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THE NOUULK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAL F1U1UKKHRUA \ Y 10 1000 r\ WARRANTS DEAR 0 PER CENT. House Amends Senate Dill Reducing Interest on State Warrants. ' Pierre , 8. . , Feb. 18. The house reconsidered and passed Laxson's bill for the roliiHiiranco of the reserve of mutual companies. It also amended the senate blip which reduces Interest on slate warrants live per c.ent , raising It to six per cunt. Whllo the senate moved along se renely without any attempt , to enter tain the crowd In the gallery the IIOIIHO was In a scrappy mood all after noon and made the road rocky for several - oral measures , ono of which wan pass ed and another killed and a third went back to committee. The llrsl mlxup was on the holler Inspection bill , which had been In hiding for several days and popped out Into the open with the whole crowd after It , a hunch of amendments bolng offered and each man talked on his own amend ments or to least attempted to and none ever got to a vote until Swanson offered as a substitute for everything else , Indellnlte postponement and that bill went to oblivion for the eleventh time. Hlncu statehood. The next fight was on the county auditor salary prop osition , which WIIH supported by Ne well and Taylor and opposed by Men- dell , nurnstad and English , the latter not wanting to open the way for all other county officers to ask for In crease pay. After several Ineffectual efforts to amend It the one went back V to the committee. * The senate bill to elect county com- fi mlssloners by districts was the next ] to get under fire with Larson of Union and Peterson of Clay opposing It anil Nelson , Warren. Hartlne , Herbal and , Norbeck backing the bill which was \ easily passed. { The senate paused the senate bill fixing salaries of county judges and [ i the house resolution to again submit * to the people the question of the IK V crease of the salary of the attornoj f < general. ) The house accepted 'a few new ap i proprlatlon bills and passed ono to glvo the legal department.1,000 foi expenses In suits under the -cont rate law. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Jack Koenlgsleln was In Madlsoi Wednesday. City Attorney M. C. Hnzc-n was It Crelghton Wednesday evening , hav Ing gone there as a member of the Eastern Star delegation , which wen guests of the Crelghton lodne. William /\\\v. \ \ \ of Uoskins. . was a Nor folk visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Arthur 15. Nrown of Lamro , S D. , was In the city yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Loucks and little son Kdward , are home from a visit to In man. man.Carl Austin Is back from Inmai whore he has spent several months past on the Tompklns ranch. Miss Clara Holdon , who has beet visiting her brother , Dr. 11. T. lloldon has returned to her homo In Omaha Charles Hrulmker , who has been In Norfolk for the past six months , has left for Martlach In Saskatchewan , Canada. Dr. Frank Graham has stopped In Norfolk on h s way back to the Pa cific const from Mlddletown , N. Y. He will probably be in Norfolk for the next few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. George II. Christoph have left Norfolk on their southern trip which will Include a visit to Cuba with the Nebraska lumber dealers' ' excursion. They will stop at New Orleans on tholr return , arriving In Norfolk again about the middle ol March. Among the day's out of town visi tors In Norfolk were : T. K. Mahoney , Plaiuviow ; J. II. Hampton. Wakefleld ; Mr. and Mrs. C , A. Buck , St. Kdwnrd ; Mr. and Mrs. K. 13. Nichols , Madison ; J. S. Srona. Lamro , S. D. ; G. A. Eberly , Stanton ; Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Oelko. Pierce ; K. K. Dodge. John Crook , Meadow Grove ; John Hannah , Tllden ; John Drown , Dnttlo Creek ; V. F. Clark , Nollgh ; W. F. Lewis , Her- HclS ? S. D. C. P. nyeriy is on tno S'.ek list. Horn to Mr. and Mrs. K. Klawonn , a son. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hall , which has been quite sick , Is much bettor. The directors of the Commercial club could not meet yesterday noon on account of several of the members being out of the city As part of the new office equipment of the A. U Killlan store a new 3,000 pound safe has been swung Into place on Iho office platform. Chadron Journal : A letter from county clerk Naylor this morning to Mr. Hlekman , president of the Com mercial club , states that Iho normal school quesllon Is not being given much attention by the legislature now. However , the question may come up any day. Meantime ho and Superintendent Elliott are proving to the legislators that Chadron is on the map. map.Tho Norfolk Shoo company Is hav ing tholr store entirely redecorated. The woodwork Is bolng enameled white with gold trimmings. The walls nro being repapered. The floor will also receive a share of the at tention , being revarnlshed. When finished the company will have ono of the most attractive stores on Norfolk nvonuo. The new color scheme will also glvo n much lighter store. Valentino Republican : A quiet wedding occurred at the temporary homo of Mrs. J. S. Grange In this city Monday evening , February 8 , 1909 , the daughter of J. S. Grange and wife. Miss Mary , being united In marriage to H. E. Darrltt of Norfolk. Nebraska. After the ceremony , which was performed by Rev. J. E. Baker of the M. E. Church , the guests sat down to a splendid wedding supper. The brldo Is quite well known In Valen tine , having formerly resided and at tended school hero. The groom Is In he employ of the railroad company at Norfolk Junction , where the happy couple went Thursday to make their future homo. Tholr many friends wish them a long and happy life. D. T. Held wim In Battle Creek Wed- tesday morning , looking after the In- orests of his branch store. Vogot'B Concert orchestra Is a now inimical organization In Norfolk , formed last night with Otto A. Voget is leader. M. Johnson has just completed the remodeling of the ladle * cloak and millinery department In Damn Broth ers' clothing store. The funeral of little Constance Class was hold Tuesday afternoon at the homo of tho'parentH , Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Class. Ilev , J. C. S. Wellls of I'rlnlty church had charge of the so > - - vices. Interment was In Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dick have gone to Stlllwater , Oklu. , where Mr. Dick Intends to look after the farming In terests of his mother , who Is left alone by the recent death of her husband. Clyde Whalen and bride wore noon passengers for Columbus , following their marriage at 0 o'clock at the homo of the bride's parents. Mrs , Whalen was formerly Miss Anna Leu , Hev. Mr. Aaron will on next Sunday be installed as pastor of the Lutheran church nt Hadar. Rov. Mr. Braeuci of Hndar and Hovr-Mr. Press of Win- side will have charge of the services Martin Katie's family Is mournlnt ; the loss of an exceptionally bright lit tie Scotch terrier , which Is hollc-vcd lo have been taken off by some oni Tuesday evening. The dog was hlghlj valued. A. M. Plot sail , a printer who canu to Norfolk from Pierce Severn' months ago and who has been work Ing In the job department of Tin News , Is very ill and it Is feared thai he can net live. Two daughters ii Michigan have been notified. Miss Mary M. Long of this city am' Hiram Stott of Meadow Grove , wert married at the Methodist parsonage al ! ( ) : ; ! ( ) this morning , Dr. C. W. Haj performing the ceremony. Mr. ant Mrs. Stott loft for Omaha on a bi'io ' wedding trip. They will make theli homo In Meadow Grove. Dr. D. W. McGregor of Madison , Dr C. F. Sharpe of Wayne and Dr. J. F Poucher of Stanton attended the Nor folk district program meeting hell here Wednesday The meeting wni hold for the purpose of making pro gram arrangements for the Norfoll district conference ofthe Methodls church which is to be hold here Apr ! 20-21. At a social meeting of the W. C. T U. hold Tuesday afternoon at the homo of J. A. Porter on Norfolk avenue onue , Mrs. Elvira Heckman , eighty four years old , mother of Mrs. Mussel man , gave an Interesting talk on he personal acquaintance with Abrahan Lincoln and his family. The progran of the afternoon was given over t < Abraham Lincoln and Miss France Willard. Short Line Tied Up. The O'Neill branch of the Burling ton railroad is still "tied up. " Ni trains have been run over the roai either way since Monday , February f. and Burlington officials have not prepared pared to state when the branch wll be In operation. The principal ol stacle has been a snowdrift elghtcei feet high and li.OOO feet long. Th : snow fence was blown down and th < boards are scattered through the drift A rotary plow has been at work 01 the drift , but the boards have Intel fered with .its