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MM Ili KTMIMiVM.U' Un.Mi'.K'l.r . ? mrniMAi. unirtA v Him tun A iv r , 1 no Dentley Lost Thirteen Head. NHIgh , Noli. . Fell. 1-Special to The NOWH : Tlio latt'Ht roi | rl. In ie- ; iird to the IOHH of live stock In this comity ilurliiK the blizzard of liiHt Thursday aftoinoon. WUH reported yes- tforday by .lanit'H Uonlloy , who states rtJial ho IOH ! thirteen h ( > iul of young < nltle during the storm. Mr. Bentley JIvi'H In Willow towiiHhlp and IH a yomiK man starting In Hfo on a farm. < eoiiHi > ( | tii'iity ' ! thlH IOHH IH Bcrloimly foil B y him. Womnn's Culture Club Banquet. Pierce , Noli. . Kelt. 3. Special to The NCWH : Ono half of the membership < of the Woman's Cultnro clnli of IMerco WUH banqueted by the other half at the Biome of Airs. William Heclitor. Forty- two InilU-H were present. Tin- program opened with a guessIng - Ing eniitoHt , each lady dressing to rnprcxitnt BOIIIO city. A musical pro Kraw with piano and vocal numbers followed. The affair ended with an * 5liihorale liaminet. A Valentino scheme \vnn carried out In lh docoratloiiH. Uuolness Changes In the Northwest. Mm Algor has purchased the Nogloy & Wilson mllllii"ry store at Long Vlii < > VliiW W .1. Hooper and Windsor Doherty iiinve ronnud a law partnorshlp at > fregory. ! .lolui Cnlron. a Madlwon county far- sner , IIUH purchased a llvory bnslnoHH In Tllden. II IH annoiincod that the Luollyn jioti'l at Gregory Is to bo raised to ilin-e stories and a steam heating plant put I"This was ono of the an- tiouncoiiionlH inado after the land of- Jinlctory. . BrlHtow's new cheese factory Is to jise tu ! > Ponea Valley hotel building which Is holnjj ovorhaiiled. .lanson & McNamara liave sold tbolr .general merchandise business In Burke to D. Stroup , who lives near Tiiicas. S. 1) . .SUFFRAGE GETS BODY BLOW. "Lower House at Pierre Defeats Senate Resolution by a Slight Margin. IMoiTo , S. I ) . , Feb. II. The house re- lioatod the performance of two years ago and killed the equal suffrage amendment which had passeil the sen- : ilo. Willie the sonatc passed the meas- fire practically without opposition , the Jiouso divided Its strength on the even woio of 51 for the amendment and 57 against. The house passed the capltol .completion appropriation bill. The vote In the senate was so close on tlip bill to accept Andrew Carne gie's donation of $ 10,000 for a library at the university , that Hawkins changed his vote from aye to nay so ' "lint IIP 'might move a reconsideration. His change tied the vote , but the lire- aiding officer permitted him to change buck to MIVO the measure from defeat. Four railroad measures passed the senate as follows : To require railroad < urjii > panlcs to report to railroad com- nlbslim all wiocks and accidents to report the number of elevators , ware- ior. i s ; tn3 coal sheds on their respec- Mu- lines ; to authorize railroad com- ' * .oners to appear in court In railroad - road e.ises , and to compel railroads to nmiiitaiii toilet rooms at waiting sta tions SWIFT BEAR DEAD. Noted -Indian Chief of the Sioux Tribe Dies at Age of Eighty-Two , " 'owift Hear , a Sioux chief prominent Jin the Rosebud country , lias just died aS'UT a lingering Illness at the age of right-two oyars. Ho lived in a Ger man settlement on Fonca creek. Swift Bear , with Spotted Tail and three other chiefs were appointed by the .government to enroll their tribes man under the reservation system fol lowing the first treaty made with the Sioux Indians. 'Grandpa Green" Takes a Bride. Hassett , Neb. , Jan. 30. Special to Tlio News : The usual quiet of our /evenings was broken by a great com- jiiotioa of small boys and tin pans. 33vi'r > body went out with their "rub- Cber-m-ck" on to ascertain what had Jinppened. The news soon spread ttliat old Grandpa Green had arrived fliome with his bride from Ottawa , On- itario. Canada , from which city the rfollowlng special was received by The Jlock County Leader : "A wedding of unusual Interest was < relebrated here Monday , when G. W. cUrcen of Uassott , Neb. , aged seventy- .one , was married to Mlno E. Collins of iBIrmlngham. England , aged sixty-four. Neither had seen the other before they anet yesterday , the match having been arranged by correspondence. They 3eft last night for Bassott , Neb. " Mr. Green Is an old settler In this < uoiinty. and It is said that he has sur vived four other wives. BLEW PORCH AWAY. . Storm Does Damage at the Junction. Thirteen Unlucky Chickens. The front porch on the residence of JPrank Kropatch on Hondrick street was completely torn from the house 2 > y the wind Thursday night. B. E. Wood had