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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1909)
r WEIOK'l/S'NtfVVrt-.JOUKNAL FIU ; AY .JANUARY 92 15)0 ) M\ Little Child Bndly Burned. Nowinnn Orovu , Noli. , .Inn. 20. Spe cial to Tlio NOWH : Whllo Mrs. lloln- rich Hcliinlilt of tlilu place WIIK tem porarily absent from thu IIOUHO , her young HOII about four years of age In some mnnnorgot liolil of a iniitcli and set lira to ( ho clothing of thu HiniUI baby In the crlli , burning off the child's lulli1 anil Bovoroly burning its fuco niul uriiiH. When Mrs. Schmidt entered the house , she was horrlllcd to Ilnd her baby In flames , She quickly oxtln gulshod the Hames hut not until the child was lorrlhly burned. Whllo the child IH expected to llvo , It IB feared that the llttlu one will bo disfigured for life. Krnntz Led Horses Dnck. Hats off again 'o the anti-horse thief association. Tuesday afternoon the association grabbed some now laurels , plucking them from under the nose of the Norfolk police forco. When word was brought to Norfolk that the two horses stolen during the night from the barn of tl o Standard Oil company had been found by Henry Hnasch at his farm two miles north of the sugar factory , Chief Peters hired a team and rushed out to gather in the horses and any possible reward. The chief drove. Twenty minutes later John Krantz , one of the chief officers of the anti- horse thief association , decided thai he would go out and brim ; the horses In. Ho took an auto and the shortest road. The chief took tho.long load When Chief Peters drove up to the Raasch farm ho saw Krantz loading the two horses out of the barn. Ui to this time Krantz did not know that Peters was In the race. Were Used by the Robbers. Little doubt exists bore but that the horses were used by the Hadnr bank robbers. As the horses had not been hitched up but merely bridled , the theory Is that the robbers rode to the bank , robbed It and rode their horses as far as they dared or cared to. Before Haasch found the horses they had boon soon near a farm still farther north. Hadar Is llvo miles north of this city on the road loading directly north from Seventh street. I Sit Down on Dr. Bracking. ! Dr. J. M. Aikln , Omaha , president. Dr. A. B. Tashjoau , Norfolk , vice : ' president. 1 Dr. C. C. Johnson , Crelghton , vice 1 president. 1 Dr. W. R. Peters , Stanton , secretary. Dr. W. H. Pllger , Norfolk , treasurer. Dr. G. L. Bracking , a Norfolk prac titioner of considerable ago and of some fifty years experience , came yes terday afternoon to the annual moot ing of the Elkhorn Valley Medical so ciety , armed with charts and manu script , to read the opening paper be fore th6 reputable body , but remained In silence to listen to the reading of a pamphlet circulated by him and alleged to have reflected upon other members of the medical profession. Dr. Bracklng's paper , the first on the program , was entitled "Gonorrhoea , the Scourge of Human Life. " Before ho could proceed objection was raised. / \ Dr. J. H. Mackay recited certain charges made by Dr. Bracking in an advertising pamphlet Issued by the lat ter. He thought that the doctor should bo more explicit that the society might act. The pamphlet was then handed in and read aloud by Dr. Beattlo of Ne llgh , chairman of the committee on grievances. It was of great length and rcllocted on the local medical pro fession. In addition to presenting what the doctors present evidently consid ered very extravagant claims of bis own merit. In the discussion which followed several leading Nebraska physicians participated. All expressed surprise at the nature of the pamphlet. The action taken was to suspend Dr. Bracking from the society until the proper committee could pass on the case. He was not allowed to pro ceed with his paper , but the floor was given instead to Dr. A. C. Stokes of Omaha. When Dr. Bracking saw that he * could not read his paper ho left the meeting. Meeting Unusually Successful. The thirteenth annual mooting , save for this incident , was probably as successful and profitable as any in the long history of' the society. Some * thirty physicians were in attendance , Omaha and Lincoln being well repre sented. Those who read papers were : Dr. A. C. Stokes of Omaha , Dr. Joseph B. Hardy of Stanton ; Dr. R. J. Midgley of Omaha , Dr. Sarah Blalne Kalar , bloomtleld ; Dr. H. W. Orr , Lincoln ; Dr. W. R. Hobbs of Omaha and Dr. A. L. Culmsco of Norfolk. One Death During Year. One death hod occurred during