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\ TUB NOUEOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUttNAI FU1DAI APRIL 1C 1909. fV "r. Calks on 9 "r.ii iii ii \i \ L From a Personal Viewpoint By ENRICO CARUSO > . COPYRIGHT , 1000. BY AMCUICAN < IMtr.SS ASSOCIATION $ J $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ * $3 $ $ $ SS $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ } ( ho thousands of people who OP visit the opcrn during I lie ( season few outside of ( lie Binnll proportion of llio Initi ated realize how much the perform- anoc of the Blngcr whom they BCD nntl Jicar oil the stage IH ( It'peildent ' on pre- tffuo.8 rehearsal , constant practice and -wrKlifulnoss over the physical condl- tflons Dint preserve that most precious of our nsKota , the voice. 3s'or < ) OCB tliln Hiune great public In Ri'iu-rnl know of what the singer often suffers In the way of ucrvousncsn or tm ; < > frlsht bcfi > rt > appearing In front < ot the footlights , nor that his life , out- wimlly BO feted and brilliant , Is In pri vate more or less of n retired , ascetic : crm > nnd that his social pleasures must J > < strictly limited. Those conditions , of course , vary greatly with the Individual Binder , but t will try to toll In the following artl- r > Jes , flH exemplified In my own case , A'lint a great responsibility n voice IH wticn one. considers that It Is the great 'God given treasure which brings us , \ lour fame and fortune. I nm porlmps more favored than .ninny In the fact tliat my voice was aiwnyn "there" and that , with proper mltlvatlon , of course , I have not had n overstrain It In the attempt to reach vocal heights which have come to r rno only after severe and long con- 'tluuwl effort. But , on the other hand , ' 'llie finer the natural volco the more * wdiiloiis the care required to preserve VJ. 'In Its pristine freshness to bloom. ' nils Is the singer's ever present prob- 7cm lu my case , however , mostly a matter of common scnso living. .As regards eating a rather Impor tant Item , by the way I have kept to filie light "continental" breakfast , xrblch I do not take too early ; then n /cnllmr auibstautlal luncheon toward 2 o'clock. Iy native macaroni , special ly prepared by my chef , who Is en- particularly for his ability In -wny. Is often n feature In this fmIiU1ay rmeal , I Incline toward the nsfrnplcr and more nourishing food. my tastes arc broad in the Init lay particular stress enc c excellence of the cooking , for one cannot afford to risk one's health on Indifferently cooked food , no matter > njrliat Its quality. v.On .tho jilghts when I sing I take Nothing aTter luncheon , except perhaps sandwich and a glass of Chlautl , xinlll jiftor the performance , when I Jteive n supper of whatever I fancy reasonable bounds. Being with a good digestion , I have ( obliged to take the extraor- -precautions about what 1 oat wwne-filngerfl do. Still , I am care- never to 'Indulge to excess In the of the table , for the condi tion of our allmentnry apparatus and ( that of the- vocal chords are very elose- ) lyi related. aud the unhealthy state of VUw aiUB Immediately reacts on the I uity reason for abstaining from food t tor so long before singing may be In- * flUSscJL It Is jsimply 'that when the i .tarjro Fjmce required by the .diaphragm Mn cxparidlngitoitakoUirlireath Is part- f4y ocoupU'd'byone's ' dinner the result I Ic vUiotDUO vcamiot take as deep a ise would like and conso- , \he \ tone suffers and the nil 1m- txirtant ease of breathing Is Interfered In addition a certain amount of cincrgy Is used in the process of loii which would otherwise be entirely given to the production of the \ voice. ' -These facts , , seemingly so simple , are "very vital ones to a singer , particularly < m n "opening night. " A singer's life K such nn active one. with rehearsals sind performances , that not much op portunity Is given for "exercise , " aud Uhe tlmo given to this must , of course. > e povcrned by Individual needs. I tUnd n few simple physical exercises In ttue morning after rising somewhat similar to those practiced In the army vjr .the use for n few minutes of n p" fit light dumbbells very beneficial. Oth- / rwiso I must content myself with an 'tocwttlonal automobile ride One must Mot 'forget , however , that