I'lIK NOKKOIiK WKKKLY NKWS-.TOUKNAIi , FRIDAY , JANUARY 7 , 1010.
Charles Nordwlg Arrested.
Charlim Nordwlg , whom tlio police
luivo boon looking for on charges of
(
forgery , WIIH captured by llio police nt
Aurora , Nob. , and takou to Fremont |
lo answer tliu dim gen filed against
lilin. Among the varloiiH forgery
charges In tlilH territory , Norwlg IH
icporlcd to luivo forced tteveral Hinall ,
t'heckH on cltl/ons of North Bend , lie ,
formerly served a year for forgery nt
I'lorco. Ilia home wan originally In
Norfolk.
Council Proceedings.
The council mot In regular session
at 8 : . ' ! ( ) p. in. , Mayor Friday presiding.
PrcHcnt , Ulakoman , Winter , Coleman ,
Craven , Fuoslor , Fischer ; iiliHunt , Do-
lln and Illblion. The mayor'H mow-
HIIKU was iond by the dork.
Moved by Mlakoinan , seconded by
Winter , that the Hpeclal tax of $90.80
against lotH 7 and 8 , Hurrowu' Second
addition , bo .stricken from the tax ll.st ,
on account of being erroneously as
sessed. Carried.
The followliu ; bills were reported
4 < o. k. " by the auditing committee :
AV. D. Uochor , $5 ! ) ; U. King , $2011.28 ;
Klomui Drug Co. , $1.55 ; Fair store , $2 ;
C. F. A. Marquanlt , $75 ; W. O'Brlon ,
$00 ; W. A. Livingstone , $55 ; G. Rlfior ,
$2 ; U. Ilurwood , $5 ; Ed Harter , $87.00 ;
L T. Cook , $15.75 ; C. D. Reynolds , $ fi ;
K H. Monroe. $125 ; A. nnimmund ,
$51.50 ; World-Morald , $7.50 ; .1. Her-
innu , $110 ; Nebraska Telephone Co. ,
$3 ; Edwards Bradford Lumber Co. ,
$2.50 ; Crane & Co. , $21.72 ; 1C , S. South ,
$33.00 ; L. Urun , $0 ; Chicago Lumber
Co. , $12.22 ; S. Cokely , $2 ; 13. Maar ,
$10.50 ; W. N. Cooper , $8 ; Norfolk
Light and Fuel Co. , $70 ; II. 13. Hardy ,
$24.90 ; Norfolk Electric Light and
1'owor Co. , $260.23. On motion of
Coleman bllla were allowed.
Moved by Craven , seconded by
Fischer , that the bill of J. S. McClnry
tie rejected. Carried.
Treasurer's report , city clerk and
chief of police and street commission
er's reports wcro read and placed on
flic.
Moved by Fuosler , seconded by
Fischer , that shoveling snow by the
tttrcet commissioner bo charged atone
cent per lineal foot , exclusive of Nor
folk avenue between First and Sev
enth streets. Carried.
Moved by Fischer , seconded by Win
ter , that the water commissioner's
salary bo raised $10 per month , com
mencing January 1 , 1910 , to be paid
out of sewer maintenance fund. Car
ried.
Ordinances No. 343 and 344 were
read the first time.
The council adjourned at 11:30 : p. m.
A NEW HAND IN BRIDGE WHIST.
Topekaa , Jan. 4. Bridge players In
the Topeka clubs are much inerested
in a new bridge hand. It was brought
from Chicago a few days ago whore ,
it Is said , It is much in vogue.
The now band Is known as a "Royal
spade. " Only the dealer may make
it a royal spado. Each odd trick
counts ten. The dealer must announce
that his make is a "Royal spade , " seas
as to distinguish it from an original
protective spade make. The honor
count follows that of other makes
twice the trick , or twenty for simple ,
and so on.
The only advantage of the new make
Is that It enlivens the game. It is
also Interesting to note that when a
player has been constantly complain
ing of the "rotten" spade innkos bo
has had in the course of the evening ,
to observe how few come to him un
der the "Royal spade" rule.
Nellgh Council to Meet.
Ncllgh , Neb. , Jan. 4. Special to
The News : The regular monthly
meeting of the city council that waste
to have been held Saturday evening
was postponed until the 15 on account
of n lack of quorum of that body. Bus
iness of vast Importance was to have
been taken up at this meeting , and it
is expected by Mayor Staple that the
adjourned date will llml all the members
bors present.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
Paul Wetzol Is on the sick list.
F. M. Erwin has been engaged as
city salesman by the Bennett Piano
company.
Tlcni , to Mr. and Mrs. 13. B. Kauff-
"man , .a 10-pound daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. KauJTman and the new daughter
are at LuMars , la.
