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TIIK NOKPOLK FRIDAY , KKI Hl'AltY , ' { , PERSONNEL OF NEW SENATE Dozen Old Members Rc- Popular Forecasts Place clcctcd or Certain to Townscnd of Michigan Be , While Thirteen Will and Pomcrcne of Ohio Yield Their Seats , as Men of Destiny. By JAMliS A. ODCDRTON. now know for the most WIO part thu personnel of the now senate. A. few state legislatures are yet dead locked bocauHo of our nrchntc method of choosing senators , and the results in thcflo may not bo known for duyw r even weeks. In Georgia thu legls- luturo will not gather till June to name a man to (111 ( the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Clay , now temporarily occupied by former Gov ernor Terrell. The lloko Smith faction Is in control , and It Is not likely to elect Terrell. A progressive Democrat will presumably win. Thcro la even talk ot the redoubtable lloko himself. There arc an oven twelve incmberH of the present senate who have been or nlmoHt certainly will bo re-elected to the new one Clupp of Minnesota , Clark of Wyoming , Uulberson of Tex- us , Du Tout of Delaware , IM Follctte of Wisconsin , Lodge of Massachusetts , McCumbcr of North Dakota , Nixon of Nevada , Oliver of Pennsylvania , Page of Vermont , Hayner of Maryland and Sutherland of Utah. Two of these am Democrats , two progressive Repub HcaiiH and ( he remainder regular He publicans. Out of twenty-one regu- Inrs whose terms end with this DCS nlon thirteen hare been or will bo do feated. Because of several deaths there wli : be exactly twenty-four of the new sen ntora , an unusually largo number. 1 doubt If In the memory of those now llrlng there were ever an equal num ber of new senators at the beginning of any congress. Lippitt a Textile King. It Is a startling fact that ninoiif these entire twenty-four there Is onlj one regular Republican of the stan ( y > at variety. There are or will be sli progressive Republicans , and the re inalndcr are Democrats. More tfgnlll cant still , the one lone regular Is fron Rhode Island and even In that stud pot In by the skin of his teeth lie 1 Henry F. Llppltt , head of a big tex tile company. Llppltt has never be fore held a prominent otllee , but hai been In politics very much In , It 1 Bald. It is even averred that he wrot < the cotton schedule In the present tav Iff law. It Is also worthy of note tha Llppltt received two Democratic vote In his very close contest , Just as Lodg received two Democratic votes In Mac Buchusetts. He Is fifty-five years o axe. George Payne McLean , who bea Senator Bulkeley In Connecticut , say ho is a progressive , but wants some body hnndy with a brake. Mcl.eai is a leading lawyer , u persuaslv < speaker , Is llfty-thrco years old am has held various otllcQs , Includlni those of United States district attor ney and governor. Charles Elroy Townsend , the vleto over Senator Burrows In Michigan , 1 nlRo a progressive. Despite the fac that ho lives In the railroad town o Jackson , Townsend has been agatns the railroads In his law practice am as a representative In congress wa one of the authors of the famous ral ! road rate bill. He Is of n serious tur of mind and Is regarded by those neai < -st him as a "man of destiny. " Sine he is only titty-four years old it uia be ns well to take note of Senate Townscnd. Asle .1. Gronna , who succeeds Setter * tor Purcell of North Dakota , is n present an insurgent congressma trom that state. He was born In low In 1858. removed to North Dakoti where he was engaged In farming an banking , held some minor offices an has been in congress for three terms , Poindexter an Insurgent. Miles Poludexter , the new senate from Washington , is also an lusurgei congressman. Although he lives I Dallluger's own state , he sided wit Plnchot and then went back home an swept the state despite the opposltlo , of the national administration and ( Bellinger's friends. Poindexter Is on ! forty-two years old , but has been supreme court Judge and Is serving h first term In the house. John D. Works , who replaces Fill of California , was a soldier In tl Union army , having enlisted In ISO- when ho was fourteen years old , nr serving till the end of the war. I ] has also been a supreme court Judf and has written several law book Just how much of a progressive he may bo Judged by the following utte anco : Progressive Republicans and profrrcssl Bemocrats are so nearly nllke that