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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUttNAt FKIDAY AUGUST 20 1909
CHILDREN DYING
NEAR NORFOLK
EPIDEMIC OF SPINAL MENINGI
TIS PREVAILS AT STROM8BURG.
300 CASES ARE NOW REPORTED
Dr. J. H. MacUay Discusses the Uses
of the State Health Association ;
Says Council .Should Have Allowed
U His $10
if
Norfolk , Nob. , Aug. 14. Editor of
The News : For whose good Is the
stnto health association ? Let me give
a graphic Illustration and then judge :
An epidemic of mennlngttlH Is pre
valent at Stromsburg. It has spread
into the surrounding country and up
to date there has been 300 cases.
Jdvory church In the city Is closed
and there have been no public meet
ings In a month. Their clmutauqua
and races and carnival were abandon
iff ed. No person who cnn absolutely
iffI I avoid It comes to town or goes to a
store or to visit a neighbor and many
of the farmers in the country are los
ing their crops , because their families
have the ( Unease and no one will help
them with their harvest. The dead
are burled nt night and the large
number of small now made graves in
the cemetery nro mute reminders that
n poBtlllenco is abroad In the land.
The financial loss to the city and coun
try will aggregate many thousands of
dollars. Two-thirds of all who have
had the disease and recovered will
bo life cripples.
That is not all. Yesterday three
cases wore reported at David City In
the county north of Polk. This county
joins Platte and the latter joins us
and there Is dally communication with
Norfolk. How many of your Norfolk
readers know that such a dangerous
contagious disease exists in the
second county south of us and what
would any of us give to avoid the
death of one of our children or its
being a cripple or feeble minded for
life ?
When It first broke out people smll-
od at the health officials who tried to
suppress It. Now they can have all
the money and co-operation they need ,
but they had to learn this from the
graves on the hillside. I spent parts
of two days with the health officers
of Polk county and learned how the
disease got its start and how they have
finally got it practically under control
in that county , although it got out to
Butler county. Colonel Bannister , who
has been thirty years in the army and
hud charge of the sanitary work in
the Philippines and other tropical
posts and who is now chief surgeon of
the department of the Missouri , ad
dressed our meeting at length and
gave minute accounts of how the gov
ernment suppressed epidemics in the
tropics and made it safe for white
people to live there. The methods
employed by Dr. Bannister are with
slight modifications applicable to all
epidemics and it was a valuable les-
BOH to me.
Theie were other equally valuable
discourses and I learned that if the
coming generation of children are to
be protected from the blight of con
sumption , wo will be forced to go into
the public schools and weed out those
now afflicted no matter whose chil
dren they are. Down In Polk county
the recent , epidemic of mennlngitis
did not even spare adults. If It comes
to Norfolk what will our loss be in
money , In happiness and human lives ?
It will depend upon our vigilance in
stamping it out at the outset and
recognizing the very first cases in
fected. The state health association
was organized for mutual co-operation
In stamping out epidemics and conserv
ing the health of our people.
Unfortunately , not until the graves
get too numerous In any month do people -
plo realize Its value and significance.
I attended two meetings of this or
ganization at Omaha and Lincoln and
took a part in getting It established
Jl over the state. I have spent more
than my salary to date and I notice
that a bill I presented to the city
council for flO I spent twice that
amount for expenses to one of these
meetings , was rejected. I ask the pub
lic who will ultimately be the loser
by this policy ? I was the only health
officer in the state who had to pay
his own expenses. The United States
government sent a representative , the
Lincoln newspapers gave us columns
of space and the Lincoln Journal gave
n half page to my paper alone.
J. H. M nek ay.
RAILWAYS CARRY DISEASE.
Won't Transmit Horses with Glanders ;
Carry Human Consumptives.
The paper rend by Dr. J. H. Mackay
before the state health board , refer
red to in the above communication ,
is reported as follows In the Lincoln
News :
Taking for the title of his paper ,
"Look Out for the Cars , " Dr. J. H.
Mnckoy of Norfolk , went after the
railroads before the Nebraska Health
association , this morning , blaming
them for the unsanitary conditions
they permit. Ho snld that every de
partment of human activity has been
almost revolutionized by the commer
cial evolution of the past half century ,
and that our present sanitary barbar
ism must eventually yield to the force
of business exigencies , because di
V sease is wasteful of economic pros
perity. He said in part ;
"Now , however , that our national
government has a department with
agents at every cross-roads to look
after the diseases of domestic animals
and divers bugs , worms , gophers and
rodents that threatened our industrial
xlstenco , we may hope to bo next to
< lve consideration. In 1007 it was
discovered that the rat bill of the
country wan $180,000,000 , In 1008 It
was ascertained that the annual finan
cial loss to the country from tuber
culosis wax $1,000,000,000 , and since
thin discovery was imulu there has not
been such another sanitary awakenIng -
Ing since the days of Moses. There is
a general demand tddny for pure food ,
wholesome water , clear air and clean
surroundings , because these condi
tions promote physical and mental vig
or , which are In turn transmitted to
prosperity , and without these the
health of a hog avails nothing to n
nation.
