THIS NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , MAY G , 1010.
A Federal Mine Dureau.
Washington , May 2. Tlio Hunnto to-
lay amended mid passed a bill which
nlicady had passed the house to cio-
nlo a huroaii of inlticH la the Into : lor
( Icpaitiiicnt. In addition to enriylng
on inliiu work hurotofoio done by thu
geological survey the binuaiilll In-
\OHllgnlo thu cniiHus of mine explo-
Hlons.
MONDAY MENTION.
P , II. DaUs of Nowpuit win here.
W. 1C. Hood of Madison was In the
city.
Unit Mapcs wont to Fairfax on
C. CliuHi' and dnughteis of Stanton
called on fi lends huiu.
Miss Luna Iliibblu of Plorcu was In
the city visiting with filoiulH.
Miss Mnl/lo Clnrksun of Oihaha IB
hi thu ell } vfsldng with Miss May
Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Doelor havogono
to Omaha , where they will Hpund a
few days. '
llauy Cluvvson and brldo of Doldcn
mo hoio visiting his nnclo and aunt ,
Mr. and Mis. Finnic Porry.
Finnk P. Giuliani , inoHldcnt of the
( iiahain Publishing company of Kan
BBS City , was hoio yestoiday.
MIH. J. C. Wollls , Jr. , of Omaha , Is
in the city vlsilinglth hur sister ,
MIH. P. 11. Saltoi , and hur biothor ,
Geoigo I ) . Uitlloillold.
C. 11. Gioosbeok Is confined to his
homo with an attack of gilp.
Mr. and Mis. V. G. Kocstcr have
moved to their now homo at Brims
wick.
Thin sday night Damascus comman
deiy , No. 20lll hold a meeting to
Install olllcois.
The census 'enumerators In Norfolk
luivo until May 15 to complete tholi
count. In cities o\er 5,000 the connjt
has alieady stopped.
O. N. Stukey , deputy United States
levonuo collectoi , has bought Dr. P.
H. Snltot's automobile.
Oliver A. Coombs ot Alliance , a pa
Hunt at the state hospital for Insane ,
died last night. His iclatlvcs at Al
liance ha\e boon notified.
A logular nmoting of Mosaic lodge ,
No. 55 , A. F. and A. M. , will be held
Tuesday night. At this meeting will
occur the annual election of olllceis.
Miss Hattie Fischer , who imd the
position ot chief opoiator of the Bell
Telephone company , leslgned Satur
day. Mis. Jones has taken her posi
tion foi the summer.
Mis. C. V. A. Marquaidt and daugh
ter , Miss Emma Maiqn.irdt , have gone
to Madison wheio they \ \ I11islt with
Mis. Hattie Hoopmaii , to whom a
daughter was born Sunday.
Clyde lOiboley of Fiemonthospent
Sunday heie with his patents , Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Elsoley , in speaking of the
future Noifolk sa.\s that Fremont is
far behind Norfolk in many impiove
mcnts.
Captain C. L. Anderson has recehed
by mall a number of badges which
have been awarded by the goven
incut to the Noifolk soldlcishohave
made iccords as expeit rlllemen and
shmpshooters.
Alter shoit dollbeiation the jury
consisting of August Iliummund , Will
lam Beswiek and K J. Schoregge in
Justice Elscle.v's couit letuined a vei
diet of not guilty In the case of Rich
aid Xoideisus Mr. and Mis Andicw
Noid. The plaintiff charged the defendants
fondants \\ith foicibly ictaining his
piopoity , a tarm east of heie.
In a wiillen statement to The New
James Oiay declares that the chaiges
filed by Peter Muff , alleging that Giay
"assaulted , beat , wounded and ill-tieal
cd Mis. Muff" are absolutely false
He sajs ho never stiuck a woman li
his life and now that he is past 70 he
Is not going to begin. Thete was
trouble over chickens which Gray says
Mrb. Muff tiled to dilvo home fion
his yard , a few days ago. Gray says
ho lias befriended the Muff family by
loaning them groceiies time after
time , and "this is the thanks he gets. '
Stricken As His Wife Was.
Pleico , Neb. , May 2. Special to The
News : Joslah W. Sloan , a pionee
Lonti actor of this city , was strickoi
with paialysis yesteiday morning
while at Molu's lumber yard ordeiing
mateiial for a job. Ho had just stei
ped outside of the planing null whei
he was noun to stumble and fall. H
w'as ' canied to a physician's olllce
w'heie ' It was found his light side wa
pai.al.v/ed. He is unable to speak am
is' in a ciitical condition , his age , 7
ye.us. being imf.noinble. Mi Sloai
came to Pierce over twenty years ag
and has boon engaged in the carpet
tor business since Five 01 six year :
figo his wife was stiicUen in the sam
mannoi and lived six months after th
stroke. Ho lias thieo daughteis livliif
in lowland one in Chicago. Ho Is i
\etoian of the civil war.
Steals Team and One Mule.
Pleice , Neb , May L' . Special toTh
New si Two horses and a mule , wit !
a lumber wagon , were stolen from J.
T , CJox at Foster during the night. A
farmhand , name unknown , who had
be.en working for Cox for some time ,
is also mlBslng. The faimhand was a
joiing man.
