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\ < * * TUB --NORFOLK .WEEKLY NEWS. . JOURNAL FRIDAY , DEOKMBKIl HI , 1900. I' Oberlln Glee Club , ' Nollgh , Nob. , Doc. 28. Specal * Th < juNoWB ! The host musjcmfattr tloiflflbnt the people ot NollgjJMind clnlty have over had the 'Spportun of attending will bo liOhVJn the ni torlum on Monday everting , Janui ,3. The Oborlln College Glee cl itliA--lH ( composed of twenty motnb 'an'd'vliO arp traveling In their apoe Pullman private car ' 'Courier , " 1 Oborlln , Ohio , on December 22. Th itinerary ntntos that they render th musical selections In seventeen clt before they return homo , January Nollgh people are fortunate In curing this organization , as It Is si cd they nro the best in tholr line the United States. Only three tov in Nebraska nro made by thorn t Boason : Nellgh , Fremont and L coin. More Trials On Stovalne. Rochester , Minn. , Dec. 28.- : Thomas Jonncsco , the Roumanian s goon , demonstrated the use of the n anesthetic , stovntne , before forty M nosota surgeons. Three operatic were performed , ono upon nn af woman , ono upon n man with a we heart , and one upon a tubercular tlont. Owing to conditions , not ono the three would have been doslrn tinder other. The operations were gurdcd by the gallery of surgeons as lustratlng admirably the practical i of ntovalne under certnclron | Btancos. Not ono of the patJ'-.nU toll pu Ono said ho felt good ; the tubercu , negro said ho felt rather numb. 1 woman tried several times to lift 1 lioad and watch the surgeons. No I "results followed tn any case. Dr. Jonncsco administered the i catholic. A puncture was made tn < aplno between the twelfth dorsal a the first lumbar vertebra. At the fi touch of the noodle the whtto-hali patient gave a sigh , but qulot follow jind the operation was begun In t "and one-half minutes. Six centlgra. . of stovalno , strychnine and water ci "atltuted the dosage. Dr. Jonnos through his secretary Interpreter , > plained ttiat while the dosage Is gi orally ten centigrams , the advanc ugo of the patient brought about ci dltlons much the same as these tending childhood , and for that reas the anesthetic was given in less qui tlty. tlty.Tho operation was performed by 1 .ludd , 'after ' several surgeons had h their hands upon the patient and h licen told that she did not feel the . Judd mn The room was qulot as Dr. the first Incision , and the Drs. Mn und the other surgeons watched t patient's face closely. There was sign of pain as the work wont on. Several times the woman , appare ly deeply Interested In what was gel on , sought to lift her head and wal The anesthesia affected 01 Dr. Judd. the lower part of the body , this offi being determined by the point In 1 splno at which It ts Injected. Atto nnts , however , hold a white cloth twoon her eyes and the field of ope ttort. Dropping her head back , t conversed In low tones with these no cst her. N , "How do you feel ? " Inquired enc < the surgeons. "I feel good , " she replied. The pu 40 at I of the patient dropped to llret injection of the drug , but se rose to 53. The operation was performed qul ly and apparently without any dlscc fort on the part of the patient. ' The second case was that of a m v afflicted with congenital Ingunnl h I nla , and hero the operation was p formed by Dr. Jonnesco himself , assl cd by Dr. Judd. This patient had weak heart , and ether would hnvo be ' out of the question. The Incision v made , as before , between the two ! dorsal and first lumbar vertebra. 1 centigrams of the anesthetic were ministered. The man gave a fa groan as the Injection was made , 1 Immediately relapsed Into quiet. Af the anesthetic had boon admlnlstei ? Fifty-two , to was naked his age replied. When the man groaned , : .Tonncsco looked up quickly , smil and invited the Burgeons to teat i completeness of the anesthesia touching the patient. Several satlsf themselves , and then Inquired whetl ho was suffering. The patient repl that ho was not. As the cpeVatlon proceeded , sot account of the f \vhat delayed on that Dr. Jonnesco worked along Hi not altogether familiar to his ass ! ant , the patient conversed with thi around him. Ills heaving chest gt evidence of the unimpaired heart tlon. Dr. Jonnosco , who speaks o ; French , had to Indicate to Dr. Ji what ho wanted by signs , which wi not always understood Immediate At O\o \ conclusion of the oporatl however , the gallery broke Into plause. Dr. Jonnesco smiled age and made a motion as It removing hat. hat.It was then announced that the fl patient had emerged from the off of the anesthetic and was