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Till * NOKOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL FRIDAY" MAY 7 1900 lUSS DAY REVIVED idplendld Program Along Unique Lines Pleases Largo Audience. "OliiHH day" ( in u high Hchool Institu tion was fo\lvcd In Norfolk Friday might with tlio "senior dims night" jpiogram at tlio Audltorliiin. The favor wllli which the iiroRtnm wns reeo'vod ' , .and which It fully inorltod , tmilcos It very pruhnblo Hint "class day" will mot bo again allnwod to drop from 'he ' Bond ncliool calendar , Tlui program , which like All Qaul was divided Into three parts , wad sumppy , clear cut , always local In np Killcntlon and almost always wiltThi1 midfonco wns very largo Inlew of ftho weather. Something like $40 was cleared nhovo the expenses. This money - oy will ho lised In purcimbing n pl-'co of statuary to ho turned over to the high ucliool IIH a coinniencetncnt night ilio "chiHs history , " the with Miss Amy Leigh Pninc IIH rfx'ncher , Jumped hack enough years Uo appear In a grade room school t8ccno. The boys wore Unco trousers suid youthful collara , the girls short 'ttklrts. Long tresses , which have ueon ilntely climbing higher and higher up ( senior heads , tumbled down towards rtlio waist line. Shakespeare's witch scone In Mac- ð formed the skeleton of the class jprophocy , In which the entire class ttook part. Three teachers , garbed as witches ( Misses Dexter , Putney and iEHIs ) were grouped about the witch Sire. Lester Weaver represented * ho igoiius of the class of 1910. As the prophecy was' ' unfolded each senior In vtnrn stood revealed for a few seconds fin the spot light Illustrating the spec- Jrnl point In the prophecy. Credit for lUils part of the senior program Is Hargcly duo to Superintendent and jMrs. F. M. Hunter. The class will , drawn up and rend { by Miss Joela siinrp , Bequeathed vnr- Sous qualities and possessions of the class and Its members to the faculty , tihe high school and various lower < classmen who were made the victims iof some well pointed puns. The will twns vlovcrly drawn. The presentation o mocic gifts to ilhe class by Miss Inez Vlelo was like wise ono of the hits of the evening. No ono In the class was spared and an appreciation of the points made wns not limited to those personally acquainted with tl.o Individual mom- 7jers of the class. The musical numbers of the pro- jgrnm , piano solos by Lloyd Pasewnlk , "Miss Dorothy Rudat and Lowell Ers- Iklne , a violin solo by liny Estabrook and the class song , with which the program closed , showed that the senior - ior ! class excels also In other lines than scholarship. In the latter the claps tis credited with having set n new trecord In the high school. The members of the class of 1303 , nil of whom took part In tlio progrmi' ' . sure as follows : Ilattle Adams , Hans .Anderson , Elsie Bowman , Olive Ore- Ibcrt , Lowell Erskine , Lloyd Pasowalk , vf&mnm Potras , Harlan Pratt , August 'jPreusker , Inez Vlele , May Shively , Joela Sharp , Maltlda Schmode , Dor othy nudnt , Joy Morgan , Earl Lynde , Helen Lobdell , , Roy Hlbben , Ray Esta- Ehrook. War at Lincoln Asylum. Lincoln , May 3. Miss Beatrice Me- < Glnnls , matron , has been discharged Iby Superintendent Woodward of the lUncoln asylum , and Miss Beatrice SIcGlnnls says she will not quit. Thus begins the dlsoganlzatlon of -fine Lincoln asylum under democratic irule , for dissatisfaction Is expressed toy many of the employes about the -way things are running and It Is oven said Assistant Superintendent Weber itcovets the place of his chief , and fac- lilo'imllsm runs r'ot ' to such an extent athat no man's Job Is safe. Miss McGtnnls said notice of her dismissal wns the result of a united effort to get her out of the Institution. She is a relative of Arthur Mullen , overlord to the governor , and she Is * .lepondlng upon Mr. Mullen to hold Iher In her place. At the present time IMr. Mullen Is oul of the city and so Is the governor. Miss McGlnnls ex- jpccts to remain at the Institution until fi.he case Is passed upon by the gover nor and his chief adviser. Atkinson Beats O'Neill. ' Atkinson. Neb. , May 3. Atkinson defeated O'Neill Sunday In a very closely contested ball game on the O'Neill grounds by n score of 3 to 2. Sensational fielding of both loams were the features of the game. Batteries : Atkinson , Martin and Klrkland ; O'Neill , Ryan and Me- rs'lchols. Struck out by Martin 13 , by Sly an 13 ; hits off Ryan 3 , oft Martin 4 ; score by Innings : Atkinson 20000001 0 3 JO'Nelll 02000000 0 2 First Game at Nellgh. 