THE NORFOLK WEEKLL NEWS-.JOURNAL , KH1DAY. AUGUST fi. 1910.
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PEOPLE'S Pin PIT
ALL IN ADAM
Scnnon by
Even ao
CHARLES T.
ALL IN CHRIST
RUSSELL ,
Paitor Teil t "Since by man came death , by man
Brooklyn
alw comet I lie reiurrrction ol the dead ; lor
Tabernacle. ai all in Adam die , even 10 all in Christ
tliall be made alive. Dul every man in hit
own order i Omit ( lie fuitlruiti ; afterward *
they that ate Qiriil'i during hit presence" ( I
Ooo Corinthiam xv. 21. 23. K. V. ) .
July 24. Once we considered most un
kind , unjust , ilio Ulblu declaration that
our Creator condemned nil of Adam's
rncc with lilm on account of Adam's
"Original Sin. " Hut now , In the light of
the clearer unfolding of God's Word , wo
are privileged to nee differently. Now
wo perceive , not only that God did no
lujmitlco to Adam's children , but. con
trariwise , that In this very particular ,
ho did them a kindness that It was In
the Interest of humanity In general.
Wo are aware that this statement ap
pears paradoxical to those who hnvo
not yet gotten the proper focus upon
the Divine Plan. The key which un
locks the dlllk-ulty Is the proper appre
ciation of the pc/iuffy / Imposed upou
Adam and his race.
TUG erroneous , unscrlptural view of
this penalty which came down to us
Irom the "dark ages" teaches that God
dnmned father Adam , mother Eve , and
every child born to them to an eternity
of torture at the hands of devils. It Is
this unsorlptural and Irrational view
of the wage of Original Slu which
caused all our dllllculty. Indeed , It Is
unfo to say that no other false doc
trine held by God's people ever drove
away from God , from the Bible and
from the fellowship of the Church so
many Intelligent minds. Thousands of
bright , honest minds , after seeing this
teaching of the Christian creeds formu
lated In the dark ages , have quietly
withdrawn from them In heart. If not
outwardly , saying to themselves , Evi
dently my reasoning faculties are of a
different kind from those of many oth
ers prominent In the Church : Without
disputing the point , I simply conclude
that I must think for myself and that ,
In so doing , I am forced out of sym
pathy with the majority of fellow-
Christians on this basic doctrine.
Whore Lies the Difficulty ?
The dillleulty Is that while the ma
jority of Christian people heartily re
pudiate these misrepresentations of
God and his Word , nevertheless the
subject Is not clear to them and they
fear that to repudiate this doctrine
would be to repudiate the Bible and to
become open lulldels. And Just here is
their mistake. The majority of them are
not Bible students. Even amongst min
isters of the Gospel comparatively few
have any degree of knowledge of God's
Word. They know what they think
about the Ulble ; what they believe that
It teaches ; what they have been told
that It teaches ; what the catechisms say
It teaches ; but they have never made
critical Investigations of the Bible
themselves to ascertain Its teachings.
It Is a part of our endeavor to arouse
Christian people everywhere to search
and study the Scriptures and to assist
them with Bible study helps , Bible
keys , etc. And. thank God , there are
thousands In Spiritual Israel who are
not bowing their knees to Baal , but
who are anxious to know , to rightly
understand , the Word of God. Classes
In Bible study are springing up all
over the world. These have recently
adopted the name of "International
Bible Students Association. " God Is
blessing them , not only with the open
ing of their own eyes more and more
widely , but also in using them to bring
others "out of darkness Into his mar
velous light" ( I Peter II. ) .
The Scriptures speak 'of a "famine ,
not for bread nor for water , but for
hearing of the Word of the Lord. "
This famine Is upon us now. Not only
are Christian people hungry and thirs
ty for the bread of life and the water
of life , but many of the worldly are
feeling a longing' for something better
than the husks which they have. We
do not know that all Church members ,
nor all of any one Church member
ship , are thus hungering and thirsting
for Truth. But we do know that every'
where In all the various Churches ol
ull denominations there Is a hungrj
class which cannot be satisfied to dls
honestly misrepresent Itself as in bar
mony with the creeds. These bewll
dered sheep are. of late years , flndlrif
the green pastures and still waters OJ
Divine Truth and grace near to then
In the Word of God hidden undei
the rubbish of Ignorance and superstl
tlon , mistranslation and tnlsluterpreta
tlon.
tlon.But
But ns for the masses of all dcnoin
inntlons : Alas , they arc falling iuti
unbelief ! The popular form of infidel
ity known as Higher Criticism has al
ready swallowed up more than one
half of the ministry and of the mos
intelligent part of the laity. The enl ;
hope for any of these Is in leaving tbj
chaff and husks of medieval tnlsin
terpretatlons of God's Word and ii
finding Its true meaning. In which.I
refreshment , strength and new life.
