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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1910)
TIFK NORFOLK AVKKKLV NEWS-JOURNAL. FRIDAY. MARCH 11. 1010. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. Fred Stein wont to Chorokco , In. Wlllluiii Illatt returned fiom Dallas. K. W. Hutz wont to Ewlug on busl- IICHH. .1. A. lltiotinur of Hosklns was In the city. Dr. L. A. CulniHcu returned from JloskltiH. Hurry Snyder of Sioux f'lty wan In thu city on liUHlnoHs. Miss Nora HHIIH of Ilattlo Crook called on frlonds lioro. MlHH Martha Iladnonz of Hosklns called on friends hero. County Clerk 8. It. McFarland was In the city on business. Mrs. H. J. Dow of Moailow Grove was huro visiting frloiulH. MHH | Bertha WllldiiH returned from Lincoln to vlHlt with rolatlvos. Mrs. J. llopporly of Columbus IH In ( ho city visiting with Mrs. Emll Moot lor. lor.Mr. Mr. and Mm. Ilcrinan Wlchman of I'lcrco were In the city visiting with friends. MlBH Anna IloHonbaum la In the city Tlsltlng with her slater , MrH. Karl Stefan. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wctzol have re turned from a visit with relatives at Sioux City. Mrs. Goldsworthy of Tildon was In tUo city visiting with the John Phln- noy family. Mr. and Mrs. William Sheer ot Or e-hard are In the city visiting with the 15. F. IJllgor family. George W. Loaoy , formerly sheriff of Madison county , was In Norfolk Thursday fiom Fremont. Mrs. F. H. Perry and Miss Edna Perry of Stnntoii wore in the city en- route to Plpestone , Minn. Mrs. L. C. Lehman of Stnntoii is in' the city to spend a few days' visit with her son , W. L. Lehman. Thomas Donohue , sr. , and Mr. Car roll of Crolghton were in the city en- route to Sioux City on business. Trainmaster M. E. Pangle is greatly elated over his trip through Cuba from which ho has Just returned. Mr. Pan- glo spent two weeks in Cuba. J. K. Smith of Plninviow was in the city visiting with his daughter , Mrs. M. Irvin and Mrs. F. E. Melchor. Mr. Smith was onrouto to Denver on busi ness. ness.W. W. U. Cahlll , the newly appointed superintendent on the Nebraska divi sion of the Union Pacific , reached Nor folk last night in a special car and spent part ol the day here. B. T. Reid is reported 111. J. Brlnkman is reported 111. Horn , to Mr. and Mrs. George Wood- worth , a son. John Horlskey has accepted a po sition as clerk with the Fair store. Emil Matthes has accepted a posi tion with C. P. Parish as delivery man. Judge Isaac Powers has purchased the Burbank property on Hayes av enuo. J. H. Conley of Presho , S. I ) . , is hero. Ho says ho is doing a great business in land in his new location. A number of Norfolk attorneys are preparing to go to Madison Thursday to attend the regular spring term of the district court , which will com mence at 1 o'clock. Seventy-two cases are on the docket. The jury is called for next Monday. Rev. C. W. Ray was elected state delegate to the world's Sunday school convention , which will be held at Washington in May. Mrs. Fred Thiom is suffering mucli pain from the scalding of her two hands as the result of a water kettle filled with bolllrtg water falling on the Btove in the kitchen of the Merchants restaurant Wednesday afternoon. II is said no permanent ill effects will be experienced from the accident. The ordinance which will order the city to pave Norfolk avenue will be passed by the city council at their ad Journed meeting , which will be hold at 7:30 : nt the city hall this evening The ordinance has already been drawn up by the city attorney and Is rendj for Its final passage by the city coun cil. Miss Alice Pollock and Ray McCollj of Plalnvlew will be married this after noon nt the residence of the bride's parents , Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Pollock near Hartington. The couple will re side on a farm near Plninviow. Miss Margaret Hamilton of this city will b < bridesmaid. Miss Pollock formerly re aded | on North Ninth street and was r graduate of the high school class o ; 1307 in this city. To clear up a title on a farm ir Maufson county , F. G. Corycll recelvct a photographed copy of a patent whlcl was Issued to C. C. Whitney , a Madl son county homesteader , March 10 187G. The patent was signed by Pres Went U. S. Grant , D. D. Carr , secre tnry of the interior , and G. W. Hoi comb , recorder of the general land of flee nt Washington. George D. Butter flelili also has such a paper in his pos Session. Street Commissioner Uecker , upor request from one councilman , is get ting out a report to ascertain the cos to the street department of the city o the Improvement and cost of labor 01 Norfolk avenue from the bridge t < Seventh street for one year. It Is re ported by the councilman that the