Stanton Wins Over Norfolk.
Playing a much bettor game than
they played at Norfolk , the Stanton
high school baseball team defeated
the Norfolk team on their homo
grounds at Stanton Saturday after
noon by a score of K to G. Hawkins ,
who pitched for Stanton , played a line
game , although Ills support could have
boon bettor. Gripes , the backstop , also
played a good game.
The hitting on both sides was good ,
but the bad Holding was the cause for
the high scores. The many errors on
Norfolk's part also helped to their first
defeat of the season. Durland was in
the box for Norfolk for the first live
innings and pitched a good game.
Kollohor took the box at the end ot
the fifth and with Morrison behind the
plntu played a line game. His suppoiljj
was not good. The features of the
game woiu die Ihreo-baso lills by Chllc
coat and Cilpes. Wind foatmcd for'c '
Noifolk with his two-bagger. The
next game will bo played In Norfolk
when Gates academy comes here for
a i etui n game.
The score :
Stanton All. H. II. PO. A. E.
Cilpes , c 1 2 2 0 1 3
Chllcoat , 2b
Roy Holsleln , 3b. . .
Hay Holsleln , Ib. . . .
Fuchs , if
Ackennaii , ss
Lueck , rf 0 0 0 0 0
Young , cf
Hawkins , cf
Totals . ' ! 8 5 17 9 11
Norfolk All. K. H. PO. A. K.
Din land , Ib & p. . . . 5 0 0 7 2 1
Odloine , ill )
Mapus , ss
jilidetH , 21) )
Iiiggs , if 3 1 0 0 0 0
Vmd , of. . . .
teuton , if. . .
lonison , c. 0 I 1 I G
Collohcr , p & Ib. . . .
Omit/ ( sub ) if I 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 37 C 0 li ( Git
Sioie by innings II. H. 11
S'oifolk . . .1 0 0 0 0 a 0 0 2-G G 11
Stanton . .20020022 * 8 5 11
naileries : Dm land , Kellehcr and
Moirlson ; Hawkins and Cripes.
Summaiy Tin co-base hits Cliil-
oat and Cilpes , two base hit Waid ;
truck out by Hawkins 9 , by Dm land
, by Kollohor 1 ; bases on balls off
Finland 1 , Keller 1 , Hawkins 1 ; stol-
Hi bases Hey Holstoln 1 , Hay Hoi-
loin 2 , Ackeinian 2 , Young 1 , Kelle-
lor I ! , Odloine 1 ; saciiflce hits Fnclis ,
, amlors.
\Vh\inuotonn.O . . . acoto21
NELIGH BEATS ATKINSON.
Game Proves to Be a Slugging Match
With Score of 14 to 9.
Nellgli , Nob. , May 2. Special to The
STows The Atkinson and Neligh high
chool baseball tdnina played their first
; ame ol the season Satin day in this
: lty at the Riverside park gi omuls.
A tali-si/oil crowd was in attendance
o witness the contest and to assist
he home boys In winning the game ,
n which they did to the tune of 9 to
It. It was pronounced a slugging
natch In which the Neligh high had
the better of the aigument. Following
s the scoio by innings :
N'ellgh i ! 2 0 0 1 7 0 1 * 14
Atkinson 210303000 9
BatteilosNeligh , Leonard and
Miller ; Atkinson , O'Conncll and Ha-
nor. Stiuck out : Leonaid , G ; O'Con
loll , 5.
West Point News.
West Point , Neb. , May 2. Special
o The News : The Sand cieek dialn-
nge distilct located in the northwest
Coition of Cumlng county lias been es
tablishcd by a majotity vote of the
esidents. The following directors
were elected. Alson Parody , J. R.
Mansfield , O. H. Thompson , John J.
Kane and W. H. Huttei field.
Hadecker Diothers have opened a
neat niaiKet in West Point , succeed
, ng S D. Dunn , who has renloved to
Wyoming.
A. Ablen of Omaha has opened a
) eel loom and barber shop in West
Point , occupjlng the toimei Faty's
.tationeiy stole next to the postot
Ice.
Joe McKay Trial Is On.
Neligh , Neb. , May 2. Special to The
News : The liist juiy tilal of "this
teim of the dlstiict couit will be that
of Joe McKay today , who is charged
with murdeiing A. G. Blown last win
ter in his home at the town of Brims-
wick. It Is repoited that at least two
: lays will be consumed in seeming a
jury. A large number of witnesses
have been subpoenaed for this case
and evidence of a sensational charac
ter is looked for.
The case of F. M. Thornberg , who is
chaiged with the killing of his neigh
bor , A. G. Hakow , last fall , will be
called immediately after the close of
the McKay-Brown minder tilal.
Democrats at Emerson.
Emerson , Neb. , May 3. Special to
The News : Demociats of noith Ne
braska met in a love feast heie last
night. Willis E. Heed of Madison
spoke for the abolition of government
pi luting of envelopes and against Mr.
Biynn's county option Idea.
