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Tllti NOHOLiK WEKKLY NEWS JOUNAl , FKIDAVJANUARY 15 IttO'J ' FIH8T 8LEIGH DELL8. Snow Spurs Owners of Cutters to Get 'Em Out. Ho , ini ; a sleigh rlilu liiHt night , nil right , all right. Flrnt ono IhlH wlntor , too. Tin- heavy fall of HIIOW. ami Its level illHirii.iitl iniulo ruttoi'H available for MHO. ami tlioy wore dug out of tlio hay Infl The olil iiiaro WIIH dressed up with a Inuieli of bolls and wont Iliu ; iii | ami down the HI rout. Herrlck Suit Is Closed. TinHorrloh cuso , Involving claims Illirl riiimlorelnlniS botWOOIl tllO City niul Sewer Contractor O. P. Horrid ! of DI-H Molnos , la. , amounting In all to i BOVI nil thousand dollars , IH In the liaiulH of Judge Welch. In tin maun of ilciullH ( ho case IB ono of the mom compli'ii'od ' canes that huvo arisen rocemly In this county. Judge Welch will iinimuneo his decision In February. .IU.IHO Welch will make known his doeiHion In all the eases hoard In Nor folk some limp In February. Ho hud expected to return to Madison no.xl week , hut thu Hcrrlek CHHO will re- ijuI cloHor examination than could bo glvi n It In that time. Mr. llerrlck and foreman Martin have hcen hack In Norfolk the last day or two for the trial. Mr. llerrlck wan roproHontod hy Attorney Mncum- her of Dos Molnos and M. I ) . Tyler of thin city. Maiios & Ha/.on represented the ctly. The case was heard In the city nail , where most of thu previous moves In the coulrovorsary took plnco. Former members of the Friday and Durlnnil iidinlnlstratlnns wore among the wit nesses. CHANCE TO JUMP ON ROOSEVELT Pent Up Wrath Flndo nn Outlet When Committee Reports. Washington , , lan. S. The special commit ice of the house , headed by Representative Perkins , which has lioon studying out a plan wherohy Hid lioiiHe will take cognl/nneo of the presd- ilout'H si'crcl service message , will In Its report afford a chance for a Hood of nnti-Honsevell oratory , which hlds fair to run Its course through many hours. The pontup wrath against Itoosevolt Is causing a ferment of words which Is all hut ready to hlow off the lid and commence a geyserliko display. The report of the special commit too , no matter what Its nature , will he the lifter of the hcadgato and the signal for all hands who wish a chance to jump on Mr. Roosevelt to outer ihe arena and become busy. NYQUIST RESIGNS. J. W. Rosser of Dlxon New Member of Gregory County Board. Fairfax , S. IX , .Ian S. Special to The News : Adrian Nyquist , until this wi'oU chairman of the board of Greg ory county commissioners , and who was elected state senator at the recent election , tendr-rod his reslgna lion which was accepted , and loft on the afternoon train for Pierre via Norfolk , to take up the strenuous life of a South Dakota senator. H. I. Pierce , who has been a mem ber of the hoard for two years , was elected chairman in Mr. Nyqulst's place and . .1.V. . Itossor of Dlxon , S. 1) . , was appointed to the vacancy on the board. Mr. Rossor Is a very excellent citizen , a homesteader and school teacher and somewhat a political lender in his section , though his selec tion seems to bear the earmarks of the "Ilonesteel political bunch. " Tripp County Journal Sold , l imro , S. D. , .Ian. S. Special to The News : The l.amro .Journal , own- oil and edited hy .lames A. Putney , was sidd to Uiwson & Donigan of Alexandria. The Tripp County Journal is the first and only paper edited in Tripp county. The present owners will enlarge the plant , and ( paper. New machinery will be added , and electric lights are now being put in. ROBERTS MAY ENTER CABINET. Man Who Spoke In Norfolk May bo Secretary of Treasury. Dispatches from Washington state that George E. Roberts , president of a Chicago national bank and a former director of the mint , leads the list of possibilities for the appointment of Boeretnry of the treasury. Roberts is n former Iowa man. Mr. Roberts was In Norfolk lust year , speaking before the northeast Nebraska banners and urging the cause of a central bank of Issue. It will be recalled , as a possible coinci dence , that Governor Shaw of Iowa , just before ho was named ns secretary of the treasury , also spoke before the northeast bankers In NorfolK. Rockefeller's Talisman. Now York , Jan. ; > . John D. feller Is cited as n living proof of truth of the new cult expounded by Mrs. Asa-Nelth of Cochnuie , to ex clusive gathering of prominent society and business men and women at the home of Mrs. James Dunlop Smith , 31 Ornntorry Park. Mrs. Cochnuie is the founder of the Asa-Nelth Cryptogram , which , by the mere changing of n person's name to accord with the date of his or her birth , insures success. Mrs. Cochnuie merely establishes harmonious vibra tions and they do the rest. * "The llgure S is the most hnrmon- tons ono of all , " she said. "Tho suc cess of John D. Rockefeller was duo to the prominent part that the figure 8 or its multiples pla > ed In his career He was born on the eighth of the month , started in business , on $ 1.000 borrowed capital , does business at 20 Broadway , the numerals of which , ad ded together , make 8 ; and all the prlu . \ Newest Dakota Town , Sioux KiillM , S. I ) . . Jan. 8. Spoclat | to Tlio News : The latest now town to ' spring Into existence In South Dakota IUIH been named Cooper , and Is situ ated between Heaver and Sulphur crooks , In Monde county. The now town Is situated In the heart of a largo settlement of homesteaders who form erly wore residents of Iowa. George Norrls , a former resident of Iowa , has just been Installed as the llrsl post master of the new town. A number of huslncHB houses already have lo cated at the new town. Wolsey Wants Waterworks. Sioux Falls , S. D. . Jan. S. Special to The News : The people of Wolsey Imve quite generally signed a petition asking the city council of that place 'o call a special election and submit to ( ho voters the proposition of Issuing bonds In the sum of ? G,0)0 ( ) for tin- construction of a sewerage system and the Improvement of the present munic ipal waterworks system. The town in not at present provided with as ef ficient lire protection as desired. Those well Informed at Wolsoy express the opinion that the proposition to Issue the bonds for the purposes stated will carry hy a large majority. Who Will Try the Oil Case ? Chicago , Jan. 8. The spoctrfclo of the historic case of the United States government against the Standard Oil company of Indiana , going begging for a judge to hoar It , was presented In the federal building. Judge Lnndls refused to hear it on the ground that the opinion In the $20- 2lnU)0 ( ) judgment had prejudiced him. Judge S. 11. llothea refused to hear It on the simple ground that ho "didn't want to gel mixed up In it. " Judge Lauills designated Judge An derson of Indianapolis , as his choice to take up the big trial , saying that Judge Anderson would be In Chicago within a few days , and the matter could be settled then. In the event that Judge Anderson refuses fuses to hear the case , it will go to olio of the ofllowlng judges : Quarles or Sanborn of Wisconsin ; Humphrey or Wright of Illinois. Judge Hum phrey reclded the "hoof trust" case. Big Dakota Elevator. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Jan. S. Special to The News : At Groton , a thriving town in Itrown county , has just boon completed what Is claimed to ho the largest- grain elevator on the entire Milwaukee railroad system outside of the big terminal points. The now ele vator has a capacity of 00,000 bushels and is modern In every respect. It was constructed by a stock company composed of wealthy farmers residing In the vicinity of Groton. The officers of the company are : President , A. T. Amsden ; vice president , Isaac Hitter ; secretary , C. A. Draegor ; treasurer , Win. Koopsel. The completion of the mammoth new elevator marks an Im portant epoch In the history of Gro ton as a great primary grain market. The power for the new elevator will be furnished by two electric motors , one of twelve-horse and the other of seven. The new elevator Is provided vlth every appliance for the handling of grain with rapidity and In large quantities. CORTELYOU A BANKER. Believed Secretary of Treasury Will Head a Big National. Washington , Jan. S. The Informa tion comes from Xow York financial circles , on the highest possible au thority , that Secretary of Treasury Cortolyou has accepted ono of the offers of a financial position which ho has had under consideration. The position. It is stated positively , is the presidency of ono of the im portant national banks in the merap- olls. It Is expected by those best In formed of the facts , that an announce ment will soon ho made of the facts In the matter. Confirmatory of the report , is the fact that Mr. Cortelyou when asked about it replied evasively. "I have had various proposals under consideration at different times , " ho said , "and when asked about them have said that 1 had accepted no offer. In this case I can neither deny nor affirm as to the ques tion you ask. " It is the confident belief that within two or three weeks the announcement of the