cos for this work for one year will read far above the cost which will be pjil < by taxpayers for the bonds for Inter sections for the same part of Norfoll avenue. G. L. Carlson has written a book 01 scientific horse breeding which cor tains valuable Information for hors breeders. The book is based on prol nbly more original ideas on hors breeding than any book of Its kind Mr. Carlson has had much experlonc In the scientific breeding of horses an Is considered one of the best author ties on the breeding of stock in th country. Kach week Mr. Carlson lee tures on the subject of scientific hors breeding before veterinary , colleges 1 Kansas City. The book will probabl bo printed in Norfolk. As the result of careless alr'rlfl Bhootlng on the port of a number c ) mall boys , Lawton Phinney , son c Mr. and Mrs. John Phinney , wcarn a wound under his eye which came very near causing him to lose his sight. The youngsters were playing IndlaiiH , when a nail discharged from an air rlllo hit the Phlnnoy lad beneath the eye , HO rloso to that member thnt an eighth of an Inch more would have made a serious accident. Many com plaints have been made against the careless shooting of these air rlllos , many windows being broken. Omaha Woman Dies , Aged 101. She Lived Alone for Thirty-five Years , Through Own Choice. Onmha , March 8. Mrs. Mary Sva- clna. aged 101 , died at her homo here last night. Although she had several children hero , Mrs. Svaclna refused to leave her own homo and lived alone for thirty-live years. She was born a serf In Bohemia. Tragedy of Dakota Plains. Two Women and Little Child Found Huddled , Dead In a Sleigh. Aberdeen , S. U. , March 8. Huddled down In their abandoned sleigh , two women and n little child were found yesterday frozen to death In the bliz zard which swept the Standing Rock reservation three weeks ago. Mrs. Gilbert Majhor , her mother-in-law and her year-old son , in trying to drive from Mahto , S. D. , their home , to n neighbor's were overtaken by the bliz zard eight miles from home. They turned the team loose and huddled down in the sleigh to wait for the storm to pass. They slept and never nwoko. The return of the team oc casioned no uneasiness , because It was supposed the animals had escaped from the corral where the visit was made . Claims She's Platt's Widow. Omaha , Maiclt 8. Mae C. Wood , who attained considerable newspaper fame a year or two ago by her claim of marital relations with the late United States Senator Thomas C Plntt of Now York , last night an nounced her intention of making an effort to secure recognition as his widow. She said : 1 shall Immediately go to Now York and make a personal demand upon his son that I be placed in pos session of Mr. Platt's affairs until the will Is read. But I do not cxpecl 1 < rank Platt to let mo get in control I will make the formal demand as r foundation for the legal fight which 1 expect to have to put up in order tc get rny rights. "I am absolutely sure that some where In Mr. Platt's private papers will be found proofs that I was legal ly married to him. Miss Wood Is now on her rancl near Julesburg , Colo. , and telegram ! containing Information of Mr. Platt'i death reached her there. For some years Miss Wood lived ir Omaha and has practiced law here. BRYAN TO EDIT "DRY" ORGAN. A New Paper at Lincoln to Supper Anti-Saloon Measure. Lincoln , March 8. From the count ; option forces In Nebraska came thi announcement today that William J Bryan , on his return from Soutl America in May , would start a nev weekly newspaper In Lincoln , maklni it the ofllcial organ of the antl-sa loon forces In the coming campaign Simultaneously Mr. Bryan , it Is said will take the stump on a tour of tin statu in an effort to win democrat over to a platform declaration fo county option. The new Bryan newspaper is to bi entirely separate from his Cornrnonei although the two probably will be is sued from the same ofllce. The or tionists now have no state newspape organ and the Bryan newspaper is t ( fill that want. Charles W. Bryan , i brother of the ex-candidate and busl ness manager of the Commoner , de cllned today to divulge any of hi brother's plans in his Intended venture ture , saying he could not discuss th < matter until the return of Mr. Bryan The determination of Mr. Bryan t throw the weight of his Influence 01 the side of the anti-saloon force nov threatens to make wider than eve , the breach between himself and llbcra , democrats. Governor Shallenbergei Mayor Dahlrnan of Omaha and otlio democratic loaders are already on re cord against county option and ther are unmistakable evidences that man , of the rank and file will not folloi Bryan Into the option carnp. Trl-County Medical Society. Alnsworth , Neb. , Marcn 8. Specia to The News : The Brown-Rock Key Palm Medical society was organized a Bassett yesterday. Dr. Remy of Aim worth was elected president , Di Evans of Sprlngvlew vice president Dr. Root of Bassett secretary an treasurer. Battle Creek Woman Dies. Battle Creek , Nob. , March 7. Sp < cial to The News : Mrs. Lang , an age widow and an invalid , died here afte a long siege of sicknesses. She ha been living hero about twenty year and was staying with her daughte Miss Minerva Lang. The funeral wa held Saturday afternoon from th Methodist church , Rev. R. J. Callo' preaching the funeral sermon. Into merit was made In the Best cemeter ; seven miles northeast of town. EX-RULER OF ELKS SUES WIFI Omaha , March 8. George P. Cronl ex-grand exalted ruler of the Elk brought suit for divorce from his wlf Mrs. Cert Lothrop Cronk. A nun her of years ago Mrs. Cronk was d vorced by James R. Patterson of Rlc ! mend , Va. , son of the millionaire t bacco man of that city , and In IDC Bho was married to Mr. Cronk , wl had compelled his first wife to get divorce In order that the marrlug e might be celebrated. f The second Mrs. Cronk and h < if Omaha husband did not live hapi together , and some tlmo ago Cronk brought his marital affairs to a crisis by leaving his second wife and going to Los Angeles to visit the woman he had driven Into the divorce court a few years ago. The second wife fol lowed him to California and brought him back homo with her , but they continued to quarrel and soon the hus band deserted the wife for good. In his petition for divorce Cronk charges that In his absence from homo his wife entertained both men and wo men of had reputation , that she locked him out of their bedroom so thnt he had to sit up all night , and finally tried to damage his reputation as an Elk and tried to drive him from the order. Death of George Howell. Gregory , S. D. , March 9. Special Lo The News. George Howell died lioro Saturday after n brief illness of loss than a week. He was taken sick on Sunday February 2G with pneumonia. The body was brought to the city from the farm northeast which ho had rented for this year and stirpped to his old homo at Spen cer , Neb. , where it was buried by the Modern Woodmen lodge of which ho was n member. The Gregory lodge bore the remains to the train for shipment. His death is doubly sad as he leaves a wife and four small children the youngest of which Is but n week old. He carried ? 1,000 in surance. Uriah Hartsock died at his home near Mills , Nob. , on Saturday of pneu monia. He was above 70 years of age and was sick but a few days. Begin on Nellgh Library. Neligh , Neb. , March 9. Special tc The News : Work on Nellgh's new $0,000 public library was started yes terday morning. The contractor prom ises that the building will be com pleted within the time limit , which is August 15. , Plans and specifications have been received for the new N. B. Swltzer building and that of C. A. Hewitt. The former will be of modern construction two stories and a hasebent , built of brick and stone , 24x80 feet. The Hewitt building will be of brick , 24x90 feet , one story and basement. No contract has been let to either of these new pro posed business buildings. Snowing In Norfolk. Snow began falling In Norfolk at 9 o'clock Wednesday forenoon and con tinued like a drizzling white rain dur ing the morning. Butte Teachers Elected. Butte , Neb. , March 7. Special to The News : At a meeting of the school board of district No. 5 , the fol lowing teachers were elected to pre side over the Butte Schools for the next school year : First primary , Miss Keeton ; second primary , Mrs. Mabel Brown ; intermediate , Mrs. F. B. Go- ble ; grammar , Mrs. William P. Web er. In the high school Professor Alcock will again superintend , supported by y Miss Sadie Joy of Arabia , Neb. , the e newly elected assistant. r. r.li li REVERTED TO GOVERNMENT. v _ Much Cherry County Land Held With- t. out Clear Title. i. Much of the land of Cherry county , j' , Nebraska , has reverted to the govern- ' 0' | rnent within the past year or two , according - cording to W. J. Thompson of Brown- lee , Cherry county , Nebraska. Ho says that men had taken land all over the county so that there was little 71 land to be had until Uncle Sam be- j | i came suspicious of the titlo-to some , . i of the land and sent a government r inspector to Valentine to make his o home there for some time , until he a should be able to make the necessary j. investigations In regard to who was , . entitled to hold land and who was g not. In this way It was found that , . much land that had been held for e years by parties who were supposed u , to be the real owners of it , was held o' ' on a