Mr. Heed said In pait
In ovei } hamlet , vlllaue and city in
il.e land can be found one or nniu per
son who have undeitaken as n liiisi
ness enteipiiso , to furnish us the lat
est news. They woik Incessantly ,
eaily and late , in season and out of
season , much of which is done grat
uitously. They observe and make
known the ical wishes of the pee
pie , they are the quiet instructor
and cijstalUeis of sentiment They
reach most every icsident in the land ;
they rlso abo\e paity lines and pre
judices ; they endea\or to present botli
sides of all important issues to the
people that they may bo fully and
fairly informed. They aio in close
touch and sympathy with all of our
grievances ; they are ever icady to
battle foi the light , for the common
good of mankind. They aie a real
help in every home , at every fiieside ;
they aio an absolute necessity to the
best intei ests of the state and union.
And to their everlasting credit let it
bo said , their verdict Is usually right.
Yet much Injustice has been dune
them. Our government operates a
public printing bureau to print neces
sary matter for its own use , to which
no one objects , but , not content with
that , it went into competition with
every local Job printing establish
ment and country newspaper In the
nation , and will now do certain printing -
ing for anyone at n greatly i educed
price. And then you wonder why It
is the newspaper men and job print
ers complain of unfair competition ,
or are pressed for money ? But that
is not all time will not permit mo at
this moment to speak of the many In-
Justices which are being practiced
against the greatest pillar of the lib-
crtles of our common people. Our
congressmen and senatots should be
given no rest until they force the repeal
|
peal \ of the law , which icmilres our
country editors and Job pi Inters to
walk thu Hour and meet the fierce
umpetltlon of Undo Sam. Wo owe
I to the press , it Is one duty wo cani i
lot and ought nut neglect. What '
would you say If Uncle Sum went Into
competition with } ou fanners , mei-
chants , bankets and railways'
Let us In Ing the question home teem
om solves and our vet diet will bo for
ho job printer and the country pioss ,
io whom wo owe such a debt of guill-
Hide that It will bo dllllcult to fully
lepay.
Against County Uptluii.
Gicat leforniH have never been
known to come quickly. Radical
changes do not take place suddenly.
The gieatust tidal wave upon our
oceans' shores , of which history has
any iccoul , is known to have come
fiom beneath the sin face. The gieat
and mighty singing of the waters have
flist come fiom below and aio known
as the undc'ictiriont. It is not the liist
gust ot wind that sweeps bate the
surface , it Is not the ( list dash on
the great battle Hold that cairles one
\lctory ; > oti must bo sustained and
suppoited by the mighty foi cos you
have left behind. One who rushes
too nipidly ahead of the piocosslon ,
destuns his usefulness in the final
conflict , his stiength Is of no avail
unless a healthy public sentiment sus
tains and siippoits him. Until then ,
he dashes ills eneigies and effoits llko
the ocean wave upon the shores of a
rock-bound coast and they aie lost ,
and lost ioiover.
Wo aio a practical business people
ple whose onviionmcnts aie of the
commoicial atmosplieio , in which moi-
allty and high character must come
fiom the individual himself and not
from lestiicthe legislation When
mankind lelics upon external help he
lias soi low , if self i pliant , he has
stiungth and joy. The gieatest re-
waid for which mankind may sting-
glo to acqulie , whether lie icalizes it
or not , is the salvation of Ills own
soul ; and the gieatest teacher , the
One who set the .most illustiious ex
amples , was our Gteat Redeemer , who
piacticed by precept and example.
And , when his disciples falteied in
the great ciusade against wrong , \lce
and Immoiality , ills strongest rebuke
was uttered when He said , "Oh ye of
little faith. " Its application is appar
ent when jou know the lack of faith
of so many of om good men and wo
men in Nebiaska today , who aio un-
aw aio of the full strength , \itality and
vigor of the existing statute icspect-
ing our liquor laws. When the tax
payer of the county say It is unfair
that thej must pay the cost of crimi
nal pioseciitions which are the out-
glow tli of the liquor tiallic , without
having had any voice in the granting
ot the license , and are told that Sec
tion 15 of Chapter 50 of the Compiled
Statutes of Nebraska e.xpiessly pio-
\ides that the liquor dealer and his
bondsmen are liable , in an action upon
the bond , for the icpayment of those
costs and expenses , and when they
icply that the law has never been on
loiced and cannot be , in the language
ot the Great Teacher permit me to
say , "Oh ye of little faith , " It can and
will be enfoiced , whenever the general
public so deslies , and it will meet the
full lequliement of our expectations.
When the law Is fully , fairly and
honestly explained , another "doubting
Thomas" speaks up and says , "Now
that law has novel been enforced , let
us make a nev 'aw ' , the people want
a new law. " Imagine what most pee
pie would think , it someone in the in
teiest ol the salvation ot the soul of
man should say , that "the Illble has
been witli us for lo these many jeais ,
its teaching ot moiality and viitue
ha\e never been canied out , but be
cause some ot the people desiio it ,
we will write a new Bible , we will lay
down a new code of mnials and at
tempt to Impiove upon the teachings
theieln , that it may be moie easily
accepted. " And yet , it differs only
in the Instance. If anyone will show
that the law , within itself , is not suf
ficiently lestiictivo if enforced , then
I am with him , but until he does , it
is our duty to accept the law that
lias been held to be constitutional ,
and which we see carried out from
time to time in our Ullages and cities
thioughout the state , just as a ma
joiity ot that locality wishes.