the year. Dr. Edward Dodd of Wlnnetoon dying at Dansvillo , N. Y. , on April 27 , IfiOS. ago twenty-nine. Suitable reso lutions were adopted. Following the evening meeting at the Pacific , lunch was .served , con eluding with a number of toasts b > prominent physicians. County Society Reorganizes. During the afternoon the count } medical society met and elected new officers for the coming year as fol lows : Dr. P. H. Salter. president ; Dr J. H. Mackay , vice president ; Dr. W II. Pilger , secretary and treasurer. Dr. Wells Won't Take the Place. Dr. Wells of West Point has def Initely declined to servo as assistant superintendent In the Norfolk hospital for the insane , to which position he was recently appointed by Governor Shallenberger. Friends of Dr. Wells in Cumlng county think he was en titled to more recognition nt the hands of the governor than he got. And his leclinatlon shows the tensity of feei ng In the matter. Dr Wells was In Norfolk yesterday attending the medi cal association meeting. For the llmo being both Dr. Dlshong mil Dr. Kelly , Hist and second as sistant physicians at the Institution , will remain. Mrs. W. G. Baker's suc cessor as matron mis not yet boon ap pointed. Dr. Young and M. Hobh , whoso suc cessors as superintendent and steward liavo been named , bavo arranged to leave the Institution a week from next Monday , February 1. Dr. Young called up Governor Shallonborgor over the telephone yesterday to ask to ho relieved , as he desires to start as soon as possible for Europe. Dr. Porcival of Omaha will ho the new superintendent and II. E. Gorecke of Norfolk the now steward. Wife May Die From Beating. Croighton , Nob. , Jan. 20. Special to The News : Mrs. George Hoferer of this city Is In a very critical condition as the result , It Is said , of n beatng at the hands of her drunken husband. It Is ofarcd that she- may not recover. She had just gotten up from a sick bed when the whipping Is said to have taken place. Hoforor has not boon arrested. It Is also said Hoferer brutally whipped his children , Shot Off Toe ; Accidental Discharge. Newman Grove , Neb. . Jan. 20. Spe cial to The News : Alvln Anderson , u young son of Peter II. Anderson of this place , suffered a painful accident by the premature discharge of a shotgun whlcli took off the third too of the loft foot. He was compelled to postpone his hunting trip for some time. Air Gun Accident ; May Take Hand. Lindsay. Neb. , Jan. 20. Special to Pho News : Miss Mllly Nathan , a girl input fifteen years old , met with quite i painful accident while walking in the louse. One of her smaller brothers llscharged an air-gun that ho had oaded with a shingle nail , and the nail struck Miss Nathan in the hand. She pulled out the nail but soon her land began to swell and a serious case if blood poisoning sot In. Dr. Tobkin vas called and had to open the hand inito freely , lancing in several places , lo hopes to save the hand. Perished on the Rosebud. Valentine , Nob. , Jan. 19. Special to j Pho News : Lee Philips of Rosebud , S. D. , was found In a snow drift frozen to death. Ho started out from Crooljstoii , Nob. , on Wod- , losday with a load of coal and feed and that was the last hoard of ilm until his team showed up at Rose- mil with the check reins still up. Searching parties started out and found his wagon broken down , but ils body was not found until yesterday. It is thought that after ho broke down ho started to load his team to Rose bud , but lost his way and finally gave up to the cold. Ho lives at Rosebud ind is a freighter. OPPOSED BY DRUG MEN. Food Commissioner Finds No Support Among Druggists for His Measure. Pierre , S. D. , Jan. 20. Probably the biggest row of the present session of the legislature will take place between the druggists of South Dakota and A. H. Whcaton , dairy and food commis sioner. There is absolutely no chance for any compromise , both sides declar ing they will stand fast. I The state supreme court having de clared unconstitutional the pure drug act passed two years ago , on account of a confusion In verbiage , H is recog nized that a new act must be passed at tills time. The measure championed by the druggists is known as house bill No. 2 , Introduced by Representative Sasso , president of their state association. It is a copy of the national drug act , now In force in thirty states , with a single change , placing the enforcement In the hands of the state board of pharmacy , as was done In Iowa. The bill supported by Commissioner Wheaton Is