the exercise of filuging , with its constant deep In- Jinlation ( and acting In Itself Is consld exercise also ) tends much to one from acquiring an oversupply of embonpoint. A proper moderation In eating , how- jrcr , as I have already said , will contribute - tribute as much to the maintenance of correct proportion In one's llgure as nmount of voluntary exercise one only goes through with on principle. As so many of you lu a number of xatatcrt of this great country are feeling uul expressing as well as voting opln ' .tons on the subject of whether one should or should not drink Intoxicants , ; you may Inquire what practice Is most ttn consonance with a singer's well be- Oay , 1u my opinion. . Here , again , of sourse , customs vary with the Indi vidual. In Italy wo habitually drink JlUo light wines of the country will our meals nnd surely arc never the worse for it , I have retained my fond miss for my native Chlantl , which 1 Buive oven made on my own Italian a1atc , but believe and carry out the Xk-Ik'f that' moderation is the only pos- rttblo course. I am Inclined to con flcmu the use of spirits , whisky In BMrrlcular. w"htch Is so prevalent In 4ti i Anglo-Saxon countries , for It la merci toInilataic the delicate little rib- Owns of tissue which produce the sing ing toiu , and then nddlo to a clear atnd ringing high 0 ! Though I Indulge occasionally In a cigarette , I advise nil singers , particu larly young singers , against this prac tice , which can certainly not fall to luivo a bad effect on the delicate lin 1 ing of the throat , the vocal chords nnd ' the lungs. ' ' ' You will HCO by till the foregoing that even the gift of a good breath Is not to bo abused or' treated lightly mid that the "gooso with the golden egg" must bo most carefully nurtured. Outside of this , however , ono of the great temptations that beset any singer - . or of considerable famd Is the many [ nodal demands Unit crowd upon him , i usually unsought and largely unde- slrcd. Many of the Invitations to re ceptions , teas and dinners are from ! comparative strangers and cannot be considered , but of those from one's frlendH which It would be a pleasure to attend very few Indeed can be ac cepted , for the singer's llrst care , even If n selfish one , must bo fo his health and consequently his voice , and the attraction of social Intercourse must , alas , bo largely foregone. The continual effort of loud talking In a throng would be extremely bad for the sensitive musical Instrument that the vocalist carries In his throat , and the various beverages offered nt one of your afternoon teas It would be too dll'lenlt to refuse. So I confine myself to an occasional quiet dinner with n few friends on an off night at the opera or any evening nt the play , whore I can at least bo silent during the progress of the acts. In common with most of the foreign Ringers who come to America , I have suffered somewhat from the effects of your barbarous climate , with Its sud den changes of temperature , but per haps have become more accustomed to It In the years of my operatic work here. What has affected me most , however. Is the overheating of the houses and hotels with that dry steam heat which Is so trying to the throat. Even when I took n house for the sea- eon I had dlfllciilty In keeping the air moist. Now. however , In the very modern and excellent hotel where I am quartered they have a new system of ventilation by which the air Is au tomatically rendered pure and the heat controlled a great blessing to the over sensitive vocalist. After reading the above the casual person will perhaps believe that a sin ger's life Is really not a bit of n sinecure - cure , even when he has attained the measure of this world's approval and applause afforded by the "great horse shoe. " Caruso and the Waflnerites. During ihe earlier days of his career Caruso's prominence as n great tenor was obscured by the Wagner cult , then at Its apogee. The followers of the new craze refused to accept him. ' They dismissed the Italian tenor as a crude young person with n loud voice , capable of piercing screams which provoked unthinking applause from the banana venders and organ grinders In the cheap galleries. That icj was an artist , that really enlight ened persons could listen to him with out pity