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I 'llti NO It FOLK WK1CKLY N'KW.S-.JOrUNAI , . KKIIMY. DHCKMBKU 2. 1)10. ! ) .A < SOCIETY Plcnsures of the Week Mrs August /ItkovvHkl celebrated licr biilhday anniversary Sunday lit her lioiiio In ICdgoxvator , where u large number ( if ftlumlH and relatives giith- utuil to congtndilnto liur. Among the out-of-town visitors were. Mr and Mrs Gustavo Ma rotIloHkliiH ; Mrs. Frank BoiiHor , HoHklns ; Mr. and Mrs llunry Weit/llch , Husklns. Thanksgiving ovonlng Mr. and Mrs. Blic'rman Wllloy gave n 0 o'clock din- inn In lionoi of Mr Wllloy's lihthday I'IIOHO piosont wore Dr. and MIH. L A Culmscc , Mr and MIH. A. F. Har vey , Mr and Mrs. Walker , Mi and Mis F. II Scott , Gli-i ) Wllloj and MlHH OHIo Drebert WlilHt WIIH tlio ovonlng's entertainment. MIH. j iiaum cntcrtalnod a Hinall company of Indies vury Informally on Tuesday afternoon. Bridge furnished ontortalnmont. The high score favor was awarded to Mrs W. N. Ilnse. Airs. Hanin soivcd a dollclons supper lit P o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. L. Sessions enjoyed a Hplcndld Thanksgiving dinner \\ltli' Mr. and Mrs. Ccoigo Botry at their' ranch , olght miles west. Dt. and Mrs. Tanner of Hattlo deck \\oro also' guests of Mr. and Mis. Berry. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Unso entertained n small company at bridge on Thanks giving night. S. M. Uradon made the lilgh score of the evening. Lunch at 11 o'clock rounded out the evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. Damn entertained the West Side whist clnji on Monday evening. Mrs. IJaum served tempting refreshments at the close of the games. Personals. Mrs. W. O. Hakor came up from Omaha on Wednesday to spend a few days nt the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. llnse. Mrs. Baker will return liomo tomorrow. Mrs. M. A. McMillan and grand daughter , Miss Ruth I ( aiding of Oma ha , spent Thanksgiving In West Point with Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlln. Mrs. B. S. Tobias of Wellington , Kan. , spent a couple of days with her ulster , Mrs. A. Morrison , the past week. Mrs. G. W. West of St. Paul , Neb , Is in Noi folk for a week's visit with lior daughter , Mrs. 0. J. Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Dradcn left yes terday for Huron , S. D. , for a short visit with Mr. Oration's brother. Coming Events. Mr. and Mis. C. II. Gioesbeck entertain a cloven fi lends at a Thanksgiving - giving dinner tomonow. Hymenlal. Osten-Thiemke. George Osten of Norfolk and Miss Adolla M. Thlomkeeie married at the home of the bride's parents at IK ! North Twenty-fifth street , Omaha , at 10 o'clock Satin day morning. Imme diately after the ceiemony the young couple went to Wichita , Kan. , where after n slioit visit with relatives they will leturn to Norfolk , probably Tues day evening. They will make their home on Koenlgstcin avenue and Twelfth street , where Mr. Osten has rented and beautifully furnished the Gibson residence Mr. Osten is super intendent of the Noifolk Light and Fuel company. Before coming hereabout about one year ago he was superinten dent of the Pali bury gas plant , and for some time was employed with the Omaha Gas company. lie has made many ft loads here. Miss Thlemke is favoiably known bj a number of Nor folk people. At Omaha she is popular in social circles and Is a membci of a prominent family. 1 Gordon Pioneer Is Dead. Gordon. Neb , Nov 20 Special to The News Solomon J Dix passed awav at his home heio fiom a compli cation of bionchial tumbles Mr. Dlx was a memhci of the G A H and a pioneer at Coition Ho settled with his fainil } heie , with the Indiana com pany that founded Coition , twenty-live years ago last spring Ho leaves a wife and several grown sons and daughters. A Coffee Steamer Wrecked. Now Orleans , Nov. 20. A special from Savannah says : Tlio steamer Crown Prince , bound from Brazil to Now Orleans , wrecked off Capo San Antonio , October 1C , is rapidly break ing up From her forward hold have boon taken 15,000 bags of coffee , un touched by the salt water. The re maining fi.OOO bags arc n loss. Great Stock Show. Chicago , Nov. 20. Thoroughbred liorses , blue-bl'joded cattle and sheep nnd hogs with family trees that would put many humnn aristocrats to blush arc Chicago's guests today and will display their charms during the an nual International Live Stock exposi tion nt the stock yards. Nearly every state of the union nnd every province of Canada have sent animals to the big bhow , and , with a big prize list and the certainty of a largo attendance of spectators , the exposition will surpass nil records. In Picturesque Trlpp County. Pahapesto. S. D. , Nov. 20. Special to The News : Pnlinpcbto township Is In the northwest corner of the Rose bud roborvo In Trlpp county It re ceived Its imino from a butte which ran bo seen for miles around , and Is , In fact , a landmark. At the base of the butte Is the postoflico , general store and blacksmith shop , while to 'tho ' south , noitli , oust and west the piulrlu IB dotted with buildings bo- longllig to honicsloadcis. Lyman county Is on the noith , and Mollctto count v , the no.