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mi IP xir i > L-ir t .if wwiri.vitfva innnvAT. wuinAV o.i Wllde-Smlth. At hlKh loon today , nt the homo of the brldo'H parcntn at Sehuyler , Noli. , occurred the wedding of Anton W. II. Wlldo of Norfolk find Miss Mattlc K. Smith , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. 12. Wullman of Schuyler. The young couple loft for Milwaukee , Win. , on their honeymoon and will he at home In Norfolk July 20. .William Hauptll of Norfolk acted as hoot num. Mr. and MTH. Arthur Kami of Hoaklna , J MlHH Clara Wlldo and MHH ! Clnra Her- HIT of Norfolk were among the guests I at the wedding. Mr. Wilde Is the ' xon of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilde of this city. He holds a position heie with the ' " Northwestern railroad com pany and In popular. In tmBetmll elr- j ok'H he Is being heartily congratulated as ho Is the Btar pitcher on the clerk's team. NOT THE U. C. T. TEAM. U. C. T. Ball Team Not In City Lea gue Don't Play Sundays. Norfolk , Neb. , June 22. Editor The News : I desire to correct the stateJ inent I understand was made In The News that Mr. Heels , Mr. Atwood , and myself are listed on Mr. Mc.Masc' tors' baseball team of traveling men. To my knowledge not a member oflll Norfolk council No. 120 approves of Sunday baneball , much ICBS play. My self and the two others above men tioned are members of the U. C. T. baseball tenm of Norfolk council No. 120. We are not affiliated with any other team whatever. C. F. Chafey is manager of this team and I am cap tain , and Mr. McMasters lias nothing whatever to do with It. Very respectfully , M. L. ( Happy ) Martin. CORN IS DOING WELL. It Can Stand Another Two Weeks of Hot Weather ; Rain Would Help. One Norfolk farmer scoffs at the Idea that the crops are suffering bad ly In this vicinity from the drought. The hay crop , he says , when ready to be cut , will be very short on account of Hie lack of moisture. Alfalfa , how ever. Is looking fine on account of the depth of the roots. The corn Is very good and will not bo In danger for at least two weeks. The wheat , he says , will bo short headed also on account of the lack of moisture when heading out. Oats are up to this time in good shape but will need rain in about ten days to assure a full crop. Canvass for Interurban. The preliminary canvass to ascer tain how much stock could be sold among the people Interested , provid ing the Norfolk-Newman Grove interurban - urban line is built , will be started within a few days. All the committeemen - teemen for this work have now been named. An enthusiastic meeting was held at Woodmen's hall , ten miles south of Ilnttlo Creek , Tuesday night , attended by a hundred farmers of that vicinity. The Norfolk Commer cial club was represented by Secre tary L. P. Pasewalk , W A. Wltzigman and C. P. Parish. President Killian had been Invit ed to come and make a speech In the Bohemian language to the Bohemians of that territory , but owing to Illness was unable to go. Secretary Pase walk gave an outline of the plan. The farmers present were enthus iastic , many stating that they would take stock. One man , against the project heretofore , said he'd take $4,000 In stock. lie owns SOO acres of land. A new route , saving five miles from the original plan , is now con templated. It would go southwest from Norfolk , joining the valley of the Battle Creek at a point live miles south of the town of Battle Creek. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. M. Green went to Columbus on busi ness. J. A. Huebner of Hosklns was in the city. C. L. Anderson of Newport was In the city visiting with friends. Miss Emma Braasch has gone to Platte Center to-visit with relatives. Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Stark of Creighton were here calling on friends. Mrs. J. F. Faubel of Gilead , Neb. , is In the city visiting with the A. G. Heckman family. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mullen have returned from a pleasure trip at Hot Springs and Deadwood. Mrs. Ray Rusk and small son are visiting in Valentine , Neb. , nt the home of Mrs. Rusk's aunt , Mrs. G. W. Cyphers. P. II. Patten , general equipment en gineer of the Nebraska Telephone company of Omaha , was In the city on business. Ray Estabrook has returned from Lincoln , where he has just completed his first year's study of the violin un der Professor Steckelberg. Miss Florence Sheean , who has been attending school at Mt. St. it.ip Mary's seminary In Omaha during the past year , arrived home to spend her summer vacation. P. H. Dnvls , L. H. Hinds , Will Graves