action , making th work of opening the road exceeding ! ; slow. Dallas Residence Burns. Dallas , S. D. , Fob. IS. The resi dence of Herman Anderson was part ly destroyed by fire. The loss will probably amount to $000 , which was partly covered by insurance. The family Is having considerable bard luck lately , Mrs. Anderson hav ing died only last week after a short Illness. Fourth Bott Child Dead. With the burial Wednesday morning of little Charles Bott , It is believed that the shadow of death has at last lifted from the home of John Bott five miles northeast of the city. Charles , the last child to ale , was between three and four years old. Ho was the first of the children to come down with a malignant attack of scarlet fever. He had recovered from the disease , but he had been left In such a condition by his illness that hemorrhages of the nose set In. The la.i literally bled to death. When little Charles Bolt came down with scarlet fever , the Bott family consisted of a father and mother and eight children. None of the family escaped the disease. Four of the children have died , one within twenty- four hours after being taken ill , an other within forty-eight hours. Two sons and two daughters died. With four children left , two llttlo boys and two lltlle girls , the Bott family Is now out of the clutches of scarlet fever. The trained nurse , who was taken to the Bott home after the first two children died , left yesterday. C , J , CHAPMAN DEAD , Former Norfolk Railroad Man Dies in California. Charles J. Chapman , for some fif teen or sixteen years , foreman of the Norfolk roundhouse In iho Elkhorn service , died yeslerday morning in the Soulhern Pacific hospital at Sacramen to , Cal. A message was received In Norfolk last evening by Norfolk rela tives , a sister-in-law , Mrs. P. F. Bell , and a brother-in-law , Charles Hyde , residing hero. Death , which was duo to heart and stomach trouble , came after Mr. Chap man was about to bu discharged from the railroad hospital IIM cured. Word had JusH been received that ho could walk eight or ten blocks n day. On the Southern Pnclllc Mr. Chap man wus foreman of the roundhouse nl Dunsmulr In the mountain division , an Important post. The deceased was Ilfty-ono years old. He leaves a wife and a son. Ills father and mother from Fremont have been spending the winter In California. The body will bo taken to Dunlap , la. , for burial. Mr. Chapman , during his residence here , served for a number of years on the board of education. Dallas to Have Third Bank. Dallas. S. I ) . . Feb. IS. The Third bank for Dallas has been Incorporated and will do business as the Dallas State bank , with a capital stock of $0,000. The building formerly used by A. Wager us United States commis sioner has been purchased and Is be ing flitted up for headquarters. The bank will open up for business on the 15th of March. Pierce Now Has Fine Library. Pierce , Neb. , Fob. 17. Special to The News : A sumptuous banquet was served to the supporters of the Pierce public library by the W. C. T. U. of Pierce last night. It was held at the Inheldor hall. The loaslmastor was A. F. Magdanz and the following list of toasts were responded to : "Our Library and City , " W. W. Qulvoy ; "Benefits of the Library to the Home , " ex-Railway Commissioner J. A. Will- lams ; "Benefits of the Public Library to Our Schools , " O. R. Bowen ; "The Professional Man and Books , " Dr , L. R. Pheasant ; "The Work of the Pierce LIbiary During the Past Two Years , " County Superintendent Frank Pllgcr ; "The Library of the Future , " F. 13. Llllibahl. A vocal solo was rendered by Mrs. L. N. Maxwell. The Pierce public library was started two years ago under the nus- plcos of the W. C. T. U. It now con tains 700 books of practical value. A neat surplus fund has boon laid by for the buying of more books. The library has been a success In every way. City Election in Seven Weeks. In seven weeks the city election , In a month the city conventions. Election day Is April C. The offices to be filled are : Mayor , clerk , treas urer , police judge , city engineer , four . coiincilmon , two members board ol education. On the Republican side the terms ot office of Mayor Sturgeon. City Clerk Harter , City Treasurer Anderson Police Judge Eiseloy and Councilman Schwenk expire. None of these men would be likely to have any opposi tion for re-nomination. On the Democratic side