THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOUHNAL , FRIDAY , APRIL 1 , 1910.
i , , , From Cremation.
Hny Wohor , n bartender
In tlio 0111
l > oy of 13 , , , | | Keel , , , , was bnilly burn"
about the fnco ami bunds this morn.
I"B while lighting n gasoline stove
which IH used to warm
mcutB In the
miloon. Wohor Inul
narrow
eseupo
from serious Injury hy the romnrknblo
presence of mln.l . of Mr. ICoohn , who ,
when Weber ran around with his cloth-
ng nflro , forced the human torch to
the lloor , closed hlH nostrils and mouth
to keep him from Inhaling the flames
mid extinguished the lire.
Weber had been denning the stove ,
which It IH believed WUH accidentally
turned on , and touched a match to the
burner. Immediately the Unities
( sprung up and. In endeavoring to boat
thorn out with a Humlng rag , the man
was also enveloped In Humes. Hy the
tlmo Koohn extinguished the lire on
Weber the blaze around the steve had
also died down and no damage was
done to the llxturos.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
Miss Minnie Bruuseh returned from
Pierce.
Mrs. Fred HocUman returned from
Wnyne.
M. D. Tyler went to Madison on
business.
Mrs. G. Lotto of Lincoln Is In the
city visiting with the Freed Branson
family.
Mrs. Thomas Boll , who has been In
the city visiting nt the homo of p. F.
v'i , has returned to her homo at
Lusk , Wyom.
Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hltt , a
daughter.
Born , to Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Nlstlo ,
n daughter.
Preparations are being made for an
Elks dancing party Friday night.
Mrs. John Wade went to a hospital
In Council Bluffs Wednesday for treat
ment.
Mrs. Stanlleld has returned from an
Omaha hospital. She did not undergo
nn operation.
Elmer Hardy has accepted a posi
tion at the Thomas Boll ranch near
Lusk , Wyom. , and leaves for that place
this evening.
The annual meeting of stockholders
of the Norfolk Country club will beheld
held at the olllce of Mapos & Hazcn
Wednesday , April G.
At ! ) o'clock Friday morning Dr.
Samuel Avery , chancellor of the Ne
braska university , will address the
teachers at the Auditorium.
Chief of Police Marquardt arrested
two hoboes yesterday morning whom
be found sleeping in a barn. Botli
the men were so Intoxicated that they
had to bo taken to the jail in a cab.
Work has begun on the now Engel-
tnan building oti Norfolk avenue.
Graders are busy making the exonvu-
tlons and other workmen will soon bo
' engaged on the foundation of the new
v' structure.
Sheriff C. S. Smith was here to sub-
poenue B. W. Jonas. Herman Krueger ,
11. G. Brueggeman and Theodore Willo
as witnesses In the Wcltzke case ,
case , which came up at 1 o'clock. The
case Is in reference to some road
trouble on the county line. District
court will probably adjourn some time
Thursday afternoon.
Neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Ouster , who were taken to Omaha
Monday , say that the aged couple pro-
seated a pitiful sight as they were
being hauled away from their homo
in three separate wagons. A few
household goods were loaded on the
first wagon , Mr. Ouster on a cot In
the second and Mrs. Ouster , who is
rather a heavy woman , was carried
from the house by four men Into the
third conveyance. Mrs. Custer will
probably stay with relatives at Oma
ha and Mr. Custer was taken to the
Methodist hospital.
RELIGION BY ELECTRIC SIGN.
"Jesus , the Light of the World" Will
Shine Out Over Washington.
Washington , March 29. An electric
sign , "Jesus the Light of the World , "
in letters fourteen feet high soon will
shine over the Pennsylvania avenue
building , in which the Central Union
mission of Washington holds its meet-
Ings.
It Is the Intention of the commit
tee conducting the work to have the
cost of the sign , which will be about
$100 , borne by the Sunday schools of
the city. The young people's socie
ties of the different churches will bo
asked to contribute to the expense of
maintenance.
Poor Eyes Lost Trail.
Lamro , S. D. , March 30. Special to
The News : It was poor eyesight , It
is thought , that caused Stewart C.
Geddos to lose his way homo In Trlpp
county , near McNeely , and freeze to
death. February 15 la believed to
have been the fatal day. Mr. Geddes
was GO years old. His sister , who
was thought to bo In Iowa , has not
been heard from and the burial was
made hero.
On February 15 Geddes walked from
Nebraska through the soft , deep snow
toward his claim. He stopped at the
homo of a neighbor , Dr. Crane , a mile
south , and asked where he was. He
was directed to the trail and Di.
and Mrs. Crane watched Geddes un
til he had got nearly homo. Then
they paid no more attention to the
incident.