It is our duty to assist in calling at
tention to that which we regard as
the most vital and of the greatest in
terest to mankind. Some are advo
cating the enactment of a count ) op
'
tion law , and in behalf of such e'nact-
ment we hear arguments tending to
raise the passion , pride and prejudice
of individuals. One may deliver leai li
ed discomces along moral lines , and
much can be said , but with the exist
ing law within our statute , stripped
ot all unnecessaiy litigation icspect-
ing the constiuction of the same , fur
ther legislation is nut only unneces
saiy. but detiimontal to the best in
tei ests ot the people of the state ,
it is now a matter of education and
law enloi cement , not law enactment ,
and no fault should bo found with the
man 01 woman who deslies to prac
tice tempoi aii"o or piohibltlon. It is
not onb his privilege , but it Is his
duty if lie so believes. Neither should
fault be found with the individual
who takes a drink of intoxicating
liquor , or if ho lets it alone , because ,
"there is nothing fiom without a man
that , onteiing into him , can defile him ,
but the things which come out of
him , those aio thoj that defile the
man. "
And because it is only "from with
in , out 'of the heart of men proceed
evil thoughts. "
The agitation over the liquor law ic-
minds mo of the young man who was
sleeping in a law olllce , in which the
law llbiaiy was In the front room
and the only \entilation in it was
tlnough a front door or window in
the loom where the books wero.
Sometime dm ing the night this young
man desired some fresh air , so ho
went , as he supposed , to the window
and pushed and tugged away at It
for a while and finally , by accident ,
bioko the glass , without lighting a
lamp ho returned to his bed and took
a deep breath remarking to his com
panion how nice the air was and how
much bettor he then felt. Imagine
his surprise the next morning when
ho discovered the glass door to the
bookcase broken Instead of the win
dow. He was no bettor off after get
ting the dead air out of the book
case than before. Neither would you
bo with county option. You have Just
what \ you want at present , If you make
the t proper use of It.
There can be but one or two rea
sons for this subject being forced In
our picscnl campaign. First , theie
are i many who me not aw aie of the
p valuable law within our statute at the
h piusent time It has boon the law for
many 1 ycais , and lias been applied and
enforced Just to that extent only In
which a hearty public sympathy , In-
eiest and wish deslied It. If > ou
want moie , enforce It more ilgldly.
It lemlnds mo of a pair of lines the
rainier uses when dtlvlng a span of
lioises hitched to a wagon , with the
lines wtapped mound the dashboaid.
At anj moment he can reach foi waid
and sol/o the lines and change their
comsu , they aie theie for that pin-
nose. Of what earthly use could it
> o to take those lines that have boon
tested and tiled and vveie of the very
best material , the same as new , and
place within the same hands anothoi
pair1' and would he make any bet
ter iibo of them If you did so ?
Second , Theie may b > omo ulterior
motive 01 put pose on the pait of cer
tain intetests in this land , outside of
the state ol Nebiaska , who roall/e that
at Washington a ceitaln law or set
of laws must be passed to permit or
allow some of the gigantic curpoia-
lions and ti lists to escape fiom the
foi ce and effect of the Shoiman nntl-
ttust law , who hope to piollt In oh-
curing thelt coveted ilesiios and
moie im leaching legislative onnct
ments , by fomenting a local fight thai
Is known to nilse the passion and pie-
judico of most all mankind , and while
we aie thus divided upon the broad
pilnclpal of whether sumptutay legis
lation is necessary ot not , and whe
llier mankind Is so weak in his ablllt.\
to contiol himself that our piesent law
should be 10 enacted In a slightly dif
ferent toim , and while blind lo our
gieatci Intel ests , thus divided upon
these question they may secme the
election of congressmen and a United
States senator fiom this stale who
will do their bidding.
Those aie some of the icasons why
wo have a duty to pet form as clti-
7011s of the state , inespectivo of par
ty , inespeclive of llie individuals who
are asking for county option , and that
wo should then maishal our forces and
make a Him stand together In favor of
ess legislation , moie ilgld economy ,
bottei enfoicement of existing laws ,
tm iff foi levenue only , and pi event
the passage of any national laws In-
consistant with the best inteiesls of
llie citl/ens of the stale
Bunch of Rags at Emmet.
Citizens of That Community are Given
an Exciting Day of It.
O'Neill , Neb , May 3 Special to
The News : Today the village of
Emmet , eight miles west of heie , was
the scene of a big scaie fiom a dele-
allen of liamps who landed in llie
village eail.v last evening
This bunch of % ags vveie loundcd
up and inn out of O'Neill pievions lo
their ailiving in Emmet , by that gal
lant old heio Jack Kane- . Jack has
the blood of a lare of Hghtcis in him
and ho is sine death or almost tolal
Usability to a vag The liamps ,
knowing llie.v could not stop vvheie
Jack is , landed in Emmet detei mined
to get even witli somebody. They be
gan lo annoy people and soon be
came so bolsloi oils' that the le&ldents ,
Becoming aim mod , attempted to drhe
them out ot the village This llie
tiamps lesented and foi a lime it
looked dangeious The people vveie
it a loss to know what to do and all
301 Is of suggeslions vveie made Some
vveie for diiving the bunca into the
Elkhnin ilvei and olheis vveie for lai
and fcalheis which would look like
diess suits in compaiison with llie
suits thej had on while slill otheis
vveie for seeming the seivices of the
Holt counlyigllance committee
which by leason of their expeiience
in funnel jeais , could be lolled upon
to do the woik of "lemoving" piop-
01 ly.
ly.One
One wise one lushed in franlic
haste to the telephone and called up
Sheilff Giady at O'Neill The sheilff
who was about to go out on profes
sional tint } that could not bo set
aside could not lespond. Howevei ,
after some time the vags ambled out
of town , and all the population weie
very much relieved. Emmet has been
having her shaie of exciting events.