Councilmen Kauffman of the Second ward , Dognci of the Third ward and Dolin of the Fourth ward and H. C. Matrau and T , F. Shlvoly of the board of education have served out their terms. Mr , .lively will not accopl a re-nomination The other four men will probably been on the ticket again. Pat Dolin , It will be remembered , though a Democrat captured the Republican nomination two years ago and was unanimously elected as a Republican. W. J. Stafford , assistant cashier ol the Citizens National Jjank , it is gen erally conceded , will be the Demo cratic nominee for city treasurer. Around the Democrallc nomination for mayor Is whore politics arc apt tc boil slightly. Among the men whc have been mentioned so far are ex Mayor John Friday , ox-County Com missloner H. W , Winter , now council man from the First ward , Councilman E. B , Kauffman , Councilman Pat Dolin of the Junction and Councilman Julius Dogner , president of the council and for two weeks past acting mayor. Mr. Dogner has , however , promptly eliminated himself fuom the discus sion. Ho accepts the reference to himself merely as complimentary "mention. " Mr. Degner at seventy- four Is still a sturdy pioneer and an active member of the "hoard of city fathers. " He has served on the city council during the administration of Dr , A. Bear , the late Col. J. E. Simp son , the late W. M. Robertson , the late D. J. Koenlgsteln , C. B. Durland and J. D. Sturgeon. A. Degner as a candidate for mayor on the Democratic ticket has been again advanced during the last few days in street talk. Mr. Degner's candidacy for some years has been annually ad vanced and as promptly frowned on by Mr. Degner. The office of city engineer Is vacant at this time. Extra Session March 15 , Washington. Fob 18. It developed at a conference between President Elect Tnft and Senators Knox and Hale nnd Speaker Cannon that thes = congrpsslonal leaders believe that the work of the special session of con gress to be called March 15 can bp finished between Junel l and June 15 Mr Taft regards the outlook for sat lefnrtorv tariff loel lntnn | RS coed auspicious. Admiral Robley D. Evans told this story against himself. lie had a con gressman for a guest , but had almost run out of his favorite brand of whis ky and had stocked up with some thing he tould not guarantee , lie ex plained i hi * and added. "Here , howev er. Is Mime Imwidy that I've kept un touched fur a j'ouil deal more than twenty years. " "Just hai.-l me the whisky decan ter. " was the reply. "Why , " Kald the admiral , "what's th matter with the brandy V" "That's just what I want to know , Bob , " Vald the gnest. "But if you hare had It untouched in your posses- Dion for more than twenty years ther * must be something pretty bad the mat ter with It ! " SENATE FAVORS DIVORCEREFORM , Passes Bill Making Residence Requirement One Year , STRINGENT ANTI-TREAT BILL Indications That Prohibition Forces Will Center Their Efforts on This Measure , Which Has Been Recom mended for Passage. Lincoln , Feb. 17. The senate has passed Miller's bill requiring ono year's residence before action for di vorce can bo started. It also requires personal service of notice. The bill has not had much opposition and ap parently will pass the house and become - come a law. Representative Groves' anti-treat bill did not come up In the house , al though the judiciary committee has recommended It lor passage. Indica tions arc that the prohibition forces will center their efforts on this bill and not attempt more drastic legisla tion at this session. Several other bills arc now before both houses , but they are apparently burled for tin- session , The senate in commlitee of the whole agreed to the bill by Banning , permitting county commissioners In small counties to draw $ ! a day and mileage , Instead of $3 , and also agreed to Senator Douohoe's bill providing thai supreme , district and county judges , regents of the stale university , the state superintendent of public In- oiructfoii and county superintendents shall be nominated and elected by pe tition and shall not bo on parly tickets. Senator Volpp Introduced a bill for the taxation of real estalo mortgages. Senator Ransom's bill increasing the possible bonded debt of Omaha from $2,700,000 to 5 per cent of the actual cash valuation , providing foi Intersection sewer and paving bonds without a special election and permit ting the Issuance of bonds for