"Time was when the country was
all one untainted temple of Hygela , but
now the hacclllao of grcgarloUBiniBH
everywhere pollute the soil , and un
less wo seek out and abolish these
sources of Infection wo shall be phy
sically undone. To him who wanders
abroad upon such a quest , the most
conspicuous germ carrier that will
challenge his attention will be the
railroad. The great railroad systems
of the country spew their filth from
ocean to ocean , heedless of all sani
tary considerations , The pollution of
the factory Is local and Is amenable to
local restrictions , but the pollution of
the railroads encompasses the entire
country , and they are without excep
tion unmitigated , insanitary repro
bates , This statement applies pnrtlcu-
Inrly to the transportation of pnssen-
gurs. A different condition applies to
the shipping of ilvo stock. Every ron- '
furnishes Its agents to the leniotest
shipping point with tegular bulletins ,
containing the latest and most com
prehensive information relative to the
prevalence of Infectious diseases In
animals In every section of the coun
try. Go Into any freight oftlce of
any road and you can learn of the
quarantine for foot and mouth disease
In parts of Maryland and Pennsyl
vania , of Texas fever in certain coun
ties In Oklahoma , or scabies in sheep
In Utah , of the laws of North Carolina
that prohibit bringing Into the state
animals afflicted with Infectious mala
dies , or of the laws of New Mexico
that penalize the shipping of that
state of fruit trees that arc diseased.
The roads have an elaborate system of
Inspection , disinfection and watchful
ness to safeguard the carrying of live
stock , because there is a penalty at
tached for violation of certain restric
tions.
"Come now to a survey of the
methods employed by the railroads In
the carrying of passengers. On the
trains wo touch elbows with people
irom the uttermost part. } of the earth.
These people carry their diseases with
them , and over mountain and plain ,
Into rivers and upon cultivated fields ,
through farm-yards , towns and gar
dens they distribute their germ-laden
discharges , to bo washed into the
water-courses from which we take our
drinking water and ice supplies , to
be carried by the winds or by flies or
animals to our homes or food , be
smearing and infecting a fair and
salubrious land with unseen and un
suspected sources of infection , to
spread disease , suffering and death
abroad. Obviously it is not In har
mony with modern conditions for the
pulpit to proclaim the 'mysterious
visitations of Providence * where a
railroad with open closets traverses
the country. Thousands of years ago ,
In the early history of the Christian
religion and civilization , open closets
were prohibited. ( See Deuteronomy ,
23-13. )
"It is a peculiarity of Invalids ,
seemingly to be always traveling in
pursuit of that elusive illusion , the
fountain of health , and forgetting that
health , like the kingdom of heaven , Is
largely within ourselves. In the chair
car in which I rode the other day
there sat a consumptive , spitting life
away Into the aisle of the car. In de
fiance of the company's rules I went
out to the platform of the car , when a
porter began to dry-sweep the car
with a oroom while the train was mov
ing. When he reached the car door ,
the result of his work was only a few
harmless scraps , the dust having all
been stirred into the air and left in
the car or blown out of the windows.
The roads have a posted notice not
to stand on the platforms of the cars ,
but there Is no prohibition of sweep
ing while passengers are in the cars.
In the vision of Mirza it seemed to
him that many of the vast cavalcade
that were crossing the bridge of life ,
If left alone , would surely have passed
safely over and out into the mists that
enshrouded the farther end of the
bridge , if it had not been for a host
of imps who hovered about and with
scimitars thrust upon the trap doors
those who otherwise might have es
caped ; and thus the railroad , not con
tent to have the public risk the num
erous dangers , sanitary and otherwise ,
that beset its passengers , must send a
porter with that accessory of death ,
the broom , to increase the hazard of
railway travel.
Pictures a Station.
"Here is a picture of a railway pas
senger station in a city of two hun
dred thousand. Have you ever been
In that ancient , moss-grown shack in
Kansas City called the Grand Union
passenger station ? It is a gateway
tor a large class of people seldom seen
on more northern roads Orientals ,
Arabs , Syrians , Chaldeans , Mexican
peons , negroes suffering from the un
controllable diarrhoea of pellagra , and
all those unwashed hordes of germ car
riers who swarm in warm latitudes.