mere bluff , and that the parties 11 had no sound deed to the property. rV' Hundreds and hundreds of claims have 'r this way been turned back to the ,11 government within the past few years. It has long been a custom for big ranchers to encourage men In the 01 neighborhood to take up lands in they vicinity of the ranch and then as iV' ' soon as It was possible to make the bluff carry , got the men to turn the land over to the rancher for a small sum. In tills way the large stock il men have been holding much of the land that does not really belong tc them , but through the force of r strong bluff , have held it with sucli a brazen front that settlers have made no effort to got hold of It until the federal government inspector has gone to the bottom of things and put the title bnck Into the hands of Uncle Sam to be honestly dealt out to set tiers. AKED LAUDS JOHN D.'S GIFT. The Rockefeller Pastor Lifts His Voic < In Paeans of Praise. r 1S' New York , March 9. "This man ie who has greater wealth than kings w has used progressives In Mtssour r. cities to take it in n more kingly waj than kings and in a more wonderfu way than anyone of us had ovei dreamed to hope. It is the greates E. gift since the martyr received tin E.k purple crown. It establishes a nev k , epoch. " s , In these words the Rev. Charles F e , Aked , pastor of the Fifth Avenue Bap n- tist church , paid tribute to John E nII - Rockefeller's gift , the purport o IIh - which was made known last week ho o- Doctor Aked made his remarks befon o36 the singing of the hymn that preced 10 ed the sermon , which caused then to stand out distinct from any othe 50 part of the services. Ho said in part "Tho world hns been thrilled witli or In the past few days nt the nnnounce ment of a wonderful gift. We who an Americans , have n right to rojolco , becausu the giver Is an American. We , who are chrlstlnns , arc profound ly impressed at what luif. boon done by a man who could always truthful ly Hay 'Tho lov < > of Christ constralueth rno. ' "Members of this congregation can regard it with rejoicing because It comes fiom a follow member and n colk'Rgue. Wo see the dawning of a low day for mankind , because of this nagnlllcont gift , coming as It does 'rom one who has broad statesman like views and the genius to plan it all. In It there is to mo a lovely no bility of character. "In its Influence we stand In the presence of a now epoch 0110 thnt is evolutionary and edifying. It will free the slave-bond of ovll conditions , and it is only the plain truth for us to say this vast gift will have the power for the amelioration of suffering and for the upbuilding of science and civilization. Wo bless the good God who rnado such n gift possible. " Brother Tells of the Murder. Sturgis , S. D. , March 9. After a lapse of thirty years , during which he declares ho has been paying "hush" money to a brother to keep secret an alleged murder committed in Toledo , Ohio , Joseph Miller \\as arrested hero yesterday. The prisoner's brother paid n visit to Attorney General Mlllk and told him of Miller's crime. This was done after he had been refused money. Papers for Miller's extradi tion are uow being propared. Toledo , March 9. Charging Joseph Shanberger with a murder committed near Watervllle , thirty years ago , an affidavit was signed yesterday In the county prosecutor's ofi'.ce by Frank Kolill , nephew of tno victim , John Kohl ! . Shangbcrger Is under arrest at Sturgis , S. D. Thirty years ago Jofin Kohll lived In a little house near Watervllle. The nephew slept In a loft In the house. One morning he found his uncle un conscious , having been beaten with a club. Later the man died. Joseph Shangberger disappeared. Telephone Improvements. Bonesteel Pilot : A special meeting of the stockholders of the Inter-state Telephone company was held In the opera house Monday afternoon. About eighty per cent of the stock was repre sented and some important business transacted. The old by-laws were re pealed intoto and a new set adopted. A resolution authorizing the bonding of the company for ? 