secretary's plans will be mado. FOREMAN BRINK HURT. Huge Rock Breaks Chain of Derrick and Leg of Hospital Foreman. M. B. Brink , supply foreman for Contractor W. S. Morton who is build ing the Improvements at the Norfolk hospital , broke his right leg Thursday afternoon. While a 1,000 pound rock was being holsied out of the way the pulley of the derrick snapped in half. The heavy rock struck Drink across the ankle , breaking the bono at that point and also seriously straining the other ten dons of the leg. The attending physician informed him it would be several weeks before he would be able to get into the game again. Mr. Brink left Norfolk Friday noon to recuperate at home in Emerson. TRIP ENDS IN DEATH. Mrs. Goldsmith Had Come With Grand daughter , a Bride , From Iowa. Coming to the vicinity of Hosklns only a little more than a week airo to he with her granddaughter , Mrs Charlotte Goldsmith was unable to stand the rigors of the trip and died last Tuesday night. She was sixty- four years old and her death is be- .lloved to bo traceable to the change. JCHhur J . oherjiewnorth | Mrs. Goldsmith had lived with her granddaughter \ , who a few days ago wedded Hurnard Dutiol at thu homo In Iowa. Mrs. Goldsmith would not be separated fiom her granddaughter and came to the Deuel farm two miles north of Hosklns with her. .Mrs. Goldsmith had not been feel ing well but serious results were not fin ted until n few hours before her death. A son and a daughter live In Iowa. Mrs. .Madison Host is a niece. Mrs. Goldsmith hud been a member of the United llrothern church for forty-live years. The remains were taken hack to Iowa Thursday , going over the same route HO recently taken hy Mrs. Gold smith In her vnntiiro from homo. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Leu , a son. M. P. Suiter wont to Winaldo this morning. .laiiios Dlgnnn went to Orleans yes terday on business. Mrs. C. L. Anderson , who was very ; il with appendicitis , seems to bo on the road to recovery. W. P. Dlxon has completed his grad ing contract down at Newman Grove and has returned lo Norfolk. Mrs. Alice Fairbanks of Scrlbnoi was In Norfolk Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Degree of Honor lodge , of which she Is chief of honor. Sioux City Journal : 13. 10. Heels of Norfolk , Neb. , has purchased the bar ber shop and pool hall at Fourth and Wall streets formerly owned by Albert E. Relf. Mr. Heels 1ft for Norfolk last night to make arrangements for moving his family to Sioux City , John R. Hays Is In a way a member of the teaching force of the city schools , lie has been detailed by the postmaster general , along with other postmasters the country over. Yester day afternoon Mr. Hays spoke in the high school auditorium , treating the operations of the postal service In an interisting manner and giving a few specific suggestions on the more com mon errors made in preparing mall. Postmaster John Tnnuehlll at the Ancon office In the Panama canal strip has his share of work to do In the transmission of the United States mail. Here is the record of the Ancon office for Monday , December II : Money orders issued , ; : I2 ; registered 1II ) ; registered mail handled in transit , IS pieces ; stamps sold , over $ . ' ! 00 ; mail received , two bags of letters from Harlmllues , ono bag from Jam aica , fifty-seven bags mixed mail from the United Stales ; mall sent out , to Jnmuicii and New York and Now Orleans , fifteen bags lo the fleet ; day's cash receipts , $7oOO. The next day's total was about the same. Mis. L. C. Bargelt. The following notice of the death of Mrs. L. C. Hurgelt , appearing in the Myrtle Point ( Ore. ) Enterprise , was written by an Oregon friend of Mr. Hargolt : In the death of Mrs. L. C. Hargelt again we are called upon to chronicle the death of a loving wife ; again there is a home made desolate and lonely in the passing from earth of her who only God can give mother. Mrs. Hargelt had suffered patiently for months and nil that medical aid and kind hands could do was done to stay death but the brittle thread of life was snapped and her soul passed Into the great be yond , Saturday. December : iO , IflOS. Hulda Matilda Hargelt nee McCor- mlck , was born In Indiana , December ; ! 