With colored aggicgations of baseball
teams and other social gataerings ,
and vlsilations of the ragged gentiy ,
she is lapidly coming lo llie front
as a society center.
Myron Sturgeon Is Dead.
Dies With Tuberculosis as Did Mother ,
Brother and Sister. <
Myron Stuigeon , son of J. D. Stur
geon of Noifolk , died at Tempo , AiU. ,
at 7 o'clock this morning. No paitic-
ulars ot ills deatli have been received
by Norfolk rolalhes The boy had
been In Ai'/ona ' for several years , a
sufferer from luberculosis. The same
disease claimed his mollier , a brolher
and a .sister
Mr Stmgeon's Intention is to have
Iho remains brought to Norfolk for
burial.
WATERWORKS FOR VALENTINE.
Contractor and Supervising Engineer
Are on the Ground ,
Valentine , Neb , May 3 Special to
The News : N T Field and H. H
Gllfry arrived Ihis morning lo look
after the work of coiistrucline the
now walorwoiks and electric light
plant thai the city has conti acted for
and work is to start at once and will
be pushed through with a largo force
of men. Mr. Gllfry Is from Iho con-
Iraclors while Mr. Field will act as
supervising engineer for the city.
When the now system Is complolo
Valonllno will have as flno a syslom
as could bo wished for and the mains
are to bo extended so as all parts of
the city will have advantage of city
water.
Sunday the rain drizzled all day
long and while it was not as warm as
could have been wished for It did a
lot of good.
That New Norfolk Railroad.
This is the Interview printed by the
Aberdeen ( S. P. ) American on the
authoilty of the chief engineer of the
Hock Island road , piomlslng that Iho
Hmrlman H.vstem will build a rallioad
fiom Winnipeg to the gulf , using the
old Noifolk-Yanktun guide part of the
way mid thus passing tlnoiigli Noi
folk
The chief engineer of the Hock Is
land system was In the city yesterday
and In eonveination with a tcpnitor
foi theAmeilcan tloaied up many of
the doubts and conjectures concein-
Ing the old Ploicc-Abeideon guide as
well as giving out the line facts con-1
coming llie smveying patties that
have been lepuiled in Ihe vicinity of
Walortovvn , Webstoi and Devils Lake
dining the past fall and winter.
The Hock Island and Filtuo lines.
patt of Dial gieat Han ( man chain of
lallioads , mo putting In a "Winnipeg
to the Gulf" toad , which will cioss
the pastern section of tills state , with
a branch line tunning fiom slxtllvo
miles noitheasl of Aboidoon thtough
this city to Plone. from theio south
to Yanklon , ciossing the liver at that
point and running south to Omaha
and Kansas City.
"Up to this time , " spoke Iho Inform
ant , "wo have boon keeping the In
tentions concerning our operations In
tills section of the country on the quiet
but the time lias come when It will done
no haim to come out openly with the
tails.
"The Hock Island system is taking
up the gieat projocl of a main line
fiom Winnipeg , Canada , to Poll Ar
thur. Texas , dossing the United
States fiom the Canada line to the
gulf
"The main line will inn noith fiom
Sioux City to Sioux Falls Fiom Iho
lalloi point a line will bo constiuclod
noith via Flandieau and Iliuoklngs
to Watoitown. Fiom Wateitown the
line will inn noithwcst lo Wobslor ,
fiom llionce norlhwesl lo Rutland , N.
D , and fiom theio to Devils Lake via
Elliott LIU hllie. . Eckelson , Wimble-
ton and Mcllenry. Fiom Devils Lake
the line will proceed north to Wood
land , Canada , wlieio it will unite with
the Canadian Pacific and the Canada
Not them , the Hist system having 9-
000 miles and the latlor 1.000 miles
of load in aelhe operation , thus giv
ing tills new line connections with
upwaids of 13,000 miles of Canadian
1 oad
"A hiinch line will bo mn fiom
Sluux City south to Omaha , Kansas
City and and fiom tlieie south to Port
\illnn , Texas A second blanch will
bo mn south fiom Winnipeg to Giand
Folks and F.ugo , while a thlid line
will bo run fiom a point -slxly-llvo
miles noillieasl of Abeideen tlnoiigh
thai city and then soulhvvost on llie
old Pieiio giade to the capital At
Ibis point the line will run southeasl
lo Yanklon.