'Nellgh , Neb. , May 3. Special to "The News : The first baseball game of fche season was played In this city at Hllveralde park Saturday afternoon be- ttweon the Elgin ball tossers and the jSIellgh high school. Despite the cold , * nw wind n fairly good crowd was In attendance. It was thoroughly demon strated In the early stages of the game ilhat the visitors were outclassed. The only score'secured by Elgin was record ed In the first Inning when by nn error of Nellgh's Infield mnde this possible. The score by Innings : Elgin 100000000 1 jsfellgh 01141211 x 11 Batteries : Elgin , DeWltt and AVoods ; Nollgh , G. Harriman and A. Fletcher. Counties Disagree , Pierre , S. D. , May 3. The failure on the part of the legislature to clear ly establish the boundary line between Toyman and Stanley counties has ere- ated n situation which will no doubt nd with a review of the situation by She supreme court. OXEN IN THE R08EUUD. A Return to Pioneer Methods of Farm ing Carload of Ox Yokes. Sioux City , la. , April 20-rAn order for n carload of ox yokes for delivery mmedlately at Gregory , S. D. , n town located closely to the now rcscr- vntlon country , recently surprised the office force at the Dyinond-Slmmona ompany , ono of Sioux City's lending wholesale hardware houses. U brought ip memories of the oldest employe of the days when the yoke was a common commodity. It has always been car ried In slock , for every now and then n lenlor asks for a dozen , the demand jicrcnslng gradually the past year or two. Hut a carload nt ono time , and In a small town , Is unusual. The Gregory dealer , however , will got his order filled at once. In the days of fathers and grandfathers the use of : he oxen was common. The pioneers of the middle west , after the civil war , when horses were nt a prohibitive price , Wore used and many of the settlers tlors of the far west trekked across the plains with ox teams. Within the past few years the vast amount of railroad construction , the opening of new territory In the northwest and west , together with the failure of lanch owners to breed horses to the extent that cattle and sheep have been bred , have resulted In n short- ago. A good team of work horses today coats between $300 anil $350. And they are not to be had nt that figure part of the time. An extra good work team will bring as much as $400 to $500. To the man who has never used oxen the experience Is likely to prove n decided novelty. It Is no fun to brenk a span of 2-year-old steers. They create a diversion equal almost to * n bucking broncho contest at a ranch. They seem Imbued with a disposition to be precisely the oppo site of the driver's order. They are mulish nnd about as tractable as a pig being driven to market. And they not only kick , but they run awny , a habit they adhere to with a stub- borness characteristic of the animal , even after they have been worked several seasons. They are slower than horses or mules and apparently less Intelligent , but settlers find that they can turn over almost as much ground with a breaking plow in a season as a horse or mule team , and do It , too , with less feed and less loss of robust liealth. Once broken thoroughly , they are patient and steady , except for an occasional outbreak , when they apparently rebel against the toll for which they seem less adapted than the horse or mule. Foreign born citizens Inclined much to the use of oxen , with which they are familiar in the old country. It takes longer to plow a field and sow n crop , but the old country farmer is used to that method , and goes through with It , using cheap motive power. Usually the user of oxen is found to bo better 'equipped with this world's goods at the end of a few years In a new country than the more Impatient American , who Insists on having fine horses and more modern machinery for tillage of the land. BOOTLEGGERS GET A YEAR. Judge Garland Hands Out Sentences to Those Convicted by Jury. Sioux Falls , S. D. , April 29. About all the cases have been disposed of and the present term of United States court , which convened here on April 6 , rapidly Is drawing to n close. Sen tences have just been Imposed by Judge Garland In all cases where con victions had been secured as the re sult of Jury trials and In the cases of those defendants who had entered pleas of guilty during the term. The sentences imposed by Judge Garland were as follows : Samuel Spotted War Bonnet , con victed of larceny of stock on an In dian reservation , ono year In the fed eral penitentiary at Leavenworth , Kan. ; Alexander LaRousch , High Otter , James Corset , Philip _ Swift Bear , Blue Eyes , Catch The Enemy and Charles Looking Back , one year and one day each In the federal peni tentiary and lines of $100 each and costs of prosecution for Introducing