THE NOUOLK. WEEKLY NEWS-JOUNAL FRIDAY JANUARY 22 1 0
Land Office Decision Soon ,
Ward from Gregory county IH to the
( fTort that thu decision on tliu land of-
llco may liu expected today or tomor
row
It HOOIIIH to ho generally conceded
that tlio decision lies between Gregory
anil DulliiH hut neither town , It IH said ,
haw a Hiiro thing.
A telegram received at Orugory thin
week Halt ! the decision would probably
come this wuek ; that thu propoKltlon
WIIB iincerlaln. Holli towns are hope-
noThe
The Iowa delegation In congress In
mild to have boon working Tor Dalian.
Judge Wlttun , It IH Hiilil , claims lo ho
neutral.
A iiumlior of roprosontatlvoH of
lioth IOWIIH aru Htlll In Washington.
People In this whole region aru on the
ijnl vlve In anticipation of the duclHlon ,
Intensity being added lo thu situation
liy the wplrltod rivalry existing between -
tween the two towns on general prin
ciples.
FREMONT FORTY STRONG.
Fremont Firemen Coming In Force
With Hundreds of Ribbons.
Fremont Herald : Illbhon budges by
the hundreds will bo given away by
the Fremont delegation to the annual
convention of the state volunteer Jlro
departments at Norfolk January 19 ,
20 and 21. Each badge will bear an
appropriate design and Inscription
calculated to boost for Fremont In an
effort to bring the 1'JIO convention to
thin city.
Ex-Chief M. M. Mortonsoii , president
of the statu association , and Chlot'
Harry Hauser expects to go to Norfolk
n day or HO early to got suitable apart
ments and establish headquarters for
t e representatives from Fremont ,
who will follow , forty strong.
Wlsner Man Seeks Sister.
Omaha Dee : Mrs. Hlanche Wolf ,
supposed to bo a resident of Omaha ,
Is being anxiously sought by her
brother , Charles j\noll ofVlsner. . lie
has asked the pollco to help IInd her ,
ns their mother Is seriously III and
may die. Officer Lahoy Is looking for
her today and will have her telephone
to her brother as soon as possible.
Carne to Life ; Wanted Cigar.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Jan. 1C. Special
The News : "Give mo a cigar , boys ;
I need It worse than anything else. "
These words wore spoken by Michael
Lundrigan , an employe of the Burlington -
ton railroad company at Edgemont , S.
D. , Immediately upon regaining con
sciousness after It was believed ho
had been fatally injured. Landrlgan
was Injured while attempting to couple
a freight car to a passenger coacli In
the Edgemont yards' of the company.
MOCK DUEL DISASTROUS.
One of Principals Forgot to Unload
Weapon Cornrnd Falls Dead.
Oakland , Cal. , Jan. ! . News was
received of a tragic ending of a merry
house party of Oakland young folks
at the summer home of Dr. H. P. Carleton -
leton at Hen Lomond , Santa Cruz
county , when Thomas N. Ritchie was
shot and killed in a mock duel will ;
his chum , Irving Cockroft.
The two youths , together with Dr
Knowles , Mrs. Knowles and Miss
Knowlcs , and the lattur's friend , Miss
Dorothy Bridges , were guests of Sidney
noy Carletou , son of Dr. Carleton , The
party was just coming to an end when 1
one of the throe young men proposed 1
a mock duel.
Ritchie emptied thu shells from his
weapon , young Carleton did the same ,
but in the confusion of jests and
laughter Cockroft forgot to unload
his weapon.
Ritchie and Cockroft advanced to
ward each other , and Ritchie , who was
llrst to snap the trigger of his gun
ban'cringly ' said : "Why don't you
shoot ? "
Cockroft pulled the trigger. There
was a loud report as the shell explod
ed and Richie , raising his arms spasmodically
medically , cried : "I am shot ! " and ,
fell at the feet of Miss Knowles and [
Miss Bridges , with a bullet through
his heart.
The dead youth was a brother of
Robert Ritchie , member of the edl
torlal staff of a Now York newspaper
NO LINCOLN STAMP.
In Centenary Year , Martyred Presi
dent Without Postal Honor.
Washington , Jan. 9. The picture
of Abraham Lincoln doesn't appear on
any postage stamp of the United
States , having been removed from the
five-cent stamp by the recent order
of the postmaster general.
