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TilK NORFOLK WKHKLV NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , OCTOBER 21 , 19.10. South Dnkotn News , ClitnluH Arch , who resides on n farm near Lolohor , will huvo lo ar range to pay over to MHM ! Aniilo I'oo the Blim of $5,000 for breach of prom- IHO. All gambling In Lend anil Dcadwood IH to IK ; tabooed and the saloons In both x'ltluH aru to liu made to strictly - ly oliM'rvo the slate hnva to the lot- tor. I'rosldi'nt Tuft has transferred ahoul 02,000 acres of hind from the Lommon , S. I ) . , land district to thu nimnnrck , N. 1) . , and thu Dickinson , N. I ) . , land dlHtrlctH. Woinnn suffrage has hold u success- fill Inning hoforo tlio Methodist con ference' In Mitchell. The preachers Indorsed the movement , and the 100 laymun of the church did llkuwlac. Sever Tsvlndo , iiKcd 10 , was found ( load In n corntlold four miles north of Florence , with his throat cut and face 'bruised. It may prove to ho a murder. The dead man was a car penter \Vatorlown. . South Dakota grain growers arc dis appointed at the failure of the Inter state commerce commission to Investi gate present rates instead of confin ing the recent hoarlni ; at Aberdeen to rho proposed rates of the roads. At the roque'st of friends at 131k 1'olnt , the remains of F. D. Carbee , who was found dead at the West farm. southeast of Vormllllon , last Thursday , wore shipped to Elk Point for burial. State's Attorney Carlson of Canton , was acquitted of the charge of commit ting an assault upon a young woman who was In his olllce as a supposed witness in a criminal case then undet investigation by him. For the second time within twc years the dance hall and resort ol Annie Woods , at Deadwood , was dos caused by a cigarette stub , causing the death of Frank Askins , a minor troyed by ( Ire , supposed to have beer and the Injury of three girl inmates. Charles Looby and .lames Geddys residents of Sanborn county , were ar rested in Minor county on a serious charge , that of Invading the home ol Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bacon , who live on a farm in Minor county , and fright oniiiK Mrs. Itacon to such an oxtonl that it is feared she will die. The commission recently appointee by President Taft to make an ap pralsal of about 800,000 additional acres of the Rosebud Indian reserva lion , which It is proposed to open tc white settlement next spring under ar act of congress , has commenced the work of making the appraisement. Jackson Mentioned for It. Des Moines , Oct. 19. Special tc The News : Among the Iowa ropubll cans prominently mentioned for the appointment to succeed Senator Del Hvor , is Hon. Frank D. Jackson , former mor governor of Iowa and father o ! the three Jackson brothers of Dal las , S. D. Big Bridge Completed. Lynch , Nob. , Oct. 19. Special t ( The News : The Townsend Bridge company of O'Neill has finished UK work on the Kcdblrd bridge' today The bridge is a combination concrete steel 'construction , composed of t\v < spans 334 feet long. The cost is abou $15,000. The old bridge was washec out during an lee gorge last spring This Is considered the finest bridge 01 the river. The new bridge spans tin Nlobrara river. All Ready for Fight. Excitement in the sporting world o Norfolk , although not as intense ai that at Heno before the Johnson-Jef fries prize fight , Is at Its highest pltcl today over Thursday night's battle be tween Jimmy ( "Kid" ) West of tlili city and Jack ( Twin ) Sullivan o O'Neill. The arena in the Taylo building is completed. The largo hal has been fitted up with large electrli lights and the platform upon whicl the pugilists will exhibit their sclenci has been Mulshed. At least 700 pcopli are expected to witness the big mill Tuesday afternoon was the last da ; of the strenuous workout gone througl by Kid West and his trainers. Tin < lay before the kid roughed It will Young Denny , and Tuesday , before i crowd of Ilfty admirers ho poundei Long Distance and Young Osbon around the gymnasium with nmnzhij oaso. From now on he will do a littli running aiound the race course am use the Wlntley exorcise , mixed will light boxing. In the olllco of Dr. W II. Pllger the kid was examined am pronounced In lit condition to go inti the ring. Dr. Pllgor declared the lighter' lungs and heart were in excollen condition. In the meantime , Jack Sul IIvan has been doing some tralnlni on his ovn part at O'Neill , whore It I re-ported he Is In the pink of condl lion. The healing of the injured lip of th hid was very rapid and he says it is a good as now now. "Tho kid will win the go very oas lly , " snld Long Distance , Kid West' star trainer. "Ho pounded mo aroum easily and ho has a