quires an hour for the attendants to gel patients Urotisou , some ot wiiom huvo to be handled like children. At 7:30 : the male patients who do farm work and milking , leave the buildings. Those who remain help in housework , bed making , swooping and dusting , which Is completed by 9 to 0:30 : a. m. Both male and female pa tients engage In this house work. Dinner Is at 11:30 : a. m. , supper at 5:30 : and bed time at S p. m. When not otherwise engaged pa- Hants are encouraged ( o employ them selves In useful work , men In such things as basket weaving , women In embroidery and rug making. Accompanied by attendants , the pa tients go walking during fair weather. In summer they sit outside mornings and afternoons , but always with at tendants In charge. There Is dancing for patients every Friday evening In autumn , winter and spring. On Sunday afternoons there are chapel services , conducted by Norfolk clergymen. Non-Restraint System. The practice of allowing patlonts at the Norfolk hospital as much freedom of action as Is conslstant with safety , Is a modified form of the non-re straint system. If cheerful surroundings , a varied , wholesome and nourishing dietary and kindly treatment , in conjunction with careful medical attention , can accom plish restoration of reason , then It can bo accomplished at the Norfolk hospital , whose object Is more the betterment and cure of Insifno pa tients than mere confinement. Recently a young woman from the northern part of the state was re ceived. She was suffering from acute insanity confusion and maniacal ex citement. She was put lu bed on her arrival , where she was examined by one of the medical staff. Ho found that her mental condition depended on her physical condition , and pre scribed treatment along the latter Hue. Measures were at once taken to improve the woman's strength and nourishment. She had not slept for weeks , except by use of opiates , the prolonged use of which are poisonous to the system. These were withdrawn and sleep was produced by natural means hydrotherapy which Includ ed a system of baths and cool packs , This Irfialmonl Is restful to disordered nerves. Equal attention was given to the woman's diet. She was fed from twelve to fifteen eggs dally , also milk and other forms of easily absorbed food. The woman Is now rapidly re gaining her strength and recovering her normal mind. These cures 01 patients , or the bet terments of their condition , could not be accomplished if Dr. Young did not have the co-operation of an efficient medical staff and an efficient corps of nurses and attendants. There are thirty nurses and attend ants , of whom eighteen arc women. Some of the male patients are In charge of women. Picturesque surroundings have a beneficial effect on patients. The grounds at the Norfolk hospital will be much beautified when the present scheme of landscaping Is completed. Driveways will bo extended and the grounds parked on plans made by Prof. Corbot of the Department of Agriculture , Washington. A thousand trees will bo planted next spring and two thousand flowering shrubs sot out. Driveways will be excavated to the depth of twelve and fourteen inches to two foot. The first course will be brick debris from the old burned building. On this clay will be tamped. The top dressing will be of cinders. All this landscaping will be done by patients and without cost to the state. In time the driveways will bo cement curbed , the bulk of which work will bo done by the patients. Statistical. The coal contract for this season called for 2,000 tons of slack at $1.10 per ton. The central heating plant has a capacity of 300 horse power. One of the boilers will bo replaced next year with ono of 250 hor.so-powor capacity. For the present engine of 50 horse power capacity , a Corliss engine of 75 horse power will be substituted next year. The water supply at the Norfolk hospital Is obtained from a bored well 118 feet deep to gravel. An appropriation will be asked of the coming legislature for an icing plant. The hospital dairy herd numbers twenty-five cows , all free from tuber culosis , as a recent test by a govern ment inspector showed. A Wholesome Diet. Efforts are being maao at the Nor folk hospital to give patients a whole some and varied diet. In the summer time an abundance of vegetables are grown on the Instltuaion grounds , also potatoes , onions and other vegatables for the winter supply. In no other state Institution do patients get jellies and homo grown preserves. A valuable suborlnate officer at the Norfolk hospital Is Mrs. Joseph Wiles , the chef In charge of the patients' and employes' kitchen , who has been with the institution ten years. Careful and economical , she has supervised ' the canning of 0,000 gallons of fruits and vegetables for patients , besides a liberal - oral amount for the officers' table this season , In adltlon to preparing food for 1050 meals every day In the wook. A detailed list of the fruits and vegetables canned and preserved un der Mrs. Wiles' supervision In 1UOS will bo of Interest to housewives. U follows : Apple snuco and butter canned , 75 quarts ; beets canned , 02 gallons ; , beets , pickled , 25 gallons : cherries , , canned , 152 quarts ; currants , canned , < > S quarts ; cat BUI ) , ( > > 7 gallons ; cold 1 same , 17 gallons ; chill saucu 55 gal- Ions , cucumber pickles. 