o : can hardly toll them apart. When tl ttm * cornea for progressive Democra and progressive Republicans to combli against the money power and the Inte cta for the protection of our free Instil tlona every true patriot will be foui joining hands without reference to part Among the now Democratic senatoi of whom there are to be seventeen a cording to present Indications , Jol Worth Kern of Indiana is perhaps tl ibest known. Mr. Kern Is famous f having been an unsuccessful Candida for vice president and for being n vc successful cultivator of a whisker. I la sixty-one years old and la a rath Timorous speaker who is long on her sense. He has held several ofllces 01 would have held others if the elecl rate had not prevented htm. For o : thing , he was city attorney und Mayor Tom Taggart in Indianapolis. As well known as Kern is Jol Sharp Williams who succeeds Mon of Mississippi. It is a rather strani coincidence that Money is the presei minority leader of the senate and W llama the former minority leader tiie house. Speaking of the scholar politics , Williams la onu of Uu be educated man In our public life , liar- Ing taken courses in several southern universities and at Heidelberg , Germa ny , where he was a schoolmate of the kaiser. Ho Is also ono of the home liest members and best story tellers In congress. He Is ilfty-six years old and Is H lawyer and planter. His recrea tions are writing political poetry and making Democratic stump speeches. Gilbert M. Hitchcock , the new sen ator from Nebraska , also received part of his education In Germany. Although a Democrat , Hitchcock Is the son of a former Republican senator and son-in- law of a former Republican governor , Lorenzo Crounso. His election to the senate occurred forty years to the day after the election of his father , P. W. Hitchcock. The present Senator Hitch cock is a lawyer and editor , is owner of the Omaha World-Herald , of which he once made William J. Itryan edi tor , Is Ilfty-ono years old and Is serv ing his third term In the house. It now seems a moral certainty that Hitchcock will contend with his for mer friend and chief , Rryan , for the Democratic leadership of Nebraska. Fomerene Self Made Man. Politics turns up strange llgures and now and then brings forth a really great man. It Is possible that some thing llko that has happened in the case of Atlee Pomereue , the new sen ator from Ohio. Personally Pomerene is something of a Puritan. Politically ton fiom U c.v \ . .nunVlllliun P. Chllton of Charleston , who succeeds Senator Scott. mUscd by only one vote being Democratic national com- mlttceman In 11)03. ) He thought ho had that victory cinched'but ono man betrayed him. Chllton Is not a ntnin- ger to Washington , where he Is most popular. Ho Is a wealthy man , but has not ns many American dollars as Clarence W. Watson , who takes the short term so briefly occupied by Da- rls Elk I us. Watson Worth Millions. Watson Is a multimillionaire who owns coal mines , vast expanses ot land , villages , fleets and railroads. He Is only about forty-four years old and a few years ago created a sensation in society by winning a cool quarter of a million In prl7.cs at the London International horse show. Watson started out early In the senatorial game , traveled from county to county and before the other aspirants had fairly awakened to the fact said he had things pretty much his way. Then , when the elder Elklns died and there were two senators to elect , Wat- HOD tied up with Chllton , and the game was won. At least these arc the talcs told in West Virginia. Ono of the exciting Incidents of the contest was the flight of the entire Republican membership of the state senate. As there are fifteen Repub licans mul fifteen Democrats the exo dus left the body without a constitu tional quorum , and Governor Glass cock , n Republican , refused to recog- ul7.0 the senate as legally organized. So long as the fifteen Republican sen ators remain In Cincinnati , out of reach of the West Virginia sergeant- at-arms , there seem large obstacles between ( .Million and Watson and those Coveted seats In Washington. W A. Itlouut , who Is to be the new .senator from Florida , has a unique1 distinction. He Is u corporation attor ney who refuses to lobby for his cli ents lu the legislature. He puts In HALF DOZEN OK THE NEW KACKS THAT WILL HR SREX IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE AFTER MARCH 1. [ Upper row Claude A. Swanson. Virginia ; John W Kern , Indiana , and ' Gilbert M. Hitchcock , Nebraska. Lower row George P. ' McLean , Connectl- | ' cut ; Charles K. Johnson , Maine , and James A. Reed , Missouri. ] no Is very much of u fundamental i Democrat. lie Is forty-seven years ' old. In youth he had largely to make the money to pay for his education and In addition had to read all the r I lessons to an almost blind half brother - ' er when the two went through ITlnce- 11 ton together. He practices law In I McKlnlcy's own town of Canton and j was the only Democrat elected in the county In 180G , when MeKluley reached - ed the presidency. Pomerene was then discovered by Tom L. Johnson. Finding that the young prosecuting attorney had Ideas on the taxation question , Johnson pro- rj cured his appointment on the tax com- t j mission , of which Pomereno was made n secretary. Next Johnson put him up ! li for governor to defeat Harmon , who i , savored too much of reactlonlsm to n suit Tom L. Harmon beat Pomerene f In the convention , but this year the V ! Canton man was given second place n on the ticket , a nomination he did not " - want. Despite his election ns lieu tenant governor he became a candi- it date for the senate. Against him was ( e i Edward W. Hanley , chairman of the b ' state committee. Pomereno challeng- d ed Hanley to Joint debates , and when e the caucus was held the honorable e chairman had but ton votes. ' Senator Pomereno does not smoke , drink or swear and has no vices except - cept politics. He can bo very firm on occasion and is a good speaker. i * Johnson Old Style Democrat. Of quite n different stamp Is Charles | " i F. Johnson , the new senator from r. Maine. Ho Is a Democrat of the old i- school and If not n conservative Is at id i least safe and sane. He has run for f governor once or twice In Maine * ' drafted , of course , and not expecting L % to be elected. He has also been a can- u d kin to for other ofllces and has been elected mayor of Watervllle and Dem- > r ocratlc leader of the house on two oc- 0 caslous. He Is the attorney of the 'v Maine Central railroad and various "orporntlons. Senator Johnson Is near- v fifty-two years old and Is UB warm ' ? neartea ana compniitonaTiTo as Senator - ' tor Eugene Hale Is cold and aloof. James A. Reed , who beat ex-Gov- ernor D. R. Francis In the race to aucceed Senator Warner of Missouri , wa born in Ohio In 1801. He first removed - moved to Iowa , where he was educat ed and studied law , und In 1887 went to Kansas City. Twelve years later he was prosecuting attorney of the county and for two terms waa reform mayor of Kansas City. Because of Senator Elklns' death there are two new Democratic sena- his brief In the cue. . and there hi : services end. He Is attorney for tin Louisville and Nashville railroad am various other concerns , but says hi : connections end the moment he re celves his certificate of election Former Governor Napoleon IJ. It row iird , a truly progressive Democrat , wa iirginally elected In the primaries ti succeed Senator Tallaferro , but dle ( before be could take his seat , am Mount was chosen lu his stead. Thornton's Election Sealed. Two of the new Democratic senator to fill vacancies caused by death nr John li. Thornton of Louisiana am Claude A. Swanson of Virginia. Judg Thornton was chosen after n peculla tangle. The legislature chose Gov ernor Sanders for senator , but afte It adjourned he declined and appolntei Thornton. The question was raise * as to Sanders' power to do this undo the constitution , whereupon the legls luturc met once more und removed th doubt by electing Thornton. As for Senator Swanson , his caree bus n tinge of the romantic. Whei a boy his father's financial reverse compelled him to quit school and worl on a farm , clerk In n store and d other things to earn his way. II managed to procure u university edn cation and went rapidly to the fronl Despite the fact that he Is only forty eight years old he has already been li ' engross more than twelve years am governor of Virginia four years. On March 1 there will also be HOT Democratic senators from New Yorli New Jersey. Tennessee , Colorado am Montana and presumably a new prc gresslve Republican from Iowa tha Is , there will be If a sulllclcnt numbe of keys are found to urbolt all th deadlocks New Town of Wood In Rosebud. For many years there has been Wood , S. D. , but it has generally