There is a common drinking cup for
all ; the floors and walls are old ,
mouldy and filthy ; and the closets an
tiquated , dirty and totally inadequate
to the requirements of the public. On
the narrow , foul platform you dodge a
truck laden with unsavory bundles of
bedding or wearing apparel and collide
with a Syrian suffering from trachoma
or a consumptive from the eastern
states going to or returning from that
over-vaunted Eldorado of the south
west , and you will fall to observe any
sanitary precautions on the part of
the railroads or any effort being put
forth by them to compel their unsani
tary passengers to suppress their reck
less sowing broadcast of disease.
"The limits of this paper will per
mit of only brief Illustrations of the
conditions that prevail on railroads
all over the country and for this rea
son detailed analysis and description
Is Impractical. A person suffering
from a contagious disease , If not ap
prehended on the way to the railroad
stations , can travel all over the coun
try and escape detection. To my per
sonal knowledge a man suffering from
smallpox traversed the entire length
of three railway systems last spring
wlthqut any interference on the part
of the railroad officials. So far as the
railroads care , a person could carry
Asiatic cholera or any of the major
Infectious diseases all over the coun
try and Initiate an epidemic that
would cost thousands of lives. Per
haps If a few railroad presidents
should contract some of these diseases
while riding on their own trains , the
situation might change.
"Briefly , 1 may explain for those
who have not followed Its scientific
Importance , why all this should be
come Biich a menace to the health of
n nation. Two French scientists in
oculated a Held with the germs of ty
phoid and found them flourishing In
the soil after a lapse of three months.
Two Gerninn Investigators performed
the same experiment with water In Its
natural environment and found that
typhoid fever germs would live In wat
er foi : i period of eighty-five days. An
opldeninc of typhoid at the St. Law
rence ( New York ) state hospital for
the Insane was traced through a
laboratory Investigation to the use of
ice cut seven months previously , the
germs having been fast frozen in the
Ice. Two physicians In Philadelphia
took sewerage from a city In that
state and separated the bacillus of
tuberculosis from It , thus proving that
the stools of n patient may carry the
germs of this disease. As early as
1884 Koch proved that the germs of
common cholera could flourish In
water , and that atmospheric heat or
cold would not destroy them. That
Is the reason why the dejecta of people
ple suffering from certnln diseases ,
when tin own upon fields or finding
Its way Into a stream or pond , be
comes a positive danger to a nation.
Deadly Drinking Cup.
"Besides the imminent danger from
pollution of the soil and water , theie
is the menace of the common drink
ing cup that carries the germs of diph
theria and a host of other diseases.
Then there are the unclean books
hawked on the train that may harbor
the germs of skin and venereal di
seases. The system of cleaning trains
is also dangerous to the public
health , and is of no particular
benefit to the cars as a sanitary meas
ure. At the railway terminal , gen
erally a large city , the cars arc dry-
swept and the dust and dirt thrown
upon the right of way near a public
thoroughfare or station where the
wind can blow it into public places
and where it will be Inhaled by hun
dreds of people or become attached to
the food eaten , and in this manner be
provocative of unestlmated mischief.
There Is but one sanitary method for
dusting a car , and that Is to use the
vacuum process and burn the dirt
obtained. Have you ever seen a pas
senger car washed Inside ? I know
what elaborate care is given to the
outside of the cars , but my imagina
tion was never equal to the task of
believing thnt the cars were ever
washed on the inside or that the plush
cushions In the sleepers ever receiv
ed a sanitary renovation.
"This is but a brief recitation of a
few of the many ways in which rail
roads undoubtedly spread disease and
transgress sanitary laws , and yet to
make even this brief indictment has
required the employment of several
thousand words. To tell the entire
story would transcend the entire ses
sion of this association.
"The fearful significance of the In
discriminate and unrestricted journeyIng -
Ing from place to place of those carryIng -
Ing infectious or contagious diseases ,
and the criminal negligence of the
railroads in contributing to the dis
tribution of such diseases has not yet
dawned upon our senses. Only a fort
night ago , within fifty miles of this
city , on the same train , a woman gave
birth to a child and a man dies of
consumption. Whatever excuse there
may have been for the woman , no cir
cumstances could justify a person
with terminal tuberculosis In riding on
a train.
