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* V VV THE NORKOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL KlUDAi JULY 21,1(19 ( 1 - My t'ery ' In Boat Theft. j Enthusiasm marked the meeting of the entertainment committee for the fourth of July last night , which wns called to order nt 8:30 : , with Chairman A. L. Kllllan presiding. The final program , which hns not JIB yet been completed , was talked over nnd It Is to be n program that will excel anything Norfolk has yet had on any Fourth of July. The free attractions arc to bo many and some of the most clover artists that can be had will trent the visitors nnd pcoplo to more fun nnd Interesting niniiBomont hnvo been hnd before The concessions will be of grent number nnd kind. Ferris wheels , mer ry-go-round , "Mnudo" the mule , lunch stands , peanuts , Ice cream cones , soda water , etc. , will bo nmong the mnny which hnvo already applied for grounds , Dnuclng pnvllHous are to bo erected on two places nnd those who enjoy good music and good dancing will have their fill nt either place. The decorating of the streets Is to begin Immediately. Abundant follngo will cover the telephone nnd telegraph poles , red , white and blue lights will Illuminate the streets by night , and bunting and flags will cover the stores nnd places of business. The W. C. T. U. will erect n Indies' rest room , nnd It will bo for the ac commodation of ladles and children only. Other rest rooms will be erect ed by the committee for the same uso. The largo Methodist meeting tent lias boon engaged for the speaker's stand. It will bo placed on Fourth street and Norfolk avenue , where also an Information bureau will bo estab lished for visitors and strangers In the city. No stranger need want any sort of Information , as the bureau will bo at the disposal of all. Thojiarade Is to be the feature of the day , and It will probably bo the longest parade that has marched through Norfolk avenue. Militia com panies of Norfolk and Madison , brass bands from Madison and Norfolk , Madison and Norfolk fire departments , floats , automobiles , etc. , will figure prominently In the parade. Prizes are to bo given to the best decorated auto mobile , and many others participating In the parade will receive prizes , but at the present tlmo the arrangements nro not quite complete and It is Im possible to glvo the list. The committee expects to get out a complete program in a few days. The Fourth of July committee was called Into the council meeting which was in session last night , and found the council deadlocked over the ques tion of the shooting of blank car tridges , giant firecrackers and throwIng - Ing confetti. The opinion of the ex ecutive committee was asked and most were In favor of prohibiting the shooting of any giant firecrackers , blank cartridges and throwing confet tl , after which the council came to ar agreement and It. was ruled that nc giant firecrackers'or blank cartridges would be allowed , on the main street or two blocks each way north and south. Outside of this territory the shooting of pistols , giant firecrackers and most anything may bo Indulged In. Explosives on Street Tabooed. Premature Fourth of July explo alves are not to be permitted In the down town portion of Norfolk. Mayor Friday hns just Issued a no tlce to the effect that the shooting of blank cartridges and giant crackers as well as the throwing of confetti , on Norfolk avenue between Seventh and First streets , will be considered a dls turbauce of the peace and that sucl violations of the city ordinances wll bo prosecuted. Tried to Wreck Train. Aberdeen , S. D. , June 20. A desperate perato attempt to wreck a southboum Milwaukee passenger train , just north of Redfleld , S. D. , was made. A young farmer who was walking on the tracl to his homo heard an explosion. He Investigated nnd found a section of the track hnd been blown out. He flagged the passenger train and prevented a disastrous wreck. There Is no clew to the perpetrators. The motive Is sup posed to have been robbery. Hymenlal. Hcrrlck Press : At this place oc curred the marriage of Mr. Vernon Doyle to Miss Alta Crissman , th ceremony being performed by Rev. W A. Wolcott , pastor of the Methodls Episcopal church nt this place. Mr Doyle Is the son of Mr. nnd Mrs. L TL Doyle , who reside on a farm south west of town. He Is a brakeman on this line of the C. & N. W. Mrs. Doyl is the handsome and nccompllshec daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Crlss man , south of town. The happy youn couple will make their future home 1 Norfolk. Meet After Fifty Years. