THE NORKOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOU11NA1 FRIDAY APRIL 9 li)09. )
A. P. Johnson Dead.
Nmvmnn Orovo , Nob. , April 7.
Bpeolnl to The NOWB : A. P. JohiiBon ,
a xvcll-to-do nnd prosperous fnrmor
mid Htockinnii living west of town , bo-
cnino violently III. Dr. Frlnk was
called nnd found Mr. JohiiBon Buffer-
IIIB from n Hovoro attack of peritonitis.
Dr. Long from Madison wnB culled In
consultation Monday afternoon nnd nil
in tholr power was done for Mr. John-
HOII but ho passed nwny Monday night.
Mr. JolniHon WIIB fifty-six years old
nnd lived In this vicinity for years.
Two brothers nnd ono sister survive.
Mr. JohiiBon was unmarried and
lived with a bachelor brother and the
iimrrled brother who were In partner-
In the stock business.
Arlzonn Appointments.
Washington , April 7. President
Tnft sent to the senate yesterday the
nominations of Judge Illehanl B.
Sloan of Prescott , as govoinor of Arl-
y.onn , vice Klbboy , whoso term ex
pires , nnd Gcargo U. Young of Pros-
colt an territorial secretary of Arizona.
Colorado Elections.
Denver , April 7. Municipal elec
tions In many of .vhloh the liquor ques
tion was the loal.ng Issue , were held
yesterday throughout Colorado. Colorado
rado Springs , Oraml Junction , Cripple
Creole , Trinidad and Uouldor voted on
the question of "saloons or no sa
loons. "
Nebraska Municipal Elections.
Lincoln , April 7.-The liquor question
tlic chief Issue in the municipal
elections held throughout the state
yesterday. In Hastings a spectacular
campaign was waged and the result
ia In doubt today. In Fremont , Grand
Island , Tecumseh and many other
cities the campaign has been exciting.
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TUESDAY TOPICS.
P. J. Halo of Atkinson was In Nor
folk yesterday.
Attorney H. R. Hazen of Naper was
in Norfolk between trains yesterday.
George Strelow , who Is visiting
friends In Omaha , Is expected homo
tomorrow.
Mrs. E. A. Wnddoll was In Madison
yesterday on business connected with
her millinery store there.
Miss Helen Hagel. who has been
visiting her sister , Mrs. Will Hall ,
rotunied to her home In Columbus
yesterday.
Among the day's out-of-town visit
ors in Norfolk wore : Deputy United
SUUcs .Marshal J. F. Sides , Dakota
City ; Meyer Drandvlg , Butte ; C. A.
Llndnhl , Drlstow ; S. A. Ostorgow ,
Concord ; J. P. Borg , M. Johnson ,
" \\aiisn ; Andrew Lundah , Wakcfleld ;
B. P. Olson , Rosalie ; M. J. Phillips ,
Wood River ; R. R. Hazen , Dallas , S.
D. ; C. P. Wlmborly , Osmond ; E. J. De-
Bell , Rosebud ; Ed Warrlngton. Crelgh-
ton ; E. B. Glrton , Wayne.
Former Congressman J. P. Boyd of
the Third Nebraska district has re
turned to his home at Nollgh.
District court will bo convened by
Judge Welch In Pierce Wednesday.
Friday Judge Welch will go' to Madi
son for special work. The following
Monday the jury trials at Pierce will
begin.
A Jnnn who Is In touch with the
pltimtton in north Nebraska made the
prctllctntm in Norfolk yesterday that
the Internrtmn electric line between
Sioux CJty nnd Hartlngton would be
built and would bo extended from
Hnrtlngton to Bloomflcld and Nlobrnru.
Two Norfolk doctors are looking for
a mnnwith a broken leg. In a friend
ly scuffle In the Walton saloon yester-
daj- Charles Pond , a Ewlng hay bailer ,
full , his foot turning and the bone of
hJs JRS breaking near the ankle. The
breiikwas given medical attention
but when the doctors called at the
hotel this morning the man with the !
broken leg bad limped out.
Tire was close enough to the E. A. ! ,
Bullock threshing machine warehouse
Monflay noon to occasion alarm. A1 '
Bparti from a switch engine set fire
to grass near a pile of planks near
the * -areliouse , the planks catching
fire. Trainmen helped extinguish the
fire.
Congressman Latta of this district
has an appointment to make to the
Annapolis naval school. The appoint-
m jnt will not be filled by a competi
tive examination Candidates for the
appointment have been requested to
notify Dan V. Stephens of Fremont ,
chairman of the Democratic congres
sional committee.