bee referred to as Wood postofllce. Bi from now on It will bo Wood , S. E and will soon bo ono of the most in portant towns In the Rosebud reso vatlon. The Wood Townslte and Lan Co. has Just been Incorporated undc the laws of South Dakota with Albei K. Wood , D. G. Miller and A. E. Ku as corporators. The stockholdei are made up of prominent bankers an business mon of southern South D kota and Nebraska , among whom at Albert K. Wood and Dabney G. Ml ler of Wood , S. D. ; Victor Caldwell < the United States National bank < Omaha , Nob. ; A. E. Anderson of tt ( 'oiiHcnutl\e Building and Loan nsso- elation of Omaha ; II. E. Taylor of 'artor. H. I ) . , for many years civil en liioor for tlu > Northwestern railroad ; A. 13. Kttll of Burke. S. I ) . , one of the inltod States appraisers of Mollette ounty lands ; L. S. Lllllhrldge , pros- ! cut of the Burke State bank , and E. ' . Slaughter , president of the German American bank of Burke. The United States Issue station mown as the Ihitto Crook Issue Htn * Ion. Is located adjoining the Wood ownslte , and will be of vast import- nee to the town of Wood for many ears to come. Vast sums of money mining Into the millions will be paid o the Indians of Butte Creek district t the Buttc Creek issue station. The location of the townslto Is Ideal , ) olng In the very heart of the best and In Mollette county , In the beau < Iful vnlloy between Butte creek and Vhlte Thunder creek. These creeks ro well Umbered and to the north ml to thu south art high buttcs in the Istance. A lot sale will be hold In the very icnr future at some railroad town in Gregory county. The full details will bo given In The Norfolk News. The opening of Mollette county narks the beginning of the end of the low famous Rosebud reservation , and vill also be the last chance for the vhtte man to get good Rosebud In ml inder the homestead laws. There are all told , about 2,300 quarters of land o be thrown open , much of which IE Ine agricultural land. Much of the and In Mollette county Is now deeded md owned by white men and will be leveloped as soon ns the county opens or settlement. The new town will ) lfer many opportunities to men look ng for business locations. Hospital Chanqe Made. Dr. Andrew Johnson , the new su terintendent , took entire charge ol he Norfolk Insane hospital Wodnos lay morning. Dr. and Mrs. Dlshonj ind their children arrive Wednesday Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Pecival and famllj eft the Institution Wednesday morn ug and moved Into the Gerecke cot age on North Seventh street. Dr. Johnson was accompanied upor its arrival In Norfolk Tuesday morn ng by Mrs. Johnson , their daughter Miss Olgu Johnson , and son Julius ToluiHon. Miss Johnson , who Is K years old , will attend the Norfolk higl bchool. while Julius Johnson , aged 19 \\lll return to Omaha , where he wil ittend the Omaha university. Lou Gutziner , the new steward , ha ! HTheil H. E. Gerecke , retiring stew ird. will make his home In Norfoll with Mr. and Mrs. Asa K. Leonard Mrs Leonard Is Mr. Gerecke's daugh er. Echo of Murder Case. O'Neill Frontier : An echo of tin Sluttory murder trial is heard agali in a late decision of the suprcmi court. Rafo Shaw brought suit agains Holt coiuity for services as a specla bailiff during that trial and securei judgment in the district court fo $208.00. The supreme court reverse the judgment of the district court o this county and dismisses the case holding that there is no authority i law for a district Judge to appoint special bailiff to hold a witness fo an indefinite time. In this case , James J. Thompson , witness for the state , failed to furnis bond for $1,000 to appear at the trlr and Shaw was appointed a speclr bailiff and had Thompson in custod for a period of eighty-eight days. II filed a claim for the services and th same was not allowed when suit wa brought in district court. The plaii tiff In this case Is a son of the murde : ed man. Henry Shaw , and the witnes Thompson was working for th Shaws. County Attorney Whelan receive notice yesterday from the clerk of th supreme court of the reversal of jud | ment and dismissal of the case. New Wire Merger Now Effective. Beginning today , the Cell telephon and Western Union merger in point t service becomes effective In Ncbraski Under this arrangement it is posslbl to give telegrams to the telephon company , with assurance that the will bo sent just as If given