the maintenance of municipally owned public service plants , passed the house on third reading and will go to the governor. Final Draft of Bank Bill Agreed Upon. In a four hours' session last night the lull joint banking committee of the two houses of the legislature agreed upon the final draft of the bill for the regulation of the banking busi ness and the guaranty of uank deposits The bill will be introduced in tl.t . house today and an effort will b < - made to advance It as rapidly as pos slble. H boars the emergency clause , so that it can bo made operative Im mediately. If it pusses with the emer gency clause the first assessment will be made about July 1. Repiesontatlvo Holmes' bill creat ing the olllce of stale archllect failed of passage in the house by ouo vote. There is now registered in the lobby book a full line of "professionals , ' ranging from the man who says his business Is "personal" to the wife of a supreme judge , who seeks to secure the Immortalizing of the Oregon trail. LOCK TYPE CANAL FAVORED President Roosevelt Transmits to Con gress Report of Engineers. Washington , Fob. IS. Any attack made boreal tor on the lock type of the Panama canal , according to the opin ion expressed by President Roosevelt In a message transmitting to congress the report made by the engineers who recently visited the canal zone with President Elect Taft , "Is In leality merely an atlack upon the policy o ! building any canal at all. " The re port , In Mr. Roosevelt's opinion , "shows In clearest fashion that the congress was wise in the position it took and that It would bo an inex cusable folly to change from the pro posed lock canal to a sea level canal. " Asks Rehearing In bnumway Case. Lincoln , Feb. 18. Judge Ilamoi filed a motion for a rehearing of the Shumway case , setting forth that Shumway In the trial was deprived ol povon peremptory challenges In the selection of the jury which convicted him. SENATE FAVORS DIVISIONJF FLEET , Wants One-Half of Nay ; Kepi in Pacific Wafers. W shington , Feb. 17. One-half o the United Stales navy should be kep on the Pacific coast at all times , Is the opinion of the senate. An amend ment to the naval bill was agreed to providing that In the discretion of the president , one-half of the navy shal bo kept In Pacific wa'.ors , so fur as practicable. The president alreadi has the authority lo divide the fleet but the amendment amounts to an ex presslou ot congress In favor of bucti action. An amendment was adopted whlcl will nave the effect , If It Is accepted by the house , of restoring the marlni corps on board all battleships ant armored cruisers , In accordance with the practice of the navy prior to the president s order removing them 1'ron th ships , The size of the two battleships au thorlzed Is limited to 21,000 tons and their cost exclusive of armor and ar aftmenta to $4,500,000 each. KNOX BILL BEFORE HOUSE , _ Judiciary Committee It Striving to Get Hold of Measure , Washington. 1'Vb. 13. President Ifilcct Tail ban telegraphed to Senator Halo in King coiiKH'ts to remove all doubt oi duintor Kttox a eligibility lethe the olllce of secretary of stale and tuyltiK that the loss of Mr. Kno.x from the cabinet prcmluidhlii would bu a public mlsfottune Annoyed at the reference of th Oaliu'h bill to decrease the umolu- menls ot the sccretuiy of etnte to iho house commlitee on olociluiu ot pruei- ilont , vice prcsidoul and reptuuenia- lives In KMigruss , eomo inemtiurs of the Lomuiutce on the judiciary are striving for a way to gut hold ol the nuasure , and they claim ihat tioib lhi > Oalnes bill and Itb counlerpart , tlic cuate bill , should have beun referred o the committee of lawyetu. liiHteaii , bo fonnor wus aunt lo unother com- nlttec and the senate bill still rum * on the speaker's table , waiting lor the Gullies measure to make Its appear- ancu A movement lei bulng considered o have some member of the commit- ee ask for a change of reference. The committee is suld to be opposed to he measure. MOTHERS MEEHO TALK OKHILDHOOD Annual Conference Begun In New Orleans Today , New Orleans , Keb. IS. "Work for liome and childhood in many stales' Is the keynote of the twelfth annual conl'eieiice of the Rational Congress of Mothers , opened In this city todaj with an address by Governor Sanders of Louisiana. Other greetings of wel come to New Orleans , Louisiana add the south were extended to the dele gates by