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TIIK NORFOLK WKKKLY NKWS - JOUKNAL , FRIDAY , APRIL 29 , 1910. MARK TWAIN , KING OF HUMOR COMPREHENSIVE ESTIMATE OF HIS GREAT GENIUS. HE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART "The King Is Dead , Long Live the Kino" A Klndy Phll&sophy , Droll Fun and Pathos His Optimism Cheered Millions of Hearts. Dy LOVE. TWAIN Is ( lead ! MARK : king Is dead-long llvo the llng : Hut there Is no liclr. either iiiiirent | | : or pro- Niimpllve. The throne of luiinor , whose kingdom was the world , Is empty. The Hcoptcr that swayed tliu universal heart tin' pen UPS Idle at hint. The empire of laughter and also of tears which this king of the writing craft founded nnd which ho fostered for nearly llfly years Is become as whirlIng - Ing dust In tlie aliy.ss of the things that were. Only .hero remains the heritage of the dead ruler'H kindly philosophy , rather be Uio author of "Tom Sawyer * than nil of his own winks. "The Innocents Abroad. " of course , always will be iiNNoclatod with Mark Twain's name IIH one of his most chap in terlHtlo books , hill that may bo because - cause it was bin llrst big work and won for him the fame and tliu for tune which enabled him to write what he pleased. Murk Twain's name was Samuel Lntighorno Clemens , lint It was used chlelly nH a vessel whereon uiilversl- ties hung I.I- . I ) , handles. Me was "Dr. C'lemeiiH" three times over , but tliu distinction never spoiled him. With no school learning save such ns ho gained from a few years' attend ance at the village school In Hannibal , Mo. , hlb scholastic titles were earned by literary work which the whole world accepted. He Was Intensely Democratic. Mark Twain was Intensely demo cratic. Ho was easily approachable , and he never emitted any bear's growler or lion's roar. Even the humblest per- non was made to feel at ease In his presence. Shrinking reporters sent to interview him quit their shrinking and puffed uphen they found him as easy to Interview as the aspiring au thor of the poem published In the low er turner of the town weekly , lie could talk on any topic , even tlio weather , and glorlfv It with his hu ll CO f > x/7 S GH r ff * f 0r ts/vofff tr o oo T11K LATE .MAUK TWAIN. [ Samuel Clemens.J his droll fun. his quips and jestlngs I and his pathos. | Murk Twain became before he died the most famous man on earth. He was not merely a man ; ho was an In- Htlmtlon. lie was n sort of neighbor hood settlement of gootl cheer , with many branches located In the oases as In the waste places , where admission and refreshment were free to all. Mil lions how many millions Is beyond estimating came and partook of his wine of optimism anil stayed for sup per Ills fame was and is universal Though an American born , a native of Missouri , lie belonged to all lauds. IIo had traveled In all lands and lived In most of them. lie had more near- permanent homes perhaps than any other man of his day. Nearly always he was n wanderer , sometimes from necessity , more frequently from choice. The world was his plaything , and ho was not content without remapping for himself the entire surface of the big bull. Of Most Striking Appearance. lie was a man of most striking ap pearance the kind that attracts atten tion anywhere lu a crowd and causes others to take a second look. In his later years his sliock no , his crown of hair , perfectly white and glossy like finespun silk , became bis trademark of recognition by strangers wherever ho wont. I have seen a woman who nev er before saw Mark Twain pick him out without opera glasses , though she sat In the top gallery of Carnegie hall and ho occupied a lower box near the stage , ami the great house was crowd ed. Ho had no doubles as to personal appearance there was only one of him. him.And And there was only one of Mark Twain ns a literary syndicate. It has become the fashion to describe him as the great American humorist. This undoubtedly he was , but he was more. His appreciation of Joan of Arc , llrst published anonymously , Is accepted by critics of acumen as one of the most refined works In the serious literature of the nineteenth century. The book won Its way before Mark Twain ad mitted Its paternity. While be was writing