Deputy Sheriff F. J. Engel of Ponca
arrived in the city with a patient for
the insane hospital , B. L. Wau/.er of
Allen , whose mental breakdown Is duo
to old ago.
F. A. Chamberlain of Warnervillo
Jias purchased the suitorlum of Fay
Nightingale on Norfolk avenue. Night
ingale will enter the piano business
as uravellng salesman.
V3lreet Commissioner Uecker was
busy this morning ploughing off the
deep snow from the sidewalks In the
business section of the city , with his
.newly Invented snow plow.
'Seller and company have sold the
llG-acre farm of Sam Parker , south of
here , to Herman Korth. They also
sold the SO-acro farm of William
Barnes to Harry Heath.
Mrs. Minnie Schwartz has received
another letter from her daughter , Mrs.
Mary Buckle of Cherry , 111. Mrs.
Bncklo says that up to this time none
of the entombed minors In the St. Paul
mine have been removed.
The quarterly meeting of the Christ
Lutheran congregation was hold at the
church. Fred Lehman was elected ol
der. Rev. J. P. Mueller's salary was
Increased $100 and Professor August
Stoffon gets an increase of $50.
S. A. Mlsklmmlns , who recently re
turned from West Point , has decided
to make Norfolk his permanent homo.
Ho expects to send for his family who
now reside at Omaha and go to house
keeping hero. Mr. Mlskimmlns Is a
piano salesman.
Permanent officers wore elected nt
itm
the meeting of the carpenters' union
at the G. A. R. hall , ns follows : Ed :
Fairbanks , president ; M. Johnson , vice
president ; 13. Anderson , secretary ;
Paul Johnson , treasurer ; Claude Og-\\ '
den , financial secretary. j
After a two weeks' vacation , schools
again opened their doors to the Htu- !
dents Monday morning. Teachers who
have been out of town visiting with
friends and relatives are all back and
looked refreshed after a happy Christmas -
mas and New Year's vacation. '
Holiday decorations In the various
places of business aio being taken
down , and their absence already gives
the places a roomy aspect , compared
with the emergency counters that hold
the toys during the Christmas rush ,
Very few toys and Christmas goods
liavo been carried over this year.
Young Denny , who says he will In
the near future pull off an "ontbeI
square" boxing contest In Norfolk , was
In the city last evening. Young Den
ny baa Just returned from Hooper ,
where he has been visiting with rela
tives over the holidays. Ho says many
of the fighters are getting under cover ,
the cold weather holding them back
from any road work.
General routine of business was
transacted by the school board , which
met at the olllco of Matrau & Willo
last evening. Nothing further was
done about the new drinking fountainsf
which are to ho Installed In the va-i
riotis schools of the city. One fountain
vhlch wan received hero was not what
ho school board wanted and It was
returned. A satisfactory cup and foun-
aln will probably bo Installed at the
ilgh school shortly , for approval of
ho hoard.
At the first annual meeting of the
eorganlzcd German Lutheran Relief
association , which was hold at the city
mil , the following board of directors
vas appointed : For three years , Carl
Schmledeberg , A. II. Krahn , Herman
Winter , Carl Zuelow ; for two years ,
Yed Leu , William King , Henry King ,
] . E. Haaso , Herman Bucttow ; for ono
year , A. Brown , Max Schmledeberg ,
lorman Buckendorf of Plorco , Herman
laaso. A meeting of the directors
will bo hold tonight at the Winter hall
vhen the president , vice president , sec
retary , assistant secretary and treasur
er will be elected. The now constltu-
ions were adopted by the association
and the old relief association passes
iway. General meetings will bo hold
ach May , when new directors will be
ippolnted. The old order provided for
sick benefit of $3.50 per week and
MOO In case of a death. The new or-
.animation . now gives a sick benefit of
300 and $200 in case of a death. Over
200 is reported In the treasury.
A. big land deal involving 400 acres
jotwecn Norfolk and Battle Creek has
ust been closed , Sam Kent , Jr. , buy-
ng 400 acres from Mrs. Stohle. The
and Is known as the old Stohle place
and lies just a mile west of Kent sid-
ng. This gives Mr. Kent 9GO acres
of land In one locality.
The report of the Madison county
clerk shows the following statistics re-
: arding mortgages during the year of
1009 : 213 farm mortgages filed ,
amount $004,384.09 ; 244 satisfied ,
amount $463,957.91. There were 233
own and city mortgages filed , for
$210,532.08 ; 240 satisfied for $184,938.-
6. There were 1,307 chattel mort-
uigew filed for $414,313.57 ; 79C satis
fied for $250,371.85.
Leads Own Son Into Debauch.