Geddes eyesight wns poor and It
is presumed ho missed his house
when It became dusk , perhaps be
came exhausted and , falling In the
snow , perished there. The snow
drifted over his body and It lay there
until Saturday when his neighbors ,
becoming alarmed at not seeing him ,
Instituted a search and found hint
forty rods north of his house , dead.
Ho wore the same clothing ho had
worn on the day Dr. Crane pointed
out to him the way homo. Likewise
he had by his sldo a small pan which
ho had carried on that day.
Ills sister recently wrote the post
master at McNeoly Inquiring for God-
dee and asking if ho had got mall
that sue had sent him n month bo-
foro. The letters wore still In the of-
lice uncalled for.
Ueddcs had plenty ot coal , some
food and was warmly clad ,
Shot By Sheriff.
Nlobrara , Noli. , March 30. Special
lo The News : John Douglas , aged
28 or IIO and believed from circum
stantial evidence to be a horse thief ,
was shot twice yesterday afternoon
by Sheriff Vlasnlk of ICnox county.
It was not believed that he could live.
The wounded man wns brought to
Nlobrara and lodged In jail. Jokingly ,
lie told the crowd that gathered that
If they'd get him a rope , he'd still
show thorn good cowboy stuff In the
way of roping.
It was at the M. II. Smith ranch ,
nine miles cast of Niohrara , that the
shooting occurred. Both bullets en
tered near the posterior pelvic bone.
Spends Night at Ranch.
Douglas had come to the ranch the
night before with three horses , ami
his actions had caused suspicion. The
neighboring farmers gathered and
managed , by keeping him busy showIng -
Ing how adept ho was at lassoing , to
keep him at the ranch until the sher
iff , who had been telephoned , arrived
on the scone.
Sheriff Vlasnlk ordered the stranger
to surrender , but the horse thief sus
pect turned and ran. The farmers
around the ranch know that ho had
a 44-culibro revolver. When ho ran ,
the sheriff llred several times from a
small calibre gun , purposely wide of
the mark , and Douglas , turning
around , returned part way.
Meanwhile the sheriff reached for
a bigger gun In his grip. When Doug
las had come considerable distance ,
the sheriff again ordered him to sur
render and to give up his gun. In
stead , Douglas turned and ran again.
Reaches for Gun , Is Shot.
Crossing a small cieek bridge , Doug
las reached to his gun pocket for his
revolver. Vlasnik dropped him with
two well aimed bullets.
The wounded man was unable to
walk and wns brought to town in a
wagon. At the jail Dr. Clark treated
his wounds.
"If I'd known he was a sheriff , he'd
never have shot me llrst , " the alleged
horse thief said later.
He is reticent about telling any
thing about himself.
Blizzard Near Here.
The Kooky mountain unzznru slop
ped over Into northwestern Nebraska.
All night long the storm raged as far
east as Cody and Northwestern train
truffle was tied up In that vicinity. All
trains coming Into Norfolk from the
west on Wednesday were many hours
late because of the blizzard.
All wires went down early in the
evening , cutting off all communication
with the Northwestern headquarters
at Norfolk. And because of the para-
lyzution of wire service , no trains
were run into the storm.
Train No. 3 which left Norfolk at
S o'clock Tuesday night was tied up
at Long Pine over night. Train No. 1
which left here for the west Tuesday
afternoon was tied up at Valentine.
No. 2 , coming east and due in Norfolk
at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning , did
not arrive before 2 o'clock in the after
noon. An extra No. 2 was made up
here to go east at G a. in. and an ex
tra No. 6 was made up at Long Pine
to come east , reaching Norfolk at
noon.
TliPre is three or four inches of
snow on the level near Cody , it was
said , and a fierce wind was blowing.
Tracks are badly drifted.
THE STORM NEAR ALLIANCE.
Burlington Trains Blocked and Wires
Down High Wind , Deep Drifts.
Alliance , Neb. , March 30. The rain
JJfnt began Monday in a mild shower
turned yesterday to snow and last
night to a severe blizzard , driven by
a strong northwest wind , blocking
trains in the extreme western part of
the state and seriously impairing tele
graph and telephone facilities. The
thermometer , however , is ranging
about 30 above. There will be no se
vere damage to stock.
West and north of here on the Wy
oming division of the Burlington , coi
ditions are reported worse.
There Is a bad blockade due to deep
snow , and trains are from three to ten
hums lute. Accompanying the snow
is a high wind , and telegraph wires ,
weighted with Ice , are swaying , levelIng -
Ing poles.
Wintersteen Youth Is Hurt.
