The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, July 14, 1911, Page 7, Image 7
TIIH NOHKOUC WKKKI.V \H\V8..1orK\AI , . FIHDAY ,11'hY M. 1011 FRIDAY FAUia. Ur. nnd Mrs , John Krucgtr and fam ily have gone to Wisconsin for an ex tended visit. Horn , to Mr. and Mrs. August Stef- fen , a daughter. Mrs. Hans Vogt Is at Tilden visit ing with relatives. Miss Adeline Moratz of Hosklns was u visitor In the city. Mrs. W. S. O'Brien went to Madison to visit with relatives. Mrs. C. H. Groesbeck and children returned from a visit with relatives at Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bucholz and ucm Ardcn of Omaha spent the night In Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Reynolds and family have gene to Wisconsin to upend two weeks at a lake resort. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Beebo are now comfortably settled In their new home on East Norfolk avenue. The house IH ol the most modern type. Another hobo was added to Street Commissioner Leu's force and Is mak ing good headway in the cleaning up of the objectionable weeds along the HtreetB. Ed Brueggeman placed In position In front of the Nebraska National | bank building the second Ad club c'luster light which will be In opera tion thin evening. William Mclntyro , the former North western roundhouse employe who was injured In falling from a moving train , IB now reported to be suffering from a fractured skull. Besides this he has two ugly scalp wounds. There wore twenty losses to corn cribs , wind mills nnd barns on farms In this vicinity during the recent wind utoriu. All these twenty losses , says one insurance man , are to be adjusted by insurance companies. A regular meeting of the Ad club will be held this evening In the olllce of the Norfolk Light and Power com-1 pany. All members are requested to be In attendance. Much important business IB to bo transacted and ar rangements for the ball game and a new entertainment will be discussed. So satisfied is the Ad club with their entertainments given at the Ly- rlc Wednesday evening that they have arranged with the Crystal theater management to give two entertain- iiients next Wednesday and Thursday. Tbe feature of these entertainments will be the daylight curtain which will be exhibited for tbe first time In thlB city. Otto Laubsch and Miss Anna From- mer went to Madison Thursday mornIng - Ing and at 2 o'clock Thursday after noon they were united In marriage by Judge Bates. The young couple will make their home with the groom's parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Laubsch , 305 South First street. Mr. Laubsch I is emplo > ed as a clerk in his father's hardware store. Herbert Hauptli , the Norfolk joung man who was seized by Policeman \ Livingston the other night when he had put his foot on the pedal of bis bicycle to start home , will not be pros ecuted. The action of Officer Living- ton was repudiated by authoiities "higher up" in the administration and instructions were issued to Chief of Police Marquardt to drop tbe case. Secretary A. W. Hawkins of the Commercial club has gone to Neligh to attend a meeting of secretaries of the > Northeast Nebraska Racing cir cuit of which he is local secretary. P. M. Bairett , secretary of the entire circuit , will also attend the meeting.1 ' Mr. Hawkins is scheduled to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the Nebraska Publicity league which meets in Omaha Monday. Mr. Hawk ins is a member of the committee. Scout Master A. O. Hazen is busy getting together all members of the Norfolk boy scout organization. Mr. Haren has made arrangements for a mass meeting of the boy scouts for next Tuesday night , when it will be decided whether or not the bo.vs shall go into Encampment this summer. The meeting will be held at the home of Scout Haiolcl Anderson. The reor ganization of a patiol is also to be a feature of the evening's meeting. The boys all are equipped with uniforms and staffs and all are in good condi tion to enjoy a few weeks' camping. Battle Creek Boys Pay Fine of $35. . Battle Creek , Neb. , July 7. Special to The News : The bojs who set a dog on fire about three weeks ago were fined $35 and costs by Justice . Neuwerk. County Attorney Nichols prosecuted and Attorney Barnhart of Norfolk defended. The fine and costs were paid at once. Rev. and Mrs. P. L. Bornhoeft were ee here Sunday from Tilden attending the Frauen-Verein picnic. Bernard Risk arrived here Wednes day from Chejenne , Wyo. Members of the Lutheran church will hold their quarterly business ; meeting Sunday