the misfortune to 3osc about thirteen thoroughbred brnwn leghorn chickens In the storm Thursday evening The chickens lalled to go to the coop , and the next morning three of them were found In the yard frozen. The remaining ton have not been found , but they are .jirobably dead. The Ice crew have finished filling the company's Ice house and started on that of the eating house today. Mrs. n. P. IMppen Is on this week's flick list. W H. Peters , the Northwestern air hrako instructor of Chicago Is In Nor folk today. The wind took the screen door off E. C5 , Wood' residence on South Fourth street Miss Amanda Lubko returned to her talnment win uo ' home In Plerco yesterday after a week's visit at the homo of her sister , Airs , William Christian. Arthur Stengle of Oklahoma Is hero visiting at the homo of his sister , Mrs. E. 13. Wood. Miss Irene Schrlder Is seriously 111 with appendicitis. Allss Alary Currail Is III with appen dicitis. 10. It. Taylor , who has been 111 for the past two weeks , was able to go to work yesterday morning In the barber shop. Airs. William Lubko of Pierce came down yesterday for a few days' visit with her daughter , Airs. William Chris tian. Frank KiltIs again able to be at work after a few days' Illness. George F. Castle of Children Is vis iting relatives In the Junction. ( iiiy Arnold , who runs the pumping station at Dallas , was In the Junction yesterday. A ball was given In the railway hall last evening. A large number at tended and all enjoyed themselves Im mensely , in spite of the cold. Herman Sal/.wedol , who has been 111 for some time , Is slowly Improving. Dr. Brcndel May be Second Assistant The Norfolk state hospital Is now in charge of the Democratic appoin tees of Governor Shallenborger. The formal transfer of the hospital man agement from Dr. G. A. Young to the now superintendent , Dr. Peclval , was made Alonday afternoon. Dr. Young came to Norfolk during the after noon in order to leave on the inoriiln" train for Columbus. Dr. Dlshong , first assistant physi cian , leaves Norfolk Tuesday "prepara tory to taking up post-graduate work In the Cook county hospital in Chicago. Dr. Glittery of Pllgor , his successor , was not In Norfolk .Monday when the transfer was made but Is expected Im mediately. Allss Sinclair , superintendent of nurses , will leave the Institution Wed nesday or Thursday. Her successor has not been named. Alont Hobb of Murray as steward gave way Monday to Herman Gercckc of this city. Air. Robb returns to his homo in the eastern part of the state Tuesday. Dr. Kelly , second assistant physi cian , remains at the hospital for the time being. Airs. W. G. IJaker tendered her resignation as matron some time ago but no action lias been taken in regard to It. Dr. Young Goes to Europe at Once. DC. Young , accompanied by his family , expects to sail for Europe on February 27. studying for the coming year in England , Germany and France. Ho will spend Ills time almost alto- getjhor in hospitals exclusively de voted to the treatment of mental and nervous diseases. Six months will bo given over to work in a national hos pital In London. Ho will then be in Berlin ( for six weeks and In Paris for about the same length of time. Dr. IO.IA& aspects to return to America about : the time of the Christmas holl- da > s. He will shortly after his return open an office in Omaha , whore lie will practice as a specialist in nervous diseases. Dr. Young has been superintendent of the Norfolk hospital since October H , 190G. Previous to these years he spent ] the year 1901 at the institution , being here at the time the hospital burned. Dr. Young's work as superin to tendent has been given general re over the state. Dr. and Airs. Young will be very greatly missed in Norfolk social cir cles , as they have scores of warm friends here who regret exceedingly th departure from the city. Dr. and AI . Dishong , Air. and Airs. Robb and .Miss Sinclair have not been in arN' Norfolk ' so long as Dr. and Airs. Young bib they , too , will bo sincerely missed by many Norfolk friends. Cried for Hello Girls. Tears \\eie shed for Norfolk hello girls when the report went out on the telephone wires that Norfolk was burn ing and that the office of the Nebraska InT Telephone company had fallen In the path of the flames. In Its wildest form the wire rumor had It that the fchi hello girls had been unable to escape from the burning building. So hello frgl girls all up the Bonesteel line wept for the burning hello girls In Norfolk. fcF Telegrams continued to be received Friday evening and Saturday In Nor folk from outside people Inquiring if the stores or homes of friends had burned