and contempt : that , in short , 10 could ever hope to take n Wagnerlan mrt and escape with his life from the ury of the anointed all this was ab surdly out of the question. He be- onged to the dispensation of circus uuslc. Ills vocal cnvortlngs and rude > ellowlii S3 were not tit for educated ears. lu n word , he was anathema. The mere fact that any ono could un derstand whut he was singing about uid could feel the emotions Involved u the music without having previously ittonded n series of lectures by the eng haired wiseacre with a piano on the side this fact alone excluded him from the sympathies of the experts. [ To did not belong to the real choir. There was no place for him In the sym posium-of the truly gifted. Let him geoff off somewhere with his seedy country men and bay the moon , leaving the true prophets nnd their disciples to the ecstasy of beer , frankfurters , Ilmbur- Ker and unmitigated Wagner ! Now take n look at the once branded nud despised Caruso In the middle of Ills great career ! Who tills the house from pit to dome ? Who sways those vast audiences with the wand of the enchanter ? The glittering occupants of "the horseshoe , " who turn their backs on Siegfried and chatter a thou- land Inanities while Lohengrin bawls farewell to his goose , , sit still , with tvhlto faces and beating hearts , when the Neapolitan appears. It may be any opera you please a Verdi , a Don izetti , a Bellini , n Flotow , nn Aubcr , n fiounod , n Puccini , anything with mel ody and ( Ire but Caruso makes of It nn Inspiration and n witchery no sci ence perhaps , nothing classical or enigmatic , but Caruso transforms It Into an almost painful passion. Ho sets the pulses In n storm. No ono wonders what It means , for everybody knows * hat It means exaltation , won der , joy delight beyond all words. The Interview. As used nowadays by the pers the word Interview IH said to hav been the Invention of Joseph McCul lagh of St. Louis , and , according to tli Encyclopaedia Brltnnnlcn. It becam popular in England In the early'nine ties But It Vas knpwn before that I A writer on the subject lu the Nation of ISO ! ) whs posstbly the first to us the word lu Its present BOUSO of a tul i with a representative of the press , I Chicago News. SOCIETY Easter Sunday , bringing holy week o a close In the religious world , In ho society world forecasts n renewal f social activity for the period Inter- cnlng between lent and the arrival f Bummer weather. Easter through ho lalo spring Is to bo given a rather hilly reception dosplto promises of rilr weather from the weather man. ipt'clal music will as usual bo a caturo of the Easier services In most f the Norfolk churches. The lenten oason In Norfolk this year has np- arontly been accorded moro careful hsorvanco than In many years past. Miss Etlcu Million was hostesH to lid young ladles of the Trinity social guild on Wednesday evening. It was he last opportunity Miss Mullen will mvo of entertaining the guild aa fol- owing her marriage on next Wodncs- lay she will hucOmo a resident of -'nil-fax , S. D ; The evening was ilcasatilly spent nl the Mullen homo. The trousseau of the brldo-to-bo came n for a good share of attention. Mrs. A. Handlciev entertained n nll company of young ladles on Monday evening , the party being given or Miss Uuth Shaw who was home rom Doauo college at Crete for the prlng vacation. The evening was argcly devoted to six-handed euchre. An Eastern Star Initiation Thursday Iglit was witnessed by n delegation jf a score or so of Wlnsldo people. A mnquct was served in commandery mil afterwards. A number of toasts voro responded to. Dr. U. C. Simmons ictcd as toastmnstcr. Miss Matlo O'Brien entertained a lumber of friends at her homo on South Second street In honor of Miss Martha Frlcko of Madison , who had > cen her guest for several days. ) aluty refreshments were served. Mrs. Hugh Dick entertained the . B. T. club this week at her home on South Fourth street. Refreshments vero served. Personals. Lynch .Journal : The Presbyterian people gave Rev. Hammond and wife a arewell reception In the Ladles' Aid oems Tuesday evening before their lepartnre for Norfolk where his work icglns for the coming year. The lammonds leave hero with the good vill and best wishes of all people. % _ Mrs. A. J. Durland was expected to eturn today from a visit In Plain- riew during the past week. Mrs. C. H. Reynolds was the guest of friends In Plalnvlew this week. Hymenlal. Announcements have been received n Norfolk from Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Wiley Shannon of the marriage of heir daughter , Miss Martha Eugenia Shannon , to Hamlln Lawrence Whitley - ley , the ceremony taking placa on Wednesday of this week nt the homo of the bride's parents In Waterloo , Neb. Mr. Whitney is well known in Norfolk and occupies the position of ax agent for the Northwestern rail road. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney will be nt homo after May 3 at 1518 South Thirty-Second avenue , Omaha. Next Wednesday at the Catholic ectory In this city , Miss Ellen Mullen of Norfolk and C. J. Brown , county reasuror of Gregory county , will be mlted in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Brown will live at Fairfax , S. D. Subway Ignores Women Car Hint. Now York , April 10. According to i statement by an official o fthe Inter- ) orough Rapid Transit company today , hat corporation will not respond to he suggestion of the public service : onimlsslon that it install separate jars for women on Us express trains n the subway. The Interborough in- ends apparently to wall for a definite order from the public service com mission if the commission sees fit to make one after hearings which it dl ected shall be held on the subject. Meanllmo good reports have come from the operation of separate cars Tor women on the McAdoo Hudson tun nels. McAdoo said of this today : "The result of our experience with the women's car is altogether encour aging. Sufficient time has not elapsed to make the test conpiuslvo , hut we are going to continue.t at least for n mouth before coming to a final con elusion. " FIGHT LIVE STOCK DRAWBACK Senator Dolllver Declares Cattle Grow er Is In Danger Under R yne Bill. Washington , April 10. Weston members of the senate are keeping n close eye on the drawback provisions of the tariff bill as they are to bo brought to the senate from the finance committee. Possibilities exist for a big fight over these provisions. It Is charged that the drawback provisions of the Payne bill are sucl as to make the tariff of almost no use to the farmer. A great clamor arose when the bill was first reported to the house , and 11 was said by Norlh- weslorn members that the drawback provision would allow Canadian wheat to bo imported in great quantllles for export free of duty that , in short , it would mean free trade with Canada on wheat. The ways and means commltleo remedied this by adopting the amend ment prepared by Representatives Stevens , Volstead and Gronnn. Now , the question has arisen whether the farmer and grower" of live stock is not In danger from the house drawback provision. Senator Dolllver Is convinced lie Is , Atfthe drawback provision now stands- , Sena tor Dolllver says , the big packers can take shelter under U , bring In cheap cattle from Mexico , slaughtering them n this country nnd then export them and got the profit of the drawback , or the equivalent amount of meat or meat products could bo exported , If convenient The effect would he , as Senator Dolll- vor BOOS It , greatly to decrease the demand for American catllo oh the > nrt of the packers nnd hurt the live stock market. Senator Dolllver deems t likely that the finance committee will greatly restrict the drawback irnvlslons of the bill and make them BUbstnnllnlly like the present draw- jack provisions. lie will endeavor to mvo the changes made on the Hour. It Is said that If the bill Is not more carefully fiamed than the Payne bill to guard the enterprise of western farmers and cattle raisers It will en counter blltor opposition fiom varlmis western states. School Strike on at O'Neill. O'Neill Frontier : A lltlle dlftlculty nt the publlu schools was the occas ion of u meetlnjj of the school board Wednesday. The graduating class of Lho high school , composed of fourteen lioyB and girls , organized a "strike" uul threatened to abandon school. It happened because Miss Gorby , the su perintendent , declined to concede their somewhat unreasonable demands. The difficulty started when It was dis covered by the supoiintemlcnl that some of the class had copied