When the government first wont
Into business , and for many years
thereafter , only the pictures of Frank
lin , founder of the postal department ,
nnd Washington wore used. Then var
ious other great Americans were put
on different denominations. Now
Postmaster General Meyer Is returnIng -
Ing to the original arrangement of us
ing only Washington and Franklin.
The Immediate resmt Is n storm of
protest from admirers of Lincoln.
They want him restored to a stamp
of his own. nnd kept there , and saved
from the discomfort of the peripatetic
existence which has been his. Ho
has successively adorned , for short
spaces , the 15-cent , the 90-cent , the 6-
cent , the -l-cent and the 5-cent Issues.
Representative Dawson. of Iowa , re
cently proposed n resolution to Issue
n special series of Lincoln stamps
this year , In commemoration of the
centenary of Lincoln's birth. Rut this
only called the attention of philate
lists and Lincoln admirers to the fact
that Lincoln has been dropped out.
nnd now letters are coming to the
postmaster general , the postofflco com
mittees and to other statesmen , de
manding that Lincoln bo given a per
manent place In the stamp series.
How About Corn ; IB It Golno Up ?
to The NOWH : Thu vital topic of the
day among farmers In the price of
corn. In fact two corn-ralsurs who
meet on the road cannot talk five mill-
ntoH without asking each other's opin
ion on that all-absorbing question : "In
corn going up ? "
The pi Ice of corn has advanced In
thu past HO often In the spring that
many fanners are In the habit of
looking forward to It the HUIIIO a thuy
look forward to the spring raise In
the rive I'M ' and to the northern Might
of goono.
Last year the man who braved thu
panic and steadfastly held to his corn
till summer , reaped a rich harvest , for
he obtained fiom twenty to thirty
cents per buithel more than ho could
hiive realized had he Hold In October
or early November.
ThU year , however , conditions are
dlffeii'iit. While com Is reported
short in some .stales the demand Is re
ported even shorter. In nearly every
stock paper from Omaha , Chicago , St.
Ixmlu and Kansas City are Interviews
with prominent feeders from all over
the corn belt. With but few excep
tions they all have the same story to
tell , I. o. , that farmers who usually
feed from one to throe or four loads
of cattle are not feeding this year but
are holding their corn for the spring
raise. Hogs , also , have been shipped
very close In many sections to avoid
feeding high-priced corn.
While the uses to which corn may
be put have multiplied In the past few
years by far the largest per cent of
the corn crop Is fed to cattle and hogs.
Since prices of any commodity are
governed by the law of supply nnd de
mand to what do the above mentioned
conditions point ?
A great many farmers In the vicin
ity of Clearwater seem to think that
they point to no very great advance hi
price of corn this year , nnd they have
been cashing in their corn supplies
right along as fast as shelters wore
available , preferring to take the cer
tainty of the fairly good price of ' 1C to
IS cents to the uncertainty of a higher
price in the spring.
As a result the few cattle feeders
In the vicinity of Clearwater are well
supplied with com , even piling shelled
corn on the ground for lack of crib-
room , and the bulk of the corn is now
turning toward the elevators , while the
price of corn remains about station
ary.
ary.Fanners
Fanners who have expected and
waited the customary vise are getting
uneasy , for with the limited demand
they realize that If any largo proportion
tion of corn holders should decide to
cash In , the price of corn might tend
downward instead of upward.
ROCKEFELLER'S OPINION.
Oil Magnate Says Negro is Right About
Salvation nnd Damnation.
Atlanta , On. , Jan. 13. The views of
John D. Rockefeller on the theological
doctrine of election and predestination
wore related to the Baptist minister.1-
at Atlanta yesterday as the result of a
discussion of those doctrines at their
weekly meeting. Rockefeller's views
wore presented because of Rev. John
White , of Atlanta. "While riding with
Mr. Rockefeller in his auto , " said Dr.
White , "we began to discuss election.
I related the story of a Georgia negro's
explanation of election. Ho was jok
ingly asked what this election means ,
and he answered : 'Well , you see , the
Lord and the devil are always voting ,
one for your salvation and one for
your damnation , and whichever way
you vote you get selected accordingly. '
Mr. Rockefeller laughed at the story
and then declared his view on the doc
trine of election coincided with that
of the negro. Mr. Rockefeller further
declared that the view In question
dominated the theology being taught
In the univqrslty of Chicago. "
REST FOR "FRAZZLED" MINDS.
Psychical Rest Room to be Established
In Chicago.