terrible panel : His wind Is good and Sullivan wil have to do his best to stand a show. Say It's Even Match. Among the fifty admirers who wil ncssed the open and last workout o the Norfolk fighter , were a number o % vell known ring backers who kncH both of the principals of the cotnln light. They declare the match abou oven. Up to now the betting has bee oven , but Tuesday a few bets wor taken hero with odds against th O'Neill lighter. That the light Is to bo on the squar is taken from the fact that $200 ha boon posted with .The News sportln editor as a uldo bet by both Sulllva and West representatives. The wli ner takes the $400. Sullivan mua weigh 1C2 pounds or loss or ho wil lose bis money , according to th agreements. Unruh a Smooth One. Nebraska State Journal : AH atwon- loth century criminal genius , Peter Unruh , who was sentenced at Norfolk ocontly to ten months In the county all at Madison for unlng the malls in furtherance of a scheme to defraud , Is iMitltlcil to rank with such celebrities is Casslo Chadwlck , the Mabray gang , [ he American Sugar trust , the porpo- irators of the famous Spanish prison- r swindle or the men who systomat- cally robbed the Illinois Central rail road of its millions. Unruh's moth- xls did not bring him as much booty IK the others , hut no more cunningly contrived nor carefully executed plan than his was evolved in any of those moio colossal frauds. The story of his operations , which were carried on for a full year In two small townn of northern Nebraska before - fore detection took place Is ono that shows unmistakable genius on the man behind them. To make his plan work successfully , Unruh adopted a dozen or more fictitious branches of the Mononlte Insurance association , supplied them with fictitious members , furnished certificates of losses signed by liimnliiiuy ufilui'iH , carried on cor respondence with the headquarters of the organization under two different mimes and In two languages , and flu- ally , still under another nom de plume cashed drafts sent to the mystical per sonages in payment of their supposed losses. lie cleaned up in this manner $9,000. What aided Unruh In his work was the fact that members of the Mention- Ho church are not accustomed to sus pect ono another of dishonesty , but on the contrary make It a practice to trust each other. The Menonilc aid plan , the organization which was mulcted , has boon doing business for many years and Its oillcers say this la the first time it has over lost a dollar through fraud. Us headquarters arc at Mountain Lake , Minn. It insures the property of Mcnonltes In all parts of the United States and Canada against fire , lightning and storms. Unruh was formerly county treas urer of Splnk county , S. D. He had an extensive acquaintance in the southern part of that state and In northern Nebraska , but was known by divers names in different localities. Thus ho was enabled to cash chocks at three or four places without any suspicion being raised. It was an no- cident which brought about the dls covery of his swindle. A list of fie- titlons losses represented as being due to windstorms had been forwarded tc the Minnesota headquarters from An * oka , In Boyd county , Neb. , and a clr cular was sent back to Unruh undei his assumed name at that place as "secretary" of th * local society. The wrapper was torn off , and the post master In looking over the paper , saw the names of people listed as claim ants for insurance whom ho knew were not living In that neighborhood Ho divined that the literature involved a fraud of some kind and it was turned over to postofllce detectives for inves tlgation. The sequel was Unruh's appearance pearanco In federal court , his pleading guilty and receiving a ten months jail sentence. He bad already spent nine months in jail before bis case was called. It was leained by the federal an thoritles that Unruh worked hi ; scheme from two points , Anoka am Enunett , but did not live at oithoi place. lie went first to Emmett in tht latter part of 190S and sent In frou there a list of ten names purporting tc bo those of Menonites desiring to joii the co-operativo insurance society. / 1 description of the property supposed ! } belonging to dach ono , to bo Insured was also furnished to the Minnesota headquarters. Unruh signed hlmsol : ' as "Frank R. Thomas , " holding the of lice of secretary. He also contribute ! the names of two imaginary men wlu were to serve as valuers of property whenever losses should occur. Thci ' 10 proceeded to "organize" on a slm liar basis at Anoka , with twenty-five fictitious members. There he used UK name of C. G. Bennke as secretary. From either place Unrun woulc write In giving information of lossei as they