Hurrying home to his seriously in
jured son , James Wintersteen , a Trlpp
county homesteader , passed through
.Norfolk yesterday afternoon. At Dal
las ho was met last night with a
waiting automobile which whizzed him
across the prairies to the bedside of
his boy , Kex Wintersteen , who had
been critically Injured In a disc ac
cident on a claim last Saturday. The
injured son Is 20 years old.
The father was at Bloomlngton ,
Neb. , in the far southern part of the
state , when he received a telegram
announcing the accident. He char
tered an automobile and drove ninny
miles to Sutton , where he caught n
train. The automobile trip fare was
$40.
$40.Mr.
Mr. Wintersteen had wired ahead
to Ernest Jackson at Dallas , asking
him to go out and bring the boy Into
Dallas where he could be In a hospit
al , But nt Norfolk the father got a
message saying his son wns so badly
hurt ho could not be moved.
The Wlnterstecn claim Is thirteen
miles from Dallas.
THE STEERING GEAR BROKE.
That Was the Cause of the Auto Acci
dent Injuring Miss Halght.
Herrick , S D. March 30 Special to
The News While returning from a
pleasure trip to Lamro in an automo
bile u party of young folks met with
n very serious accident which might
have very easily proved fntnl to sev
eral of the party. While coming up a
long hill west of Dallas about seven
miles the steering gear suddenly broke
leaving the driver without control and
the car turned turtle and ns the en
gines were not yet stopped turned
over again.
Miss ( Jortlo HulKht of Horrlck had
her collar bone broken and was quite
generally bruised up , the rest of the
paity getting off with a few minor
bruises. A passerby loaded the party
up and took them to Dallas where Dr.
Castle set Miss Halght's collar hone
and If no complications arise she will
speedily recover. Miss Halght was
brought to Horrlck.
Mrs. Bud Cole died at her homo af
ter a short Illness.
The little babe of Fred Pfnff died and
was burled yesterday.
Moving a Nellgh School.
Nellgh , Neb. , March 30. Special to
The News : An incident that Is more
than a passing nature in the removing
of the old building from the corner
south of the Atlas bank , that Is to
be replaced by a handsome two-story
brick and stone block by N. B. Swell-
zer , calls to mind the older Inhabi
tants of this city that attended school
In this building in the year 1882.
Owing to the over-crowded condi
tion of the little brick school house ,
in those days termed ns the extreme
northeast part of the town , the lit
tle folks were compelled to attend
school In a 24x30 frame building on
Cottonwood street. Miss Mary Nlchol
was the teacher.
It being Impossible to lind records
of the pupils attending at that lime ,
and from the best of recollection ob
tainable Is that about twenty children
were enrolled. Among those who are
well known In this vicinity and abroad
are : Mabel Ilausor , Bessie Gallaway ,
Daisy Gallaway , Lillle MInkler , Maud
Getcliell , Emma Dowlsby , Agnes Fish
er , Hattle Stevens , Jessie Steven * , ,
Earl Simmons , Henry Jurging , Max
Komig , Walter Romig , Phillip Kcyllne ,
George Minkler and Lee MInkler.
It may be stated that the list Is
nearly complete , and as far as can
be ascertained two of the number
have died. Miss Daisy Gallaway , bur
led at Oakdale , where the parents re
sided a number of yeata. and Miss
Agnes Fisher who was buried In Lau
rel Hill cemetery in this city , but the
parents now reside in Valentine.
Mabel Hauser , now Mrs. O. A. Wil
liams , says she can distinctly remem
ber when her teacher , Miss Nlchol ,
taught her to spell the word "cat. "
Had One Arm ; Now Has Two.
Man Arrested Has But Single Wing.
Wakes Up In Jail With Pair.
Chief of Police Murqnardt , with the
aid of Constable John Flynn , arrested
J. E. O'Brien , Emmet McCaffery ana
W. O. Mullory , all of O'Neill , and , not
being able to pay their lines they were
put in charge of the street commis
sioner to work it out. They did network
work very long , however , all three
making their escape for parts un
known. Judge Eiseley says that so
many prisoners turned over to the
street commissioner to work out fines
have escaped with but about one day's
work , that it seems to do no good to
punish the offenders that way. All
three of these men were charged witli
being drunk. When arrested Tuesday ,
O'Brien had but one arm , but in the
morning when he was awakened by
the police In his cell at the city hall
it was found that another arm had ap
peared on his body during the night.
He was the llrst of the trio to make
his escape. The other two , immedi
ately the street commissioner's back
was turned , ran away.
Edna Ingham Is Fined $100.