up in the "fake" fire. Outside papers which published the wild rumors supposed to have gone from this city over the telephone wires to tlS Sioux City when the old hotel was burning have printed denials , prom inently displayed , of the fire story. Rural Carriers Got Theirs. The storm that crippled the mall , telephone- and telegraph and train service of the country also put a few crinks in the rural free mall delivery of the government. ' All of the rural carriers wej-e caught out in the storm. All save one of the nve Norfolk carriers reached here with out mishap. J. E. Cronk on route No A had a nasty tip-over aa he nearcil tne St. Paul church. Ho was badly bruised and did not go out Friday. E L. Show on route No. 3 drove clever miles but the other carriers were blocked after getting out a mile or so Friday. Walton Snowedi In. Burton Walton living on South Fourtl street , found his homo so complete ! ) snowed In Friday morning that ho hac : to crawl out of a window and shove through a huge drift to reach a door HORSES ALMOST SUFFOCATED Wet Snow on Faces Froze and Pre vented Intake of Air. Interesting explanation Is made as to the reason why the cabs were taken j out < ; of the stormy streets Thursday night at 8:30. : "The wet snow falling upon the heads and faces of the horses fi07.0 and formed .air-tight cakes , completely closing their nos trils and mouths , preventing broathlrg and almost suffocating thorn , " a hack- man said. Stock Losses. Stock losses fiom the effects of the blizzard Thursday night and Friday are turning out to be heavier than first supposed. II. E. Dally of Osmond lost twelve head of cattle out of a largo herd he niul on pasture. Dr. Davis of the same place lost four head of valuable horses. Many far mers around about have lost ono or two head of stock. Cattle exposed all night to the furor of the storm have lost considerable weight. "aFIr and Warmer" Weather Man. With wires down , cars derailed , track broken , and cuts full of drifted snow , the local railroads in and out of Norfolk have been fighting against big odds and , all things considered , have been giving surprisingly good service In the face of the aftermath of the big blizzard. There was no lot up In the fight against the elements from the time tlie storm struck. Superintendent and car wiper alike- have had no rest. hirty-six hours In the saddle re quires endurance. It will not stand comparison with the same time spent In wrestling with a mlxup on the road The Tracks Clear Again. The tracks south , north , east and west are all reported clear today and trains will begin to approach sched uled time. Details of the Neligh Accident. The worst tie up on tlie Northwest ern out of hero was along the main line west. When three miles out of Clearwater Thursday night No. llfi , east bound freight , was piled up badly. The terrific force of the wind bodily lifted a loaded furniture car from out the moving train. The car landed at right angles to and clear of the track , the hind trucks across the metals. The jar de railed a loaded car of Hour , the next ahead. The car behind , a gondola or empty coal car , ran up against the trucks and also left the rails. The engine and forward portion of the train were run on Into Nellgh and details wired to Norfolk. Tlio wrecker loft for the scene of the accident at once. Superintendent C. II. Reynolds and Trainmaster Pnngle adcompaning the train. By the time the train crew reached the wreck little snow was blowing but the drifting blasts of sand more than made up for It. After much exertion the crew re- railed the flour car , ditched the gondola dola and repaired the track. Shortly after 5 o'clock with smart ing eyes and cheeks burning from the stinging cut -of the sand the crew pulled into Neligh. After giving the weary passengers time to eat their breakfast No. 5 , ten hours behind time , left Norfolk for the west. Stock loaded before the advent of the storm suffered severely but luckily hero Was but little of it. The AI. & O. between Norfolk and ioux City were blocked all the way ilong the line by drifts. In many ) Iaces these were several feet in lepth , the worst being between 13mor on and Wakefield. No trains , either lassenger or freight , ran Friday. On the Northwestern the high wlnrt Id much minor damage to the rolling stock. Freight train No. 3-10 running from Mblon Into Scribner had the roof Jlown completely off a hog car. The iccupylng drove had to be reloaded. Tlie roof of a car of hay standing on he switch at Newport and of a loaded corn" car at Platte river were also blown away. Roundhouse Blown In. , At Hastings , Neb. , the whole front of the roundhouse