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TI1K NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL , FRIDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1909. \ EXTRA TRAINS FOR 8ANTA. A Prompt Delivery of Christmas Gifts Promised by Railroads. Chicago , Hoc. 21. Few persons In " the territory weal of Chicago will bo disappointed ovur not receiving tholr ChrlHtiniiH gifts UIH ! yonr If the maim- KorH of the rnllronilR cnrry out their proHont Intention of running special trains to carry the enorniouH tonnngo -of express packages which will Hood the railroads during the week before Christinas. The railroads expect to begin run ning the special trains four or five days previous to Christmas and con tinue them as long as necessary. Heretofore the express business has been BO heavy during the holiday per iod that all of the passenger trains carrying express have- been delayed by reason of the extra work of loading and unloading at stations. WOMAN CABBY WHIPS A RIVAL , The Men Were Jealous Because She Was Getting alt the Business. Mlddlotown , N. Y. , Doc. 21. Mrs , Amelia Kate Smith , cabby , was nr rested hero for horsewhipping an other hack driver. Ills name Is Cor nollus D. Dohimater , Mrs. Smith saltl she chastised Dclamator because he had maligned her. Mrs. Smith's husband Is a hack drlv or. Ho fell 111 a week ago , and Mrs Smith took his place to earn the faml ly living. She had such success thai other cabbies were Jealous. Some o ! them said mean things about her , am she heard of It. When she thrasheil Delanmter she did It at the depot whore several persons saw It and enJoyed Joyed It. Young Man Drinks Acid. "Wesley Cohkloy , 23-year-old son ol Samuel Coakloy , living west of tlu city , made an attempt to commit sul cldo Monday afternoon by swallowlm one-fourth of a two-ounce bottle o pure carbolic ncld which he purclmsci nt a local drug store. Although tlu boy's father says there has been in trouble in the household , It Is salt the boy was despondent over some dtf flculty at homo. Monday morning ho entered a drui store hero and after looking over al the holiday goods ho suddenly aske < the druggist to sell him ten cents worth of carbolic acid. In reply t ( the druggist's question as to what In wanted It for the young man nnswoi ed that ho wanted to use It to wasl n. wounded leg. lie went homo ami late In the al ternoon swallowed about one-fourth a the bottle. A physician was Inunc dlately called and with the aid o brandy soon had the young man we ! on the way to recovery. No reasoi was given by Coakloy as to why h attempted to end his life. The phj slclan who' attended him believes th young man did not at first want to al tempt to kill himself but really waul cd to frighten his parents , who sa their son has been despondent and ha not been acting right of late. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Leave. Mrs. II. L. Snyder left Norfolk r noon for her now homo In Oinahi where Mr. Snyder had gone to take hi now position as chief clerk to Fran Walters , general manager of th Northwestern railroad west of tli Missouri river. Mr. and Mrs. Snydc will reside for the present at apar ment G , The Sherman , Sherman a enue , Omaha. For twenty years Mr. and Mrs. Sn ; dor have .been Identified with the clt of Norfolk , and tholr removal Is r gretted by a very largo circle < friends. Mr. Snyder has been assoc ated with the Northwestern durlr practically nil of his life hero , wit the exception of a short time when 1 loft the railroad work to take up tli management of the gas company. M was promoted from dispatcher to chl < clerk under General Superlntendei Hughes , then held the same posltlo under General Superintendent Brnde and later was made chief Inspectc over lost and damaged freight. H new position gives added responslb1 Hies. Hies.Mrs. . Snyder will bo particular : missed by the Methodist church chol in which she has long been a leadli factor. Mr. Snyder's successor. William Gc den of Fremont , has not yet been ab to come to Norfolk , owing to erne gency work olsewliorn. Ho Is at pre ont with General Superintendent Br , den in the Chadron ofllco where , owh to the