Chicago , Jan. 13. A psychic rest
room , where one's worries and mental
ills are to bo banished by that subtle
power which everybody Is supposed
to contain within one's self , is to become -
come a fact In Chicago.
This rest room the first of its kind
is to bo maintained in connection
with classes in Christian psychologj
which meet at Emmanuel Baptist
church. It was at last evening's ses
sion of the class that the Rev. D. John
ston announced that a rest room would
no established In the near future.
While declaring that It was not ex
pected to become a panacea for all
Ills , he said it would bo maintained on
the same theory that had permitted
him to keep in such physical condi
tion that he could remain In his pulpit
until the present time.
Judge Isn't Afraid.
Washington , Jan. 12. Daniel Thow
Wright , who handed down the decision
sending Gompers , Mitchell and Mor
risen to jail , Is a much dlsqtisted
man. Judge Wright Isn't afraid of
anything In particular , being a phy
sical giant , with a list like n ham and
a jaw like a steel boar trap. But after
ho had delivered his famous opinion
the pollco department sent some offi
cers to guard his house. It made him
tired.
Driving Club Has New Head.
W. J. Stadelman , president ,
John Friday , vice president.
P. M. Barrett , secretary.
J. 12. Haase. treasurer.
Norfolk is still In the racing game.
The Norfolk Driving club , which last
night elected Its officers for the com
ing year , will start to plan at once
for a successful race moot. Some of
the plans under discussion call for a
frontier show , features for which
could easily bo obtained from the Rose
bud and Pine Ridge country.
The attendance at the meeting last
night was encouraging. Prospects for
a successful race meeting are favor
able.
- ji -j- . i , . _ „ OM.a T
Stadelman < IH chosen president , C. II.
Oroesbeck finding It Impossible' , to
serve longer on account of the In
creased demands of his business , thu
territory under his direction having
been greatly extended during the past
year. Mr. Groesheck has been presi
dent of the club for two years and
was was untiring In his uffoits. The
meeting two years ago set a new '
record , which last year's races
promised to equal had'they not been
marred by rain. The other ofllcers
were to-elected.
Secretary Barrett was anxious to '
withdraw from his office , which de
mands the care of all the details of the 1
big meet. The meeting , howvor. In
sisted on him retaining the place for
at least one year inoio and gave him I
a ilolng vote as n compliment.
A Good Selection.
It was the unanimous sentiment of
( lie business men at the meeting last1 [
night that a better selection than Mr.
Stadelman for president could not have j
.
boon made. The new president will
bring to the. office the necessary
.
energy'combined with public spirit
and executive grasp , to make the com
ing season a noteworthy one In the !
history of racing In Norfolk.
Mr. Stadolman was out of the city
yesterday and Is not expected home
until tonight , having made an address
before thu statu Independent tele
phone association at Lincoln.
Prairie Hens Rob Corn Field.
Clearwater , Neb. , Jan. 1-1. Special I
to The News : Otto Schnauol , a suc
cessful farmer living southeast of t
town , reports that since the recent t
snow and cold weather the prairie
chickens are playing havoc with his j
corn that Is still standing in the Hold.
His south farm extends up near the
hills and since the snow has covered
the hills the chickens are flocking to
his cornfields and are stripping every
ear they can reach from the ground.
He estimates that he has scon as high
as 150 chickens in his field on a single '
morning. This is probably a very
conservative estimate as The News '
correspondent in driving along the !
road in that neighborhood saw two
Hocks of perhaps twenty-five or thirty
In a Hock , one of which was approach
ed within easy gunshot.
As Mr. Schnabel is waiting for mild
er weather in which to gather the re
mainder of his crop there is nothing
for him to do except stand by and see
the prairie chickens help themselves
for the game-laws make no provision
for allowing a farmer to protect his
crops by shooting the marauders , and
he Is as liable to a fine of $5 a head
if he attempts to protect his property
in tills way as is the pot-hunter.
.If the Nebraska legislature does
away with the open season on prairie
chlckt us they ought to Incorporate in 1
the law a clause exempting the farmer
whose fields are located In a neigh
borhood where chickens are plentiful ,
from punishment-If ho shoots to pro
tect Ills own property.
Yanktons to Get Cash.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Jan. M. Special
to The News : A payment of ? M,000
will be made in the near future by the
United States government to the Sioux
Indians belonging at Yankton Indian
agency. The money will bo paid from
a fund to the credit of these Indians
in the United States treasury , and
will tide them over the remainder of
the winter.