Dr. JJL T. Holden was In Hadar Tues
day morning.
Miss Mable Tanner has returned
from Hot Springs , S. D. , where she has
been nursing In u sanitarium.
TUlss Molllo Carter and Mrs. J. B.
Chapman of Chicago are In Norfolk
visiting their brother , J. R. Carter.
Dr. F. A. Long of Madison was In
Norfolk Monday evening attending
the meeting of the county medical so
ciety. %
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lackey drove to
Stanton for a day's visit. Mr. Lackey's
father , S. W. Lackey , Is now hero from
Stanton.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Klocke , a
eon.
eon.Iloru
Iloru to Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Clark ,
a daughter.
Miss Nora Fueslor has been qulto
1 sick for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davenport are
ll both ill with the grip.
Airs. Mary Davenport Is confined to
her bed with an attack of the grip.
Seven candidates were initiated Into
the Ben Hur lodge last evening.
The regular meeting of the Degree
of Honor lodge will be hold Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Wednesday club banquet which
was to have been given Friday , April
Ernest Danes , who has moved from
Tllden to a farm near Warnorvllle , Is
putting up a number of new farm
buildings on his place.
The Commercial club did not hold
Its regular weekly mooting Tuesday
afternoon on account of election ,
Mayor Sturgeon , the secretary of the
club , being a candidate for ro-elcctlon
at the polls.
1C , will bo held Instead on Thursday ,
April 1G. ,
Mrs. Eva Stewart of Moosejan , Sns-
hntclmwun , Canaifii , Is visiting her
brother , 8 , F , Ersklnc , whom she has
not seen for thirty years.
Miss Foyo Livingston has been ap
pointed assistant chief operator In the
Norfolk exchange of the Nebraska
Telephone company. Miss Livingston
suceods Mrs. II. H. Turner , formerly
of Pierce , who goes to Omaha , where
she becomes a relief chief operator.
Additional names on the muster roll
of Norfolk's now militia company , * j ) "
of the First Infantry , brought the total
enlistment of the company up to
thirty-nine Monday evening. By next
Monday It Is hope to have a member
ship of at least forty-five. The com
pany has received two Indoor target
rifles for Indoor practice. The rifles
In appearance resemble the regular
rifles. The government Is giving moie
attention to the mlllttn than fornuu'ly
nnd rifle practice Is ono of the features
which Is being emphasized.
Yale B. Hoffman , a graduate of the
Nebraska university , has como to Nor
folk and will be associated with the
Citizens National bank. Mrs. Hoffman ,
who was formerly Miss , Martha Klein
of Mlnden , Nob. , and who Is also .a
Nebraska university graduate , will ar
rive In the city within a few days.
Mrs. Hoffman was a member of the
Kappa Alpha Theta sorority In Lin
coln.
coln.The
The Nebraska Telephone company
Is now engaged In constructing a num
ber of now long distance circuits into
Norfolk to supplement the present toll
lines and to provide against a conges
tlon of business. Circuits are being
strung between Norfolk and Colum
bus , Norfolk and Humphrey , Humphrey
and Albion , Norfolk and Neligh , to
gether with two new circuits between
Fremont and Norfolk and an exclusive
Stanton-Norfolk circuit.
GUARANTY FOR STATE BANKS.
National Banks Are Not Allowed to
Participate In Fund.
Topeka , Kan. , April 6. Kansas na
tlonnl banks will not bo allowed to
participate In the state guaranty fund.
This Is settled definitely in a decision
by the" attorney general , Wlckershatn ,
given In Washington today.
Modjeska Survives the Night.
Los Angeles , April G. Madame Mod
jeska survived the night contrary to
expectations of the attending ph
slclans , and Is reported as barely alive
today.
Florida Legislature Convenes.
Tallahassee , Fla. , April .6 The Flori
da legislature convened hero today. Al
though the Prohibition forces have
waged a vigorous campaign , their op
ponents have hope to block all "dry"
legislation.
Business Changes In the Northwest.
Lincoln Trade Review : O. D. Boo
mer of Wlsnor , Nob. , who has recently
purchased a factory located at Nellgh
for the manufacture of harness hard
ware under patents held by the com
pany , was in the city this week in con
sultation with Secretary Whitten over
moving his plant to this city In order
to secure the distributing advantages
that are open here. Through Secre
tary Whitten Mr. Boomer mot a num
ber of the jobbers and manufacturers
of the city who assured him of their
co-operation and support should he
bring his factory to Lincoln.
Two Fall In Duel.