and Mr. Inman of Hlgbmore , S. I ) . , a brother of Mrs. P. W. Hull , nave gone to Norrls , Canada , to look over Canada lands. Miss Dollle Pfunder departed for Chattanooga , Tenn. She will visit points in Tennessee and Georgia this summer and attend a southern college - lego during the winter. The Ladles' Aid society of the Meth- A. M. Wurtz Is on the sick list , odlst church will hold a social afternoon erH. noon Thursday at the homo of Mrs. H. A. Drobert. H.a The ladles of the Second Congregational tional church will have their tea and talk with Mrs , John Kocrbor Friday afternoon , with Mrs. Walling assist ing.The sthe The Nellgh baseball team and the Norfolk clerks crossed bats at the ; driving park diamond Wednesday nf- ternoon. A fa t game wan anticipated. toNi The baseball game between the Norfolk Elks and V. C. T. teams will bo held at the driving park diamond July ! 2. The Elks players will begin practicing for the game soon. T. I * . Mathews , proprietor of the Peoples Department store , returned from his home at Grand Island where he had been quarantined for two ' weeks. One of his children had been suffering from an attack of scarlet fever. , M. J. Sanders and Walter Jones of the . Nebraska Telephone company have gone to Wayne to look over the damage done'to ' their company's lines "from the recent Hood. One large cable , It Is reported , was destroyed theie. Riding on a motor cycle from the western coast , a tourist passed through Norfolk yesterday afternoon cnroute to the eastern coast. The road conditions he said all the way were very good on account of being free from mud. Norton Howe and Stanley Dlxon encr joyed J line fishing at the mill dam' 1 yesterday morning. Mr. Howe enjoytli ed a bath In the waters when he ac- cldontally ' ' slipped and fell Into the deep ' water. He had the advantage , hdwever. ! of being an expert swimmer nnd reached the shore In safety. Eric Neltzke , 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Neltzke of Hosklns. suffered a deep wound over his left eye this morning as the result of being kicked by a C-weeks-old colt with which he was playing. Ho was brought here and it was found necesai sary to take two stitches to close up the wound. Taking possession of the Union Pacific restaurant on North Fifth j j street , a drunken stranger in the city commenced "cleaning house" yestercc day afternoon. After doing some damage to the furniture and carpets , the proprietress ol the place called the police nnd the man was placed be hind the bars at the city bnstlle. Norfolk's firemen will send to Madi son on July 4 n running nnd baseball team to participate in the contests which are scheduled to take plnce there. At n special meeting held at the city hall last evening Ed Monroe , A. W. Finkhouse and L. V. Kenerson were appointed n committee to ar range to send the firemen to Madison. \lthough yesterday was the long est day of the year it wns a wnrm one for the many citizens of Norfolk who sweltered in the hent of the sun's rnys. A number of men were seen on the street with white- duck trous ers. It wns estlmntcd on good au thority that more cold drinks were sold Tuesday than any dny of the yenr. City Dog Tnx Collector Hamilton re ports the execution of six dogs Tues day. The animals had no tngs nnd their owners not calling for them in the specified time the execution was necessary , he snys. No more dogs are cremnted here. The enslest way , snys the dog catcher , is to kill them in tl regulnr way nnd bury them In the dump grounds. Funeral services over the remains of 8-year-old Ella Fisher , dnughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Ernest Wisher , who rt ed at Plntto Center , took place at the Christ Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Miller had charge of the services after which the remains were Interred In the new Lutheran cemetery. Four little girl 1 friends of Ella's ncted as pallbearers. Ernest Fisher wns nt one time yard man for the Edwards & Bradford Lumber compnny here and now holds n similar position nt Plntto Center. Although complaints hnvo been mnde against the festival lights nlong Norfolk avenue by a number of people ple , nothing has been done to put them in shape. The bone of conten tion bus been that people hnullng hay into the city have often had narrow escapes from being swept off their wagons en account of the lights hang ing too low. An accident was averted yesterday by the coolness of a driver on n large van belonging to the Nor folk Storage company. As the van came up the street it came in contact with one string of lights , which broke off and fell