25 gallons ; I chow chow , 30 gallons ; corn , Halted , iuiu gallons ; dill piclUes , 70 gallons ; Dutch pickles , 30 gallons ; Jelly In glasses , 713 glasses ; Jelly In Jars , 23 gallons ; Mangoo peppers , 50 gallons ; mluce meat , 70 gallons ; plccalllla , 150 gallons lens ; peaches canned , -II quarts ; peach preserves , 10 quarts ; 'pears ' , spiced , M quarts ; peaches , spiced , ID quarts ; quince preserves , 1C quarts ; sour krout. 850 gallons ; tomato preserves serves , 180 gallons ; tomatoes canned , 41)3 ) gallons ; tomato mustard pickles , llli gallons ; tomato sour pickles , -15 gallons ; tomato sweet pickles , 75 gallons lens ; string beans , salted , -150 gallons lens , Gilbert-Lines. Benjamin Gilbert and Pearl Lines of Anbubon , la. , wore married Chlrst- mas eve nt the homo of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Dherlngton , who was a cousin of the bride. They will return to Audubon Monday. Big Bridge Contract. Nlohrarn , Neb. Dec. 20. Special to The News : The contract for the re building of 'the government bridge over the Nlobrara river at this place has been given to C. II. .Jones of Nlo brara. The pilings are arriving and the work on the bridge will be started about January 1. It is expected that the bridge will bo Mulshed In ninety days. Begin Investigation. New York , Dec. 20. The commis sion appointed by Governor Hughes to investigate the financial operations of various exchanges , today an nounced that it would begin Inquiry Into the produce and cotton ex change. An Initial meeting will be 1'old Monday. POLICEMEN ARE KILLED. Two Men Killed Near Moscow by Revolutionists. Moscow , Dee. 20. A number of po licemen , Including Baron Cotte , chief of the secret political police , and Col. Murakl , were killed today at a revolu tionist villa near here , Troops ( ire on the scene. DEMAND AN AGREEMENT. I Trial Judge Not Disposed to Release Jury In Hargis Case. Irvine , Ky. , Dec. 20. After twice reporting that they were unable to agree upon a verdict , the jury In the case of Beach Ilnrgls , charged with murdering Ills father , returned Into court. The trial judge sent them back again demanding that they reach an agreement. President to Decide Later. Washington , Dec. 20. President Roosevelt this afternoon through Sec retary Loeb , made a reply to the ap peals of labor organizations In behalf of Gompors , Mitchell and Morrison. The president calls attention to the fact that the case Is still before the courts and that It would be Improper for the president to interfere at this time. Final disposition will bo made when Roosevelt considers whether the term of imprisonment is excessive or im proper. TOAST TO COLONEL HAYES. Oldest Mason in Nebraska , Resident of Norfolk , Honored. As they have for years on Christ mas day , so this Christmas the Knights Templar of Fremont drank a toast to the health of Colonel S. W. Hayes of Norfolk , founder of the Fre mont lodge and now holding the dis tinction of being the oldest Mason In Nebraska. Colonel Hayes received many good wishes from friends every where. Neligh Theatricals. Neligli , Neb. , Dec. 28. Special to The News : The social holiday enter tainments closed in this 9lty as far as the plays in the Auditorium arc concerned , Satiir iy evening "ivhen the Chase-Lister company concluded their engagement by presenting "The Runaway Match. " The play was of a comical nature from start to finish , and held the largo audience In an up roar until the drop of the curtain In the last act. Managers Jenkins and Papne state the company's receipts were , during their short stay here , over $4-15. They left yesterday morn ing for Tekamali. The next attraction In the Audi torium will bo on Saturday evening , January 2 , when Ell and Jane will hold the boards here. Possum Dinner. West Point , Neb. , Dec. 28. Special to The News : J. E. Vance , a popular West Point landlord served a unique free lunch to his patrons on the day before Christmas. Ho Imported from Missouri a number of opossums which were baked with sweet potatoes In the old southern style and served without stint to all comers , many of whom ate of this rare dish for the first time. Madison Tax Roll $231,282. The railroad companies pay about seven per cent of the taxes paid In Madison county. Of the railroads the Northwestern and the Union Pacific are the biggest taxpayers , the North western heading the list. The taxes charged up against the railroads on this year's tax roll Is as follows : North western , $8.157.88 ; Union Pacific. $0.- 5S5.C5 ; M. & O. , $985.59 ; M. & O. and Union PaciMc ( jointly ) , $387.10. The Norfolk 19iS ( tax roll , which Is now being collected , having been cor- tlflod to the county treasurer last month , foots up to $231,282.09. ThatV ' what it takes to run the cnuntj aear or rather would taUi' if all the moin-\ . oiilli ctidns. . -.pi-i.i | , \ ih , . < -oinii > Hut th > ' cmin'j ' p.ihS' f limn' v mi lu Hit state And tin- $ _ ' ' ) ! . " 00 includes tin ( village , district , school and eliy taxes collected lu the oinlro couniy. The money now being collected on taxes goes Into the following funds : state taxes , $30,101.57 ; county taxes ( consolidated funds ) , $57.701.30 ; road lax. $11.115.01 ; school districts. $71.