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Juno 26. "Joe Dunn nnd "Bill" Hazelton are th names of two veterans who attendee the G. A. R. encampment in Slou Falls this week , and who were th principals in a reunion after a separn tlon of nearly fifty years. Half century or more ago they were res dents of what then was consldere the wilds of Minnesota. They wer fast friends. Their 'hours out o school were spent together. The wa came along and both enlisted am were ordered south. From the day they left their Mln nesota home up to a day or two ago when by chance they met In Slou Falls , they had not seen each othe since enlisting In the union army , an each for years had thought the othe dead. Dunn and a stranger became en gaged In a conversation while her attending the encampment. The quite naturally permitted their ta ! to drift to war times , and finally t their boyhood days. They had no talked long of the boyhood days spen In Minnesota before Dunn recogulzei the "stranger" n "Bill" Hazelton , who went to school with him more tlmn hnlf n century ngo. The two men spent the remnlntler of the dny nnd the evening In each ther'8 company n"J cnch acted HH If o had found the only frlerul bo had ver lind. Tornado Hit * Woodruff , Kan. Denver City , Neb. , June 20. A num- er of Biunll whirlwinds turned to a ornnilo cloud south of Heaver City vhlch did grent dnmngo In the couu- ry district between this place nnd Voodruff , Kan. The town of Woodruff IB reported Imost entirely wrecked , but there vero no fatalities or serious Injuries , o far as can bo learned. At the Brouquetto ranch , near here , orty-seven head of cnttlo were killed nd the outbuildings destroyed. Half dozen houses and burns In the path f the storm were demolished , but the uiuntcs escaped by taking refuge In ollnrs or caves. The school houses vero carried nwny. At the dairy fnrm of Priests Selby Ight milch cows wore killed , the car- asses being carried half n mlle away. The storm passed through Almona , Can. , doing minor damage. Crops ro ruined'for n considerable distance. Shakeup In England's Officials. London , June 20. The resignations f two members of the government vore announced. Ostensibly they were nnded In on account of 111 health , but t Is believed they were duo partially o the disapproval of budget. Lord i'ltzmaurlce as chancellor duchy of , nncaster Is succeeded by Herbert , ewls Samuel , under secretary for lome affairs , who thus Is promoted to onslderable rank. Thomas R. Bu- hnnnn , parliamentary secretary of the ndln office , Is succeeded by the mas. er of Ellbank , Alexander Williams Jharles Ollphnnt Murray. Thirty-four Cholera Deaths. St. Petersburg , Juno 20. Ninety- nine new cases of cholera nnd forty uspected cases were taken Into the nunlclpal hospital during the twenty- our hours ending at noon. There were thirty-four deaths from the dls- nse. EGAN SUED FOR LIBEL. Mrs. Ross of 800 Critic is Plaintiff and Asks $10,000 Damages. Sioux Falls , S. D. , June 20. A crlm- nnl libel suit , It was officially an nounced here , has been instituted in ne state circuit court of Snnborn county against George W. Egun , an attorney of Sioux Falls , formerly of Logan , la. , who a few months ngo was disbarred by the state supreme court. The plaintiff In the action Is Mrs. M. M. Ross , editor of the See Critic , of this city. The libel suit s based upon articles printed In ref erence to Mrs. Ross In a weekly newspaper published by Egan In this city. city.Mrs. Mrs. Ross , in addition to preferring the charge of criminal libel by a suit also seeks to recover damages In the sum of $10,000 alleged for slanderous statements printed by him In refer ence to herself. Northwestern Filling Cut. Valentine , Neb. , June 26. Special. The new cut-off and bridge that the Northwestern Is building here Is tak ng shape rapidly as they have a large force of men at work. Severa concrete culverts have been built , one that cost about $10,000 , over which there Is to be n big fill , and the method that they are going to use In making the fill Is one that they use very seldom as it Is very seldom that they find a place where It is practicable to do so. Two big cables will be stretched from the top f one hill to the top of the other across the valley on which a track will be laid and the small engines and dump cars will be run out and the dli dumped down Into the valley wlthou the use of any trestle work at all The cables weigh several thousam pounds apiece. Commercial Club Helps Build Roads Hnrtlngton , Neb. , June 20. The Hartlngton Commercial club , with the county commissioners , are putting In $1,000 each toward grading four mile of road straight north from town. The work has been In progress for two weeks nnd is highly satisfactory. Carnival at Niobrara. Niobrnra , Neb. , June 20. Special