absence of the superlntondoi on a vacation , the cold wave has can d congestion in trafllc. Mr. Brade expects to bo home by Thursday. Fire at Centerville , la. Centervlllo , la. , Doc. 21. Fire d stroyed nine business buildings In tl town of Seymour last night. The lo Is $100,000. The now waterworl mains had been laid , but the wat had not been turned on. Verdlgre , Nob. , Dec. 20. Sportli Editor , The News : I notice In Sati day's Issue of The News a pitiful ha luck story from G. A. Taylor , t ! Burke Giant. Taylor has not any hi ler coming. If ho claims that ho got fall on Pavolka ho Is certainly lottli his imagination cot away with hh Vcrdigro baa a clean bunch , of spor and will give any man a fair chaiu Taylor Is Just sore because ho mot better man than himself , and ho n mltted It before over fifty people th wore present at the match. Pavelka wanted to wrestle anoth match at Burke , the Giant's hoc town , , but Taylor said : "No , you a a better man than mo ; I don't wa another match with you. " Now , if Taylor has changed his mil and wants to wrestle with Pavolka ai has any money to bet , ho can cortal ly got all ho can handle , and th Borne. Speak upTaylor ; don't bashful ! Xoura truly , W. 0. Squires. Buckle Boy Vital Wtlness. Mrs. Minnie Schwartz has received another letter from her daughter , Mrs. Marie Buckle of Cherry , III. , formerly of Norfolk , stating that her return to Norfolk will bo delayed for some time , owing to the fact that her son , Albert , has been involved In the court Inquiry as to how the St. Paul mine , whore over 200 minors lost tliolr lives , caught fire. Albert , Mrs. Buckle slates In her letter , was present when the hay accidentally caught ilro from the oil lamp which was worn by a young boy minor at that time. The boy had been pushing n car of liny near the entrance of the mine , Mrs. Buckle says , when ho 'inquired of n man where to place it. The man , she says , in a rough way pushed the boy toward the car , with the result that his cap , upon which dangled the small oil lamp , came In contact with the hay and a blaze im mediately started. Albert , who waa standing nearby , immediately made for the opening nnd , with the man who was probably the cause of the terrible accident , escaped to the top. The man , It Is said , cannot bo found and has not been seen at Cherry since the accident. The boy wftpso lamp started the fire was among the 200 whose bodies nro still In the mine. Mrs , Buckle says the electric lights , which caused much talk , were seldom used In the mine , and has sent her mother ono of the small oil lamps which IB worn by the miners of the St. 'Paul mine. Until she will be able to leave Cher ry Mrs. Buckle Is one of the hard workers among the minors. In the bis building which 1ms been put up neai the mine at Cherry she helps serve the miners their meals and In evorj possible way in aiding her unfortunate companions. Richard , her other son who was in the mine nt the time ol the fire , has not as yet boon broughl to the surface. TUESDAY TOPICS. B. F. Roberts of Genoa was here. M. D. Tyler Is back from Madison. M. J. Sanders returned from Emer son. son.L. . L. Dchusk of Sargent was In tin city. city.Reese Reese Solomon returned from Wes Point. Ren Dennis of Lamro , S. D. , was It the city. Burl Mapes Is going to Sioux Clt ; Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Sandox of Niobrn ra were here. N. S. Westrope of Plainvlew callei on friends hero. Frank Pilger of Pierce was In tin clty'on business. . Mr. and Mrs. Justls of \3attle \ Creel were In the city. Lowell Ersklno is here from Lincoli for the holidays. Olaf Ilalverson of Stanton was ii the city visiting friends. Mrs. R. G. Rohr.ke . of Hoskins wa hero calling on friends. Miss Anna Nelson of Hosktns wa in the city visiting friends. J. S. McClary Is at Fremont spent ing the holidavs with relatives. Mrs. Charles Houston of Battl Creek visited with friends here. Carl Anderson went to Alliance t visit with his parents over Christmas Miss Emma Melcher has returne from a business trip to Battle Creel Mrs. A. L. Tucker , Jr. , of Carrel s ' Neb. , is visiting her sister , Mrs. N. Huso. / Mrs. Albert Kenney of Stanton 1 in the city visiting with Mrs. Josep Pliant. Charles Landers Is back from th university to spend the holidays wit his parents. t Mrs. Oscar Hanptll and Mrs. Gu : tave Bley have gone to Omaha to vis : friends. Miss Catherine Boehnko of Llncol Is In the city spending the holiday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gorey of Inman are i the city visiting with their daughte Mrs , Frank Perry. Mr. and Mrs. John Ballantyne , Ji of Gregory are In the city to spen the holidays with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. John Blchle and the slstnr , Mrs. Fred Blchle , of Stantoi were In the city visiting friends. Miss Maud Roes Is back from Dear college to spend the holidays with he 5 parents , Mr. and Mrs. D. Roes. Miss Ruth Lederer , accompanied fc her cousin , Miss Brnbaker off Piere county , Is in the city visiting with lu brother , Cleo. Lederer. H. Hnlverson of Newman Grove wi in the city for a short time visitlr with friends. Mr. Halverson wns c his way to Stanton , where ho will vis John S. Job with his brother-in-law , son. son.Miss Miss Leila Brush , who has been I the west for the past eight montl visiting her sister , Mrs. Singer , in Or gen , and friends In Portland , Bak < City , and Boise City , has returned I Norfolk. s F. F. Georeo Is reported very 111. r Mosaic lodge No. 55 will hold a sp clal meeting tonight. William Denton has moved into tl II. L. Snyder residence in The Height r- E. P. Weatherby , who returned fred d Emerson last night , has gone i Croighton to preside nt the Albert Pike bankruptcy hearing. Walter Lehman has gone to Mig ' g sourl'alley , where ho will spend tl > . holidays with relatives , afterwards g B Ing to Woodbine , where ho will alter the agricultural college. Dr. J. H. Mackay , who represen 1- the Red Cross society hero , was bin distributing the Red Cross stami among the hotels and business housi ir yesterday. At one place a book co tainlng 100 stamps was sold one ml ute after Dr. Mackay had put them i for sale. To show their appreciation of tl faithful work of Rev. J. P. Mueller ai Prof. August Steffen amonp the Chrl German Lutherans , the congrogntlc surprised thorn by installing electr lights in their houses. To Rev. M Mueller tlyj congregation present ) | 100 aa a gift Mr. Mueller , it Is we nown , had a streak of very hard luck ocently , In the way of much Illness n his family , one of his children bav- ng died a short time ago. August Voegs sustained a broicen leg s the result of a friendly scuffle with few friends on Fourth1 street and Norfolk avenue last night. The men tarted to wrestle In friendly way ben suddenly Voegs slipped on the Idewalk , his companion falling on him teavlly. Voegs' loft log was broken hove the ankle. The Commercial club directors , at heir regular weekly meeting Tuesday fternoon , appointed a committee con- Istlng of W. J. Stadelmnn , L. P. Pnse- walk and C. J. Fleming to make nr- nngements for the club's annual meet- ng Friday , January 7 , when all mem- > ers are to be urged to attend. A eed will be a feature. The proper position for the Red Cross stamp on letters should bo Im- ncdlately below or to the right of the cturn notice. It should not bo placed jcsldo the postage stimp , as It oh- cures the dating stamp of the post- office and confuses the mall clerks. This was the principal objection on he part of the Gorman postoffice de- mrtment which led to the exclusion of he stamp from the Gorman malls. The poor electric light service dur- ng the past week Is to bo made basis 'or a complaint at the next meeting of .he city council , in support of the nayor's move to establish a municipal ) lant , if the plans of n Norfolk busl- less man are carried out. The trou- > lc complained was the lack of lights lown town Sunday night from 8 till il , and last Friday night , when the lown town portion of the city was in larkncss. At the Oxnard hotel Sun- lay night supper was served by can- lie light. An Angora cat valued at $25 will irobably be the feature In a court case which is reported will soon bo jrought before a Justice here. The cat had been shipped to Norfolk as a