was blown in by he wind. The railroad windmills at the water anks of Howell and Hooper bent and iroke before the storm that at the latter place crushing In the pump louse as It fell. Another Car Blown From Track. In the height of the storm a south joiiiul train on the Burlington had a car in the middle of the train blown off the track a few miles south of Nickorson , near Fremont. The acel- lent wrecked other cars in such a way that the track was blocked until noon yesterday. A freight car on a train near Linwood - wood lost Its roof. Station Destroyed. The box-car station of the North western at Rawhide during the high wind was blown over onto the main track. A special freight later was derailed - railed by the obstruction. Not until yesterday moriiug waa the track open to trains. The movement of the box car when hit by the engine threw It against the tower and badly damaged it. No one was at the station at the time , It being after the day working hours. Rawhide Is the first station cast of Fremont on the main line. During the storm fighting freight trains were abandoned wherever pos slble. Merchandise shipments and stock trains that had to go through were glvon a clear right-of-way. TUESDAY TOPICS. A meeting of Alosalc lodge , No. 55 will bo held tonight/ Business of 1m portanco will bo before the lodge. The regular meeting of the Degree of Honor lodge will be held Wednes day afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock In the G. A. R. hall. Dr. J. P. Peclval , the now superln tendent at the Norfolk hospital , spells his name without an "r" His.jiamo Is commonly , but wrongly spelt "Per- clval. " H. T. Reid Is In Wyoming. F. A. Ueoler has gone to New York. .Mr. and Mrs. James Dknan are spending the week In Wlnnotoon. Cashier Hood Of the First National bank of Gregory , S. D. , was In Norfolk yesterday on his way to Omaha Harold Gow loft yesterday for Greg ory , S. D. . where he Is to lie hook keeper In the First National bank. Mr. and Mrs It. W. Williams and Airs. Robert Utter and son , Oliver Utter , loft yesterday for tliolr now home In Hoovllle , Texas , In the orange growing country. The town of Hoe- vlllo Is so named on account of the famous queen bees which are shipped out of that sccUlon of Texas. C. S. Smith of Madison was In Nor folk Tuesday. Haiold Oximin , who Is home from Fresno , Cal. , on a visit with his par cuts , Is upending a few days In Omaha. The Ladles' Aid society of the First Congregational church will meet Thursday afternoon at 2:30 : o'clock at the home of Airs. H. J. Cole , Airs. C. U. Durland assisting. The , little son of Air. and Mrs. Jack Thorburn has been named Joseph Thorburn. Air. and Airs. Thorburn , who are now living In Sioux City , aie thinking of returning to Norfolk. Charles Sutherland , a popular Nor folk traveling man , has had his territory . tory changed and will travel out of , Los Angeles , covering southern Cali fornia , Arlxona and Now Mexico. Air. and Airs. Sutherland will leave Nor folk the fifteenth. .1. 11. Conley , for many years a resi dent of Norfolk , is figuring on moving to Lyman county in South Dakota In the spring. Air. Conley will continue In the real estate business and if he- decides to go to Lyman county will probably locate at Prcsho. B. H. Hodwoll of Omaha , a clerk 'n ' an Omaha drug store and a half broth er of Norfolk's former city superin tendent , 13. J. Hodwell , and Allss Pearl Allies Boverldge of Norfolk were mar ried last week in Omaha. Aliss Beveridge has made her home In Oma ha since last fall. Count Commissioner Henry Sunder- in an was forced to come to Norfolk yesterday to secure .1 now windmill , all the windmills In the south part of the county having boon taken down by Hie storm. Ton mills in Air. Sunder- man's immediate neighborhood were wrecked. Windmill factories wore swamped with telegraph orders as early as Friday night. The little son of Air. and Airs. N. E. Matthew of Nlobrara , seventeen months old , died yesterday afternoon in the mother's arms in Dr. II. T. Holden's office. Ti.o little boy , who appeared to bo a healthy child , died of pneumonia. The child was taken sick Friday. It Is said that the doctor at Nlobrara did not consider the Illness serious. Yesterday Airs. Alattliew lie- came abvLnd and started with her child for St. .Paul , Neb. , the homo of her husba&d' * parents. By the time this city was reached at noon the baby was so 111 that the mother sought a doctor's office. She first went to , Dr. Sailer's office where she arrived at the noon hour with no one present. When the office girl returned , Airs. Matthew learned that Dr. Salter was out on a call , She