Edna Ingham was lined $100 and
costs in the district court at Madison
last night when Judge Welch held a
short session of the court at 7:30. : The
Ingham woman some time ago was
bound over to the district court on
$1,000 bonds in Justice Eiseley's court
for shooting at George Fox , a Norfolk
cab driver. The shot missed Fox and
wounded one of his horses in the leg.
Declamatory Contest Program.
Following was the complete pro
gram of the evening :
Piano Solo "Polonaise in A , " ( Cho
pin ) Miss Carrie Thompson , Norfolk.
Invocation.
Male Quartet Messrs. Fleetwood ,
Welsh , Brltton , Johnson , Wnyne.
Orntorlcnl Clnss.
"Toussnint L'Ouverture" Ward
Ivlopp , Stanton.
Violin Solo "Serbande" ( Gohni )
Miss Marian Gow , Norfolk.
Dramatic Class.
"For Dear Old Yule" Walter Camp
bell. O'Neill.
"Swore Off" Snnuiel Fnes , Madison.
"Pledge With Wine" Cora Holmes ,
Beemer.
"Ole Mlstis" Helda Kafka , Atkin
son.
son."The
"The Lifa Boat" Daisy Kreuger ,
Wausa.
"How the Ln Rue Stnkes Wore Lost"
Eunice Losurn , Creighton.
"Tho Fiddle Told" Minnie Schelbe ,
West Point.
"Bobble Shaftoo" Myrtle Snider ,
Tilden.
"Tho Chnrlot Knee" Lorettn Wright ,
Nellgh.
Vocal Solo Herbert , Welsh , Wayne.
Humorous Class.
"Courtship Under Dlfflcullles" Vn-
rena Crablree , Wisner.
"The Village Oracle" Emn Hilberl ,
Norfolk.
"Pettlson Twins at Kindergarten"
Inn Hughes , Wayne.
"Naughty Zell" Edith B. Slxta ,
Schuyler.
"Peter Mulrooney and the Black Fil
ly" Mary Stewnrt , Bloomfleld.
Chorus ( n ) "Voice of the Western
Wind" ( J. Bnrnby ) , ( b ) "Summer
Breezes" ( L. Denzn ) Norfolk hlgn
school girls.
Announcement of decision of judges
nnd awarding medals.
Foot Crushed On Last Trip.
S. F. Ilnlley. nn M. & o. brnkemnn ,
hud his left foot badly crushed while
mnklng n switch In the Union Pnclllc
ynrds nt 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
The Sioux City freight wns doing some
switching In Hie easl end of the yards.
A car of beer was being switched onto
a spur to one of the beer vaults when
Bailey , who was riding on the engine.
Jumped off nnd run nheud to make
the switch. He did not have time ,
however , to get away from the engine
which struck him In the leg , knock
ing him down. Hi- got up and bleedIng -
Ing badly from the wound he ran
across the throe sets of tracks where
I ho fell In n hoap. He was taken
' aboard the caboose of the train where
Dr. H. T. Holden attended him. His
unklo bone was found to bo badly
broken but the large amount of blood
which lay over the wound would not
permit a thorough examination.
Bailey Is a married man , his home
being at 1428 North Twentieth street ,
Omaha. His parents live In Sioux
City and lie has relatives In Denver.
"Ain't it strange , " said Bailey to a
News representative whllo he lay on
a seat in the caboose , the physician
bandaging his wounded leg , "how a
thing like this will happen on the
last trip ? This was my last trip as
brakeman and I was to go to Den
ver to accept a good position offered
mo by my father-in-law. "
"Would you mind rolling mo a cig-
urelle ? " be continued , as ho handed
The News man "the makln's. " The
cigaretlo was given him and he
smoked conlentedly while the physi
cian llnished diessing the wound.
Northwestern Brakeman Hurt.
Floyd Drnggo , a Northwestern brakeman -
man , got n crushed foot at Nlckerson
yesterday and was hi ought to Norfolk
for treatment , being placed In Dr. P.
II. Sailer's care.
Horse Falls on Him , Arm Broken.
Ernest Wichman , driving cattle to
WInside , was thrown by his horse ,
which fell on him and broke his arm ,
Tuesday afternoon.
DUG UP A BODY TO ROB IT.
Gold Teeth and Diamond Taken from
a Man Burled Thirty Years.
Forest Hill , La. , March 31. An un
usual robbery was perpetrated last
night when the body of E. D. Galnier
was exhumed and gold teeth , a diamond
mend ring , a gold watch and cuft but
tons were taken. The body was seal
ed in a tomb here more than thirty
years ago.
Fires at Ewlng.
Ewing Advocate : The Ewlng lire
department has been kept quite busy
the last few days. Friday night an
alarm was turned in , n lamp having
exploded in Fred Lau's shoe store.