Ift to n young lady. A hack driver met the feline at the depot and put it in his cab for safe "keeping. Passen- ers came thick and fast and he was forced to ask ono of his passengers to keep company with the cat. At the end of the Journey he found the cat missing. His passenger had thrown it out of the window. Farmers coming to Norfolk on those cold days are now sympathizing wltli the rural mall carrier , who makes long trips Into the country with the thermometer mometer registering about 18 below In his little cooped up mall wager there Is no stove to warm his feet , and little is cared so long as he delivers the letters and the newspapers. "The rural mall carrier's Job is no snap or these cold days , " said a farmer recent ly. "I understand he has to carrj his mail on Christmas day Just the same as on any other day , and I foi one expect to show my appreclatior for his work by making him a Httl < gift on that day. It's the easiest , thinf in the world for a farmer to give t carrier a sack of oats or something h < has on his farm , something he wouh not miss , and make the man feel re paid for his work. " This sentimen was approved by a number of peopl < who heard the farmer make this re mark , and it was the sense of thos < that this was the real Christmas spirit At present the farmer does not hav < to pay a cent for his mall dellveriei except building a box , which Is a men trille. It is believed by many that tin farmers will show their nppreciatioi to these carriers on Christmas da ; when ho makes his dally deliveries This will not only make the carrie feel better , but help him take an in terest In his tedious holiday work. M'KAY KNOWN AT OAKDALE. Man Charged With Brunswick Murde Entitled to Fair Trial. Oakdale Sentinel : Joe McKay 1 quite well known here. His father 1 W. J. McKay , who , with his famil ; resided In Oakdalo during the white of 1890-97. Since the family remove to a farm near Brunswick , Joe ha visited this city on several occasions A year or so ago he married Wnunet Johnson , daughter of Mr. and Mn Willlard Johnson , old residents of th Willow , and they have one child. Jo r McKay Is a man of powerful phystqu and has always been more or less c a bully , exercising but very little sell 3 , control. The writer has known hit r for a number of years , and while ther is scarcely an atom of his make-u that Is to be admired , we never crec Ited him with viclousness of such d < gree that would lead him to comml murder. However , he is entitled to fair trial and If guilty should suffe the penalty Imposed by law. The lai presumes him Innocent until prove guilty and until ho has had n tria circulation or credence should not b given to idle and unfounded rumors. Scheme for Good Roads. Lincoln , Dec. 22. Secretary of Stat Junkln has suggested that the next lej o islaturo get busy for good roads. HI Idea Is for * a law to bo enacted b , 11 which every county is permitted t inako a levy or set aside a certain po ; tlon of the levy for road purposes fo the construction of two roads , ono nil nlng eust and west and one north nn south In every township In the stall He figures that under this plan ever person will bo living within three mile of a good road. Within a short tlmi he believes , such a plan would develo a state full of good roads and thos y who live off the county roads woul themselves fix up the roads betwee tholr places and the county road. Bacon's Nomination Confirmed. Washington , Dec. 21. The senat today confirmed the nomination of fo mor Secretary of State Bacon of No1 York to bo ambassador to Franco. House Adjourns Till January 4. Washington , Dec. 21. The houB was in session but ton minutes todn and adjourned until January 4. Re ] tURTON , THE NEW JUSTICE AN ESTIMATE OF THE JURIST AP POINTED BY TAFT. JUST CONFIRMED BY SENATE Succeeds Justice Peckham on the Su preme Bench of the United States. Tribute Paid to His Ability In De cisions on Monopoly Cases. Is not often that a president of IT the United States is called upon to miniu u im > mbur of the supreme court. There are only nine Jus tices In our highest tribunal , and they remain In olllc-e ( iractically for life , al