liquor Into Indian reservations. An gus McClaln , of Piedmont , for mailing an obscene postal card , n fine of $50. Henry Stelta and Will Jackson , of .Mitchell , for selling liquor without having paid the special government tax , Imprisonment for n period of thirty days , the former In the Dnvlson county jail nt Mitchell and the latter In the Mlnnchaha county jail at Sioux Falls , In addition to fines of $100 each. Martin Shangrau and Ben Janls , lar ceny of stock on the Pine Ridge reser vation , two years each In the federal penitentiary. , Fred K. Moore alias Edward Gay , for breaking into a postofflco building with Intent to commit larceny , five years In the federal penitentiary , de- fore passing sentence Judge Carland said to the defendant : "This Is the fourth time since I have been on the bench that you have been before me on this charge. " Levl Graham , aged 71 , who had Just been released from the Sioux Falls penitentiary after serving n terra for the theft of grain In Lake county , appeared In the federal court and Jilaaded gulky to an Indictment charg ing him with having on April 24 , 1906 , removed nnd carried away a rural mall box on a route In Brooklngs county. Judge Carland Imposed a fine of $25. Slew "Big Mike , " Is Acquitted. Acquitted of the murder of "Big Mike" Eafley at Bloomfleld by a dis trict court Jury at Center after an hour's dellobratlon , Holland Forey is again a free man. The killing took place In a Bloomfield - field pool hall. Forey , a young man , weighing 155 pounds , had been cuffed about the hall a halt dozen times by "Big Mlko , " n "two hundred pounder , " when ho cnmo to bay with nn ordinary pocket liiilfe. The knife wns plunged between the ribs of Foroy's big ad versary , the point of the knife blade penetrating the heart. Self defense was claimed by Foroy's attorneys , who sought In the trial to prove that he had been driven to desperate action by the taunts nnd cuffu of n big bully. The case wna prosecuted by County Attorney Peterson , assisted by W. II. Ellis of Bloomfleld. Tim defense wns represented by W. V. Allen of Madi son , Charles .Kumnnskl and W D. Funk of Bloomfleld. Forey had been working . around Bloomfleld , hut came originally from near Logan , In. How's This for May Weather ? The minimum record for May tem perature In many years Is believed to have been attained In Norfolk early Saturday morning when the mercury dropped to 21 degrees above zero. On May 2 , 1908 , the mercury dropped to 22 above and that was considered cold. Fortunately fruit buds arc not far enough advanced to suffer seriously. Snow raged In Norfolk last night fern n time , driven by high wind. But Nor folk oven with this temperature , 1ms escaped the disastrous storms that covered the nation. Frost Is forecasted for tonight. MADISON SALOON LICENSES. That City Has Sliding Scale , Netting $5,000 Revenue. Madison , Neb. , May 4. Special to The News : Judge Bates pronounced the words that made Clarence E. Me- Inlosh and Miss Cyril M. Woltman , husband nnd wife. Mr. Mclntosh is the son of John Mclntosh of Emerlck and the popular assessor of Emerlck precinct. Mrs. Mclntosh has been at Newman Grove where she has been employed for several years as a mem ber ot the staff of the Madison County Reporter. The Auditorium Music Co. , with temporary quarters In the opera house store building , has come to stay. As soon as the old Brown studio build ing can be suitably repaired the com pany's stock will be moved there permanently. The saloon stock of Jacobl & Dieter was Invoiced and transferred to John H. Murphy who Is an applicant for n license. Mr. Murphy conducted a sa loon here several years ago. Saloon licenses were granted to C. F. Balsch , William Test , Fred Funk and John H. Murphy , each paying $1,250. Madison has a sliding scale ordinance that no matter what the number of saloons may be , the reve nue derived therefrom Is $5,000 , and all over $500 of each goes In the city's general fund. Largely as a result of the series of special meetings which have just closed here , fifteen members were taken into the Presbyterian church and thirty-four members Into the Methodist church Sabbath morning. Trampped to Death. Aberdeen , S. D. , May 4. While rid ing home on horseback , Hazel Cole , aged fourteen , was thrown from its back and trampled to death. The horse became frightened by a dog. No More Booze on Trains. Mitchell , S. D. , May 4. "Drinking Intoxicating liquors upon this train is prohibited by law , " Is a notice now posted in' every passenger coach In South Dakota. Brand Commission Adjourns. Pierre , S. D. , May 4. The state brand and mark commission has finish ed its work and adjourned ; 112 