15,000 was passed. The bonds are to bo issued for the purpose of funding the floating in- provide means with which to built a full copper line over the system. It will be a needed Improvement and when completed will make the Inter state one of the strongest lines in the state. With the copper wire con nection the service will bo first class and long distance talks can be rnado to Sioux City , Omaha and other points as clearly as on short distance connections. The work of improving the line will be commenced at once. NEW GOWN HARD TO MAKE. When Lines are Simple Great Accu racy is Necessary. New York , March 9. For the ama teur dressmaker the present day gown presents a number of pitfalls. The simpler the lines and the less trim ming there Is on n gown , the more cnre must be given to the nccurncy of lines nnd of cut. The tiniest de tails show an unadorned gown , and the slightest flaw becomes noticeable where simplicity is the keynote. The new spring models are only difficult to fashion , not only for this season , but also because they must all have a tunic of some sort , and tunics arc the best elusion of drap eries. They behave quite Impishly without provocation , nnd become stub born at short notice , refusing to hang as they should. They pull over the hips or sag at the hem , or they wrinkle at the waist , nnd , all In all , they try one's patience immeasurably. The peasant sleeve , cut In one witu the bodice , is another one of these trifles that appear Innocent enough , but are "the serpent under It , " as Mac beth said. Nothing Is more unbecoming than a blouse bagging under the arm , and 1 nothing is more difficult to prevent. But when It is pulled down too snug ly , It tears out at the waist , and there you are. Only the experienced hand I knows how to find the golden mean between the sagging and the snug effect , or can be trusted to make the silhouette as slim and graceful as fash ion demands it should be. Suspected as Assailant. According to a telephone message 3 received here Wednesday by Sheriff C. S. Smith of Madison from the sheriff at Falls City , a man suspected ' as the assailant of Mrs. E. S. Stan- field Is held a prisoner at that place , From the very brief details received over the telephone by the Madison county sheriff it seems possible the i < 'alls City authorities have the right man. "I have your man , " said the Falls City sheriff. "He is not a negro but he has a dark complexion , heavy bushy hair ; , wears a scratch on his face and answers to your description ol the man that assaulted Mrs. Stan field at Norfolk. I will write yon fully. I can hold the man ten days. It Is believed by Sheriff Smith thai the prisoner will bo put through "the third degree" at the hands of the Falls oiiy authorities. In the meantime the detailed letter which the sheriff it expecting will probably put more light on the subject. More Deaths at Battle Creek. Battle Creek. Neb. . March 9. Spe clal to The News : Mrs. Emma Sulll van died Sunday morning at 1 o'clocl at her homo , six miles southeast o ] town , after a brief sickness of perlton ttls. She Is survived by her husband , ' J. M. Sullivan , and n 2-yonr-old child. Short services were hold nt the house Monday morning by Rev. R. J. Callow of the Battle Crook Methodist Episco pal jhtirch and the remains sent on the noon passenger train to Pierce , whore her parents , Mr. and Mrs. I ) . H. Al- bors , are living , for burial. She wan only 24 years old. Before coming to Battle Cieek they lived near Boomer. In Criming county. Jeff B. Jackson , an old settler of Battle Creole , died early Sunday morn ing at his homo on Depot street after a long siege of diabetes. Ho was about G5 years old and was born In Madison county , I nil. About thirty-live years ago ho came hero from Madison coun ty , la. , and took a homestead thrco miles east of town. About twenty-four years ago ho sold his farm and has been living In town since. Ho loaves a widow and grown children. Funeral services were hold Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist church , Rev. Mr. Starring of Crolghton , his former pastor , officiating. The re mains were laid to rest at the Alberry cemetery , southeast ot town. I This makes four deaths inside ono i week : C. C. Alberry , Mrs. Lang , and , the two mentioned nliove. Quarantined for Diphtheria. Alnsworth Democrat : Diphtheria was discovered in the homo of C. A. Sangcr on Monday of this week , a little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sanger having contracted the disease. The home was quarantined Immediately , and as the case Is a very light ono there is but little fear of a spread of the disease. | On Wednesday the 5-year-old son of Mrs. Stella Dyer showed marked symptoms of the disease and the en tire family Is under strict quarantine. The chid had not been in school this week so it is thought that no ono outside of the family has been ex pected. Ainsworth Wants Water Works. Ainsworth Democrat : The people will have an opportunity this spring to vote on the matter extending the water mains. The city fathers so decreed at a j meeting held Wednesday evening of this week. The first Tuesday In April , or the Oth of the month was deslg- I nated as the day when a proposition I should be submitted to the voters of the village to is&ue bonds in the i sum of ? G,5000 , payable in twenty I years , with the option of paying