to the te egraph office. Farmers may telephone the centn office and by simply saying , "Teli gram , " get messages transmitted. In case of a local telegraph office I closed , the telephone people will coi ncct the subscriber without extra co ; with the nearest open telegraph ofllci Wolf Hunt at Bassett. Long Pine Journal : A coyote elms by a small party of men from this v cinlty , furnished no little amount < excitement and pleasure last Sunda ; Although flie crowd of horseme was small , they managed to s.care u three coyotes In the M. E. Hughe neighborhood and gave them a goo chase. The chase lasted for about si miles and darkness came on glvin the animals a chance to make the escape. The party arrived at the home ( Bert Millard about noon and althoug not expecting company for dlnne Mrs. Millard provided a good substni tlal dinner for the whole crowd , ' whlc was greatly appreciated by all. In that neighborhood the coyotes ai numerous and give the farmers ar ranchmen no little amount of troubl A big hunt will be arranged to tap place in the near future and it hoped that a good bunch from Lor Pine will turn out to help dispose i these troublesome animals. Basse has always done her part in ovoi wolf hunt which has been pulled ese so at the coming hunt let Long Pli people all turn out and make their Hi a strong one. Train Kills a Home. Pierce Call : A horse belonging Carl Zlorko was struck by the sout bound passenger and Injured so bad that it died in a few mlnutoa. Will Xlerke , HOII of Mr JCIurke , waa drlMug the team and the rumbling of the wagon as well as being bundled up pretty well explains the fact that he did not hear the train until too late to stop the team. The horses wore going at a good trot and upon seeing the oncoming train the boy pulled hard on the reins and was able to swerve them toward the depot , so that when the train struck it missed the wagon and nigh horse , striking the oft horse across the left hip and side with such force ns to injure. It Internally. The wagon was thrown around and the tongue broken off while the boy leaped or was thrown from the wagon to the frozen earth , escaping with n few bruises , Mr , Klcrko feels very grateful that his boy got off so easy. He has filed a claim with the railroad company for $204 to cover loss of the horse and damage to wagon. Business Changes. Peterson & Gustman have sold their confectionery business nt Pllger to George Buttorflold. Shrlder Bros , have purchased the Royal theater at Alnsworth. Turgeon & Emory have purchased the Slaughter hardware stock al Burke. William Patterson has sold his pro duce business at Dodge to his brother John Patterson. For Good Road Fund. Bloomlleld Monitor : The Bloom field Commercial club at a rcconl meeting , decided to request the bus ! ness men ofthis , city to discontinue buying calendars and to apply some thing like the amounts paid out an nually for this purpose into a "Good Road Fund. " It was figured that UK business mon pay out annually con slderably more than $1,000 for calen dars alone and If these funds could be applied to the roads leading to tlu town , that the town would rocolvt vastly more benefits from the oxpondl ture of their money. A petition wai consequently circulated and In ar hour's time nearly every merchant signed It and pledged amounts rang Ing from $20 to $250 to be paid to tin Commercial club by June 1 , 1911 , t ( bo used on the roads. In addition thoj further pledged themselves not to btij any calendars for the ensuing year In lieu of this the Commercial clul will buy enough calendars to supply the entire trade territory giving t < each business and household ono gooc calendar for the year 1912. It Is a good move , and the Monito heartily commends the spirit whlcl actuates our business men In taking [ this step. H is one step toward i bigger Bloomfleld. Choked Hlb Wife. West Point Democrat : Upon tin report of Mrs. Peter Kalp , County At torney Hugo Nicholson swore out i 1 complaint yesterday for the arrest o Peter Kalp on the charge of assaiil and battery. We are Informed tha on Wednesday evening he cllnchei Ills wife's throat until she despaired o I her life. He struck her down am with his feet Imiised her arm am I chest in a hideous manner. Yestei day forenoon she made her way t another home and to prove her stor , showed her bruises. He served te j days in the county jail last fall fo ' abusing his wife. She is in fear c