afternoon. Mr. nnd Mis. Henry W. Miller of Omaha visited here the forepart of the vveek with her parents , Mr. and MrsJ. . W. Risk. Mrs. Peter Bees visted the forepart of this vveek at the home of her cous in , Mrs. James House , near Tilden. Mike Ploi.zek , accompanied by his family , was heio the latter pait of last week visiting his , patents and other lelatives. Some > ears ago he was In business heie , but now Is an employe In the Union Pacific raihoad olllco at Omaha. Dr. and Mra. W. B Hall went to Pilger Monday to spend the Fourth with relatives at that place. Mr. and Mis. William Seiffert went to Schuyler Monday lor a visit at the home of her sister. Mrs. B. Langhoop Mrs. Herman Hogrefe returned Tuesday fiom an extended visit witl relatives at Lakelleld , Minn. Fred Wei ner was here Wednesday on business from Meadow Grove. Mrs. Carl Balofsky was a NorfoH > visitor Wednesday. Martin Wlchman arrived hen Wednesday from St. Paul , Minn , foi an extended visit with his graudpar ents , Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fuerst , nd other relatives. William NIcolay , jr , who bas beei down to Uccincr nbout fl\o months , nr- jived homo Wednesday. The work on the waterworks will begin this week. Nearly nil the inn tcrlnl has arrival. All the mains are spread and the law engine for the Vower house IB here also. Prisoner Bites a Policeman. George Wheeler , who has been spc clal policeman for the past three days IH ' ' recovering from a wound on his hand as the result of being bitten by a drunken prisoner whom lit1 arrested a few days ago. The wound had BWO ! leu badly and for a time It was be lleved the hand was Infectt'd. Mr. Wheeler had just put the prisoner In bin cell and wag locking the buried door , when the piisoner jumped ut him and commenced gnawing at his hand The fiont teeth weie well Imbedded In the fleshy part of the hand. LOB Angeles , July 7. The Pacific Coast Steamship company's steamship Santa Rosa went ashore off Point Ar- guello In Santa IJarbara county at 3 o'clock this morning , according to wireless messages received early to day at Los Angeles harbor. The Stan dard Oil company's barge No 91 Is on the ' way to render assistance. No de tails ' have been received of the dam age , although the messages say the ship was on the beach. COOLER IN SOUTHWEST. | Clouds ( and Rains Bring Relief Hot j I Again in Northern Kansas. Kansas City , July 7 Clouds over the ( southwest this morning and genera j era ! rains and thunder storms last night , so lowered the temperature that none of the extreme heat of the last week will be experienced in that ter ritory today , according to the local forecaster. Further north , in Mis- I soui 1 and northern Kansas , hot weath | cr is again prevailing , with little rain ' In sight. The thermometer stood at , 83 at St. Joseph , Mo. , at 9 o'clock j At Omaha the temperature was 74 at 7 o'clock. Neligh Boosters Have a Great Day. Neligh , Neb. , July 7. Special to j The News : The liist booster advertis ing trip of the Neligh Commereia' club was a grand success yesterday , Not an accident nor a break of any kind was there In evidence during the 100-mile journey. The start was made at 7:30 : In the morning and arrived home at C In the evening , all express ing themselves as highly pleased with the trip and the royal entertainmen accorded the boosters by the citizens of the towns visitqd. The second day trip was begun at o'clock this morning , passing througl : | Elgin and Petersburg , then directly tc Norfolk , where they stopped for din ner. Ewing , Neb , July 7. Special to The News : The Neligh boosters arrived | here yesterday and made a great hit [ i Speeches were made by Mr. McAllis ter and Mr. McKay , and Mayor San ders of Ewlng welcomed the visitor in a neat address. Early Potato Crop Falls. Hotels purchased new potatoes fo I as high as $3 per bushel and old ones I sold at Jl.no recently , but the price during the past two days has gone down to $2 on new potatoes. G. L. Carlson says : "Earjy potatoes up to this time have proved a falluie , but the late j crop will probably De normal , providIng - Ing the hot weather abates ; but if it 11'continues > hot , I do not believe even the late crop will amount to much. i.i Early potatoes planted now with favorable ii vorable weather conditions could ma ture a crop. " "Preserved Irish potatoes 10 cents per dish. " That is what a Norfolk business man predicts will be seen some of these days if the extremely hot weather does not abate and allow some of the potatoes to grow. The go\ eminent