"The Wage , of Sin I * Death. "
However we read our Bibles In th
past we rend Into them from the creed
of a darker time the mischievous crro
that when the Bible declares a deal ,
penalty for sin It really means the re
verse of this life eternal life In etei
nal torture. Who had the right t
twist the inspired words in such a dev
lllsh fashion ? Who had the right t
add to the Word of God and to mak
void Its true teaching In this manner
Hear the words of the Apostle , "Th
wages of sin Is death : but the gift o
God is eternal life through .lesu
unrist our Lord" ( Romans vl , 23
What statement could be more sin
pie ? The wicked will not be grantt
life at all. either In pleasure or In pall
They are under sentence of death d' '
Btnu-tion Eternal life is a gift. An
it \ \ ih be gh en only to those to whoj
It will be a blessing to those who wll
accept It through Jesus Christ 0111
Lord.
Let us turn to Genesis find note tin
statements made "to our first parent
respecting sin and ) ts penalty. Let u
note that , without the twlstlngs o
theology , we should have no dllllcult ;
In understanding the Divine sentence
as our first parents evidently had n
dllllculty. The sentence upon Fntho
Adam for disobedience was. "Dyln ,
thou shalt die" ; "Dust thou art. am
unto dust Hhalt thou return" : "Cursei
Is the ground for thy sake" ; "Thorn
and thistles shall It bring forth nut
thee until thou return unto the grouni
from which thou wast taken" ( Genesl
111. 2. II. 115-10. 2I .
Thus we see that the penalty tor si
upon Adam and his race was that the
should return to the dust. As we ren
again. "Thou turnest man to dostrm
tlon" ( Psalm xe , Hi. And this pe-nall
Is sulliclcntly awful when we think < i
what It means to die. to lose menta
moral iind physical perfection an
gradually go Into the tomb Into tli
Bible bell ( shuil , throughout the Ol
TestamentV And this xhcol. the 0rnr
the tomb , to which the Bible says a
go. good and bud. rich and poor , hoi
and unholy , was the only bell know
amongst any of the people of God ft
the more than four thousand year
represented by the teachings of t !
Old Testament. Thou came the Ne1
Testament times and the teaching's c
.Tc" us and the Apostles to the sair
effect. In the New Testament tl :
Greek word hndcit. representing tl
tomb , the death state , takes the plat
of the Old Testament shcol In evet
passage translated from the Old To
lament Into the New Testament.
It was nearly three hundred yeni
after Jesus and the Apostles , after tl
writing of the New Testament , befoi
the doctrine of Purgatory was Inven
e < l. And for this reason neither tl
word Purgatory nor the Purgatoi
thought Is expressed In the Scripture
But Bibles were few. and the peep
could not have read them even If tin
had possessed them ; hence for lot
centuries the teachings of the clerj
were accepted without Bible proof
and the doctrine of Purgatory sprei
all over Christendom. All of our for
fathers believed in It It became tl
teaching of Christians everywhere th
the mere handful of saints , instead
dying when they seemed to die. we
to heaven and that the great mass
humanity. Instead of dying when tin
seemed to die , went In some mystei
ous manner to a mysterious pla
called Purgatory , of which nebo <
knew anything except what they we
taught. The teaching Is that prac
cally all of humanity go to Purgato
there to be roasted and otherwise t <
lured for centuries ultimately to ga
release from the torture , when fltt
for heaven. Upon this doctrine In tu
sprung the doctrine of saying "mass
for the dead. " who were believed n
to be dead but Intensely alive. T
fear of Purgatory drew the people ve
close to the priests as the suppos
counsellors of the Almighty and t
mass money drew the priests ve
close to the people. They were ;
honestly Intentloned. but all decelv
by the great deceiver Satan.
A Bad Matter Made Worse.
By and by a priest , a Catholic tin
loglan and teacher In one of their c
leges , by name Martin Luther , ac
dentally ran across a copy of the N
Testament In the1 Latin language. I
lug an educated man he was able
read It ; for there was not one copy
the German language anywhere. I
ther tells us of his perplexity In i
finding Purgatory In the New Tes
rnent , Ho tried to Interest the PC
In Bible study , but failed , and instt
was branded a heretic. lie protest
and others protested ; hence came t
name Protestants !
These Protestants were undoubte <
as sincere before their protest ns tl
wore afterward ; hence their prot
was against the very doctrines whence
once they had proclaimed as I
Truth. Their minds were full of I
thought that a dead person Is not d <
but more alive than before he dl
and that some of these at death w <
to heaven while the great major
went to Purgatory. They did not i
the teaching of the Bible , that "I
wages of sin Is death" that all go li
death , good and bad. and that t
death state Is the shcol and hades
the Bible. Instead of getting this ti
light upon God's Word , they w <
from darkness Into greater darkn
on this point. Here we wish to emp
size the thoughl that nil these no
men , Catholics and Protestants ,
tbelr day. Ilko all true people ted
held a measure of Truth In combl
tlon with errors. It Is the measure
Truth possessed and enjoyed that I
given any power and force to our
rlous Christian systems , and that ,
BOIUO extent , has neutralized the eff
of our errors.