were alleged to have occurred 1 Later he would forward certificate ; J purporting to bo duly signed by th < secretary and the valuers. The monej 1 would come as a draft made out t ( the beneficiary but in an envelope ad ? dressed to the secretary. Unrul stayed at Norfolk a good deal of tin 1 time , and had the letters forwnrdee thither to a specified box number fron Anoka and Emmett. IIo would endorse dorso each draft with the name of tin fictitious person to whom It was madi out and then cash It , either at ono o the banks in Norfolk , at Tyrdall , S D. , or ono or two other places when ho had an acquaintance , under clif fercnt names. So painstaking was Unruh to die gulso his Identity and conceal UK swindle that in writing from Emmet to the "Minnesota olllce he always usee the English language and the Thomn signature , while the correspondonci from Anoka was all carried on In Got man with the name of Bennko append ed to It. More than this , be had ti contrive two other signatures for eacl place , distinctive from the first , li order that his certificates might aj : pear to bo regularly attested by val tiers. A comparison of vouchers re celved at Mountain Lake shows Urn ho kept copies of the various signn tu res and faithfully duplicated cacl ono whenever ho wrote. FOR A THIRD TERM. Providence , R. I. , Oct. 19. Governo Pothler was rcnomtimted for a thin term by acclamation at the ropublicai state convention hold hero today. Al the other state oillcers were unanl inously ronotnliinted. The ticket fol lows : Governor , Aram J. Pothler ; llouter nnt governor , Zenas W. Bliss ; secre tary of state , J. Fred Parker ; genera treasurer , Walter M. Read ; attorney enernl , William U. Greeneough. The platform was adopted without opposition. Endorsement of the administration of President Taft and of the Payne- Aldrlch tariff bill and expressions of regret at the retirement of United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch , \\ore Included In it. DASEDALL INJURY IS FATAL. Harry Dlrd Dies at Rockford as Result of Being Struck by a Batted Ball. Rockford , 111. , Oct. 19. Harry Bird lied today from Injuries received In a baseball game a year ago , when ho was hit In the stomach by a batted ball. In Danner of Flreo. To a largo number of Norfolk mer chants the Inspectors of the Nebraska State Fire Prevention association con fided that Norfolk Is In great danger from lire , owing to the fact that base ments In several business houses are Oiled with ashes. They also declared they have found a number of business places which are in danger of lire con stantly. ' Special Train for Fight. Jack Sullivan , who will light Wid West hero Thursday night , will bo In Norfolk In the morning. J. McKcnney , ono of Jack Sullivan's representatives , arrived In the city Tuesday evening and is making all preparations for his lighter. Mr. McKonney reports that all arrangements for the special train have been made. The train will leave Norfolk after the light to enable a largo number of fight fans from that vicinity to get back homo Thursday night. SENATOR ELKINS VERY ILL. His Friends Are Alarmed Over His Condition Crisis Approaching. Elklns , W. Va. , Oct. 19. Friends ol Senator Stephen B. Elkins are mosl concerned over his failure to rallj from the illness which has hold hhr at homo the past summer. It Is re ported ho Is suffering from a nervous disease which Is said is nearlng a crit leal stage. New Rates on February 16. Washington , Oct. 19. By nn ordei issued today the interstate commerce commission directs that the long anc short haul provision of the recent Interstate torstato commerce act shall become effective on February 1G , 1911. The commission holds that a througl rate that Is higher than a comblnatior of Intermediate rates is prlma facie unreasonable. Its intention to enforce this principle and to grand exception ! only In extreme cases was announcec by the commission. Mayor Takes Exception. Norfolk , Neb. , Oct. 19. Editoi News : In your report of the counci proceedings last week there is a state ment by Councilman Blakeman whicl I never heard until I read It In The . I News. I want all my olllcial acts t < be open and known to the public -me 11 would scorn to employ Mr. Blake man's underhand methods. I final } believe that the taxpayers of Nort'oll want better lighting for our street ! and I secured Mr. Palmer at the re quest of the council to come before I the council to explain what could bt elone to ascertain the practicability o the project. Unless the council sav I fit to employ him his services up te that time would cost the city nothing ' and the fact that the council did cm , ' ploy him justifies me in my position i Mr. Blakeman seems to have a