report bhowsji very small crop of potatoes , and imestigation of he early spuds in this vicinity lines ip exactly with the government's re- iortWhen When the potato vines first made he gardens look nice and gieen , there vas fear from the potato bug. The bug was killed and the vines continued growing , but the expected hill of po- atoes cannot be found. A number of gardens with excellent potato vines ? reaching almost to a man's hip have very few potatoes in the carefully cul- tivated hills. A number of the beau- tiful vines were pulled up minus potatoes - tatoes , or in some instances about two or three potatoes no larger than small plums , Two Wives Ask Divorce. Madibon , Neb , July 7. Special to The News Mrs. llattle C. Lindsay of Norfolk has filed a petition in the dis trict court of this county for a divorce ngainst her husband , James F , Lind say. Both parties reside at Norfolk. k.ie She charges in her petition extieme cruelty and failure on the part of her husband to pro\ide support for herself and her two sons and two daughters and asks the couit to grant legal sep aration and the custody of her cull- dien. Also M : * Saiah E. Stamper seeks a dhorco from her husband , Gro\er C. Stamper. Mr. and Mrs. Stamper weie mairied in Virginia in 190S and idy. came to Battle Cieek , Madison county in K'09 ' They have no children Some months ago Stamper was arrested St01 ed on the complaint of his wife foi shooting a hole In the tea pot am ( otherwise using a pun recklessly ir the presence of his wife , and was glv en a jail sentence by the court , am . when released from jtill was told tone leave the county and not return. : Ordinance No. 369. An ordinance amending section om of ordinance No. 330 , by elimiuatini from said section that portion whicl fixes the salary of street commissions at the sum of $120 per annum ; wate commissioner at the sum of ? COO.O per annum , city attorney at the sun of400.00 per annum , and city en- : glneer at the sum of $500 , and enng the salary of said officers , and ill- ing all parts of said ordinance In con * fllct with this ordinance. lie it ordained by the ma > or and council of the city of Norfolk , Ne braska. Section 1. That section one of or dinance No. 330 be amended by strik ing out of said section the following words and phrases : "Street commissioner the sum of 1120.00 pei annum to be paid month ly. " "Water commissioner the sum of $600 00 per annum to be paid month ly. " "Police Judge the sum of $30000 per annum to be paid monthly. " "City engineer the sum of $5.00 per day for each day actually employed. " "Citv attorney the sum of $400.00 per annum to be paid quarterly. " And that said section one as revis ed and amended by this ordinance to read as follows : "Section 1. The olllcers and em ployes of the city of Norfolk , Nebras ka , shall be entitled respectively to receive the following salaries for their sen Ices , to be paid In city warrants at par , to-wlt : "Major the sum of $30000 per an- nuin to be paid quarterly. "Each councilman the sum of $150.00 per annum to be paid quar terly. "City clerk the sum of $800.00 per annum to be paid monthly , he to de vote his whole time to the city. "City attorney the sum of $500.00 per annum to be paid quarterly. "City treasurer the sum of $300.00 per annum to be paid quarterly. "Street commissioner tne sum of $720.00 per annum payable monthly. "Chief of police the sum of $900.00 per annum payable monthly , he to receive no other compensation or fee or reward from any person or source for any purpose whatsoever. "Night policeman the sum of $720.00 per annum to be paid monthly , ho to receive no other or further compen sation , fee or reward from any person or any source for any purpose what soever. "Chief of the fire department the sum of $75 00 per annum to bo paid quarterly , no fee to be paid for in spection. "Junction policeman the sum of $720.00 per annum to be paid quartely , he to receive no other or further com pensation or fee or reward from any person or persons or source for any purpose whatsoever. "Police judge the sum of $400.00 per annum to be paid monthly , all his oth er fees as police judge to be paid to the city of Norfolk. "Water commissioner the sum of $900.00 per annum to be paid monthly. "Each member of the public works committee the sum of $1.00 per an num to be paid annually. "City engineer the sum of $1,500.00 per annum to be paid monthly , he to accept no other employment conflict ing with his duties to the city. City physician the sum of $10.00 per month payable monthly. Special