to the ground where the electric , light globes popped and broke with n noise like so many shots from a gun. The horses became frighten ed , and commenced running away up Norfolk avenue. The driver , however , succeeded In stopping them and there was no damage done to the van. Oscar Palmer , who was killed In an automobile accident near Spalding Friday afternoon , was known In Nor folk. While driving his machine to Spnuldlng from Petersburg , where he > had attended a ball game In company > with another Spalding man and two ladles , Palmer wns trying to make a hill near Spalding when the machine commenced backing down the hill Efforts to stop the car were fruitless and it finally backed over n steep em - bankment nnd turned turtle over the > occupants of the car. The three other people escaped serious injury but one of the levers pierced Palmer's lungs and he died before ho could be taken from beneath the automobile. Palme was about 38 years old and up until a year ago was In the well digging business at Spalding. Ho sold ut and was engaged in driving his auto mobile about the country. His par ents live at Spalding. Ball Season Opens Sunday , Next Sunday , Juno 20 , will be he opening dny of the city basebn lengue teams. On this day there wl 111 be a double-header played at the driv - ing park diamond. Mayor Friday wl 111 bo asked to pitch the first ball nnd he Norfolk bnnd will furnish the musl . The first game Sunday will be calle at 2 o'clock sharp. The railroad men and the clerks play the first game , fol lowed closely by the firemen and Mc Masters' traveling men. rfcue There are six teams In the lengue ; now , including the Edgowater team , Each team will play every other op posing team three games , making a total of forty-five games Tor the sea t-on. Each of the teams will name day which will be known as "ladles- day. " On this day ladles will be adpa mlttcd free into the grounds. This | wns the outcome of the meeting of the Norfolk baseball league held at the L. Drueggcnian olllco Tuesday evening with Prebldent W. F. Hall presiding. A large and enthusiastic crowd of fans were present and base ball was dlscuss-ed In a manner which I would put to shame the magnates of the large leagues. i CU-orge O'Toole , once an olllclal urnav plre of a league , was elected olllclal umpire of the league. He will be lord and master of the games. He It will'cli ! ' lit to settle any disputes which may | arise. He alt-o was given complete I control of all games and authority to bench any player whom he sees lit. | | The rules that the officers and di rectors have put into effect have set , tled all danger of any trouble between players or managers. The scorecard I and prize committee will soon have cards printed which will be given out at the grounds free of charge. On tin-be scorecards will appear the ail- vertlbements of business men who will IK asked by the committee to offer borne kind of a prize for the winning team ot any game they wish. No player of any of the teams Is al- lowed to play with any of the other teams in any of the lengue contests. Fifty percent of the gate receipts will go to the general fund to defray expenses , while 30 and 20 percent of the remainder goes to the winners and loserb of the games played. Last year's entrance fee was thorf0 oughly gone over and it wns finally j I decided that no charge would be made I for the grandstand. The entrance fee ti the ball grounds will now be 25 cents straight. Evening games will cost but 15 cenU. admission , while Sunday and j afternoon games the regular 25 cents. I The six managers of the teams were ordered to make all arrangements for the opening games Sunday nfternoon , when n record brenklng crowd is looked for at the driving pnrk. Dies From His Burns. M. Williams , COT Park avenue , who early Sunday morning was fatally burned ns the result of matches Ignit ing in his pocket , died from his burns last night. Many of the wounds , it is said , were much deeper than at first thought. The reaction set in during the after noon and Williams died from the shock later in the night. He leaves a wife nnd one grown son , Clifford. It was at first thought impossible that the matches alone were the main origin of the Hie. and an investiga tion showed that Williams had car ried a bottle of alcohol In his pocket , which was broken by his fall in the coal shed. The matches rubbing against the steel nails in his pockets ignited the alcohol and he was soon a mass of flames. The entire skin of both arms nnd hnnds , including the fingernails , had fallen off. His body was horribly burned. Williams Was a