"It is begging the question to say
that the railroads cannot exercise any
supervision over such cases. That
same railroad would not transport a
horse afflicted with glanders or a
single sheep having scab , for any
money. It would not carry In Its ex
press car the corpse of a person who
had died from a contagious disease ,
except It had been disinfected and
placed In a metallic coffin. And what
excuse Is there for open closets , for
the lacK of a disinfecting solution in
all closets , for the neglect to disin
fect cars and sweep them in a sani
tary manner ? To ship a corpse is a
serious matter ; a dying man journeyIng -
Ing in a car with other passengers Is
not an incongruity to the railroad.
Can you Imagine how the berth In
which that man died was disinfected ?
Would it be difficult to Imagine that
it was made up again within an hour
for some other person ? Truly the
railroads are living up to their motto
'Look out for the cars ! '
"It would involve no great expense
to the companies to have their cars
disinfected at the ending of each run.
A shed Is needed to house the train
and the train generally lays over for
several hours. The shed could be
made tight and gas turned Into it and
an entire train disinfected while It
waits for its run. When we realize
that for every person who dies of
tuberculosis , five others are infected ,
the frightful menace of the upholster
ed car , the foul matting on the aisles
and the dry sweeping of cars with
passengers In them , become apparent
to even those who run as they read.
Time to Wake Up.
"These conditions are out of har
mony with the trend of modern civili
zation , and the sanitary awaken1 ! g
tnat Is taking pln < o nil over the world ,
and they have ben n pinrltted because
the enormiti of tie menace entailed
has not been fulh appreciated. The
remedy needs no elaboration. It Is' '
the same remedy that is being ap
plied to the shipping of live stock , the
remedy that Is used In hospitals and
cities and states , thnt has been em
ployed In Cuba , the Philippines and
the canal zone.
"The first thought Mint comes to
our minds after summing up the dan
gers of disease dissemination by rail
roads Is , why something Is net being
done to put a stoi > to these condi
tions. We must remember that rail
roads are scarcely hnlt a century old ,
thaf the country they traverse and
pollute today was recently virgin and
untainted , and that wo are today but
on the threshold collecting facts for
our case. We arc bound ere long to
obtain a thorough comprehension of
nil the facts and arrange them In i
scientific order , and until we do thnt (
it would be absurd to asK for regula
tion by statutory enactment. My sug
gestion la that a scientific survey
should be made of tlin entlrf ) field of
Inquiry , and authoritative facts put
in such an array before the railroads ,
the public and the legislature that they
shall bo irresistible to compel the re
forms wo desire.
"One of the resolutions adopted at
the last meeting of this association
reads as follows :
" 'The pollution by railroads of their
right-of-way constitutes a serious
menace to the public health , and It
should bo required of them to disin
fect , before disposing of same , all ex
cretions from persons traveling entrains
trains in the state , and that their
trains bo swept by vacuum process
and the resultant dirt burned. '
"This seems n pertinent and rea
sonable requirement , and yet every
newspaper that published the report
of that association blue-penciled that
particular paragraph. Each of the
lending dallies of Omaha gave us a
column notice , but left out this reso
lution. An enterprising dally up the
state gave a lengthy report of our
meeting and commented favorably on
Its significance , but left out all reference -
once to railroad sanitation.
"This Illustrates the Importance of
making the facts so strong that they
rannot be Ignored , thus enlisting the
support of the press and the sym
pathy of every person who seeks to
ameliorate present unsanitary condi
tions. "
Says There's Yellow In Leedom.
Brother Crellln of the Platnvlew Republican -
publican seems to be of the opinion
that n grent many lepubllcnns will vote
for democrats at the approaching pri
mary election. We fnll to see any
good reason why a republican should
go to the primary and vote against
such men as Welch , Cnlundan , Kin-
kald , or Tepner , when selecting a man
for sheriff. They are all good men
and representative of their communi
ties , and while n voter may have a
choice of Individuals yet as a partisan ,
the choice should be made by repub
licans from the four whose names ap
pear on the official ballot. Osmond
Republican.
Our congratulations to the Repub
lican editor , for the above sentiment
would be heartier if his record In the
past had squared with his words.
Brother Leedom has not always prac
ticed what ho preached. Four years
ago he started what he now complains
other republicans are going to do and
the largo number of republican offi
cials now In the court house ( ? ) will
stand as an everlasting monument to
his "partisanship" and party loyalty.
Yes , Brother Leedom started some
thing on the unpartisan order four
years ago and the party has not re
covered from its effects yet. We hope ,
however , the above clipping represents
the editor's sincere sentiment and pur
pose this year and that the sectional
feeling and prejudice the brother
preached four years ago among his
party will have been forgotten and
republicanism in Pierce county be re
turned again to that which it is justly
entitled to. Pierce Leader.