1 , 1S70 , and was therefore 157 years , 11 months and -'G days old at the time of her death. She was married to Les ter C. Bargelt September G. 1SUI5 , at Noi folk , Neb. They afterwards moved to Tllden , that state , where they re sided several years , later moving back to Norfolk. Five children was the re sult of this union , two of whom preceded ceded her to the otner world. The family came to Coos county in 190.r > aud io Myrtle Point in 11)00. ) The deceased was a faithful member of the M. 13. church , liming united with that church some twenty years ago. She was an active , conscientious worker In the church and Sunday school and trom these her presence , will bo great ly missed by her co-workers and as sociates. By her death her husband and three sons , Hallet , Harold and Paul , are left to mourn their irrepnir- able loss the loss of a loving wife and mother. The community loses .me of its noblest women and one whoso Influence was always for the best ; to know her was to honor and respect her and of her it can truthfully bo said tnnt she had not nn enemy. Her friends wore numbered by the num ber of her acquaintances. The funeral services were he'.d from the M. 13. church Monday , by Rov. H. M. Hranhnm. the largo concourse of friends present and the flower laden casket being a fitting testimonial of the high esteem in which rho was hold by all. The remains wore laid lo rest in the Myrtle Point cemetery. James Nichols Takes Office. James Nichols of Madison is now county attorney of Madison county At midnight the office passed from Jack Koonigstein to Mr. Nichols. Ex- County attorney Koenlgstein was in Madison today on business and con suited with the now county attorney. Mr. Nichols starts out In office with very pearly a clear docket. The Len ; u r case is the only case standing on the criminal docket. Papers had boon filed before Mr. Nichols took office to have the charge agalnsl Mrs. Harnhart dropped from Ihe record. No changes occur In the county board , hut when the board meets at Madison next Tuesday Burr Taft will become chairman of the board , s ceedlng John Malono. Never Too Cold for Business. A little lad was about the Junction yesterday morning asking subscrip tions for a certain magazine. Asked why he was not in school the little fel low said that It was too cold to ho In school Original Rosebudder Sells. George W. Dye , ono of the original liomostuad a mile east of tlorrlck for $8,0(10 ( and will move to n farm In eastern Kansas to he on a lower alti tude. Battle Creek News. Rov. J. Hoffman made the following statement for the year 11108 of his con- oKiillon : Christened lit ! children , contlrmo.l 28 , participants of the holy communion l.fiSO , Joined In holy matri mony seven cotiplo , and hurled seven persons. For mission , colleges , orphan homo , etc. . he collected for the mem bers $ IU2-l.iO. : Next Sunday afternoon they will hold their general business meeting of the year. John Richardson and Hil Klrby re turned Tuesday from a business visit to'O'Neill and other places in Holt county. Mr. Arnold Wachtor , a young farmer of Ifadar , and Miss ICnitna Schlnck of Battle Crook , wore married Docom her 111 In ( he afternoon at the Luth eran church by Rev. J. Hoffman. The young couple are well known In this part of the country and will go to housekeeping on a farm near Hudar. Gtistnv Toske and son , Walter , wore hero the latter part of last week visit- in- ; his sister , Mrs. Dlttmar , who is living north of the I3lkhorn. George Hrochlor , a banker of Page , spent a few days here the first of the week with relatives and friends. John Brodohpoft returned Now Year's eve from the Lutheran hos pital at Sioux City , where ho had been for treatment. William Walter of Tllden was visit ing his parents hero a couple of days this week. Carl Xoliner wns here Now Year's from Hastings visiting his mother and other relatives. Mrs. S. Kuhrts and daughter , Miss Annie , were visiting relatives at No- llgh Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Craig wore the recipients of a little daughter last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wotx.cl of Modi son were visiting this week with her mother , Mrs. Annie Smith. Fred Smith was hero an business from Norfolk Monday. Henry Just , a tailor of Norfolk , IB visiting hero this week with his par ents. ents.The The high school opened Its doors again this year on Monday under the leadership of the now principal , W. J. Richardson of I'llgcr. And Tues day our now postmaster , F. W. Rich ardson stepped In to his new office. Their names are nearly alike , but there won't be any mistake , as the Gorman neighbors of the postmaster , who lived with him hero on the Elkhorn - horn bottoms for about twenty years , call him "Unser Fritn. " SIOUX CITY EXPECTS GAIN. Wil ! Profit From the O'Neill Exten sion Soon to Be Built. Sioux City Journal : Officials of