The department responded , but the
blaze was extinguished before they
reached tne scene. Another alarm
was turned in Saturday afternoon , a
coal oil stove having taken a fit up
stairs In the opera house. No dam
age was done aside from scorching
the east wall. The third alarm came
Tuesday afternoon , a blaze having
gained considerable headway in the
ynrds back of the Pioneer bank and
the Bailey building. The ( Ire team
and hose cart were on duty in a very
short time and in the space of a few
minutes put out the blaze. Those
persons who think our tank no good
and our hose team no good , cerlalnly
have no grounds for such argument.
BOK KNOWS NOTHING OF WOMEN.
"They're the Darkest Mystery in the
World , " Magazine Editor Says.
New York. March 20. Edward Bok ,
editor of the Ladies' Home Journal ,
confessed today that he knows noth
ing about women.
"Nobody knows anything about
them , " he said. "Nobody ever has
and nobody ever will. They're the
darkest mystery in the world. "
"Then how do you know what to
write for them ? " Bok was asked.
"I don't know , " he replied. "I rely
on journalistic instincl ; but , ah , wo
men know nothing about men , either ,
you know. "
CREAM HELD THE MAURETANIA.
Passengers Worrying , Four 'Stewards
Came Running With 2 Milk Cans.
New York , March 2G. The Cunard
liner Mauretanla for Liverpool failed
to leave the pier on schedule this
morning. The passengers were puz
zled as the first cabin gangplank re
mained out with no explanation as to
Ihe cnuse of the delay. Nearly a half
hour passed before the mystery wns
solved. Then four slewards came run
ning down the pier carrying two milk
cans. The cans contained cream for
the ship , and had been miscarried on
the way to the pier. The general
passenger agent had decided that the
crenm was too Importnnt for the
Mnuretnnln to sail without It.
SECOND RUSH FOR LAND.
Long Abandoned Homesteads Sudden
ly Become Valuable.
Lincoln Journal : During the last
few years another movement of em-
igrnlion has been stnrted lownrd Phil
lips county , Colorado , following Ihe re
ports of successful crops raised there
for some years , according to the stale-
ment of Thomns Solp of West Point ,
Neb. , who Is himself prepnrlng to leave
this week for his claim in that county.
Nearly twenty years ngo there wns n
rush for the homestendlng of the level
Innd In that country near Holyoke and
Amherst. After n number of years
practically all the homesteaders left
the vicinity when they found Ihoro
was not rain enough for a crop to bo
raised. Seventeen years ngo Mr. Selp
left West Point nnd took up a claim
on the level prairies of Phillips coun
ty. In spite of the fact that he failed
to raise crops ho stayed in that coun
try for live years in order to prove up
on the claim and get a clear title to
the land. In the mcnnllmc. Instead o
trying to farm much , lie made his llv
Ing by working In the pornto Holds
further north In the Irrlgnted districts
As soon ns ho had proved up on his
claim ho gathered up nil his belong
Ings , Including the wooden door to hissed
sod shanty and , loading all In a wagon
drove hack to West Point , where some
of his relatives lived.
His neighbors , ho said , had done tills
OVCMI before him and the entire settle
ment was left to the few men who had
cattle enough to make a prolltuhlo
business of running the caltlo on the
free range. The * Holds that had been
plowed soon went back to Iho original
buffalo grass and In n few years Iho
country was as desolate as It was
before the homesteaders cnmo In.
About two years ago Mr. Solp began
to hear floating rumors about greater
rainfall In that country and loports of
good crops being raised there by the
few ranchmen who had remained.
Later ho heard that other settlers
wore coming In , and that the land
which a few years ago was not consid
ered wortti n year's taxes was now
selling at fair prices , even though it
was out of reach of the Irrigation
ditches. At llrst Mr. Selp merely
smiled at the reports , but last spring
his curiosity got the better of him and
he boarded a train bound for the old
Colorado homestead to see with his
own eyes what might have taken
place there.
A complete transformation met his
gaze. Everywhere he saw Hue largo
buildings. The country was settled
more densely than It had been even
when the homesteaders Hocked in
seventeen years ago. Instead of the
waste prairies of buffalo grass and
deserted weed-grown Holds he found
Holds of grain , well fenced , and the
prairie dotted with largo houses and
barns. On Inquiry ho found that the
land was already selling for from $20
to $30 per acre.
He stopped to figure for n moment.
One quarter section In the midst of
this territory belonged to him and he
considered it worthless for the last
twelve years while he had been work
ing by the month around West Point.
Now it was worth In the neighborhood
of $4,800. Looking for his sod shanty ,
abandoned twelve years ago , he found
only a mound some four feet high nnd
covered with buffalo grass.