Junction News.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Salzwedel are
at Laurel visiting their daughter , Mrs.
T. Jefferies.
T. D. Flee of Long Pine is here tak
ing in the chautauqua.
S. C. Graham , master mechanic of
Missouri Valley , was at the Junction
yesterday.
Mrs. Flaute of Inman returned home
last evening , having stopped off for a
few days' visit on her way home from
Omaha.
Brothers Gave Knapp's Ball.
Madison , Neb. , Aug. 16. Special to
The News : Charles Knapp , charged
with shooting his wife with Intent to
kill , and who was bound over until the
fall term of the district court in the
sum of $2,000 ball , which was given
by his brothers , Jake and John Knapp ,
has engaged the services of Allen &
Dowllng of this city to defend him. M.
S. McDuffle represented Knapp at the
preliminary hearing and no doubt will
assist In the defense.
B. W. McKeen , the Junior editor of
the Chronicle , is rejoicing in the ad
vent of a bouncing boy at his home
Saturday morning. Kenneth Percy
McKeen is the youngster's name , and
"Mac" says he is the very likeness of
the old man.
Donovan Almost Overcome.
J. B. Donovan , deputy game warden
of Madison and editor of the Star-
Mall , had a close shave to being pros
trated by the heat Saturday evening
while coming to Norfolk from Pierce.
He called on a physician Immediately
after getting here and it was neces
sary for him to be confined to a bed
in a hotel here until Monday morn-
Ing. He says he Is feeling much bet
ter today and will probably return to
Madison this afternoon.
Ninety-five In Shade Here.
Sunday saw almost the hottest day
of the season , the mercury going to 05.
The barometer was low , making the
day unusually oppressive. Monday
morning's sun seemed fully as hot.
Not since the summer of 1900 has
there been such a period of high tem
perature , and It Is doubtful if there
has ever been a period of such oppres
sive heat as that which has continued
throughout August. Every day since
the first of the month has seen the
mercury above 86. In July , 1900 , the
maximum for the month averaged 100 ,
while It was almost as hot through
August of that year.
Bert Miller Is Missing.
Pierce , Neb. , Aug. 16. Special to
The News : Bert Miller , arrested last
week on a charge of selling liquor
without a license , and whose trial was
set for 9 o'clock this morning , had not
put in nn appearance by 10:30 : and his
bond of $100 was declared forfeited.
Miller left town lust Friday in his
automobile and it is the general belief
that ho will not return. His mother
signed his bond. It is charged that he
has been selling liquor at his coal shod
and from his automobile , that he sold
liquor to boys and thnt ho sold liquor
on Sunday ,
If it's something which somebody
ought to ant to buy , advertise It !
. + M * ! < + M-M-M
SOCIETY
Pleasures of the Week.
Thursday night at 8 o'clock there
was a pleasant gathering of the friends
of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Walters at their
homo on Norfolk avcnuo to celebrate
the birthday of Mrs. B. H. Walters.
Miss Charlotte Mathowson celebrat
ed her seventh birthday on Thursday.
A family supper party , which Included
the grown-up people , was enjoyed by
Mls3 Charlotte and the guests.
Little Doris Lutz was 4 years old
last Saturday. A company of little
tots spent the afternoon and helped
celebrate the event.
Personals.
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
D. Daum are very glad to have them
home from Rochester , where Mrs.
Daum has been In the hospital several
weeks. She Is Improving all the time
and will soon bo able to bo out.
Mrs. J. II , Logan of Ponca and Mrs.
Willis McDrhlo of Elgin have been
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Logan
and Judge and Mrs. Powers during
the chautauqun.
Mrs. KunUman of Tllden was In
Norfolk the past week for a visit in
the homo of her sister , Mrs. D. E.
Lutz , on Pasewalk avenue.
Mrs. Elmer Byorly of Chadron has
been visiting in the home of her pa
rents , Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wheeler ,
during the past week.
Mrs. George Schiller and son , Harry ,
loft for their home in Central City
Monday morning.
Clark-Keleher.
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock there
occurred the -wedding of Miss Anna
Kelehor and Clarence Clark. Father
Buckley performed the ceremony , im
mediately after which the young cou
ple left for Chicago on their honey
moon. They will , after a short trip , go
to Janesville , Wis. , where Mr. Clark
has a position as head chemist in a
beet sugar factory. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kelo-
her , and well known hero as a popu
lar music instructress. The groom is
the oldest son of W. II. Clark , 400
South Tenth street.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
Bids for the rebuilding of the Beeler
Brothers' department store have been
delayed on account of the prospective
strike of planing mill laborers at
Omaha. Bids will , however , be let by
August 17.