knoVn as house bill No. 80 , and was Introduced by Representative Simonson of Brooklngs. It requires the label of all proprietary medicines to give the common name of each and every ingredient or , if it is not desired to publish this statement , to submit the preparation to examination by a referee board consisting of the presi dent of the state hoard'of health , the president of the state board of phar macy and the state chemist. Under the druggists' bill , as in the national law , It is provided simply that all drugs shall be of standard purity and that any Intoxicant or habit-forming drug must be given on the label. ROBBERS GET $1,939 , FROM BANK , Hadar , Neb. . Jan. 19. Special to The News : The Farmers State hank of Hadar was dynamited and robbed of $1,910 In cash last night. Not a Sound Heard. Not a sound was heard , nor the slightest disturbance created by the robbers. The robbery was not dis covered until a few minutes before 9 o'clock this morning when Miss Louise Bengler. the cashier and only person in the bank , went to the bank to open the day's business. Went Through Vault. Miss Bongler found a door broken open , n vault wall chopped down with picks , the vault itself blown , the safe open and the money gone. When she noticed that something was wrong at the bank , Miss Bengler went across the street and got Mr. Wlchman , a groceryman. to accom pany her into the building. The pick axes apparently picks stolen from the railroad section house were lying aiound to tell part of the story. Papers were scattered nnund the floor. Looks Like Experts. Miss Bongler lives two blocks from the hank. She loft the bank at about 5:110 : last night and did not leave home until this morning. Not a sound was heard by anybody In town during the night and the clean git-away made h > the highwaymen would Indicate that they were experts. The bank building Is of brick. A hole had been cut In the back door apparently cut by a knlfo so that the burglars might loosen the key from within , as Miss Honglor had a device which held the key tight and prevented its being turned. " " ' "iTTuTTi'iado it look as If ( ho robbers know something about the back door , ( hough that may have been a coin cident. Insured Against Burglary , The bank Is Insured against but- glars in an eastern company. Miss Bongler immediately tele phoned to M. Inholdor at Pierce , presi dent of the bank , who started Im mediately , in company with Sheriff Dwyer , to drive to Hadar to Investi gate the affair. The bank is capitalized at $8,000. Mr. Wochor Is vice president. Section Man Misses Tools. The Northwestern section man this morning missed his tools and Identi fied the picks found In the hank as his. The burglars drew down the cur tains that they might work In peace- - Last night was an especially quiet night in Hadar. It was said at noon today that bloodhounds might be sent for. The robbers chopped a hole throi feel square In the vault wall. Dronned $16 in Their Hurry. When Picsldent Inholder and Sheriff Dwyer reached hero at noon and in vestigated , Itas found the robbers had taken $1)55 out of the vault , but they dropped $1G In the loose bricks of the wrecked vault-wall. They also dropped some cartridges. The money they dropped was silver , nickles , dimes and larger. Vault Wall Two Feet Thick. The vault wall through which the robbers went was two feet thick. Tracks of a Team and Buggy. Sheriff Dwyer found tracks of a team and buggy that had been driven up to the back door of the bank and turned around. Ho said it would he no use to send for bloodhounds , as there could be no scent. He estimated It must have taken throe hours to work through the vault wall. i Used Dynamite. | The robbers used dynamite on the safe and blow the door clear out. The I | fact that it was Inside the vault prob ably muffled the noise. A woman across the street from tile I | bank heard a team of horses drive up the street about 1 o'clock this morn ing and the sheriff thinks possibly this I may have boon the team of the high waymen. Sheriff Dwyer telephoned to Omaha police , asking them to be on the look out. Open Up the Bank Today. Mr. Inholdor brought down a bag of money from Pierce this morning and the bank opened up for business as if nothing had happened. The burglary insurance carried by the bank amounted to $1,500. Hadar is a village of two or three hundred people five miles north of Norfolk on the Dallas line of the Northwestern. Iladar is in Pierce j county , just a short distance north of the