representative men and women of the state and city. He- spouses were made by Mrs. Jefferson D. Glbbs of Los Angeles , Cal. , speak ing for the west ; Mrs. George K. John son of Philadelphia , spokeswoman tot the east , and Mrs. Frederic ScholT ol Philadelphia , president of the National Congress of Mothers , who replied In behalf of the "guardians of childhood in home and nation. " The conterence will remain In ses sion four days , and the Mothers will combine the discussion of topics of in terest and Importance with enjoyment of the Mardl Gras This afternoon there will be a conference of state presidents and reports ol' national de partments. In the evening the ladle ? will enjoy the Momus parade , assem bling again tomorrow for a conference on child saving. The conference will close Sunday afternoon with a sym poslum of local work and concert al church. NEW ORLEANS BEGINS ANNUAL CARNIVAL Merrymaking Leading Up to New Orleans , Fob. 18. With the ball of Momus tomcat Hie world famous annual carnivui 01 this city will begin , For six days uio city will give Itself up to gayt-iy until tno lolling of the church bel.a on the inltliilght of Shrovq Tuesday oiuis Uio revelry. Tomorrow night file carnival gorman - man will hold the attention of the merrymakers. On the night of Mon day , Fob. 22 , will come the ball ot Proteus , and on the night of Mardl Gras day , Feb. 23 , ai'ler the strool pageant , iho ball of Rex and the ball of Comus will wind up the season in a glare of splendor. New Orleans is filled with visitors from all parts of the Union , and many loreignors are seen In Hie crowds that throng Canal street. The hotels are filled to their capacity , anu there is no evidence of hard times in the way in which money Is being spent In the big stores. The streets are gayly decorated. Next Saturday , Sunday and Monday the automobile races will hold the at tention of the sport loving among the vlsllors. A Maralhon race and other events are also on the athletic pro gram. FLOOD OF BILLSJNTRODOCED , All Former Records Broken In South Dakota Legislature. Pierre , S. D. , Feb. 1C. On the last dny for general introduction of bills all former records of legislative ses sions In this state were smashed. The house numbers were ready with sixty- three bills and five resolutions. In the senate they stopped at forty-four bills and one resolution. In the house list wore one resolution for unlimited equal suffrage , and another to allow women to vote on liquor questions. Ono bill to make violation of liquor laws the penal offense ; a bunch of railroad bills and a number of small appropriation bills. The senate de feated the anti-trust bill. The house passed the bill creating two more supreme premo court districts. Both houses passed resolutions fix ing noon Friday , March 5. as the time of Una ! adjounment. West Half of Garrison In Ruins. Garrison , Nob. , Feb. l8.Firo start ed by the explosion of a lamp swejii the west half of this village lat > ' night causing a loss of $50,000. Four stores were burned. The village is without fire protection. MRS , CARMACK IS FIRST WITNESS , Slain Senator's ' Widow Becomes Hysterical on Stand , Nashville , Tenn. , Fob. 17. Filled with dramatic Ituldcnlu and maiUed by scenes that bordeied on the sensa tional was the first day of the aitual Irlnl of iho Cooper-Shurpo casu. Whether Colonel Ijiincau It Coopur , Robin J Cooper and John Sharpe killed foimer Senator E. W. Carmack In bell' di.tenso , as a result of a con spiracy. Is the Issue. Scarcely IIIIM the attorneys been rapped Into order the judge has bioken two good gavels In the work thus far than the llrst Bcutmtlon was produced. Mrs E W. Carmack , the slain sen ator's widow , was half carried , half as- slsted Into the room. She was gowned In deepest mourning. Her knees gave way as she nonrcd her seat and she was moaning as she was placed In her chair. Her little son , Nod , Jr. , aged icn , stood by his mother , patting her shoulder and trying to keep back his lears. Great surprise was caused when the state called Mrs. Carmack as Its first witness. She was almost carried to the witness stand by her kinsman , Frank Lander , who succeeded her hus band as editor of the Tennosseean. A few questions ) were asked , but she be came hysterical , and was excused. As Mrs. Carmack loft the stand , young Ned Carmack turned squarely towards the defendants and fixed upon them a look full of hatred. Next