Nebraska Newspapers

    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. /
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description of the property supposed ! }
belonging to dach ono , to bo Insured
was also furnished to the Minnesota
headquarters. Unruh signed hlmsol :
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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
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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
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, was a remarkable feat , as Mr. Blake
j man was absent in Iowa less thai
_ ! thirty-six hours and must have cm
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| 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
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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.
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' 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.
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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.
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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.