policeman the sum of $2.00 per day. "All other employes shall receive such compensation for their services as may be agreed upon by resolution ol the city council. " Sec. 2. That all parts of section one of said ordinance No. 330 incon sistent and in conflict with this or dinance are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This ordinance to take ef- feet and be in force from and after passage , approval and publication as provided by law. Passed and approved this 12th day of June , 1911. John Friday , Attest : Mayor. Ed Harter , City Clerk. Laubsch-Frommer. Madison , Neb , July 7. Special to The NwsOtto H. Laubsch and Miss Anna K. Frommer , both of Nor folk , were married by Judge Bates in the court room. A marriage license was issued to Theodor Thompson and Miss Elinor Kristofferson , both of Newman Grove. Hubel-Tegel. EwiDg , Neb. , July 7. Special to The News : On July 4 Frank Hubel and Miss Antonia Tegel were united in matrimony at St. Peter's church , Rev. Father Rose officiating. Mr. Hu- bel owns a fine ranch near Goose lake. Mrs. Hubel , who has only been in - America about six months , having been born in Germany , has already many friends here. J. J. Shober and Miss Lucy Tegel acted as bridegroom and bridesmaid. Fire Destroys Auto. Lyons , Neb , July 7. C. O. Swanson - son lost his auto while returning from the races at Tekamah. The car in some manner caught fire and was en tirely consumed. . FATAL CLASHES IN STRIKE. Street Car Men in Mexico City Stir up , Disorder and Riot. Mexico City. July 7. Fierjuent - clashes with fatal results marked the strike of the street car men and Ihe -tiikers seem to control the situation. The fesubuiban cars being inn are the cause of the trouble in most in stances. Following a clash between . police and rioters near the car barns In which two were killed , another liot - occurred in which Gov. Granos of the federal distiict plajed a part. : To make a peisonal inspection , ho boarded an outgoing subuiban train. - Soon after stalling a mass of iloters was encountered. Stones were hurled through the car windows and on each pide of the governor some ono shouted for the crowd to set fire to the car. The governor gave orders to charge the crowd. Sabres were used. More than fifty ai rests were made. Most of those arrested are sympathizers. The strike of the cigarette makers came to an end without the company finding It necessary to make conces sions. The bakers voted not to strike. - The threatened strike of telegraph messengers was dispelled by the de - partment of communications assuring them that they would be supplied with rain coats and granted shorter hours. The bovs continued to woik From Vern Cruz came the news that stevedores < had struck for higher wages. No disorder was reported According to reports received from Agnus Callentes and Mapiml the strikes of smelter men at tlui'-e places were settled last night and the men returned to work todn > at practically the same wages thev had been getting. Ottawa Crew Defeated. Henley , on the Thames , July 7. The Ottawa rowing club's eight was beaten toda > in the semi dual heat for the grand challenge cup by the Magdalen college crew , the present holders of the trophy. It was a grand and exciting race. The Oxonians finally obtained the lead and drew away from the Canadians when close to the winning post and won by two lengths. The time was 0 minutes 55 seconds Women Playing Tennis. Kansas City , July 7 Play in the Missouri valley women's tennis tour ney Is expected to reach the semifinals als in singles today and possibly the finals j in doubles. The winner of a match j between Miss Patience Hooker and Miss Pauline Fort will play Miss Evelyn Seavey , Missouri valley titleholder - holder , this afternoon. Another Bloodless Revolt. Buenos Ajre . Argentine , Julj 7. The local newspapers report another bloodless revolution in Paraguav. The garrison at Asuncion " revolted and | made a prisoner of President Jara , who forthwith resigned. Congress then selected Liberator Rejas , presi dent of the senate for provisional president ' pending new elections1. Still Hot at St. Joe. St. Joe , Mo , July 7 Lowering clouds thioughout jesterday and last night brought no rain here and the sun shone hot again today with the mercury at 83 at 9 o'clock and indica tions that It would reach 100 by after noon. TEACHERS FILL FRISCO. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Reiterates Statement She Won't Run Again. San Francisco , July 7. A lively fight on various issues between the socalled "Insurgents" and "old guard" wings of the National Educational as sociation which opens Its convention here tonight , is indicated by state ments by its president , Mrs. Flagg Young of Chicago. Mrs. Young , lead er of the progressive element , was asked what she thought of the insur gent prospects of success. " 1 cannot tell yet , " she said. "I think it depends n good deal on how San Francisco and the other coast towns line up. We are bringing nearly 300 delegates from Chicago nnd New York will have a large representation , but it is the place we are in that usually decides such things. I have no definite information mation on how the 'old guard' has reached into the west and organized. " Reiterating her positive declaration that she will not be a candidate for re-election , Mrs. Young said that she would not accept the oflice even if offered to her. Though suffering from a slight affec tion of the throat and ear that both ered her considerably on the journey to the coast , Mrs. Young asserts that her indisposition will not interfere . with her work as presiding officer of the convention. She spent today reet- ing and recuperating her strength for the banquet in her honor tonight , which will begin the formal proceed ings of the association. Mrs. Young will respond to the toast "Education Values. " Prof E. C Moore of Yale university , David Starr Jourdan , president - dent of the Stanford university , Mrs. O Sheppard Barnum of Los Angeles , national chairman of the school of patrons , and Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California will make addresses. The training of teachers and ethical education are two of the questions in which Mrs. Young sajs she is most Intel ested just now and which she proposes passing on at this assembly. Thousands of delegates arrived over night and today , and it is expected that the majority of the educators who will take part in the convention will have reached San Francisco by to night. Smelter Strike Ends. Monterey , Mex. , July 7. Four hun dred strikers effected a settlement with the management of the Amer ican Smelter and Refining company in this city and returned to work. The men struck Saturday for higher wages. Further than tbe statement that the settlement was a compromise the terms of the agreement were not given out. A POLITICAL ROW ? Hitchcock and Hilles Will Mix , it is Said , Over Alabama. Washington , July 7. Most of the prominent federal officeholders of the state of Alabama invaded the. white house and laid before the president such a tale of republican factional woe that politicians in the capltol prompt ly affected to see the beginning of a lively low between Postmaster Gen eral Frank H. Hitchcock and C. D Ullles , the president's secretary , the two leading political advisers of the : administration. According to the Alabamans , Mr Hitchcock is behind the candidacy o P. M. Long for republican state chair man. Long also has the backing o P. D. Barker , republican national com mitteeman and postmaster at Mobile an acknowledged friend of the post master general. Mr. Hilles IB said t be supporting the candidacy of J. O Thomson , collector of Internal revenu for Alabama and for many years re publican state chairman. Presiden Taft told the delegation that he ex pected to settle the question todaj It is said for the purposes of distril utlug patronage the state will be dl vlded Into two section * , one to be con trolled by each faction. Both Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. Hilles denied that there bad been any trou ble between them over the Alabama situation. CAR JUMPS OFF BANK. Plunges Down Hill Without Serious Injury to Occupants. Fremont , Neb , July 7 Mis. Eva Millet and her children had a thrill Ing experience when their automobile backed down the brlck.vard hill south of the river , turned a somerset off the hank and alighted right-side up on the sand in the old second channel bed. bed.It It was tluough no fault of Mrs. Mil ler that the accident omnred. She- was dilvlng up the hill when the en gine suddenlv went "dead" Imme dlately she clapped on the biakes , but they were not enough to hold the heavy car on the hill side The ma chine rolled down backwaids. Mrs Mlllei's Hist thought was of hei laughters and she told thorn to jump while she staved at the steeling wheel One of the girls did so. Mrs. Miller succeeded in keeping he car In the road till It reached the sharp turn at the bottom of the hill There the speed was so gieat that she darul not swing the steering wheel. The car shot off the road side and over the