the Joan classic he worked , time and time about , on that amazing funny masterpiece , "Pudd'nhead Wll son. " He simply couldn't be serious altogether f r a stated period. Never Altogether Funny. Nor must we take It for granted that Mark Twain , summing up bis career as a writer , ever was altogether funny He never was. He was one of the closest observers of human nature and institutions , places and things. Unit e\er IHed. Even In his most humor ous books wo find that he has made1 accurate transcripts of the things which Impressed him. Though ho ex aggernted , a privilege belonging to his profession , one can lead between the lines the Inhering truth. lie was an inveterate foe to shams of every sort und appnrontly knew his highest Imp piness when with droll snnasm he puncturtHl a popular fraud with hi ? pen. pen.But Mark Twain often wrote Iwoks Just because he had the story to tell The tale of "Tom Sawyer" Is one ol these , and the "Huckleberry Finn' book is another. Each of these Is true to life to boy life. Huelyartl Kipling Is mor. If the insistent attention be stowed upon him was distasteful to him he did not penult the fact to be known. Murk Twain was one of the politest men I ever knew. He was considerate of the feelings of others , nnd therein lies the soul of politeness , Those obsessed by the notion that It was Impossible for Mark Twain to open bis mouth without saying some thing funny should revise their Im pressions of him. In the course of his last visit to his boyhood home at Han nibal hi the hummer of 1002 he said solemn things in the most dignified manner possible. Several times he was PO deeply touched by the pathos of the occasion. Ills meeting with boyhood friends then grown old like himself , his visit to the graves of his parents , that his voice quavered and broke , nnd the inevitable tears trickled down his face. lie was overcome with emotion , conquered by tender sentiment , and those of us whose privilege It was to oimorve mm upon these occasions went nwny with n new notion as to Mark Twain. IIo was not the mere Jester , not the buffoon who sees In life only the guffaws and works assiduously to evoke them In boisterous riot of laugh ter lie was the man of feeling , the ( order hearted old fellow , the owner of a heart IIH gentle as any that ever heat. His Jinny Personal Sorrows. Mark Twain's life was not n rose bed. Ho walked no primrose path. IIo encountered stumbling places and had steep hills of dllllciilty to climb. And he had sorrows that bit and griefs that bludgeoned. At the close of his life , M > far as relatives were concerned , ho was almost alone In the world. His best loved daughter , Susy , died lu America when he was lu Europe. Ills story of her tleafh In his autobiog raphy Is a piece of pathos seldom sur passed. Ills wlfo , who was Miss Olivia Lnngdon of Klmlrr. , X. Y. , his compan ion for many years , tiled lu Italy after Milu wanderings for the restoration of her health. He built a big country home near Redding , Conn. , and settled down to continue growing old as grace fully as he could with his two remain Ing daughters. Clnru nnd Jean. In No- > ember of lilii ! ) Clara married a for eigner and went abroad to live. Jean was left with him. On the day before Christmas , with a Cluistmas tree for her father trimmed by her own hands In one of the rooms , .lean Clon > ns was found dead In her bathtub , having been sel/.od with an epileptic lit and drowned. When Mark Twain was fifty years old and worth about $1. ( > 00H ( > < > a pub lishing llrm in which he was a part ner became hankumt He lost his for tune and was unlived leuvlly in debt. He set to work , made a lecturing and writing tour around ( lie world and In ten years hud paid on" his Indebtedness and again was ahead of the wolf. By that time he had become so unher.Milly famous that his work commanded Its own prlio. Theieafter he could write or 'ro t us lie chose , and ho chose to write mm h. Marl ; Twain's writing life began In Ills pilot days ami continued up to his death Imlf a eiiiury of devotion to ( he art of making people happy. For se\eral jenrs ho was simply a hard working newspaper reporter and spe- i iil : roriospondoiit. searching for gold In Ne uln and California between jobs