8 THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL , FRIDAY , AUGUST II , 1011 ,
Apart 70 Years , They Meet Here.
Two coushiB met In Norfolk Sunday
morning nftor a separation of seventy
yours. During that length of time they
have never soon each other. They
Rpent their boyhood days together on
a farm In Indiana and now they are
hoth grey haired old men , hut their
meeting Sunday morning In thla city
made them feel and act like hoys once
more.
The two cousins who renewed ac
quaintances are A. P. Tannehlll , a
.prominent farmer of thla vicinity , aged
80 years , and John Bishop of Cody ,
.Nob. , aged 82.
Mr. Bishop Is the father of Mrs. J.
F. Young of Cody and had accompa
nied Mr. and Mrs. Young to this city
In their automohllc. Mr. and Mrs. A.
D. Cole , also of Cody , cnroute to Stanton -
ton to visit with relatives , were also
In the automobile party which was
cnrouto back to Cody from Colorado
Springs , Colo. The party were hero
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. George I ) .
Chrlstoph.
When ho arrived In the city Satur
day night , Mr. Bishop talked over the
telephone with one of Mr. TannehlH's
sons. Ho would like to see his cousin
once more , he said , and Sunday mornIng -
Ing Mr. Tannehlll came Into the city
antl met the cousin he had not scon for
so many years. The two old gentle-
tncn met 'In the Chrlstoph residence
and relatives and friends declare the
meeting was one beyond description.
Like two hoys , they told of old land
marks In Indiana , where they used to
play together the old bridge and the
.old llBli ponds.
Blind Pig Man Under Arrest.
Frank Spencer , owner of the
"Frank's Place" pool and billiard par
lors in the Oxnard hotel building , and
also proprietor of the rooming and
boarding house on the corner of Nor
folk avenue and First street , was ar
rested Monday afternoon by a Deputy
United States marshal on charges of
selling liquor without any sort of a
license. Internal Revenue Inspector
O. N. Stukey and Night Patrolman W.
J. O'Brien , after a little detective work
of their own , brought the results which
put an end to the "blind pig. "
Officer O'Brien has been shadowing
Spencer for some time and found that
ho has been selling whiskey In pint
and larger bottles , not only to custom
ers who call there In carriages with
lights extinguished on Sunday nights ,
but to young men under the ago of 21.
One Norfolk business man In company
with Mr. Stukey called at the homo of
the "blind pig , " or moro commonly
known as the "boarding house" on
First street and they found no trouble
in obtaining liquor. The United States
marshal was notified and Mr. Stukey
and Officer O'Brien met him at the
station with an automobile at noon.
The officers wont directly to Spencer's
place of business and arrested him.
After the federal government gets
through with him on the charge of
selling liquor without n government
license , says Chief of Police Mar-
quardt , who has also been "on the
Job , " Spencer will have to answer
charges in district court.
Besides conducting a "blind _ plg , "
say officers , Spencer has been quietly
conducting a gambling den. Poker
has been played and considerable
money lost. It Is said. These charges ,
however , will not be taken up at
present.
Officers also declare that Spencer is
not the prisoner's correct name. He
has several aliases , they say.
The Arrest a Quiet One.
The arrest of Spencer was a quiet
one. Spencer , who is a heavy set and
tall man , was just about to leave the
pool hall for his boarding house when
the officers in the automobile reached
the place. The deputy marshal , who
had come from Omaha , jumped from
the machine and informed Spencei
thnt he was an officer and had a war
rant for his arrest.
"Oh you are , are you ? " answered
Spencer. The prisoner then looked al
Stukey and at O'Brien and his face
fell. He recognized the face of the
local revenue man as the gentlemar
to whom ho sold liquor and ho said :
"Oh very well , I'll waive examlna
tlon and would like to be bound ovei
to the district court. "
The ofiicer and Inspector Stuke :
then put their prisoner into the ca
and made a race for the Nlobran
bound train. They won their race am
were soon speeding for the dlstrlc
court , whore Chief Marquardt say
Spencer will get some sort of an ex
nmlnatlon before the federal cominls
sioncr.
"Wo have known that Spencer ha
been doing an unlawful business fo
the past week , " says Chief Marquardl
"I have a letter from an Omaha de
tective agency who have sent mo tw
checks which Spencer had signed ui
der the name of Frank Gibson. Th
checks were never paid and the secrc
service people were after him. "
From the contents of the secret so
vice agent's letter , it is taken the
Spencer has been doing a "crooked
business for a long time.