Forced by his own father Into a cab
and taken to various houses of prosti
tution In this city , where he obtained
liquor which ho drank until he lost
Ills senses , was the fate of 16-year-old
Ralph Craig , son of Mr. and Mrs. Ad
rian Craig , farmers living four miles
west of Norfolk.
New Years eve. " said young Craig ,
"I came to town and found my father
liere Intoxicated. In company with
Ward Henderson , another boy who
lives near us , I tried to get my father
to come homo , but ho refused and fin
ally forced us Into a cab on Norfolk
avenue and took us to the house of
Edna Ingham , who refused to allow
my father to enter with ns on account
of our age. We then wont to the house
of Ruby White and stayed there from
8 p. m. till about 11 o'clock. Wo drank
considerably. I endeavored to get my
father homo. Wo then went to a
house of Gene Best and by that time
I was getting quite drunk and remem
ber very little of what happened. I
know that we did not leave Gone
Best's until about 12 or 1 In the morn-
Ing. Wo wont to the house of Fern
McDonald , where wo stayed till about
2:30 : and then came back to Norfolk
and drove home. Wo would probably
have stayed longer , but my father was
short of money. "
Young Henderson , according to
Craig , is also a mere boy , being only
19 years old. Ho also Is said to have
been Intoxicated. After his experi
ence young Craig told his mother
everything and Monday afternoon Mrs.
Craig filed charges in Justice Eiseloy's
court against Fern McDonald , charg
ing that on January 1 she unlawfully
kept and maintained a house of pros
tltutlon contrary to the city ordinance ,
No. 138 , also charging Pearl Hanson.
Minnie Livingstone and Fannlo Hoyt
as being Inmates. She also filed
charges against her husband , Adrian
Craig , accusing him with visiting and
contributing to the house of prostitu
tion.
tion.Officer
Officer Flynn arrested Craig Mon
day afternoon and ho was fined $10
and costs by Judge Elseloy. Chief of
Police Marquardt arrested Fern Me.
Donald and the three Inmates on
whom the judge Imposed a flno totalIng -
Ing over $100.
Charges , It Is said , will bo filed
against the other houses which the
youngsters visited.
Fern McDonald was Indignant that
she should bear all the flno. nnd tcnrs
cnmo to her eyes as she counted out
$100 In greenbacks to Judge Elsoloy.
"I don't care If I am closed up , " she
said. "I am not making enough to lyle
expenses any way , but these people
did not spend tholr money nt my
house. Why don't they do something
to those who really arc guilty ? "
Real Estate Transfers ,
Transfers of real estate for the past' '
week , compiled by Madison County Ab-.b
jutract and Guarantee Company , ofllco'd '
with MnpoB & Hnzon , Norfolk : |
Ilnrrlett L. Chamberlnln to Richard
TOWH. 1 warranty deed , $250 , lot 2 mid |
east 37Ms f ' t of lot 3 , block 4 , C. S.
Hayes' I addition , Norfolk.
' James Clark to Sarah A. Clark , wartl
'runty deed , $1. part of lot 8 , block 14 ,
Battle ' Creek.
MaHilas Classen to Joseph Drosh ,
warranty deed , $3,600 , wVfc seVi 5-21-3.
| I Thoresla Lulten and others to -
tile Stuonkol , warranty deed , $1,800 ,
wV nwV4 26-23-4.
, ' Olaf Gummns to Ferdinand Panec
walk estate , quit claim deed , $800 , 11 %
w lot 7 , block 7 , Pasowalk's addition ,
Norfolk.
Paul Fruhof to William Rlcke , war
ranty deed , $650 , lots 1 to 7 , block 11 ,
Dorsey I Place addition , Norfolk.
F. R. Lensor to Hat tie A. Lenser ,
warranty deed , $240 , lot 3 , blook 1 , C.
S. Hayes' addition , Norfolk.
Wilson Held for Murder.
Alnsworth. Neb. , Jan. 4. George
Wilson , charged with the murder of
Jacob Davis , u prominent resident of
this ' city , Monday night , December 27 ,
appeared before Judge Potter of'the
,
county court for preliminary hearing.
I ' Ho ] waived examination and was hold
to ' the district court without ball and
Is ' now In the county jail.
Helen Leads , who is believed to be
an Important witness for the state ,
was hold In the sum of $500 and , In de
fault of same was given Into custody
of the sheriff.
Jacob Davis was shot and his head
lacerated with a hatchet , while on the
way homo from his place of business.
Robbery was the motive , as about $300
was taken from his person. The chain
of circumstantial evidence against
Wilson is very strong.
Morvlll May Coach Nebraska.
Lincoln , Jan. 4. Dr. R. G. Clapp Is
on his way east to confer with Athletic
Director Morrlll of the Annapolis navy
academy relative to securing Merrill's
services for Nebraska. The selection
of a coach at Nebraska Is yet unset-
tied and it is understood that Morrlll
is not averse to taking a position in
the west.