"CINDERELLA" SIZES BARRED
No Crowding of Sevens ' o No. 1 ,
A , If Shoe Men Ha /ay.
New York , Jan. 14. T > ' - will bo a
rise In the recorded sii. of women's
feet if the men have their way. No
more will milady bo able to squeeze
her No. 7 pedal extremities Into No.
2s , no matter how willing she may be
to stand the pain of the squeeze.
Shoe men and manufacturers' asso
ciations , have decided in the altruistic
fashion common to tradesmen , that
such things shall not bo. In other
words it has been decided In the fu
ture to mark the real sizes on shoes
in plain figures. Most shoe dealers
have used the code system In marking
women's shoes , by which a customer
of that sex may flutter into a store , sit
down on the bench and sweetly re
mark to the man In charge :
"I think No. 1 A will about fit , " and
then be threatened with convulsions
while the obliging salesman squeezes
or tries to squeeze same onto what's
the use ?
"It's just vanity , " said Jolin Hanan ,
the shoe man , who Introduced the
measure , "and ought to bo stopped. "
"It enables the 'clerk to substitute
one size for another In selling to a
customer but It Is a form of deception
that Is obviously unfair and unneces-
SLEIGH BROKE IN TWO.
Qharlle Groesbeck Took His Friend a
Sleigh Riding.
The only cutter riders out on Nor
folk avenue yesterday afternoon , C. II.
Groesbeck nnd his friend , W. C. Fryo ,
created a little ripple of excitement as
they drove merrily down the avenue
and something of a spasm of amuse
ment when they came back up the
avenue not quite so merrily. Groes
beck had borrowed a cutter of Her
man Gerecke , a venerable cutter which
could not stand for the pressure and
twists to which It was subjected , but
which broke squarely In two , precip
itating the occupants along the road
way In vigorous fashion. Groesbeck
and Fryo , on their knees , drove home on
the skeleton of a sleigh that remained.
ACCUSE CANTONWINE.
Now Claimed That He Was Not
Robbed. Merely Pretende to Be.
Sioux Falls , 8. D. , Jan. 14. Special
n Thn NAWB : Notwithstanding hl
. claim , madu last September , of having
) been lobbed of $35,000 In cash , which
he alleged had been taken from the
, safe In his store , J. C. Cantonwlne ,
, formeily engaged In the general mor-
I chandlso business at Armour , S. D. ,
together with his wife has been cited
I lo appear before Henry A. Muller ,
, refeiee In onnkruptcy In Sioux Falls ,
. on Fibruary 2 next , and show cause
,
'why they should not bo ordeied to
produce the $35,000. The petition ask-1
li'g for the order to show cause recites i
that Cantonwlne simply pretended to
have been lobbed and that this claim
was made for the purpose of misleadIng -
Ing and defrauding his creditors. Can-
tonwlno had liabilities exceeding $00-
000.
, DANIEL CAUSES SENSATION.
Former Norfolk Boy Is Making "Some
Stir" In Omaha.
! Herbert S. Daniel , city prosecutor
of Omaha , formerly of Norfolk , caused
a sensation In Judge Soar's court In
Omaha yesterday , by declaring that
, . ! . J. Wetmore. on trial for bribery ,
j j had told the prosecutor that Chief of
!
I Police John J. Donahue had been re
ceiving $150 and former Prosecutor
Tl'omas ' Lee had been paid $200 a
I month for protection by M. F. Martin ,
owner of much property In the third
ward.
ward.Wetmore
Wetmore Is on trial for attempting
to brlbo Daniel not to close the "Ar
cade , " a resort owned by Martin. He
testified that Wetmore offered him
, $500 cash and $200 a month , or $1,500
cash In one payment , If the place was
permitted to operate.
"Wetmore told mo Martin had paid
Chief Donahue $150 a month , " Daniel
testified , "and that Martin had also
paid former Prosecutor Leo $200 a
month for not molesting the Arcade. "
On cross examination Daniel said
ho had not presented the matter to
the first grand jury called after the
alleged attempt to brlbo him because
he had hoped to "get Martin himself. "
I
) Dean Beeeher , of Trinity cathedral ,
and several other prominent citizens
have boon behind the prosecution.
Martin Is now under Indictment in
connection with his operation of tlio
| "Arcade , " although ho has disposed of
!
all his property In that district.
Chief Donahue denies he ever ac
cepted money for protection of vice.
Chief Speaker to be Big Gun.