at journalism which grubstaked him fur prospecting. lint he found his purevt ni d most paying streak of ore \\licn In IMiT he wrote "The Jumping I'rog of C'alnveras County. " That Mnry. pl ( ked up in a minim ; camp , was his tirst promising literary prospect. lie h .d siriKk tin- unit her lode. Printer , pilot , reporter , humorist , noveli-t. plnlo-opliei he is safely em balmed to 01 diirm. fame. Thinks The News Should Forget It. Norfolk , Neb. , April 23. Editor News : May I have the use of your valuable columns to respectfully ex- pi ess my opinion as a private citizen on the recent agitation to have the Northwestern bring Its trains carrying passengers to the uptown city station ? First , I think that long continued and heated newspaper agitation of mat ters involving conflicting interests may ho exceedingly prejudicial to the best interests of our city , and partic ularly suggestions that have appeared in your columns that merchants and business men give their business to n competing line , or , in other words , boycott the Northwestern If they re fuse to accede to the demands made by The News to run their trains to the city depot. ft is not such an easy , simple tiling as some seem to think , to run the MARK TWAIN'S LATEST P1CTU1U1 through OmiUia-lllnck Hills trains tt the city depot. Involving as It woult an additional run of three miles , nut an extra stop for unloading and load Ing passengers , mall , express nnd bag gage for e\ery train , to bring NorfuU passengers n few blocks nearer tholi homes or th" business center of tlu town. When we consider that tin. Northwestern and other great railroad systems are expending millions U straighten curves In their tracks am ! shoiten their lines even less distances than would be Involved here , It can In readily been that the railway com jinny will not take kindly to a propo sltlon Involving such an additional ex poiibo and delay In the imining ol their through passenger trains. The running of all trains carrying passengers to the city station would most ceitalnly result , In my opinion in the elimination of the present Nor folk Junction paysonger station , a con summation which I most devoutl } longed tor many times dining tin twenty-two jears of my employment as agent here , with the care and iron bio of both stations on my hands , llul Is the situation here as bad as hat been portrayed , ns compared will : other and even more Important cltles'i In many cities you will find passen ger stations located as great and oven greater distances from the business tenters. In Chicago the old Michigan Central passenger station , located al the foot of Cnnnl street , was ver.v close to the business center. When they built their new station they lo inted tt tout teen L.ocks tin ( her south being as far remtned fioin the busl ness center as the Norfolk Junction station is from the postolllco. Nor folk's growth and development for the past twenty-live years lias been large ly Influenced by the location of oui throe passenger stations , and now tc abandon one of these stations cannot help but be legaided by our citizens allected most by such a , change wltli extreme disfavor , as being a material Injury to them and to their property inletests. Railroad olllcers charged with the operation of railroads are human like the rest of us , and natur ally lesont dictation , and even while anxious to please the public and com niunities whom they serve , as I per hotmlly know the Northwestern man ngement has always been , they never theless lesent a newspaper agitation designed to create public sentiment tti compel them to change a train and station service that has pie vailed here lor over twenty-live years. A petition has been circulated among our busl ness men and citizens addressed tc the president of the Northwestern asking that passenger trains be run to the city depot. That ought to end this movement. If the Northwestern accedes to this request your conten lion lias been gained , and the future will determine whether it was wise 01 not. If they do not comply it will be because there are reasons considered good and sufficient by the manage ment for not doing so. At the present moment Norfolk needs mote than any thing else the united effort of all oui