brands were accepted , bringing the total to 0,715. The-Judge's Interruption. \ Marriages in Springfield , 111. , up to the time of Lincoln's own wedding had been rather Informal affairs. Ilia wns one of the very first. If not tun first , over performed with 'the full Episcopal M'rvlce. Among the bride groom's friends who gathered In the cjiurch was Thomas C. Browne , one of the justices of the supreme court. Judge Browne wns nn "old timer. " He had been on the bench from the very beginning , a quaint , rough , curious character. He stood close beside Lin coln during the marriage. Old Parson Dressar. In his canonical robes , was performing the ceremony in nn exceedingly nolcmn nnd Impressive manner , IU bunded thp ring to Lin coln , who placed It upon the bride's finger nnd repealed the formula. "With this ring 1 thce wed : with nil my worldly goods I thce endow. " This struck the old judge as non sense , nnd lit' cried out loudly enough to be heard by every one : "Good gracious , Lincoln , the statute fixes all that I" The unexpected Interruption nnd its utter .absurdity completely upset the old parson , who had a keen sense of the ridiculous , and It was some min utes before he could proceed. Daaa Heat. A schoolmaster who Is in the habit of selecting extracts from bis murnlut , newspaper for dictation uxerclne road the other day a passage lu which oc curred the term "dead heat. " "Jones,1' snld he. addressing nu In attentive pupil , "what do you moan by 'dead heat ? ' " "Please , sir , " the youngster replied. "It's the heat of the place bad people go to when they're dead , " London School master The Dear Friends. "Fred didn't blow his brains out be cause you jilted him the other night , " snld girl friend No. 1. "He cnmo over and proposed to mo. " "Did ho ? " replied girl friend No. 2. "Then he must hnve got rid of them In BOCJJO other way. " n f Protected Every Inch by Automatic Dl 1 C" 1 Los Angeles olock oignals Limited IT * n ° * Union racihc The train for discriminating travelers every comfort and luxury of the most Dining Car Meals and Service up-to-date hotel electric lighted throughout a read . "Best in the World" ing light in every berth. Meals served a la carte. E. L. LOMAX , G. P. A. , Union Pacific R. R. Co. , Omaha , Neb. CANADA'S STARTLING GROWTH. Thousands of Farmers Flocking to this Vast Land of Opportunity. Strange as it may seem , less than fifty thousand people settled In Can ada In 1001. Vet In 1907 just six years later more than 250,000 emi grants came and purchased homes amid the great western wheat fields. Out of every ten who come , six are farmers who move with their families upon the land rapidly being opened for settlement. Often when they come to uuy only eighty acres they grow so enthusiastic that they stretch their capital to the limit and buy twice or tnree times as much. Many buy their farm Implements on one year's time with no security , but few have ever failed to pay. One dealer sold sixty-seven wagons one year on time and all but one was paid for with absolute promptness. Men here are too busy making money to have any reason or time to bother with collec tors their crops make such things impossible. For one aacre of this land aevrages between - tween forty and sixty bushels every year. The government has established mnny experimental farms throughout the region ( being careful to select only ordinary soil ) and records kept at these stations show the most astounding crops. One of the uest records was made ai Indian eaJ , where the average for eleven years was exactly thirty- four bushels and fifty-four pounds to every acre. Mr. Mctvay , manager of the farm , explained that he was never able to get as imicii as some of the farmers because they had much better land. land.This This fact is Interesting to note In connection with the largo tract of sev eral thousand acres now being opened up in the famous u'eyburn Manor dis trict by the Porter Land company. This iflrm is well known throughout this part of Canada nnd hnvev their head office at Rolnbeck , Iowa. They secured this new land from one of the railroads , and owing to Mr. Porter's ex tensive banking connections in the United Stntcs have agreed to sell It to farmers at remarkably low prices and on very easy terms. Wo hnvo learned that several farm ers In this neighborhood are consider ing these lands as an investment and we believe that many more will find u both Interesting and profitable to study the land situation of Canada with the most thorough earnestness. Lynch Seen by a Norfolk Visitor. Editor News : Nestling In a sheltered vally fifty feet beneath the general level of the country , Lynch aspires to a position on