bank into the sand of the old river bed. A witness of the accident say.s the car turned com pletely over once. Be > end a few light bruises none of the occupants leceived injuiles. Local garage men who went out to pull the disabled car into Fremont say it jumped eighteen feet from the top of the bank. 63,000,000 , Barrels of Beer. New York , July 7. No less than sixty-three million barrels of beer were sold in the United States during j the twelve months ending June 30 last , or an increase over the previous twelve months of C.21 percent , accord ing to the annual report of the beer and whiskey sales made public here by the United States Brewers associa tion. Notwithstanding this Increase , which the report contends Indicates that the country is prosperous , the spread of prohibition has affected tbe trade condition , it is declared. * Stlmson to Panama. New York , July 7. To confer witl the board of fortifications at Colon Secretary of War Stlm&on sailed for Panama on the steamer Santa Marta , Brig. Clarence Edwards , chief of the bureau of Insular affairs , and Mrs Stimson accompanied him. They wil be gone a month. Ainsworth's Celebration. Ainsworth , Neb. , July C. Special t The News' Ainsworth celebrated th , ation's birthday on both Monday and 'uesday of this week. Large crowds ere in attendance both days and the est of order prevailed. The program as interesting and satisfactory to all Nebraska Lumbermen Held. Lincoln , July 7. Bird Critchfield nd E. E. Hall of Lincoln , past and resent secretaries of Nebraska Lum ermen's association , were yesterday ound over to the federal court fo ie eastern division of the northein linois district. The Lincoln mer ere arraigned before Commlssione larlay under an indictment charging violation of the Sherman anti-trus aw on returns made recently by a fed ral grand jury at Chicago. Both fur- Ishcd bonds in the sum of $2,500. Heat Knocks Ice Wagon Drivers. Detroit , Mich. , July 7. Although he maximum temperature today wa s nly 88 degrees , prostrations wer e lumerous , owing to the excessive hu mldity. Fifty ice wagon drivers be- ame exhausted and were forced to uit work. The total number of eaths due to heat since Sunday is wenty , of which five were drowulngs. Serious prostrations numbered forty- ve. War On Ice Dealers. St. Joseph , Mo. , July 7. People here re up in arms over the action of the ce manufacturers in raising prices as result of the continued hot weather. S.n Investigation will be made to as- ertain whether there has been an un- awful combination. STILL DEBATE RECIPROCITY. Senators Shooting off Oratorical Fire works on the Pact. Washington , July 7. A continuance of debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill and a speech of Senator Swanson of Virginia on his bill to appropriate $20.000,000 annually to put the roads of the country in standard condition constituted today's program of the senate. Senator Thornton of Louisiana , dem ocrat , arranged to deliver his speech today in support of reciprocity bill and Senator Gronna of North Dakota will continue his attack on tbe meas ure. ure.The The house was not In session and major investigations that of the sen ate committee on the Lorlmer election and those of the house public special committee on sugar and steel , socalled trusts will not be resumed until next w eek. SAYS MAINE BLEW UP INSIDE. Rear Admiral Melville Repeats His Claim That Spain Didn't Do It. PlBladc-lpliia , July 7. Rear Admlra George Melville , letlred , U. S N , sale that he believes the tormer hattleshli Maine was blown up by one of hei own magailnes. "I have always maintained that tin Maine was destroyed from within am not from without , " Admiral Melvilli said. "I have said that the examlna tion of the ship In Havana harbo would prove that the explosion occui red within her. One of her powde magazines was situated between twi coal bunker heads and ono of he coal taking fire piobably heated the shells in the ehill room and caused the explosion of one of the maga zines. " LORDS TO LOSE POWER. Amendments to Veto BUI are With drawn or Rejected. London , July 7 The consideration of the veto bill for the curtailment of the powers of the lords was concluded In the hoti'-e of lords Although mini- eious amendments were proposed b > members , all weie wlthdiawn 01 re jected. The debate throughout ells- p1ii > cd great restlvencss on the pait of the PC-CIS against their leadeis and there weie Mgnitlcnnt dlfleiernes In opinion Lend St Aldiw.vn , who as Michael Edward HIcKs was chancel lor of the exehcemei in 1SS5 