citizens to accomplish the paving ol the business district for which a bom ; election has been called for May I51 It is most desirable that both factions to tills depot controversy drop this Irritating question , nnd unite in scour Ing this greatly needed improvement otherwise there is danger that the bonds may be defeated. Concluding , 1 want to say that this article is not "inspired" or "writtei by request , " but is my deliberate judg ment , as an old ralltoad man , and foi twenty-live years n resident of Nor folk , actuated only by a sincere dcsirt lor the growth and prosperity of this beautiful city of commercial travelers nnd railway employes' homes. H. C. Matron. Mr. Matrau's Argument. Mr. Matrau asks that The News quit talking about uptown trains foi fear the paving bonds will be defeat ed. The News gave Its version of this argument In the editorial column ol yesterday's issue. It refu&es to believe that the good citizenship of South Norfolk would be come a party to any such move , ant : it maintains that the paving bonds must stand or fall on their own mer Its. The News is not suggesting an ) freight boycott such as Mr. Matrai refers to. But let this be borne Ir mind : The only boycotting that has ever been attempted in Norfolk was BY the Northwestern railroad ant NOT BY NORFOLK. Two years agt the Northwestern sent employes tt Norfolk merchants threatening to boy cott the city unless the movement foi more favorable freight rates were stopped. Mr. Matrau's letter very properlj deprecates any thought of boycott Yet the reason he asks that this cam palgn be dropped-Is the suggestioi that Norfolk WILL BE BOYCOTTEI if the campaign goes on. The threa is that Northwestern railway em ployes will BOYCOTT public Improve ment In Norfolk defeat the pavlnj bonds If anything more is said abou the justice of the request for uptowt trains. And a Northwestern official onlj last week threatened , through a Frc mont paper , that the Northwester ! system would BOYCOTT Norfolk , b ; tearing It down and removing railroai headquarters , unless Norfolk quit ask Ing for so simple a matter and so Jus an Improvement as uptown trains. Mr. Matrau thinks The News shouli keep still and points out that It wonli Inconvenience the Northwestern ti run trains uptown. Yet Mr. Matrai agrees with The News that the city I entitled to this service. Ho signed tin petition asking for It. The News concedes that railroad are trying to eliminate carves. The News has been toltl by expert railroad men that the uptown train service hero Is entirely feasible. The Newt knows that the Noithwestern ruiin thirty extra miles with every train tti enter and leave Omaha's union sta. tlun and those thirty miles have been added in recent years. The News be. Moves Norfolk Is entitled to one-tenth the consideration given Omaha. Mr. Matnui would have the com morclnt club take Its petition to tliu Northwestern and , In case the petition Is turned down , drop the matter. The News can not agree that such a course of procedure should bo followed. It believes Noi folk's request Is a just one and that the time to quit asking will be when the request Is granted. With the roundhouse remaining where It Is , and with the switch yards remaining where they are , The News can not see foundation for the claim that South Norfolk property would bo damaged. Houses would be just as much In demand as they are , because train crews will still desire to live near where trains are made up , and The News doesn't believe South Nor folk citizens would care to deprive the balance of the city of uptown trains , it it were left the Individ mis of South Norfolk to decide. MONDAY MENTION. Herman Miller teturned from Liu- coin. coin.H. H. 1C. Close of Omaha is bore on business. Herbert Iliuiptll returned from n short visit at Omaha. Mrs. H. Radonif ( Hoskins was In the city visiting with friends. Mis. Sadie Nlosonger of Tllden is in the city \lslting with the J. F. Lind say family. Mr. ami Mrs. Kelley of Chicago are in the city to spend a few days' visit with Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Nicola. Mrs. Fred Seller , Mrs. Charles Benton - ton and Mrs. L. Ackerman of Vortlol wore bore spending a few days' visit with the H. F. Barnhart family. Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ran- tenberg , a son. Miss Emnm Sclinlz , after a week's \ncation , is back at work. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Kuhl have gone to Maurice , la. , where they will attend the funeral of Mr. Kulil's lather , who died at Maurice Sunday noon after a lingering Illness. The city council will meet tonight at an adjourned meeting to older the special election lor voting bonds for the paving of the intersections of pav ing district No. 1. The feature of this meeting will be the mayor's message , which will be read to the city fathers. In this message it is expected that the mayor will make many recommen dations , including additional ofilcers for the police force. Chief of Police Mnrquardt was at Madison , where he was a witness be fore the insanity boaid , who are hold ing an Investigation over Henry Kiue- ger , who has served out his term at the county jail on charges of turning switches In the Northwestern yards. Krueger is believed to be insane by a number of Norfolk people. Ho has been under arrest here a number of times for various offenses. Alter a three days' wind and dust storm which held Norfolk In Its grasp , fair weather again reigns supreme. Saturday's storm caused much dam age to fences ami roofs. The roofs o two box cars In the Union Pacific yards were lifted , and the blacksmith shop of Gus Nitz was slightly dam aged. All day the air was lull of fly ing shingles and other pieces of wood torn from toofs ami houses. All the bams at the Country club grounds are down. A horse valued at $100 , belonging to the Hutchinson bakery , died as the tesult of Injuries received Saturday morning from falling llmbb of a tree blown down by the heavy wind. At tached to the bakery wagon the horses were standing beneath the large cottonwood - tonwood tree In front of the bakery when a heavy gust of wind sent large limbs of the tree crashing down on top of the animals. The injured horse was taken to a stall , where It died late In the night. The heavy wind storm which held Norfolk In its grasp all day had no effect on the bidders for the house on the Y. M. C. A. grounds , which was sold to J. W. Ransom , the highest bid. tier , for ? 87r . The work shop was alsc sold to Mr. Ransom for ? 20 , making a total of ? 393 for the buildings. This , some of the Y. M. C. A. committee na mil , Is nearly $100 more than they expected - pected for the building. About thirty people attended the auction , but the bidding soon simmered down and was ; confined to about three bidders. To keep up the high record which the local company of the National Guard has made for Itself In this state it Is said to be necessary that the sol dlers attend more regularly the week ly drills. Not only are the soldiers backward In their attendance to those drills , but It is said oflicers are alsc marked absent on many occasions Unless the drills are more attended the showing of the company nt the next encampment will not bo up tc standard. Tonight the company wll hold their regular meeting and it Is expected that the entire staff of olll cers , non coins and privates will bt present. SPARROWS FOR CANARIES. Omaha Man Does a Big Business Untl Police Stop Him. Omaha. Neb. , April 25. Another In fnnt. Industry , that of converting English sparrows Into peroxide blonde canary birds has been killed off by tlu police and Jerry Lacompton , tlu bleach and sales artist , Is behind tlu bars. bars.For For the past week Jerry has beei going from house to house , cnrrvlm neat little wicker work canes , each one holding a "canary bird. " IIo was cutting prices and selling them at about one-half the ordinary \nluc He explained that he was agent for a blid stoie lieu- and that It had bought from the customs house 100 do/en Im lioited canalles that a New York house had refused to accept With each bird he gave a gmuantee that thete would be plenty of singing Mrs Marie Walker was the llrst to learn that she had bought a gold brick. Her bird would not slug , and taking It to the store of the man whom Lacompton claimed to represent , demanded manded another bird , or her money Mr. Bird Man looked the purchase over and then remarked : "You need an ofllcer Instead of another bird You have been bilked Into buying a sparrow colored with peroxide. " Then the police got busy ami soon learned that Lacompton had been do lug n thriving business and that In a little more than a week he had sold more than 200 sparrows nt ? 