the work of others In the examination ) ; . They wore Informed that Ihey could not bo ginduated that way and would have to write the examinations. Then the class got together and drew up a resolution , which was mailed to the superintendent , to the effect that If those who had copied In the ex aminations wore not graduated with out re-writing the examination the class would quit school. The super intendent wisely declined such a pro position and was promplly supported by the board. The pupils are begin ning to see the matter In the right ught now and some of them had re turned to their studies yesterday. STAGE FAILURES. Thirteen Failures In Theatrical New York Since Washington's Birthday. Now York , April 10. The theatrical ravens that croak "failure" under the bright lights of Broadway , record thir teen failures In Now York since Feb ruary 22. The fatality roll , brought up to date , reads : Flrsl "This Woman and This Man" was produced In the Maxlne Elliott theater on February 22 and was with drawn on March 13. . Second "The Richest Girl" was pro duced In the Criterion theater on Feb ruary 29 and was withdrawn on March 20. Third "Meyer and Son" was pro duced In the Garden Iheater on Feb ruary 29 and was withdrawn on March 13. Fourth "A Woman of Impulse" was produced In the Herald Square theater on February 29 and was withdrawn on March 13. Fifth "King John" was produced In the New Amslortlam Iheater on March 8 and was wllhdrawn on March 13. Sixth "Votes for Women" was pro duced In Wallack's theater on March 15 and was withdrawn March 20. Seventh "The Bachelor" was pro duced in the Maxlne Elliott theater on March 15 and has survived its third week. Eighlh "Tho Return of Eve" was produced In Ihe Herald Square Ihealer on March 17 and has survived Its second end week. Ninth "An Englishman's Home" was produced in tbe Criterion theater on March 22 and has survived two weeks. Tenth "The Newlyweds and Their Baby" was produced In the Majestic theater on March 22 and Is with us yet. Eleventh "A Fool There Was" was produced In the Liberty theater on March 24 and has run all of ten nights. Twelfth "Sham" was produced In Wallack's thealer on March 27 and remains. Thirteenth "The Conflict" was pro duced In the Garden theater on March 29 and has run up a record of six days. Marshal Pounds Editor Kortrlght. Wayne Democrat : Editor Kortrlght of the Randolph Reporter had a dog thai Iho lown marshal didn't like , so Ihe dog was shot. The publisher expostulated - postulated with the peace officer , and Ihe lalter publicly pounded the printer , The county court was set In motion at Hartlnglon , and the man sworn to preserve the peace , plead guilty lo breaking II nnd paid fine nnd costs. The marshal was nn appointee of ' " " aud In Randolph's "dry" mayor , kepi office afler Ihe above disqualifying act by voice of the drys. This Incens ed the "wets" and today Randolph will walk up to the bar and take toddy or tea as her citizens desire. You know it was a kick from a poor , old cow that burned down all Chicago and- made it , in the rebuilding , the great est city of the states. It was the bark of n dog or taking the bark out of one that made why , the "countless millions mourn , " to take a prohibition ist's word for it in Randolnh. Cal. Matheaon Denies Rumors. "Gal" Matheson , formerly of Pllgor , and concerning whom the Beemer Times recently printed a' lot of rumors based upon hearsay , writes to the editor of that paper to deny the story that ho Is dead or In trouble. This is what ho saya : Temple , Tex. , March 24. Editor Beemer Times , Boomer , Neb. : Does Iho dead come to life ? Well they did this trp | , nnd I am feeling quite well lhank you. I received a clipping from my folks at PJlger staling among other things that my body would pass through jjeumor on the 'way to the homo of my parents- PllgeV. Now , my deai air , I would respeclfully ask yon to deny the charges you have preferred against mo on hearsay. I am not dead. Now for the rest : I never drove a hack In Kansas , or any other place , and I wan at this place In September so could nol bo in Kansas at the same time , so the fellow who was driving hack In Kansas must ho the fellow who was killed. I have not boon going under nn as sumed name. Nor was I over Impli cated lu a robbery and Jumped