wont to Dr. Ilolden's office. Dr. Hoiden was hurriedly called but found the baby dying on ills j , arrival. The little hey died about 3 p. m. He was the only child and was called Marvin. The body was taken to St. Paul , where the funeral will be held Wednesday. Air. Alalthew Is a young man employed by the West- ern Bridge company and at present is working on the government bridge at Nlobrara. Ho has lived in Nlobrara 'or two years. A. J. Van Wagenen , until recently county attorney of Pierce county , now egisters from Sioux City , counting that Ills home. A little son of Air. and Airs. .Too Benlsii , living near Warnerville , died Tuesday morning. The child was eleven years old. George N. Engle , a prominent far mer of Plainview , was in Norfolk be- iween trains Tuesday afternoon. Air. Engel said that the noise of the meteor of a week ago was plainly and- Iblo at his farm and that clouds in the air followed the report. Norfolk will see one of the prettiest little actresses on the American stage next Tuesday night , If photographs of Adelaide Thurston , which have ap peared in Munsey's magazine , arc true likenesses. Aliss Thurston's new comedy , "The Woman's Hour , " which she will play here , Is one of the real hits of the present season The remains of the late Chris Blck , sr. , a former Norfolk citizen who died in Oklahoma , failed to arrive In Nor folk Tuesday noon as expected. The body was to have been sent hero over the Northwestern and It was thought that train connections had been missed. The funeral as a result was postponed until Wednesday afternoon , when It will bo held at 2 o'clock from St. Johannes church. Rov. Carl Alar In will conduct the services. Interment will bo In the new Lutheran cemetery. Norfolk people counted by City Clerk Harter at noon : 2,05. It de velops now that tha northwest quar ter of town lias not made the showing expected of It. With sonic fifteen houses still to be counted U shows 013 { people. It had been hoped that It t would show 1,000 people. Small families are assigned as the reason for the shortage in the figures. The southwest quarter of town showed 1,31(1 ( people. Ed Harter Is now work Ing In the big southeast quarter of the city. city.With With a llttlo son and daughter al ready dead , the father and throe of the remaining six children seriously ill with scarlet fever , the household of John Bott live miles northeast of the city is held firmly In the grip of an i exceptionally severe form of that i disease. The elglit-year-old son who died Wednesday was sick only two days , while the six-year-old daughter's death came Thursday after she had been sick only twenty-four hours. The latter was not even seen by a physi cian so fast did the disease press Its course. A trained nurse was sent to the Bolt far'ii Mon laj aftenon nml the attending physician , having a fair light with the disease , hopes to save the other chlldien. The father Is not KOilntisly III and the mot her Is still well. Fiemont Herald : E. O. Garrett re turned Saturday from a trip to Nor folk and with him came a story of the experience encountered by several Fremont men who were In Norfolk during the storm Thursday night. Air. Garret t and several other Fremonters , among whom were J. A. Elliott , Charles Williams and Harry Rogers , were aboard Northwestern passenger train No. 5 , when it was held up at Norfolk Junction Thursday evening on account of the severe wind storm. All of them , together with some for'y ' other passengers , were very de sirous of getting to Norfolk to spend the night , but no means of dansporta- tion was available. After three hours had elapsed , during which there was much consultation and discussion , everyone "chipped in two lilts. " With the $10 contributed In this manner as a gentle persuader , the engine crew was finally prevailed upon to hook onto a way-car and take the belated passengers to Norfolk. After leaving the car they were compelled to walk about half a mile through the wind and blinding snow to a hotel. Because lie c'niseil ' his nephew , Fer dinand Brandenburg , with a pitchfork Alonday , the elder Ferdinand Branden burg was in the justice court of Judge Eiseloy Tuesday. Following the re cital of the pitchfork run and of threats made by the elder Ferdinand , the latter was placed under $300 bonds to keep Hie peace. Falling to give the bond ho was ordered re manded to the county Jail at Madison until district court ineots In the spring. The older Ferdinand for many yours past hits made his homo with relatives in and about Norfolk. He worked for a number of years for his brother , August Brandenburg , because - cause lie got along well