Madison county line. I The last bank robbery preceding tills , In northern Nebraska , was at j Page , in Holt county , a couple of ! months ago. - * The Hadar robbery Is the nearer Norfolk than any other that ever has been committed. There Is only ono hank in the town , A Death at Clenrwnter. Bonestool , S. D. , Jan. 19. Special j to The News : Mrs. Otto Garnet re 1 celved a' phone message from Clear I water , Neb. , conveying the news ol the death of her father at that place ' She took the noon train for Clear' water to attend the funeral. De ceased died of dropsy. Mysterious Man at Bank. Sheriff Dwyer of Pierce county re mained in Norfolk all night and left here on the early morning train for Omaha in the hope of finding a strang er who acted suspiciously in Hadar a day or two before the bank robbery. The stranger came into the bank once and asked for cither two one dollar lar bills or one two dollar bill. Later he bought a draft for $2 , made out , it was thought , to himself on a Norfolk bank. He spent all of his time except when in the bank ; at tne saloon , eating and i drinking. Fairest Republican Paper. Writing to The News , Miss Rosa Hudspeth , who has attained distinc tion as a newspaper woman In north Nebraska , and who now lives at Bad ger , Nob. , says : "The News Is the fairest Repub lican paper published in the west. " Gregory Wild In Joy at Nuws. Washington. Jan. . 19. Gregory gets the land office. An end to the tense battle that lias been waged for weeks between Gregory and Dallas for the location of the new land office in Gregory coun ty , came late yesterday with the an nouncement by Secretary Garfleld , of the interior department , that he had decided to locate the land office at Gregory. It has been ono of the hardest fought contests of the kind ever known in Washington. Immense po litical pressure was brought to bear , [ specially In behalf of Dallas. Sen- : itor Gamble supported Gregory , and after Secretary Gaitlold had prac tically decided for Dallas , Mr. Gamble by personal appeal to the president , got It reopened and the decision re versed. The campaign for Dallas was led by ox-Governor Frank D. Jackson , of iowa. and his sons , who have largo land Intel osts there and would have prollled largely by the location of the office at Dallas. They were repre sented by Senator Klttredgo In their losing fight against the town of Greg ory. Gregory , S. D. , Jan. 19. Special to The News : At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the eltl/.ons of Gregory to- celved a telegram from Senator Gam ble convoying tr 'lie-in ' the welcome news that the piosldent had signed the order locating tlu > laud ofllco In this city. From that hour until daylight this morning there was nothing In Greg ory that money would buv. All doors wore open wide. Every thing In Gregory was free. Boiillroi blaxed on every corner , cheers wrent the air , lockets cleft the skies , and two immense beacon lights on the summits of Gregory's famous bnttos burned brightly during the night an nouncing to all Gregory county , that Gregory , the metropolis , of the Hose- bud , had finally been accorded the lecognltlon due her and that the spartan olforts of her public spirited citizens had boon amply rewaidod. Unbounded enthusiasm , general re joicing and good cheer Is the pre dominating element In Gregory today. CITIZENS WRECK POOL HALLS. Pender Men Think They Were Worsted by Disguised Gambler. Ponder , Nob. , Jan. 19. Quito a number of llosallo citizens were hi Ponder last week watching the move ments of their neighbors in prospec tive legal complications. Ono day last week a crowd of ten or twelve men wrecked the two pool halls of that town. The attacking party claim that D. Sailors , one of the pool hall men , Imported a Sioux City gambler to the reservation town and , dressed as a corn busker , the Sioux City shark cleaned up all the local sports , and cleared out. The follows who were "fleeced" attacked the Sailor place , smashing up everything , even a $150 plate glass window. They then moved on to the other pool hall and wrecked all the furniture and tables. The proprietor , a man named Free man , objected and in some way two of his ribs wore broken. Up to date no arrests have boon made. Team of Horses Stolen Here. A team of horses wore stolen from the stables of the Standard Oil com pany in Norfolk last night and it is thought that possibly this theft may have some connection with the Hadar bank robbery. The team was a black and a bay. The barn