by bond. The only bond I remember be ing under was nt a time when I wafl village clerk of Pllger. Now as to my killing anyone or being in the peni tentiary under a sentence of twenty- live yours Is another pipe dream , as I Imvo never been In the penitentiary or any other kind of n Jail or even under arrest ; nor have I had trouble of any kind while In Texas oven of the smallest nature ; neither are my parents worrying about mo as I wrlto homo regularly and receive letters under my own name. Now I wish the Times would print a denial of all my supposed troubles and death , mailing * ono to my father , .1. O. MatliCBon at Pllger and ono tome mo at this , place. I will mall you a copy of the Temple , TOXIIB , Tribune , which print's a denial of my demise , also an account of my supposed shoot ing scrnpo as copied from the Boomer Times. 7hanklng you In advance for the favors asked. I remain much nlivo , C. II. Matheson. New Booth Company Ready , Chicago , April 10. Unless something - thing uuforseen Hprlngs up , the now Uoolh Fish company will bo launched .May 1. One Law That Wasn't Vetoed. Buttle Creek Enterprise. "Gramp" Carrlco , the only man In Batllc Creek who will fish for profit if allowed to do so , Is very much pleased , as arc also his former patrons , over the new game law which permits the sale of catfish , buffalo and carp In the open season. If there Is a catfish In the Elkhorn river to bo caught , Gramp says he will "shore get "im. " He has already commenced to rig up his old tackle and predicts that Battle Creek will no longer go fresh-flshless. Electric Co. Spends $20,000. The Norfolk Electric Light and Power company is engaged in making extensive Improvements , and In some cases complete changes of machinery , in the Seventh slreet plant. These Im provements , which it is hoped to have completed by the end of the present month , represent an outlay of some thing like $20,000 , It was announced some months ago that extensive im provements would bo made and It Is the fact that the alterations to bo made were more extensive than Indi cated In the announcement which has led to the delay. To the company the most Important fcalure of the now machinery Is economy of operation. A second Im portant feature Is the fact that ca pacity of the plant is more than doubled. doubled.Was Was Strained to the Limit. The Norfolk Eleclrlc Light company -ns attracled at least state wide atten tion through its development of the motive power business. The company lias aimed to keep pace with the growth and business development of tae town in the extension of its busi ness with the result that for some months the capacity of the plant has boon severely laxed. The new power- making machinery , it is announced , will coniplelely relieve Ihe strain and oven provide an excess of power for possiole future use and will thus re sult In more satlsfaclory service. For the company it Is expected to bring the economy In operation which is needed lo make an occasional dividend blossom forth. A Powerful Turbine Engine. The most important Improvement Is the Installation of a now 350 horse power turbine engine. The old en gine will be left In the power house for auxiliary service in case of break downs. To Condense all Steam , A condenser , which will condense all the steam whfch comes from the new engine , is another important part of liie new machinery. The ob ject of the condenser Is to relieve the fifteen air pounds pressure against which steam is discharged into the air under the old way. A vacum Is used to eliminate this pressure , the air in tjie steam being exhausted by an air pump , Instead of being dis charged into the air , Iho steam Is con densed inlo waler , part of which Is consigned to the pure Ice plant and part of which is returned to the steam boiler , the saving In coal resulting Is very great. Biggest Well In Town. To condense the steam and reduce the temperature , from 212 to 120 de grees n huge quantily of water is needed. The condenser will use about 300 gallons of water a minute. Tills water will bo obtained from a now well which Is feolng down just south of the Ice plant. Insldo the curbing the well is eight feet in diameter. This well will bo the biggest well In Norfolk. Will Flush Sewer. As the water from the condenser will empty Into Ihe