Among the day's out-of-town visitors
in Norfolk were : J. L. Dunn , Meadow
Grove ; C. S. Smith , Madison ; C. H.
Taylor , Yankton ; Mrs. C. F. Hanson ,
Brunswick ; Mrs. A. B. Naper , Naper ;
Earl Lyons , Wlnslde ; John Claseman ,
Wayne ; M. Walker , Pierce Ralph Gilman -
man , Verdel ; Mr. and Mrs. Lew Jones ,
Wlnslde ; C , C. Hecht , Plain view ; John
E. Buckmaster , Stuart ; Eva Herther-
Ington , Belgrade.
The Elks will meet tonight at 8:30 :
o'clock.
Union Pacific did not stop at 214 ,
but closed Saturday at 21SV- > .
Rudolph Wichert will move Into his
new modern house on South Fifth
street Monday.
A valuable 3-year-old driving horse
belonging to Henry Wllhems suc
cumbed to the colic.
Dr. R. A. Mittelstadt has sold his
residence property on Koenigsteln av
enue to his father-in-law , John Koen-
Igstein.
Mrs. D. Baum spent a comfortable
night and today , although still very
weak , Is reported gradually gaining
strength.
While unloading glass and bottles
Thursday , Mlllard Green accidentally
cut a deep gash in his thumb. Al
though the cut Is not serious , it is
painful.
A crowd of jubilee singers trying to
get to Columbus In time for a train
connection were stalled in an automo
bile a mile south of town. They piled
Into another car and went on.
J. D. Sturgeon has rented the Krug
building , which Is being repapered and
remodeled. Today he is busily en
gaged in moving into his now place
from the Richards building , partly de
stroyed by fire some time ago. The
store room will probably undergo re
pairs.
A few branches taken from a crab
apple tree at Herman's orchard are
now decorating the walls of the Ne
braska National bank. The branches
are overloaded with flne healthy lookIng -
Ing fruit , which is only a sample of
the abundant apple crop in store
throughout north Nebraska for this
season.
Norfolk firemen who were at Hum
phrey Thursday are enthusiastic over
the coming state tournament at He
bron , which takes place August 25 , 26
and 27. A team from Norfolk will be
sent to Hebron and will probably car
ry away some of the honors. They
will keep on practicing on the race
track until ready to leave for Hebron.
Ira M. Hamilton , who was arrested
Thursday on a charge , filed by his son
Frank , of being drunk and disorderly ,
has been released on a $50 bond. Ills
trial was postponed till Monday morn-
Ing. Affidavits , however , have been
filed with the county attorney and efforts -
forts are being made by his family to
have him sent to Lincoln. The county
attorney will turn the case over to the
county insanity board , who will prob
ably give Hamilton a hearing soon.
G. A. Taylor , "The Burke Giant , "
champaign middleweight wrestler of !
South Dakota , is expected In Norfolk
tomorrow to make a short visit with
"Kid" Jensen , champion middleweight ,
of Norfolk. The Burke GiUnt is on his
way to Walthlll , whore he will wrestle
"Farmer" Burns on August 28 , and it' '
is probable Jensen will act as referee
at the event. "Farmer" Burns chal
Icnged the Ilurko Giant after hearing
of his remarkable record and prowess
Battle Creek En'orprlse ' : Thomat
Taylor , one of the victims of the Spo
kane wreck In which a number of Mad
Ison county people were Injured , returned
turned homo yesterday and Is recover
Ing rapidly from his Injuries. He still
uses a cane , but believes he will bo "as
good as over" in a few weeks. The In
Juries of Will Deck , says Mr. Taylor ,
were decidedly serious , though It Is
the opinion of the surgeons that he
will be able to leave the hospital In
about six weeks. In addition to bavins
both arms broken above the wrist , as
mentioned In llrst reports , ho suffered
a fracture of the elbow which will ln <
capacitate him for manual labor for
some time. The other breaks arc heal'
Ing rapidly and ho has already partly
regained the UBO of one hand. Mr ,
Taylor adds that while It was several
hours after the wreck before medical
aid arrived , every attention possible
was shown the Injured and the trans
portation company has a corps ol
skilled surgens in constant attendance
upon those not yet able to leave the
hospital. Claims for damages arc be
ing settled as rapidly as possible , and
Mr. Deck , especially , will no doubt re
main In Spokn.io until satisfactory set
tlement has been made with him. Mrs.
Beck was a Dattlo Creek visitor yester
day and announces her Intention of
leaving for Spokane In a day or two
to attend her husband.