\t count } to be tin own open to the vvhlto settlers , Is on the west As one goes north on tho'l'iesho tiall , the road seems lo climb up with bleaks or deep cliaws and tavlnes on either side , until tliu dome of heaven seems close overhead , and the val- ICJK of the White river and Cottonwood - wood creek lie f < ir below. The view Is beautiful , In the Hiimmoi time the winding rlvoi with the does and hills ' bojond , coming M > suddenly upon one's view , as It Is llrst seen fiom the top of the table land fairly takes'ono's llnoath \ On a cleat day the smoke of the engine can be plainly seen as the lialii pulls In and out of the sta tion at Vivian , across the ilver In Ly man county , some twenty-live miles away. Heio are a profusion of wild lloweis , many beautiful varieties. Along the White liver and the creeks IH found much wild .fault , many grapes and plums. Lint fall , although all the ftult had been killed bj the free/o ' late in the spilng In other parts of South Dakota , the river was llnted on cither side with red bushes , loaded witli hundicds of bushels of buffalo beirles. Along the river are Ideal ' spots for camping expeditions and j ' pintles Many paitles take advantage ' ' of the fruit and llshlng each summer ' and < amp near the ilver. The fact that this part of Trlpp county was so far fiom the end of the , toad at Dallas , nnd that It was sup posed to be all very rough was prob ably icsponslble for the fact that many good claims wore left open and weio filed upon after the first of Oc tober , and during the squatters' rush. This fall n vciy comfoi table little schoolhonse was erected near the butte , where most of the children of school ago are. Pahapesto means In the Indian language , "high , steep ele vation. " ( Heie , ' as in other parts of Trlpp 'tenuity i , there are men ami women from many states , many professions , nnd many walks of life , all desirous i of obtaining 100 acres of ground , most ' of these to bo permanent homes. It takes considerable courage to go sixty miles , fiom Clio railroad. Last summer two sisters , both school teachers , who i have claims up her" , being in need of j lumber , provisions , etc. , made three tiips to Grogoij for Height , nearly scvontj miles away , with a team com posed of an old buggy noise belong ing to one of them , and the other's little saddle bioncho. Their experi ences weio many and varied. Some laughable , otheis seilous. The bron cho had a way of stopping half way up a bleep hill to admire the surround ing country , refusing to move an Inch until the spliit moved him , some times this would bo for a short time , some limes for several hours. Then lie would make up for lost time go ing down a hill and scattering the whole load on the decline. | On Oak crook , richt across the line and in Melletle county , is the Had Nation Indian school. In this neigh borhood live many Indians. These ted bklus aioeiy paitlal to n certain kind of boup not appteclated by'the white man. Recently one of the lat ter puichabcd a very fine hound fiom an Indian Later when tying him up , \vhlle putting a collar around his neck the dog gave an uneaithly jell. An examination showed a straight gash bevel al inches long. The former master had evidently postponed the eistwhilp intended feabt after almobt ending his canine exibtence. MUTINOUS SHIPS RETURN. Brazilian Navy Rebels are Given New Commanding Officers. Ilio Janeilo , Nov. 20 The mutinous vesbclb of the Binzillan navy which put to bea jcsteiday to aw ail positive asbiuanco of the government's good faith in gianting their demands for naval icforms and full amnesty , spent , the night oulbide the bar , returning to the haiboi this moiiiing. The vvar- ships' were still 11)ing the led flag but the cievvs made in known that they would bo turned ovet to the an- thoilties according to the teims of sin lender agreed upon at noon. Now commanding offices. ! have been appointed bj the mutlneeib. In No Shape for War. Washington , Nov. 20 Major Gen- eial Wood paints a gloomy picture of lack of prepatednesb of the army in cabo of war in his annual report to the bocretaiy of war There arc weak spots in many directions , ho bald , and most soilous