'
Real Blizzard Down at Omaha.
Omaha , Jan. 4. The worst blizzard
of the season is raging here. In Oma
ha the weather bureau reported the
temperature at 2 degrees below zero
at 7 o'clock. The snowfall was heavy
during the night and a stiff northeast
wind drifted It , tying up the street car
service In many parts of the city and
crippling the railways in this section.
Storm Grows Worse ; Dismiss Schools.
It was found necessary to dismiss
the few students who reached the
high school and In many of the grad
ed schools no sessions wore held. As
the day advanced the snow and wind
Increased , making street car traffic
nearly impossible. Several thousand
persons employed down town found it
necessary to walk from one to three
miles through the drifts to reach their
places of employment.
Lincoln Burrled In Blzzard.
Lincoln , Jan. 4. Drifting snow Im
peded railway traffic throughout south
ern Nebraska today. Trains were be
lated on all railways. Telephone and
telegraph -companies encountered per
sistent troubles. In Lincoln the street
car service was completely paralyzed.
The lines to the suburban points were
snowed In and it will be some time
before the streets are relieved.
Heavy Snow In Norfolk.
Another heavy snowstorm struck
this territory during the night and
Tuesday morning , further tying up
train traffic , which has been more se
riously affected during the past few
months than over before during so
protracted a season.
The snowfall amounted to a half
foot. The temperature was 12 degrees
below zero and there was little wind.
Norfolk at noon was almost without
train service. No. 2 from the west
was abandoned and prospects were
that It would bo made up at Norfolk.
The train from Dallas was two hours
late and every other train was more
or less delayed on account of the
heavy tracks.
S Tried to Save American Lives.
Managua , Jan. 4. General Medina
today made public letters and tele
grams In substantiation of the claim
that General Toledo and ho did all In
tholr power to prevent the execution
of Greco and Cannon , the Americans
executed by President Zelaya.
Ono of the letters received by Gen
eral Medina from Greco on the day of
the executions Is as follows :
"As a last favor I beg and implore
you to delay the execution of the
death sentences until an answer Is
received from Zelaya to our plea for
mercy. For God's sake lot ns live until
you can hope no longer as a brother
Mason. You have proven a friend
magnanimous and kind. I beseech you
to continue doing everything possible
to save us. Words are Inadequate to
express our gratitude for all that you
have already done for our welfare. "
General Medina , who was command
ed to see that the will of Zelaya was
obeyed , declares ho delayed the execu
tlon purposely In the hope that the re
prlovo would bo received. Ho pro
duces the original copy of two telo
grains which ho received from the
president on the day preceding the
execution , In which ho was ordered
specifically to proceed with the enforcement
forcement of the death penalty.
Another telegram received by him
from Zelaya on the day nftor Greco
and Cnnnon had been shot rends :
"I acknowledge your notification o
the execution and rejolco that the ro
qulroments of the law hnvo boon com
piled with. "
The following telegram was sent by
General Toledo to Medina the day before
fore the condemned men wore killed
"Am telegraphing president asking
that the lives of Cannon and Greco
bo spared. Suppose , you have already )
done so. I await final decision of the
president before proceeding with the
executions. : " |
General Medina makes public a telett
gram received by htm from the directft
or of the tolegrafs and which Indicates
that Zelaya attempted to prevent
Groce and Cannon communicating with '
the United States consul. The director ,
of telegrafs wired :
"President disapproved your per
mitting transmission of telegrams
from Greco and Cannon to American
consul. Ho will not permit such con
cessions , as they are liable to place
the government In dlfilcultlcs. "
Omaha Indians Protest.
Walthtll , Neb. , Jan. 4. Seven hun
dred members of the Omaha trlbo of
Indians arc holding council today to
voice a protest against the govern
ment's proposal to unite thorn In a
common agency with the Wlnncbago
trlbo. Walthlll business men also oh-
ject to the transfer of the agency to
the Wlnncbagocs. The Omahas who
feel superior to their neighbor trlbo ,
have asked Ross L. Hammond of Fre
mont , internal revenue collector , to
Intercede for them at Washington.
Mayor Says Paving Sure.
Paving was the paramount Issue as
brought out In Mnyor Friday's annual
message to the city council last night.
Prospects for paving In the spring , ho
said , are bright. The council held a
protracted session , discussing paving ,
electric lights and ordinances , and
listening to annual reports.
The mayor called attention to the
poor light service < of the past several
weeks , and the council cut the electric
light company's bin $5 , declaring that
In the future each' councilman would
keep tab on poor light service and
that bills would bo cut accordingly.
Discussion of the franchise 'granted
the Sugar City Cereal mills some years
ago , followed the message.