Plumber. He was 65 years old and had lived In Norfolk two years , coming hero frotn Portland. The funeral will be held from the house nt 4 o'clock this nfternoon , Rev. E. F. Hnmmond in charge. Burinl will be in Prospect Hill cemetery. Sixty Days for Housh. Claude Housh wns sentenced to six ty days in the county jnil by Justice Elseley for assaulting Harry Howarth , the high bchool janitor. Housh , ac- ( ording to witnesses called to testify in the case , bent Howarth over the head with n brick , cutting two Inrge gashes in his head. Enrl Housh , n brother , was dismissed. He , according to witnesses , had nothing to do with the fight and pulled his brother from liowaith , who was lying on the ground. Housh will probably be taken to Madison today. County Attorney Nichols was indig nant after the judge had said that a bixty-day se'ntence would be pronounc ed , when he heard rumors that pres ! sure was being brought to bear to re duce the sentence to a money fine. "The defendant was guilty and de- Ferved the jail sentence , " he said. Ho was not pleased with the idea of com ing to Norfolk repeatedly to prose cute criminals , only to have court leniency offset the effect of the prose cutions afterward. MONEY FOR WAYNE SCHOOL. State Officials Decide Appropriation is Available. Lincoln , June 22. There seems no doubt now that the Wayne normal school will be opened for business by the state at the beginning of the Sep- 1 tember term. President Conn was . here discussing the matter with Treasurer Brian. The two went over irr nthe appropriation with Auditor Bar- ton , who gave them to understand he felt that the law would permit the 10P expenditure of the balance of the ap- propriation for the maintenance of the institution. The legislature appro- priated $90,000 for the purchase and "use" of the normal school and only $70,000 was used in buying the prop- Pe orty. The other $20,000 the board be lieves can be used for maintenance. HORSE BLOCKADES "L" TRAIN. Crowd Cheers Policeman Who Leads Animal Down Incline. Chicago , June 22. "Am I crazy or arc my eyes kidding mo ? " a motorman - man of a Kenwood train on the th side elevated railroad gasped en he saw n horse walking on the elevated leuo vated track near the Indiana avenue station. Ho stopped the train suddenly and the conductor hurried to the forward , conch to ascertain the cause of heap delay. . heM "I guess we'll have to quit , " said the motormnn as the conductor ap proached. "Bettor phone for the wrecking crew , There'a a horse on the tracks ahead. Take n look for yourself. See ? " The conductor announced to the passengers the cause of the delay' and then hurried down the track. At the Indiana avenue station he found Policeman William Granger and ap prised him of the situation. "You're nutty , " the policeman ex claimed. "I'll take you to a doctor. " After much persuasion Granger con sented to Investigate the car man's story , and soon was leading the aril- | mat down the Incline at Oakcnwald avenue and Fortieth street. A crowd j I which had collected cheered the po liceman when he landed with his charge safe from the deadly third rail. Later In the day David Schuster , 2823 Shields avenue , appeared at the Stanton avenue police station and claimed the horse. He said Unit It had broken from its stall and wan dered away. Instead of resting on Iron pillars the elevated tracks are on a solid bed and ; the horse had no difficulty in walking the ties. Commissioners' Proceedings. Madison , Neb. , Juno 15 , 1910 , 7:30 : p. in. The board of county commis sioners | , met pursuant to adjournment. Present j , , Commissioners Henry Sun- derman ] , John Malone and Burr Tnft. On motion the board voted to ex pend the Inheritance tax for n perma nent , rend lending from Norfolk to Madison , known as the Thirteenth street road , said road to commence at the corporate limits of the city of Norfr folk. The board authorized Burr Tnft to look after and have the surveyor survey and make an estimate preparatory - atory for advertisement of bids for said ! , road. On motion the following bills were allowed : Fred Schilling , work , cornmls- sloner district No. 1 $ 20.50 Rynold Bretschnelder , work , commissioner district No. 1 7.50 Ray Purdy , work , commission er district No. 1 1.50 George Stork , work , commis sioner district No. 1 3.00 Emll Hintz , work , commis sioner district No. 1 4.50 Adolph Schilling , work , com missioner district No. 1 9.00 Emll Gall , work , commission er district No. 1 7.50 S. M. Clayton , work , commis sioner district No. 1 10.50 Sam Lodge , work , commis sioner district No. 1 (5.00 ( Western Bridge and Construc tion company , on contract. . 