Some man of prominence , probably
either a member of the Interstate com
merce commission or the president of
the Rock Island railroad , will bo
brought to Norfolk next March as the
chief speaker at the state convention
of Nebraska commercial clubs. The
convention will bo In session in this
city two days , March 17 and IS.
Last night H. M. Bushnell of Lin
coln , president of the state association ,
and A. F. Buechler of Grand Island ,
state secretary , were In Norfolk and
met the directors oi the Commercial
club. Convention details wore out
lined.
By reason of Norfolk's location In
north Nebraska , the state officers hope
to interest in the coming convention
many north state towns which have
not before had representatives at the
annual gatherings. The Norfolk Com
mercial club will undertake an active
campaign U > bring these north Nebras
ka towns Into the organization.
Wireless Phone ?
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Jan. 1C. Special
to The News : The manager at Mllcs-
vllle , a small town In Stanley county ,
of a sub-station at that place of a
through telephone line claims that for
several days he enjoyed the unique
privilege of utilizing a wireless tele
phone. Ho states mat uurlng a
recent heavy snow storm the wire
broke a short distant * out of Miles-
villo , but that he did not discover It
and knew nothing of it until a
traveler entered the sub-station and
reported that the wire was broken. At
tlio time the manager was talking with
Topbar , a town eight iiiiies beyond the
reported break , and would not bollovc
tlie wire had been broken. He be
lieved the wire had only been loosened
and sagged to the ground. An Investi
gation was made the following day
and it was discovered that the wire
In reality had been broken and that
the cuds were fully forty feet apart ,
each embedded In a snow drift. The
manager states that he Is ready to
make affidavit that during the Inter
val communication was uninterrupted
with Philip and other points along
the line , the circuit being perfect as
ever , one party using the long dis
tance to Rapid City. Thus , accordIng -
Ing to the claims of the telephone man
ager , the voices passed through forty
feet of snow.
THE JENSEN FIGHT.
"Kid" Jensen of Norfolk and Lee
Davis Fight In Dallas January 22.
Dallas News : A match has been
arranged for between "Kid" Jensen of
Norfolk and Lee Davis of Gregory to
be pulled off In Dallas January 22.
Jensen Is now In the city training
for the event and a well matched fight
may be expected. A few days ago
Lee Davis put O'Leary out of com
mission at Gregory In ono round and
Jensen says he Is confident ho can do
likewise with Davis.
Jensen is a blacksmith by trade and
Is well known In this section of South
Dakota as an athlete of no mean abil
ity.
Ills friends expect that he will give
a good account of himself on the
22nd Inst.
VOTE FOR ANDREW LEE.
South Dakota Democrats Give Him
Complimentary Vote. The Bonds.
Plorro , S. D. , Jan. 1C. The Demo
cratic members of the legislature voted
ed to Indorse Ex-Governor Andrew E.
Lee of Vermllllon , for the office of
United States senator. The action
was a mere formality in performance
; of i the promise made to Mr. Leo when
he : consented to become a candidate
i against Mr. VeHsoy for the governor-
, .ship. I Hud the Democrats elected a
majority of members of both houses
of the legislature , his party was
bound to approve his candidacy for
the place.
I Bates , Byrnes and others will con
stitute the donate on Senator Dillon's
I bill to return the money secured by
the state from the pressing of the
Noith Caiollim bond suit. The bill
| i will piolmbly be defeated , as there Is
no new argument to bo presented In
suppoit of the return of the money
at this time , and the session of two
yt nrs ago defeated a similar proposal
nlToellng the same bonds.
The Sheriff's State association Is in
session bore. These officials are ask
ing for a law to make fees uniform
In all counties.
President Single of the S. D. A. col
lege at Biooklngs , IH here In the In
terests of that Institution.
PROSPERITY AND DIVORCES.
Professor S.iys Civilization Always
"Winks at Divorce.
Ithaca , N. Y. , Jan. 13. Walter F.
Wlllcox , professor at Cornell unlver-1
slty , who , as consulting statistician of
the state department of health , has
studied the question of divorce , told
the Cornell bible class :
"I do not think that It can bo dem
onstrated that there has been a low
ering of morals in this country duo
to the Increase of divorce , nor do I
believe that the popular opinion that
tlio desire of A to marry C is the usual
reasons for A desiring a divorce from
B. Is true. I-rom the time of the
Piotestant reformation all the coun
tries of Christendom have been In
volved In a movement in the direction
of facilitating or at least winking nt ,
so to speak , divorce. The rate of In
crease has been almost unchecked and
uniform. During business depressions
the rate has fallen , but after such
periods of depression Iheie ban boon
more than the normal rate of in
crease. "
FRIDAY FACTS.