Starting from their nilsundcrstn
Ing of Bible teachings respecting
wages of sin , Brother Luther and
noble companions battled bravely
many truths , but made one great hi
dur. When they concluded that I
gatory was contrary to the Scrlptu
and threw It away , not seeing
Blblo hell , the tomb , they adopted
other hell and thereby went from 1
to wvso .on this subject. They til
The honrhen nnd thr masson of thn
civilized are surely not snlntH nurely
they do not follow In the footstep * of
JCHUS Hiiroly. theroforo. they cannot
bo of his spiritual Hock. Concmdlnc
, that these could not be taken to heaven -
| on , they said. We must take thorn out
of Purgatory anyway , wherever wo put
them , because we have found out that
there Is no such place ns Purgntory.
After Conferences , seriously dislik
ing to make out God's character worse
thnn they formerly supposed , they
said under their brenths , Wo must
take them out of Purgatory nnd quickly -
( ' ly put them Into n hell of otcrnnl tor-
j lure nnd sny ns little nbout the matter -
tor ns possible. They were grratly
! relieved when long-bended Brother
' John Cnlvln explained to them nbout
the more handful going to heaven and
the great mass going to eternal tor
ture. He explained that God bad fore
ordained and predestinated thonc aw
fill results that he might show his
wisdom and his power. As to n
"Lovo divine , nil love excelling. "
Brother Cnlvln seems never to have
thought of that. Brother Wesley and
others since , though less logical and
theological , did stand up for and de
clare the lx > vo of God. even though
rather absurdly they claimed that he
was neither wise enough nor powerful
enough to do more than rescue a inert
handful of Adam's race from the eter
nal torture to which they thought Goil
damned them all because of the dlso'
bedloni'o In Eden.
"All In Adam All In Christ. "
In the light of our better Bibles nnd
Bible Study Helps nnd minds freed
from the Ignorance and superstition *
of the past we may understand the
1 I Apostle's words and find In them , nol
j j only justice and love , but harmony ant !
| beauty. Instead of all mankind goiiu
. ' I to eternal torment for Adam's sin , al
go Into the Bible bell , the grave , 01
account of his sin and all of the men
tal. moral and physical blemishes o :
our race are a part of this heredity.
There would have been no hope of (
future life , good or bad. bad not Got
In his mercy provided the Snvlor tin
"Life-Giver. " ns the Syrinc renders tin
word. In God's due time lie set befori
his Son the opportunity of becomlni
man's Redeemer. The Logos wns math
tlesh ( John i , M ) and obediently gnvi
himself In death "tasted death fo
every man. " As by one man's disnlcdt
nice the sentence of death passed upoi
all of the race , even so by the olrdienc
of the man Christ Jesus unto deatl
justification to life passed for nil o
that race. Now we see the wise rca
son for permitting the sentence to pas
through one man's disobedience t
all of his posterity. It was In 01
dcr thnt one sacrifice for sin mlgh
make possible the reconciliation of th
entire race.
Now read our text and drink In It
depths nnd beauty and force. Th
resurrection of mankind from the si
nnd death and tomb condition to th
e. full perfection and Image of God froi
which the race fell Is the salvatlo
which God has provided for all. Wh <
ever will fall to attain the full roco\
' ery from sin and death conditions wl
have himself to blame because of n
Jectlon of the glorious arrangement
which God made In and through Chris
"The First Resurrection. "
God divides the salvation of mar
kind Into two parts the Church t
spirit nature and the world to perfeci
ed human nature. The first ho Is a <
corapllshing during this Gospel Ag <
the second he will accomplish throug
Christ and the Church during Mes
slab's reign of a thousand years.
The Church , the "little flock" c
saints , called , tried , tested , In the nai
row way during this Age , are to cot
stltute the "First Resurrection" clas
and to become "the Bride of Christ ,
"the Church of the First-Borus ,
These are to be associated with tl
great Redeemer in his future worl
These shall be like him , changed froi
earthly to heavenly nature and mail
sharers of his glory , honor and In
mortality. The Kingdom of God ui
dor the whole heavens will be Inaugi
w rated after the glorification of tl
Church and then will begin the hies
to ing , the salvation , the uplifting , tl
Inu resurrecting , of mankind In general-
u- from sin and death conditions not Ito I
uot
ot spiritual conditions , but to perfei
n- earthly conditions.