5,000.00 I John Malone , labor and mile age SO.CO On motion the board then adjourned to June 1C , 1910 , at 7:30 : p. m. Madison , Neb. , June 1C , 1910 , 7:30 : p. m. The board of county commission ers met pursuant to adjournment. Present , Commissioners Henry Sun- derman , John Malone and Burr Taft. C. D. Johnson , steward of the poor farm , made the following report , which was accepted : Battle Creek , Neb. , June 1 , 1910. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Madison county , Ne- braska. I herewith hand your honorable - able body my first quarterly report , for the year 1910 , as follows : Balance in Battle Creek Valley bank , Feb. 28 , 1910 . $405.70 Cash receipts during first quarter as fol lows : March 10 , one three- year-old . $155.00 April 11 , 58 bu. 24 Ibs. oats at 35c . 29.50 April 13 , cash for six hogs to L. B. Baker. 127.75 April 20 , one hog to C. F. Cadwell . 12.50 Cash expended as fol lows : April 2 _ To II. Barnes for 5 cows $170.50 II. G. Whitney , express on cream separator. 1.50 H. R. Lyman , buck wheat flour SO Win. Volk. seed oats. 20.80 Ralph Simmons , seed oats 50.30 H. A. Pasewalk , wngon 52.50 F. Mnssman , seed barley - ley 7.20 Dr. McKim , trentlng horse 3.00 Thomas Evens , seed corn 2.50 Freight on bull 6.80 One halter , Herman Winter 1.25 Paid on steward's sal ary , first quarter. . . . 53.45 $370.00 $370.60 Balance In Battle Creek Valley bank $350.97 The following bills have been In curred and on motion the same were allowed and warrants ordered drawn for the same : August Steffen , coffin for John Chadde $ 32.00 E. Hans 20.65 The Doering Drug Co. 5.80 M. L. Thomson 9.33 C. J. Strieker 3.25 W. L. Boyer 8.34 L. B. Baker 5.54 Battle Creek Hardware Co 19.60 Howard Miller 16.30 Charles Hanson 14.35 Morris Drug Co 1.70 L. F. Merz 4.45 Joe Dlttrick 1.70 C. D. Johnson , balance on salary 60.55 Amount of unpaid bills 209.62 Balance $350.97 Respectfully submitted , C. D. Johnson , Steward of Madison County Poor Farm. On motion the board then adjourn ' ed. S. R. McFarland , County Clerk. Madison. Neb. . June 14 , 1910. The board of equalization met pursuant to law. Present , Commissioners Henry Sundermnn , John Malone and Burr Taft , County Assessor P. W. Ruth and County Clerk S. R. McFnrland. On account of apparent gross over valuation on lots 2 nnd 3. block 47 , Clark's addition , Madison , Neb. , the actual valuation wns reduced from $2,700 to $2,200. On account of apparent gross over- valuation the actual valuation of the o'-i of lot C and the e'.J of lot 7 and lot 8. block 32 , F. W. Barnes' Third ' addition to Madison , Neb. , was re- ! ducfd from $2,430 to $2.330. On account of apparent gross overvaluation - valuation In the assessment the folvi lowing lots were reduced on the ac- dial vaulatlon : Lots 17 and IS , block 15 , Park ad21 dltlon , Norfolk , Neb. , from $1,170 to $920. Lot 1 , block 0 , Park addition , NorM folk. Neb. , from $1,120 to $1120. Lot 7 , block 6 , C. S. Hayes' addition , Norfolk , Neb. , from $1.2CO to $860. Lot 1 , block C , C. S. Hayes , addl-irn Hon. Norfolk , Neb. , from $1.260 to $860. North 44 feet , south 90 feet , east 209 feet , block 2 , Pasowalk's addition , Norfolk. Neb. , from $1.300 to $800. On motion the county clerk wns in structed to correct the 1909 tux list by computing the taxes on the north 44 feet , south 90 foot , oust 209 feet. , lot 8. block 2 , Pnsewalk's addition to Norfolk , Neb. , on an actual valua tion of $800 Instead of $1,300 on ac count of over valuation In assessment. On account of apparent gross over valuation the following lots nnd lands were reduced on the actual valuation : Lot 7 , block 4 , Pasewalk's Second addition , Norfolk , Neb. , from $900 to $700. Lot 10 , block 2. Dorsey Place addi tion , Norfolk , Neb. , from $1,550 to $1- 350. Part ne i/i of 23-24-2 , Albert Holmes.T from $5,900 to $2,950. On motion the county clerk was Instructed , structed to correct the 1909 tax list by computing the tax of part nc % of 23-24-2 , Albert Holmes , on an actual - tual valuation of $090 instead of $1- 179 ' on account of apparent gross val uation ' in assessment On motion board adjourned to meet June 15 , 1910 , nt 9 a. rn. County Clerk. Madison , Neb. , June 15 , 1910 , at 9 a. m. Board of equalization met pursuant to adjournment. Present Commission ers Henry Sundennan , John Malone and Burr Taft , County Assessor P. W. Ruth , and County Clerk S. R. McFar land. land.On On account of apparent gross over valuation lots 1 , 4 nnd 5 , block 4 , Park addition , Madison , was reduced from . $150 per lot to $30 per lot actual val uation. On account apparent gross over valuation lots 18 , 19 and 20. block 3. Gardner & Bransch's addition , Nor folk , were reduced from $1,300 to $1- 150 actual valuation. Walter Planck voluntarily appeared before the board and consented that the item of merchandise in his per- sonnl assessment in Madison city be raised from $1,000 to ? 