sewer at Madison avenue there will never bo any ques tion of that part of the Norfolk sewer system from Madison avenue and Seventh streel lo Iho river being properly flushed. Railroad News. Alnsworlh Democrat : The North western did a rather unusual stunt with a train of cattle destined for the eastern market. The train con sisted of eighteen cars nnd It made the distance between Chadron and Long Pine In seven hours and thlrly- five minutes , having been laid out at Thatcher for thlrly-flve minutes on jiccount ot Ihb passenger Irnin he- Ing Jnte. \ . , . .Lincoln..JjHiniali The vNorlli\ves.l- orn has purchase n block of 120,000 shares of Rio Grande slock , and Iho Wall slrcel exports are trying to find $25 X To Portland This low OIUMVM.V Colonist , Unto in ollVct every ilny to April HO , 11)0 ) ! ) . Tickets good ( on payment of tourist oar rule ) in through Tourist Sleeping Curs which run daily to Portland and the Northwest via Electric Block Signal Protection , The Safe Road to Travel. Dining Car Meuls and Service "The Best in the World. " Ask about the Alaska Vnkon-l'aeilie Mxposition. Seattle. Wash. For reservations , depots nml information inquire ol t E. L. LOMAX , Agent , Omaha , NebrJ out what It moans. Some believe that this moans that the Northwestern Is to find an outlet to the Pacific coast via the Western Pacific , while others think It Is an alliance with the Gould interest that- will help finance the Gould concerns. The Northwest ern has been pocketed by the Gould and St. Paul roads and the St. Paul road Is the most fear ed competitor. Therefore the experts have concluded that financial consld- erallons may yet result in the North western becoming a part owner of some of the Gould properties In the west. Harrlman Is said to deny nil knowledge of the deal. Looking Up Right-of-way. Title to the old right-of-way of the Ynnkton-Norfolk between Yankton and this city Is being examined by topre- sentutivcs of the Interests which are now pushing the project. Yesterday two of the promoters of the road , arm ed with the plats and maps of sixteen years ago , called at the county clerk's office In Pierce. The records were examined and careful note was made as to the owners of the land through which the old survey passed and as to whether or not the original owners still held the land. The two railroad men left Pierce yesterday afternoon , driving overland to Wausa. It was staled Ihat they would visit Madison today to examine the county seat record ? of Ihis county. South Dakota News. O. S. Swonson of Sioux Falls has been appointed warden of the Sioux Falls penitentiary. A .cleaning out of gamblers and screens Is on at Yankton. Cyrus A. Spurllng has Instituted suit for ? 18,000 against the Dempster Mill Manufacturing Co. of Sioux Falls for injuries from falling down an elevalor shaft. The annual Lutheran church synod to meet at Eureka May 5 will selecl a town In which to locate a new col lege. Theatrical War Predicted. New York , April 10. The announce ment by the Messrs. Shubert that they have wllhdrawn from Ihe Theatrical Managers' association is Ihe first gun , according lo the Tribune , of whal will undoubtedly be a big theatrical war. TO FIGHT SPOKANE RATES. Harriman Lines Petition Commission to be Relieved From Obeying Order. Chicago , April 10. The breach be tween the Interstate commerce com mission and the railroads over the western rate situation has been widen ed by two things. The Harriman lines have petitioned the commission to be relieved from the operation of Ihe order In Ihe Spokane rale case , and me execulive officials of western lines decided to contest the commission's order in the Denver rale case. The decision of the Harriman lines to contest the Spokane case , irrespec tive of any action the Hill lines may take , came as a surprise. The petition , It Is presumed , will be denied by the commission and then an appeal will bo taken to the courls. MISSOURI MAY GO DRY IN 1913. State-Wide Prohibition Amendment Engrossed by House. Jefferson City , Mo. , April 10. The nlale-wldo prohibition constitutional amendment was engrossed by the low er branch of the Missouri legislature ycslerday , afler 11 had been amended lo become offecllve January 1 , 1913. The vole on engrossment was 80 to 45. Several members who voted for