"Spencer has often remarked tht
ho was not in Norfolk for the fun <
it , " said Chief Marquardt. "Ha hr
declared that he was hero to mal
money any way ho could. "
Spencer came hero from parts u
known , probably Omaha , about foi
months ago. He purchased the po
room fixtures in the Oxnard hotel fro
E. A. Marquardt. Ho has been co
ducting this business over since nr
also the boarding house on Norfo
avenue and First street , where h
wlfo and children now live.
Chautauqua Is Formally Open.
Norfolk's chautauqua opened on tl
mill grounds Saturday afternoon wli
a fair attendance. Most of the am
cnco was made up of women and thai
who are spending the chautauqua se
eon camping on the grounds. The b
tent is a great improvement over tl
one of last year and n wire fence e
closes it on both sides. The seatli
capacity is about the same , hut tl
accommodations on the grounds a
greatly Improved. The campers i
ready report that the season's camp
ing will bo more enjoyed on account
of these accommodations than in pre
vious years.
Host tohlo are provided by a num
ber of business men , refreshment
stands are nerving ices and other re
freshments and two telephones con
nect the grounds with the city.
The Highland Ladles' orchestra is
making a big "hit" here and their stay
has pleased many. The ladles' orches
tra opened the season's events with a
prelude Saturday afternoon and they
wcro followed by the first lecture of
the season from L. F. Lybargor , an
orator who spoke on "Land , Labor and
Wealth. "
Mr. Lybargor drew n growsomo
word picture of the future and many
of the audience did not seem wholly
to agree with him in his argument that
the only hope for the future was the
taxing of the Incomes of all monopo
lies. Gossip , after Mr. Lybarger's lec
ture , showed that the majority of his
listeners believed that America still
holds men who can solve any hard
problem which may arise.
Of land , the speaker talked much.
Ho pictured to his audlonco the mad
rush for the west. Ho commenced
with China and the far cast and drew
the audience slowly around the world ,
through the strait settlements , islands
of the Mediterranean , Egypt , southern
Europe , northern Europe , the shores
of the Atlantic and over into America.
Is No Moro "West. "
Then ho pictured moro mad rushes
for the west until the people reached
the shores of the Pacific and there
was no moro land to take up ; there
was no moro west , because across the
Pacific there was China with its mil
lions of hungry pcoplo and the land
seekers had circumnavigated the
whole earth. "What are the people
going to do now ? " ho asked. "Where
are they going ? There is no more
west ; there is no more land to take ;
the government has given almost all
the government land away and the
people have no place to go. " Ho gave
figures of the increase In population
each year and told of the great num
ber who como to this country from
Europe every day. On the Pacific
coast in Seattle , Portland , Tacoma and
San Francisco , he said , ho has seen
more unemployed pcoplo than any
place in the country. When our popu
lation doubles and redoubles , what are
the pcoplo going to do , he asked.
The farmers , he declared , are not
independent the railroads control the
output of their production and it is in
the railroads' power to do what they
will with the farmer. The railroads
are to this country what the arteries
are in the system of a human body , he
said. Scientific farming and increase
in production will not help them at
all.
all.The
The only hope for the salvation from
the terrible end , declared the speaker ,
was the taxing of the income of mo
nopolies and nothing else. The pro
tective tariff and other bills now in
congress were all right in their day ,
but that day has passed now , ho said.
There are other things to be looked
after. He did not believe in a protec
tive tariff.
tariff.No
No Applause for Him.
The absence of the usual applause
was noticed at the finish of the speak'
er's address , but little crowds gath
ered together and discussed the talk ,
Saturday evening a splendid concert
was given in the big tent by the la >
dies' orchestra. A number of friends
f some of the members of the orches
ra were guests and a large crowd
acked the tent. Margaret Wood IE
nanager of the orchestra and among
he members , some of them wel !
nown here , are Georgia Hall , Ettc
Wood , Hazel Vlggers , Lois Wood , Lll
an Liffert , Nancy Nysewander , Jo
ephine Decker.
The orchestra again opened the
ay's program Sunday morning will
i prelude and they were followed by i
ermon from Ilev. J. W. Klrkpatricl
if the First Methodist church of thli
ity. Mr. Kirkpatrlck's subject was
'What ' Kind of Religion This Worl (
X'eeds. "
"Tho Square Deal" was the subjec
of a lecture given Sunday afternooi
by Frank Dlxon and in the eveuini
he Caveny company gave sacred se
ections.
Mr. Dixon , who two years ago wa
considered a radical speaker on th
socialistic side of national question :
ook the corporation side Sunday a :
ternoon , and his lecture was just 01
posite to that of Mr. Lybarger and I
was believed by some that a debat
was on between the two men.