Mr. Selp at once decided to move to
the homestead once more , since all his
neighbors seemed to be so prosperous.
He says that he will start for the
claim early this week. He will put In
a meager crop of small grain nnd will
then set to work building a cement
block house. Everywhere in the draws ,
he says , one can get the finest quality
of gravel. He expects to get the ce
ment and gravel and manufacture his
own blocks for the house.
One of the interesting things he no
ticed when he wns in Phillips county
last spring was the number of suits
being brought for the recovery of
claims that had slipped away from the
homesteaders on account of delinquent
taxes. In recent years since the land
has been found to bo valuable for dry
farming and many settlers have
rushed In and secured tax , titles to
some of the abandoned homesteads.
The homesteaders who have been scat
tered throughout the United States for
the last fifteen to twenty years , hear
ing that their land has suddenly be
come valuable , have rushed into the
settlement to claim their homesteads ,
only to find , in many cases , , that the
land has been deeded to others by
reason of delinquent taxes.
NEW CHURCH BUILDING.
Wayne , Neb. , Baptists Dedicate a New
Handsome Structure.
Wayne , Neb. , March 31. The Bap
tists of Wayne celebrated Easter by
dedicating their new church building
just completed. The building is of
brick and is GO by G2 feet in size , be
ing built In colonial style. It con
tains besides audience and lecture
rooms nnd gallery on the main floor ,
a complete kitchen , dining room nnd
parlor In the basement. It is heat
ed by steam and modern in every re
spect , costing complete over $17,000.
Inspired by the splendid leadership of
the pastor , Rev. Parker Smith , who
was ably assisted by Dr. Myron W.
Haynes , of Pella , la. , the people
pledged over $8,500 at the two ser
vices held morning nnd evening , en
abling the building to be dedicated
free of debt.
MR. ROOSEVELT SENT A BULLET.
Slug Which Killed a Bull Elephant
to be Sold for Actor's Fund.
New York , March 31. Theodore
Roosevelt has sent a bullet with which
he killed n bull elephant as his con
tribution to the Actors' Fund fair.
It came In response to a request from
Charles Burnhnm , general manager
of the fnlr , for n trophy of his expedi
tion.
PREECE FOR LEGISLATURE.
Battle Creek Man's Friends Boom Him
for the Position.
Battle Creek , Mnrch 31. Speclnl to
The News : The friends of Col. T. D.
Preece of Bnttle Creek are booming
him for the democratic nomination ns
representative from Madison county
to the stnte legislature.
Giles Craig of Inman died at n
Council Bluffs hospital last Thursday ,
whore he wont nbout two weeks ngp
for trentment. The remnlns were sent
to Bnttle Creek nnd funeral services
held Snturdny nfternoon from the
Methodist church , Kev. K. J. Cnllow
olllclntlng , and Interred at the Union
cemetery. Ho was n nntlvo of Vlr-
ginin nnd G4 years old nnd survived
by n widow , six daughters and three
sons , all grown.
Harry Hlntz came down from No-
Ugh Saturday for n visit nt the homo
of his sister , Mrs. Bernnrd Wnrnke.
John Scheer wns hero Saturday
from Green Garden ,
Mrs. Henry Scarcer nnd little son
Cheap and
Big Can Baking
Powder is Only Big in Size-Not
in Satisfaction Not in Economy
A largo can nnd a small cost docs not make baking powder cheap
er even less expensive than Calumet- the hi h-quality , nuxlorntii-ptico
kind. It certainly cannot make it ns pood. Don't judfjo baking powder In
this way Ihe real lest the proof of raising power , of evenness , uniformity ,
wholosoiiioucss and dcliciousness will bo found only in the baking.
Is a bolter baking powder than you have ever used bo-
fore. And wo will leave it to your K"'l JiulRniunt ( or
proof. Buy n can today. Try it for any baking pur
pose. If the results are not better if the baking is not
liulitor , moro delicious , take it back and K t y ° r money.
Calumet is medium in price but great in satisfaction.
Free largo handsoruo recipe book , illustrated in colors.
' Scud 4c and slip found in pound can.
Calumet Received Higlieit Award f
World1 ! Pure Food Exposition
K ttSAKiNarourt111 >
) f Wnyne was visiting here from Sat-
irday until Mondny with her friend ,
Mrs. Chnrles Werner.
Dnvld Brandt of Avon , S. D. , nnd
Miss Lena Bredohoeft wore married
'uesday forenoon by Rev. J. Hoffman
it tlii > homo of the brides parents ,
Mr. and Mrs. John Bredehoeft , one
idle northeast of town.