is the shortage of Held aitlilciy and ammunition , a fault which should bo Immediately correct ed General Wood declared there Is a great lack of reserve sea coast am munition and that , at the present rate of appropriation by congress , it would take more than fifty years to obtain a reasonable supply of ammunition for the coast defense and r still longer time to obtain the necesbary artillery and ammunition Fear Trouble In Greece. Athens. Nov. 20. Creek authorities aio preparing for possible serious riots on the occasion of the general elec tions Monday. Belgium's Queen Is Better. Brussels , Nov 20 Bulletins Issued by the attending physicians today indi cate that the condition of Queen Elba- both is Improving. It Is understood she has suffered from tjphold Woman Aviator Coming , Los Angeles , Nov. 20. Cody , Hard- ing and Gtbbs , the English airmen whose exploits ha\o preceded them across the Atlantic have agreed to (1 ( > at the aviation meet in Los Angeles next January , according to the an nouncement of their committee , which is arranging the events under the auspices of the Aero Club of Califor nia. In addition to this , sovetal French aviators who have not yet been seen In the United States have accepted in vitations. They aio Leon Batheate > , , ( . P. Weiss and Clmmpel With them i will como Mine. Mailhe Nell , one of the three Fioiich women holding avl ator licenses A Ride Over the Rosebud. Norfolk Neb. , Nov 21 ! - Editor The News Rooonllx wo tiaveihcd by auto the undent ualm of the Sioux In dians. tinvellng ttom ( 'niter , S. D. . to Valentine , Nob. The plowshaio nf cl- libation has jet seaicoly obllteiated the Hails ut the Indians and the wal lows of the buffalo In all that vast legion and much of it Is piimltive as when Hist fashioned by the Moso/ole ago The genius of man will ultimate ly oveicome nil difllcultlcs legardlng the settlement of this region and It will sonic day sustain a huge popula tion A Jouiney ac'ioss these lands Is an exhlliiating experience. Over the lnoad and fertile table lands , along rugged canyon walls and terraced button , we sunned distance as the miles receded and the shlmmeiing hoi I/on unfolded before us In Illimit able poispoctl/o Wo loitered betimes In some hill enclicled valley wheio the dancing sunbeams sought repose In lakelets ncblltng in bowls of gold en sands , and heio wo took toll of myriad flocks of ducks basking In the sheen of sunlight and rippling wa ter. Always , however , speeding 01 loltoilng , we ga/od with avvo and rev- oienco upon the wonderful buttcs , consecrated thiough unreckoned ren turles by the graves and council flies of a race w hcfse beginning of daj'3 Is lecordcd among the mysteries of the infinite and whoso end of life is now decreed by the Inflexible destiny of evolution. Daikly , as If bathed In an elixir of amber , purple and gold , the buttes loomed athwait the hori/on miniature mountains , superimposed , hnp-hu/nrd and in fantastic shapes upon the level table lands as If ante- deluvian giants had suddenly , aban doned their whf elbarrows and left In- completed bee ! ions of mammoth forts and lallvvay giadcs higher than the Noifolk postotlke. It is a land of il lusion , where the witcheiy of the ml- lage mlriois In the bky the panorama ofnitte , valley and lake , where the iockb aio etched and catvcd and pigmented - mented as ifiy \ the hand of giant bculptois. The lights and shadows soften , gild 'ind gloilfy even the ties- ett until It glovvb with tints of trans cendent loveliness and the mind is lost in contemplation of the entranc ing picture. Above the golden haze oC autumn an eagle sonis In the cloudless sky , the wind Is hushed , the silence and sublimity of the wilder ness awes the senses and fills the heait with ineffable peace. The gor geous tints ot the betting sun radiate and scintilloto from the vailegated pigmented strata of the buttes , they cast silvery glances upon the lakes and bathe the shadows with a mystic purple gleam. The hypnotic spell of natuio is rudely dissipated by whir ring wingb that aiise almost from be neath the wheels of the car and the alluiing plctute of a fat piairie chick en in the frjing pan dlspellb other pictuics for the time. Once wo dis turbed a coyote from Ills siesta and laced witli him for about a mile. Al though we attained a thirty-fixe-mile speed , Mr Frowsy simply set bib speed lever up another notch and kept ahead with that deceiving lope that fairly eats up distance. A ditch acioss oui com so compelled us to slow down , but we felt that wo had given the coy ote a woik-ont such as he had never enjoj'ed befoie. Up in the Rosebud country the settlers all lee upon Nor folk as their