Wellsvllle , O. , April 6. A tragic
climax to the bitter struggle between-
the wet and , dry forces of this place
came when , in a duel , with the oppon-
cuts using telegraph poles as barri
cades , two men were shot down and
'ono of thorn probably fatally hurt.
The participants in the battle were
Dr. Hamlln Barnes , a dentist , and a
leader of the drys , and William Zellars
and Ben Davidson , who had been
drinking on a houseboat on the Ohio
river. Zellars and Davidson were
wounded by the dentist , who escaped
without a scratch , and it Is stated
that Davidson may not recover.
KNOCK WAYNE NORMAL.
Fremont Delegation Says It Would
Mean Death of Their School.
Lincoln , Neb. , April 5. Governor
Shallenborger Saturday listened to a
large sized protest against the Wayne
normal school bill. Besides the ver
bal protest which was made by a dele
gation from Fremont , ho has received
a number of telegrams from other
parts of the state protesting against
the expenditure of the monoy.
It was urged in Saturday's protest
that the purchase of the Wayne nor
mal would mean the closing of the
Fremont normal , with the result that
the state would bo the loser rather
than the gainer from an educational
standpoint. It was also urged that
there was no need of this as a state
Institution and that the plant Is not
what the state would establish were it
to build.
Forgery Charge In Aberdeen.
Aberdeen , S. D. , April C , A.sonsa
tlon was created at Webster by the
arrest of City Auditor Clark Malmberg
on a charge of forgery. Ho was ar
raigned before n justice of the peace
and hold to await the action of the
circuit court.
Plan to Sell School Lands.
Fairfax , S. D , , April C. Special to
The News : Stnte Auditor John Him-
ing and Commissioner of School Lands
O. C , Dokken of Plorro drove over
from Geddos Thursday afternoon and
together with the county officials hero
appraised the school lands of this
county which are to bo offered for
sale hero May 4.
Only the best lands will bo sold at
this time and at a prlco not lower
than $30 per acre. Some especially
good lands were appraised as high as
$ GO per aero and it Is thought some
will bring as high as $ GG per acre ,
as the terms of snlo are qulto liberal.
All lands not sold will bo offered
for lenso May 5.
Yankton "Wet" 340
by Majority.
Yankton , S. D. , April C. In n very
close city election yesterday the town
wont wet by 340 majority. The Re
publicans elected F. L. White mayor ,
L. M. Yeatman justice , J. H. Balmat
nnd JOB. Todd aldermen. The Demo
crats elected S. S. Buckwaltcr treas
urer , William JenckB marshal , W. A.
Dculy assessor , C. J. Nuvntny and B.
E. Plcett aldermen. '
Consider New Railroad.
Sioux City , April G. Believing that
Sioux City would bo a largo benefi
ciary by the construction of a steam
railroad from Norfolk , Nob. , to the
South Dakota line In Meyer county ,
Neb. , with tha probable terminus at
Naper , Neb. , business men at Butte
and Anoha and other points along
the proposed line have appealed to
commercial Interests here for tholr co
operation In making the project a
possibility.
The present plan of the promoters
are to start the road at Orchard , Neb. ,
which Is now touched by the Burling
ton short line , and extend northwest
erly for eighty miles to Naper. This
would open a rich country In the NIo-
brara valley , which Is without trans
portation facilities. The road later
can be extended to Norfolk. A pre
liminary examination of the country
to bo lapped by the proposed line al
ready has been made by G. T. Wcswoll ,
a Chicago engineer , who was employed
by business men In the towns In that
section of the state. Mr. Weswcll has
filed a report with the committee of
business men outlining the approxi
mate cost and the difficulties to bo en
countered.
With tills report as a liasls to com
mence negotiations , G. S. Graves and
L. T. Putnam of Butte , Neb. , recent
ly were in Sioux City to confer with
business men. During their stay here
a conference was held at the office of
W. L. Frost at which Mr. Graves
outlined the Intention of the promo
ters. He Is convinced that the build
ing of the line will open a big market
for Sioux City wholesale Interests as
well as Increasing shipments to the
Sioux City llvo stock market.
Mr. Graves said the road would run
through Plorce , Antelope , Knox , Holt ,
Keya Paha and B'oyd counties. Among
tne towns along the line will be Butte ,
Orchard , Middlebranch , Mlnneola.
Anoka and ManUato.
Must Elect Two More Teachers.
In addition to the position of normal
training Instructor , two additional
vacancies exist In the local teaching
force. At last evening's meeting of
the board of education , It was an
nounced that two of the teachers elect
ed last month had declined to accept.