All the willing and obedient shall I
id blessed by the great Life-Giver wl
d , eighteen centuries ago died , the Jui
lie for the unjust , and who , during tl
period since , has been selecting tl
Bride class. With his Bride he wl
uy reign to bless the world , to make tl
st whole earth beautiful. As It Is wrl
ten , " 1 will make the place of my fe <
lie glorious. " The whole earth will the
tie be as the Garden of Eden and the r
id stored race like our perfect first pa
idd. ents. But ns for the Intelligent
d.nt wicked , we read. "All the wicked w !
ty he destroy" ( Psalm cxlv , 20) ) . He wl
ee not preserve them In torture or othe
be wise. They will die the Second Deal
to But none will die the Second Deal
ds for Adam's transgression. Christ di <
of for that transgression and will rcleai
Adam and all his race therefrom , ev <
ue
while he will hold them responsible f <
nt
'SS ' every wilful transgression nnd gl'
in- stripes or punishments therefor
teach them to love righteousness at
Into to bate Iniquity ( Acts 111. 19-23) ) .
Coals of Fire.
. "I thought. " said lie. ' thnt those pi
°
pie treatt'd you so badly , and now s <
ns
' They invite you to their receptlt
'n *
Shall you go ? "
to
"Why , certainly. " said she. "Th (
JCt inviting me showed they harbored
grudge against me for the way th
id- treated me. " New York Press.
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ils Straw Rides In Autos.
for Automobile straw rides are Wai
in- Ingtou's new hot weather fad. T' '
ur- gasoline trucks of high power wi
ures : seen un the Washlugton-Bnltinu
he pike recently on their way to the M <
in- u mental C'UJ The usual quota
11(1 ( cow bells , watermelons and glggli
girls were ubouid.
Stand * On the Platform.
In response to many Inquiries con-
ernlng my position since the meeting
if the state republican convention I
an only add to my former statement
iy saying that I stand squarely on the
epuhllcan platform , "to carry out the
ledges of the republican party to the
eople , as before stated , without qunl-
Mention or equivocation. " The dele
gates from Madison county to the
tate convention were Instructed "to
iso their best efforts to prevent the
ncorporntlon of n county option plank
n the republican state platform. " The
lolegntlou was composed of nblo nnd
oyal republicans. They were fairly ,
mnorably and overwhelmingly defeat-
d after the sharpest contest In the
ilstory of republican politics. All loy
al republicans accept the verdict as
Inal. He-form legislation Is the qucs-
Ion of the hour. Progressive ropub-
Icnnlsm rules the day. We Invite the
reform element of all parties to unlto
, n putting Nebraska in the vanguard
> f progress and prosperity. Let the
; ieople rule.
George N. Heels.
SINGING THEIR WAY TO DAKOTA
Two Little Tots Pass Hat at Saloons ,
While Mother Walts Near.
While their mother stood In a door
way of a business house In Norfolk
two children , both about ' .I or 10 years
of age , sang popular songs in front of
the local saloons , after which they
passed the hat for coins from the
crowds which gathered to hear them.
"We are making our way to South
Dakota , " said the youngster to a do-
miter to his collection. "Yes , that is
my mother In the brown skirt over
there. " The boy would not give his
name , but proved to hnvo hard enough
nerves to stand many of the rough
Jokes put to him by some of the loiter
ers along the street. When finishing
their song at one saloon the boy anil
girl would toward another public
place , followed by the mother. When
In front of the prospective stand , the
boy would look into the tloor and "size
up" the crowd , which , if not largt
enough , would be "passed up. " If the
crowd looked "good. " the youngsters
would get out into the street in full
view of their mother , and with n neal
little talk they would commence sing
ing. When they were not making the
hit they should , the snap of the moth
er's lingers could be heard and thej
wore put straight under the direction !
of signals from her hands.
Nlobrara Canal Site.
Niobrara. Neb. , July 30. E. C
Brown of Chicago and C. A. Nlppoll o
Nlobrara , the surveyors who has beci
at work surveying the proposed powe :
canal site near Niobrnra since tin
rst of this month have nearly com
leted the work.
The dam will be built nbout sevei
ulles up the Niobrnra river and tin
anal will be six and one-half miles li
ength , developing about 50,000 horse
lower.
Sioux City and Omnha parties ar <
ontendlng for the waterright and tlv
irlvllege of spending $1,000,000 put
ing In the dam and building the c ?
nal.
SATURDAY SIFTINGS.
Burt Mapes went to Pierce on bus
ness.
ness.W.
W. A. Witzigman went to Fairfax o
uisiness.
P. H. Davis returned from n bus
less trip In the western part of th
itate.
Mrs. G. A. Joy , who has been her
isiting with her sister , Mrs. A. I
Clllinn , has returned to her home a
Peru , Neb.
Mrs. Prank Holan of Niobrara wa
n the city.
William Zutz of Hosklns trnnsacte
nislness here.