metropolis. They are vitally Interested in what wo are do ing and all that concerns our Inter ests. Gently tne iwiiignt falls ami the riot of colors and gleaming sunMght gives place lo a soft allot Jenv suf fusing eaitli rnd sky. The shadows lengthen iiom the tall butlus , the ci cada has hushed its slridlenl note , aim a cool eveniii } , btceye whispois down the canyons. In the gathtmm dust : the mind can i'lniost see the "ast ca -1 alcades of buffalo , elk and deei Unit erstwhile i earned these plain. , and \.il- lojs , and in the plaintive howl of the coyote the Imagination easily run- jures up the chant of some diitUy war- ilor wooing his mate or vvoishipping the gieat spuil. The illusion is so natural so much a part if the jet- ling of Ihe putuie thai it beionun for the moment a reall/atiou and we scarcely can f rasp Ihe conviction thai only Iho bleaching bones lomaln of Ihe vasl herd * ot game and an Insig nificant and degenerate remnant of the whole iaco of warriore who oncu peopled the land. J. II. Mackay. Flene Trial This Week. Ponca , Neb. , Nov. 20. Nexl week in Ihe tiistricl courl at Ponca , the case of the state against Wllholm Flege , charged with the minder ot ills blstor , Louise Flege , will be called for trial. The young woman was found mur dered on tlto Fiego farm , five miles noithcnst of Wayne on .June 30 last. Two bullet wounds in her body tesll- fled lo Ihe manner of 1 or death. News of the tragedj spread a wnvo of excitement , and search for the au thor of the crime was at once Insti tuted. Detectives wore employed , and the sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys ot two counties were virilnnt and ac live for evidence that would suggesl a solution of the mvstorv Days and weeks pacf-od before suspicion pointed to the brother who vvn llmliy charg ed with the slaying of his Flster. It was neailj a month after the young woman had been murdered tt'at Albert Pcliti nknn > p the hired i"i" told Sher iff Mears Hat Wl'l-olm Flege commit ted the xwful deed. Albert who i ' 7 y ar * of ago , sworr Hat he id n m > iRly kept Bllll because of threat'"tie to him bj Wllholm Floe nKYhton - kamp testified thai Flege had a quar- 10 ! with his sister on Juno HO because the latter piotostc'd against his waste of time In tit Iv Ing Ills automobile , nil-1 vising him to devote more attention to the coinllcld Kihtonkamp alleges Unit aftei Kune hot woids between the biothei and sister , ho and the former went out to get the automobile icady foi use ICchtcnkatnp sa.vs ho was latet left to fill the water tank In the machine , while Tlego returned to the homo shoitlj aftorwatds , ho says ho heaid angiy voices , and looking up snvv Louise hacking acioss the vatd , followed by hoi In other Going to- watd them. Albert states that he was otdered to go to the barn , which ho says that he did A few moments lat er he charges that he hoaid a shot , and then anothei one , and that Wll- helm stood ovoi his dead slstei with a smoking pistol In his hand. l > htcn- Kamp sweats thai Floge gel Into his automobile and rode to the barn and cautioned him to say nothing , on pen alty of a similar fate to thai which had ox 01 taken Louise Hchtcnknnip says he was then 01 doled to go to the field , and thai Flego diovc off lo Dlx- on In Ihe evening the body of the girl was found , and a faithful dog wan guarding It. That In brief and in sub stance Is the storj told by Albert ] > htenkamp. He Is the main witness for the state , and both sides \vill summon numerous witnesses from the vicinity of the crime. A great deal of Interest Is felt In the case , and main from northeast of Wayne will be attraclcd to Ponca' dining the progiess of the trial. LIKE OLD GAMBLING DAYS "Turkey" Raffllnq This Week Brings Pioneer Days to Mind. The wheels on which many Noi pol ! { people won their Thanksgiving din- noi s remind Norfolk pioneeis tthe old days when gambling houses VXPSO In full blast in this city. One NoitolU pioneer declaies it biings back old memories of eaily Norfolk whoa six gambling houses wete i mining wldo open to anyone who cared to try his luck. Seventeen years ago six gamutii.ir houses were srattoted tlnoiighoiii the cltv There may have been otheis , but lliese wore Ihe public gambling houses. Today Noifolk has seven sa loons where sevenleen yeais ago 11 had that numbei of gambling houses A prominent Noifolk business man in relating Ihe old days declaies the gambling houses always had 40 pot- i cent of Ihe players money , win or lose. "One night many years ago , " he savs , "myself , the mayor and eight other citi/ens sal down to a table and plnjcti the wheels from 9 p. in. till midnight. Not one of us won any thing , and though wo had Just drop ped in to while away a few hours , .ve all losl about ? nO. " The last gambling house faded axvnj about eleven yeais ago. This place was located in the rear of a NoifoiK avenue saloon. The "tinkey" raffles this week woio gambling games for cash. No fowls weio given when players won they weie paid in dollars. 