A new ordinance has been drawn up
by City Attorney H. F. Barnhart pro
viding that all switching on any street
In I the city must bo discontinued under
penalty \ of heavy fines. The ordinance
got j a first reading and was laid over
till t the next meeting.
City Physician Dr. J. H. Mackay
asked i the council to take action re
garding the offensive condition of the
city hall , from the Jail and lire team.
Ho suggested the purchase of disin
fectants to make the place sanitary
temporarily. The doctor asked the
council to take an early action to pro
vide a moans of disposing of surface
garbage , such as kitchen waste , tin
cans , ashes , etc. , and recommended the
passing of an ordinance compelling
householders to provide garbage cans
for such refuse.
Those who have been depending on
the street commissioner to shovel off
the snow of their walks heretofore will
bo disappointed at the raise In the
price of the street commissioner's
work from 25 cents per sidewalk to 1
cent per running foot. It was stated
by the street commissioner that many
citizens believed 25 cents was a rea
sonable price to have their walks
cleaned off , and have entirely depend
ed on him to do the work.
Would Amend Rail Rate Law.
Washington , Jan. 4. A bill making
sweeping changes In the Interstate
commerce laws for the regulation of
railroads was Introduced hi the house
today by Representative Mann of Illi
nois , chairman of the committee on
nterstate and foreign commerce. The
111 is not in accord with the one pre-
ared by the committee acting under
he direction of .President Taft and
cnown as the "administration railroad
illl , " but was prepared by Chairman
Innn during the summer vacation of
ongrcss.
The measure do.es not provide for
special court to hear interstate com-
nerce cases as has been reported
would bo the form of legislation on this
ubject which President Taft would
ecommend. It proposes , however , to
rente In the department of commerce
id labor a bureau to be called the
'bureau ' of transportation , " where a
hipper may file complaint against a
ailroad.
If , after an investigation , the com-
nlssioner of the bureau of transporta-
on finds that there is justice in the
complaint ho must report the facts
o the attorney general of iho United
States and if the attorney general is
satisfied that there Is a cause of ac-
lon ho Is required to file a petition
vlth the interstate commerce commis
sion and prosecute the case nt the ox-
icnsc of the government. The ship-
) cr may , if ho prefers , still file his
complaint direct with the commission
and prosecute It at his own expense ,
as the present laW provides.
The long and short haul clnuse of
ho interstate commerce act would bo
amended so as to provide that the
barge for a short haul shall In no
case bo greater than the charge for a
eng haul and the charge for a through
rate shall bo not greater than the
iggregato of the local rate. 1'also or
padded claims for damages by a ship
per are prohibited as\rcbntcs are.
Railroads are required to furnish
rates In written application. Every
shipment of property on which a re
bate is paid Is made n sepnrnto offense
and the Elklns law is amended to that
extent. The railroads , under the Mann
bill , may exchange transportation for
advertisement of tholr time tables in
newspapers.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
Humphrey Introduces Bill Carrying
Features Desired by President.
Washington , Jan. 4. Representative
Humphrey of Washington today Intro
duced In the house a bill providing fo
ship subsidy by the United States gov
ernment , which measure Is understood
to have the approval of President Taf
and the administration and to bo the
ono upon which the proponents of sub
sidy bill will concentrate their efforts
tc procure Its enactment Into law.
The Humphrey hill provides an In
crease In pay to American ships for
carrying the malls to South America ,
China , Japan , the Philippines and Aus
tralia ; bringing it up to $ ( per mile
for an outward voyage of 4,000 miles
01 more. An Increased tonnage tax
on the trans-oceanic trade Is provided
and It Is proposed to admit foreign
built ships to American register for
the foreign trado.
Railroads Need Not be Alarmed.
New York , Jnn. 4. "I know pretty
well what the bill will provide and I
can sny that tt need not alarm the In
vestor nor embarrass any railroad that
wants to do business In a straight
forward and orderly manner , " today
declared W. C. Brown , president of
Now York Central linos.
Mr. Brown was one of the six rail-
read presidents who conferred with
President Taft yesterday on railroad
legislation which President Taft
recommends to congress next week In
a message on Interstate commerce.
Wall street and the uvllroad world
have been keenly Interested In the
coming railroad legislation and Presi
dent Brown's declaration allayed In n
great measure the fears that the mes
sage would prove embarrassing to the
present control of the country's car
riers.
B. & O. Head Resigns.
New York , Jan. 4. Oscar Murray ,
president ' of the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad company , today resigned to
take effect January 4. Daniel Wlllard ,
vice president of the Chicago , Burling
ton & Qulncy railroad , was elected as
Mr. Murray's successor.
JUROR MULLIN TURNED LOOSE.