t The News : This week at Niobrara the people from home and neighbor Ing towns are enjoying the good at tractions of the Walter Snvldgo Cnr nlvnl company. The remarkable thin nuout this co-ipany is that no graf immortality or anything dlsreputabl Is permitted. Walter Savldge , manager gor and proprietor , is also to b thanked for the fact that he has se cured a group of players , headed b talented Elwln Strong who nlghtl present plays of worth in a capabl nnd intelligent mnnner to a tentfu of people who nppreclato ability Among other good plays on thel reportolre nre "Paid In Full" an "The Man From Home , " both of whlc had successful runs in Chicago. The street attractions are the How ell Glass Blowers , Electric Theater Animal show , jumping horse , carrj us-all , revolving ladder , high dlvln dog and carnival band. PARKSTON CHAMPION. Mt. Vernon Takes Hook and Ladde Event ; Wagner Wins Coupling. Rapid City , S. D. , June 26. Mt. Vei non woa the 200-yard hook and Inddo rnco In 32D5 : ; Lead second in :34 : and Huron third In 34:25. : The Ver million team lost the ladder. Presho Parkston and Lead were entered 1 the race. Chief Reusch of Mt. Vernon , wo the chief's 100-yard foot race la 10:25 : " " . ' -St J ccrotnry Dunn of Clear Lake , sec * nd , 10:35 : ; Henry of Plntte , McElroy f Rapid City , nnd McBrldo of Lend , Iso rnn. The foremnn's foot rn.co was won y Joalyn of Plntte , In 10:45 : ; Cooper f Vermllllon , second , ill. The championship hose race was on by Parkston In 30:5 : ; Parker , ccond , 31 ; Lend , third , 33. The single coupling contest wont o Charles Lake of Wagner , with Mt. Vernon second. There were six entries In the ladder limbing contest with n run of 100 nrds. * Hoffman of * . nrkston , took rst ; Paulson of Vermllllon , second ; ohnson of Parker , third. Time , 17 , 8 nnd 18:25 : seconds. SATURDAY SIFTING. A violent electric storm struck Nor- oik nt 4 o'clock Saturday morning , " "or fifteen or twenty minutes shafts t electricity ripped down from the louds with terrific nolso , but no build- ngs were struck , so far ns early retorts - torts showed. The rainfall amounted o .27 of an inch. Among the day's out-of-town visitors n Norfolk were : T. C. Burns , Gre gory ; George F. Boyd , Oakclale ; R. D. Silston and wife , Dallas ; C. Z. Pet- ach , Verdlgre ; C. Strattman , Butte ; Joseph Hortan , Crelghton ; A. D. Smith , Wnkefleld ; William Nelson , Oakland ; Ova Gammon , Palmer ; Elsie Gammon , Palmer ; Charles Jorus and vlfe , Niobrara ; E. V. Youngqulst , Dallas ; Nelson Weeks , Vermllllon ; C. V. Nnsh , Madison ; J. P. O'Connor , Rosland ; H. F. Seat , Naper ; J. J. Wag ner nnd family , Gregory ; A. D. Smith , Wakefleld ; G. A. Thode , Middle- branch ; T. Kemp , Wnkefleld ; F. Spltzenbergen and wife , Bonesteel ; E. S. Rees , Hot Springs , S. D. Charles Stuart left Norfolk for Mad- son yesterday. Sol G. Mayer was In Omaha yester- lay on business. P. M. Barrett has gone to Presho , S. D. , for a few days. Mrs. August Redmer has been visit- ng In Winslde this week. Bessie Widaman and Bertha Manske returned today from Pierce. Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred Gregorian of Co- umbus are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lowry. Bernice nnd Georjje Bnllentyno are visiting Rev. nnd Mrs. F. P. Wighton at Elgin for a few days. C. E. Hayes returned from Newman Grove Friday evening where he had > een for a day on business. R. H. Mathewson of Wakefleld and D. Mathewson of Norfolk left for Gre gory on a business trip today. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Chapman , who mve been visiting J. R. Carter here have left for their home In Chicago. Rev. Mr. Cronin of Lynch , who has been attending the Epworth league convention at Meadow Grove , is in Norfolk .visiting with Rev. Dr. Ray. Henry Haaso drove to Madison Fri day morning and returned Friday night. Mr. Haase says the political fences around Madison are all right R. Y. Hyde , general foreman of the Bell Telephone company , is here lookIng - Ing over the local office and making estimates for some new work and im provements to be made here. The Bee Hive Is being treated to a new. coat of paint. Henry Haase sold his residence on Seventh street yesterday to Martin Sporn. W. H. Livingstone , the Junction po liceman who has been sick for some days , reported for duty last evening. Among the men granted licenses 'o ' practice medicine this week were C. D. Nelson nnd W. C. Patterson both of Newman Grove. A. V. Walton , who was charged with being drunk and disorderly nnd dis turbing the peace at the Junction , was arrested and fined $7.20 by Judge Else- ley. ley.The The election of Fred G. Koester of Norfolk , second lieutenant