the Burlington in Sioux City stated yes terday that while the Burlington road had not as yet completed arrangements for the building of an extension of Its line from Ericson to O'Neill , Nob. , such a move might ho looked for. For some time past press reports from the section affected have con tained dispatches that the line waste to be built , and late reports from Lin coln state that arrangements for the building of the line have just been completed and that contractors are at work on the grading. The building of this line has long been a mooted project. From time al most immemorial the shippers In that section of Nebraska have been clam oring for It. To Sioux City the openIng - Ing of such line would mean a boom to the packing and grain buying inter- tests. The territory through which 't ' would run if built is composed ot some of the best live stock sections in Nebraska. From Holt , Hock , Loup , Carfleld , Wheeler and Brown counties all the shipments of stock now are made to the South Omaha market. The throwing of this new line across these counties to connect with the North western at O'Neill would swing the business to the local market because the haul Is shorter both to the local and to the Chicago markets. "The introduction of the line into this territory may come at any time , " said a local official , "but we have had no notice here that the move has been decided upon. If the line is built it will prove profitable both to Sioux City and to the Nebraska territory. " Bold Woman Thief of the Rosebud. Bonesteel Herald : T. J. Matthews , brother of M. J. Matthews of this city , had a peculiar experience Thursday while on his way homo from O'Neill to Gregory overland. When about three miles west of Hutto Mr. Matthews' team became unmanageable and ran away. A.trunk , containing various articles , was thrown from the wagon , but Matthews stayed with the vehicle until the team was conquered. While speeding along Mr. Matthews passed a rig containing n woman and a small boy. On his return for the trunk he saw , when within fifty yards of It , the woman removing a single harness therefrom. Again Mr. Matth ews' team ran , but this time to catch the thief. Three miles to Butte and one mile east of that city the race continued but the woman's team proved too fleet. Here Mr. Matthowo gave up the chase hut employed Ed Weber , a farmer , to take it up whore ho abandoned it. At last accounts Mr. Weber was still In hot pursuit but the harness has not yet returned to the owner. Mr Matthews is in the livery busi ness at Gregor > . LaFollette Issues Paper This Week. Washington , Jan , 7. "LnFollotte's , Weekly Magazine , " the first paper of sued this wouk for the llrst time , from MiullKonVls. . , with Senator Robert M. LaFollotto as editor and proprietor. It will aim to present the I aFollotto view of public questions to the coun try. Senator LaFolloltc writes friends In Wnshli'gton that without any adver tising , except the newspaper notices that he Intended starting the paper , he has received 10,000 voluntary sub scriptions , reptosontlng every state In ( ho union. His friends In all partsof the country have started clubs to got subscrlhois and encourage the enter prise. Lid on the Big Lid. Chicago , Jan. 7. The feminine hat with dangerous reach , the headpiece with spoarllho feather and creation , which olmcures the scenery from view , will soon be no more , Chicago millin ers have banded ns n milliners' asso ciation with the resolve to wipe out the giant hat evil , and with the motto , "Mutual protection and more artistic millinery. " "Hy the means of our orga'nlznllon wo will put an end to the cut-throat tactics employed among milliners , " sold Mine. Marie , elected president of the association , at the Palmer house last night. "Hy this means and by turning out moro artistic hats we will be able to uphold Chicago's reputation as the millinery cent or of the country MORE ZERO WEATHER. Mercury Was Below Zero Point for Another Twenty-four Hours. Two Inches of the beautiful fell In Norfolk Wednesday afternoon and ni ht. Thursday dawned cold and clear. Thursday night was another cold night , although humanfty moro used to the nold wave , did not suffer so much from the /.ero weather. Ton degrees holow.oro was the roldest point registered during Jio twenty-four hours ending at S Thurs- iiiy inornlnc ; . Two degrees holow wns the highest poln to which the mercury could climb. Elklns-Abruzzi Match Ag'ln. Washington , Jan. 7. The engage ment between the Duke of the Ah- ru//i and Miss Kathorlne Elkins is not