In g ( physical shape. Through his set tnry , the Rumanian surgeon explali that ho had himself used stovalno 750 cases and not once with ovll suits. It was not a patented drug preparation , ho explained , but co ho obtained from any reputable ho dealing in hospital supplies. The third operation , Involving amputation of the lower arm , was circumstances that at f tended by tended rather to disconcert the si about 20 ye tatora. The negro was being case , anesthesia old. In his of th be part aired In the upper between was made the puncture dorsal vertebra , first and Becond full dosage being given. At thej the boy m < touch of the Instrument cd and groaned and for some momc exhibited signs of Intense suffer operation ho ci At times during the when questio aloud , but admitted that ho felt no pain. Dr. Jonne ' outcries b explained the patient's statement that ho know something Sf M 'going on and ho was giving vent tel moans In sympathy. Several of" BurgooiiB laid tholr hands on" him , n once ho was pricked In thoffaco w the point of a nocdlo , iHjtiho did i fcol It. Dr. Judd porfonneutho opo lion. When It was about halt 01 and the iioy had become'quieter was asked how ho felt. "Rather numb , " ho replied. At the conclusion of the third oration , the witnessing surgeons loud In tholr praise , gathering arou Dr. JunncBco and expressing tholr miration. j WED AGAIN AFTER 20 YEARS Divorced Long Ago Reunite After I Death of Woman's Second Man. , ! Falrbury , Neb. , Dec. 28. Among I holiday festivities to create cone orablo comment In this city waa I wedding of Mrs. Dan Baker of t city and II. W. Dodge of Klngst Mo. Some twenty-two years ngo tl : were united In marriage In Mlssoi but after two years of married 1 an estrangement came up betwc them which resulted In their scpa tlon. After that the bride mot E Baker , an early settler of Joffora county , and they wore married. Tl ; , lived In Falrbury until a few wee ago , when Mr. Baker died. Mrs. Bi cr continued to make her homo IK ' until last August , when she wont Kingston , Mo. , on n visit to her < friends. While there she met husbn No. 1-whom she had not seen ; twenty years , and an affection spra up between them that resulted In t reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Dodge have i decided Just whore they will mn their future homo , but as the brl has a good home and some other p porty hero It Is possible they may side here. Not a Horse Lost In Year. The Norfolk branch of the Nobras Live St ck Owners Protective as elation elected the following officers : President , John Krantz. Vice president , R. Ilohrke. Treasurer , Obed Raasch. Secretary , Ernest Raasch. Captain , R. W. Rohrke. The local board Is making nrran ; ments to entertain the delegates fn all over this part of the state , w como to Norfolk Thursday for th annual convention. Between elgl and 100 delegates are expected. supper and smoker will be given. J. W. Evans , John Krantz and Raasch are the entertaining comn tee. tee.Not an association member has 1 < a horse by theft during the past ye and the horsethloves are keeping s of association stables. The last i Imal lost was one stolen from Ern < Beemer , near Hosklns. Shortly aft ward the thief was captured at F mont and within ten days he was the state penitentiary. The North Nebraska Live Stc Owners Protective association v hunt a horsothief until death ends t chase , and for that reason membc are almost Immune from robberies " this sort. The local branch has" ! members today. STOLE HIDES , FOUND GUILTY Charles W. Merrltt Convicted of Gra Larceny In United States Court. 1 Sioux Falls Press : Charles W. M rltt of Lamro , Tripp county , was fou guilty of larceny in the United Stai [ district court last night , the jury bel out about four hours. Most of the time yesterday spent in the trial , the accused bel charged with stealing hides on t Rosebud Indian reservation. A lai number tof witnesses were preat from Lamro t , and officials of the Indl reservation. Little Girl'Badly Burned. Pierce , Neb. , Dec. 28. The 3-yo old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albi Ratkovec , , living In the southeast pi of this city , was severely burn while playing about the stove. It not known whether the stove dc was left open or was opened by t child In her play. The parents her the child scream and on running he'r , found her dress aflame. The f was smothered at once , but not fore the little one was uadly burm The hip , sldo and neck received dc burns and the flames oven reacli to the sldo of the face and singed t hair badly. I Plnkertons and Banks Fall