Declares He Did Not Desire to Help
Send Stout to Perdition.
Grand Island , Jan. 5. The closing
Incident j of the Stout trial occurred
when Juror Ed Mullln , who was with
drawn from the box in the middle of
the trial on the affidavit of W. F.
Thompson , was cited to appear and
show cause why he should not be pun-
shed for contempt. Mullln appeared ,
represented by counsel , and It was
shown from the court record that he
md admitted In the examination that
10 had an opinion , qualifying this on
'urther examination by the declaration
hat he could and would lay that opln
on aside. It was shown that he hat !
lot apparently attempted to conceal
inything.
DAKOTA FARMER SUICIDES.
tobert Law , Farmer Living Near
Yankton , Blows Out Brains.
Yankton , S. D. , Jdn. 5. Special to
'ho News : Robert Law , a prosper
farmer living four miles west of
his city , committed suicide at his
lomo yesterday by blowing his brains
with a shotgun. Law was 37
ears of age and single. He resided
on the family farm with three broth-
TS and a sister. Ho had attempted
ulcido several years ago but was
evlvcd.
SUIT ON LIVE DEAD MAN.
Dakota Grand Lodge of A. O. U. W.
Seeks to Recover Money Paid.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Jan. 5. The South
Dakota grand lodge of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen lias started
in action against Henry Christopher
ind Bridget Christopher , his mother
n an effort to recover the sum ol
52,000 , being the amount of a policy
carried by Henry Christopher , which
was paid to Bridget Christopher upon
proof of her son's death. The action
'ollows the reappearance of Chrlsto
pher , alive and well , after an absence
of ten years. A quarter section of land
n Brown county , owned by Christo
pher , has been attached , pending the
settlement of the suit. Christopher
who was a pioneer of Brown county
ater moved to Fresno , Calif. , where
le disappeared ton years ago. After
10 had been absent awhile , ho was ad
'uded ' deceased by the courts and the
Workman paid the amount called for
) y his policy. Three weeks ago Chris
ophor showed up In California , but
'ailed to say where ho had been during
: ho ton years.
TURNS ON MILK TRUST.
Department of Agriculture after Facts
of New York and Chicago Trade.
Washington , Jan. 5. Secretary .T
Wilson of the department of agrlcul
.uro ' Is Investigating the milk trus
and Its relation to the recent horizon
tal increase In prices of milk am
cream In Chicago , Now York and oth
er large cities. Before the close o
Iho winter he expects to be able to
tell consumers why they have beei
compelled to pay more for this neces
slty of life and Just who It Is Urn
gets the additional tribute.
It also has developed that the secretary
rotary has widened his investigation
of the general Increase In the cos
of living to take In foreign markets
Certain facts have boon submitted to
the secretary which lead him to sus
poet that the foreign consumer Is abl
to purchase American farm products
cheaper than American consumers can
got them with In 100 miles of th
farms that produce thorn.
MAN LOVES BROTHER'S WIFE.
Prisoner Confesses He Put Rat Poison
on Sandwich.
Bloomlngton , 111. , Jnn. 5. Edwar
Thomas of Pekln , becoming enamor
ed of his brother's wlfo , tried to polso
the brother , Harvey Thomas , accord
Ing to a confession ho Is said to hav
made.
Last week Edward arranged to polso :
the soup served on his brother's table
ho says , but , fearing ho would kill nil
the members of the family In order
to got rid of his brother , changed his
plans.
Yesterday , according to his own story ,
ho sprinkled rat poison over the sand-
vlches In his brother's lunch bnskot.
'ho latter was delayed an hour In
atlng bin lunch , giving the poison
line to discolor the bread and meat
nd leading to the discovery of the
lot.
lot.Chief
Chief of Police Clay arrested Thorn-
H.
HREE DEAD IN DAKOTA WRECK
"rains Meet In Head-on Collision
While Clearing Tracks.
Aberdeen , S. D. , Jan. 5. A head-on
olllslon between an extra freight and
i work train on the Milwaukee coast
Int1 between Ilowdle and Roscoe re-
lilted In three Bulgarians being killed
md many Injured. The work train
md Just arrived In from clearing
rack with snow shovels. An extra
md been warned to look out for the
vork train. The snow cast up by the
) lows obscured the head lights until
oo late to avoid accident. The engine
crews Jumped Into the soft snow un-
iiirt. The bunk cars were badly dam-
igcd and the dead men thrown from
ho bunks to the floor. The work train
mglno was derailed and overturned.
The freight engine , which Is of a largo
ypo , remained on the rails and was
lot badly damaged.
Madison County Fair Officers.
Madison , Neb. , Jan. 5 Special to
The News : Th'1 annual meeting of
he Madison Agricultural society was
leld at the city hall there being a
argo number of members present.