11 COAL MINERS ENTOMBED. Explosion is So Violent That All Are Believed to Be Dead. Providence , Ky , Nov. 20. Eleven coal nuncis , two white men and nine negioes , wore entombed in mine No. 1 of the Providence mining company by a gas explosion and it is believed all aie dead. The mine is new , the shaft being only 100 feet deep , with only a few entries. The explosion was so violent thai litlle hope is enter- laincd for Ihe minors' escape from death. Help from Iho mine icscue station at Linton , Ind. , Is on the way to the scene. Comrades of Iho men entombed ate digging frantically to teach them. The explosion blew great masses of slate and stone far fiom the shaft. A mule blown out of the shaft alighted 150 feet awaj' , slill alixe. ENTERING THE MINISTRY. George Southworth , Giving Up Insur ance , is Only 22 Years Old. George S. Southxvotth , manager of the Midwest Life Insurance company with offices in the Uibhop block , who leaves the insurance business next week to study for the minlstiy under Rev. F. C. Taj lor of the Central City Episcopal church , has surprised his friends by giving out his ago at 22. "I know I look older , but It is the Until. I am only 22 years old , " snld Air. Southworth. The fact that Mr. Southworth looks much older than he ically Is docs not mean tlmt ho Is an old looking man. Ho Is very broad shouldered and n pei feet picttno of an athlete. This , says Mr Southworth , was given him by nature and developed through the medium of the football game , which ho has played since he was 10 years old. Ho is high In his praise over the gnmo nnd declares It the best game In existence for the young man of today. Mr. Southwortn has assisted F. M. Hunter In the coaching of the Norfolk high school football team and was in 190 ! ) captain of the Konyon ( Ohio ) college team when that team was the lioldot of the championship of the state of Ohio. Mr. Southworth has al- wajs Intended entering the ministry , hut through iclatlves had taken up the Insurance business for a sldo issue only. only.Mr. Mr. Southworth entered the Konyon mllltaiy academy when ho was 1C jears old He took a popular part in all atliletlcs , but two years after ho entered the academy the buildings woio destroyed by lire and he Imme diately entered the Konyon college , from which four j'ears later ho grad uated with highest honors Out of the 1909 class ho graduated as the first honor of his class with the degree of bachelor of arts. Ho was also n prom inent member of the Phi Beta Kappa Koclety of the college He WIIH cap tain and played end and tackle on the ' llrst team , which held the state chain- 1 plonshlp. Aftei defeating many of the 'othei larger colleges In the state of Ohio , Mr. Southwoith gave up his place aH captain and went up the iMnlno. coast , vvlioio ho spent the summer - : mer with his patents. , A vear ago In September ho came to Not folk and later succeeded C. L Williams as manage ) of the Midwest Life Imminnco lompany. In Decem ber he went bat U to Ohio , where he man led Ml MS Williams an ! lias been living hoio flneo , quietly studying for the minlstij dining his paic mo ments. In two nooks ho will go to C'ential City whoie undei the diiec- tlon of Rev. F. ( . ' Taj lor , the lector of the Episcopal chinch who for live jeais was a mlsslonaiy In Alaska and who is becoming popular In chinch1 woik he will have chaige of two mis sions , Sitvei Cieok and Palmei , where ho will pleach his . 'list seiinons. Soon Mi Southwoith will bea candidate for holy en dots and In about two vcnis ho will without doubt be given a pas- toiate of some Eplscopnlcan chinch. I "It was always my Intention to be come a minister , " said Mr. South woith , " and I am glad it Is under Mi. Taj lot's supervision I will study foi this woik I took up the Insuianco business as a side line In the Hist place. " Ho saj-s football teaches moiallty , self conttol , self confidence , self re i spect and everything which tends to 1 build up the manhood of Hie hoy. Raasch Ilios. have been appointed to succeed Mr. Southwoith as agents for the Insurance company. BASEBALL TEAMS TO CUBA. Connie Mack's Team and Detroit Nine to Play Exhibition Games. Philadelphia , Nov. 20 Nine of the twelve playeis of the champion Phila delphia Ameilcan league baseball club lolt this city this moiiiing for New Yoik to boaicl a steamer for Cuba , vvheie exhibition games will bo player. The playeis will anivo In Havana next Wednesday and will open will , games with the Dettoit team of tin.1 Ameiican League. Ten games in Ha vana will follow with the Almendaie i and the Havana clubs. The players xvho will make up the Philadelphia team ateCatchcis , Thomas and Lapp ; pltcheis , Bender , Coombs and Plank ; Hist baseman , Da vis , who will captain the team , sec- onti baseman , Dei rick ; shortstop , Bat ly , thiid base , McMinis , lett lleUler. * Haitsel ; centei fielder , Lord , ancl light fleldei , Mtnplij' . THE COMING WEEK DAY BY DAY New York , Nov. 20. Among the 1m- . portant news events scheduled foi the coming week are the following : Monday. General election will be held in Greece to choose members of a new national assembly , to succeed the one tccently dissolved , which will be chaiged with the revision of the Gre cian constitution. Interstate commcico commission will begin heatings of railioads and shlppeis to settle diflorcnces gi owing out ot the constinction of the long and slioit haul clause of the lailioad rate bill. Contcbt foi the world's champion ship in speed typewriting will be held in connection with the National Bus ! ness show , opening In St. Louis Tuesday. Harvaid university will colebiate the 30d ; ! nnniveisaiy of the birth of John Harvard , the Englishman who founded the institution. Wednesday. Interstate commeico commission will grant a hearing to the Pullman company on the pioposed leduction in rates- involving a decreabe of about 25 pei cent in the rates charged for upper berths. Thursday. World's Hist Intelnailonal aerial and aviation exhibition , comprising com plete exhibits of ovoiything relating to the navigation of the air , opens In Crj'stal Palace , London , and will ex tend through December and Januarj- . Atlantic Shore Line railway , extend ing fiom Blddefoid to Yoik , In Maine , will be knocked clown at public auc tlon at Alfied , Me. , under a foieclos- me of mortgage bj the bondholders. General Porfllrio Diaz and Ramon Coriall , as piesldent and vice pics ! dent , respectively , of the republic of Mexico , will enter upon their new term of olllce of six years. Miss Helen Taft , daughter of Presi dent nnd Mrs. Taft , will bo presented to the society of the national capital at a tea to be given at the white house , wuun scores of notables will pay their respects to the debutante. Ollltaid match for the championship of the world xvlll bo commenced by Willie Hoppe nnd George Slosson In Nexv York. Red Cross seals will be placed on sale throughout the countrj' , the mon ey reall/eti from the Christinas stamps to be used In lighting tuberculosis. Friday. Walter Wcllmnn and Molvln Vanl- man will begin their lecture tour at Carnegie hall , New York. Special session of the Oklahoma leg islature will convene to authorire a rofeiendum on the state capital prop osition. Saturday. First public repoit of the national tariff board will bo made at n banquet of the Chicago Association of Com merce. Anniversary of Indian War. Just twenty jears ago today this torrltoty was In a ferment of oxclto ment over the gieat Indian scare In South Dakota and fetieial soldiers were being rushcti by special trains through Norfolk to quell the alleged disturbances at the Pine Rldgo ami Rosebud reservation agoncles In South Dakota , northwest of Norfolk. It was the last gioat Indian scare In this togion and the HOIOIIO peace and quiet that piovailH In that Hold at this lime makes It soo.ni today its almost an Impossible tit cam that thcuu evot was ically sen Ions apprehension. But theio was. , Refund's swat mod Into Rushxille i and \ulontlno and Iheio was a story ' one day that a battle hud boon fought on the Rosebud , and that sixty per sons had been killed 01 wounded. For ten dajs the newspapers of the conn uy weie mote given over to that In-1 dinn sonic than they have boon dm ing the past wed ; over the tovolt in Mexico. And appatenlly the two up ilslngH amounted to about the same tnlng hugely imagination and minor I General Nelson A Miles , then In command ol the at my , was busy In ( hlciiM ) dlMpatc lilng fcdetal ( loops to the scene of double , and In some circles ! cles It was said that the upilslng was worked up as a picsiclcntinl hoomlct. One tcpoil declaim ! that tno cause ol doublet uns tollglcius The Indians' Chi 1st had piomlscd them , the story wont , that ovetj Indian who tell In a battle against the white man , would soon Use again when all white people plo would be engulfed and polish. GEORGE RIDDLE DEAD. Well Known Shakespearean Actor , First Harvard Actor , Dies. Boston , Nov 20. George Riddle , one of the most widely known Shakos