V. A. Beeler goes to wew York Sin
lay on a business trip.
Jack Koenlgsteln returned from
juslness trip to Spencer.
W. C. Ahlmann returned from a vi
it with friends at Oinaha.
Cecil Storrlng of Brookings , S. E
was In the city on business.
Miss Mamie Cate of Pierce was i
the city calling on friends.
J. A. Huebner and daughter of Ho
kins were visitors In the city.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Carl Fnlk of Ilosklr
were here visiting with friends.
A. L. Klllian lenves Sunday for Ne
York city , Bos'ton ' and other enstei
points on business.
Mrs. August Schoerluke nnd chl
dren of Plalnvlew are In the city vlsl
Ing with the Albert Upton family.
Mrs. George Loan and daughter i
Gothenburg are In the city spending
week with her husband , George Loa
Mrs. D. K. Tindall has returne
much Improved in health , from hi
three weeks' visit with friends In Ce
tral City nnd Grand Island.
A. A. Ahlmann , who was here vis
Ing with his parents , Mr. and Mrs. \
P. Ahlmann , returned to Stella , Nel
where ho has n drug store.
Mrs. George B. Chrlstoph nnd dang
tors , Misses Dorothy and Mlldre
have returned from a few weeks' vh
with relatives at Alliance , Neb.
T Born , to Mr. and Mrs. Emll Rotth
a son.
0 Herman Schelly , after n two weel
vacation , is back at work.
A record breaking crowd enjoy
the dancing at the Country club hou
Friday evening.
Louis Wetzol has accepted a po
tlon as collector for the Nebraska Ti
ephono company.
Miss Lillian Mnrquardt has accept
n temporary position as saleslady wl
the Norfolk Shoe company.
A business meeting of the B. Y.
U. of the Baptist church was hold Ic
evening at the Beebe residence
Madison avenue.
Mr. and Mrs.V. . U. Bland we
called to Omnba where their son Hi
ry Is seriously 111 with appendicitis.
The W. c. T. r. will not meet di
Ing the month of August on nccou
of the clmutauqun. They will have
rest camp on the chautauqua groun
for the public.
J. B. Maynard , n Northwestern en
gineer , Is suffering from an Injured
eye as the result of n cinder falling
Into It at Stnnton.
Surprising their Junction friends ,
Edward Dooloy. u Northwestern lire-
man , and Miss Rose Clayton of Wlancr
went to Council Bluffs nnd were mar
ried the early part of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Miinn of Hunt-
Ington. W. Va. . hnvo arrived In Nor
folk to make this city their permanent
home. Mr. Munn has charge ofthe
shin ? department In the A. L. Klllian
store.
Revised bids for the construction of
the Y. M. C. A. building will be opened
In the ofllco of J. C. Stltt by the ex
ecutive committee on the evening of
August 5. There are about five bids
filed.
George Long of Rock Island , 111. ,
who Is here visiting with Dr. C. J.
Verges , Is spending his time nt the
mill dnm fishing. He succeeded yes
terday In landing fifteen fine catfish
and a few large buffalo.
While flying a toy balloon from the
top of a porch on his father's resi
dence yesterday afternoon , Lyle Hoi-
den , 7-year-old son of Dr. H. T. Hoi-
den , accidentally fell from his high
perch , but luckily sustained only n
severe shaking up.
Miss Clara Law hns accepted n
month's employment ns stenographer
nnd bookkeeper nt the olllce of the
Elkhorn Life Innurnnco company , re
lieving Miss Martha Koehn , who
leaves Monday for n month's visit
with friends-at Denver , Salt Lake ,
Portland , Seattle nnd other western
const cities.
Sheriff C. S. Smith wns In the city
and served summons on Mrs. Lena E.
Trumm , whose husband , Francis
Trumm , formerly n hack driver hero ,
Is suing for a divorce nt Alnsworth ,
Neb. Mrs. Trumm keeps a boarding
house here nnd has obtained the ser
vices of a local attorney to fight the
divorce proceedings
Architect J. C. Stltt has just finished
the sketch of the proposed Methodist
church parsonage. The frame build
Ing will cost about $4.000. It will be
modern in every respect. The down
stairs will consist of a wide fronl
porch , living room , dining room , study
kitchen , an enclosed summer kltchci
and n large hall. The upstairs will be
fitted out with four large bedrooms
clothes closets and bath room.
A family reunion Is being held n' '
the home of S. A. Mlsklmmins , 21 !