1,800 actual valuation. On motion the county clerk was in structed to correct the 1909 tax list by computing the tax on lots 18 , 19 and 20 , block 1 , Gardner & Braasch's addition , Norfolk , on an actual valua tion of $1,150 instead of $1,500 on ac count of error in assessment. On motion board adjourned to meet at 1 p. m. .limp 19 , 1910 , at 1 p. m. Board of equalization met pursuant to adjournment. Present entire board. On nccount of apparent gross over valuation lots 3. G and 7 , block 3 , Park addition , Madison , were reduced from $180 to $30 each nctunl valuation. On motion the county clerk wns in structed to correct the 1909 tax list t by computing the taxes on lots 3. 6 and ! 7 , block 3 , Park addition , Madison , on an actual valuation of $30 per lot tI Instead I of $180 per lot on nccount of error in nssessment. On nccount of npparent gross over valuation the west 50 feet of lot 1 , Ward's Suburban lots , Norfolk , was reduced actual valuation from $2.000 to $1,500. A. V. Smith , manager of the Farm ers Mercantile Co. , Madison , came be fore the board and consented to have the personal nssessment of the firm , for the year 1910 raised on the item of merchnndise from $8,000 to $12- 000. 000.F. F. E. Davenport of Norfolk appeared rI ed before the board and after examination I- I1(1 nation the board on motion raised ( his assessment from $7,500 to $8,500 actual valuation on the item of mer chnndise. On roll cnll the following vote was recorded : Sundermnn , no ; Malone. yes ; Taft , yes ; Ruth , yes ; McFarland , yes. Motion was declared duly carried. C. S. Bridge of the Sugar City Cer eal Mills , Norfolk , nppenrpd before the board and after examination his assessment wns not changed. A. H. Klesau , member of the firm of the Norfolk Furniture Co. , appeared before the board and consented to have $1,000 added to the assessment of said firm on the Item of merchandise. John G. Osdiek , manager of the Farmers Eleveator Co. , of Madison , appeared before the board and was duly examined. The board raised the assessment of the Farmers Elevator Co. , on the Item of cash In bank $1- 800 and on average capital $2,200. M. C. Hazen , attorney for C. J. Verges , appeared before the board and requested that the total tax of $1- 14C.90ifor the years 1891 to 1909 In clusive on part of the nw J/4 of seVi of 22-24-1 be reduced to $075.47. The i matter was referre'd for later consid- eratlon. William Makelln made complaint to the board regarding the nssessment of the nw > 4 of 28-21-1 , asking that : n reduction be made on account of tim ' ber on land. On motion William Make- lln's assessment on the nw 14 of 28- 21-1 wns left unchnnged , the Biime not showing error or gross over valua tion. tion.On On motion the board adjourned to ton. meet Juno 16 , 1910 , nt 9 o'clock n. in. County Clerk. Madison , Neb. , June 16 , 1910 , at 9 a. m. m.Board Board met pursaunt to adjournment. Present Commissioners Henry Sunder- m Ci Ci retn valuation on said lot was reduced jfrorn , $1.775 to $1,595. j On account of apparent gross over valuation the actual valuation of lot acIf . block 3. Pasewalk's Third adillAI tlon , Norfolk , was reduced from $1- 200 to $1,000. In the matter of the personal as- | t-cssment of W. 11. Miller of Madison , Mr. Miller appeared before the board i and after examination the board then ' raised his assessment on the Item of I notes $1100 ; the Item of mortgages was ! raised from $6.000 to $8.200 ; and on ' the Item of cash on hand , $2,000 was added. On account of apparent gross over' valuation the actual valuation of 7 and 8 , block C. Klmlmll & Blair's addition to Tllden , was reduced from $1,800 to $1,200. On motion board adjourned to June 20 , 1910 , at 1 ji. m. S. R. McFarland , County Clerk. Clinton Beats Gordon. Gordon , Neb. , Juno 21. Special to The News : The Clinton baseball team defeated Gordon at Rushvllle by a score of 8 to 12. Pole Creek defeated the Davis team near Gordon by a score of 8 to 11. They Defeat Valentine. Valentine , Neb. , June 21. Special to The News : Valentine crossed bats with the Omaha Giants ( colored ) at Baseball park here today , resulting In a victory for the Giants , 4 to 2. R. II. Omaha Giants 30010000 0 4 7 Vnletitlno 00000020 