These two Instructors are Miss Ella
Hauptll , who for the past year has
taught the fifth grade In the Grant
school , and Miss Lillian Bell of Ash-
ami , who was elected to succeed Miss
Pearl Reese. The two places were
not filled.
Teachers' Institute Here.
The Madison county teachers' Insti
tute will be held In Norfolk this sum
mer. The Institute will bring over 10Q
: eachers to the city for more than a
week. The school board last evening
vote.d the used of the high school
building for the Institute.
Stops Train with Umbrella.
A Norfolk school teacher Is a ,
h-e-r-o-l-n-e. With the kind of presence
of mind which keeps the Carnegie mill
a grinding out hero and heroine
medals , this young lady this morning
flagged a Northwestern train with an
umbrella and saved the Hfo of a de
livery horse Imprisoned In the track
rails.
The hand behind the umbrella forty
minutes later grasped a ruler in the
Washington school and rapped for
order.
Miss Kathcrlno Rogers denies that
she is a heroine. She would like also
to deny that she stopped the train.
But there are the train crow which
stopped and the delivery driver whose
horse narrowly escaped being cut up
Into horse meat in a way unpleasant
to contemplate.
Foot Caught In the Rail.
A delivery team from the R. S.
Lackey "Big Four" store was being
driven across the Northwestern tracks
on Park avenue , when ono of the
horses caught a foot in the space be
tween the rail and planking and was
thrown.
Here Comes the Train.
To add the necessary element a
Northwestern train north bound from
the Junction was bearing down on the
spot with some speed.
The Umbrella Saves the Day.
Miss Rogers and three other teach
ers at the same time were walking
down the avenue schoolward bound.
Miss Rogers grasped the situation
In a moment.
Then she grasped the umbrella.
She ran down the track towards
the oncoming train. She waved the
umbrella.
Then the train stopped.
Trainmen and bystanders helped extract -
tract the horse from its dangerous
situation.
Bystanders gave Miss Rogers credit
for saving the horses' life. The "Big
Four" management , when the matter
was reported by tholr diver tried to
ascertain the name of the plucky
teacher but without success.
Miss Rogers Is principal of the Wash
ington school at the Junction.
Hurt , Sunned ; Alone In Home.
Atkinson , Nob. , April G. Special to
The News : Mrs. Colonel Johnson , an
elderly lady , met with a serious accl-
dent Sunday morning. She trlppod
on n rug throwing her nnd breaking
.ho hip bono.
She lives alone , so called for help
nit as no ono happened In she be
came unconscious nnd lay for some
.lino. When found the hip was so
jadly swollen that the limb could not
bo set until the following day.
Mrs. Johnson Is a widow. Her hus
band was the Atkinson postmaster
at the time of his death.
Snow Storm Hits Norfolk.
The forecast of snow , published In
r'ostcrday's News , materialized In Nor
folk and throughout this territory
luring the night. The ground at day-
: > reak was covered with n half Inch
coat of wet snow , which icmalned
\vhlte on the grass but melted as It
fell on the sidewalks.
The storm camb down upon /this
region from Wyoming whore nine
nches of snow had fallen In Lander
Monday night. The temperature was
mild In Norfolk , going as high as 54
Monday and only down to 31 during
the night.
Sunday night , With a minimum of
33 , was the first night since October
that the mercury did not sink below
freezing point , and this was only 1
degree above freezing.
15 Horses Are Stolen.
Butte , Nob. , April G. Special to The
News : It has just become known that
fifteen head of horses were stolen
from Hugh O'Neill's pasture Saturday
night , March 27. Mr. O'Neill was
away from home at the time and did
not discover the loss for a week.
On Inquiry It was found the horses
Imd been soon being driven after dark
by two men on horseback in a southeasterly
'
easterly direction. A half breed In
dian answering to the description of
ono of the men had been in the vi
cinity the day the horses were taken
and suspicion points to him as ono of
the guilty men.
Two of the horses belonged to par-
tics In O'Neill , two of them belonged
to Miss Genovlevo Dereg , a nurse at
the hospital In Norfolk , and the re
maining cloven to Mr. O'Neill. Some
of them wore registered animals. A
reward of $250 has been offered for
the recovery of the horses and cap
ture and conviction of the thieves.
The people In that locality are very
much worked up over the affair nnd
are forming themselves Into a pro
tective association and will have a
standing reward of ? 500 for the cap
ture and conviction of like offenders.
Mr. O'Neill Is postmaster of Ann-
Carr , Holt county ,
Wayne Normal Bill Signed.