stands near the oil tanks on North Seventh street , the road load ing stialght to Hadar. When J. W. White. managor\of the local office of the Standard company , went to the barn 'at 4 a. in. to food the horses , he found the barn pad lock had been taken out and turned upside down. As one horse was young and a good animal and the other an old one that had been on the wagon twenty years , it is thought strangers were the thieves. The horses wore led away by the halters , no harness being taken. There was no wagon save the oil wagon in the stable. Horses Are Found. Word was brought to Norfolk during the afternoon that the two horses had been found on the HJonry Raasch farm two miles north of the sugar fac tory. Mr. Haasch found the horses about S a. m. , but before that they bad been seen near the Wachtcr farm , which is north of the Itaasch farm , both farms being between Hadar and Norfolk. Had Been Turned Loose. The horses still had on harness bridles which had been taken from the Standard Oil barns. The halters were tied around the horses necks. Mr. Haasch is convinced that the horses were used by the bank rob bers. TUESDAY TOPICS. Hurt Mapes left at noon for Atkin son and Alnsworth. Mrs. Will Hall is homo from a visit with relatives in Columbus. The Wednesday club will meet with Mrs. J. S. McClary. Phil Hull , who has been quite sick for some time , has had his trouble complicated by an attack of the grip. The regular meeting of the Degree of Honor will be hold Wednesday evening at 7:30 : o'clock In the G. A. H. hall. There will be intallation of of ficers and Initiation. Miss Ruth Daniel Is in Norfolk from Omaha , visiting friends. C. D. Hall has gone to Denver and later will go to Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Walton have returned from n wedding trip and will make their homo on the farm of the bride's mother , Mrs. Lodge , south of town. Among the day's out of town vis itors In Norfolk were : Emil Schrelor , .ugeno Schreier , Verdlgre ; J. S. DeForest Forest , Croighton ; B. E. Smith , Lynch ; W. C. Campbell , Crelghton ; Robert Stiller , Bonesteel , S. D. ; C. H. Reed , Madison ; P. * , Danker , Anoka ; 0. C. Malchorn , West Point. Ed Beiersdorf , formerly of Norfolk and later of Hartlngton , has moved to Minneapolis. The Nebraska Telephone company has discontinued the toll charge of to cpnts formerly applied to uncom pleted calls at hotels. The little sevon-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1) . J. Sornborsor suc cumbed to a third surgical operation performed In the General hospital , Omaha , yesterday aflornoon. The re mains wore brought to Norfolk Tues day and the funeral will bo hold from the home. SOU Pasowalk avenue , at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. The child was a beautiful little girl and was the llrst-boin babe of the bo- leaved parents Three operation ! ! were resorted to In an effort to save the life , but all that science could do proved futile and the last operation proved fatal. Otto A. Voget , formerly of Wayne , has selected Norfolk as hlu pennantnt home and will organize classed for piano and violin Instruction , giving In struction In private homes until he opens a studio hero. Mr. Voget , who will ho remembered In Norfolk an having given a benefit concert In Nor folk last May for the Y. M. C. A. fund , assisted by some of his pupils , has just returned from Europe , where he traveled for a Now York City violin Importing house to Import old violins , Ho has studied in the National conservatory vatory of music in Now York City and graduated at Sterns conservatory ol music in Berlin. Ho became an expert - pert judge of piano and violin instru ments In part through studying tlit art of piano making with Steluway & Sons and of violin making with Fried rich & Sons. Having had the oppor tunity of playing under such orchestra conductors as Emll Pauer of the Pitts burg orchestra anil Walter Daiuroscli of the Now York Symphony orchestra Mr. Vogot also announces his intin tion of organizing a permanent concert orchestra In Norfolk. Farmer Dead Under Wagon. Alnsworth , Nob. , Jan. 19. Special to The News : The body of Edward Stokes was found under an over turned wagon box some time Sunday , about throe-quarters of a mile off the main road. Ho was a farmer and bad liooii In town Saturday with a load of hogs and had spout the after noon and evening drinking heavily. Ho was started homo some time In the evening. Ho was driving four horses and in a three-box wagon box. He