per sonal reason for wishing to continue i' ' the present execrable system of light ' j Ing the city. He states that ho Inves j i tigated all the municipal plants It ! Iowa and found thorn a failure. Tlili ' , was a remarkable feat , as Mr. Blake j man was absent in Iowa less thai _ ! thirty-six hours and must have cm ' | ployed a hot air balloon to transpor | him all over the state. If Mr. Blakeman Is so solicitous fc I ! the expenditure of the taxpayers money , why does he purchase Itemi for the city at more than the marke price ? He voted to expend $35 for : j i crossing across the street from hli . own property , where It could bo of n < , ' service to the public and Is only usee . by himself to visit a neighbor , am ! protests against a sidewalk for the res > I idents of North Eleventh street , when I the residents have to wndo througl ! ! the mud to get to town and whore tin . i city removed the dirt from the strce ) and left It In bad condition and is ob > . llgated to repair the damage. f j It needs no argument to prove tha . ; Norfolk can profitably light its owi 5 j streets. Madison , Wayne and Harttng ton , Nob. , with loss than half the popu latlon of Norfolk , has more and bettc lights on their streets and at less expense penso than Norfolk now pays for llgh for Its streets. It is not a whim but i firm conviction with mo that Norfoll must have its own lighting plant be fore the streets arc adequately Ilium Inated , and I believe the taxpayer will back mo up In my efforts to go bettor lighting for Norfolk. In conclusion , I still wish , Mr. Ed Itor , to bo jhown who has been "toi rorlzed" nt the Junction the preson hummer. My information Is that tin Junction has been absolutely free fron that sort of thing this summer and would like to have Mr. Shaffer glv the name of oven ono person who ha been "terrorized. " John Friday , Mayor. Are Married Half Century. Standing before Rev. J. Aaron li their homo at He-skins at 3 o'clocl Wednesday , surrounded by all thel children and grandchildren and man ; old friends , Mr. and Mrs. William Zut again repeated the words which flft ; years ago bound them In wedlock a Stoeckow , near Colburk , Germany. Among the old pioneers proson were Mrs. Ferdinand Pasowalk am Fred Wilde , who fifty years ago wit nessed the wedding ceremony of this aged couple. Alter the golden wedding ceremony Rev. Mr. Aaron of the Lutheran church and the entire gathering showered the couple with congratulations and gifts , and gifts. William Zutz'wan horn at Sagow , Germany , on September 23. 1835 , and after his school education he became a professional gardener. Mrs. Zutz was born near Stonckow , Germany , In Juno , IS 10 , and It was In that city where Mr. Zutz , who was employed at hist profession , met Miss Louisa Schwortl'agor. Fifty years ago they wort1 married and after a few years Mr. Zutz went with his bride to the I province of West Prussia. Ho did not i remain there long , ami a few years ; later resumed his profession at Ste > eck- ow. Since ho was a moro boy no nail hoard of the many adventures e > f Ger- I mans In America. IIo had listened to the stories te > ld by the older folks about the hardships , and letters from Nebraska were road 'o ' him. It was then when hla ambitions to reach No- I hraska were at their highest pitch. The opportunity tei go to the new world arose In 1S09 , and with his wlfo and throe children 10. W. Zutz , vice president of the Norfolk National bank ; Mrs. Minnie Sonnaken of New ' York City , and Paul Zutz , who died hero nine years ago ho wont to lire- men , Germany , from which port ho ; sailed to Now Yeirk. The trip over I was made In thirteen days , but the i trip from Now York le > Chicago ' stretched out from one Monday till the next Sunday , an entire week. The travel was very slew In those days , and the family finally reached Water- town , Wls. , where many German fam ilies lived. Here Jlr. Zutz , anxious to learn the American methods of agri culture , hired out to a farmer at very low wages and worked patiently In bis new capacity. In the spring of 1S70 , he became anxious to roach Nebraska , j and finally moved to Omaha , his des tination being Norfolk , where he had , friends. Walks to Norfolk. At Omaha he was told of the Hoods throughout Nebraska and he left the family in Omaha and went by rail over the Union Pacific to Fremont , where ho mot August Brummund , with whom he walked to Norfolk , encoun- . j toring many hardships. After the . I flood subsided he , In company with Fred Braasch and Ferdinand Haase , j drove to Omaha with wagons , where the family and household goods were put aboard the prairie schooners and brought to Norfolk. There were no bridges in those days and the streams , swollen by the recent floods , had to be forded. When near the mill dam In Norfolk , where the Sugar City Cereal mills now stand , a narrow escape was experi enced from going into the water. 