Lincoln , April G. Special to The
News : Governor Shallenberger today
signed the Wayne normal school bill ,
appropriating $90,000 for the purchasei
by the state of the normal school in
Wayne founded by the late J. M. Pile.
The bill was fought to the last ditch
by Fremont people because of the nor
mal school there.
The governor also signed the bill 'by
Henry of Holt county forbidding the
sale of liquor to Indians and dipso
maniacs In the state of Nebraska.
WAYNE WILL HAVE BANQUET.
People of That City Elated Over Suc
cess of the BUI.
Wayne , Neb. , April G. Special to
The News : News of the success of the
Wayne normal bill reached here at
noon today and Wayne people are
greatly elated as , a result. Prepara
tions were made this afternoon to hold
a banquet to celebrate the victory.
Business Changes In the Northwest.
The August Moehler saloon at Stanton -
ton was sold last week to Mr. Schnei
der , who will conduct it.
Plattsmounth's Mayor Coming.
Henry R. Goring , mayor of Platts-
mouth , president of the Porter , Ryer-
son & Hoobler Wholesale Drug com
pany of Omaha , and Identified very
prominently with the business Inter
ests of Nebraska , has consented to
como to Norfolk Thursday evening to
deliver an address at the quarterly
mooting of the Norfolk Commercial
club.
club.Tho
The mooting will bo held at the city
hall and will be in the nature of a
mass meeting. A smoker will follow.
Sagan Heir to Gould Millions.
Paris , April G. A bombshell that
shatters all the financial hopes of
Count Bonl Ue Castellane , Is con
tained In the news that thp Princess
Do Sagan expects the arrival of anew
now heir to the Gould millions some
time In June or July. The arrival of
a Do Sagan heir will give Anna Gould
the whip hand over Bonl. By her
fathpr's will the princess Is permitted
to leave her fortune to any child or
children she might have.
WELL KNOWN KANSAN DEAD.
S. S. "Klrkpatrlck Succumbs to Paraly
sis at Fredonla.
Frcdonla , Kan. , April G. S. S. Klrk
patrlck , a widely known Kansas lawyer -
yor , died hero today of paralysis , aged
sixty-one years. Mr. Klrkpatrlck was
a member of the fifty-fourth congress ,
of the Third Kansas district.
Norfolk Should Act Now.
Lynch , Neb. , April 6. Editor News :
In an address to the Norfolk Commer
cial cjub last winter Mr. Durland
called their attention to the posBlblll-
ties of railroad 'building ' out of Nor
folk , among which was a route extend
ing northwest up the Willow crook
valley , and on northwest through Holt
county.
Since then this route has boon
looked over by parties Interested In
railroad construction work from Chicago
cage , and pronounced a feasible ono
to construct , and there are many
others besides Mr. Durland who con
sider it a good business proposition.
The route would drain some very
good territory , which would natural
ly become much batter by having
transportation facilities , nnd would bo
n paying ono from the start.
I see In The News a few days ago
that the people from Valentino nro
going after a road from there , which
would cover some of the best part
of this route from -Norfolk , and It
seems to mo that your club should
got busy.
The Sioux City Commercial club
are considering a proposition of an
extension out of Orchard , Neb. , but
this would not bo near as good a thing
us to start from Norfolk , for there
would bo several different connecting
lines. Then too , If the proposed line
from Yankton on south materialized ,
It would be better yet.
The present outlook Is that there
Is going to bo wonderful progress In
that part of the country directly tribu
tary to Norfolk.
There Is no question but that there
will bo more Indian land thrown open
to settlement , nnd the land adjacent
to It that has remained undeveloped
owing to lack of transportation facili
ties , and all this Is directly tributary
to Norfolk , If kept In the right chan
nel.
Take this up with your club , for I
am satisfied that now is the accepted
time. Respectfully yours ,
S. W. Lightncr.
The Commercial Club Meeting.
The first quarterly meeting of the
Norfolk Commercial club will bo hold
Thursday evening , April 8 at 8 p. m.
at the city hall. This Is a meeting of
the entire membership of the Commer
cial club and the citizens of Norfolk
regardless of their business or voca
tion. Every business" man who Is in
terested in the welfare of Norfolk
should feel duty bound to be present.
If you have any suggestion to offer or
any kicks to make be sure to como.
The matter of celebrating the Fourth
'
of July In Norfolk will bo considered.
Henry Gerlng , president of the Porter
ter , Ryerson Hoobler Drug company
of Omaha and mayor of Plattsmouth ,
Neb. , will address the meeting. Mr.