Mrs. J. F. Losch of West Ponil is
visiting in Norfolk.
Deputy County Clerk "Sam McFar-
land was In Norfolk today , returning
from the Odd Fellows' banquet at
Neligh.
Mrs. W. E. Spencer of Alliance , a
former resident of Norfolk , Is visit
ing 'relatives here , having stopped in
tlio city on her way home from Chi
cago.
Among the day's out of town visitors
in Norfolk were : Mrs. A. E. Fricke ,
Winnetoon ; J. E. Armstrong , Miss
Ethel Armstrong , Plalnvlew ; C. M.
Taylor , Columbus ; Charles H. Cliace ,
Stanton ; W. II. Green , Crelghton ; N.
S.Vestropo , Plalnvlew ; August
/Clemer , George Wcatherholt , Hosklns ;
President J. M. Pile , Wayne normal.
Daniel Finley Is in Chicago attend
ing the bi-annual mooting of the North
western engineers. '
Judge Welch was expected to have
gone to Pierce this week to hoar the
election contest case , but will not now
bo In that town until the first week In
February.
Burt Mapes was to have responded
to Mayor Brown's address of welcome
to the ninth annual convention of tlio
Independent telephone association but
was unable to be In Lincoln.
Chester Slaughter of Dallas passed
through Norfolk yesterday enroute
home from Chicago. He repeated hero
the statement made by him in Chicago
rhat anybody holding a number above
l.fiOO in the Trlpp land lottery , might
as well forget the thing altogether.
W. H. Green , editor of the Crelghton
Liberal , was in Norfolk- yesterday af
ternoon. Incidentally ho took homo
a piano that he didn't know he owned
until ho reached town. Mr. Green
recently engaged In the thgatrical busi
ness , fitting up a portion of his build
ing at Crelghton for an opera house.
Pierce Leader : Chas. Stoeber , a
tailor of Norfolk , started a tailor shop
in Pierce this week , In the rooms over
the Pierce State bank occupied a
couple years ago by a Norfolk tailor
named Nordwlg. Mr. Stoebor has en
gaged Al Herrmann of this town to
look after the business here. We
hope the new firm does well and gives
satisfaction.
Paul Schultz was down from Pierce.
C. S. Smith of Madison was In Nor
folk yesterday.
Mrs. M. E. Homenway of Clenrwater
was In Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shlnn are homo
from Sioux City.
Will Zutz Is down from Gregory for
a short visit at home.
Mrs. John Ray , who has been visit
ing Norfolk for the past week , returned
to her home today.
W. H. Ryol , who has been vlstlng
In Chadron for several weeks , returned
homo Friday noon.
Mrs. August Deck , Mrs. August Rub-
low , Miss Dora Ruhlow , Mrs. Louis
Zleeko , Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Schlack and
John Collins were Hoskins visitors In
Norfolk.
Mrs. W. B. Bobbins of Omaha was
In Norfolk to see her brother , Tom
Brlceho is recovering from an at
tack of .typhoid fever. Mr. Brlce Is
now able to sit up In a chair.
Ira G. Wcstervolt is very low and
seems to bo growing weaker this WOOK.
W. A. Moldenhaiior is seriously ill
with asthma. Fears were entertained
last night that ho could not survive the
night.
Pierce Leader : R. W. Shepard , who
has been the manager for the Edwards
& Bradford Lumber Company at
Foster for the past two or three years ,
has resigned his position there. Mr.
Shepard was at Plerco Wednesday and
ho told the Leader that ho would re
move from Foster but to what town
qnd in which buslndss ho would en
gage he had not fully decided on , al
though he had thought somewhat of
i moving to Norfolk. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Shepard are line young people who
- have 'always taken a lending part In
the church and social affalrH at Fouler ,
and no doubt they have many friends
who will regret to learn of ( heir In
tended departure from their midst.
Mr. Shepard has been succeeded ut
FoHter by a gentleman by name of E.
C. Wilbur.
Installation of officers and Initiation
of candidates makes tonight's meeting
of the Eagles Important. A lunch will
he served at the close of the core-
monies.
E. E. Bcels left today for Sioux City ,
whore he recently purchased a cigar
store , pool hall and barber shop , lie
shipped his household goods and bus
purchased a home n'eai Riverside parti.