1 After getting acquainted with the ' Norfolk citizens Mr. and Mrs. Zutz 1 took up a homestead two miles north ! of the city , where another child was ' born to the family , Mrs. R. G. Rohrke , ' wife of a prominent Hosklns banker. After going through the hardships of ' pioneer life and In need of moro land : l'e > r the cattle , which he was raising , 1 Mr. Zutz purchased a farm near Hos- kins , which a few years later he sold. ! He then entered the merchandise busi- s ness in the city of Uoskius. 'ill health , however , forcec him to give up this business after live years 1 and he retired to his present comfort- 1 able home in Hosklns , where Wednes day the bonds of matrimony Into which the aged couple entered fifty ' years ago , were renewed. Mr. Zutz Is ono of the most prom inent and sturdy of Nebraska pioneers , Ho was nt one time county commis sioner of Madison county : he was de feated once for county treasurer , and later declared he was delighted over 1 his defeat. For the past twenty years ' ho has been a director of the Norfolk National bank , and although he docs not consider himself a rich n in , ho is ' glad that he is fairly well off. ' ' Mr. Zutz has many friends In Mad- 1 Ison county and his influence has t brought to the county many desirable 1 citizens. As a citizen and a neighbor ' ho is looked upon as ono of the best , ' and it has been often remarked that I his word is as good as a bond. I WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. James Craig went to Omaha on busi ness. J. E. Ilaasc made a business trip tc Wlnslde. M. D. Tyler has gone to Orchard or business. Burt Mapes returned from Butte and Creighton. John A. Ehrhardt of Stanton was hero on business. Dr. and Mrs. P. II. Salter are In Chicago cage for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Buttorfield have gone to Chicago for a short visit. Mrs. John Robinson returned from a visit with her parents at Omaha. Mrs. George Laon and daughter ol Council Bluffs are visitors In the city Cleo Lederer returned from a few I weeks. ' vacation , which ho enjoyed . with relatives in Montana. . ' J. G. Gallagher of O'Neill was In the t' ' city enrouto to his homo from a bus ! 3 ' ness trip to Dallas. Miss Lulu Lamb is very 111 , suffering from a second attack of appendicitis The Ladies' Aid society of the Second end Congregational church will meol at the church Thursday for a social afternoon. Sheriff C. S. Smith and Constable John F. Flynn arc busy posting no tlces of the coming election. J. Weaver , who has been employed temporarily as watchmaker at the Hayes jewelry store , has gone tt Omaha to take a course In optical work. The Ladles' Aid society of the Flrsl Congregational church will meet al t the homo of Mrs. II. A. Pasowalk , Mrs , 1 G. B. Chrlstoph assisting , on Thursday nt 2:30 : p , in. The Norfolk band has been engageel to give concerts on Friday night , Oc tober 21. The band will also moot II. E. Floharty , the speaker of the demo cratic mooting , at the depot. A reception for the' Norfolk toaehers by the Woman's club , planned feu- Fri day night , has been postponed until Saturday night , October 22 , on account e > f Prof. Veigot's musical recital Friday. The Ladles' Literary club of Stan- Ion were the guests of Superintendent J. P. Poclval at the state hospital Tues day afternoon. After a thorough In spection of the Institute the ladles wore convoyed to the station in the Instituteconveyances. . The unexpected colel wave which Htrtick the city Tuesday evening brought out the duck huntora. Many boxes of shotgun ammunition were sold and the hunters "beat It" to the watering places surrounding Norfolk , where they expected to make some big hauls. The feature of the firemen's bcne > ( ll musical which will be given at the Methodist church Friday night , Oc tober 2S , will bo the laelles' orchestra and band. The tickets for the enter tainment were put on sale Tuesday and are being easily sold by the fire fighters. Henry Hagcnlorn , tuo iS'orthwestern ' fireman who escaped Iroin the state ; hospital after he had recovered from the e-ffects of heat prostration with which ho sx.iforcd for several wee-ks , goe's to Council Bluffs , la. , to take treatments at the Edmundson hospital Thursday. At the precinct democratic caucus John Flynn was nominated as con- .stable for the Norfolk precinct ; J. M. Machmueller , assessor outside pre cinct ; Gustavo Machnmollor , remel overseer elistrict Ne > . 