1 per spar row. He was tracked to his Inlr In the squatter settlement In the east part of the city and there In one room ho had his workshop In full blast Ho was caught In the act of poroxld- Ing sparrows by Immersing them In the liquid. Half a dozen dippings would change them from blown to yellow and then , as soon as they had been toned to the proper hue , they would be dried and put In the little wicker cages , leatly for the market Outside his little cabin , he had a big wlic cage in which wete several hun dred of the birds that had not been treated to the canary bath. Norfolk Won Over Gates. Not folk's high school baseball team rettnlied Sunday moining fiom No- Ugh where they won a very close game of ball fiom the ( Jatees academy team , by a store of I to I ! . Because the train was late the game was not stinted until T.iIiO . in the e\enlng. A lten\ > wind and dust stoim had Ne- ligli In its grasp and handicapped by these weather conditions the ball players were enthusiastically applaud ed by a fair sl/etl attendance. The laige number of t-riois exenly divided , \\eie caused by the ball being blown "iliout sir the wil'if tbo wind Kelli-her who pitched for Not folk showed boine brilliant liead\\ork and his suppoit was good. The Gates players were heavy hitters , Montgom ery making a two-bagger against the heavy wind. The Not folk players , liowever , were better base runners. The feature of the game was made by Kelleher who with two men down and a man on third gobbled up a sacrifice and caught his man on third. The score : Gates nb r h o a e Mintcere , If 4 0 0 0 0 0 Daughagtie , 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hiles , rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 Cole , ss 4 I 0 0 0 1 A. Montgomery , c. . . I' 1 t 1 1 1 F. Daughagtie , p. . . It 0 0 0 4 2 Frady , Ib t 0 2 10 1 5 II. Montgomery , 3b. . ' Taylor , cf . ' 5 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 31 I ! I ! 12 C 9 Norfolk ah r h o a e Durland , Ib ! 1 0 10 0 0 Odlorno , 3b i 1 0 2 1 1 Mnpes , s > s Landers , 2b Morrison , c Brlggs , rf ! 1 0 0 0 0 Ward , cf Denton. If Kelleher , p 2 0 0 0 5 1 Totals 20 1 3 18 9 9 Score by Innings R. H. E. Gates : . . . 020000 3 3 8 Norfolk 000112 4 3 9 Batteries Daughagtio and Mont gomery ; Kelleher and Morrison. Summary Struck out , by Daughag- tie C , by Kelleher 10 ; bases on balls , off Kelleher 2 ; passed balls , Mont gomery 2 , Morrison 1 ; stolen bases , Cole ; two-base hit , A Montgomery. TOO MUCH WATER AT FIRES. Foreman McCune Says Firemen Ought to be More Careful. In an address before the joint hose companies a few nights ago William McCune , foreman of hose company No. 3 , gave some valuable pointers to the firemen In which he stated that much property was being ruined use lessly by firemen turning on water be fore they discovered a blaze. Ho did not direct his complaints at the lire department as a whole , but at his own company and partly took the blame himself. "At the Marquardt lire a few days ago , " said Foreman McCune , "Wo did much useless damage. The fire was burning in a north loom but myself and a number of my company threw many barrels of water Into a south room , damaging beds and pictures use lessly. Of course , the smoke was heavy and wo could see nothing , but the door of this room was closed and the fire was In another room and hero we were throwing In barrel after bar rel of water at nothing. I bellovo much property can be saved by just a little more caution on our part , and I for one am not In favor of turning on the water until I see fire. " Mr. Me- Cuno was greatly applauded nnd It was the sense of the firemen that his suggestions were well taken. MRS. "SILENT" SMITH TO WED ? The Engagement to Bartow Van Voor- his Rumored In London. New York , April 2. . The engage ment of Mrs. James Henry Smith nnd Bartow Van Voorhls Is rumored to be one of the "secrets" of the day In London It Is reported upon excel lent authority that the matter Is be ing kept very quiet , but that the