I him and hesitates to testify agains him. Consequently his beating her i ( not an unusual occurrence. When man degrades himself to n brute an abuses a helpless person , It is tlm that men Ina , civilized community Ilk ours lay a strong hand on the brute. WEDNESDAY WRINKLES. C. II. King of Creighton was here. C. A. Henderson , sales manager c the Luse Land company of St. Pau ' Minn. , was In the city transactln business. W. H. A very of Tllden was a visltc in the city. J. C. Ecker of Winslde was a vL itor in the city. ' Thomas Jones of Lincoln was in th j city on business. W. C. Caley of Creighton was in th city on business. Sheriff C. S. Smith of Madison wji here transacting business. Paul Lease of Wagner , S. D. , Is 1 the city visiting with his parents. George Hellenberger of Herrick , S D. , was in the city visiting with C. 1 Christiansen. Mr. and Mrs. David Kuhn will leav for a month's visit in California t morrow morning. H. F. Barney and Geo. Brand c Madison were In town on the way t Hot Springs , S. D. j The West Side Whist club will mei i with Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Huse Frlda evening. The Trinity guild will meet wit Mrs. Colegrove at the rectory Thur day afternoon. The Baptist Ladies' Aid will me < with Mrs. Conover on South Sevent street Thursday afternoon. Dr. Charles A. McKlm , who has bee confined to his home with illness , again able to be at his office. The Woman's Home Missionary s ciety of the Methodist church wi meet at the church at S o'clock Thur day afternoon. T. G. Little of Salamanca. N . \ pulled down the prize for the highei score in the tenpins for two weeks I rolling 255 at the Kauffman alleys. Arthur Hiss , who was assistant s perintendent on the Norfolk aveni paving work , is now bill clerk In tl house of representatives at Lincoln. The Ladles' Aid society of the Fir Congregational church will meet i the home of Mrs. F. B. Minor , wll Mrs. H. J. Cole assisting , Thursday i . 2:30 : p. m. J. C. Engolman and family are mo Ing Into the house formerly occuph by Dr. Culmsee , on North Eleveni street , which he purchased from M Bishop. Miss Leona Gouchor is moving In millinery stock Into the Rlchnn block , In the btore room fonueily oc cupied by Adams & Keating , under takers. H. C. Peckhnm. a prominent land owner of Phillip , S. I ) . , Is In the city looking over the city with the Inten tion of locating here in the saloon business. A regular meeting of the hook and ladder company of the lire department will bo hold in the city hall this even ing. A number of new members are to bo Initiated , The defense In the Stohr case has asked for a few days during which to prepare for a fight at the prelimi nary hearing , so Stohr will not plead for a little while. A largo valuable plate glass show window of the Boeler Bros , store was broken by some unknown person dur ing the night. It Is believed the win dow was broken Intentionally. Mrs. H. II. Sachtjen , wife of H. H. Sachtjen , a farmer living eight miles northeast of the city , underwent an operation Tuesday noon at the homo of Mrs. A. A. Wostervolt , at 400 South Sixth street. Judge Isaac Powers has uold his res idence on North Ninth street to M. Lolser of South Twelfth street. Mr. and Mrs , Powers will move Into their other residence on Ninth street and Koonlgstoln avenue In March. P. H. Davis returned from Newport , whore ho had boon visiting with his mother-in-law , Mrs. J. II. Berry , who suffered a paralytic stroke. Mrs. Da vis , who accompanied her husband to Newport , will remain with her mother. C. A. Mlllman , who was shot and seriously wounded by his brother-in- law , Charles Heyden , nt Kansas City , is well known In Norfolk by R. F. and Jack Schiller of the Oxnard hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Millmnn boarded with the Schillers when they conducted a hotel In Kansas City. A match game of tonplns will bo played nt the Kauffman alloys tonight between the Bankers team and the Veterans. The Bankers are : W. J , Stafford , Paul Zuolovv , Julius Haasc , ] John Krooger and Cleo Lederor. The I Veterans are : N. Howe , Tonl Wilde , J S. D. Robertson , E. B. Kauffman and George Case. The most exciting game yet Is looked for. W. A. Stewart , known'as the "fight Ing butcher" of Wayne , passed ' , through the city enroute to Gregory , where he Is scheduled for a ton-round battle with "Dummy" West. While J here Stewart Invested In a