Mr. Dlxon quoted some of Mr. L :
barger's statements without sayln
who had uttered them. In ridicule an
sarcasm Mr. Dixon shines. His ge ;
fures and facial expressions are clove
His address was a very contradictor
and peculiar one. Ho painted the co
poratlons as black as he possibly caul
and then told his audience they wei
absolute necessities.
The ladies' orchestra will return I
Norfolk next Sunday afternoon. Th
afternoon the Roach Operatic Conce
company give several preludes and ;
2 o'clock Dr. E. A. Stelner was sche
uled for a lecture. The concert coi
pany gives a grand concert tonight.
New Statehod Bill.
Washington , Aug. 7. The Joint re
elution providing for the admission
Arizona and New Mexico as states
the union under the enabling act
the last congress was taken up 1mm
dlately after the senate met at
o'clock today. Senator Nelson of tl
committee on territories , promptly (
fered his sub for the house measui
The sub was framed to meet tl
wishes of the president.
t Blueberry Pickers Strike.
1 Marquette , .Mich. , Aug. 8. A unlq1
3 strike Is in progress in the Dead riv
3a
a country north of Ishpomlng , where t !
Ig blueberry pickers have roboll
no against a CD-cent reduction. The bt
ors of fruit have cut the price to
ig from $2.50 a bushel. The pickers a
tie still at work , but are storing the
re berries. They have perfected an (
ganlzatlon and unless the former prl
Is restored , they propose to ship to
the city commission houses direct for
storage. Hundreds of cases of the
fruit have been coming from the dis
trict weekly.
American Squadron Returning ,
Gibraltar , Aug. 8. The American
practice squadron , consisting of the
battleships Iowa , Illinois and Massa
chusetts , sailed for Annapolis today.
The squadron , under Commander R.
E. Koontz of the Annapolis naval acad
emy , and midshipmen sailed from An
napolis on Juno C for a summer crulso
to European ports , covering about
8,000 miles. The voyage will end Au
gust 28.
Will Try to Run Cars.
Now York , Aug. 8. Because of the
absence of rioting yesterday in the
Brooklyn street car strike , the com
pany announced Its intention today of
operating 125 cars manned by non
union crows. In the hope that Mayor
Gaynor would terminate his short va
cation and appear at the city hall to
day , the strike leaders said they would
call there again with the expectation
that ho would Intercede with the com
pany in tholr behalf. The strikers are
expecting to bring about an arbitra
tion of the demands and grievances ,
while the company persists there is
nothing to arbitrate and that the men's
demands will not ho cranted.
City Lets Four Sewer Jobs.
Opening of the bids for the con
struction of four sewer districts was
the feature of Monday night's council
meeting. Mayor Friday and three
councilmcn waited until 0:30 : before a
quorum could ho reached. An automobile -
mobile was sent for Councilman J. C.
Larkln and although ho was still weak
from the effects of an operation , he
remained in the council chamber
throughout the session. During the
long wait for the quorum , out-of-town
bidders for the sewer contracts
squirmed in their chairs and talked in
low whispers about the irregularity.
D. C. Armstrong of Sioux City , la. ,
formerly of Ponca , Neb. , was the low
est bidder over Guy E. Smith , Indian-
old , la. ; Donahue & Peterson , Omaha ;
John Herman and O. W. Rlsh of this
city.
city.A
A matter which took up some lively
interest and serious speculation on the
part of u few of the city dads was the
many letters received from the W. K.
Palmer & Co. , engineers of Kansas
City , with whom the city council con
tracted for plans for a municipal light
plant. In his letters , Mr. Palmer ad
vised the council to consider carefully
before they gave a contractor any
other engineers. The city had already ,
he said in one letter , made a contract
with him to furnish these plans. A
copy of a letter sent to Mr. Palmer by
City Attorney H. F. Barnhart was
read. Mr. Barnhart declared in his
letter to the Kansas City engineers
that the city of Norfolk had paid him
$250 for plans and that these plans
were not satisfactory.
In answer to this letter Mr. Palmer
sent several emphatic replies , all to
the effect that the council had already
contracted with him and should con
sider more seriously before taking
other steps. At the same time a letter
with a contract signed and enclosed
was received from E. S. Worley com
pany , the engineers who are making
the "dollar down" plans and who are
to send a man to Norfolk to tell the
Norfolk people all about a municipal
light plant. This man is to be charged
with the work of "putting the bonds
over. " If he falls his company is to
receive hut $1 for all their work.
Mr. Rockefeller , the Worley engl
neer , has not yet finished his wort
here , and the council let the light prop
ositlon rest. The Palmer company's
letters were placed on file.
Don't Own Thlc Land.