Out. , The banks and the Pinkortons i at outs. , | For fifteen years this little bn sign : "Member American Banks Association , " has been hated by "yeggmen" and other thieves in ov < part of the United States. That al often unseen until after a bank 1 been broken Into , meant that wit' ' a few hours every Plnkorton agoi In the world would know that a bo had been robbed or a robbery attorn cd. and that from that day. until tl died detectives everywhere would watching for the men who had d < the work. The bank robber always carried one haunting fear In his heart wl he thought of a broken safe , porhap In some far distant city or countr the Plnkertons are after me , tl never quit ; It's the orders of the B. A. So complete has been this agom record and tracing of every man c vlcted or suspected of crime that operatives have been able , In ini Instances , to name the guilty ones i follow them relentlessly until t gave themselves up orwere captui No police department in the cour , has a larger collection of rogues' tureo and Bertlllon measurements i finger prints. All of which has come of unusual interest Just n owing to the recent severing of b ness rotations between the Jam agency and the American Bankers' soclatlon. To the ordinary person this "br may not mean much , but pollco flclals c-Vorywhoro are talking alx It andJudging from the words ol reformed crook now In a logltlnu business It will bo discussed w deep significance by inon who brc Invllllo others stoop and llvo on si en money. ' , "Well , " said , the reformed cro "tho 'A. B. At1'and the Plnkertons hr split up , oh' ' That'll cnmo n e .among ; the 'guns' and the 'yogj I'm not kicking on whoever gets I Job , buttI , look for some activity n In bnnhtrig circles. " The Plukortons began their we for the bankers In 1894 , when the Hoclatlon had 1,700 members. Now numbers 11,000 banks. In the flftc years ended last August , the rccoi show there were DIG arrests , 813 c vlctlons , eighty-four releases and f ty-two awaiting trial. The detect do not claim credit for all these rests , but that they were largi through tholr efforts and that in members' cases they produced the c donco to convict. In the fifteen years ttioro were 01 191 burglaries and attempted burg rles of banks in the association. 1 criminals got $147,065 for their wo Hanks not In the association suffoi 1,062 burglaries that cost $1,468,8 In the twelve months ended last A ust there were 102 attacks on bar netting the burglars $159,309. Of t : number only nine were members the "A. B. A. " and these lost 01 $21,500. Nearly all these burglar were west of the Mississippi rlv Nine from 102 Indicates that the lit brass sign referred to has been fal good protection. "No well posted 'gun , ' as burglt are called , would touch an 'A. B. bank , " the reformed crook sn "Yeggs' tramp thieves sometimes It , but they have no standing in 1 profession. They simply break smash open a safe door if it's a chc affair , or , if it's a 'burglar proof , ' di a hole in it , stick on a little cup ran of soap , pour in the nltroglycer which is easy to buy , and touch It t Plenty of them never heard of the B. A. ' "I'm out of It now , long ago , bul know every trick of the Pinkerto They don't stop at bank thefts. II guy beats a hotel with a bum che if another forges someone's name , a swindle Is successfully pulled you'll find the whole story on file the Plnkerton's agencies in twen five of the leading cities. They gel tracing of the man's name on the r ister , experts study his writing , his > scrlptlon Is sent everywhere. Soi day the bum check man puts one 01 on a bank and before ho knows It H In Jail and his whole past control him. He's soaked for every trick h turned inside the statute of llml tions. "It's my opinion or it used to be that if a man's fool enough to crack 'A. B. A. ' safe or 'touch' the meml in any way it would save time a trouble and worry and loss of sleep run right up like a bad little boy a take his spanking , because he'll ) caught seme day. The Plnkertc never let up. The mention of 'A. A. ' In a gang when I was on the re would make everyone turn pale. I I'm out of it , now , and so are the Pli ortons. " The trouble between the bank * and the Plnkertons came about 01 the renewing of the contract entei Into at regular periods fixing the co pensatlon for services. The Pink tons' terms wore refused. It is si that W. J. Burns Is to have the bai era' business on trial. Burns is t detective who did such excellent we in the timber land frauds a year a and more recently in the famous gr investigation in San Francisco. An Actorine