evidently lost his way am ! had opened and closed a number of gates when , driving too near the edge of a steep hank , the wagon overturned , the box catching him on the neck. His death was instantaneous. The funeral ser vices were hold today. He leaves a widow and six children. There Is talk of a suit for damages by the widow. Hoskins Boy Run Over , rjTes. Twolvo-year-old Will Schultz , who fell under the wheels of his father's buggy Saturday night as the latter was driving to a nearby neighbor's homo , died as a result of the Internal Injuries which the little follow sus tained. Thus fate , which on Decem ber -1 , 1907 , saved the father from as terrible and dramatic a runaway col lision as has over boon seen on Nor folk avenue , took the son's life in an accident which at first seemed trivial. In the sight of hundreds of people , his wife among the number , William Schultz , a Wayne county farmer liv ing five miles east of Hoskins , was In the heart of an indiscriminate mixture of buggy wreckage and sprawling horses. A heavy runaway Ice team with the momentum gained by the big wagon had crashed Into Shultz' light frame buggy , overturning it and smashing It into kindling wood. It was the first exchange day. The Concordla band of Hadar was playing near the corner of Fourth and Nor folk avenue and hundreds wore there to see the smash-up which occurred just as Shultz drove up tO got his ( wife and baby daughter. Driving With His Father. Hoskins , Neb. , Jan. 19. Special to The News : Driving over to a neigh bors Saturday evening with his father and brother , Louis , twelve-year-old Will Schultz fell out of the double seated buggy , one of the heavy wheels passing over his body and resulting In an Injury from which ho died Sun day night at 7 o'clock. The Schultz homo Is five miles east of Hoskins. After the accident the boy was car ried into the neighbor's home , and complained of his shoulder. A physi clan was summoned from Winslde The boy scorned to recover in a short time and walked to the buggy and was driven home. Internal Injuries however , had been sustained and re suited In the lad's death. Mother Away for First Time. The mother of the boy was In Slonx City on a visit , the first time she had over been twenty miles away from home , and did not learn of her son's accident and death until she stopped off the train on her return yesterday forenoon. When told of what had oc cnrred , she became frantic with grie which was said by spectators to have boon the saddest sight they over wit ncssed. Norfolk Has Second Date. Norfolk gives way to Xellgh this year for the honor of opening racing in north Nebraska , the circuit meotlnt , here Monday evening assigning Nor folk the second date. The racing schedule : Nellgh , week of August 9. Norfolk , week of August 1C. Pierce , week of August 23. State fair week vacant. Crelghton , week of September C. Stanton , week of September 13. Madison , week of September 20. The officers : , Circuit Opens at Nellgh. The idea In having the circuit open at Nellgh was to get the horses at the western cud of the circuit at the start , believing that fewer would ho lost In the swing oast. The circuit Is compact , opening at Nollgh In the beginning August 0 , Norfolk and IMJrco following , a vacant week for the state fair and then Crelghton , Slanton and Mndlson closing the cir cuit. To accommodate Madison and Secretary It.Miearson In the matter of dates , the circuit opening was ad vanced a week. Purse Raised to $300. Ono of the most Important acts of the circuit managers was to talso the minimum limit for purses from $200 to $ ! ! ( ) ( ) for each race. At the same time the freeforallMIS dropped and a fast pacing race substituted. Tbe Speed Program. Tito fo'lo.vlng speed program was adopted : First day , 2r5 ! trot , 2:20 : pace ; second day , 2:10 : pace , 2:25 : trot ; third day , 2:115 : trot ; 2:11 : pace. Stand for Reform , The circuit meeting tool ; a strong stand for reform In several Important directions. This year bona lido entries trios alone etui bo made , the privilege of entering In different classes and racing In only ono being withdrawn. Ino money Is to accompany the entry and all entries will bo hold. The American Trotting association rules wilt govern and all of the towns will Join the association. The en trance fto will bo 5 per cent of the purse and an additional 5 per cent from those who got In under the money. The purses as usual will be divided on a basis of 50 , 25 , 15 and 10 per cent. Five horses