Goring Is an earnest talker and will
present some Interesting Ideas along
the line of city boosting.
A. L. Kllllau , President.
J. D. Sturgeon , Secretary.
Iowa Asylum Scandal Due ?
Des Molnes , la. , April G. A sensa
tional committee report. Is expected lu
the house today. Recently a commit
tee consisting of Brandos , Fulllam find
McCleory was appointed to report
whether the charges made against at
tendants at the Insane asylums were
sufficiently well founded to demand
legislative investigation.
The committee has been holding
secret hearings for several days. Yes
terday members of the board of con
trol were Invited to take part and
the board demanded that superinten
dents , doctors , and supervisors at the
asylums be summoned as witnesses.
Some of the complainants and
many letters the committee has re
ceived charge attendants with beat
ing , choking and otherwise abusing
patients to reduce them to subjection.
It was claimed by the officers of the
Institutions that whenever any atten
dant used undue force ho at once
was dismissed.
During the hearing yesterday Judge
Robinson of the board of control ex
amined the witnesses on behalf of
the institutions , while Dr. Fulllam
cross-examined them In regard to
statements made by former patients
who have been before the committee.
A statement appeared In the Des
Molnes papers this morning that the
result of the investigation yesterday
was to exonerate the institutions from
the charges , though it was said that
the committee probably would bring in
a report giving much credence to the
statements made by complaining wit
nesses.
Dr. Fulllam was Indlgmant over
this publication. He said the state
ment that the officers of the institu
tions disproved the evidence in the
hands of the committee was not a
fact.
Friday Is Elected.
Mayor , John Friday , Democrat. '
City Clerk , Ed Harter.
City Treasurer , W. J. Stafford , Demo
crat.
crat.City
City Engineer , A. J. Colwell.
Police Judge , C. F. Elseley , Repub
lican.
Councllmen : W. H. Blakeman , Re
publican , First ward ; E. E. Coleman ,
Republican , Second ward ; August
FJshor , Democrat , Third ward" ; Pat
Dolln , Democrat , Fourth ward.
Board'of ' Education : H. C. Matrau
and J. J. Welsh , Democrats.
John Friday was again elected
mayor of Norfolk by the voters of the
city Tuesday. On next Tuesday ho
will succeed Mayor J. D. Sturgeon ,
whom ho defeated for re-election , as
the chief executive of the city and Nor
folk will again slide back into 'the list
of Democratic cities. Friday's ma
jority is 1G7.
Change Takes Place Tuesday.
The new charter which Norfolk has
secured as a city of the first class pro
vides that the results of the election
so far as councilmen are concerned ,
shall become effective the following
Tuesday. All newly elected officers
will take their seats at that time and
will servo for the coming two years.
Council Still Republican ,
The Republicans In the ward fight ! >
elected W. H , Blakeman In the First
and E. E. Colomnn In the Second. The
Democrats secured August Fisher In
.tho Third , while In the Fourth Pat
Dolln , two years ago elected as a Re
publican , gathered | n a re-election as a
Democrat with the biggest vote in the
ward.
The council remains Republican and
after next Tuesday will bo composed
of Craven , Fucslor , Iltbbon , Blakeman
nnd Colonmn , Republicans , nnd Win
ter , Fisher and Dolln , Democrats. The
councllmon who rotlro are Schwonk In
the First ward , Kauffman In the Second
end nnd Degnor In the Third.
One Change In the Board.
Ono change takes place In the school
board , J. J. Walsh succeeding Tom
Shlvoly. Mr. Welsh was elected to
the board by the splendid vote ho ro-
celved fiom his neighbors In South
Norfolk. Ho was high man In the
Fourth ward.
As had been generally expected II.
C. Matrau , the present secretary of
the school board , was also oloctcd by
the Democrats. Mr. Matrau has al
ready rendered fifteen years of highly
ofllclout service on the board and thin
year will enter on nls sixteenth year.
He was first elected in 1887. After
three years ho left the board to serve
on the city council and later to oc
cupy the office of mayor for two terms.
In the latter nineties Mr. Matrau was
returned to the school board.
President A. H. VIcle remains the
only Republican member of the school
board.
Stafford Is Treasurer.
W. J. Stafford , assistant cnsnior of
the Citizens National bunU undo a
successful plunge Into politics by de
feating City Treasurer C. L. Anderson ,
the Republican candidate for reelection
tion by 127 majority. Anderson gave
Stafford the hardest light In the Second
end ward.
Judge El&eley Gets In.