1 ; E. 11. Kauff- inan was made chairman ami If. W. Winter secretary of the central com mittee. " At Alexandria , Minn. , Wednesday afternoon occurred the wedding of Fred Wachter and Miss Anna Fie- branz. Among the Norfolk guests at the wedding wore : Mr. and Airs. Louis Wachter , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Raasch , Herman Wachter , sr. , Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wachter , jr. , and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wachter. Among his mail Wednesday Burt Mapes founel a postcard cartoon. The writer had drawn the picture of a farmer smoking a cob pipe with an in scription underneath reading : "Burt Mapes , the farmer's candidate for con gress 1912 , on his farm. " The artist Is a first class cartoonist. The card was mailed from a Columbus-Norfolk train. The work of excavating Norfolk av enue for the final laying of the con crete base for the paving was greatly delayed by the rain Tuesday. The workmen wore put to work several times , but had to give up their efforts on account of the extremely wet con dition of the ground. Many business men are complaining that the paving is proceeding-too slowly and that there has been a waste of 'opportune weather. South Dakota News. Miss Myrtle E. Very is the new Christian church pastor at Urookings. Grain shipments from all parts of South Dakota are now In full swing. Dr. T. J. McMurray has resigned as pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mitchell. The Bnwkings county Sunday School association will meet in con vention Saturday at Bruce. Governor Vessoy has named dele gates to the good roads convention to be held in Aberdeen on October 25. The corner stone of a Masonic tem ple was laid at Wagner Friday with appropriate ceremony. Of the money appropriated for the soldiers' home , $ GHG ! was turned back into the state treasury. P. S. Stewart and Jim Wilson have been arrested at Platte charged with holding up O. V. Westerberg. Sheriff William Hickey of Yankcon county suffered the loss of an auto mobile when It caught fire and burned , A lone woman whose name Is not given out , raided a poker joint at Tyndall , and the men and boys who wore "sitting in" scattered In all ell- rectlons. The little town of Loomls , which has a population of but eighty-six , in September made a new business rec ord. Butter , eggs , cattle and hogs sold for ? ! i.S08. 74. Three grain elevator ? paid ? ; i9iiS.Sj ( : : for grain. Joseph Shot-man and Jimmy Means Indian boy students at Rapid City I went to sleep on the railroad track I six miles west of Scenic and were kill ed by a train. They had run away I from school to attend a celebration at Scenic. I Miss Emma Straghor of Sioux Falls j went to Harrlsburg , la. , to bo secretly i married to Frank E. Bailey. When I she arrived at Harrlsburg she learn ed that her fiance had died suddenly I from heart failure while awaiting hei arrival. Two years ago the younii ' man to whom she was engaged , died i suddenly at Santa Fo , N. Y. She will I now become a trained nurse. Here's Something Worth Knowing One of our farmer subscribers neat here tried a now wrinkle this week In cleaning his harness. IIo cleaned It with Old Dutch Cleanser and says the result was all he could desire that II took off every speck of ellrt and didn't crack or stiffen the leather. Now hla wlfo is using Old Dutch Cleanser tc clean the cream separator , milk pans and palls. Ho says It takes off all the grease , removes all odor , polishes al I the same time and leaves no taint tc ' spoil the milk , as it Is free from all I acids and caustics , This Is qulto n I discovery and our friends will realize that It moans a great lessoning of la bor a great Item on any farm. A News want ad will do the work. Battle Creek. ' County Coiumlfrtlone > r Henry Sun- dertnan Is hero this week eu'orsuoiag the' scraping and relaying of the sand road south of town. ( . ' . A. lli-dman went to liunaii Tues day fena visit at the homo of bin ( daughter , Mrs. Ray Sharp. 1 Mrs. Bertha Gardels Is visiting will her daughter. Mrs. Paul Uutlor. at Gregory , S. D. Fred Neuwork Is tre-allug his hemso on his farm south of town to a mnv 1 coat of paint. William Mlllor is doIng - Ing the work. August Wlllo , who has farmed Gott lieb Slbbol's place hero feir I we ) ye ars , has purchased a farm botwe'con Os mend and Pierce and will move there next spring. Mrs. John Erbst , accompanied by her two younger children , arrived here Tuesday from Hleiomlleld fe > r a visit with her sister , Mrs. Fred Stouk , and other relatives. H. L. James was here Monday from Helen visiting his parents and other relatives. Elmer 0. Brink Is building a largo new barn on his farm three miles southeast , and Letchor Daniel Is building a new corn crib and granary on