of company D , First regiment , Norfolk , has been approved by the commander In chief of the state mtlltla. J. W. Gibson' has brought back from Colorado a couple of twigs off of apple trees there , heavily laden with choice fruit. Mr. Gibson said he never real ized what a fruit tree was till ho got there. That corn has been sot back a cou ple of weeks In the territory struck by hall Tuesday , and that small grain was one-third ruined , is the statement of farmers In town yesterday. Fruit trees were In some Instances broken by the wind and strawberries more or less damaged. The Chadron report that the Nor folk boys who broke jail at that place were recaptured at Hay Springs , Is not confirmed. Mr. Emery received a telegram from W. A. Denny , the postmaster at Chadron , stating that the sheriff at Chadron was notified to release his boys , but during the night the jail was broken open and all the prisoners escaped. No word from the sheriff or any of the boys had yet been received. Lincoln Journal : Judge Barnes of the supreme court will grab as many of the tall feathers of the eagle as ho can possibly got hold of at Curtis on Saturday , July 3 , and yank 'era out and scatter 'om over Frontier county. While attempting to pulj up some Ice from the top of the Ice box V. Lodl , a butcher In the employ of R , E. Thlem , fell down five feet striking the edge of a barrel and fractured his left arm above the elbow. Lodl , who Is a Bohemian , has been hero for some tlmo but as ho will be unable to do any work for six weeks he will go to Prague , Neb. , where ho has relatives. O'Neill Frontier : Roy Bradley , who was on the twirling staff of the O'Neill ball team lost year and the year be fore , has submitted n proposition to the baseball lovers of Norfolk to fur nish them with a winning ball team for a bonus of $400 per month ; that Is , for that amount ho will put In a team there , pay the players and all ex penses , take all the gate * receipts and iso the bonifs of $400 to pay the de ficiencies , If any , or If not have It for velvet. If the sport lovers of Norfolk put up the coin wo bi-Hevo "Brad" will $ lve them a cracking good team for lint money. Deputy State .Superintendent F. S. Perdue was. In Norfolk over night , coming In from the Vnlentlno junior normnl nnd leaving this morning for Wnyno. Mr. Perdue bus visited seven out of the eight junior normals this bummer. Ho Is the field man for the state superintendent's office nnd Is said to have traveled something Ilka 0,000 miles since taking his olllco the llrst of the year. Stanton Plcitct : uev , J. F. Potichor lias arranged for an appropriate cele bration of St. John's day nt the M. E. church In Stnnton next Sunday , the exercises being under the auspices of the locnl Masonic lodge. The lodges at Norfolk , Beemer , Wlsnor , and other neighboring towns will partlcl- pnto In the exercises nnd an excellent musical program has been arranged for. Among the spenkcrs will be Harry L. Cheney , deputy grand mas ter , John A. Ehrhardt , past grnnd mas ter , Harry Snyder of Norfolk and other prominent Masons. The exercises are to be held In the afternoon , beginning nt 3 o'clock. Farmers coming to Norfolk need have no fear of n hitching post fam ine. Only one or two streets whore new sidewalks nnd sewers nre to be built will lose the posts. Mayor Fri day said today that ho will have more hitch posts for the farmers to replace those that were taken out a few days ago , and he expects not only to have the same number replaced , but more and In more streets. This order will be given the street commissioner Im mediately and the mayor himself will see that It Is carried out. Business men , upon whose instance the posts were put In some years ago , protested vigorously against having them re moved. Adjuster Frank Holmes of the West ern Assurance company of Canada , was here yesterday and made a settle5 ment or the G. B. Richards estate for the Richards block fire , which oc curred at an early hour Wednesday morning. The estate was Insured for $1,000 and a settlement of $773 was made. The building was occupied by Mrs. Bain , whose stock was almost a total loss. Mrs. Bain was In the place yesterday and unpacked some of the bundles , and endeavoring to dry them out , but owing to the dampness In the room it Is feared the goods will start to mold. S. J. Henderson , adjuster for the North American company of Erie , Pa. , in which the stock of Mro. Bain was Insured for $3,500 , has not yet arrived , but is expected soon. Story of the Killing. Stuart , Neb. , Juno 26. Special to The News : A Greek railroad laborer named George Patlcetlus was shot and mortally wounded tnls morning by Pearl Young section foreman , here for the Northwestern railroad. Pat- ! cettus died from his wound at 11:10. : Young gave himself up and claims the deed was done In self defense. The victim of the shooting aud a companion named John Kerkratlsas were sent here a month or more ago to work on th'e section. Some days ago they had trouble with the fore man and the latter refused to take them out to work. They were dis charged by the railroad foreman and paid off. Though the Greeks had been offered work further west they refused it , but wanted transportation east. This morning when a couple of the section men went to the tool house to get the hand-car they were driven away by the Greeks. Foreman Assaulted by Greek. The foreman was called and he was assaulted by the man whom ho shot. The Greek was armed with an iron bar. They drove the foreman back perhaps one hundred feet before ho shot. The ball entered his assailant's head just behind the left ear and lodged under the skin just above and a little to the back of the right ear. The foreman' has a badly mutilated hand which he claims he received In warding off the strokes of the Iron bar. Church at Butte Struck. Butte. Neb. , June 26. Rain fell In sheets here nnd there wns a great dis play of lightning. Ono bolt struck the Methodist Episcopal church at the highest point on the belfry , tearing off shingles and sheeting and passing out of the corner of the building about half way down , going out on the electric light wires. The shock was felt In the parsonage and Rev. Mr. Dillon and family were severely shocked , but not seriously. Much damage was done to electric lights and wiring. Boy Dead From Lockjaw. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Juno 26. Special to The News : Maurice Stegner , aged 12 , son of Mr. and Mrs , W. B. Stegner of this city , is dead as the result of lockjaw resulting from cutting his foot on a piece of glass. The acci dent happened while the boy with others was bathing In a pool at Me- Kennan park. Death % f Mrs. Jewett. Southberwlck , Maine , June 25. An Illness lasting for many months ended In the death of Mrs. Sarah Orno Jew- ott , LL. D. , regarded as one of the foremost women writers of America. She was n sufferer from apoplexy and paralysis. HOW OLD IB LIBBIE ? Former Madison Girl Asks the Mayor How Old She Is. Madison Chronicle : Mayor Wycoff received n letter the other day from Miss Ltbble Benlsht whoso people formerly lived hero , asking how old she Is. It seems her people kept no record of her birth , nnd she wrote to learn If the city kept such a record , In ( ho hope of finding out In that way. She thinks she was born In 1SS8 or 1889 , but unless It should chnnco that mention of the fact can bo found In : ho old fllos of the Chronicle , she may have hard work In proving It. Wo are going to tnla : a look through our old ( lies and see If wo can help Llbblo out. Now County Judge Brltton. The county commissioners of Wnyno county this week selected James Brit- Ion , a pioneer , as county judge to fill the vacancy resulting from Judge Hun ter's resignation. J. H. Mnssto nnd Alfred Bohlnnder were also consid ered , JEFF DAVIS ROASTS 'EM ' Washington , Juno 28. . Couched In characteristic language , an address was delivered In the senate by Senator Davis of Arkansas , In opposi tion to the pending tariff bill. Sen ator Davis found general fault with the measure as a tax upon the people , as a discrimination In favor of certain Interests and ns n promoter of trusts. Contending that the republican par ty had failed to keep Its promise to lower the tariff ho said that If that pnrty hnd possessed the manhood to stnte boldly that It Intended to In crease the tariff "tho places that know them today would have known them no longer forever , and they would have been a hiss and a byword In the land , their destruction Inevitable. " Ho dwelt nt some length upon the motives of the members of the pnrty which were to still further "swell their already colossal fortunes and to take from the poor man the last vestige of hope and from their helpless families their means of sustenance. " Still , he wns not without hope be cause he believed that the American people were nwnk'ined to a realization that the promises of the republican party were nothing more than broken reeds and smoking flames. He con tinued : "They are turning their faces In hopefulness and glad acclaim to the great middle west , where a small cloud has arisen , which Is gathering in strength and volume , led on by the Insurgent republican forces in this body , that assures the downfall and destruction of the Bourbon element , the old dominant party planned by Hamilton , in which there yet reposes the spirit of kings , and the