off and has not boon at any time declared off. Instead , the wedding has heon postponed because of another up- , proachlng marriage In the Italian royal family. This Is the newest re port which comes to Washington concerning - corning the famous romance. It Is said to have good authority. The Count of Turin , brother of the duke , Is to wed the Princess Patricia of Connaught , one of the most distin guished members of the British royal family. That wedding Is not known to have been set for a definite dnte as yet , but the story goes that the British and Italian royal families did not want the Abruzzl-Elkins wedding to como first , because It would inevit ably overshadow the match of two royalties. THURSDAY TIDINGS. John Burner of Stanton was in the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Halderman and son , Lawrence , of Roam , Intl. , are visit ing at the home of Mrs. Haldermnn's sister , Mrs. C. J. Ilibben. Mrs. Carl Xuelow went to Kansas City this week for treatment. She was accompanied by her rtnughtpr , Miss Minnie JCuolow , who will remain with her until she returns. Paul XueUnv accompanied his mother and sister as far as Omaha. S. F. Miller of Omaha , general freight agent of the Northwestern , and John C. Mellon , traveling freight agent , were in Norfolk Tuesday. Mr. Miller was called home almost at once by a business telegram. Among the day's out of town visi tors In Norfolk were : Mr. and Mrs. Klllngson , Center ; C. M. Sundnll , Wayne ; Millurd Sisson , Gregory , S. IX ; C. A. Grudoll , Lamro , S. I ) . ; Mrs. J. Koss , Plorcej Mr. and Mrs. J. J Wagner , Gregory , S. D. ; Mrs. E. A. Waddell , Meadow Grove ; F. L. Ink , Gregory , S. D. ; Fred L. Wnnsnr Plain- view ; Frank R. Sterling , C'-gliton ; Mrs. F. Nelson , Miss Winifi i Nelson , Nlobrnrn ; F. J. Platt , Humphrey ; O. W. Sullivan. Burke. S. D. ; Myron Walker , Pierce ; IK3. . McQueen , Til- den ; Joe Theis" . Crelghton. Thomas O'Brien , who with one Alex Johnson , went over Nebraska passing worthless paper money , was convicted by the federal jury al Lincoln. Mrs. Arthur B. Brown , formerly of Norfolk- , who once enjoyed the dis tinction of being the only teacher ot a white school In Tripp county , gave up her school at Christmas on ac count of her duties nt the Lamro post- office and at homo Interfering with her school work. Charles Harding , the ne\v president of the Omaha school board , has been a member of the hoard for five yc-urs and his year in the president's chali will bo the last year of his second torm. Mr. Harding is now president of the Farmers Co-operntivo Creamery and Supply company. Miss Ollie Elliott , formerly of this city , has taken charge of the depart ment of oratory at the model high school conducted by the department of education at the state university In Lincoln. Miss Elliott recently gradu ated from the school of oratory nt Wesloynn university at Lincoln and this year Is attending the state uni versity. Kid Jensen of Norfolk , who Is train ing here propariitor > to entering thu ritiKHldf In Dakota. rocHvi-d a com munication jostirday that called him to Broken Bow , Ni-b Jensen Is con testing the filing on a homosiead Urn * has been taken up in acordanco with the KInkald land bill. His attorneys hqj not supposed that his presence would he nocussiiry ; as It Is Jensen will loose much valuable time In which ho could bo getting Into condition. Hu expects to bo nhlo to get buck to Nor folk Saturday. The results of the teachers stale ex aminations held In Norfolk last No vember have Just recently been an nounced. The Norfolk normal train Ing class of 100S hnvo done exception ally well. Out of a class of fourteen which took the examinations In arith metic and reading none foil below SO. In arithmetic two missed the possible 100 by n single point whllo another two wore credited OS. Six others re ceived markings over 00. In the ex amination for reading the lowest grade received was SO. Special advlcoa to The News from Nlobrnrn stale that Mrs. Marlah Ran- da , who was arrested nt the Whlto House this week after making a slrenuouK effort lo see President Roosovi It , has been bringing suit for ninny M ars to recover properly that she claims rightly belongs lo hor. When her husband died it seems Unit his property was In the name of , and owned by. this brother. The case was taken to the state supreme court but the decision went against Mrs. Hnmlii. She still claimed that the property rightly belonged to her and threatened to consult the president In regard to it. This she attempted his week. SANCTUARY