with the later. When August died and his son , Fer dinand , took the farm a mlle and a half northwest of the sugar factory , the brother made his home with Ills nephew. Ho Is said , however , to have a temper and trouble arose. Alonday his nephew claims he encouraged a dog to chase a pig. Angered the nephew struck at the dog with a pitch fork. Tlio uncle threatened him with a corn stalk and later chased him with the fork. He also threatened to kill him if he came back to the house. The nephew got his wife and drove to Norfolk , filing a complaint. The older Ferdlmnd , who is a big robust man was brought to jail by Constable Flynn , Chief Peters and Officer Koll. It is understood that the commis sioners of insanity will be asked to look Into tlie older man's mental con dition. In the court room lie claimed an equity In the farm because of his labois there. He said he had only jcen paid $20 a year. lie speaks Ger- nan altogether. Commissioners Will Come , Washington , Feb. 1. Unless pres- ? nt plans fail one of the members of .lie Interstate Commerce commission will be 'on the program of the Nebras- a Association of Commercial clubs , which J holds its next annual meeting in Norfolk , March 17 and IS , for 'lialrmaii ' Knapp has expressed to Senator BroNvn his desire to have the commission represented at that meet ing. He promised the senator today to take the matter tip with the com mission today and ask them to select a represonliulve for the program. Senator Brown invited Chairman Knapp to attend the- meeting at the request of II. At. Biislmcll of Lincoln , president of the association. Air. Bush- nell wrote that ho had endeavored to secure a commissioner last year when the meeting was held In Grand Island , but was not successful. Air. Busline ! ! stated In his letter to Senator Brown that the commissioner wounld lie greeted by a splendid audience at the banquet to be gven the visiting dele gates by the Norfolk Commercial club. He asked the senator to lay emphasis on the Interest taken In the work of the commission by1 the business men of Nebraska and the value to the bust- ness Interests to have a commissioner present at the banquet. George D. Butterfleld of Norfolk called on Senator Burkett Saturday. Air. ButtorUeld Is In the city attending to some business connected with deeds for Rosebud reservation lands pending before the commissioner of Indian af fairs. Rosebud Sioux at Capital. A delegation of seven big chiefs from the Rosebud Sioux reservation are In Washington upon a variety of matters and Saturday had a long con ference with Senator Gamble. The chiefs composing this delegation are Hollow Horn Bear , High Pipe , John Colombo , Daniel Good Voice , Eagle Horse , Strange Horse and Reuben Quick Bear. Hollow Horn Bear , by the way , has the distinction of being the only Indian chieftain whose por- trait appears upon the paper currency of the United States , this portrait be ing upon ono of the Issues of live dollar lar bills. This band of Sioux chieftains desire a variety of matters adjusted. In the first place , they wish to know some- tiling regarding the proposed opening of the portion of their reservation lying in Aloyor and Waslmbaugb coun ties , just west of Trlpp county. They also liavu business with the Indian coininibhioiui regarding the methods bring pursued or to be pursued re- garding allotments to minor children | They also have a complaint to make regarding moneys ami rations allowed to be duo them growing out of the treaty of 1S70. which treaty covered the cession of the Black Hills. They fuithurlsli to know why Secretary Garfleld withholds money duo- the Sioux trllic acciulng fiom the sale of lands In Gregory county. They assert these moneys were expressly stated In the hill opening these lands to bo paid dli eel I v to them upon a per capita basis. Something In the neighborhood of $300.000 Is Involved. See Roosevelt Today. Senator ( Iambic- took the vlnltlng chieftains to the White House today to call on the "great white father , " President Roosevelt. Other Washington Matters. Che.U'imo Indians have requested that 50,01)0 ) acres of gracing land near Thunder Butte be reserved for them for gra/.lng purposes. It Is thought that the request will lie turned down. The hill creating the Belle Fourche land district passed the house. Tills is the bill Senator Klltrodg- blocked In the senate. April I rural delivery will start on a new route out of Clear- water. On the same date a complete system of rural service will he estab lished In Cedar county. Clearwater R. F. D. No. 1. During the night of the blizzard ( for tunately little HIIOW fell here ) the windmills of