The annual election of officers result-
d In the election of J. Q. Wakoly ,
iresident ; J. L. Rynearson , secre-
ary ; Ed. Fricke , treasurer ; general
superintendent , W. R. Martin , and su-
lerinteiident of speed , J. M. Smith ,
uperliitendent Stockdale of the Madi
son city schools appeared before the
society and urged a systematic effort
n the direction of a school exhibit In
which all the schools of the county
night be encouraged to participate
and suggested that suitable prizes be
offered for school work. The matter
was favorably considered and was left
o the officers to confer with Superin
tendent Stockdnlo and other school
[ iien of the county to the end that a
respectable school display may bo prepared
pared for the fair the present yenr.
The committee on Improvements reported
ported a deficiency of funds to moot
til the claims for improvements made
last season and thts committee was
continued and authorized to solicit
ontributions to defray the balance
of such Indebtedness. The fair dates
for the coming season were left open
ind the officers authorized to fix the
same later.
Normal Board On Trip.
Lincoln , Jan. 5. The state normal
board is now out on Its trip of inspec
ttin to locate the new state normal
school for which the late legislature
appropriated $35,000. During the
week the board will visit the following
towns : Ainsworth , Alliance , Chadron ,
rawford , Gordon and Rushvtllo.
O'Neill has been trying to create a
favorable Impression on the hoard
members , but for some icason that
town failed to get its proposition filed
: n time to be included In the itinerary
of tiie board on this trip. U is possible
if the Holt county town gets In before
the board returns to Lincoln a special
trip may bo made to that town.
Copper Men Killed In Alaska.
Cordova , Alaska , Jan. 5. Harry
Curtis Elliott of Chicago , president of
, he Ellfot-IIubbard Copper company ,
and II. II. Grcer of Seattle , were kill
ed In a snowslide at the company's
property at Elliott Creek , 100 miles
northwest of Cordova on December
30. News of the accident was brought
to Cordova by a messenger who has
just arrived from Tlekel. When the
messenger left Tlokel two days uftei
the accident the bodies had not been
recovered. The two men left Cordova
December 12 with mining engineers
to examine the property In the inter
est of a New York syndicate that
holds the company's bonds. Mr. El-
llott leaves a family in the east.
Gets Job In Indian Service.
Washington , Jan , 5. Commissioner
Valentino and Assistant Commissioner
Abbott of the Indian bureau tendered
n position In Iho Indian sorvlco to
Professor F. J. Phillips of the Unlver
slty of Nebraska , bis work being the
direction of care and use of timber 01
the reservations.
"Expert farmers wanted , $1,200 per
annum. "
The Indian service Is making this
offer to agricultural students who are
sufficiently equipped to train the
braves on Indian reservations In rals
Ing farm products.
For New Federal Court Circuit.
Washington , Jan. 5. Representn
tlvo Taylor of Colorado prepared and
will introduce in bill today amending
federal statutes to create a new Ju
dlcial district to bo known as the
tenth circuit. The purpose of the act
Is to divide the present eighth circuit
making n now district composed 01
the states of Utah , Wyoming. Colorado
rado , Nebraska , Kansas and Oklahoma
To this proposed district , New Mexico
will bo attached whenever It Is ad
mlttod to statehood.
Tired of County Fair.
Madison Post : The annual meet
Ing the Madison County Agrlcultura
society will be hold next Tuesday a
which time the annual election o
officers will take place and other matters
tors of interest will bo attended to.
There seems to bo a general feel
ing among the members of the society
that something must bo done o In
ject now life into Madison county
fairs. Some different Idea must b
taken up , they say , In regard to on
tortnlnmont and something done .in
rcagard to securing larger and bet
ter exhibits. It seems to bo the general
oral opinion that while the crowd
have been faithful in their attondanc
nt the fairs they have become some
vhnt dlHsntlsllod with things In gci-
nil. They cry for something now ,
omethlng different. Teh public IK
lygusled with witnessing IIOI-HO raoeq
vhlch are run In the stable hcfnro
lie r.ice and they feel that there mo
Mior features of th fair that need
ittentlon. Just how these changes
an be hi ought about , no ono soeniH
o know , hut It Hcems to bo the earn
est de.slie of members of Iho society
is well as the public that something
in done. - >
Oberlln Glee Club nt Nellgh.
Nellgh , Nob. . Jan. fi. apodal to The
N'ows : The people of this city and
lelnlty had the pleasure of hearing
ho famous Oborlln College Glee club ,
hat were making their
twenty-first an-
mat concert tour.
Nollgh was one of the three townn
n Nebraska In which this inimical or
ganization rendered their high-class H < > .
ectlons , and the largo eiowd that
.urned out appreciated each and every
tart given.