belief of that one crowd was created to be rid den booted and spurred by their mas ters , and that when they call for bread they should be given a stone , and whetn their children cry for a fish , they should be given a serpent. These in surgents , sir , catching the spirit of freedom and Independence ; catching the spirit of democracy , and catching the spirit of the eternal brotherhood of man have before them great possi bilities , and'In their ultimate success and helpfulness to the people , depends much for the future happiness of this republic. " "Why do the republican leaders on this floor no longer conceal their real purpose ? " asked the senator from Ar kansas. "Why do they exhibit their mailed hand nnd cloven hoof In this transaction ? " Answering his own questions , Mr. Davis said : "They are drunk upon power. Upon temporary glory. Upon passing suc cess. They feel that these protected In dustries , whose 'slush fund" and whose 'blood money' has kept them In power for the last quarter of a century , pos sess now such omnipotent power that their hold upon the throats of the people ple cannot be loosened and their power to further rob them cannot be de stroyed. " Declaring that the tariff bill Is vir tually the product of Senator Aldrlch , nnd asserting that Mr. Aldrlch had been elected to the senate by a legis lature chosen by eleven per cent of the votes of the small state of Rhode Island , Mr. Davis contended that the senatorial supporters of the bill hnd shown great subserviency to Mr. Aid- rich. Indirectly , Mr. Davis criticised dem ocrats who had declared their lack of allegiance to the democratic platform , which , he said , he was willing to "swallow from 'eand to eand' and from 'klver to klver. ' " Mr. Davis defended Mr. Bryan ne the reputed author of the democratic platform. Even though Mr. B ryan might not be president , Mr. Davis ex pressed the hope that he would "never circumscribe the field of his useful ness , the field of his eternal greatness , by accepting a seat In the senate of the United States. " "Tho field is too small , " said Sen ator Davis. "His power for useful ness would be too circumscribed , and a pitiable spectacle he would present , Indeed , were ho here today , bound and gagged , as are the helpless minority , to the autocratic' of the senior senator from Rhode Island. " t' Took Wood Alcohol for Water. Sioux Falls , S. D. , Juno 23. Special to The News : As the result of mis taking wood alcohol for water , Mrs. E. E. Pettlt , a well known resident of Bryant , had a remarkably narrow escape from death. She had placed some wood alcohol in a common cup and had placed it on a stand near the drinking water. Some hours later while hastily preparing to make a brief visit at the homo of a neighbor , she , desiring a drink , snatched up the cup and took a swallow of the liquid which It contained , forgetting about the wood alcohol. She at once de tected the taste and had presence of mind enough to instantly s nd for a physician. To this promptness she owes her life , for tbo physician was able to arrive before the alcohol had done Its deadly work , although the woman was seriously 111 for some hours from the effects of the poison. Try Jap Strikers. Honolulu , June 23. The work of getting a Jury to try five of the Jap anese strike lenders charged with con spiracy In connection with labororB on sugnr plantations bognn hero , Sev eral of the leaders stated that the strike will bo resumed on the Ewn and Wallu plantations In July , when they would call out 3,000 Japanese who have returned to work. They declare - clare that all the Japanese In the Islands arc affiliated In ouo organiza tion , Representatives of the planters say that If the threatened plan of In termittent strikes on alternate plan tations , enabling these working to support the largo number on strike , Is carried out , the strikerswill bo or dered off the plantations. This would menu that the Japanese would hnvo to vncnto the homes fur- nlshcd by the planters nnd thousands of them would be homeless. SHIP SUBSIDY REVIVED Washington , June 24. Ship subsidy was revived and a new form of cam paign was Inaugurated at a dinner given at the now Wlllard hotel last night. A new bill has been prepared nnd will bo introduced In the house today by Representative Humphrey of Washington and In the senate by some filend of ship subsidy , probably Sena tor Gnlllnger. Speaker Cannon was the guest of honor at the dinner. President Taft gave encouragement to the promoters of the measure by dropping In upon the diners shortly after 9 o'clock , re maining for a short time. The hosts were officials and members of the Mer chants Marine league with headquar ters at