As carrier on rural route No. ! ho IIUH
been succeeded bv George M. Farley.
Word has reached Norfolk friends
that August Knro of thlp city , now vis
iting at his old home In Germany , has
suffered from a stroke of paralysis , lie
Is unable either ( o speak or to move
about. The stroke occurred some
weeks ago and nt last reports he wan
nllghtly Improved.
The Living Church Annual just Is
sued gives the following statistics for
the past year of the Protestant Epis
copal church In diocese of Nebraska :
Clergy , III ; parishes and missions , 57 ;
lay readers , 30 ; candidates for orders ,
5 : postulants , I ; baptisms , Infants ,
312 ; adults , ItiO ; total , -182 ; continued ,
105 ; communicants , ' 1,080 ; last re
ported , ' 1,805 ; Increase , 175 ; marri
ages , 188 ; burials , : MI ; Sunday school ,
teachers , 280 ; scholars , 2,179 ; contri
butions , $130.851) ) . ! ( ! .
F. G. Cm-yell of this city has been
mimed ns deputy assessor for Norfolk
by County Assessor Ruth. G. L. Carter
has been reappolnled assessor for the
outside precinct. Norfolk city will
have just one assessor this year as It
Is only necessary to assess the per
sonal property and the Improvements
on real estate this year. The real estate
valuations are now made once in four
jonrs. City Treasurer C. L. Anderson ,
who was real estate assessor , declined
to take the assessorshlp again , Ex-
Councilman Garvln , who handled the
personal assessments last year , Is no
longer a resident of the city.
In a letter to The News George L.
Whitliam , formerly of Norfolk but now
of Los Angeles , comments upon the
great change which has become ap
parent in names of Norfolk people dur
ing the seven years intervening since
he loft. "It hns been seven years since
we left Norfolk , " hu writes. "It seems
to have been receding In the distance
all this time , not but that our love for
It burns still just as warmly , but the
loss of our old friends and the removal
of ninny of them from your midst , the
loss of the old names from your col
umns and t he sight of so many now ones
therein which have come to take their
places , suggest the question Ms this our
former home ? ' Doubtless were we In
the city the physical changes would
further emphasize the suggestion. We
often long to see you all once more.
We arc very well satisfied here , es
pecially when we hear of your cold
winter , the winds and the snows. Wo
feel the cold decidedly hero when tlio
frost appears just a little. Since living
in Los Angeles I have not worn un
overcoat and feel but little need of
any. We present our Christmas greet
ings and hope for The News and the
Queen City a happy and prosperous
New Year. " Mr. Whitliam is still prac
ticing law.
Con Young May Hunt With Teddy.
Omaha. Neb. , Jan. 1-I. Conrad II.
Young , well known throughout thu
middle west for his interest in lawn
tennis and hunting , has received an In
vitation to accompany the president
on his trip to South Africa.
Mr. Young was with the president
two years ago on a hunting trip in the
south and has several times visited the
White House. Ills piowess with the
rlllo and shotgun , as well as with the
tennis racket , has doubtless appealed
to the president. Mr. Young's sister
was for some years , and at the time
the Roosevelts entered the White
House , governess to the Roosevelt
children.
Mr. Young Is engaged In business In
Omaha , where ho represents the land
and cattle Interests of Sir Horace
I'lunkett , of Ireland , In the west.
Conrad Young Is a brother of Dr.
G. A. Young of Norfolk , superinten
dent of the Insane hospital here. The
former has visited in Norfolk.
OLD SETTLER DIES.
Robert McKlbben Dies on Farm Where
He Has Lived Twenty-Six Years.
Robert McKlbben , a pioneer with
twenty-six years residence In Madison
county to his credit , died at 5 o'clock
Friday morning at his homo some
miles west of the city. He had been
seriously 111 with pneumonia for some
eight or nine days.
Mr. McKlbben was sixty-eight years
old. He served through the civil war
with an Ohio regiment. Ho Is survived
by a wife , four sons and a daughter.
The funeral will be hold at 1 o'clock
from the homo Sun'day afternoon. In
terment will be In a nearby cemetery.
DR. MACKAY EXPLAINS.
Norfolk Physician Explains What He
Means About the Load and the Lift.