INTO A SALOON. Enterprising Chicago , Advertises His New Barroom as "First Class Place. " Chicago. Jan. 7. The spectacle of a church building converted Into a thriv ing saloon has astonished and alarmed , not to STJ- Incensed , Ihe people living in the neighborhood of Hlckerdlko and Huron streets. The structure , which was built sev eral years ago and occupied until last May by a Norwegian Methodist church , Is advertised by Its Ingenious proprie tor. Mike Mndnj , as "A llrnl-clafls sa loon. " Over the entrance Is this sign : This place Is now open for busi ness as a llrst class saloon. Mike Madaj , Proprietor. The Norwegian church sold the property to Mndnj last year for $1,800. The only changes In the old church building Madaj made to transform the institution Into a saloon was to Install an enormous refrigerator , bar , tables and chairs , and usual line of liquors. The inside of the building Is dimly lighted because of the stained glass windows. Program for the Doctors. The program for the thirteenth an nual meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Medical society al the Pacific hotel parlois on the afternoon and evening of January Hi , has been announced ns follows : "Gonorrhoea , the Scourge of Hu man Life , " Dr. G. L. Bracking , Nor folk. "The Report of Twelve Cases of Hernia , Eight with Local Anaesthe sia , " Dr. A. C. Stokes , Oninhn. "Significance o'f Cough In Disease , " Dr. Jos. H. Hardy , Stantbu. "Nervous Insufficiency or Neuraes- thenia , and It's Treatment , " Dr. R. J. Midgley , Omaha. "Electro-therapeutics In Pelvic Diseases of Women , " Dr. Sarah Blalno Kalar , Hloomflold. Paper , Dr. F. 13. Franchero , Sioux City. , "Surgical Relief of Deformities fol lowing Infantile Paralysis , " Dr. H.V. . Orr , Lincoln. "Diseases of the Nose and Naso- Phaiynx in Relation to Diseases of the Ear , " Dr. W. R. llobbs , Omaha. "Autointoxication , " Dr. A. L. Culm- see , Norfolk. Paper , Dr. H , B , Davis , Omaha. Valentine Ice for Railroad. Ice for use on the Northwestern rail- rcn.l system west of the Missouri river , excepting at Omaha , will bo secured this year from Valentine. The harvesting of 9,000 tons for the rail- load company began Friday morning on the Minnochndus'.a river , just north of that town. The ice from this stream Is said to he very pure. The company's vaults at Norfolk , Long Pine , Clmdron , Deadwood - wood , and other points on the Nebras ka and Wyoming division will be filled with this product. All trains will bo Iced with the Valentino Ice and U will also be used at all eating houses. The Ice secured at Omaha , from CutOff - Off lake , will ho used only for refrig erator cars. EATING HOUSES IMPROVE. Brand New Dishes Show Change of Management. Service in railway eating houses along the Northwestern 'west of the l Missouri river has improved since the , -uilruad took charge. Itself , the first j of the y ar. New Northwestern dishes now mark the company ownership. The railroad company will not , It IB said , attempt to make any profit from I the eating houses. The service will be maintained for the accommodation ) of their patrons and they will be glad j If they "break oven" nt the end of the year. GETTING OUT THEIR SLEDS. Small Boys In Norfolk Will Spend Sat. urday In Pleasure. "I'm goliif ; coasting tomorrow if the suodoesn't melt " Tlii- small boy In Norfolk has Hpotii'il u hill win-re hi- can slldt > down tn Ins. hi-ari's c < > nu-nt It's up b > the etandplpo Twenty years ago that hill was oven moro popular than It Is now. They used to start up at the top , just north of the sliindplpo. and coast four hlockn , down to the Seventh slrocl North- woHti'i'ii tracks , it was HID "Crolgh ton branch" track al that tliuo. Later It came to ho the Vordlgro branch and then the llonesleel and then the Greg ory and now the Dallas. Bob sledHtile kind that arc long like n grey hound and guided at the front end hy the pilot with Ills feet and a rope , were In vogue. Olio night n bob sled crashed Into a gale pom anI n half do/.on coasters sustained broken legs. Harry Must was hadlv nun and laid up for many weeks Houno of Lords Faces Crisis. London. Jan. S. Political develop inents of the last few dnyn hnvo shown conclusively that England Is rnpldb approaching the most utaHllng nlsK U IUIH known In throe quarters of , i century. The existence of the house of lord' Is al stake. No such Important ion stlliillomil Issue has boon ruined In Great Britain since 18512 when tin- right of franchise , previously luiN.'d . strictly on propoily qunlilli allonsMIS made practically