his farm five miles southwest. Henry Bergman wan here Monday from Madison visiting at the homo of bis brother , William Bergman , who lives on the William Horn farm , William Chapman was here Monday on business from Pierce. Henry Tledjon was up to Koya Palm county last , wool ; and bought a half section Impreiveel farm ten miles from SprliiRvlcw , the county seat , for $ lfi per acre. Geittliob Prc'iiss of MndlHoii IH visitIng - Ing hero at the homo his sons , Robert and Otto Prouss. Gee > rgo Marr. who moved up to EwIng - Ing last spring , will come back next spring. Ho lias routed the William Nicolay half section farm south of town and the latter will move to town. Henry Dankors of Corning , Mo. , was visiting here from Friday till Wednes day with relatives and with his son , Fred Dankers , and family at Madison. Rev. Father Thomas Walsh returned to Battle Crook Monday and will take care of his parish again. The vener able reverend has just returned from an extended trip to Europe and the eastern states of this country. Northwest Wedding. George Thompson and Miss Eliza beth Miles were married at Wayne. Conrad Vinzcn and Miss Martha Goldfus were married at Atkinson. Miss Elizabeth Welkum and John Frel were married at Hcrrlck. Miss Lizzie Shalstrom and Luther C. Samuelson were married at Emer- Ick. Miss Pauline Schocnbaum and Ralph Nichols were married at Bonesteel. William Schulz and Miss Viola Burge were married at AInsworth. J. J. Mlsek and Miss Lena Minarik were married at Dodge. Samuel Warnlck and Miss Hilda Ilermanson were married at Newman Grove. L. A. Fanske and Miss awry E. Wells were married at Wayne. Cornelius De Foster Haskell and Miss Margaret MarlTionkcn wore married at Gregory. COMPTROLLER'S REPORT. More Than 154,000 Papers 'Have Been Handled During Year. Washington , Oct. 20. The comp troller of the treasury directed thir teen suits to be instituted against of ficers and others indebted to the United States , handled moro than 151,000 papers and passed upon many million dollars' worth of government transactions In the past fiscal year , according to his annual report. Express congressional authority is urged to permit payment without let ters of administration upon the numer ous applications by beneficiaries of the estates of deceased persons for small sums duo the estates from the United States. These payments are now being made by express legal au thority and are at the risk of the gov ernment. Relief of tno government from the risk of double payment Is sought In a recommendation that congress In cases whore $500 or loss Is duo the estates of deceased clerk or other em- ple > ycs authorize accounting of case to allow the amount found duo the widower or legal heir. Such a provision al ready applies to officers and enlisted men of the army. HIGHER UP MEN INVOLVED. New York Bribery Scandal Drags In Prominent Names. New York , Oct. 20. Representative Otto Voeckor , the nifin who was car ried from his sick benl Into the state senate chamber to cast the deciding vote for the anti-racing bill urped by Governor Hughes , took the stand as a sworn witness yesterday and told the Morrltt joint legislative committee the details of an alleged attempt In 1908 by former State Senator Frank J. Gardner , now under arrest , to buy his vote. Gardner was called tc the stand , but refused to testify. Robert Elder , first assistant district attorney of Kings county ( Brooklyn ) , repeated a conversation which ho had with Gard ner In March last and which previous ly had been referred to as a "confes sion. " Mr. Elder does not vouch as to his own knowledge for the truth of what ho repeated but ho gave for what It might bo worth testimony that Involved moro names of men now liv ing and names of men higher In so cial , business and political life , coupl ed with the distribution of bigger sums of money , than anything yet heard in either the Allds hearing or any of the previous sessions of the present committee of Inquiry. The narrative created a sensation. Briefly , It told of a dinner at Dcliuon- ICO'H of prominent men friendly to the race tracks ; of $500,000 HtiliHurlbuil te > a corruption fund ; eif the distribution of this fund to politicians and to welt known political correnponilenln at Al bany of the New York newspapers anil i ef ) the > ? e > cre > t grievance ) of the Into Son- i ator Patrick McCarron that wen-keel ! for the p annumof the bill agalimt his i own wishes and his own associates. i "Ho said that aiming the mon there that I re-member were James R. Keen , David Mltcholl , Mr. Par.souH , Harry Payne Whitney and ClmrloH II. llydo. " Charles II. llydo IH now chamber lain of Now York city and was for * morly a law partner of Mayor Gaynor. James