wedding - ding is to take place in n short time , and that then It will bo duly an- Jlfllinrprt Mrq Pmlth > ing tinon In The ONE Cleanser For The Farm. Cleans , Scrubs , Scours Polishes Old Dutch Cleanser Is the only thing you need to do all your cleaning in the kitchen , dairy , bath-room , parlor , psntry and throughout the house and in the barn. Old Dutch Cleanser polishes brass , copjicr , tin , nickel and all metal surfaces. Excellent for clean ing harness ; no acid or caustic ; ( not a soap powder ) , For Claanlnu Harness : Sprinkle Old Dutch Cleanser on net sponge , rub harness well , rinse with clean water and wipe dry removes all dirt and will not harden or crack. For Polialiinit Metal : ' Sprinkle 'Old Dutch Cleanser on wet cloth , rub briskly , rinse with clean water , wipe dry and polish with a little dry powder easiest and quickest. 4 ! Large Sifter Can Paris for .some time past nnd Mr. Van Voorhls IB in London , at the home of Anthony J. Urexol , Mrs , Smith's brother-in-law. Mrs. Smith is the mother of Anita Stewart , the Prim ess of Braganza. Only a small portion of "Silent Smith's" millions KO with the. hand of his widow. IIo loft her merely three million dollars out of a fortune that amounted upwards of sixty mil- To wnnt-ndvertlso Is to try ana only those who try stand much chance of getting under nowadays conditions. Road Notice to Land Owners. To All Whom It May Concern : 1'ou are hereby notified that the board of county commissioners , at their meet ing held at the court house In Mndl- son , Nebraska , on the 29th day of March , A. D. 1'JIO , did by motion order the section line between section one (1) ( ) , township twenty-one (21) ( ) north , range one (1) ( ) west of the Sixth principal meridian , and section thirty- six < 3G ) , township twenty-two (22) ( north , range one (1) ( ) west of the Sixth principal meridian , in Madison county , Nebraska , opened as a public road three C5) ) rods wide , said road com mencing at the northwest corner of section one (1) ( ) , township twenty-one (21) ( ) north , range one (1) ( ) , west of the Sixth principal meridian , nnd running thence east one (1) ( ) mile and terminat ing at the northeast corner of said sec tion one (1) ( ) , township twenty-one (21) ( ) north , range one (1) ( ) west of the Sixth principal meridian , in Madison coun ty , Nebraska , nnd all objections there to or claims for damages caused there by must be Illed In the ofllce of the ' county clerk tin or befor < - noon of the 15th day of June , A. D. I'.llO , or said road will be established without ref erence thereto. bated at Mudlbon , Nebraska , April C , 1910. S. R. McFarlantl. ( Seal ) County Clerk. Death of Mrs. Schwenck. Norfolk Woman Succumbs to Illness at Hot Springs , S. D. Mrs. G. W. Schwonck , wife of George W. Schwenck of Norfolk , died at Hot Springs at ! ) : ; ! 0 Monday morning. Tel egrams announcing the death of Mrs. Schwenck were received here by rel atives of the family. The remains will arrive In Norfolk probably Tues day. day.Mrs. Mrs. Schwenck was taken to Hot Springs three weeks ago , suffering with rheumatism. 'Grant School Set On Fire. An attempt to burn the Grant school building In Norfolk was made at 1:15 : o'clock Monday afternoon. Hoys line ! soaked inside basement steps with kerosene and had thrown a match into It. Janitor Richardson discovered the fire and put It out. A year ago an attempt witli burning paper was made. Superintendent Hunter was sum moned immediately. Prices of things the theme of nev- erlesbenlng personal Interest to you. Today's paper conta'ns ' a lot of thorn. iiows Tinsr \ \ < > offer Ono Hundred Dollars Re- wnrd for nny onso of cnlnrrh Unit rail- not bo cured by Ilnll's Catarrh Cure. K J 011B.NKY & CO , Toledo. O. \\e , the undi-rHlKiiud , luive Known R J Clieiify for tin- last ID yours , and be lieve him perfectly honorable m nil huxInosH tr.iiiHiu tliniM and tlmtni Inlly rthlu to inrry out any obligation nuido by his firm Walillng. Klnnnn Marvin. . WnolfXHlo Druggists , Toledo. O Hall s Catarrh Cure In taken Inter nally. nctliiK directly upon the blood nnd mupouH surfaced of the system , TcutlninnlalB sent free. Price 7G cents per bottle. Sold by nil DrugKiBts. . T.ako "a 'B Family Pills for conatU