0 2 4 Bntteries : Omaha Giants , Brown nnd Brown ; Vnlentine , Grimes and Fosberg. Umpire , Jackson. Hosklns Still Dry. Wayne Herald : Attorney Frank Berry was at Hoskins over Monday night where another applicant for a saloon license at that place tried out before the council nnd won , but Berry , on the part of the remonstrators , appealed - pealed the case to the district court on the ground of a lack of the requi site number of free hold signers , so Hoskins will be dry nt least until af ter the glorious Fourth. Attorney Davis had a hand with Berry. TUESDAY TOPICS. R. G. Rohrke of Hosktns was In the city transacting business. Miss Margaret Hamilton returned here from her school near Plainvlew. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Blakeman and Master Clare Blfikernan are in Omaha this week. LeRoy Nethaway of Wahoo Is visit ing at the home of his mother , Mrs. L. Netheway. Edward Mahoney of Plalnvlew Is in the city visiting with his brother , Hen ry Mahoney. P. D. Corell and George Kirk , prom inent business men of Plalnvlew , were in the city on business. W. S. Buttertield has returned to the Butterfleld ranch near Wausa , nfter spending a few days with relatives here. here.Mrs. Mrs. M. C. Wilde and children of linzile Mills are in the city for a visit at the home of her father-in-law , Carl Wilde. Misses Julia and Anna Gross of Wis- ner , who have been here visiting with the Martin Kane family , have gone to Wayne to attend school. Mrs. H. G. Brueggeman and daugh ters , Misses Emma and Elsie Bruegge- mnn , will leave Wednesday for Ala- it rneda , Calif. , for a few weeks' visit : with relatives. Mrs. Arthur W. Sar , from Aberdeen , S. D. . arrived in Norfolk for a short visit with Mr. Sar's parents , Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sar. She will leave Sunday for her home in Aberdeen. Mrs. F. E. Winters , enroute to her home at Creighton from Pilger , where ' she had spent a few days visiting with friends , was in the city visiting with the J. F. Lindsay family. J. E. Montague and family are spending a week's camping in Taft's grove. J. M. Covert has gone to Vlnton , la. , to attend a "home coming celebra- ar. tlon. " This will be the first time Mr. r.jr Covert has visited the home place for more than thirty years. Martin Kane , jr. , 10-year-old son of nfn Martin Kane , is suffering from an Injured - jured foot as the result of stepping on a sharp splint in a sidewalk. City Clerk Ed Harter is the lucky tyh owner of a fine strawberry patch , which Is lu his garden on South Seventh vve enth street. The strawberries have already ripened and Mr. Harter's crop is considered the best In the city. Manager Ward of the Edgewater baseball team had his men on the driving park diamond for a workout last night. The boys all show good form and will without doubt make a strong showing In the league series. ct- ors are arranging to go to Emerlck this evening to attend the meeting of the farmers Interested In the Norfolk- 1km. Newman Grove Interurban proposition. m.at A largo attendance is looked for at this meeting. The meeting of the officers and di rectors of the Norfolk city baseball lengue will bo held tonight to. draw up schedules of the games to be played. ed.L. The meeting takes place at the L. Brueggeman electrical supply store on Norfolk avenue. The basebnll mng- Kgat nntes nro nil prepared to be present at the meeting. Ernest Fenske , a farmer living west of the city , sustained a broken rib ns the result of falling from his wagon ; in the rear of the Knuffmonn ice cream factory. Mr. Fenske was unloading cream. He had one foot on the plat form and the other on the wagon. An other wagon passing struck Fensko'a vehicle and ho was thrown to the ground. The Housh Trial. Earl and Claude Iloueh were on trial In JiiKtlciUls'loy's court Tuomlny on charges tiled by Harry Howaith , the high school janitor , who watt badly cut about the head and received u , liiokon nose when ho claims the two _ Moduli brothers assaulted him lant : wei-U on his own property. County [ Attorney Jami's Nichols of Madison IH proBOcutlng and Attorney 10. P. Weatli- ! erby Is counsel for the brothers. Harry asr.v . Howaith was on the stand the most part of the morning's session. A num ber of other witnesses wore called for , the afternoon. j When court convened after the lunch recess a number of wltncssim j testified that Earl Housh had nothing : . tn do with the striking of Howarth and had pulled his brother Claude ' 'from ' Hownrth , whom ho had on thu 1ground. 