Police Judge Elseley , Republican
candidate for re-election , weathered
the storm with but fourteen votes
to spare , repeating his performance of
two years ago when ho won out despite
spite the landslide towards the Dur
land ticket.
Ran'on Both Tickets.
Ed Harter , claimed by both Demo
crats and Republicans , was re-olected
city clerk , receiving 804 votes. A. J.
Colwell for engineer , likewise unop
posed , received 778 votes.
Was a Heavy Vote.
Deepltc the snow storm , the vote
was large , showing an Increase over a
year ago. Tuesday saw 812 votes cast.
A year ago 829 votes were cast. The
principal Increase was in the Fourth
ward , where heavy Democratic gains
were shown. Only three times has a
heavier vote been cast at a city elec
tion In Norfolk.
Friday Carries Four Wards.
Friday for mayor carried every ward
In the city , his majority exceeding the
figures given by'chaltman Mackay to
The News Tuesday afternoon , Mackay
not having expected the large Friday
vote In the Second ward. Friday has
already served two terms as mayor
and has also been city treasurer. He
has never been beaten for office In
Norfolk.
"
Not Ready for the "Lid. "
Tuesday election means among
other things that Norfolk Is not at this
time a candidate for "lid" honors. Frl
day's strength , whic.h is shown in the
returns , was due in part to his record
as a progressive mayor three and four
years ago but it was also due to sup
port from the liberal element. It was
declared by Democratic campaigners
that paving would be carried to a suc
cessful conclusion under Friday and
that the town would no't lag In prog
ress , but Mayor Sturgeon on the other
hand could also be pointed to as a
progressive mayor , who has done his
share to make paving possible In the
near future. One clear fact of the re
sult Is that Norfolk voters failed to
support Mayor Sturgeon In his con
servatlve saloon program and that the
activity of the W. C. T. U. , the civic
federation and kindred agencies was
used successfully against the head of
the Republican ticket.
"Ministerial activity for the opposi
tion accounts for about half ot our
majority , " declared the Democratic
city chairman this morning.
Miss Mary Dobney Dies.
Atkinson , Neb. , April 7. Special to
The News : Miss Mary Dobnoy died at
the Sturdcvant sanitarium of a com
plication of diseases , age seventeen
years. Her mother being an Invalid
the daughter was brought from Stuart ,
Neb. , for medical care and nursing
about three weeks ago but there was
little hopes of her recovery oyen nt
that time. Undertaker Coats of Stuart
came for the body Sunday and burial
took place Monday forenoon from the
M. E. church at that place.
Saloons Pay Widow $3,000 ,
Alnsworth , Nob. , April 7. Special to
The News : The case of Mrs. Stokes
vs. the saloons here on account of the
death of her husband last January ,
was settled yesterday by the saloons
paying her $3OOQ , Stokes started to
drive homo while Intoxicated and was
killed. The town went "dry. "
Burns Alive In Fremont Wreck.
Fremont , Neb. , April 7. One man ,
Will L. Payne , of Lansing , Mich. , a
stockman , was killed and six others In
jured , ono of them , W. P. Elder efFort
Fort Collins , Colo. , seriously , in a
rear-end collision between two Union
Pacific stock trains in the yards huro
last night.
The first section of No. 10 was set
ting out some cars on n siding when
the second section crashed Into the
caboose. Six stockmen were on the
train , Payne standing on the roar plat
form. Ho was pinioned beneath the
wreck and burned alive , the caboose
having caught flro immediately.
Names of the injured , except Elder ,
were not obtained. None of them are
fatally hurt.
Homesteader Led Dual Life.
Fairfax , S. D. , April 7. Special to
The NOWB : Lloyd Harlcss has a wife
and likewise a homestead out on the
Landing Crock flats east of Gregory ,
Likewise he Is said to have another
wife with a good bunch of young liar-
losses In the mountains of sbtilnom , f
West Virginia. Those facts tnkon to
gether nro assigned as the reason for
Sheriff MoMullon'n hasty trip to thu
Harloss homo ono day lasi week and
also the hasty departure ( while tha
sheriff wasn't looking ) of Harless , who
failed to notify his friends or the
sheriff , either , of his destination or the
prohahlo date of his return.
IlarlcBS was considered a good citi
zen , was Industrious and was having
very good success as a farmer , having
qulto n considerable sum of money In
bank most of which ho Is said to
have drawn jiwt prior to his departure.
Ilia dual Hfo IB qulto a surprise to all
his acquaintances.
Walks From N. Y. to Norfolk.