In ten years ; five per cent interest , to extend the water mains. The sum asked for at this time Is the greatest that can be voted , as a law exists forbidding a bond in excess of live per cent of the assessed valuation of the precinct. However , this amount would afford considerable relief at this time. Un der existing conditions only a small per cent of the people benefit by the water system and If we must remedy the difficulty by piece-meal the soon er we get at it the better. The coun cil is to be commended for its action at this time. New Ideas of Fred Dlers. Omaha , March 9. In his annual messages to members of the Federa tion of Nebraska Retailers , President Fred Dlers of Madison asked all re tailers of the state to assist financially j the merchants of the state of Washington - ! ington in their fight before the su- 1 prerne court of the United States to lupnold the validity of the county llc- 'ense ' Intended to eliminate the tran sient merchant. j The law In question has been sus tained by the state supreme court of I Washington , said Mr. Diers , and If It passes safely the ordeal of the highest , national tribunal an effort will be 1 made to have it enacted in every state in the union. It is believed the fede- 'ration ' will act on the suggestion. The address of Mr. Dlers ndvocnted some radical departures in retail mer chandising. For instance , the presi dent of this association advocates that grocers in towns of average size buy flour , sugar , salt and oil In carload lots and buy them together making it possible to secure better prices and not overstock. All drawings , trading stamps , prize winning and schemes of the kind were condemned by Mr , Diers. Discontinuance of handling produce through the country stores was alsc advocated ' by the president of the re- tailors who claim the opening of a produce exchange to handle all pro dune for all merchants will result in o bl& saving and eliminate loss. The convention opened yesterday. Neligh Adopted Referendum. Omaha , March 9. Charles Ware , for the last live years superintendent ol the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific , today assumed the position ol general superintendent of the road succeeding W. L. Park , who resigned to take the vice presidency of the II llnols Central. W. D. Lincoln , nt present car service agent of the Union Pacific , Is appointed od superintendent of transportation , c position which will materially Increase his duties and responsibility. W. R. Cahlll Is appointed superln tendent of the Nebraska division tc take the place of Mr. Ware. All thest appointments are effective at once. Charles Ware has boon with the Union Pacific since 1890 , serving a : trick dispatcher , train dispatcher ant chief dispatcher for twelve years. Foi three years ho was assistant superln tendent of the Nebraska division. Be fore corning to the Union Pacific , Mr Ware was chief train dispatcher o : the Iowa division of the Northwesten for eight years. TUESDAY TOPICS. Dr. C. J. Verges was at Hosklns. Mrs. Mabel Peters went to Tildon. C. L. Williams returned from Win f side. ' Arthur Spittler has resigned his po sltlon an deputy county clerk of Haiti county to accept a position as assist ant cashier In the Ewlng Slate hank. ! Harry Lewis , the Texas lighter , will have an open workout this afternoon at the Junction hall. A largo number of admirers of the gnnro visited the railroad nion's hall , where the Texnsi lighter Is making his training quarters. An attorney of an Insurance com pany of Minneapolis was In the city onioute to Madison ( o take the depo sition of Peter M. Unruh , who Is In I ho county jail charged with forgery. The Insurance company Is suing the bank which paid the draft alleged to have boon forged by Unruh at Minne apolis. Unruh Is charged with having used the name of B. B. Thomas In forging drafts which he received from Insurance companies to whom ho re ported the Insurance loss on fake ilres. Born to Mr. and Mrs. F. O. John son , a daughter. B. W. Jonas of the postofllco force , who has been quite til , Is now able to bo back at his desk. The 2-year-old son of Arnold Wag ner , a farmer living southwest of the city , Is reported quite 111. Miss Nellie Putney , a teacher of the high school , hns received word announcing the death of an aunt at Lincoln. Mrs. Frank H. Bools hns received word of the sudden death of her old est sister , Mm Mary Welton of Phila delphia , Pa. Charles Knnpp has traded his Nor folk dwelling , 1001 Pnsownlk avenue , for a Wayne county farm. He will move onto a ranch In Holt county this week. The local office of the Western Un ion Telegraph company started the night letter service last night. A num ber of the users of the telegraph