must outer and hroe must start. A record after an ntry will be no bar. Apalnst Time Suppression. The delegates , on motion of P. M. iiirrctt , instructed each local score- ary to notify the timers at each race hat there must ho no suppression of line. Entries for the first three meetings v. close August , for the last tliroo nootlngs the day following the close it the Plorco races. The matter of running races was eft to the different towns. The secretary was given $100 to ad- ertlso In racing publications. Delegate to Nebraska Association. J. S. Hancock of Stanton was chosen as a delegate to attend the neetlng of the Nebraska Speed as sociation as the circuit's reprosonta- Ive in view of the common Interests of the state circuit and the north No- miska circuit. This too is on In- lovation. In addition to the delegates John S. < ay of Noligh and William Hulnuf of Morcc attended the mooting. First Street Bridge Open. The work of rebuilding the First street bridge over the Elkhoru river south of Norfolk , was finished Tuos- lay and will bo open for travel Wed losday morning. This work has boon In progress foi some weeks and practically a brain' now bridge will span the Elkhorn at that point Wednesday. Farmers soutl and southeast of town will welcome the bridge with open arms. WHO WANTS TO BE A CAMEL ? Dry Towns After Convention , Where at Fremont Speaks of Camels. Who wants to be a camel ? Without the slightest attempt to dls parago the ambition of any Nebraska [ Iremaii who may want to put three days between drinks , it nevertheless seems certain that the convention of firemen now meeting In Norfolk wil have to count noses on the old qnes lion as to just who would like to bt a camel. Fremont firemen thought they ha < the 1910 convention. But they flm York coming with claims. Now Yorl hasn't been more than " /lamp" foi years. Fremont , "wet , " a'sks , "Who wants to be a camel ? " Then Alliance Is In the convontioi ame. Alliance went "dry" at the last election and thereby lost an 1m portant htate convention to Norfolk Alliance firemen can point to a spring election Intervening but the camel Is sue will not down. Here Is what the Fremont Tribune said last night : Fremont firemen have been valnlj trying to "stall" an attempt to dra\ a line on the "wet and dry" ones tlon In the fight for the coming con vention in 1910 of the volunteer fire men of Nebraska. Outside flremci however , have grown persistent am it is likely that the combat will b pulled off and that anti-prohlbitlo talk will bo used for Fremont's benefit fit when the subject comes before th Norfolk meeting. Fremont did no know till the latter part of last wool that it would have a competitor i the field for the 1910 gathering. Bu It developed that York had boo quietly figifrlng on it and that Yor has at least ono claim that shoiilt give It an advantage. That relates t the convention having not met thor In recent years. York has asked Fremont to will draw from the contest , but it rt mains a question whether it can coi slstently do that now. Firemen eve the state who have pledged Fremont their support are urging the Fremont delegates to stay In the race by all moans , now that York , a "dry" town Is llkoly to got it. Chief Harry Hail- ser and Mark M. Mortonson , presi dent of the state association , started for Norfolk this afternoon. They will open up headquarters for Fre mont and will look the flold over. Meantime It has been decided not to wipe the word , "Fremont in 1910. " off the Fremont ribbons that will be flown from coat lapels. BRIBERY CASE NOT SUSTAINED. Jury Scored Herbert Daniel Charged Wetmore With Offense. After deliberating for six hours the jury in the case of John J. Wetmore , charged with attempting to bribe City Prosecutor Daniel of OmabA. former- ASKS USJJ ) PRINf , 'ells How to Prepare a Simple Mtx- turc to O.verco'ne Disease. To rcllovo Iln worst forms of lUicii * inllKiii , lake a tcaspooafiil of tin * CoT- nvlug mlvluro after each meal anil t lu'dtlnu > : Fluid Extract Daiiili'llon , nnc-luilS mice ; Compound Knrgon. one OUIHUI ; 'oinponnd Syrup Sari-mparllla. tlirou llllt'CH , Those harmless liiKrodlontH can IIIB blalncd from our homo druggists , and re easily mixed by shaking tlicin welt n a holllo. Ki'lli-f Is Koueralh felt rom llu > first few doses. This proscription forces the eloggoif. ip. Inactive kldiicjs to tiller and Hiiulii loin the blood ( he poisonous WUH | natter and mlc add , which causes Ihcumallsm. AH Rheumatism IH not only the niutit lalnl'nl