Cle'veiand , Ohio. To Probe Deeper. St. Michaels , Md. , .funo 28. The cor- oner's inquest Into the death < > f pretty Edith May Woodlll will be resumed some time today , with several of the Jurors still convinced that there wtis a large element of truth In the letter left by "Lame Bob" Eastman , the fug itive broker and sulcldo , who declared there had been a narty nt his bunga low and that Mrs. Woodlll had been attacked with a champagne bottle and slain by a jealous woman. The jury will meet In the lonely bungalow within sight of the grave to which the body of Eastman was con signed early yesterday morning with no further ceremony than the mut tered prayers of a few laymen. It Is not belleted that a definite ver dict will be rendered by the Jury nnd It Is certain that no matter what may be the outcome of today's sitting of the Inquest , Investigation of the trag edy will be carried forward by the law officers of the state and county with undlmlnlshed energy. Members of the coroner's Jury Inti mated today that the Investigations into the identity of the launch party may lead to an arrest at any moment St. Michaels , Md. , June 28. The theory that Edith May Woodill was lured to "Lame Bob" Eastman's lonely bungalow without knowledge of where she was going and that she was drug ged nnd detained there against her will , was Advanced when a further search of the shnck revenled n .small bottle which upon examination showed a mixture of narcotic drugs. There were strong traces of morphine In the nearly emntv nhlal. This discovery tends to bear out the theory which the people of the com munity who knew and loved the girl long , have wanted to believe. They never have listened to the suggestions that she was Involved In a drunken orglc at the bungalow and have contended that she lost her life In.repulsing the advances of a man who acknowledged his guilt by snuffing out his life when It seemed that the hands of the law were about to be laid upon him. Yesterday's Investigations lead the authorities still further away from the Idea that anyone not even Eastman could have Invited friends from New York or from any other place to visit his bungalow In the condition It was In. The place , only hnlf completed , offered no accommodations for visitors whatsoever. A single bed , poorly fit ted up ; a table and a wash stand com pleted Its equipment of furniture. Eastman himself slept In the place not Infrequently. Eastman Is Burled. In a newly made grave , nearly fifty feet from the scene of the crime which led him to his death , Eastman's body was laid away early Sunday. No man of the church was there to offer a last word for the dead ; no friend or relative came near. The under takers and their assistants a little band of newspaper men and a few persons merely attracted to follow the strange funeral procession , were the only per sons at the grave. With bared heads they repeated the familiar words of the Lord's prayer. Mrs. Eastman , stopping twelve miles away at Easton , expressed no desire to attend the funeral. Following the funeral there was an other thorough search of the bungalow and concealed beneath the floor was "the small drug bottle. " The sheriff on Saturday had seized all of East man's meagre household effects to satisfy an action for debt brought by a local creditor and the bungalow to day-was empty. Following the report that a strong and strange odor was apparent about the bungalow the authorities made a search. They pitchforked a mound of hay but found the ground had not been disturbed underneath. The smells re ported through the excited neighbor hood evidently were those of the marsh at low tido. , Find No Champagne Bottle. Search was made for any possible fragments of a champagne , bottle to bear out the man's claims that Mrs. Woodlll was murdered by another wo man In a Jealous frenzy. Two whiskey nnd tbrco wlno glasses were discovered but there was no evi dence that champagne bottled over hnd been around the shack. It IB becoming mor'o nnd moro ap parent that Enstmnn wns n prolific letter - tor writer. It Is wild thnt whenever ho left St. Michaels to go to llnltlmoro or Washington ho alwnya mulled let ters back hero nddrbssed to himself ns Rohorts. It Is claimed that ho nlso wrote to Postmaster Taylor , the letter signed "F. B. Wellington , " tolling him what a line fellow Roberts was nnd how much ho ( Wellington ) , an undo living In Denver , wns Interested In him , The writer nsked that Roberts bo con siderately treated. U IB further claim * ed by the authorities thnt they have discovered thnt Enstmnn wns nn ex port penman. Letter Is Called a Trick. Ono of the things which the au thorities now declare wns a trick by Eastman to throw suspicion