"The old chin tor of the Yankton ,
Noifolk Southern railioad has been
taken up and at this point the Aber
deen , Pieiio & Yankton branch will
cioss the Missomi and mn south to
Omaha and Kansas City , wheie con
nections will be made with the Filsco
main line.
"The sinvojs on the main line fiom
Wateitown to Devils Lake will be
completed by May 15. A large part
of the i Ight of-way lias already been
seemed and active construction work
will 1)0 ) commenced Juno 1. This pio-
jecl is backed by the largest railway
coiporation in the United Stales to
day , llie old liariiman syslem , now
undei Ihe ditect management of Mr.
I law ley and theio is not Iho slighlesl
doubt bul that it will go through as
1 have outlined it for jou.
"The contracts for the constiuction
woik have all end v been let to two
laigo eastern companies , which in-
sines that the work will lie complet
ed a per contiact by July 1 , 1911. The
Winnipeg to Faigo line will be com
pleted in 1912 , while the Aberdeen ,
Pieiro & Yanklon biancli will bo In
aclive opeialion b > the Hist of the
jeai
"For the ironing of the Winnipeg to
Sioux City line many tons of 85-pound
steel lails have been ordered , along
witli a stock of ties. The lolling stock
and equipment ha\o likewise been or
dered. For the main line thlrly-five
lopomotHes of llie lalest piairio pat
tern have been conti acted for. These
monster engines will weigh from 1G5
to 217 tons apiece , with drive wheels
58 and 68 inches in diameter. One
thousand box cars wllh a capacily of
80,000 pounds apiece have likewise
been ordered , along with forty-live
coaches and combination coach and
baggage cars.
"The rolling slock will be Ihe best
turned out by the famous Biadley-
Smith and the Pullman Car companies
and llie contracts call for deliveries
lo commence July 1 , 1910.
"For llie Aberdeen branch Ion Hrsl-
class locomollvos have been ordered
as well as lifleon coaches and com-
binallon cais and 100 box ca-s of
M,000 ) pounds capacity. "
Tills will once and for all setlle Iho
continual prospecting on the opera-
lions which have been alliibuled at
\aiious times to the M & St. L. the
See load and otliei rallioads operat
ing in this disliict.
The iinpoitancc of a diiect line be-
jlween Ibis clly and Plenc has long '
j boon fell by residents in tills vlcin-
il > and ever since Iho old Plone s'
giade was built dining Ihe periods i'
ot Ihe capital lights , various toads
have contemplated ironing it , but
have given up the piojecl for various
icasoiis.
Several Impoilant railroad officials
are expected in Iho clly during llie
coming month and further delalls w ill
be given later as released.
Proves Guilt of Murderer ,
Ainsworth , Neb. , May 3. Special to
The News : The clinching evidence ,
if such was needed , In the Davis mur
der case , was found jesterday aflor-
noon by llie chambermaid , Mis. C. F.
McGraw , while making up Iho bed In 1
room No. 14 at Iho Ainsworth House.
Tills was the room occupied by Wal
ter Hlfonborg , alias George Wilson ,
last December at the time Jake Davis
was shot. She lifted the mattress to
turn It and shako it up , when she no
ticed a hole in one corner. She put
her hand in there and found n 38-
callbro gun , with two empty chambers ,
some empty shells , a pocketbook and
some bloody paper Both the gun and
the pocketbook wore blood stained
Ho evidently hid it there after the i
murder , intending to take It with him
to Omaha the next morning. But as i
ho was arrested before he could catch
the tialn , the gun had to be left In Its
hiding place.
| Hlfeiibeig Is now In the penitentiary
waiting to bo hanged.
I Getting Jury to Try McKay.
Nine Men In the Box Believe In Capl-
| I tat Punishment.
Neligh , Neb , Ma > 3 Special to
The News : The seem Ing of a jur.v
In the McKay minder lilal was com
menced \esteidav monilng , and al
about I 30 in the aftoinoon nine men
| Weio ac ( opted h > both sides , when
the logiilm panal was exhausted
Couit at this lime adjoin tied until
Ithls monilng when new talesmen
would bo on hand. The nlno men
'now ' ' in the juiy box mo not against
( Capital punishment on genoial piincl-
plea.
plea.Attorney
Attorney Haiiington of O'Neill is
assisting the stale In piosocution ,
vvliilo ex Sonatoi Allen and O. A.
Williams me defending McKay.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
Herman Diaasch of Stanton was In
the cit > .
Mis. E. Tanner of Battle Cieok was
In the city.
Misses Ella and Anna Zlcmcr of
Hosklns woio hoie.
Mayor John Filday lias gone to Mis-
sun ! Valley on business.
Mrs. Coin A. Beols wont to Lincoln
on Tuesday to attend the opoia.
John Biunngni liter of Alliance , Neb. ,
slopped in Norfolk on business and
visited witli his sistei , Mis. Geoige
Williams.
A. N. McGlmils has gone to Lost
Spilngs , Wjom , to attend the meet
ing of the sluckholdeis of Iho Hosln
Coal company.
Hildiolh Shin I/ , little daughter of
Mi. and Mis. P. A. Shiiit/ , was op
erated on at Fremont lor appendicitis ,
will not be out ot danger foi Iw only-
four hours , accoidlng to Di. H. T. Hoi-
don , who has just i elm nod. 11 is
leaied she may not lecover.