- I09.8S ; school bonds , $5.190.89 ; poll tax , $0.522.50 ; city and village taxes $32.130.31 ; special , sidewalks , etc. , $1.- S55.iH ) ; Norfolk sewer bond taxes , $0- 110.97. II will be noticed that more money Is spent on schools lu the county than for any other purpose. The figures on which to base the 1908 tax collection were made up In the county clerk's office and turned over to the county treasurer this year sixteen days before required by law. Santa Claus Is Rround-Faced. Charlie Groesbeck sat , comfortable , In a warm , cheery home Chlrstnitis eve , Charlie , junior , was breaking holes In tne atmosphere with delighted screams over a big toy automobile that had just rolled Into his stocking. Charle , senior , smoked a choice , black Havana and , blowing rings , read The News. Santa Clans visited the homo of Mrs. Sheldon , a widow , at 40i > South Second street this Chirstmas. It was the Ilrst time Saint Nick had been at tlio Sheldon home In a good many years. Mrs. Sheldon and her three children aged 1 , 8 and 10 had al most forgotten how the Jolly fellow looked. But now they know. He's of medium height , plump all the way up and down , round faced , good looking ; he's a bundle of nerves , keyed nu to the acting point every minute. And he does things quickly. He's smooth- shaven and wears modern business clothes. Charlie Groesbeck couldn't sleep after he'd read The News Chirstmas' eve. Not that he didn't have things in tlio house upon which to enjoy a genuinely merry Christmas. Ho did. That's where the rub came in. And he couldn't sleep. Thirty-eight dollars In cash and groceries enough to last her and her small family of little ones almost a nontli were dropped into the stocking > f Widow Sheldon early Chirstmas nornlng. She hadn't expected it. That was the best of it. There was enough to pay the two months' back cut $10 and then some. And the andlord's agent promised to taper the house , on top of It all. What's more the house is going to be janked up so that the cold north winds won't whistle through any more nt night. And ' when things get cleaned up and the holes boarded up , Mrs. Sheldon hopes that she won't nave to sit up nights any more to light off the rats that are said to have made sleep a risky thing for her ) abies. "Hero's ti dollar. " "Here's a half dollar. " "I'll send her n sack of potatoes. " "You now have $27.75 ? ? I'll make It $28. " Every saloon man gave $ t. Rail- oad boys down at the Junction tossed ant silver coins In the generous way their big hearts have of doing. Every- iody was glad to do It. In two hours Charlie Groesbeck , on Christmas nornlng , had raised the whole lund. Then ho and the chief of police went lown to 400 South Second street. D. Baum had told The News of a woman In need she and three little children. The Item was a portion of the Christmas eve News. Tlio cash has been deposited in n imnk for the poor woman and will bo Irawn out for her as she needs it. Mrs. Sheldon will be glad to have worlc , it is said. "There are others in need , " said jroosbock. "There's n family at the corner of Eighth and Norfolk avoinio , and an old woman east of the river , seventy-two years old , trying to make i living by peddling. House ! County Superintendent. Principal Houscl of the Battle Creek schools will succeed F. S. Perdue as county superintendent of Madison county on January 7 , Ilousel having been elected Saturday afternoon at the special meeting of the county board at Madison. The successful candidate received the votes of Commissioners Malone and Sunderman , Democrats. Com missioner Taft , Republican , voted for F. II. Price , principal at Tllden this year and at ' Meadow Grove last year. In addition' his qualifications Mr. Taft urged Price's longer term of residence In the county. I ast year Price was elected by the school boards at Tllden , Meadow Grove and New man Grove , accepting the Tllden proposition on salary considerations. Mr. Housol has been at Battle Creek during the present term. MADISON COURT STORIES. Judge Welch and Burt Mapes Break Even Billy Powers Has a Story. Madison Star-Mall : An amusing incident happened In the district court upon Its convening Tuesday af ternoon , Judge Welch read the as signment of cases. All the cases set for trial had either been settled by the parties , or wore passed , there was : : o work for the jury. The Jury was then called Into the rouit room , and the Judge said : "Gentlemen of the jury , the attorneys In the cases set for trial watched your work last week tiiul Imvo concluded to settle their cases rather than trust them 10 von. " The jll < lgo then thnilUed ( In in fur theii iiieii'lance ' and dismissed them v\ lien iipmitlnine ) Burl Mupes KIIK- , i sled to the court that the aiiornt'jH were afraid of the court , as the court L had done all the worU ( Fie week be- fore. The court submitted but ono case to the Jury. Attorneys Haider- son and Mi'Duffeo were present ami