on his friends Is n letter to Vlnnlo Urndcomb Eastman show girl wlfo of the slnyor. The letter , after tolling the wlfo how to dispose of EaBtman'H property , con tinues : "Llttlo girl , 1 hnd no hand In the tragedy. I wns there nnd removed the evidence after the other two cou ples fled. I did this for self-preserva tion and am daunted. The victim was my pnrtlculnr friend nnd wo wore well mated. Have only known her three weeks. "Wo nil , thnt Is , two men nnd two other women from Annnpolls , went to the bungnlow for n tlmo. Every one got full except Edith nnd myself. Edith tried to win one of the girl's fellows while lying on the bed with him nnd wns hit three tlnfus on the side of the head with n full bottle of champagne nnd the follow hit once. "Sho fell over on the floor nnd died. The man did not come to for an hour. I was left with the corpse nnd cannot take chances for a tital. Life to mo Is bitter , and I will pull down the shades and sny good-bye. You cnn claim my property , nnd sny ns little ns possible , but get It. I am awfully sorry for you and my boy and I hnvo been hustling madly to make your path clear , but fate Is agalst me. BOB. " Natives Proud of Her. Natives hesitated to believe 111 of Mrs. Woodlll because they were proud of her and hesitated to stain her name. They were proud of the fact that President McKlnley entertained her nt the white house , that Lymnn J. Gage came to see her and gave her money and thnt senators and congressmen flattered her. Interview With Girl's Mother. Lewlston , Ida. , June 28. Mrs. Albert Kight , mother of Mrs. Edith May Woodlll , was found at her homo at Ashaka , a settlement In ihe mountains forty miles up the Clearwater river from this city. The news of her daugh ter's murder had not reached the se cluded home of the woman , and it was broken to her by the press. As soon as she recovered herself Mr. Knight related the story of her daughter's adoption by Charles H. Thompson in Mlnne'Uiolla In October , 1890. Separation of the mother and infant daughter was the result of the murder of the husband and father when little Anna Pearl Wirtz was less than lyear , old. The fnmlly nt that time was liv ing on Course creek , nine miles above Asotln. The father was shot by Henry Grnyson in a dispute over wages. "After my daughter was adopted by Mrs. Thompson her name was changed to Edith May Thompson , " said Mrs. Kight. "I heard from her quite fre quently for the first two years , Mrs. Thompson keeping me Informed as to her growth and education. "She was the only child by Mathew Wlrtz , my first husband , to whom I had been married less than two years at the tlmo of his murder. " Parents Unable to Care for Her. Minneapolis , June 28. Additional circumstances surrounding the early days of Edith May Thompson Woodlll became known hero today. When Mrs. Wlrtz , her mother , mar ried her second husband , Albert Kight , the Kights were , unable properly to care for the child. Accordingly the girl , before she was 3 years old , was sent to the home of Dr. Roup of Kan sas City , Kan. Dr. Roup's wlfo becom ing ill , ho sent her back to Minneapo lis to n Mrs. Green , niece of Dr. Roup. It was while at the homo of the Greens that a legal contest which re sulted in the adoption of the girl by Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Thompson was begun. The Greens had allowed Mrs. Deles Matteson , a friend , to take the girl to their homo. When the Greens went to get the girl the Mattesons refused to surren der her and a writ of habeas corpus was issued In the district court to de termine who should have possession of the girl. Mrs. Thompson , stricken with the child's beauty , determined to have her for her own , nnd while the Mnttesons nnd Greens were busy with the cnso Mrs , Thompson found the child's ownt mother nnd was quietly made guar- j dlan In the probate court at Elk River. When the court decided thnt the Mnttesons nnd not the girl's own rel atives should have her , Mrs. Thomp son applied for a writ of habeas cor pus on the ground that sha had been legally appointed guardian. Those of our renders who are interested - terested In business education should send at once to the Grand Island Busi ness and Normal college of Grand Island , Nebraska , for free circulars. This schbol Is ono of thtf largest and most successful In the United States and Is Just now making a special offer to young people of limited means. Students are not required to pay any fees until they have time to graduate and secure positions. Wo understand a number from this county will attend. $1,500 RHEUMATISM CURE Send $1.00 for formula that sold In London for above sum. Faye Remedy Co. , 400 N. Y. Life Bldg. , Omaha , Nob.