Stranded Here. Miss Mattle Zuhlke , who played s < brette , advance man , bill poster n "angel" to a barn-storm show trou which , deserted by the manager Chadron , went plumb broke in N folk several days ago , was the herol of a Christmas eve feature story wli she reached Kansas City. Kansas C papers printed her picture and ti how she pawned her trunk for $7 a sent $6 of that amount back to t husband In Norfolk to get him dote to Kansas City. Miss Zuhlke and her husband i vaudeville stunts and expert rl shooting at local moving picture she last week. She pawned her revol' In Norfolk for $4 , with which to i to Kansas City. Her husband hi has Just received the money wh she sent back from Kansas Cityv 'didn't ' I have enough to get her volvor out of soak , however. I thought he'd wait over and see 'The Girl That's All The Cam could use him to such an extent to give him the $4 essential to tl reclamation. But hero's the stc from the Kansas City Post , on Chr mns eve : Hero Is a story for Christmas re Ing that should appeal to girls v have designs on the stage. It's a r story , too , and Its heroine , Miss N tto Zuhlke , 509 East Tenth street , a Kansas City girl. It Is a story of hope and desp ; the pay day that never came , ol man's work undertaken by a womn hands , of a sacrifice for frlondsh ! sake that left a girl with fifteen ce In tier pocket on the day before Chr mas and the hope that springs eteri But hero Is the story Six weeks ago Mattlo Zuhlko "si ed out" with a certain society dra known on the billboards as "Tho lor , " though this was a misnomer , If over a poor crowd of struggl thosptans worked hard this compi certainly did. The show , what Is known to pro slonals as a "ono piece drama , " pla : ono night stands. Which means he break and trouble to the limit of man ondurnnco. It moans loss sleep , ceaseless travel that snatc the Individuality from towns and t os them Into a blurred composite h of hotel , depot and "show shop. " of meals li It means the missing , drives In abominable cold rigs bitter nights In winter. It means wearing of nerves and muscles u everyone In the show ; Is on edge w misery , and crosa'and ready to quar at the drop of tho. hat. Itmenns cou less other things , too , but All of which happened to this co panv Just as It happens to every oil ono nlghtor traveling In Missouri Kansas , or anywhere else for that m tor. Business was bad and beca : worse. The salary day became men a number on the calendar. The "gin never walked. Some of the compn who had not como prepared for wlnt linvlng planned buying clothes fn their salary , shivered In < thin coats n wraps and began to take cold so ofl that they were always hearse a miserable. Then came the grand finale. 7 manager , who was also loading mi got "aousod" and "blew the trick , " tl Is disappeared with the slender colpts of the last stand , and the fill was "stranded. " This took place Dhndron , Nob. No ono In the sh liad enough money to get to th homes or to Kansas City , where In could bo obtained. They were In d pair. It waa then Miss Mattlo cai Lo the front. Armed with a route Ust. the 1 trunk and an unconquerable dot initiation to succeed , she started < to "wild oat" the show. That mea she went to Albion , Nob. , the next to nearest Chadron , saw the local ma or and arranged for the show to p ] Lhoro that night. Then she phor io the waiting company to "como o There was no bill poster in town , getting a paste bucket and brush fn the local wall paper man , Miss Mat wont forth and "papered" the tov That night the show arrived on mor borrowed from the local manager , n [ ) layed to a fair business. Right at the show Miss Mattle "made" a m night train to the. next town a : he performance was repeated. For ton days she kept this i Agent , advance man , bill poster , ma gor , soubrette and stage director. . these and more was she. Surely I show deserved to succeed. But bi ness became poorer at every town , . At last , In Norfolk , Neb. , the c came to all things. There was i enough money In the whole compn to move to the next stand. So : managed to get a little money pawning their watches and wlrl their relatives. Others were hopele ly "stuck. " Miss Zuhlke had enou for her faro to Kansas City. She rived yesterday with the bill trui Straight to a pawnshop she went w the trunk and , after , a half hour's hr pleading , managed , to get seven d lars. lars.Here comes tho. act of what Known to actors as a "real white kl She remembered the three or four p pie back in Norfolk. Remembe : they were sitting around tiny , ci 3edrooms In a little .country . hotel , w Christmas only a day off and not dollar "in the crowd. A postal on for six dollars was made out a sent them. Miss Mattic kept Just dollar and , by the time she paid her breakfast and express on trui she had forty cents left. The friends she expected to fl here were out with a show. She li not a relative within hundreds miles and Christmas Is tomorrow. Do you thinking she Is spending 1 time in her room crying and bemoi ing her fate ? Not much. She Is i that sort of a girl. With a brave sm she has started out to look for wo Not theatrical work , but anything tl will keep her going until she can j a place In a company. There is a sequel to the story tl : iad its conception late last night. J Donnegan , the manager of the G tury theater , heard of her and 1 plight. Donnegan Is nothing If i warm hearted. "Here is where I get busy , " said 'I pass the hat among the show p pie and I start Itfwlth ten dollars. ' Show people aregenerous to a fa and the money c me in rapidly fn principal to stage hand. The mor ; ias been turned over to Miss Zuhl and kindness and ; good fellowship < what privation and hardship could i do. She broke down and cried as her heart would ( break. But there Is & light heart In I little hall bedroom at 509 East Ter street today and [ Miss Mattle is rea to swear that for the real thing charity the "show ? ' business" la "rl { on top. " jj. Union PaclficjBuilds at Omaha. Omaha , Dec. 2j. { A. L. Mohlor , v ! president of the Union Pacific n road company , announced that bl arc to bo asked 'at ' once for the er tlon of a now headquarters building this city. The ptructuro is to be : welvo stories , steel , brick and tl and will be located on the northei corner of Fifteenth and Dodge stree occupying a space of half a bio The cost , -it is estimated , will be 0' ' a million dollars. Cackle Congress On at Omaha. Omaha , Dec. 28. The mighty cac congress Is on. The annual show the Transmlsslsslppi Poultry"asso ( tlon opened last night In the Audit * urn with n largo representation of i birds that cackle , crow , scratch r put on proud displays before admlrl audiences. The Judging of the birds will bei today and the prizeglvlng will conth through the show , which closes Sat day night. Horses for Barnum Circus. R , B. McUlalr , agent or Vf. P. Hall Lancaster , Mo. , said to be the great ono'-man horse buyer In the world , In the city to purchase horses for Barnum circus. The horses Mr. 1 Clalr Is looking for must weigh fr 1,000 to 1,400 pounds. A team bolo Ing to Charles Dudley Is said to Just the kind Mr. McClalr Is after , i probabilities , 'are that they will purchased. Dr. Tashjean , who hai valuable horse , also , will offer his * imal for sale W. P. Hall | ls well known by a ni her of-Norfolk people , having at < time boon in'tho circus business , now buys and sells show propel He la said to bo the owner of greatest number of elephanta In world. FUNERAL OF 8TEBBINS A TE ; Veteran Northwestern Official at R In Council Bluffs Cemetery. The funeral of the late Stebblna Teal , former master mechanic of i Northwestern nt Missouri Valley n an old-time engineer of the Union I clflc , who died last Thursday , w hold at the faintly residence In Wat lee Sunday afternoon at 1 o'cloi Services were conducted by IV David L. Miller , Jr. , of the Prosbyt Ian church and members of Waterl lodge , No. 226 , Ancient , Free and ; cepted Masons , of which Mr. Teal \v a member. A largo number of frlon and neighbors woio present , Inch Ing some from Norfolk. The body was taken to Coum Bluffs Monday morning for burial the faintly lot there , being accompi led by the widow , Mrs. Elocta P chase Teal , n sister Mrs. Chapman Fremont , Dr. and Mrs. Horace Hav stock of Omaha , Dr. and Mrs. F. Teal also of Omaha , and other re ttvcs of Council Bluffs were prest at the burial. Stebblns A. Teal was born In N York state and came west In the en ; TiO's , being ono of the early sotth of Council Bluffs and running out that city as an engineer on the Unl Pacific as early as 1866. Ho was I years connected with railroad -we then at Missouri Valley and only tired from active duties about fl years ago , when tic and Mrs. Purcht of Waterloo , friends of long atandli were married , .since which ttiey hn resided dt Waterloo. Mr. Teal ho ed cut walnut logs to build a brlO over the Elkhoru river on the M tary road about 1855. Dr. Peclval Makes Denial. Dr. Peclval , superintendent of I Norfolk Insane hospital , declares tl the purchase of lumber and mar made by him , which Is to be Invei gated by Secretary of State Junl upon orders from the state board public