universal. The lords have been attacked be fore , but never very seriously. It looks now as If i heir yearsif not their daysas a legislative body , an- numbcied. Ending the old ISngllnh system of hereditary lawiimklng will Involve practical reconstruction of the country's constitution. Nine out of ton Englishmen ha\ < - long regarded the peers as n foolish anachronism. Bound as the nation IH to precedent , however , It has hci-n hard lo Inaugurate a vigorous move niont toward reform. Al last tin- liberals the dominant British polltl cut puily have declined they will IICM r lost until some form of oloi-lhi upper house of parliament Is submit luted for the present hereditary OIK- For throe \-ars the llhornls hnvo IH-I n In nfllco with an overwhelming ma juiity In the house of common * . AI lowing for all possible combination : , against them , they him ; approximately Kill on any part Issue. But desplti' their numerical superlorliy they IUIM- boon practically Impotent. The pn-is have thwarted ( hem at every turn The two houses are far from bearing - ing toward one another the relation that exists between the two brunches of the United States congress. Only the commons are representative of the people. The lords represent nothing beyond the narrow Interests , of the British aristocracy and moneyed classes. The liberals' view Is thai a body so constituted should yield to the plainly expressed wishes of the masses oven though they may sometimes be called on to lay aside their own politi cal , personal and financial prejudice . The nobility hold nearly one-tenth of the total land area of rural Eng land. It Is estimated that those hold ings , thrown open to cultivation , would support Knglnnd , a hundreds of thousands of unemployed. Legisla lion along this line has been sug gostod. The lords only laughed at Ihe idea. They keep the land strict Iv "preserved" for hunting purposes. It is absolutely non-productive. The licensing hill passed the elec- tlvo commons by nearly 5JOO majority. Without oven the formality of dobnto the lords rejected the monsuro in caucus. By what the liberals say is moio than a coincidence Kit ) of the ( ioo odd peers own stocks in breweries. Theie were not enough of them to constitute a majority hut tholr In- lluenco was sufficient to control one. In America either of the great parties may hope to control both branches of congress. In England only the con servatives can control tlio Inwinnklng body. The commonu may bo conservative tiveor liberal. The lords aio nlwa.\s eonsenntlve. When the conservatives control the administration the peers pass all their bills without discussion , if a liberal government Is In power they auto matically reject every impoitnnt meas ure submitted to them. When tin- liberal parly last came into power H did so under a distinct mandate from the people to accomplish three things : To revise Scottish landlordism. I To place their common school edu cation upon something like a modern basis. To curb the liquor Interosls , which have ultained so dangerous political ' power In England. Tlio lords themselves are frightened. One plan 1ms already boon outlined by a committee under tlio chairmanship of Lord Rosebory for the limitation of Iho number of lawiimklng noblemen to L'OO elected by the nobility them selves , with the balance of a chamber of about fiOO made up of peers only for life , raised to their rank in reward for great public services. By n half measure of this kind , the lords hope to escape relegation to complete political obscurity. The plan falls to satisfy the liberals , however. They decline oven to notice it. Com plete obliteration of the hereditary clement from English legislation Is t\ \ > . - besl they piopose to accept as the 1 final outcome of the Impending ' struggle. Railroad News. It Is expected that the Pacific COIIM extension of the St. Paul railroad will lie connected clear through by May 1 next or before. There urn to be con gratulatory exercises when the woik is completed , but It has not yet been determined whether the golden spik" shall he driven nt the St , Paul pass tunnel , the Johnson tunnel crook < n Washington , or on the stretch of track betwer-n Mlssoula and Garrison. These facts were recently given to the. public In Butte , Mont. , by H. R. Williams , president of ihe Washington and Idaho corporation of the St. Paul , who had Just completed n trip over the entire right of way to the coast. North Nebraska Deaths. Mrs. Charlotte Goldsmith died at the homo of her granddaughter , Mrs. B. C. Douel , at Ilosklns Tuesday night.