and again In 1MI5-UI02. the financial authoilty on the conseivatlvc side , moie than ome declined to vote with his pait\ The house of lends shows , the gieat est leluctance to > leld Its contiol of money bills As , the bill leaves the lonlh It commits to a joint committee of bl\ members of the two houses the power of deciding whether or not any bill Is a money bill a power which the government bill reposes In the speaker of the house of commons alone. Fuither the same committee \slll have virtual power to icfer any Impoitant bill to a leferendum of the people. July 13 has been fixed by the loids as the lepcut stage and when the bill goes back to the commons it is cei- tain that the amendments will be re jected en bloc What com.so the lends will then adopt Is unceitaln , hut the stiongest Influences ate being In ought to bear ftom the strongest section of the unionist party to the peers , the leadcis forcing the gov eminent to invoke voko the creation of 500 peers. After clause two of the parliament bill re latlng to bills other than money bills was passed the debate pioceeded em a now clause , moved by Lend Cromer , piovldlng for the appointment of a joint committee of the two houses to determine the character of the bills and to decide whether they como with in the veto provisions differentiating between general and monctaiy bills leaving it to the speaker of the house of commons nlono to determine what constitutes the latter and requiring the house of lords to pass it without amendment , within ono month after receiving the bill , otherwise it shal become law without the loid's consent Excitement at Havana. Havana , July 7. Following the dis quieting rumors yesterday of project ed uprisings in the provinces o Oriento and Pinar Del Rio , the cit > was thrown into intense exeitemen early today when drums beat to quar ters In Castle La Fuerza , opposite the presidential palace , and the ganisoi of 200 men sallied forth and thicvv a cordon around the executive's home. The soldiers stood on the defensive apparently to repulse an attack. Sooi afterward , nothing else having hap pened , the tioops marched back tc their quarters. President Gomez late explained that the maneuvers had been oideied merely for the purpose of seeing how quick the garrison would surround the palace , in case o emergency. The incident gave ilse to rumors that a revolution had broken out in Havana and caused much alaim. There was some adverse comment on the action of the piesident in order ing the maneuvers at the time when so many alarming repoits aie abroad IN THE LAST FRISCO QUAKE. Two Norfolk Young Men There Everybody - erybody Was Panic Stricken. Oliver Utter and E. F. Huse of Noi- folk were in the earthquake at San Francisco last Saturday and in writing about it say San Fiancisco people weie panic stricken b > the two quake- , which were the worst since the big fire. fire.These These * wo Norfolk young men were in the Orpheum theater waiting for the show to start just before 2 o'clock when suddenly the whole building seemed to rise up and shake. The walls cracked and groaned and plaster ts. ter dropped in a dozen places. s.d Everybody was panic stricken and rushed into the stieets. Women screamed and a few fainted and nobody Qir body seemed to know where to go or ird what to do. Street cais stopped and everybody seemed to be waiting for irr another shake. It took the theater people forty-five minutes to get the crowd back into their building and then they had a "dead" audience , for every time a car passed they held their breath. One five-story concrete building was thrown out of line nearl 1 > 1b a foot at the top. The crowds gatli- bin , ered in the streets to look at it. San Francisco papers printed nothing whatever in regard to the shake HOW DRY AT KANSAS CITY. Newspaper Men Work With Wet Hand kerchiefs Around Their Heads. Potatoes aie $3 10 a bushel in Kan sas City , accoiding to a letter from J S. Jackson , formeily of Norfolk Ii wilting of the heat Mr Jackson sajs "Several men are working v itli w ° handkerchiefs around theli bends am some of the copy desi ; fellows ha\ even shed their shirts. They actual ! think the woild Is going to bum uj at ound here no rain this Mimim > i that is , none outside of .1 of an in < 1 shower. " Spencer's Celebration a Success. Spencer. Neb. July C Special ti ) The News : The celebration at Speii ror was a giand success. Early HI the morning the people rommcnccM to gather and by 11 o'clock tin streets were jammed with the lar > ; est crowd ever here. The day was an - extra hot one , a hot wind blowlni : from the south. After the calisthei - Ian parade jn the forenoon Judge enA L. Button of Omaha delivered an nd ndIn dress. The afternoon was spent I various sports. The hall game be tweeu Bristow and Monowl was nll- d a draw after tight innings were laved. A decision caused the pla > rs to w tangle and the umplio called he game off The put so wan divided U'lilj Pliewoiks In the evening and anclng amused the riowd until u ito hour. Charles Schr.im. 