J. C. Chamberlain returned from
Wayne this morning.
J. C. Engelnmn , who Is now situated
In Madison , was here on business yes
terday.
Mrs. F. Schula and her sister , Miss
McGulre , went to Schuyler today to
visit friends.
H. E. Mason , who has been hero
visiting with friends , returned to
Meadow Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hill left today for
Wyoming , where they will spend about
ten days in the hills.
Prof. Aug. Steffen is in Seward at
tending the convention of the German
Lutheran teachers which is being held
there.
S. J. Alexander , state agent of the
German American Insurance company
of New York , had business in the city
yesterday.
HALEY SAW PLOT IN IT.
Thought Telegram Was Decoy to Lead
Him Into Murder Trap.
Chicago , Aug. 14. Special to The
News : Marguerite Haley , aged 13 ,
daughter of H. A. Haley of Norfolk ,
Neb. , has mysteriously disappeared
from a girl's boarding school at Oak
Bank , near Lake Geneva , WIs. , and
efforts to find her have thus far been
unsuccessful.
She disappeared suddenly from the
home of Mrs. George Fellows , who has
had complete charge of the girl for
the past three years. It was several
days ago that she disappeared , but not
until today that the fact became
known.
A telegram sent to H. A. Haley at
Norfolk , Neb. , yesterday from Lake
Geneva , and signed "Babe , " is be
lieved to have been a decoy message ,
sent perhaps to lure Haley there. The
telegram said :
"Meet me at Williams Bay. Come
at once. Wire Quick. Babe. "
Williams Bay is a small lake town
a few miles from Lake Geneva.
H. A. Haley of Norfolk Is deeply per
plexed over the mystery surrounding
the strange disappearance of his
daughter from Lake Geneva , and tr
a letter and a telegram which he has
received , signed by the girl. The tele
gram came Friday , as stated in the
above Chicago dispatch , but it carried
only mystery between the lines. Not
until informed by The News did Mr.
Haley know anything of the girl's dis
appearance and that fact , now that it
has been made known , only deepens
the mystery.
Left Home for Visit ; Never Returned.
Mr. Haley had not heard from his
daughter for three years until recent
ly , when a letter came from her at
Chicago stating that she was going to
Lake Geneva next day to spend the
summer and would be escorted by Mrs.
Fellows , her instructress. In the let
ter she asked her father to send her
money , stating that , while she had
plenty of funds , she wanted the satis
faction of receiving money from him.
It had been three years since Mr. Ha
ley had either heard from or seen the
girl. Three years ago she left her
home In Norfolk for a visit in Su
perior , WIs. , and she never returned.
Shortly after that her mother left her
later married A. H. Winder , Mr. Ha
ley's former business partner here. So
the mother and girl never came back.
Surprised at Telegram.
It was this chain of circumstances
that surprised Mr. Haley Friday when
ho received a telegrain from Lake Ge
neva , WIs. , saying :
"Meet me at Williams Bay. Come
at once. Answer quick. Babe. "
And now that It Is learned that the
girl disappeared several days before
that message was sent , the plot only
thickens.
When he got the message , Mr. Ha
ley's first Impulse was to get on the
train and hasten to Chicago , from
which place Williams Bay is but a
short distance. His second Impulse ,
however , was one of fear and suspi
cion. Something seemed to say :
"Don't go. " And he didn't.
Instead ho telegraphed ; "Cnn not
come. Write full particulars. "
Since then he has heard nothing
from the daughter.
Winder Has Threatened Him.
It was because of threats that have
been made by Winder that Mr. Haley
decided the safer course was to re
main In Norfolk. When Winder left ,
ho told Haley he would make htm all
possible trouble , though from the fact
that Winder had Induced Mrs. Haley
to leave her home to marry him , it
seemed to most people that if any one
had revenge coming It would be Haley.
It was otar Vuolr business settle
ment that Winder became augured
and ho made the threats.
Since then nothing has boon hcixnl
of the whereabouts of either Winder
or the former Mrs. Haley.
Perplexity Deepens ,
So the mysterious telegram rocelr
ed by Haley aroused his suspicions
and he decided that Norfolk was ti
good place to remain In. And the
hint from Chicago that the nit-amuse
may hnvo been a decoy , only Intensi
fies his perplexity and his opinion that
he was on the right track In not leav
ing her until he got further facts from
the daughter , If Indued It was from
her thnt ho heard at all. Ho has wir
ed to Lake Geneva to learn whether
or not his message was delivered to
his daughter In person , and when this
Information comes It will , It Is believ
ed , help clarify the uncertainty sur
rounding the case.