1 . A CLASH AT THE COUNCIL. Chairman Winter Feels His Oats , Out Becomes Tamed Down. There were a few fireworks nt the city council mi-eting last night. Herman Winter happens to bo chair man of the ways and means commit tee. > And great authority goes with that position , Herman thinks. In fact , for a time Herman let It ho under stood that he was czar over that de partment ansl that any other council man butting Into that portion of the city's business , must ho sat upon. But . . It was Herman who was sat upon. Councilman W. H. Blakeman had . been ' looking Into the way the water pumping job is being run just at tlilB J. time. He had been gathering figures on the subject , to get a line on the cost at present as compared with the cost before the city took over the pumping proposition some weeks ago. And the figures wore not favorable to J. the . present plan. They showed that the present system Is an expensive proposition ' ' for taxpayers. "What right have you to bring In those figures ? " asked Winter , remem bering that ho was chairman of the ways , and means committee. "I'm chairman of the ways and means com mittee and that's my business. " Councilman Blakeman thereupon politely but firmly told His Chairman ship that as a member of the council , any city business was his business ; that he was Interested In getting at the details of the city's expense ac count and that he'd keep on doing it , whenever he saw fit , without asking Chairman Winter's aid or coneont. He said some things to the chairman that sizzled nnd the chairman tamed down. Having been told whore to get off , he acted as If he was ready to eat. out of the hand that pointed the way. By morning he forgot that part of the : : incident nnd remembered again that he wns chairman. "Didn't I rub it into him ? " he said , patting ' ' himself upon the back , when a friend met him on the street. Acquittal in Mullen Case. Mullen , Neb. , June 22. A Jury in the district court , after three hours of deliberating , returned a verdict acquit ting Harry G. Mclntyre of the murder of Oscar F. Hamilton , the nged lawyer nnd land agent. The case was given to the jury nt 5 o'clock nnd shortly nftcr 8 the mem bers returned witli their verdict. The result is no grent surprise in the face of the showing mnde by the defendant on the stand. Mclntyre was in the courtroom sitting by Ills wife and their twin babies. He wns cnlm and unper turbed throughout the trial , but broke down when the verdict was rendered , and wept. Perdue is in the Race. Lincoln , June 22. Special to The News ' : Deputy Superintendent Frank S. Perdue has filed with the secretary of state his application to have his name placed upon the primary ballot as candidate for the republican nom ination for the position of state su perintendent of public instruction. Superintendent Perdue lias been dep uty in the superintendent's office since January 1 , 1909. At the time of his appointment to the deputyshlp , ho was county superintendent of Madison county , resigning that position to take up the work with Superintendent Bishop. He has been Identified with the school work of Madison county since 1895 , having been city superin tendent at Tllden and Madison before his election to the county superinten- dency. Peary's Proof. Fremont Tribune : Peary's purport ed proofs that were withheld from the national congress in order that the public might be made to pay more eag erly and liberally to get them are now being served up in magazine form. It has been a matter of some specu lation what manner of figures or doc uments would be submitted to show beyond a question that the north end of the world had been found. Peary's proofs consist of an interesting and somewhat thrilling story of a trip through fields of Ice. The story goes Into the minutest detnil of prepnrn tion. movements , operations and ob servations , calculated to impress the reader , not only that the trip was made , hut that no one else could pos sibly have mnde It. The signs that Peary reached the pole It must bo presumed nro In the careful computations and deductions. The proof consists of putting together a Btory that will hold water. Edgar Allen Pee or A. Conan Doyle could have accomplished It without the dangers and the perils of a winter in the arctics , but Commander Peary has not established a reputation ns n , ilctlonist. The best proof , nfter all. will bo the word and reputation of Peary nnd the two men who wore with him. And In this hypothesis there will nlways bo the one cnuso for regret that the great explorer , In his gluttony for glory permitted none but the negro , Hanson , to take the final inarch that I meant to stand at the apex of thu earth.