came the testimony of Mrs. Eastman , who seized the revolver said to have been found near the dead ed itor's body. She was severely cioss- questioned , but the attorneys failed to weaken her testimony Corroborates Parr's Testimony. New York , Feb. 17. Corroboratlon of the testimony of Special Treasury Agent Parr , who last week testified as to alleged attempts of Spltzor , a dock superintendent of the American Sugar Kcllning company , to bribe him during his tesls of the scales on the Brooklyn docks of the company In November , 19U7 , was given by Weigher Thomas Hyatt at the resumption of the hearing In the government's suit against the sugar company for alleged frauds in the weighing of sugar shipments. Says Smith Has Three Wives. St. Joseph , Mo. , Feb. 17. Mrs. Cora Smith , the girl-wife of her mother's husband , who last Sunday shot and seriously wounded Smith when ho Started to desi'it her , said that Smith had thr'-'o ' wives , No 3 now residing In Oklahoma The girl was sobbing when she told her story. She \\ns told that Smith was dying , and wah asked whether she had anything to say : "Well , I'm sorry I shot him , but he needed a bullet. " Lemp Divorce Trial Ended. St. Louis , Fob 17. The tnal ot the suit for dl voice brought by Mrs Li ) linn liandlan Lcmp against her mil llonalro husband , William J. Lemp Jr. , ended with the arguments ot at torncys. Judge Hitchcock will render u decision later. Mrs Lemp was in tears while her attorney In his argu went spoke ot the husband's alleged conduct. Her altorney asked for Krcvbs alimony. MRS , LILLIEJiAY TESTIFY , Willing to Tell Circumstances of KIM ing of Her Husband. Lincoln , Feb. 17. Mrs. Lena Mar garot' Lllllo , who is suing the Modern Woudmcn of America lor a ? 3UOO pol Icy on the lite ol her husband , may be pbiiiiitu-d to go on the bland and toll the cm umstances of the killing ol Harvey Lulio. Announcement was made at tno opening of the case In Iho district com i of her willingness to teslily. Mrs. Lilllo was convicted In the district court of Buller county sev eral years ago of the murder of he ; husband and was sentenced lo life I in prisonment In the penitentiary. Aftei serving about two years she was par doned by the then governor , John H Mickey , Requisition for Marquis. Hastings , Nob. , Fob. 17. Governoi Shullcnborgcr has Issued a requisition for Benjamin Marquis , under arres In Kansas City , where ho was flrs uela at the Instance of the Commercla bank of .Cbappelle. The requisition was Issued at the request of the slier Iff of this county and Marquis will b ( brought buck to stand trial on i charge of negotiating a worthies chock for $800 a year ago. It is nou learned that Marquis Is wanted In ser oral places In this stato. Daniel Guggenheim Dangerously HI Mexico City , Feb. 1C. According tea a special dispatch received hero iron the city of Aguas Callenles , Danlo Guggenheim of New York , head of tlu American Smelting and Refining com pf.uy , 'J keliiK rushed cast aboard c special irtcin In order that his life maj bo saved. Me Guggenheim visited Mexico City a few days age and the altitude so affected his bean 'hat ho lioc-ame dungerouslv 111 , Drops Dead on Train. Crelghton , Neb. . Fob. 17. Special K The News : Ferdinand Balloweg o Crelghlon , aged fifty-five , who hai lived hero twenty-live years , droppei dead In the smoking car of Iho north bound Norfolk-Dallas train botweei Crolghlon and Winnetoon. Passengers In the coach wore daze ( wnen they realized that , before theli very eyes , ono of tholr follow passen gers had expired. Sad Shock For Daughter , Mr. Balloweg was on his way U GOOD HOME RiClPE Mix Thle Simple , Helpful Hcclpe aft Home ami Try It , Anyway. Got from any prescription pharma cist th < i following : Fluid Extract Dandelion , one ImlC mnee ; Compound Knrgon , out ) ounce ; 'onipoiiiul Syrup Siinuipiirlllu , Ihrcii Shako \v ll In u bottle and luUo u oaspoonful ( lotto after each meal iiiiiU I bedtime. 