James Hughes , W. W. Rathburn , Will Conger and Charles llrlttell were put out of commission. It blow tlie mills partly or entirely off the towers and one or two of the pumps fro/o up and burst The mail carrier did not make his trip Nobody blames lii-n any. Frank Xiegier , who has lived In this neighborhood for some years , has sold his farm and had a public sale and has moved to the state of Washington. The literary society in district No. 38 had for debate one week ago last Friday night the question , Resolved , That Women Should Have the Right of Suffrage. The verdict was unani mously for the affirmative , and now the women in this vicinity may vote. All the judges wore women. Now men , sit up and take notice , for the world to move. Ray Freeman and Grace Brlttoll wore married the other day and will live on the place vacated by Frank Xlegler. B. F. Todd of Orchard Hill is In very poor health this winter , and It seems to be all most Impossible for him to got a start toward hotter health. Eliza P. Hanger will have a public sale before long , and will move to Neligh where he has purchased some property. Peter Stout and wife will remain on the farm to raise chickens , fight mites and caterpillars. A Little Horse "Dope. " Logansport , Ind. , Jan. 28. Editor News : You being in the horse coun try , here is a little horse statistics : Equine stock Is $0fi.l ( ! per head in the United States. Horses In tlie United States numbered 20,010,000 and wore valued at $1,971,052 and an average nf Sl.ri ! f4 ! nor hnail on .Tmmnrv I. nn- cording to a report issued by the do" partment of agricultiiio. Horses in creased $2.2. ! a head in value during the year. In regard to range horses , they sold better iiero In Indiana than ever before and the market for next spring looks good. People here used to be afraid of branded horses but now they sell at a good price. Yours very truly , "Bill" Penny. JULIUS DEGNER MAYOR. Mayor Sturgeon Takes His First Vacation - cation Degner's Term Two Weeks. Julius Degner , a sturdy pioneer of Norfolk , is for a fortnight the city's mayor. Mayor Sturgeon left tills morning for Omaha cnroiito for a visit with his son and two daughters.In Tope , Ariz. He will bo gone from fifteen to eighteen days. As president of the council Air. Dogner became acting mayor this morning. City Clerk Ed Harter dur ing the same time will fill Alayor Sturgeon's position as secretary of the Commercial club , Alayor Sturgeon Is taking the first vacation he has ever granted himself. He has been In business In Norfolk twenty years. Air. Sturgeon today missed the first Commercial club meeting in his two terms as secretary. Next week he will bo absent from a city council meet ing for the first time since he has been mayor. Acting Alayor Degner will pre side over this meeting. THE ORIGINAL TALE. How the Fire Rumor Started Sioux City Journal Had a Wire "Tip. " Friday morning's Sioux City Journal , arriving In Norfolk Saturday evening on the first train through the snow drift , brought to Norfolk the original lire rumor. The story , double leaded and carrying a flaming slug head , had n prominent place on the first page. Here Is the "head" of the story which brought alarm for Norfolk's safety : "Fire Raging In Norfolk- Flames Said to Bo Destroying Busi ness District Telephone Office Con sumed .Meager Information Just Before fore Operators Are Driven from Build ing Conveys Information of the Town's Possible Destruction. " Tlio following llro story followed : In the face of ono of the worst storms which has visited tills section in years , and a terrific sixty-mile an hour wind , the heart of the business district of Norfolk apparently Is doomed by a fire which broke out this evening. Because of the fierce gale It Is al most Impossible t do rnvthing woi whlli toward checking the progress of the flames All telephone and telegiaph connec tions to the little town situated sixty INDIGESTION ENDS. You can out anything your stomach uraves without fear of a case of Indi gestion or Dyspepsia , or ( hut your food will ferment or sour ont your stomach If you will occasional ) ' take a little Dlapupsln after eating. Your meals will taste good , and anything you eat will be digested ; nothing can ferment or turn Into aeld or poison or stomach gas , which causes Belching , Dizziness , n feeling of fullness after eating , Nausea. In digestion ( like a lump of lend In stomach ach ) , Biliousness , Heartburn , Water brash , Pain in stomach and Intestines or other symptoms. Headaches from the stomach are absolutely unknown whore- this off DC- live remedy Is used. Dlapepsln really docs all the work of a healthy stem