The most pleasing part In the on-
Ire program was given In act two ,
when a selection rendered by the
loyal Gypslo orchestra under the dl-
cctlon of FaroiiH Huobcnntgossary XI
brought down the house.
Doctors Meet Here January 13.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the
Slkhorn Valley Medical society will
10 hold In Norfolk Tuesday , January
18. The meetings will bo hold at the
Ity hall , beginning nt 2 p. in. , and
concluding with a banquet and smok
er In the evening. The Pacific hotel
will bo headquarters for the society.
The following papers will be read :
"Blood Pressure ; Its Clinical Signi
ficance ; Some Factors Involved , " J.
M. O'Connell , Poncn.
"Serum Treatment of Gastric Ulcer , "
J. M. Mnyhow , Lincoln.
"Puerpernl Infection , " R. II. Morse ,
Wlsner.
"Poliomyelitis , " W. M. McClnnahnn ,
Omaha.
"Prevention and Correction of De
formities In Paralyzed Children , " H.
W. Orr , Lincoln.
"Do Wo Always do Our Duty In
Emergency Cases ? " D. W. Beattle , No
llgh.
"Perlneal Lithotomy , " A. C. Stokes ,
Omaha.
"Tuberculosis as wo Ilocognlzo It
Today , " Solon R. Towno , Omaha.
"Acute Diffuse Peritonitis , with a
Report of Three Cases , " Charles Eby ,
Leigh.
"Treatment of Inevitable and Ne
glected Abortions , " E. J. Blld , Page.
Officers are : President. Jos. M.
Alkin , Omaha ; vice presidents. A.
B. Tashjoan , Norfolk , and C. C. John
son , Crelghton ; secretary , W. R. Pet
ers , Stanton ; treasurer , Walter Pll-
ger , Norfolk.
Committees are : Credentials ,
Stokes , Hardy , Johnson ; arrangement ,
Salter , Pllgor , Brush ; grievances ,
Beattie , Cornwcll , Summers ; necrolo
gy , Long , Kuegle , Morse ; auditing ,
Glillgan , Tanner , Minton.
Gregory Man Was Robbed.
Gregory Times : Late Friday n'ght ' ,
Walter C. Ilolley was knocked dov\n
and robbed at the Tlenken corner.
His story is that he bad been nroiuul
and had shown his roll in a saloon
and that when he went out ho was
accompanied by Tom Casey down the
*
west side of Main street mid as they
came to the Tlenkon store a bare head
ed man In his shirt sleeves whom he
recognized as Pat Stevens , thrust a
gun In his face and ordered him to
deliver , that Casey made his get
away up the same street and when
he tried to do the snmo ho was struck
over the head , knocking him down , and
while' down was struck several more
times , cutting his scalp open in several
places , but that ho was not uncon
scious and knew when his money
was taken , $65. A warrant was HO-
cured and Stevens was arrested and
nsslgned before Judge Ditto where he
plcnded not guilty and gave bonds "In
the sura of $500 to appear January
4. Casey denies that ho was with
Holley. Holloy had rccched a check
from his folks the day before and waste
to use It the next morning to file on
a Trlpp county claim. Hn was vork-
Ing near Dlxon till recently when ho
came hero and wont to work In the
Little See restaurant. Ho beam a
good reputation. Ho positively Identi
fied Stevens ns the man making the
attack. Stevens has been a bartend
er nt Lemker's. The nffnlr has creat
ed considerable talk and feeling runs
high among the hotter rlnss of citi
zens.
Shallenberger Pardons Few.
Lincoln , Jan. 5. During the year ho
has been in office Governor Shallon-
berger has issued pardons or commu
tations to seven convicts" In the state
penitentiary. This is the smallest
number of convicts that has boon lot
out In one year by an executive of
the state within ton years , at least.
The governor has adopted the policy
of Insisting upon the county attorney
and district Judge who tried the con
vict endorsing the application for par
don or commutation , and also that
there shall bo some new condition aris
ing which would justify executive
clemency.
Following Is a comparison of the
pardon records of the executives dur
ing the last ton years :
1899 and 1900 ( Poyntor ) 26 ; 1901
and 1902 ( Savage ) 45 ; 1903 and 1906
( Mickey ) 85 ; 1907 and 1908 ( Sheldon )
26 ; 1909 ( Shallenberger ) 7.
Fall from Wagon Proves Fatal.
Pllger , Neb. , Jan. 5. Special to The
News : G. H. Mahlko , who had hla
back broken In the month of October
by falling from a load of hay , died
hero yesterday.
Ho has been confined to his bed
and 1ms continually suffered greatly
although ho has been paralyzed from
the breakdown.
Mr. Mahlko was a blacksmith at this
place and was formerly from Wlnsldo.