The Degice of Honor will hold their
regular mooting Wednesday evening ,
May 4. at S o'clock at the G. A. H. hall.
Ten cases of measles aio ropoitod
al lladai , vvheie an epidemic of the
disease Is lepoited by a Noifolk physi
cian.
Mombeis of Iho Commoicial club
who cliciliated a pctillon foi the Mod
em Woudmen lally day expenses , met
with gioat success.
O. C. Hauplli , who has boon a liain
dispatcher in the Noitbweslein of
fices al Noilolk for some jears , will
leave lomoiiuw lor Winslovv , Arl/ ,
wheie lie will locate for the benefit of
ills health. Ho will be succeeded as
dispatcher by W Keains.
The stock and grain ollice of Hor-
beit E. Gooch in the Bishop block
closed ils doois Monday morning and
a nollce has been posled on Iho door
sajlng Ihal all slalcmenls should be
sent lo E. H. Peaison , Ihe local man
ager. Lack ot business is the cause
lor closing llio ollico , il Is said.
The case of J. W. Ransom \orsus
Mis. Ella llonnoy was decided in fa-
\or ot J. W. Hansom in Justice Lam-
boil's coml In this case Mr. Ransom
asked that Mis. Bonney vacate the
house in which she now lives. During
the tilal an exciting till occuned be
tween Mr. Hansom and Mrs. Benne } .
Judge Douglas Cones of Pierce , who
icsponded to the toast , "Party Lojal
ly , " at the democratic dollar dinner in
Enicison Monday night , passed
tlnough Noifolk em onto home Gov-
emoi Sliallcnbeiger was a speaker al
Ihe banquet , but Mayor Dahlman of
Omaha was absent. F. A. Berry of
\Va > ne spoke on the prospects for
1912 , predicting the election of a dem
ocratic piesldcnl.
Miss Joanna Hagoy , city libiailan
at Lincoln , will at live in Norfolk
Wednesday noon for avisit with her
patents , Dr. and Mrs. W. H. H. Hagey.
She will lea\e Fiiday morning for
New York and with an aunt , Mrs. Van
Vechten of Cedar Rapids , la. , will sail
on Ihe sleamshlp Hamburg May 10
for Naples , Italy. They will tour Eu
rope and the Biltish isles for four
months and will see the Passion Play.
Aichito Gow , who lolurned lasl
week from his school at Dos Molnes ,
la , has gone to Carlock , S D , where
he has accepted a position wllh llie
Bank of Carlock.
Miss Hildrelh SlnuK 8 yon i old
daughter of P. A. Shurt/ , who is suf-
teiing fiom an allack of appendicitis ,
has been taken to Omaha by her par
ents to undergo an opeiation.
J. F. LIndsa > tenured liom Ciolgh-
'ion ' wheio he had boon visiting with
Ills mother , Mis. Geoigo Lindsay , who
has been sciiously ill. Mrs LinJia > ' &
condition is repot to.i much Impioved
The cleiks of the v.xiloiu business
I houses in Norfolk have u' ani/eJ a
I baseball team ami ar now open for
' games. The line up follows. Gliss-
' man , catchoi ; Fall field , pitcher ;
Bnieggeman , Hist base , Sojmoin , second
end base ; H. Schelly , thiid base ,
Krahn , shortstop ; Elmer Ilight , center
Hold ; M. Schwetfaegor , right Held ; A.
Moldenhauer , left Hold.
A meeting of the Modern Woodmen
of America was field Monday night to
look over the arrangements which
ha\o been made by the committee on
entertainments for the big rally day
May 15. Loiters ftom all over the
slate have boon reco'vel ' by District
'Deputy L. E Hal'.sled. ' conpiatulat
the local Woodaien ever lliolr en-
j ihusiaslic work for Iho May celebra-
lion.
Would Change School Course.
At the regular meeting of Ihe Nor
folk boaid of education held at the
ofllco of Matrau & Willo last evening
the resignation of Miss Florence Par
ker was accepted. Miss Parker goes
to Fruita , Cole , where she will accept
a position as teacher In the schools of
that cily. Miss Rebecca Duggin of
Norfolk was elected as teacher In the
Norfolk grades Miss May belle Me-
- Voigh of Lincoln was elected as teach
I or of German In the high school , and
Miss Fannie R. Conklln , also of Lin
coln , was elected as teacher of history
and noimal training.
After dm election the old boaid of
education adjoin nod and the looiganl-
radon followed with the 10 election of
the old olllcois PioHldont. A 11
Vlolo ; vlio piosldonl. S. G. Dean , HOC
lotmy , II. C. Matuiu.
I'he annual lopoil of Iho piosldont
was lead. The ropoit follows
Good Year In Schools.
Noifolk. Nob. May 2 , t'.UO ' Ilimid
of Education. Noifolk. Neb Gentle
men Penult me thus to submit to
} ou my annual lopoit as the piosldont
of .vour Inimitable body.