Editor News : I did not oven Imply
that the horse lifts the load. I simply
stated that It would be as pertinent to
Inquire If a horse lifts the load as to
ask If ho pushes or pulls It. Tests
have demonstrated that a horse will
pull a greater load where a portion of
the load Is own his back. Isolated
cases of a small dray team moving
fifty towns proves nothing. Only a
Dories of tests under similar conditions
is competent proof. All this has al
ready been worked out and settled. It
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has been proven that , other conditions
Then letters began to come to him ,
some of them threatening In tone , lie
still declined to scare. One man wrote :
"I will be there In five days and then
all will be over. "
Judge Wright has been urged ( o turn
the threatening letters over to the pos
tal authorities , but declined. He re
fuses to have an escort , remarking
that ho "Isn't afraid lo go home In the
dark. It's sort of depressing , of
course , " he added , "to read a bunch
of letters every day telling how mnn.\
days you have to live and by what
process the end will come : but I am
being equal that Is , Htralghtnoss of
legs , angle of pasterns , conformation
of hock and knee joints , slope of
shoulder arch anil length of spine ,
length and slope of hips , size and rib
bing of thorax and relative capacity of
abdomen the horse with weight can
pull the greater load. And a percent
age of this weight need be only fat.
The early locomotives proved In
adequate to pull heavy loads because
they had not sufficient weight. Tests
made by loading them with scrap Iron
Increased their efficiency. Endurance ,
about which Mr. Mnrwood writes , de
pends on the nervous system and the
lung , heart and stomach capacity , an
much as the muscular power. The
ideal draft horse has a back shorter
than the length of hip or shoulder , the
angle of the pasterns should bo fortj-
flve degrees , the knees straight and
the tail should drop perpendicularly
from the hock to the ankle when the
animal is at rest. And ho must have
weight. Pound for pound a hundred
horses with similar conformation ,
weighing a ton each , will out-pull a
similar number of horses of ICSB
weight. J. n. Mackay.
West Point News.
West Point , Neb. , Jan. 1C. Special
to The News : The Nuiburg Manufac
turing company have elected as direc
tors the following : J. F. Loscli , W. T.
S. Neligh , Joseph Jerman , A. L.
Kraitse , O. O. Anderson , William Stue-
for and J. T. Bamnann. The officers
for the ensuing year are : President ,
G. L. Nolburg ; vice president , J. F.
Losch ; secretary , F. W. Nelburg , and
treasurer , W. T. S. Nellgh. The busi
ness of the company is reported to bo
in a very flourishing condition.
A severe sleet storm prevailed in
this section all day Friday , the wea
ther being very disagreeable and loco
motion much impeded.
The annual Ice harvest is now in
progress at West Point. Tlio Ice Is of
magnificent quality , clear and is fully
eighteen Inches thick.
The West Point Commercial club ,
through W. T. S. Neligh , Its secretary ,
is actively engaged in a project for
the establishment of a canning factory
in West Point. A committee are now
securing subbcriptlons to the enter
prise , and have so far received much
encouragement. The comnanv nro-
poses to start business with ? 15,000
paid up capital , $25,000 being author
ized. About ono third of this amount
Is already secured. The capacity of
the plant Is to bo10,000 cans daily and
It is expected to employ from 150 to
175 hands during the canning season.
ORDER FOR CANTONWINE.
Former Northeast Nebraska Man
Must Appear for Further Hearing.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , Jan. 14. Credit
ors of J. C. Cantonwlne , formerly en
gaged In the general merchandise busi
ness at Armour , S. D. , who last Sep
tember created a sensation by an
nouncing that some unknown person
or persons had robbed the safe In his
store of $35,000 In cash , have applied
for and been granted an order requir
ing Caiitonwlno and his wife to appear
before Henry A. Muller , referee in
bankruptcy In Sioux Falls , and show
cause why they should not bo ordered
to p'roduce the $35,000 which ho al
leged was stolen.
Off to Texas.
WIsiier. Neb. , Jan. 1C. Special to
The News : A train of fourteen cars
of emigrants left Winner for the
Panhandle country yesterday to settle
on land bought through Ira Burnham ,
A. G. Todly nnd L. C. Tomko of this
place. General Passenger Agent
Hughes of the Missouri Pacific was
hero to see that everything was all
right. The following parties went
along :
Gus Johnson , Paul Christiansen ,
Marcus Borkrnnnn , J. P. Stahl , Fred
AhreiiB , J. E , Brown , Carl Heldomann ,
I. R. Jenkins , Aug Remnars , II. Kuhl-
mann , John Ott , Henry Meyer , Her
man Meyer , Henry Gerterson , Ernest
Albert ) , William Lasseberg and Qua
Lasseberg.