It. Keene Is the well known rail ing man and millionaire stock market operator. "Mr. Parsons" was not further Iden tified. Ho ( Oardnor ) continued : "Mr. Elder said there was dispute about who should handle the nunioy. Final ly ho cald $12."i,000 was pi von to Jniucm Giiffiioy to take care of three or four mcmbcrx of the legislatureTnininany men , he salel. " James C. Unffney Is president ot Iho Gaffnoy Construction company , which was handling many municipal con tract w. HE'LL ' TALK TO EUROPE SOON. Prof. Earle Ovlnaton Hopes to Solve the Wireless Telephone. Now York , Oct. 20. Prof. Earlo L. Ovlngton , who Is performing oxporl- ini'iilH at the electrical she win Madi son square * garden , said today that he at last has found the Instrument which , when properly developed , will establish telephonic communication between America and Europe. lie displayed an apparatus which , In a limited degree , illustrates the meth od by which ho hopes to arrive at the achievement. It is a wireless tele phone. In design and In principle it is radically different from any other previously attempted. All that Is vis ible Is a pair of 4-inch brass balls , with receivers attached , which are placed to the cars , without any wire connection. Immediately a phonograph graph Is heard playing In a cement lined vault , also unwlred , two stories bolenv In the basement. For those wno prefer technical phraseology , hero Is an explanation of the apparatus and Its workings In the professor's own words : "The human voice could qulto as readily bo used , but for exhibition pur poses and to Insure continued connec tion I am using a repeating electrical phonograph with a multiple G-ampero transmitter. The current , passing from the transmitter , charges the con denser , which , discharged through a mercury vapor Interrupter and high frequency apparatus , transforms the current to ono which vibrates moro than three million times a second. On top of the oscillatory current Is super posed the current waves produced by the sound waves coming from the phonograph. The receiver consists of ! a high Inductive wiring In combina tion with a capacity , the two being tuned to the fundamental vibration of the transmitter , which is three mil lion vibrations a second. " ASKS $15,000 FOR 2 STAMPS. Berne's Philatelical Exhibit Included High Priced Entries. Berne Oct. . Two , 20. - - - postage stamps , together valued at $15,000 , wore a feature of the International Philatelical exhibition , which has drawn many visitors to Berne , the headquarters of the Universal Post un ion. The two stamps In question are shown in the collection of II. J. Du- veon. They are superb examples of the "postolllcc" Mauritius stamps , thai came from the collection of the late Sir William Avery of England. A block of 'four postage stamps" of Man- rltlous , costing $5,000 , Is one of the finest things In the exhibition. The only American exhibitor , C. La- throp Pack , has medals for his Bra zilian , New Zealand , Capo of Good hope and Spanish stamps. The rarest stamp In the whole exhibition Is an SO-cent Parma , used together with a 20-cent stamp on the same letter. It is the only known used copy and is worth what a millionaire Is willing to pay. Millionaires from all over the world have had their agents at the ex hibition. The king of England Is an exhibitor. Ho shows eight proofshects of all four values of the earliest engraved stamps of the small colony of Novls. Each sheet comprises twelve stamps. The king's proofs are in trial colors. In the exhibition are a number of beautiful specimens of early Swiss cantonal postage stamps , Including the Basle "dovo" and the Geneva "largo eagles. " Victor Beajeaux of London shows a complete plate of un used copies of the forty types of the R.yon I. palo blue Swiss stamps of April , 1851. The carl of Crawford sent his early Neapolitan stamps and Prince Dorla Pamphily of Italy showed a few ex amples of rarities of early Italian states. The gold modal for the best general collection of postage stamps of the world goes to Dr. Rudolpho Forrario of Como , Italy , for a collec tion of moro than 13,000 varieties. Rhyme Costs Busch $500,000. Los Angeles. Oct. 20. This nursery rhyme has just cost Adolphus Busch , the St. Louis brewer , $500,000 : Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross , To see what Tommy can buy A penny white loaf , and n penny white \ cake , And a two-penny appllo pie. The expenditure represents Busch's love for Ills grandchildren more than It does real money. Ho Is exceedingly - ly fond of his grandchildren and when ono expressed a desire to see what Banbury cross was like Busch forthwith - with ordered built the famous sunken gardens at Pasadena.