though theoretically they may retire after "seventy , provided they have served tun years.a a matter of fact few of them do 'retire. Three of the present members'of the court are over seventy , Chief Justice Fuller and Jus tices llurliui undiUrewer. All of them have served moro than ten years , and hence they are eligible for retirement on full pay. But do they avail them selves of the opportunity ? Is'ot per ceptibly. In tulslhoy only follow prec edent , for voluntary retirement has boon the exception in that court. Many nu'inbcrs of it have served till over eighty. Very few have retired , except fur HI health. Justice Horace Harmon Lurton , the man nominated by President Tuft to succeed the late Rufus W. Peckham , is sixty-five. He lias been for sixteen years a United States circuit Judge and for seven years prior to that time JUDG13 IIOKAOK IL LDItTON. U11S. VAN DBVUXTCIt. UAUUUTEIl OP JODC TjUllTON. was on thu supreme bench of Tciinei ie-0. part of the time us chief Justlci Justice' Lurton is an evCoufederal soldier and a Democrat. As Justlc i't'cklmm was also a Democrat th now appointment does not disturb tli political balance of the conrt. Tli 'other Democrats lu the fiody arc Chic JiiHtlce Fuller and Justice White , thre out of nine. White was also q Coi federate soldier. A rather strikin uoliiL-ldeucc is that there are llkewU two ex-Union soldiers In the cour Justices Harlan of Kentucky an Holmes of Massachusetts. Served With Taft Seven Years. The connection between Presldei Taft and Justice Lurton has boon < the closest. When Lurton was n ] pointed United States district judf In 1893 It was Judge Tnft , already member of that court , who admlniste cd to him the oath of office. The t\\ served together for seven years. The Taft went to the Philippines in 100 and it was through the Instrumentalll of Judge Lurton that General Luke 1 Wright , also of Tennessee , was mac Tuft's associate and finally his su cessor as governor. It Is not Itnpo Wblo that Lurton also had somcthir to do with making another Tonne soenn , Jacob M. Dickinson , sccrctai of war in President Taft's cabinet. Is known that Taft urged Rooseve to appoint Judge Lurton to the s preme bench , but Roosevelt had othi views and gave the office to his atto noy general , William H. Moody. For some time the supreme court hi been working with seven members , tl death of Justice Peckham and the I ! ness of Justice Moody having cause two temporary vacancies. Fortunate Moody Is now practically recovere and this , with the confirmation of Ju tlco Lurton , will again tnako a ft bench. It is fortunate that it Is i not only because of a congestion < cases before' the court , but for tl further reason that two very impc tant trust suits are to come up f hearing tbta winter , that icalnct tl tottaccu mint utiil the famous decision of Circuit Judge * Snnborn dissolving the Standard Oil company. Just what the attitude nf the new justlco will bo toward the government eases against the trusts l < * a matter that IH causing much eotnmiMit lu Washington and throughout the country. Ono of the arguments urged against his appointment was that ho had de cided an employer's liability case against labor , and he was further charged with corporation leanings. Against this view It la urged that no body knows Judge Lurton'a record and habits of thought better than Presi dent Taft. Not only so , but the only nnd original John Wesley Galncs , the former congressman from Tennessee , who used to take such keen delight in making the corporations jump side ways and turn double back hand springs , says that the allegation that Judge Lurton Is a trust jurist is abso lutely false. "I wouldn't support my brother If ho was a trust owned man or Judge , " said Mr. Gained , "nnd I know what I am talking about when I say that Judge Lurton Is no one elded man in anything. His decisions on monopolistic cases are considered the greatest In existence In this country and have been sustained by the supreme - promocourt. . Three of his decisions were cited the other day by Judge San- born In the Standard Oil case. " Supported by Democrats. Judge Alton II. Parker , Democratic candidate