South Tenth street. Tomorrow
sumptuous family dinner will b <
served. Among the out-of-town rela
tlves who are now here to attend tin
reunion are : James Richards , Baxter
la. , father of Mrs. Mlskimmins ; MIsi
Nora Richards , Spokane , Wash. ; Mr
and Mrs. L. D. Nell and Mr. and Mrs
C. A. Young , Dawson City , N. M.
Over $15 worth of carpenter tooli
and window castings were stolen fron
the new Engleman building on Not
folk avenue during the night. A win
dow In the rear of the building wa
left open and It Is believed by Cor
tractor Miller that the robbers enterei
by that means. Mr. Miller says hi
has no suspicions ns to who th1
thieves are , but he says they have de
layed his work grently , It being neces
sary for him to send to Omnha fo
new castings. The building , with th
exception of the front windows , I
completed. Mr. and Mrs. Englema :
will move into the upstairs rooms Mor
day. Mrs. Cooper has rented half c
the east store room , where she wll
open her hnir dressing nnd manicur
parlors. The other half of this roor
will be occupied by Mr. Engleman a
his law olllce. The west store roor
has been rented by Lelk and Mayhev
who will open up a grocery and frul
store.
Norfolk has gone dry as far as th
' water wagon Is concerned. Millar
Green , to whom has been given eve
the street sprinkler , has shut down o
sprinkling the streets of the city , peni
Ing settlement of the question of pa ;
One prominent business man on No
folk nvonue says : "The street sprinl
ler has not been on the street for so
eral days on account of a number (
I business men refusing to make the
monthly payments. The usunl fee
about $1. The entire payment shoul
not he shouldered by n few of tli
business men. " Mr. Green says 1
3 , has quit sprinkling until the money
paid. The city council some time nt
v , thought It easier to take the sprln
1 ling duty from the hands of Fii
Driver Monroe and sell the wage
The wagon wns turned over to M
Green.
The apron of the mill dam on tl
Northfork was packed yesterday aftc
noon with young nnd old flsherme
most of them lucky ones. The scei
resembled very much a Sundny nfte
noon's crowd of fishers on the varloi
docks In Chicago. The river was lo
nnd , well provided with bnlt consh
Ing of crawfish , minnows nnd doui
balls , the Norfolk fishermen were
the height of their glory pulling o
carp , buffalo nnd catfish welghli
from one to ten pounds. The en
were biting freely nnd the lucky fish
who pulled In the ten-pounder wns
delighted with his catch thnt he Ic
the place Immediately , saying ho h :
enough. One old gentlemnn , wi
holds n reserved sent on the nprc
had n close shnvo from falling into t
water. He had a nibble , which so
turned Into a bite. Ho pulled In 1
cntch , which , when landed on the si
pery apron , broke loose from the hot
There was a scramble for the lar
carp , which was making fast headw
Into the water. It was rescued by o
of the youngest fishermen In the ro
who hooked It Just ns it was about
drop Into deep water.
Flege Is Out Under Bonds.
Ponca. Neb. , Aug. L Despite t
fact that ho Is to stand trial for in
dor In the first degree , William Fie
was reolased from custody under beef
of $15.000 to appear In the dlstr
it' ' court which convenes November
a ' The prisoner his two brothers , Her
Is Flege and Fred Flt-ge , nnd Her
Fruvert , n brother-ln-lnw , wore the
sureties. Accompanied by bin rela
tives Flege returned to his home , eight
miles northeast of Wayne In an auto
mobile.
Albert Elrhtoncnmp , the hey em
ployed on the Flog i1 farm at the time
of the atrocious murder of the young
woman , was on the stand all through
the morning session. T.h < < attorneys
opened their arguments In the after-
noonrthe prisoner's protagonists bas
ing their whole contention on the
ground that there was no evidence to
show premeditation necessary to
irovo murder In the first degree and
hat therefore the prisoner should ho
released If he could furnish the pro-
ier surety. No witnesses were called
'or the dofoiihc during the hearing ,
mil the attorneys did not expect
'lege's complete exoneration In the
irellmlnary. they say.
The * prosecution maintained that
i-'lege was charged with murder In the
llrst degree , and- the decision of the
Instlce held him to answer that
charge. Therefore , they said , under
the law he should not be admitted tu
ball.
ball.J.
J. j. McCarthy and assistant conn
sel argued that no evidence had been
introduced to show that Flege had
deliberately planned the deed , and
for thnt reason the most that could hi
placed against the prisoner was n
charge of manslaughter , and that hi
should he permitted to give bond evei
If the more serious charge was placet
against him.
Tne bond wns signed In the court
room after a short consultation be
tween the prisoner , his relatives am
his attorneys. He walked down th <
stairs , and In n few minutes was be
Ing whisked toward home , after n stn ;
of n week nnd one tiny In jail. Elch
toncnmp , who Is responsible for hli
former employer's arrest , went to tin
home of his father , near Wayne , earl
ler in the day.
Flege , for the first time since tin
death of his sister , exhibited eluslvi
traces of a feeling that was suggestlvi
of overwhelming currents of emotloi
surging through his being as Elchton
camp told , in a plain , straightforwan
manner , the incidents of the aftornooi
when he said he saw Flege shoot am
kill his sister.