and tortnioiiH disease , but angoioiis.to . lite , Hi lit simple ivelpu \II1 no doubt ho greatly valued by nnny sufferers hoio at homo , wliw hould at once prepare the mixture o not this relief. It IH Hald that a poison who would alto this prescription regularly , a dose ) r two dally , or oven a few times n voi'U ' , would never have serious Klcf- ley or Urinary dlHorders or Rlioiimit- IHIII. Cut this out and preserve 11. CcuuS { heumatlsm presM'lpllons ( which real- y relieve are scare , Indeed , and who 12 on need It , you want It badly. y of Norfolk , returned a verdict of HOC guilty. Incidentally Judge Hears ncoroiH he jury In no uncertain terms after icing apprised of the verdict ictui nod1. . "In my ontlro oxporlenco upon tin ; HMieh I have never seen a ease which 0 my mind was more clearly prow-it ban thla one against Wet more , " said ndgo Scars. "It Is dirik'illt to believe there wno 1 man of the twelve jurors who did n-iC u'llove the testimony given by PIHM - Miter Daniel , Dean Hoochor and Canon Sell. "Thero are considerations whleli nay move jurors In their dollboratioiiK , ut with these It Is not my piovlnco o deal at this time. "If our public offices cannot be pre served In their integrity It is a severe ilow to our government anil Instllic- Ions. " A brief summary of the case fof- ows : John .1. Wet more , private detective1 , was charged with offering City Prosecutor cuter Daniel $500 down and $200 la month In order to got him to stop piosocnting the owners and Inmates off the Arcade. The trial was maikod with sensa tional features. The lirst day aft i : a lury had been nearly secured , twt-nty tali smen who had been diawn for tbw case were dismissed bj Judge Sears , , as It had boon shown that some of. tncm had gone to the deputy shrrllfts and asked to be put on the jury in this trial. Following this ciine : Prosecutor Dan iel's story that Wotmoro bad ropear- edly visited him and dually showed him a bulging pocket and told hira .nartin would pay him the money ti stop the prosecution. In redirect examination Mr. DanioB further testified that Wet more , in try ing to get him to accept the bribe , had told him that Martin was pn > lnK Chief of Police Donahue $1.10 a month and former Prosecutor Tom Lof % while ho was In office , $200 a month , during the time that the Arcade was open. CHARLIE WAS HELD UP. The Load He Carried Lightened by Loss of $45 , Watch and Overshoes. Twas the lead that Charlie camiil that made him weep In Norfolk Ho wept for the "roll" which was his no more , lie wept for the many milts between him and his ranch home near Chadron. It was wet nncll ho wept for his overshoes. It was dinner time and he wept for his watch. Charles Vanness , after ho had dropped a wire for a "tenner" confided ! that he was "hold up" In Norfolk laslt night. He had come up fiom Stantora at noon and was on his way to the Junction to take Die Deadwood pass enger to Chadron. Two men caught up with him and walked along for ; a wavs holdlnn his armv Then one flashed a gun , Vanness said. "Got any money ? " they asked. "A little , " said ! Vanness. Then lie claims they took his $15 , a golfl watch and his over shoes. But he says he gave one man n black eye in remonstrating. If you see a man with a black eye , that may he Charlie's man. Sheriff's Sale. By virtue of an execution directed to mo by the clerk of the district court of Madison county , Nebraska , on a judgment obtained before Chester A. Fowller , a justice of the peace in and for Norfolk precinct. Madison county , Nebraska , on the 2fith day of January , 1901 , In favor of Mary K. Spalding us plaintiff , and against Oscar A. HU-hey and Mlnnio Ulchoy as defendants , for the sum of $28.9,1 , and costs taxed at $28.9,1 and accruing costs , I haw lev ied ujjon the following described n-aS estate , taken as the property of said defendants , to satisfy said ex ' < ution , to-wlt : Lots ono (1) ( ) , twehe (12) ( ) , thirteen ( lit ) and fourteen (111 ( , Ire block eight (8) ( ) of C. S. Hayes1 addi tion to Norfolk , Madison count } , Ne braska. And will offer the same for sale to the highest bidder , for cash In hand , on the 2Hd day of February , A. D. 1909 , In front of the county court house at Madison , in said county and state , that being the building wherein the last term of court was held , at the hour of 1 o'clock p. in. , of said day. when and whore duo attendance will bo given by the undersigned. Dated this 21st day of January , 1909. J. J. Clements , Sheriff of said county.