both looked Is If they agreed with Mr. Mupos. Later during the short recess thu fellows got to tolling stories Billy Powers , thu Jolly court reporter , tolil ouo that happened shortly after ho began reporting. According to Mr. Powers' version there was a Gorman sheriff In ouo of tlio counties , and hu was told by the Judge to adjourn court sine die. The Gorman shorllt immediately arose lu court , cried lu a loud voice , "All you peoples hoar | ye ! Die court Is adjourned with a shlnoy oye. " HOW TO KILL LIONS. Selous Will be Seeking Big Game In Africa Along With Roosevelt. London , Dec. 28. Selous , the lion killer , explained yesterday that whllo ho collet-led the other equipment for Roosevelt's hunting expedition and will go with him to Moinhiissa , where they will arrive April 22 , they will not shoot together In East Africa and Uganda. "President Roosevelt's party , " said Mr. Selous , at his homo al Worploti- don , "will go one way. William Mo- Mllluu will join mo In striking out an other. There Is no doubt , however , that wo may come Into touch moro than once with the president's parly. "Nearly 150 native bearers will parry the president's equipment. They will travel for a week or ton days , making for some point whore gumu may bo found. There they will halt for a week or even a month at a time. In East Africa they should find plenty of giraffes , antelope , buffalo and lloim. "In hunting lions you go out on horseback early In the morning on the high plateau in hope of catching .1 lion who has delayed too long feeding and cannot get back to cover. When you overtake the beast ho generally comes to a halt and catches you growl- Ing. Al the first moment you slip off your horse and shoot him. SomotlmoH the lion will charge at yon. If ho does you gallop out of the way and await another opportunity. If ho charges while you are off your horse and you fall to hit him as he comes at you , It may not bo a delightful experience. " New Plow Invention. West Point , Neb. , Doc. 28. Special to The News : Fred Mahler , a farmer of Cumlng county lias perfected and patented an Improved plow , possessing many points of excellence not found ] in tlie ordinary plow. A working model Is now on exhibition on the streets of West Point and the merltK of the Invention are being investigated by local capitalists witli a view of manufacturing the plows In this city. The main point claimed In favor of the new plow Is its lightness ot draft , an 18 In. plow of this model having a much lighter draft than an ordinary 10 inch plow. The absence of a heel and no land sldo also In creases its lightness. The invention is pronounced by local skilled me- cnanlcs to bo highly morltorlus and practicable. "Going somewhere" to answer a. want ad is often a "Little Journey to Dollar-land. " Kuhl Compromise Candidate. Randolph , Nob. , Dec. 28. Represent ative Kuhl of this county has been suggested as a "compromise" candi date for speaker of the House at tins coming session of the legislature , which convenes on January 4. It is the surmise of Kuhl's friendH hat his selection would put an end o the factional fight that is now on , ic not being Identified with either sldo. Woman Jumps Into the Well. Anoka , Neb. , Dec. 28. Special to The News : A sad case of domestic roubles nearly turneii into suicide. .Mrs. Geo. Llmborts. daughter of Fred erick Ott , living a half mile west of Anoka , jumped Into a well to destroy herself , but the well being but five or six feet deep and containing only wo feet of water , she climbed out and tried to boat her brains out witli a 2x1 piece of wood. Her father found lier In time to prevent serious Injury. Mrs. Llmbert came here to visit her parents last summer , tolling them that herself and husband had parted , their homo being In Canada , where they went eight years ago to engage in saloon and hotel business. Mrs. Limbert's trouble began several years ago when she became con vinced she was suffering from cancer of the stomach. She still worried over this the past years and now , combined with the domestic troubles , she gradually become from the form of meloncholly to a raving maniac. She will probably be taken before tho. board of insanity at Butte In a few days , as the attending physician. Dr. H. W. Parchen , has but little hopes of her recovery at home , and Norfolk will probably become her future homo. CUMING DEMOCRATS SORE. Think Dr. Wells Ought to Have Had Better Appointment. West Point , Neb. , Dec. 28. Special to The News : The appointment by Governor Shallenberger of Dr. H. L. Wells of West Point ns assistant physician at the Norfolk hospital for the Insane has been the subject of considerable comment In Democnnc circles of Cumlng county. The ma jority of the Democrats BPOHI to think that this county has been somewhat Hllfihted in the division of the poUiir.il pie , ( specially In view of the fuel ili.it the county is strongly Demoriatir , the normal majority on that HeK.-t showing no Klsnn of dooroano , ami in vli w of the further fart that thi- aMiii.v and standing of Dr.Mls us a ph.vsioian His townsmen would have been lie-tier pleased to have een him appointed as superintendent of the Institution.