Henry Bnhre arrived here last week
rom Colorado for an extended visit
vitli ills father , John .lost , and other
elatives.
Section Foreman Willis Pierce will
w transferred to section No. 29 at Stan-
on the llrst of April and Fred Chand-
er of Norfolk will take charge of the
Jattle Creek section.
Chnrles Werner bought the Connel-
y propoi ty west of the Niies rest-
once.
Otto Strobergcr of Crolghton nnd
lenry Tassenieier of Tilden wore hero
Saturday attending a directors mooi
ng of the Battle Creek Mutual Fire
nsurance company.
Charles Knrpgoweit was hero Sat-
mlny from Lynch on business.
A fire destroyed two little barns
lorth of the railroad track Saturday
ifternoon on the Mrs. Mallory pro-
) crty. The damage is estimated at
ibout $200.
Fred DIttrick nnd family arrived
lere Saturday trom Verdigio for a
isit with his parents and other icln-
ives.
Mrs. Fred Richardson , jr. , is here
rom Cherry county for a visit with
icr aunt , Mrs. C. E. Hanson , and other
elatives.
Miss Lydia Cutkofsky was here on
faster Sunday from the Wayne nor-
nnl for a visit with her grandparents ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Massmun.
A large granite monument was
raised over the resting place of the
nte J. R. Gardels at the Lutheran
cemetery Saturday.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad -
rad Werner was christened at the
utheran church Easter Sunday.
Benjamin Meyel , twenty years ago
cashier of the Farmers' and Drovers'
bank at Battle Creek , was here from
Omaha the latter pnrt of last week
shaking hands witli his old "friends. "
John Voborll Is here on business
this week from South Omaha. Ho
'ormerly lived at Madison.
Ferd Crowley is working the Joe
Shipley farm north of the river this
yenr.
The Lutheran church is trented to
lew wnll paper and inside paint this
veek. The ladies of the church ex
pect to pay the bill.
Samuel Hanen was here on bust-
less from Meadow Grove Tuesday.
J. W. Risk put n new roof on his
) uiiding on Main street , occupied by
he Strieker Implement company.
Real Estate Transfers.
Transfers of real estate for the past
veek. Compiled by Madison County
Abstract & Guarantee company. Of-
ice with Mapes & Hnzen.
John M. Felda to Frank and Mary
fomka , quit claim deed , $1 , w % neV4
ind w'/j 1G-22-3.
Mary Tomka to John M. Felda ,
varranty deed , $1 , w > neV4 and w > yA
G-22-3.
Ellsworth Ball to Charles A. Green ,
varranty deed , $5,000 , sw'4 23-23-2.
Ida C. Cilon to Esther Llnderholm ,
varranty deed , $2,300 , lot 4 , block 5 ,
1. R. addition , Newman Grove.
Wllllain Wendt to J. Joseph Lint-
icr , warranty deed , $6,700 , n % ne'/i
J4-21-1.
Gunder Thompson to John M.
Johnson , warranty deed , $2,440 , east
24 acres of n % neVl 34-21-4.
Anna Poncar to Frank Poncar , war
ranty deed , $2,000 , lots 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 and
12 , block 57 , R. K. addition , Madison.
Dlmls E. Hopkins to Security Bank ,
varranty deed , $900 , west 44 feet , lot
G , block 3 , Meadow Grove.
Charles A. Kurpgewelt to Orpha II.
Bell , warranty deed , $33,600 , 8 % e %
iw'4 and w % ne4 11-24-3.
C. B. Burrows to Fred II. Cornell ,
warranty deed , $750 , lots 7 nnd 8 ,
block 2 , Pnsewulk's Fourth addition ,
Norfolk.
United States to Bennett C. Good
rich , pntent , w > / soV4 14-24-4.
Pntrlck Murphy to Elbort Cnrrlco ,
vnrrnnty deed , $8,000 , nwt 29-23-3 ,
George Emmet Wnrrlck to J. K.
Dow , wnrrnnty deed , $540 , lot G , West
Mendow Grove.
Phobo Bnrnes to C. S. Smllh , warranty -
ranty deed , $270 , lots 1 , 3 , 19 , 20 , 22
and 24. block 58 , Railroad addition ,
Madison.
Mlchnel Endres to William B. Rog
ers , wnrrnnty deed , $1,500 , s\ \ < - lot
7 , block 1. Koonlgsteln's Fourth nddl-
tlon , Norfolk.
Fred Vogt. ot nl. , to Ann Frodlng.
lull claim deed , $1. nw > / Bv4 13-22-
4.
Orvlllo N. Stukoy to Frnnk W
Mnshok , warranty deed , $2,700 , lots
1 and 2 , block 2 , Past-walk's Fourth
addition. Norfolk.