for president in 1001 , may not be as good anti-trust authority as Mr. Gnlnos , but from the fact that Parker was also urged for this vacan cy on the supreme bench his tribute to his successful rival Is not only grace ful , but evidently sincere. Says Judge Parker : "I know Judge Lurton both socially and professionally , and In my Judg- ) jsr MKS. B. II. LUKTON. HORACE II. I/CHTON , JR. ment one better equipped for servlc lu that greatest of all courts , the si preme court of the United States , coul not be found. The country Is to L congratulated. " e It Is told of the new supreme coui e Justice that at one time ho had befoi e him the case of a Tennessee bad ma o .and gun fighter who was known t o nave several killings notched on hi f gun handle. Thinking to Intlmidat e Lurtnn , the had man , fully armed , ci itercd the olllce of the judge an g locked the door. Lurton looked the o bad man out of countenance until h t. unlocked the door and slunk out t (1 ( the room. 1 do not vouch for thl yarn , but If It Is true It shows that tb Tennessee Jurist either has plenty e nerve or a hypnotic eye. While a soldier Lurton was twlc taken prisoner , once at the surrende of Fort Donelson , after which ho e : capcd and rc-cnlistcd , and again as member of Morgan's famous rail 'Q This time he did not get away till tL end of the war. He was born in I Kentucky In IS 14 , ran away from co lego to enter the army , was admlttc to the bar In 1807 and entered practk at Clarksville , Teim. In 1875 ho wt made chancellor , but resigned thrc years later to resume the practice < " law. He was once n bank prcsidei and is trustee in one or two souther universities. In a Coal Pit Seventy Years. Joseph Walton of Darklands , Swa llncote , Burton , England , who recent " retired to spend the evening of II in a house uoxt to that in which I r * was born , has achieved the rcmurkal : record of working full time In a co pit when close on ninety years of a ( Ho has worked as a miner for abe seventy years. lie remembers tl time when colliers worked twel hours n day for half a crown (02 ( cent and bo was ono of the first to join t British Miners' association. Walt was ouo of a family of seventeen n : ' ° has two octogenarian brothers living 10 New Peat HoU Dlggtr. A Michigan man has patented a pc bolt digger with pivoted jaws mu Ilk * ft miniature clam shell NAME DEARMOND'S SUCCESSOR. Missouri Democrats of Sixth District Meet at Butler. Butler , Mo. , Dec. 21. With four ac- vc candidates In the field , democratic ; elegates fioin the seven counties of 10 Sixth congressional district met ere this afternoon to name a cnndl- Uo to succeed the Into David A. Do- rniond. The candidate ! " are : J. W. Sud- arth , Johnson county ; C. C. Dlckln- on , Henry county ; J. H. Hargus , St. lair county , and C. F. Newman , ado county. The district will meet > nominate a candidate on Decom- or 28. Congressman DcArmond was burn- d to death In a fire which destroyed Is home. Ho sacrificed his llfo In ylng to save his little grandson who Iso perished In the fire. CHILDREN HAVE 1HE IF/tK / This Christmas Season Belongs to Them Preparations at Elgin. Elgin , Nob. , Dec. 22. Special to ho News : Elgin Is not dry , but fro/ n up. Some of the people are ex crlenclng inconvenience In getting nough of the unadulterated ale ol 'athor ' Adam for themselves and thclt icasts. Rev. M. H. Wilson and wife of Park Ille , Mo. , are hero to spend the boll lays with the lattor's parents , Rev .ml Mrs. Wighton. Mr. Wilson is in tructor in the department of phlloso ihy in Parkvlllo colcge. Ed Lolbel , John Manlln , Henry Koes or , George Mooney , William Camp ell mid C. Cook are at Ncllgh attend ng the trial of Leo Wlchn. W. C. Campland and Ralph Whit nore are home from Lincoln , when hey have been attending the scboo if agriculture , to spend the holldayi ivith their parents and friends. The Presbyterian and Metliotlls Sunday schools In town and the Mothc illst Sunday school east of town an busy preparing Christmas programs At this season of the year the chlldrei lave the right-of-way , for they an on the throne of the Christian world Christmas places childhood where