the map of Nebraska. Young and vigorous nnd aspiring , It looks towards the future much ns Chicago nnd Omnhn and other pioneer gateways of the mighty west have staked their destinies in the past , and with the same eolf-confldonce in Us future it cherishes the hope of future greatness. And why not ? Here again , on the confines of western set tlement , the old miracle of the loaves and fishes Is being re-enacted a crude and primitive soil Is being made to blossom as the rose and whore , erst while the Indian and his conger , the buffalo moved , today 'the plowshare of the husbandman turns the prairie sod and mother earth yields forty , fifty and a hundred fold in gleaming returns of garnered grain. The sym bol of civilization be fruitful and multiply and replenished earth is everywhere apparent and exemplified. The conquest of the soil the subju gation of a primitive environment Is the special achievement of the Ameri can nation and it has become great be cause of its devotion to the evolution of the arts of peace and Its belief in the principles of good will to all mankind. The key note of our na tional greatness can be discovered on the frontier. It is not in dreadnaughts or panoplied parade , but the ability of the people to make two blades of grass grow whore before one or none grew that constitutes the greatness of the nation , and in the cobwebbed nooks everywhere only can this be discover ed. Ever and always crowding the uttermost boundaries of the west the corn and wheat lines extend and homes and orchards and towns grow and mul tiply. Truly it is a great destiny and the end is far in the future. Food and homes for the multitude is the watchword of western progress , and here par excellence can Its workings be studied. Few people have so far grasped the significance of the drift of emigration up the Elkhorn valley through Norfolk to these homesteads of the west within the past few years. And they are quietly and unastenta- tlously by the thousands coming un til shortly every acre will be brought under cultivation and Norfolk will be the center of an agricultural empire great as some of the kingdoms of Europe. It was written over the portals of the temple of Delphos , "Know thine oppor tunity. " This was a classic sentiment. The application today Is utilitarian. Shall the trade of this empire go south or east ? Here is opportunity , and Norfolk should got busy and profit "y It > J. H. MACKAY. BUNCO MEN TO FIGHT. Dodge County Attorney Says It Will Not Be Easy to Convict the Pair. Fremont , Neb. , April 30. That It will be no easy task to convict Andy Potts and Charles Osborno , the bunco men who worked a young Springfield farmer for his roll of $250 at the union station In Fremont , Is admitted by County Attorney J , C. Cook. On that account Mr. Cook has gone to work In earnest to collect the testimony ho thinks he will have to have. Potts and Osborne it Is asserted by Omaha detectives will be well repre sented with legal talent when the time comes for their hearing. The Omaha detectives assert that the men are members of a gang that will BOO to it that they do not get any the worst of a court hearing , so far as legal talent Is concerned. An effort Is being made to locate an Arlington man who will bo an Im portant witness In the case. This man , also , was a passenger to Dallas and occupied a seat directly In front of Dressier and Potts , while the bunco game was In progress , Fol lowing the disappearance of Potts , ho turned to Dressier with the question , "Did you let those fellows have any of your money ? " Being told that he had , the man exclaimed , "Well , by George , I was afraid that was what they wanted. " The identification of the two bunco agents can doubtless be made by this man as well as by Dressier and the cplorod porter , who saw them on Union Pacific train No. 14. In prosecuting Potts and Osborn , if they make the fight it is expected of them , It will be necessary to prove that there Is no such bank as the one named in the draft , drawn on an al leged Institution at Beaver City , Okla. It will bo necessary , perhaps , to show that there Is no such town on the map. It must 'bo proven that Osborne Is not a representative of the Wells-Fargo Express company , as he told Dressier he was. The draft that was used by the men In getting Dressler's money Is In possession of County Attorney Cook. It Is a neatly drawn instru ment. Acrbss the face is stamped the -word , "Certified. " What this means , bankers do not profess to know. It was intended , no doubt , to add to the official importance of its appearance. Donovan Raids West Point. John Donovan , the Madison newspa per man who Is a deputy game