ach. II digests ) our meals when your stomach can't. Each triangnlo will digest all the food you can cat and leave nothing to fermi nt or sour. Get a large fid-cent ease of Pape'a Dlapepsln from your druggist and start taking today and by tomor row you will actually brag about your healthy , strong Stomach , for .MID then can oat anything and everything you waul without the slightest discomfort or misery , and every particle of Impurity and Gas that Is In your sloiuaeli and Intestines IH going to be carried away wlhout tlie use of-laxatives or any other as sistance. miles went of Sioux City , on the level Nebraska prairie , arc cut off. The only Information Hint could ho socureil last night about the blaze wan from the meager details ns told by the operators - orators of the Nebraska Telephone company just before they wore driven from their building by the flames. Starting in some frame buildings on the south side of the main street the llro Is supposedly eating its way west ward and eastward. The telephone girls were ulrlven from the building about 9 o'clock In the evening. How much damage has boon done , and how far the fire has burned and I ho cause cannot be learned , The Millionaires. Wall Alasoil In the Einporia ( Kan ) Gazette : The ) like to make the people ple think that all their plies of yellow chink , are weary burdens , to bo borne , with eyes that weep and hearts that mourn ; but as ) ou jog along the road , you see no millionaires unload. They like to talk and drone and drool , to growing youths In Sunday school , and tell them that the ' poor man's lot Is just the thing that hits the spot ; to warn them of ambition's good they talk , and talk , but don't unload. They like to talk of dn.\s long ago gone , when life for them was at Its dawn , and they were poor and bent with toll , and drew their living from the soil , and lived in some obscure abode and so they dream , but don't unload. They like to lake a check in hand and , headed by the village band , present - sent It to Homo charity 'twould mean five cents to you or mo ; then they're embalmed in song and ode ; they smirk and smile , but don't unload. EATON'S ' NEW POSITION. Former Commissioner to Be With Life and Trust Company. . Jf H. AI. Eaton , who retired from the / office of commissioner of public lands and buildings on the first of the year , has taken the position of district agent for the Provident Life and Trust company of Philadelphia , and has opened an office In the Llttlo building in Lincoln. Mr. Eaton has been In Norfolk the past week doing some special work for the state , check ing out the old administration at the Norfolk hospital for insane. Ho re ports that he found everything just as It should be and Is loud in commenda tion of the manner In which Dr. Young has conducted the affairs of that Institution. Graduation at the Hospital. The five graduates of the Norfolk state hospital's training school for nurses , Jane S. Hubble , Kathleen T. Curry , Naomi Aloore , Stella AI. Ewing and Mabel S. Eckert , Saturday even ing received diplomas and participated in Ihe first graduating exercises to bo held at the hospital. The chapel hall was decorated with the class colors , heliotrope and gold. The members of the class and the officers of the training school wore seated upon the platform. An orchestra from Norfolk furnished the musical part of the program , ono of the numbers being a violin solo by Ray Estabrook. Dr. C. W. Ray , pastor of the Meth odist church , delivered the Invocation. Allss Helen C. Sinclair , superin tendent of nurses , presented a report of the training school over which she vision. She referred to the Innova- has had direct and detailed super- tion made by the establishment of the training department for nurses. The alms of the training school were , she said , primarily to secure the best pos sible nursing for the patients at the Institution and also to send out well equipped nurses prepared to take up the work In other I.KC institutions or to enter private practice. Tlio "nurses' oath" was recited by the graduates. Dr. G. A. Young , the retiring su perintendent , delivered the address to tlie graduates , his address being in part a farewell talk. The diplomas wore presented by Dr. Young. Following this the class pins were presented by Miss Sinclair. The exercises wore followed by dancing until 12 o'clock. A number of relatives of the graduates \ ates wore hero from away to attend the exercises at the hospital. The members of the graduating class will lea\o at once for Omaha where they will take a short postgraduate - graduate course In the .Methodist hos pital In Council Bluffs ,