pair of box , Ing gloves at the Abe Lovlne store , where ho declared ho would put "Dum my" to sloop. This match was schod tiled to have taken place about tw < months ago , says Stewart. Several Wayne light fans accompanied the butcher. I Judge Anson A. Welch of Wayne held a short term of the district courl In the city hall Wednesday. He fin ifahed the taking of testimony In the case of R. E. Williams versus the Eli ; horn Life Insurance company and let for Madison in the afternoon to elite ; the decree in the case. Utorneys .1 F. Boyil of Neligh and W. A. Me.scrn of Cielghton were here as counsel fo Williams , and ex-Senator W. V. Allen Hurt Mapos and Jack Koonlgsteli were the line-up on the defense. Attorneys tornoys interested In the case and several oral others from Norfolk went to Mad Ison with Judge Welch. 1 At the annual convention of the or ganizutlon of city officials for stan dualizing paving specifications heh in Now York City January 10 to 1(1 ( 1911 , delegates were present reprc sentlng over 300 principal cities of tin , United States. Nebraska was honorei ' in City Engineer George W. Craig o ' Omaha being re-elected vice presiden of the society. The principal resul ( of the convention was the adoption o a standard specification for all kind of paving , with the exception of cert crete. This form of paving the ran t jorlty of the delegates voted "n good , " after considerable dlscusslo : ' pro and con , New Enterprise May be Launched. I D. Rees , who Is advertising much o his business property on Norfolk a ' cnue for sale , is not selling that proi erty because he has lobt interest i Norfolk. On the contrary , Mr. Ree declares the sale of his property wll mean a new enterprise for Nnrfolli the nature of which he does not carte to make public at the present time. | "I do not intend to leave Norfolk I I sell my property , " said Mr. Ree : "The sale of my property has not tha , end in view. I have a business entei prise in mind involving a certai amount of capital. The enterpris .will be in Norfolk. " Will Organize Charity Board. In the office of Mapes & Haze Tuesday night about fifteen Norfol citizens met for the purpose of cullln a monster meeting of Norfolk citizen next Friday night to organize what I to bo known as the Norfolk Associate Board of Charities. C. B. Durlan acted as one of the temporary officer at Tuesday night's meeting. At th muss meeting next Friday nigh which will take place at 8 o'clock i the city hall , the regular bpnrd of d rectors are to be elected and they i turn nre to elect permanent officers. The object of the association Is t obtain the united efforts of all No folk business men and citizens , n matter of what religious faith , to ai the needy and unemployed of the clt ; The plan of Tuesday night was t elect a secretary who will have an o flee on Norfolk avenue. In the bus ness center of the city. This seen tary Is to receive a salary and his di ties will be to Investigate all cases ( destitution or other cases In whlc aid is needed. Such cases are to li reported to him by resident visitor who will bo elected to Investigate sue cases in their respective districts an In turn report to the secretary. When the meeting is called to ord < Friday night and the officers are oloc ed , there will be a call to every or present to join the orgunt/iitlou. A > early due will probably be asked for the support of this organl/atlon , At present Omaha and Lincoln ate the only cities In the state stippoitlng mica an organization , and It Is bollovod by many hero Norfolk can well support one which will be of great benefit. All churches , different iiHHOclatloim of charities and citizens are Invited to attend Friday night's meeting. George Thomas Eberly. * Gcorgo Thomas Eberly wan born nt Frederick , Maryland. Den-ember 19. IStlS , and died at his home In East Norfolk January HI , 1011. Ho came with his parents to Iowa when he WIIH 9 jears of age. In July , ISfi'J , he ou- listed and served In Company K , Thir ty-first Iowa volunteer Infantry until Iune , IHOf. . On November 19 , 1808 , lie was united In ntarrlngo to Lydln Brown In Jackson county , la. The fol lowing year he came to Nebraska and nettled on a claim In Madison county , and has since boon n resident of north east Nebraska , having made his homo In Norfolk the past throe years. Deceased IQUVCH a wife and twelve children : Mrs. John Duncan and Mm. J. B. Bentof Norfolk , Mrs. R. J. Ben. edict of Crofton , Mrs. W. 11. LaFarge and Charles Eborly of Bloomllold , Neb. ; Mrs. J. P. Blcknell , Mrs. J. J. Brennan , Mrs. E. O. Buck and Mrs. Leon Blcknell of Sioux City , In. ; George and Fred Eborly of Norfolk , nil of whom are grown. Ho alsolouvca three sisters and three brothers : Mra. Ed French , Elk Point , S. D. ; Mrs. S. T. Brown , MIsHOiihi , Mont. ; Mrs. William Brown , Warncrvllle ; Robert Eborly. Sioux City ; Frank Eberly and J. H. Eborly of Banks , Ore. Plays Piano for Twelve Hours. Arthur L. Slzemoro , 19 years old , a musician and compooer , known as ono of the best piano players In the state , was hypnotized by Gllpln , the hypno tist , at 9:30 : Wednesday morning while seated at n plnno In the show window of the Bennett Piano com pany's store on Norfolk avenue , and was commanded by the hypnotist to play continuously for twelve bourn without food or drink and without fa tigue. Up till 2 o'clock Sizemorc had played every popular song known by a num ber of musicians who visited him and had not exchanged the expression ot his face. At 7:20 : tonight Dr. Gllpln will lead Slzemore from the Bennett's store to the Auditorium , where the young man will be sealed at a piano and made to play until 8:30 : , when Dr. Gllpln will awaken him. Over 200 people were In the Bennett store when Dr. Gllpln put Sizoiuoro to .sleep. After the young man's eyes had closed and sleep had overtaken him , such as was roqulicd by the hyp notist , the doctor's orders were heard by the crowd In the room : "You will play continuously for twelve hours ; you will pl.ty all the music you have over known and all the music you have yourself com posed ; you will not need food nor drink and you will not bo fatigued. " Immediately Slzomoiv's hands ran up anil down the Ivory keys and soon the ciowd was tieated to gome of the best music they lui\e e-\or heard. With his eyes closed , and his right foot continually pounding time , Size- more surprised hundreds of Norfolk clti/.ens , who declared his feat cannot be accomplished by any man unless under hypnotic influence. At noon II. S. Thorpe , manager of the Bennett Piano compnn > , declared he was mystified. "The man has played every piece of music I have ever heard , and I thought 1 had heard them all. It keeps me wondering what he will play next. I did not know there was so much music In the world. " Sizemore called on Mr. Thorpes Tues day afternoon and Informed him ho was scheduled to go to sleep and play Wednesday and requested to be al lowed to "try out" a tow pianos. Af ter being given nearly every piano in the house on a tria.1 he decided upon one with a light touch. Several crltlch tailed ut the store Wednesday afternoon and viewed him at his work for over an hour. Ira Mautzke , the young man who slept for fifty hours , was artlng as attend- i ant for Slzemore and he courteously i held up Sizemore's left hand. The "light " hand continued to work on the j keys , and when released with a gen- ' tie drop the left hand started opera- , tlons immediately on the proper key. I One teatuie of the sleeping musl- , clan's feat is that not one second Is lost in changing from one tune to an- , other. From the f.ist and ragged ragtime - | time he changes almost without no- lice into a prettv waltz of some of the "cliills-and-fevor" music and again is hack into something on the meditation order. No matter what he Is playing , he seems to put his every effort Into his work and seems tireless. His hands do not perspire and not once has the position he took at the begin ning been changed , und his chair has not moved an Inch. Dr. Gllpln says Sizemore's pulse and temperature will be a = normal when awakened as they were as he sat down to his work. . "Sizemore can be awakened if any one should shake him real hard. I have not put htm In a sleep beyond that , but It can be done , " wild Dr. Gil- pin. "No , I cannot make anyone piny ( who can not play while in a normal condition. I could Improve on him. Some amateurs claim they can make anyone play , but that Is not a fact. A real hypnotist does not claim that. A hypnotist has no more power than any other man and does not claim It. " I Neligh News. t J. J. Molick Is this week making final arrangements In moving his household goods to Omaha , whore ho and his wife intend making their fu ture home. Jacob Hoerle of Clearwater trans- j acted business in the county seat yes terday.