i belongs at jlho center of society The most charming portrait that re nains of Richard Owen , the grea naturalist , represents him with hi arms thrown about a little child am ils strong full-browed head lennini against the curly head of a little chile : Many of the photographs of Mr. Glar stone were taken with a little ichll < by his side or in his arms. Ther s not a more touching and intcrestin picture of Napolean that that familia ono which represents him seated o a sofa with a little child asleep o ils lap. And the most beautiful nn fascinating pen picture of the Chris Is that in which ho takes the llttl children In Ills arms and blesses then Make this season of the year happ and joyous for the children , for ther will come all too soon to them th hour of weariness , of unsuccessful ei deavor , of disappointed hope , of ba lied ambition , and when they will li heard repeating the familiar lines e Elizabeth Akors Allen : "Backwan ( low backward , O tide of the year ; I am so weary of toil and of tear Toil "without recompense , tears a in vain ! Take them , and give me m childhood again. " MADISON POSTMASTER RENAME Secor Hears That He Has * Been Rea pointed Has Served Eight Years. Madison , Neb. , Dec. 22. Special I The News : Postmaster Secor of Ma ison has received a telegram from Seater ator Norris Brown stating that he an Senator Burkett had joined in recor mending htm for reappointment i postmaster at Madison , and his nair had been sent to the senate for co firmation. Mr. Secor Is serving his eighth yei as postmaster and during this lor tenure of office there has been i cause of complaint , and his reappolr ment will bo generally approved 1 the patrons of the office. Madison Business Changes. Madison , Neb. , Dec. 22. Special The News : A business change wi made whereby Harry Hobbs leases tl barber shop and comes Into possessh of the business of Bob Cato and tl Hobbs and Cato shops will bo const Idated. Mr. Cato will continue In tl shop with Mr. Hobbs. The pool hall business and fixtur owned by Frank Creoly of Tekaim and managed by Joe Eplln was sold E. A. Jones of Harlan , la. , C. E. Cr siar of Harlan , father-in-law of W Jones , being in the city and transai ing the business. Mr. Jones has hi some experience in the pool hall bin ness. It Is understood that Air. Epl will remain for the time being ai assist Mr. Jones and It Is the wish the people in general that ho rema permanently , as lie has conducted i orderly place and has strictly observi the ordinances. Shock Kills the Father. Nollgh , Nob. , Dec. 21. Special The News : J. S. Fields , for mai years a resident of Oakdale and ft merly county Judge of Antelope con Ity , dropped dead nt Excelsior Sprint y ! Mo. , yestorejay when ho was told the o his little son , Harry , had been she o j and killed by the other brother , Sa ; at the family homo in Elm Creek , Ne il Judge Fields was very ill at Bxc slor Springs and the mother was wl him when the tragedy occurred Si day noon at Elm Creek. News of t terrible accident was convoyed to t sick bed of Judge Fields yostord morning and the shock onilod iiln Ufa. Mrs. W. B. Staples of Nollgh , ( laugh ter of Judge Fields , left Sunday to nt- tend the funeral of her brother at Kln Creek. With this fatal sequel to the tragedy , however , It Is not known whether the dual funeral will bo holdl there or In this county. It Is nithoc thought the two bodies will bo brought buck to Oakdalo for burial. The tiowB of the tragedies created a profound sensation In thin community. Whole Family Cremated. Now York , Doc. 21. Theodora Fred erick , his wife and three children wuro burned to death today In a lire that destroyed their frame dwelling houao In Sherwood park , Yonkors. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Hurt Mapos wont to Omaha. W. II , Goblor wont to Madison. , L. H. Hinds returned from Dallas. J. H. Crawford of Wnhoo wm lionx Earl Potter of Madison was in the city. city.J. J. J. Mellck of Nollgh was In Ilia city. city.J. J. C. Engolmnn went to I'lorco on business. o Julius Haase went to Madison on business. C. W. Martin went to Madison on business. M. C. Ha7.cn wont to Madison on business. E. P. Wonthorby , who returned from Croighton , has gene to Omaha on business. - Mr. and Mrs. William Young of Cody were here. Mr. and Mrs. R. Uoruhardt of Hadnr were hero. Dr. P. H. Salter went to Long Pine on business. Miss Edith Schram has returned from Lindsay. C. S. Smith of Madison was in the city on business. Wesley Schwngcr has returned to hl i homo at Dallas. Dr. Se-hlmmel of Ilosklns was in the city on business. Mrs. Ida Seldcl of Stanton was hero calling on friends. Mrs. J. R. Wagner of Iladnr called on friends in Norfolk. II. J. Stclnhousen of Crelghton wna In the city on business. M. J. Sanders and Walter Jones wen to Emerson on business. Mrs. McClmden and daughter of Dal las were in the city Tuesday. Charles Essington of Plerco county had business here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. August Hiomor of IIos- kins were in the city calling on friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Kingsloy nncJ children have gone to Omaha to spend ! the holidays. Mrs. Anna Thompson and her sons will leave tomorrow to spend Christy mas In Newport. M. Ilennesoy , traffic Inspector of the Nebraska Telephone company , was in the city on business. Miss Elizabeth Warrick of Meadow Grove la In the city visiting with tbo W. A. Wltzlgman family. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powers of Chad ron will spend Christmas with their parents , Judge and Mrs. I. Powers- . Miss Annetta Schmode went to1 Pierce to spend Christmas with her' parents , Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Schmode Mrs. J L. Crotty of Pierre. 8. D.- arrived in Norfolk yesterday and will spend the holidays at the T. S. Shecan home. Notice of Probate of Foreign Wilt. In the county court of Madison coun ty , Nebraska. The state of Nebraska , Madison county , ss. o To Thomas B. Twombly , son , Seth ' 1- A. Twombly , son , Mary B. Kilduff , i-1 daughter , and Grace Stark , daughter , d the lielrs-at-law of Hope Jane Twom i-1 bly , and all interested In the estate of 8I sold Hope Jane Twombly , late of the o city of Chicago , county of Cook , nnd i- state of Illinois , deceased. Whereas , Thomas B. Twombly , exec T utor of the last will and testament of g said Hope Jane Twombly , has filed in O my olllco a duly authenticated copy oC ty an Instrument purporting to be the last y will nnd testament of Hope Jane Twombly , deceased , and of the pro ceedings and probate thereof in and by the probate court of Cook county , In the state of Illinois , and n petition by his attorney , M. C. Hazon , praying that said Instrument may bo probated , allowed and recorded In this court as the last will and testament of said deceased - ceased ; that letters testamentary is sue to Thomas B. Twombly , and for sjuch proceedings as the law requires. It is therefore ordered that the 18th day o January , 1910 , at 1 o'clock p. m. , at tha county court room In Madison , in paid county of Madison , Nebraska. Is the time and place appointed for hearing said matter , when all persons Interested therein may appear at the hearing in the county court to be held In and for said counvy , and show cause , if any there be , why the prayer of the petitioner should not bo grant ed * and the said Instrument probated , nnd that notice of the pendency ot said petition and the hearing thereon be given to all persons Interested by publishing a copy of this order in tha Norfolk Weekly News-Journal , a legal weekly newspaper , printed , published and of general circulation in said coun ty , for three successive weeks prior to said day of hearing. Witness my hand nnd official seal , nt Madison , In said county , this 21st day of December , A. D. 1909. Win. Bates , ( Seal ) County Judge. FOR SALE. FOR RENT The Belmont hotel. Gregory , S. D. Furniture for sale. Hqnry Glbbol , Gregory , S. D. FISTULA'-Pay ' When CURED id Piles All Rectal Diseases curei without a surgical | ! operation. No Chloroform , Ether or other gen \ eral anesthetic used. CURB GUARANTEED last a LIFE-TIME. JZ'xJU.tiiHATioN VXXE. I > at WRITS FOR BOOK ON PILES AND RECTAL DISEASES WITH TESTIMONIALS I eh DR. E.R. TARRY. 224 BulliHnc. Ora.h , Nebraska