engrossment said they would vole against the measure of final passage. All taxrlders were defealed and In dications point to the passage of Iho amendment llirough the house next Wednesday afternoon when It will bo considered under special order. Its chances for being passed In Iho senate are considered good. BLEACHING IN VOGUE. European Countries Place no Ban on Either Process. Washington , April 10. In com pliance with Instructions from the bureau of manufacturers. Special Agent Davis nmdo Inquiries In- regard lo , tie } process of bleaching flour in 'Europe ' nnd .reports as follows : "I am now In position lo 6lale that there Is no law In Franco , Germany or Great Britain prohibiting or regulating the bleaching of Hour by chemical or electrical process. As In the United States , some millers In all the conn- tries named oppose bleaching , or find no need for It , while others employ It. "Recently the Alsop company ( elec trical process ) was sued by the Ail- rows company ( chemical process ) before - fore the Lille ( Franco ) tribunal. The case wont to the court of appeals , which has rendered its decision Inci dentally affirming that the bleaching of Hour was an improvement , and that It was not Injurious to public health. Nebraskan Gets Appointment. Washington , April 10. Robert Eton Guthrie of Nebraska wan nominated for civil life to be second lieutenant In the coast artillery. Revenge Upon Next of Kin. St. Louis. April 10. Unable to find Louis Mucalifso , against whom ho cher ished n bitter hatred , Salvatorc For- lossa wreaked his vengeance upon the next of kin in true Sicilian style last night , way-laying and shooting Sam Macaluso in the hallway of their homo at 50-18 Daggett avenue. The victim received three bullet wounds and died. Federal Indictment List. Sioux Falls , S. D. , April 10. The United States grand jury , which con vened In Slonx Falls , made Its first report , returning a number of Indict ments , some of which are wllhheld from Iho public for Ihe reason lliat the defendants have not yet been arrested. The Indictments which were return ed In cases where the defendants ? ' either are In jail or are nt liberty on f bond are as follows : Coyote , an Indian , introducing liquor Into the Rosebud reservation. Frank Randall and Julian Whistler , thefl of cattle on the Pine Ridge reser vation. Henry Smith and William JetVerson , selling liquor to Indians belonging on the Cheyenne River reservation. John Buckman , larceny on the Pine Ridge reservation. James Elk Thunder , Introducing li quor Into the Rosebud reservation. Sam Spotted War Bonnet , thefl of cattle on the Rosebud reservation. Joe Fallls , Introducing liquor inlo Ihe Rosebud reservation. North Nebraska Deaths. Mrs. J. J. Thomas died last week In O'Neill. A. P. Johnson , living west of New man Grove , died Ihis week after a two days' Illness , Business Changes In the Northwest. Dwfght Felton nnd Edgar M. Hood have formed a partnership and will operate a bank , and real eslale office In Ihe now Trlpp counly lown of Red- hill. hill.C. C. I. Day has taken charge of the Upstlll hotel at Long Pino. Thomas Looffler of Chicago has ? " boughl the John Scholer meat market at Madison. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at poslofflce al Norfolk , Nob. , April 9 , 1909. Stella Armstrong , Goldle Burke , W. F. Burns , Ed Bohc , Charles Brant , Mrs. Chas. Cooper , Allen II. Creklngor , T. J. Daggot , Arthur Da'vis , Mrs. G. W. Davis , Mrs. Jane Eddy , F. L. Green , John Foully , R. M. Hilton , Miss Joe Howard , Miss Alice Jewell , L on Jeffryes , Anna Johnson , Pan Pan Jan Kralochvll , Rev , F. Kosanke. C. W. Nicholas , Miss Mary Iioss , Mrs. C. D. Ransdell , Joseph Suche , James L. Sas saman , Dr , S. A. Tutgon. If not called for in fifteen days will bo sent to the dead letter office. Par ties calling for any of the above , please say "advertised. " John R. Hays , P , M. Lawyer Charges $1,000 a Minute. Chicago , April 10. Who Is the high , est-prlcod lawyer in Chicago ? Sclh F. Crows. Ho charges $1,000 a mlnulo. , \ This came oul when ho sued Mrs , James R. Smith for | 3 > i,00b , balance on his bill of $35,000 for.-engineering a deathbed marriage tjiat pave lief ? 350000. , - . . , The cooVw'ho doesn't ofte'n wanT'a new place may bo "reading the ads. " just now.