warden under the Shallenberger administra tion , set a clever trap yesterday for two game law violators ) at West Point. As a result Watts Korb and Joe Hum- Heck , two young men , pleaded guilty to using a dip net and were fined $25 and costs in a West Point court. Showed Donovan How to Do It. Korb and Humllcek furnished Donovan van with all the evidence ho needed. Going to West Point to run up some clews , Donovan was around a con fectionary shop when the young men showed up to sell some cat-fish. Donovan evan made their acquaintance easily and said that he was In the market for fish , but wanted bass and not cat-fish. Could they get him some bass ? They thought they could get some that very afternoon. Donovan said he would go along. The three tramped four miles out In the coun try to the nets , Donoavn filling up on Information about net and trap fishing In that vicinity. After landing a good supply of crapple and cat fish , the three walked back to West Point , where Donovan led the way to a local court. The young men were up against It and pleaded guilty. Donovan asked the court to be lenient. The West Point Haul. Donovan was In Norfolk over night , bringing with him the results of a raid of the river and lakes near West Point : Three hoop nets , one small seine , three dip nets , one wife set line sixty feet long with forty-two hooks. He took the outfit to Madison , where It will be burned up , according to the requirements of the law. Nellgh May Have Dry Spell. Nellgh , Neb. , May 3. Special to The News : The old city council met Saturday evening and finished up the business of the past year. The new council will not meet until Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. As the licenses of the pool halls , saloons and drug stores ceases at midnight on Monday , the two former will be compelled to close their places of business until the action of the newly-elected officials. What the new board will do at this \ meeting is a matter of conjecture. Mayor Staple says he has not definite ly decided on the appointments for the coming year , but the assurance is made by him that a new city marshal and attorney , and also street and water commissioner will be on the city pay roll after the Tuesday night meet- Ing. Des Moines May Get Corn Show. i Omaha , May 1. Des Moines may get the corn show because wholesalers refuse to support It , claiming bringing people to Omaha Just before the holi days hurts country merchants. Two Men Answer to Same Number. Gregory , S. D. , April S. When num ber 3,540 was called two men answer ed. Two John Marty's registered and ono of them was lucky. They hap pened to be father and son. The son was the winner but the father received the notices from the land office. On the call the father stepped up to the counter In the map room and signed his name to the blank when Mr. Wood discovered that the signature did not agree with the ono on the registration blank and told the man that he was not the right party. At this the son stepped up and explained that he was the one but both had come to be sure. The son's signature proved him to bo the'winner and he was allowed to file. Fire at Valentine. Valentine , Neb. , May 3. Special to The News : The large two-story house of Charles Jordans In the west end of town was burned to the ground and on account of a perfect gale It was impossible to put It out. Most of the household effects were saved and the house Is covered by insurance. A largo prairie fire east"of hero burned off a large tract of range , the prairie fires are numerous this spring as there has been a number of big ones In all directions. Two Children Lost. Latrobe , Pa. , May 3. Hosts of neighbors who have been searching for Emma and Alvln Baugh , seven and five years old , have about . .given up hope of'finding them. The little ones were playing In the yard In full view of their own neighboring homes , and disappeared within n. minute after they had been seen at play. A circus exhibited hero that day and the circus trains wore searched , and woods were scoured for miles and a creek which flows near the home was dragged. Stork to Visit Longworths ? Beverly , Mass. , May 3. An event that will throw the recent occasion at The Hague , as far as America is con cerned , Into the shade , is believed to bo scheduled. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth have taken a cottage near President Taft's summer home hero. They have made It clear that there will bo .no social activity In the cot tage , which Is owned by Mr. Long- worth's mother. Belief Is general that the stork will make the place a visit during the course of the summer , Mrs , Longworth will arrive hero In June.