Tlfo woik of the boaid of education
dining the } om Just closed has boon
ploasuiablo foi t > o\oinl loasons. Gen-
oial hmmony has piovallod In all the
dollboiatlous and acdvltlOR of this
bed } , a ( ondnuanco within the limits
ot our limiiuos of the inogiosslvo pol
icy of the pi ov Ions } onis has hi ought
miothor .voai of piospoilty to our
schools ; and the giowth ot mi educa
tional sentiment along light lines has
boon voiy noticeable In out ilt.v All
those things help our schools to nc
compllsh the best lenults with our
boys mid glils and aid In the ediuaUon
ot a dosliablo cill/onship.
Kovoial advance stops have been
taken In om schools dining the past
year. 1 wish to speak with an ospo
clnl emphasis of the success of one of
dioso die dopmt mental oigiinl/ntlon
ol the seventh and eighth guides Al
though tills foatmo was an oxpoilmonl
at the beginning of the \oai it lias
pioved so siiuosslul that It loitalnb
should have a poimanent pl.ue in our
schools. Upon visiting this dopuit
ment locently I found the tvpe of
woik being done much sitpoiloi lo dial
done by tiio ) ino toachois undei the
old oignni/ndim of the picvloiiso.n. .
I fm diet found dial die pen outage of
fallmes in llioso guides had boon
gioady docioased when ( ompated with
pi ov Ions .veins.
The klndoi gallons me another foa
tine which have boon a decided sin
toss. Klndoigaitons , although now to
Nuifolk , mo no oxpeilmonl They aio
a logular pait in ovoiy well ostab
llshod system of ell } schools In Nor
folk they have puned their vvoilh al-
leady. The class ol pupils which on
lots the Hist guide liom Iho kindei
gallons at the beginning of llie next
school } ear will , in my opinion , be the
best piopaioil Hist giado dial has ever
begun woik In um schools.
The noimal daiiilng work has boon
In our schools for two ycais now It
Is still as much of n success as ever
The class Ibis yoai numbers Ivvonl }
one , although onl.v six aio mombois of
the giaduadng class. The success ot
the } oung toachois who gradualod
liom Ibis dopailmenl lasl year and
have boon actually at their chosen
woik atlcsls to the usefulness of dils
depailmonl.
Need Commercial Course.
I have boon impicssed , however
with one great fact about our high
school com so Iho facl that It Is con
stmcled along classical lines In aoiv
ilgld way. Pupils have very little
choice of studies. Evoiy pupil in . ,
school must have so much Latin or k |
so much Got man or just so much of X
both togelhei. ) This , In my opinion , Is % , I
nol in keeping with the splilt of the
times. High schools should pieparo ,
In some moasmo , al least , those who
cannot go tmtlior in die educational
vvoild limn die high school to earn
their own Ihing. As om high school
com so is at piesent const ! ncted ilpio-
limes foi life In aery broad and gon-
01 al way. Specifically it prepares for
college. It duos not propaio speelllcal-
ly for any line of woik In die Indus
dial woild The icsiill is dial many
bos and gills find nothing in the high
school com so to inloresl thorn , tlioy
imagine their time wasted , become in
conigible and aio suspended or diop
out ol school. The chief fault is with
die course ot study. I take the liboitj
lo suggesl dial Ibis Ironclad course
be materially changed. It scorns to
me dial the Hist step in this should
be a commoicial com so in addition to
the courses wo alioady have I lie
llevo diis course can bo added without
any \oiy gloat outlay of money and
that it is entlioly feasible in a school
the sl/e of our own. I have in mind
Iwo high schools of our stale which
have veiy successful commoicial
courses. One , Pawnee City , is in a
town much smaller than our own , the
other , Bcatt ice , Is In a town larger
than Noifolk. I Hi ml } believe that
such a course would be a great stop
loward making our schools practical ,
in keeping them abreast of the times ,
and In pulling diem lo die best use
for the cultme and advancement of
our children.
Very tiuly yours ,
A. II. VIele , President.
TAKES UP CENSUS SCANDAL.
Charge Michigan Enumerators Were
Made to Circulate Petitions.
Washington , May 3 Director Du-
rand of the census bureau starled lo-
day an iinesligallon of the alleged
scandal In die conduct of the onuine
latlon in Michigan.
The principal charge is dial
oiators woio requlied to circulate po
tidons for the re election of I lifted
States Senator Burrows.
The accusations weio lodged with
the dliector by Chailes Hathawa }
foimeily seeiclary of the Grand Rap
ids boaid of dado , who was appoint
ed an eniimoialor In die Grand Rapids
disliicl.
Hathaway refused to circulate a pe
tlllon and for that reason , ho .ners
he was relieved of service as enume
rator. Subsequently ho stirred up
such a row dial Iho Burrows commit
tee sought to appease him with an
appointment as special agent of the
census , which ho declined. Halha
way Ihon Hied charge against John
Boor , supervisor.
Mr. Dm and has boon Informed that
Michigan enumerators were used by
the Burrows machine In Ibis way
throughout the state.
J , H. Converse Dead ,
Philadelphia , May 3. John H Converse -
verso of die Baldwin locomodvo
works , one of the most promlncwt
Presbtorian laymen In the Unlte\
Stales , died suddenly al his homo\
here. \
Taft In Cincinnati.
Cincinnati , May 3. President Taft
arrived hero from Pitlsburg only
slightly behind schedule time this
morning.