Wiener , Nob. , April 7. Special to
The NOWB : Claiming to bo hiking
from Broadway In New York to the
postofflco at Norfolk , Neb. , a man who
gave the name of Charles 10. Kllfl was
In Wlsner yesterday afternoon , llo
remained hero n short time and then
hit the railroad tics for tlyj west. Ho
expects to arrive at the Norfolk post
offlco nt 8 o'clock this evening.
Kllft Is about thlrty-llvo years old ,
five feet ten Inches tall , and very
slim. Ho wears stubby red whiskers ,
and his appearance will bo Impiovod
after ho Indulges In a shave.
Ho says ho Is walking from Now
Yoik to Norfolk for a prlzo of $3,000 ,
which he says Is deposited In a Nor
folk bank for him. The money Is beIng -
Ing put up by Col. Terry of Des Molnes ,
la. , ho declares. According to the
man's statement ho loft Now York on
December 28 and will register at the
Norfolk postofflco at , 8 o'clock tonight.
Norfolk banks deny that any funds
have boon deposited with them for any
\vager In any way resembling the walkIng -
Ing contest mentioned in the Wlsner
dispatch.
Ptomaine Poison Kills Child.
Newman Grove , Neb. , April 7. Spec
ial to The News : The six-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rich
ard died qulto suddenly Sunday night.
The , family was away visiting during
the day and the child was In the best
of health but soon after reaching home
she complained of severe pains nnd In
a short time died In great agony. Dr.
Frlnk was called and pronounced It
ptomaine poisoning.
The funeral was hold today.
Ex-Senator Guilty of Libel.
Winston Salem , N. C. , April 7.
Former United States Senator Marlon
Butler and his brother , Lester Butler ,
were convicted In Guildford superior
court of criminally llbolllng Republi
can State Chairman H. B. Adams , by
the publication In the Causnsslan , a
\
weekly newspaper owned and operated
by the Butlers , of serious allegations
against Adams' integrity and honesty.
Judge Long imposed a fine of $500
upon Marlon Butler and $250 on Les-
tar.
Wyckoff Under Arrest.
Sioux City , la. , April 7. On the al
legation that his automobile at the
time It struck little Joseph O'Leary at
Tenth and Pierce streets a week ago
Monday night was being driven at an .
unlawful rate of speed , Lawton Wyck- f
*
off , son of Charles M. Wyckoff , 1422
Rebecca street , was placed under ar
rest on the charge of manslaughter.
The lad is dead.
The furnished room that is good
enough for you is good enough to bo
advertised.
Try a News want-ad.
Notice to Creditors.
The State of Nebraska , Madison
County SB.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Philips W. Hull , Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given to all per
sons having claims and demands
against Philips W. Hull , late of said
Madison county , deceased , that the
time fixed for filing claims against
said estate Is six months from the
14th day of April , 1909. All such per
sons are required to present tholr
claims with the vouchers to the coun
ty judge of said county at his office
In the city of Madison , in said Madl-
son county , on or before the 15th day ,
of October , 1909 , and that all claims'
so filed will be heard before said judge
on the 15th day of October , 1909 , at
one o'clock , p. m. Jack Koenlgstein
nnd Anlce Elizabeth Hull are execu
tors of the estate.
It Is further ordered that notice to
all persons Interested in said estate
bo given by given by publishing a
copy of this order In the Norfolk
Weekly News-Journal , a weekly news
paper printed , published and circulat
ing in said county , for four consecu
tive weeks prior to said day of hearing.
Witness my hand and seal this 1st
day .of April , A. D. 1909. ,
Wm. Bates ,
[ Seal. ] County Judge.
Road Notice to Land Owners.
To All Whom It May Concern :
The commissioner appointed to
vacate a street or a road located in
Horr's Suburban Lots to Norfolk , Ne
braska , In Norfolk precinct , Madison
county , Nebraska , and described as
follows : That portion of the street
In Horr's Suburban Lots to Norfolk ,
Nebraska , lying between lots 7 , 8 ; 9
and 10 and Jots 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 of
said Horr's Suburban Lots nnd bound
ed on the north by the extended north
line of lots 7 nnd 14 , and on the south
by the extended south line of 10 and
11 of said Horr's Suburban Lots , has * y
reported In favor of the vacation \ *
thereof , nnd all objections thereto or X jr jf
claims for damages must bo filed In
the county clerk's office on or before
noon of the 17th day of Juno , A. D.
1909 , or said road will ho vacated
without reference thereto ,
Goo. E. Richardson ,
[ Seal ] County Clerk.