lands and buildings , was thorlzed by Land Commissioi Cowles. Ho says the Investigation the outgrowth of a wrangle among I members of the board itself. D. A. Jones , foreman employed the state to superintend the constr tlon of a barn at the asylum , reporl to the board that a carload of luml had been received at the instltutl from Wettllng , Okla. , and that It v not In shape to be used In the ci structlon of the barn. The rece given by the railroad company for t lumber showed that It had been sli ped by Dr. Peclval , according to a L coin dispatch. Dr. Pecival denies that this luml was hts own , saying that he bought from his cousin , Fred Peclval , w lives at Wilson , Kan. "The luml has not yet been used , so nobody c say it is not in condition to be use Dr. Pecival said. "Cowles ordered : to build a barn and I bought the lu her. What more do they want ? " On the ground nt Norfolk there also some $3,000 worth of marl which the board said It had not dered. Dr. Peclval informed the s rotary of the board this marble h been bought upon orders from La Commissioner Cowles , Mr. Cow showed the board his letter file whl showed that he had instructed ] Pecival to'secure bids for the marl but he denied that he had ordered purchase. Dr. Pecival still Insists was working under instructions fn Cowles. Mr. Junkln and Architect Berllngl will investigate the matter and mn a report to the board. DRINK TO COL. HAYES1 HEALT1 Fremont Knights Templar Carry C Their Annual Custom. Colonel S. W. Hayes of Norfolk 1 Just received word from Fremont i nounclng that once again the Fremc Knights Templar drank to his boa on Christmas morning. This custi of paying tribute to Colonel Hayea 1 : been followed by the Fremont knlgl for a great many years , he havl founded the lodge In that city nea a half century ngo. Colonel Hayes 89 years of age and Is still as brlf as any young man , though a bit feet At the same time Colonel Hayes vi being toasted In Fremont , the Norfc knights were holding their anm Christmas services , which were p tlcularly Impressive this year. One the disappointing features of the s vice , however , was the fact that C onel Hayes , owing to the inclem < weather , was unable to be prese His toast waa reaponded to by J. Van Alstyne. C. E. Burnham , eminent command was toastraaster. He introduced ec speaker with a delightful little talk A. H. Vlele , J. B. Maylard , D. Re G. T. Sprecher and John F. Poucl responded to toasts. W. H. Bucholz Omaha and A. E. Ward-e-MadlE were guests of the Norfolk knlgli All of the toasts have attracted ' usually favorable comment. VERDICT FOR MRS. SCHAVLANI Jury Awards Madison County Worr $2,125 for Husband's Death. The Jury In the $25,000 damage s growing out of the death of Ch Schavland , who was struck and kit' by an automobile in Lincoln I spring , returned a verdict for the pin tiff In the sum of $2,125. The Judgment is against Fred Joi and Floyd Rawllngs , Frank Rawlli the third party sued being releat from responsibility as it was she that ho was not connected with I automobile firm. Mrs. Schavland now lives nearN < man Grove. TUESDAY TOPICS. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Yat a son. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mill a son. Mrs. August Mnchmullor Is very with appendicitis. William Wotzel has gone to Chadt to accept a position as baker with C. Byerly. The employes of the Norfolk Insn asylum will enjoy a masquerade b Now { Year's eve. The Trinity guild will moot w Mrs. Brndon Thursday. A "full me Ing la requested on account of tmpc ant work. Born , a son , to Mr. and Mrs. W. Armstrong of Chadron , Mm. Ai strong was formerly Miss Winnie C of Norfolk. The 14-pound son born to Mr. n Mrs. M. M. Farley Chrlstmaa eve said to bo the largest baby over be In Norfolk. A man giving the unme of Mike H rlngton waa fined $7.10 In Just Elseloy's court on charge of bol drunk1 and disorderly. S. L. Brunncll has received t ( graph communication from East Pa. , giving htm notice of the death tils father , Henry Brunnoll , who d Monday afternoon at 3:25. : Funeral services over the romn of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. P Wiohmnn , who dted Sunday IIK ! were hold Tuesday afternoon. The mains were Interred nt the new Lu oran cemetery. Ed Harter , city clerk , has rccoh $10,000 from the county treasurer Madison , to bo used for the city's penscs. This , according to Mr. H tor , Is the largest aura over taken hero for taxes. Charles Oratcndoif has moved li M. Moollck'a house on South Fou street. Miss Mnble Witto wont to Llnwe to visit with relatives. Frank ( Jittora lias rdslgnod his sltlon hero as night machinist and 1 gone to Missouri Valley. Miss Nellie Hyde and her broth Charles , Jr. , went to Omaha. W. B. Alton and J. A. Wllloy rotun from Council Bluffs , la. , where tl have been attending the funeral of 1 late S. A. Teal. Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Fountain lu returned home from Missouri Vail where they spent Christmas with i atlves. Mr. and Mrs. John Quick and dnu tor Nona returned from Auburn , win they spent Chrlstmaa with Mr. Qulc sister. Mr. and Mrs. William Hill and fn lly have returned from Omaha , wh ( they visited Mr. Hill's brother , w has Just had a log amputated. ! Hill aays hla brother is getting ale nicety. J. L. Crotty of Plorro , S. D. , rived hero last evening for a holld visit at the T. S. Sheean home. Ben Blerer , who has been hero vli Ing at the home df L. M. Bcoler , I returned to his home at Council Blu Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Haviland , w spent Christmas hero with relatlv have returned to their home at Sic City. City.Paul Lease of Wasner , S. D. , Is the city visiting relatives. This is I Lease's first visit to Norfolk in nl years. Mrs. Dora E. Smith and her grai daughter , Miss Helen Chamberla have gone to Foster to visit w : friends. Mr. and Mrs. Miller Mather , w spent Christmas with relatives , ha returned to their homo in Gra Island. S. H. McClary of. Blissfiold , Mic who spent Christmas with his paron Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McClary , has turned home. Mrs. W. E. Royce and daughter ft dred of Frempnt returned to th < home after a three days' visit w Mfs. T. S. Sheean. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Keene , Jr. , turned to Fremont after having spe Christmas at the home of Mrs. Keen parents , Mr. and Mrs , J. S. McCla Miss Martha Koehn , bookkeeper the Ransom & Anderson office , li started on her week's vacation , whl she will spend in Norfolk and In vis Ing frlenda out of town. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Evans , I and Mrs. Alfred Deuel of Meadi Grove , and Mrs. Frank Muffley Battle Creek spent Christmas w : the W. M. Ahlman family. Emit Wilde went to Omaha. C. R. Nenow of Gordon is In the cl Emil Johnson of Hopkins was he F. J. Pratt of Humphrey was ho Miss Emma Marquardt waa at Ma son. James Nichols of Madison was In t city. city.A. . D. Yates went to Lincoln to vl friends. Clifford Parish has returned to W notoon. Miss Minnie Parr went to Dodge visit relatives. Dr. and Mrs. Tanner of Battle Ore were In the city. J. E. Haaso went to Madison business. Miss Margaret Roher of Hosklns \ Ited friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zlesche of I Ugh were here visiting friends. Carl and Ralph Lutkart return from Omaha Monday. A. A. Corklo returned from a bu ness trip at St. Louis. Mr. and Mr * . A. L. Kllllan arc Wahoo visiting relatives. August Ohmsted went to YuU Nob. , to visit his parents. Mrs. P. Paull of Sioux City Is In t city visiting with relatives. Arthur Ahlmnn. who spent Curl mas bore with relatives , has return to Omaha. 'rf. C. II. Lehman of Cumberland " w In the city visiting fr.londs. " Mrs. Bessie Peyton has gone Crelghton to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Hutcmnson ha gone to Valley to visit friends. Miss Carrie Gottlnger spent Chrl mas with relatives at Omaha. Miss Lydla Goetche of Stanton In the city visiting with friends. Mrs. Emll Newman and JMlsa Mini ' Schulz of Pierce called on frlo'n hero. hero.Mrs. . Ida Schultz of Allen , Neb. , In the city visiting with Mr. and M Ed Becker. Miss Matilda Schmodo , who teach school near Pllger , Is homo for week's vacation. George Palm , who. has been spei Ing Christmas with relatives nt llos- kins , hnu returned , Anton Wlldo and Miss Clara Wlldo hnvo gene to Milwaukee , where tltoy will visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ewlng of Hart- Ington are In the city visiting with Mr. and Mrs. L. Buckondorf. Mr. and Mrs. August Kluomlor and Mrs. John Trooatcr of Plorco were In the city calling on frlomls. Dr. C. A. McKlm has Just returned from llosklns , to which town ho drove Sunday night. The snowdrifts at va rious places , ho reports , were so high that for n number cif miles ho had to load his horses and wade through ttio drlfta. A. L. Koyon has purchased the Crys tal moving picture theater from J. H. Shlnn and has already taken posses sion of the place. The theater will continue Its regular business. J. H. Shlnn IB In the collection agency busi ness and will devote lilB tlmo to Unit. J , C. Nelson , superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph company , has sent out notice to his managers notifying them that the Western Un ion has arranged with British postof * flees for the Interchange of money transfers , Ho also states that on and after January 1 the itnmu of the sender will bo required in all money orders to Great Britain and Ireland. At the request of the United States naval station at Washington , the West ern Union Telegraph company has agreed to send out the customary Now Years eve telegraph signals , beginning five minutes before the hour ending at midnight , eastern tlmo , and at 1 , 2 and 3 , according to the various tlmo bolts. The signals will start at Nor folk llvo mlnutop before 12. When Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Trautman of Norfolk seated themselves at the tnblo of Mr. Trautman's father , at York , Nob. , to enjoy the annual Christmas dinner , they found them selves among forty-two relatives who represented three generations on each side. Not one death has occurred lu ttic family in twenty years. Twenty jears ago the same family with the sumo number of relatives with the ex ception of ono , mot at the same table. The father of this great family Is now 37 years old. Professor Otto Voget has engaged a suite of rooms on the second floor of the Robertson building on Norfolk avenue. The reception room Is fur nished with costly furniture of dainty typo , the floor Is covered with a beau tiful dark green carpet and the walls papered to match. The studio is fur nished with a fine leather sofa , reclin ing chalra and studio table. The floor Is covered with linoleum of the latest typo and the walls are papered with a rich wall paper to match. Palms give the room a touch of cheerfulness and give the place nn aspect of the musical studios in eastern cities. The well packed snow , which affords great sleighing , also comes In good season for the youngsters with tholr sleds , which they tlo In the rear of vehicles and make round trips to and from the country. Much amusement was caused yesterday when a young couple were out sleighing endeavored to disband a party of youngsters who had their atod tied to the rear of the sleigh. After much argument aa to why the children should not use this means of transportation , the horse at tached to the sleigh was frightened and made a run down Norfolk avenue , pulling behind one lonely sled to which a small boy was clinging desperately. Other children were scattered In the snow along the road. Omaha Bee : Mrs. Elizabeth M. Blrchard , wife of P. T. Blrchard of 4735 North Thirty-ninth street , died Monday morning. The funeral toott place at the home at 3 o'clock Tues day afternoon. The burial will bo at Marshalltown , la. Deceased was a graduate of the Pratt Art Institute of New York. She was married August 14 , 1895. She leaves her husband , two children of her own and two stop-chil dren. Mrs. Blrchard was born in Cans- voort , N. Y. , and after graduating was superintendent of the art work in the Marshalltown schools. In this depart ment she had great ability and her own homo Is decorated with many beautiful works from her own hand. Upon her marriage she moved to Nor folk , Neb. , and came to Omaha in 1900. She was an active and faithful member of the First Congregational church. Nellgh Firemen Dance. "Nollgh , Neb. , Dec. 28. Special to The News : Friday evening of last weuk the volunteer flro department of this city gave their twentieth an nual ball. Considering that theto were two public Christmas entertainments , and the Chase-Lister compan > , .nt the auditorium , the dance In the Gloseker and Daxon halls was well patronized and an enjoyable time was had by these who attended. Investigate Rock Island Deal. New York , Dec. 28. The board of governors of the Now York stock exchange - change appointed a committee of three o investigate the matter of sales of Rock Island common stock yesterday when the stock sensationally advanc ed thirty points. The members of ho Investigating committee are F. L. Eames , J. P. Attorbury , and Ernest jrosbcclr. CHURCH OPENS MEAT MARKET III Try to Make Enough to Pay Debt * No Short Weights. The fonjjri'gutlon of the Twelfth Avenue Ituptlxi church in Evau&vllln , Ind. , bus opened u grocery store and tueut market lu a building near the church , and the proceeds of thu sales will be um-d to pay off tun church debt , which iimouutH to about $4.000. Tbure will t > e no short weights , und the t'uodK will Of sold ut a small pro tit. The pastor or I bo church , the Her. b\ U. 8. Burdette , bus appealed to the membera to putroulie the venture.