'Ihe funeral over the lemulus of haih's Sfhiam was held at 2 o'clock Vednewlay afternoon at the family lome , 60(5 ( South Third Htieet wheio lev. J. P. Mueller of the ( Mulct Luth- lan ehuie-h held short sen vices , and t 2 30 In the church , wheio Mi Mtn l er preached a soinion In Get man and lev. Mi He-helps of Pleu'c' npoke > In : ngllsh luteiinent was In Pronpe'e'1 ' till ecmeteiy The pallbeaieis vveio ohu l' . Sc'liiam , Chle-ago , Funk U'hiam , St. Paul , Minn ; Gustavo 5ehiam. Titonkn , la . William Sc-luam , 'cut Dodge , la all biotheiH of Mr. Sclutun Conductor A J Hyol ind Engineer H. W. Caldwell of thin it.v. Among the out of-towu vlsltoia ind fi lends attending the funeral veio : Mr. and Mis. U. F. Schiam ind daughter Iiene , Chicago. Mr and Mis. W Welch Ackeimaii , Pocatello , da. , Mis. Anna Aekeiman , Stanton Miss Mao Moulder , Fiemont , F H. NkkeiHon , Fremont ; Mr. and Mis. i'Tc-d Waoc-hter , Piemont. The Christ l.utheian church was tilled to Its ut- Host capacity by friends of the dead Miglneer who was t > o popular In Nor folk and other c Hies of the state TO TEST COMMODITY CLAUSE. Government Will Try to Vitalize That Part of Rate Statute. Washington , July ( ! . The govern ment will renew the light to dlssoclato the great coal carrying railroads from their vlitual control of mines and thus vltall/e the commodities clause of the Intel state commerc-e law. A test case against the Lehigh Valley railroad waH filed today In the United States court in Philadelphia. The Hospital Celebrated. Theie was some celebration on the state hospital giomuls on the Fouith. Refreshments were served , games were plajed and thenweie plenty of fireworks. Dr. Johnson took an active1 part In the celebration , pitching the first ball which opened up a fast and exciting ball game of six Innings , re sulting in a score of 7 to 5 in favor ot the married men. O'Neill of the mar ried men clinched the game for hla side In the sixth inning by lining out a home run. Dr. Dlshong , playing third for the mairied men , made some spectacular catches which were con sidered the feature of the game. The score by innings : Married men 2 0 0 0 2 3 7 Single men 02003 0 5 Batteries : Regan and Seymore ; Pupps and Wai el. Whaley Wants a Bout. Tommy AVhaley , a pugilist of Oma ha , in a letter challenges any 122 to 124 pounder in the country , but pre fers either Gene Sullivan or Marty Kane. Whaley says ho has heard so much of Gene Sullivan , that he is anxious to meet him. Whiley has adorned his belt with the scalps of Hairy Buckles , Joe Guthright , Young Clarence English , Jimmy May and Joe llosnick. Harry Lewis is In the city and Whaley would probably be glad of an opportunity to meet him. HELP WANTED. WANTED All parties Interested in the Gulf coast , Texas , country to write us for Information. Come to a coun- trv where two crops can be grown e-ach jeai , where the soil is good , wa- t < ; r sweet and pure , where the sun of summer Is tempered by the cool breeze from the gulf and where stock does not have to be fed more than half the year. Get In touch wl'h the Tracy-Enos Land Co. , Victoria. Texas. WANTED Success Magarine re juires the services of a man In Nor folk to look after expiring subscrip tions and to secure new business by neans of special methods usually ef fective ; position permanent ; prefer one with experience , but would con sider any applicant with good natural qualifications ; salary $1.50 per day , with commission option. Address , with references , R. C. Peacock , Room 102 , Success Magazine Bldg. , New York. - SEISTIES PLATES ARE RIGHT REI5TLE5 RATES ARE RIGHT FRANKoREISTLE ENGRAVER AND ELECTROTYPER PnOM IIK 1420-34 L WRNCt DtHVHt COLO Hid ; > ' 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DCSIGNS COPYRIGHTS Ac ii : n mpich ni d - potitlnn m > qulcltir usf&rtum f r i t i fi t wmtlii r all Invetin n in pt. tin' ' i u I c " munlea tluinHiricllrroiillrtoi i ( l HANDBOOK Mt I'alema lent free Cililcut nici ' v f r recurmtt I'otenu. ' 1'ixtPiits t k n ifr ui.li Mum A. 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