peaioan loadois In the country , tiled today of ceiebial liemoiihage in a Loval hospital. He was found uncoil scions on the sttoet late last night. Mr. Riddle , whose home is in Cam- biidge , has boon pioniliient in the the atilcal piofossion for more than a cpnutci of a centuiv. In 1871 ho plaj'- eel in the company with 1 < Mwin Booth Mi. Riddle was gi actuated fiom Har vaid in the same jcat tlmt he appear ed witli Bootli and was the first alum nus of Hint unix 01 sit j' to take a stage c aieer. Students Must Exercise. Now Oi leans , Nov. JO On the gioiind , It Is said that the students of the univeisitj have not heeded his ap peals to pattlcipato in college athletics as tliev should Piesiticnt Cialghliend has announced that hetoalter Tulane will enjoy the taste of compulsoiy athletics Exeij freshman and bopho inoio at the tnilxersltj will bo compell ed to take a ceitain amount of exei- else piesciibod by the facultv Out- cloot woik will constitute the gi eater pint of the physical icqiiliemeiits Richard Wilson Dies. New Yoik , Nov. 20 Ricliaid T. Wil son , who had been scilously ill at his Fifth avenue home for a few clays died eaily this morning. Sioux City Hears of Line. Sioux City. Nov. 20 C. W. Baker of Omaha , who is promoting an elec trie road to 11111 between the Xebiaska ir-edopolis and Sioux City , in lived in Stoux Citj foi an investigation of the situation in this city , and is icglstcieti at the West hotel. The line as far as Fiemont , Neb , has been sin v eyed Mr Baker said and guiding will be started next spiing An engineer , who , according to Mr. Baker , will icpoit to European capital upon the situation along the pioposed line , accompanied him. Mr Baker is the piesident of the Baker Constinotion company which will co.i- struct the line "Sioux Citj was placed on the road's map as an alteithoiight , " Mi Baker declared. "Tho oiiginal plan was to build a line between Omaha and Fie mont. That line was laid out. Then the capitalists back of the project sug gested a continuation as far as Sioux City. "Accordingly wo are now figuring on a line which would leave the Fie mont blanch at Elk Citj' , ten miles south of Fremont , nnd run practically directly north to SiouxCity. . The Fie mont line will bo continued to Nor folk , Neb. , with a branch line to Madl son , leaving the maii < road at a place called llovvdl. The Sioux City line would run through Craig , and pural lei to the river at a distance of about fifteen miles west. ' "Ihe pioject means an expenditure of $8,000,000. The Sioux City line will not be completed for two years The Fremont stretch must be finished by January 1 , 1912. " Mr. Bakei refused to give the name of the county ! in which the capitalists xvho ho says are back of the project , live. Woodruff's Age Just 43. I "You ask me why I changed from romance to coinedj' , " ho concluded. "Well , I'll tell you I have been on the stage for thirty-live yeais and I switched bocaube theio Is more money in the comedy. It pays better $35- 000 a year Is not so bad , Is it ? " ho , said , smiling. "Last year we made' ' $17,000 In the 'Prince of Tonight. ' " ' Hero tlio famous matinee idol gave away his age ami the glitter of the light in his diesslng room showed that instead of golden locks the actor's hair is grey , but ot a very pretty grey. "You see , " he said , I am tl ! years old" this without a blush. "I find as 1 giow oldoi there nro but two things woith while health and a big bankIng - Ing account , and 1 ant a blh oankln ? account as I giovv older. " Mr. Woodruff laughed at this bit of humor and admitted ho know ho did ( not show lila ago. The secret of this , , how ovoi , ho did not reveal "I don't , ' make a hit with my singing. In fact \ I can't sing at all. I haxe two singing , paits tonight , but they are not sup- ( pobcd to be singing parts. 1 don't haxo to sing. " , Heie Mr Woodruff picked up his wnti h and huncKd it to The News man to exan nil Hire don t chop it , man1' ho ivlaimod as The News man fumbled it carelesslj "It H worth a thoirancl dollars. " ox-plained Mr I Woodruff. "It was piesentod to mo ! In Pa i Is- " i "Would you mind tolling mo by whom ? " liuiulicd his Intonknvor. "Woll , now , " laughed Mr. Woodiufr. "It was given to me by u lady In I'unice for a dliinei favor , lint I'm not going to tell jnti who nho IH " Tile watch IH as thin as a half dot- hit piece and. nccending to ltn ovvnoi. It is thi' tlnlosl watch In tlio wotld. It WIIH made by Cat t lor In I'atlH. Likes Norfolk ; Coming Again. i "I look a walk mound yom city to- I day. " said Mi We mil HI IT , "and It IH u veiy nice ) phu e I have been Hick nil daj i out i acted a cold on tlio way down heio and have In en fueling bud. 1 have boon sleeping all aflcinoon and am somewhat hcltci now. I ox-poet , to be back In Norfolk next yeat " Mi. Wood i nil ompiojH a Japanese valet , who takes cine of the actoi and M'i'-t to his diesslng and packing. The show lolt foi Sioux City Satin- daj momlng , whoie they play two clajs , both days at matinee and night entu talnments Is Henry Tattooed ? At the Oxiniid hotel Homy Wood- mil was a mjsteij To a NOXXH topic- sentntlve an omplojo ol the hotel con fided that Wood i n ff was an ox-sailor. 