Francis X. Doiss to Frank A. Fron-
ok. warranty deed , $17,000 , so1/ , and
nVfc sw'1211. ' .
Charles Olson to Frank Posplstl ,
warranty deed , $20,615 , e'Xno1 , ! lit
and s\v 4 32-22-3.
Amalie Itnkousky to Louis Unkous-
ky , warranty deed , love , sw'/i ' 15-21 2
Gottlieb Bucttncr to Augusto Zos-
sin , warranty deed. $1 , sw'/ , 19-22-1 !
Gottlieb Buettner to Marie PliMtlor ,
nor , warranty deed , $1 , nw'/i ' 3621 2
Gottlieb Ituottnor to Marie Pleuloi.
warranty deed. $1. sw'/l ' 28-21-1.
Gottlieb Buettner to August Buett
ner , warranty deed , $1 , s'/j 21-21 2
Gottlieb Buottnor to Wllholmlnft
Ilockstein , warranty deed , $1 , no'4
soV and si , { . and so 14 sw / , 27222
and lots 1 and 4 , block 47 , Clark ad
dition , Madison.
HIS DESCENT FROM WASHINGTON
How an Escape from Jail Gave a Mil
lionaire a Coat of Arms.
Now York , March 31.Klchnnl
Ilnrding Davis , nt a playwrights' din
ner in New York , ridiculed the pretensions -
tensions of certain American fnniilloK
to bo descended from Charlemagne.
William the Conqueror , Richard Coour
dc Lion and others known to history.
"You see , " Mr. Davis said , "proofs
of such descent are very easily ob
tained. A herald suitably remunerated
will trace a man back to the prc-
Adamlte kings just leaving a slight :
gap to indicate , you know , the flood.
Once a millionaire trust president
went to a herald for a coat of arms
He knew none of ills ancestors , nor
had lie any means of tracing them
" 'Oil , we'll arrive at something yet"
the undiscournged hernld said. 'Tell
me , now , If you have ever performc-ll
any signal or heroic feat on your own
account. '
4
" 'Well,1 said the millionaire , 'I was
once In jail , and I escaped by suwiiiK
the bars of a fourth-story window '
" 'And how did you get down from
that great height ? ' the herald said
" 'Well , there was a lofty statue of
George Washington in front of the
window , and I tied n rope to that and
slid down. '
" 'Good1 ! said the herald. 'Lineally
descended from George Washington'
We'll give you Washington's arms , of
' "
course.
PREACHER AGAINST CEMETERY.
Building Lots Should Replace Burying
Grounds , New York Pastor Says.
New York , March 31. A crusade for
the abolition of cemeteries has boon
begun by the Rev. Alexander Irvine
of the Fifth avenue church of the as
cension. Mr. Irvine believes that the
cemeteries "can be put to better use
as places of cultivation or habitation
than to allow many acres to be used
for the burial of dead. "
Mr. Irvine urges that bodies bo cre
mated. The cemeteries , he says.
should be turned over to the real es
tate men and transformed Into build
ing lots.
SHOOT 'EM ON SIGHT NOW.
T. Roosevelt on the Way Home , the
Mollycoddle Season is Open.
New York , March 29. New York
Evening Post editorial : The closed
season for mollycoddles Is over.
A woman who never heard of your
store could "size it up" Horn vour
advertising nnd not miss the nark
very far.
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
BUY A HOME IN THE CORN BELT
of Nebraska. We have for salt- the
choicest farms in Tliurston and Cum-
ing counties. Prices $ G5 and up per
acre. All located near railroads and
good towns. Write for full informa
tion. Farley Bros. , Bancroft , Neb.
IF YOU AltE LOOKING KOlTiNAPh"
in land , don't pass us up. We have
them , will you Investigate ? Come now
and save money. Best of alfalfa lands
$20 to $35 per aero. Maps and litera
ture sent free. Arnold & O'Mnlley
Land Co. , Phillip , S. D.
FOR SALE , EXCHANGE OK RENT
640-acro improved stock ranch , one
mlle from city limits of Sioux City.
In. ; wnter , shnde , seven miles of
fence. Write or cull for pnrtlculnrH.
J. A. Denn & Son , Iowa building Sioux
City. la.
LAND EXCHANGE Alhorta rail
road lands at $9 to $15 per nero. one-
tenth cash , nine yt-an on bahuue at 0
ponont South Dakota farms. Aber
deen city propoi ty and oxiliangcH Toll
mo your wnnts lots talk it o\or and
become acquainted Correspondence
Invited George W Lungford. Aber
deen , S. D.