have already taken advantage of this cheap medium of quick communication. Plninvlew Republican : J. O. Drls- kell and John Lacey of Norfolk passed through town yesterday afternoon In a railway motor car bound for Lynch. They will watch the streams In that vicinity where ice gorges form when the Ice goes out. Pierce Call : Albert Tlmm informs us thnt he expects to move to Madison county In a couple of weeks , having rented a farm near Norfolk. Albert has been a resident of Plc-rce county for the past fifteen years and we shall be sorry to lose him. Pierce Leader : Mrs. Myron Walker and Kramer came up from Norfolk the first of the week and were guests In the L. C. Backus home on East Nebraska street. While here she ar ranged to have their household goods which have been stored here , taken to Norfolk , where the Walker's will go to housekeeping. Fears are entertained here by friends of William Beck , the North western conductor , lest he may have been a victim In the Wellington. Wash. , snowsllde in which over 100 persons were killed last week. Mrs. Beck received a card from her hus band a week.ago dated Billings , Mont. , but sjnce then nothing has been heard from him. It is believed Mr. Beck loft Spokane over the Great Northern road to visit with relatives at Seattle , and may have been n victim of the ava lanche. Mr. Beck was injured some time ago at Spokane , when a wreck err the railway occurred there. 5,000 Gallons In Alden Cellar. Pierce , Neb. , March 9. Special to The News : Engineer George Goff was greatly puzzled for several days last week nt the mysterious disappearance of the city water from the standpipe. The reservoir holds nearly 55,000 gallons lens , yet after filling It up to the brim It would be only a few hours when those who have hot water plants In their residences would send in com plaint thnt the wnter was out of their pipes. The fact that over 50,000 gallons lens of water disappeared In from two to three hours alarmed the water com missioner and Mr. Goff made n thor ough Investigation of the mains , but could not find any signs of leakage. On the fourth day after the disap pearance of the water from the pipe a business mnn discovered water pour ing out of the basement windows of the large residence of Dr. J. M. Alden In the west part of town and investi gation showed that the water pipes in the cellar had burst after being frozen by the winter's cold , not having been properly cut off from the city mains last fall. It is estimated that four or five hundred thousand gallons of water tor escaped into the cellar before the leak was discovered. Dr. Alden and his wife are spending the winter in Florida and no one is occupying the houso. It is predicted that there will be no danger of a "long dry spell" in the neighborhood of Dr Alden's house for some moons. Buckles Boy is Taken Out. Mrs. Mary Buckles of Cherry , III. formerly of Norfolk , has sent photo graphs to relatives here showing the body of her son Richard , a 16-year-olt St. Paul minor who met his death with the 300 other miners at Cherry. The photograph shows the bodies of sixty miners wrapped up In canvas ready for burial. Among the long line of bodies which lay side by side on planks , and near the middle , a very small bundle can bo seen , over which Mrs. Buckles has marked n cross that her Norfolk rela tlves may know that this bundle con tains the remains of her son Richard His body was recovered on the night of March 4. The body was found in the second vein. Nona of the miners who met death In the third vein have yet been taken out , owing to the fact that the third vofn is completely filled will water. Richard Buckles' remains were interred at Peru , III. , where the re mains of his father were burled some years ago. Mrs. Buckles will not return to Nor folk as she at first arranged , but will nrovo to Peru , 111. , this summer arm make her homo with relatives there According to a letter from Mrs luckloH. great excitement prevailed unong lolntlves of the dead minors vho were taken from the rnlno when ho sixty bodies were recovered. Mrs. Rurklos only Identified her son by the lothi'H ho wore , the foul'iron of thu aces of nearly all thu minors' remains wing oil her disfigured by falling Urn- HTH or char rod ami blackened by smoke * . Alnsworth Buildings , AliiHWorth , Nob. , March 8. Special to The News : The McSwoonoy-Roy- nohlH-Merton addition to Alnnworth WIIH he-gun to bo surveyed on Monday if ) thlH week. It consists of eighty iicroa of the old Uaokoy tract , lying immi'dlatoly east of the town. It lays well , gives n sightly vlow and the chances are wilt Hell well. Before the Hirrvcy was made several lots woio al ready contracted for , the most notable ) f which were