Eichtcncamp is n tall , open-facei
country boy , nnd no trace of guile wa
apparent ns lie answered the quo ;
tions of the attorneys. Stopping i\o\ \
and then to get the exact sense of
question put in the nearly unfamllin
English , he answered each one tliree
ly , and when the defense broke awn
rom the perfunctory method in whic
he other witnesses had been examii
d and subjected him to a grilling fir
f cross-questions in which the pert
icnce of nearly every wor.l which h
md offered In the direct exnininatlo
k-ns questioned , his testimony wn
lot materially changed. The wltnes
jnve his age as 18 years , and tel
hat German was the language whlc
s used nearly exclusively In the larg
erman settlement , lie said that 1
he quarrel which he overheard hi
ween Flege nnd his sister that th !
vaa the tongue which they spoke.
t'entenMrrii's Story.
Elchtencamp told the snme stor
vhlch he told Sheriff Grant L. Mem
vhen he gave the Information whlc
ed to Flegc's nrrest to thnt ofllcla
le .said thnt nfter the dinner on tl :
loon of Juno 30 , he wns out In tli
mrn when he heard Flege and h
sister quarreling. Then he beard tl
wo shots and the young woman Wf
ying on the ground moaning. The
Flege rode up to the barn where 1
ivas standing and told him to kee
still or the same thing would nappe
o him.
The witness testified that he wor
ed in the field all morning and i
11:30 : had gone to the house for tl
egular hour nnd one-half which
was customary to take at noon. I
snld :
"I saw William nnd Louise nt tl
: iouse at noon thnt day. Willlni
Louise nnd myself nto dinner toget
er , sitting down at the table nbo
12 o'clock. When dinner wns finish *
Wlllinm and I sat down and smoke
Louise cleared off the table and cr
rled the dishes out to the kitchen. J
ter we hnd smoked n pipe , 1 Inid dev
on the porch Just outside the dlni ;
room door nnd Willlnm Inid down i
n couch in that room and went
sleep.
"In just a few minutes I was awn
ened when Louise wns awaking "W
Ham to answer the telephone. I
wns talking to Fred Flege , his brol
ervand kept nnswerlng 'yes * nnd 'no.
"Then Willinm went to the auton
bile shed to grease the machine n
I went out there nnd helped hi
Ho snld , 'Yes. ' "Flint's nil you do no
ndnys , ' she snld. Willlnm said , 'On
I do what I want to ? '
"Louise went to the kitchen. Loul
had n sunbonnet nnd nn npron on.
snw them when I went out to the sh
and she wns In the Mtrhr-n.
'vt'lll nnd I oiled Ihe machine n
he ran It out to the windmill , wht
1 put water into It. lie did not hu
his tuat on , but ws von-in- ; t
Hotsiot ivhich he jjrjutra'.lyuurs
goes awny. I saw him enter t
house. Then I heard Willlnm n
Louise qunrrellng. I knew th
voices , nnd while I did not sec th
I could hear what they were sayi
I think they were in the kitchen th
"They continued to quarrel In I
house and after n while I saw th
come out of the front door. We
ways used German nnd they w <
talking In that. Loulso come out fli
backward. William followed. I s
them nt the porch. They wore s
qunrrellng , standing still. Neltl
snld anything when I ran tows
them. I was going to get them ap
Then I was nfrnld to go through
Bate.
'Q Shoots His Sister Twice ,
t
id "William kicked nt the dog wh
ct wns barking nt them The dog \
0 bnrklng nt both of them Ho how
ry nnd ran under the perth Will !
ry had turned around when he klc !
and I paw the barrel of n revolver
sticking out of his hip pocket.
"I asked him what ho wan going
to do. Ho told nu < to r.t't out. that It
was none of my business , and I ran
toward the barn. I heard William
say. 'Leave him nlono. ' 1 heard Loultw
say. 'Leave mo nlom > , louvo tno nlono ;
what did I do to you1 'Thnt don't
niako any dlfTorouco. ' William mild.
"I hoard n shot when I was naming
to the barn. 1 looked around. Loulso-
was on her knees. Ho was standing.
with the revolver In his loft hand. Ho
s left handed and I always saw him
hoot that way.
" 1 ran into the barn. Then there
'ns nnothor shot. She wns lying on
10 ground nnd ho wns going toward
10 hout-'e. 1 could only see a part of
10 body lying there by the gate. I
fllevo ho wont Into the h MSO. fir f
aw him open tho' door.
"Ho cnmo nut and wont to the unto
nil cranked It up. and drove over to
10 barn. He stopped but a few foot
rom mo. Ho said 1 should keep still
ml not say anything about It or the
aino would happen to mo. llo erank-
d the machine and drove away. I
k' < iit ) to the Hold with my horses. "
Did you hoar any noises other than
ho shots ? " Mr. Klngsbury asked.