Mrs. George Fellows , who line
had charge of the girl for three yearn.
Is principal of a boarding school for
girls and formerly lived at 4707 Wood-
lawn avenue , Kenwood.
Row May Have Been Stirred Up.
Mr. Haley thinks that possibly the
uystonoiis ( llsnjijienrnnoe of tha n\vl \
and the telegram he received may bo
the outcome of a row between Win
der and Haley's former wife , though
It is not known to a certainty that the
two arc living together at this time.
After Judge Welch , In the district
court at Madison , had annulled Win
der's divorce , at the Instance of the
original Mrs. Winder. Winder and Mrs.
Haley , who had secured a dlvorco to
marry Winder , disappeared and have
never come back. At that time , un
der the court's decree , Winder was a
bigamist and It Is not known whether
or not he ever had hissecond , or il
legal marriage annulled'or not.
Mr. Haley has remained In business
In Norfolk , being a dealer in wall
papers and art decorations. lie livca
on North Eleventh street. The pres
ent Mrs. haley , formerly Miss Anna
Miller , was previously bookkeeper in
Mr. Haley's store , and a well known
Norfolk girl. She Is a daughter of
H. H. Miller.
Mr. Haley believes that In case his
daughter is in trouble or Is trying to
escape his first wife , she will seek
refuge In Norfolk and that she may ar
rive on any train.
Girl Killed Under Auto.
Pierre , S. D. , Aug. 1C. Miss Helen
Kllngman was killed and E. A. West ,
a real estate man of this city , suffered
a broken leg in an automobile acci
dent in Sully county , northwest of
OkobojI. The machine , driven by Mr.
West , balked on a steep hill , and run
ning back down , turned turtle , pinning
Miss Kllngman beneath It and crushIng -
Ing her to death. Other members of
the party escaped by Jumping.
Norfolk Team Badly Crlplped.
Norfolk's Standing.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
18 10 8 .555
Owing to an Injury to Archie Ward ,
the Norfolk southpaw who was sched
uled to fan the AInsworth batters Sat
urday afternoon , Pitcher Young was
put In the box for a third successive
day. He had pitched hard games the
day before and the day before that , so
he wasn't ' in the best of shape. Alns-
worth won the game , 10 to C. Up till
the seventh inning it was a tie , 6-6.
On the previous afternoon Archie
Ward , while batting , received a
pitched ball on his pitching finger.
The ball ground the finger hard
against the bat and mashed it badly.
As a result , it was out of the question ,
for Ward to attempt to pitch on Sat
urday. Buckmastor was put In the
box at the start , to do the best he
could ( though he doesn't pretend to
be a pitcher ) . AInsworth landed sir
scores In the first two times up and
Young was substituted In the curve
box to finish the game with a lame
arm.
Norfolk Players Frequently Injured.
Norfolk players have been playing
in a streak of bad luck on the casualty
list. Early in the season Brown and
Buckmastor split open each other's
faces by colliding. Then Buckmaster
sprained an ankle. Last Thursday at
Valentine Tottenhoff got a thirteen-
Inch gash on the head , laying the
skull bare , when a beam blew off the
grandstand , and Schoenauer was also
Injured. Next day Buckmaster batted
a ball right down upon his foot and
crippled himself for the third time.
And Ward got hit on his curve finger.
Norfolk got ten hits off DeSylva Sat-
uiday more hits than any other team
bas landed this season.
Monday the local team went to Stanton -
ton to play and Thursday Correctton-
vllle , la. , comes here.
The players who have returned say
that at AInsworth Friday just twenty-
seven men faced Young , no AInsworth
runner ever getting to second base.
In the game at Valentino Thursday ,
stopped by a storm , Norfolk had had
one man on third , while Valentine had
never seen first. It was the first half
of the third inning when the storm
came up. Norfolk was at bat. One
man had gone to the plate and struck
out and no others bnd gone to bat
when the game stopped.
Score In Saturday's game :
Alnsw'th. 33000031 0 10 12 2
Norfolk. .003210000 6 10 2
B a 11 o r 1 o s Norfolk , Duckmaster ,
Young and Luslnsky ; AInsworth , Do-
Sylva and Horro.
Hears of His Son's Drowning.
Joe Sirens , who travels for Grainger
Bros , of Lincoln , received a telephone
message at 6 o'clock last evening
while stopping at Norfolk saying his
son was drowned yesterday while ' 'I '
swimming at one of the lakes near
Lincoln.
Mr. Sirens was prostrated with grief
and friends stayed with him all night
trying to console him In his bereave
ment. Mr. Sirens left on an early
train for Lincoln this morning.