a block to Thomas S. Bower and a half block to George Pat terson. What has boon for some years known as the Rising pasture , lying to the north and onut of the town , has recently been opened to the public. It consisted of four blocks that had oncu been surveyed nud laid out Into lots , hut had lapsed. Pete Bower bought ono block. George Rolston bought an other and R. F. and Irvin Oshorn an other. There mo five residence buildings now In course of construction : Shorm Godurd on Fifth street , west of Main ; Rex Balloy on Nprth Oak ; Oscar House on North Elm ; Clarence Fry on Maple , and William Austin In the southwest part of town. The following new buildings and ad ditions arc already planned for ; Pete Bower , a residence in the south part of town and a rcHldcncc in the Rising Pasture addition ; C. C. Jones and Ted Hitter , residences on North Main street ; Irwln Osborn , cement brick residence nt Fourth and Oak ; Thomas Dlnnol , residence at Fourth and Ma ple ; John S. Grnyblol , residence on Ash ; Dr. J. M. .lessen and Dr. Cams of the Methodist Episcopal church , residence , the location yet to bo de termined , and additions , o the resi dences of Win. M. Ely and John C. Do- Bolt on Oak street ; Ruckcr & Foster , brick barber shop on Main ; Sam Schneider , brick harness shop on Main ; the Nye-Schnoldcr-Fowler ele vators ; additional sheds for the Excel sior Lumber company. Waldo Remy , for many years at the head of the clothing department of Munson Howe's big Ainsworth store but recently connected with the Alns- worth Land company , left the other day for Decatur , 111. , to accept n place In the Inrgest clothing store In that city. But the day before he left , to make things safe and sure for the fu ture , he bought the W. A. Robinson ranch , nine miles southeast of Alns \ worth , consisting of 800 acres. .T. J. Anderson and family , late of Llnwood , Kan. , father , mother and sis ter of C.T. Anderson of ; this cjty. are ( ' here' to make Ainsworth their' future home. Arthur McSweenoy and family , who have been spending the winter in Cal ifornia , left Oakland enrouto for home on Monday of this week. P. J. Murphy and wife and Miss Joslo , who have been for a couple of months at Reno and Goldfield , Nov. , visiting Tom and Charley Murphy , ar rived home the other overling , glad to get back to Brown county. Louis C. Arnold of Norfolk and Miss Christine M. Mnttsen of this city were married Sunday , February 27 , and left on the next train foi Emden , 111. , to visit his parents and other relatives , after which they will be at home in Norfolk to their friends , where he Is in the railroad business. A. W. Scattergood , Win. M. Ely. lawyers , and Dr. T. K. Jones , physi cian , are occupying their new offices in the Baldwin block. They arc about as tasty looking quarters as profes sional men can find anywhere. Bunolle & Beatty have rnovoil into their new building , two stories and basement , which they are occupying in the business of hardware , furniture and undertaking. 150 ENGINEMEN HERE AFFECTED Local Trainmen Are Reported to Have Been Against a Strike. One hundred and fifty firemen and engineers In the Norfolk territory will be affected by the possible strike order of their executlve'committee , which Is negotiating with the railroad manag ers nt Chlcago. One report is current and comes from reliable authority , that the Norfolk division of the fire men and engineers voted unanimously against any strike order , but will abide by the laws of their union , which com pels them to go out if the national committee orders a strike. There Is , however , one clause in their by-laws , according to ono local railroad man , which gives an engineer or fireman privilege of staying at work even though a strike be called. But when he does this ho severs himself entirely from the organization and loses what benefits ho would derive therefrom. When the Norfolk railroad men voted ed , according to ono report , they did not directly vote against a strike , but voted on the proposition to accept or not accept the offer of the railroad managers. There Is , according to reports ob tained from railroad men , an underly ing question between the ftrornen and engineers of greater and 'graver Im portance than the threatened strike. This Is said to bo an unsettled Issue in their consolidated by-laws to which the engineers have refused to agree. A number of conferences hnvo boon hold between them and no settlement lias yet boon reaqhed. It Is also re ported that there are a great number of engineers who belong to the organ ization of the firemen and do not hold membership In the order of the en gineers , while on the other liand many firemen do not belong to ( ho engineers' order.