'I'lu1 above IH considered IIH I lie most orlaln prescription over written to ollovo Backache , Kidney Trouble Voak Bladder and all forum of I il mry dl I fit-nil It'H. This inlxlnnacts. . iromptly on the ollmlnallvo llmuier. if Hie Klilni'.VH , enabling Ilioin lo filter ind Hlraln the uric add and other vasle mat I IT from Ilio blood which auHos IthemnallHMi Home persons who suffer with the ifrilcilous may not fool Inclined to- ilaeo much confidence In thlH simple nlxture , yet ( nemo who have tried It Miy the results are Hlinply surprising. he relief being effected without ( he slightest Injury to Iho stomach or olli- T ( Ti-gana. Mix some and glv It a trial. It certainly comen highly recommended , I IH the proHcrlptlon of an eminent uithorlty , whoso iinllro ropntatlon. Its. a said , was eHlahllHhcd liy It. A druggist hero al home , whein isked. Htaled that ho c.onld either niiv | ily the Ingredients or mix the prv scrlptlon for our rcade.ru , altio recom nemlH II as Wlnnetoon to visit his daughter , Mrs- Miles. Mrs. Miles was at ( he statmu o meet her father , planning ( o drlv > 0 her home , three miles north west nl tYlimcloon with him , and anticipating- 1 pleasurable visit. She had had word of her fathei K omlng , but a sad shock awaited lu > r when , as ( lie train drew Into the m < i ion , the dead body of her parent waw carried out to greet her. Son Lives in Norfolk. A son of the deceased , C. A. Balhi weg , lives in Norfolk , owning and coit luctlng a shoe-repairing shop on North Vourth street. A brother of the deceased , Willhurs Malloweg , conducts a shoo shop IK Crelghton , and has for fifteen jews. Another brother lives llfteen mlles northwest of Crelghton. Was An Old Soldier. . Ferdinand Hallowcg was an oltf soldier and miidn bin home with hii relatives , receiving a pension froir the government upon which he Ilvc-iZ The funeral will bo-hold In Creiuli ton Friday morning and burial will l * In the Catholic cemetery. Notice to Dridgc Contractors. I'ubllc notice Is hereby given ih.it sealed bids will he received h > the board of county commissioners of Madison county , Nebraska , for the furnishing of all the necessary run torlais and labor for the erection ami completion of the following bridges or so many thereof us shall be ordon-cJ built by the said county commit * sloners during the year beginning March ; ,0 , l)0i ! ) ) , and ending March yj 1D10 : One 10-foot roadway , 70-foot spam steel bridge with tubular piers , acrosr. nnttle crook , near John Pramiorlr. farm in Schoolcraft precinct. And such other bridges of like olasr- as above , ranging In spans from { > < ? to SO feet , as necessity or omorgpiirv may require to bo ordered by salrf board of county commissioners , with in the period herein specified. One 18-foot roadway , pile and stringer or bridge , approximately I2 ! feet long- , near John Brown's farm in Highland precinct. All such other bridges of like clasy as the bridge last described , as neces sity or emergency may require to no ordered by said county commissioners within the period herein specified. At the same time and place as here in spocllied bid ? will also bi received' by said county commissioners for jc yearly cnntiact for the repair t-.t a3 ! bridges and approaches to bridges wnlch may he ordered repaired ano maintained by said county commissioners ors onrlng the period above specified. All such bridges and parts of bridges- to be built in accordance with plans : and specifications heretofore adoptccR y said county commissioners amf now on nie In the office of county clerk of said county at Madison , No hraskn. No bid will be considered unless It is accompanied by a certified ehecli for i-,000 , payable to the county clerk of Madison county , Nebraska , whlclt shall bo forfeited to the county of Madison In case the successful hiddnrr refuses to enter into a contract If the- same shall be awarded to him. Suck c'eck must be under separate co\oi that it may be examined and verified by the county clerk prior to the oponlms of said bids. The party receiving the contract will be required to give a good and ! sufficient bond In such amount as tin * said county commissioners may designate , conditioned for the faith fill performance of said contract BWs and chocks will bo received at any time prior lo 12 o'clock , nooi of Marcn 10. 190 ! ) , by the county c-lorU. of Madison county at Madison. Ne braska , and said bids will be - tno commissioners' office at Madisi.w , Nebraska , at 1 o'clock p. m. . on March 110. 1)09. ! ) All bids shall bo made upon bidding sheets prepared and furnish.- * ! by the said county clerk on apnlioa tlon. tlon.Tho The commlsBloners reserve the right to reject any and all of said bids. Hone by order of the count > com mlssldiiers of Madison county , at Madison. Nebraska , this 18th daj of February , 1903. George E. Illchardson County Clork.