'lie Is ( altoood all cnci his hody , " . -aid the emplovc "Didn't I see a big Chinese duigoti tattooed all over his light aim a minute ago ? I In has not got one of those big voices as jou hum fiom nclois iiHiiallj , but I hot ho IH the dope all light , all light MACHINISTS MAY WITHDRAW. Lnst Session of Labor Convention' cf Importance to Them. St Louis , Nov 20Tho last ses slon of the Aineilcan Feduiatlon of Labors annual convention began tlnec ; horns beloio tlio icgiiiai meeting time todaj as the delegates wanted to com plete theii woik befoio the time sot foi adjournment. The big question bofoio the coin en tlon was the application of the Wes tein Fedeiatlon of Mlnci.s foi a dim- tor Tlie gi anting of it now tests in tlio hands ot Piesident Gompeis , whoso dec Ision on a point of law will giant 01 refuse the chin tor The ma chinists have announced that If Iho westein Illinois aio admitted with jmlscllc lion ox CM the machinists they will wlthdiaw tioni the Ameilcan fedeiatlon. SEARS KILLED THE COUPLE. Ti onion , N. J , Nov 20 Rachael Soais , a iiogiess , motl ei ol John Seals , who is in jail chaiged with tlio mm dot of Rev Am/ie Aiinstiong and his wife at Dutch Nock , said , ae- c ending to Piosectitoi Ciosbj , that slio he.nd shooting while she was upstaiis and went downfalls and saw the bodies ies of Di Aiinstiong and his wife ly Ing on the Hoot and her son standing in the kitchen with a gun. ' She do- lajed announcing the deed. Pioseuit- tor Ciosby does not deny that Seats has inado a confession but will not tit- xulgo the inhumation ho got until the time toi the dial No Free Trade for France. Pails , Nov 2i ( Tlio cabinet today dec idod against a tempoiaij abolition ot tlio impoit duties on foieign wheat and othei ceieals , which had been pioposed because ol the shoitage of the Fiench crops. Battle Creek News. Battle Creek , Neb. Nov. 20. Spe cial to The News Thanksgiving was observed at the Luthoian church in tlio forenoon , when Rev. J Hoffman dolivoiecl , an elaborate sermon. Next Sunday Rev. Mi. Hodman will bo in Ainsxxorth , whoie ho has lo install a new minister nt the Gciiiian Lutheran church near that place , and consequently quently tlieio will be no meeting hero in the foionoon , but In the afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev. George Blocdol of Battle Creek 1 UghU. will pronch in the city church. Call Weiiclt , William Wondt and Al. Boor were over to Lindsay Sunday by auto. On their way home they had a bieakclown in town on Depot street at 7 o'clock in tlio evening. The ma chine was repaired In Stiicker's shop. Herman .lost , a Battle Creek boy , arrived heio Saturday from Aoron , Colo. , for an extended visit with his father , John .lost , and other relatives , Mr. Jest and others of this vicinity have taken homesteads in that coun try , but dry weather and frost wore against them this year. Deputy Sheilff J. M. Smith drove over from Madison Monday on pri vate business. Ho was accompanied by Ills daughter , Miss Meba , who took the train from hero to Tllclcn , where she xx ill visit at the homo of her uncle , C. A. Smith. Mr. and Mis. Henry Wotzel wore here Tuesday from Madison visiting friends. ' ARMY AND NAVY TODAY. Taft Can't See This Game , He's at Work on Message. Philadelphia , Nov. 203'ho black and gold and gray of the army and the blue and gold of the navy glitter all over the central part of Philadel phia todaj In honor of the football teams from the West Point and An napolis academies , which will meet on Franklin Held this afternoon after a lapse of two years The weather Is perfect Washington. Nov 20. Inipoi tain en gagements and work on his anniinl message will proxent President Tnft from seeing the army-mix y football teams at Philadelphia today , hut Mrs. 1 Taft and Miss Helen Taft , as xvoll as a host of army nruliui vy ofllcers and \ 1 their friends xvlll make up the national capital's delegation to the contest. Vice Piesident Sherman and a num ber of senators and representatives will bo among those at Franklin Held. The best homo for you In this city Is going to bu found and rented soon by nn ad-answerer. Are you an ad- answerer ?