"At the llrst shot 1 hoard Loulso
-.Ivo a little scream. Doforo the sec-
nil shot I hoard n little nolso from
lor. After the second , shot I nlso
lonrd a little noise.
" 1 quit work nt ( > o'clock , after four
> r live acres hnd been cultivated. I
lid not go to the house In the nftor-
uion. When I got homo William was
lot there and 1 called up Hondrlcks , '
jut could not got them. Then I call-
d up Prod Flogo nnd asked If ho wns
here. He said no. Then I told Fred
hat ho hnd hotter conic ever right
iway , for Louise wns lying out in the
nrd. Ho asked me what was the
natter. I told him then thnt she wns
nil in. Then I wont out. But n few
ninutes afterward Fred came. Then
Willlnm ciune. Ho wns grinning. Fred
snld , "I'lr ? is no laughing matter ; jum
ook hero , " nnd pointed to Louise's
. oily. I did not hear William's ro-
nnrk.
"The next day In the evening Wll-
.lam . came to mo and u.id that I nni"t
keep my mouth shut about what I had
soon , at'd ' if I would ho would pay ma
lei it. Ho went away just after iio
-d that , lie did not say how much
lie would pay me. "
Elchtencnmp said thnt ho hnd con
fessed to Sheriff Grant Mears nftor
the olllce > r had talked to him on the
day before the confession and on the
Fourth of July , and hnd told him thnt
It wns the best thing to do. On the
cross examination he snltl thnt Meant
had told him that Flege wns trying
tt ) place the blame on him and thnt
Detective W. C. Dnvenport nnd Mr.
Klngsbury were on their way to the
Flege farm nt thnt moment to got
him.
RECORDING THE BIRTHS.
Recorder Gets No More Money for
Twins or Triplets.
When twins or triplets are born
should they be counted ofllclnlly ns
one or two or tliree births ? Miss
Martha Koehn , local register of tho-
births nnd deaths , says the state
health inspector counts them ns only
one birth ns fnr ns she Is concerned ,
but registers them In Lincoln ns two >
or three , ns the cnsc may be. Miss
Koehn , however , Is paid for only one ,
therefore , she says , it doesn't con
cern her finances how many individ
uals are brought by the stork.
The renson for this , Miss Koehn
snys. Is thnt the physicians nre allow
ed to make up but one card which is
turned into her ofllco for registration.
Every time n denth occurs Miss
Koehn issues a burlnl permit nnd Is
pnld for each permit , which she regis
ters , nnd nt the end of each month
she sends the report Into Dr. W. II.
Wilson , state health Inspector at Lin
coln.
Every time a child Is born , the phy-
siclnn must turn in a card on which
tie writes the name of the father
ind mother , where the child wns
born dnte nnd POX , nnd twins or trip
lets when this is the case.
This cnrd Is nlso registered on a.
form by Miss Koehn nnd sent to thb
stnte health Inspector's office each
month , where n Inrge corps of clerks
.o compile the reports coming from every
pnrt of the stnte. Nearly every town
In the state has nn ngent whose duty
it Is to see thnt births and deaths are
reported to them. There are also sub-
li- offices , where the ngents divide their
proceeds with the ngent at the main
office. Warnervllle Is a sub-office from
Norfolk nnd to help out the ngent
there , one Norfolk physician , when a
birth occurs here , turns his cnrd to
the ngent there , who In turn sends It
bnck to Miss Koehn to be registered.
30I He retnlns half the receipts nnd the
30d other Is sent to Miss Koehit here. A\
d Battle Creek there Is no agent and the
physicians there send their cards di
id rect to Miss Koehn.
r
I'O TAP NELIGH DEPOT TILL.
ie.
$25 Is Stolen from the Money Drawer
ie Saturday Evening.
id Nellgh , Neb. , Aug. 1. Special to
sir The News : Someone familiar with
in the surroundings of the Northwestern
IB. depot at this place relieved the ticket
IB.ui.
ui. money drawer of $25 last Saturday
lie evening between the hours of C and 8
in o'clock. No one has been suspected
til- of the theft. There was a freight
tilre
re drawer In the same vicinity with over
st. $40 In currency , but this was over
iw looked.
111
er Bnldwln-Krueger.
rd West Point , Neb. . Aug. L Special
irt to The News : Earl Baldwin and Miss
ho Ida Krueger wore united in marrlago
nt the homo of Dr. nnd Mis. II. S.
Summers un Thursday Ri > v. Jesse
ch BurUbardt i-nt-tur of the i'.ugrega-
as j tlonnl clmrt | j olIK inted n th.- marriage
od | ceremony Tie bride is the daugh-
un ter of Mr nnd Mrs William Krueger
ed of Nci'Bh ' precinct