The council found themselves in an
other predicament when a letter was
received from the Northwestern head
quarters stating that company stil
declined to build a sidewalk on Sev
enth street between Park and Norfoll
avenues. In the letter the rallroac
company declares that the property 01
which the council has ordered then
to construct a sidewalk does not be
long to them. It was then discovere (
that a strip of land about seven o
eight feet wide running from Mich
igan avenue to the city limits north o
the city , along the Northwestern right
of-wny , belonged either to the Koenle
stein or Dederman estate , to which th
council did not know. The street am
alley committee were given the tasl
of ferreting out this problem.
The city will not buy a stree
sweeper. The public works commli
tee believed only seven blocks of im\
Ing did not warrant the oxpondltur
r. of so much money , so Chairman Fues
ler recommended that steel brooms b
purchased and all prisoners unable t
Id pay their fines bo put to work. ]
Ide they don't work , ho said , a ball an
chain will bo connected to them an
to they will be given bread and wate
is three times dally. The recommend !
isrt tion was accepted and Mr. Fuesle
it was given power to act.
itd
d-
dn - Baldwin vs. Young Saylor.
Indianapolis , Aug. 9. Matty Bali
win of Boston and Mllburn ( Young
Saylor of this city meet tonight hei
in a scheduled ten-round bout at It
of pounds. Both will bo under weigl
of and are said to be in excellent co :
of dltlon. Young Hayes of Memphis an
10- Jimmy Watts of Indianapolis are c
1010 the card for u ten-round bout in tl
I preliminaries ,
jf-
e. To Fight Clarence English.
tie Kansas City , Aug. 9. Harry Browe
a local welterweight , began tralnlr
here today for a ten-round bout wil
Pete Shaughnessy in Nevada , M <
uo Aug. 21. Shaughnessy is also sche
or tiled to meet Clarence English in
ho ton-round light in Joplln , Mo. , Aug. 1
ed
iy- The Chautauqua at Nellgh.
iy$2 Nollgh , Neb. , Aug. 9. Special
re The News : The second annual cha
tauqua of thin city is growing in favi
daily. The brilliant speakers ai
ce musical organizations that gather cai
afternoon and evening nro drawing
cards that are Instructive , Interesting ,
pleasing and entertaining.
A number of business houses closed
yesterday afternoon to attend the ad
dress of Dr. E. A. Stclncr , who is a
brilliant talker. His subject on "Im
migration" was handled in a masterly
manner , and ho delivered his mes
sage in a way that commanded
thought raid compelled the closest at
tention of the largo audience present.
With the exception of two , all the
business houses of this city have
agreed to close this afternoon and
Friday.
Dr. Homer C. Stuntz will lecture
this afternoon and Gov. II. A. Buchtcl
will occupy the speaker's stand to
night.
The Highland ladies' orchestra have
entertained in their high-class music
the past two days. They gave a grand
concert last evening that was moro
than pleasing to the largo crowd. "In
rendering their last selection "Am
erica , " the entire audience arose.
That the second annual chautauqua
of Nellgh is" a financial success is now
an assured" fact. Yesterday morning
the announcement was made thnt the
guarantee of $1,200 worth of season
tickets were sold. Tills indicated j
that the attendance is far better than
one year ago , when the guarantee |
committee made up a deficit of about. .
$300. Only'four ' of the nine days ]
! have passed , and with increasing
crowds each day the single admission
sales will not the management a neat
surplus. I
President , T. C. Hinkle ; vice presi
dent , S. J. Beach ; secretary , J. C. '
Jenkins ; treasurer , C. L. Wattles ,
coupled with the "Boosters" of Ne-
ligh have tuado this success possible.
Spencer Beats Indians.
Spencer , Neb. , Aug. 8. Special to
The News : Spencer and the Santee
Sioux Indians played ball on the local
diamond Friday and Saturday. The
first game waa a hotly contested one ,
Spencer winning In- the last half of
the ninth , after the Indians had over
come Spencer's lead , by scoring three
men in the first half of the ninth. A
light rain fell during part of the game
and made the grounds slippery , hence
a number of errors were made. The
score by innings :
R. H. E.
Santee Indians 000002063 11 13 7
Spencer 034120002 12 17 5
Summary Batteries , Indians , Sher
man , Mackey and Wabasha. Spencer ,
Sturdevant and Johnson. Struck out
by Mackey 1 , by Sturdevant 3. Um
pire , J. Coombs.
The second game was played under
fair conditions as the weather was
clear and baring one inning it was a
good game. -number of Spencer's
old players could not attend the game
owing to business , so their places were
filled by others. Arch Tingle pitched
the game and did good work up to
the eighth , whenby a number of er
rors and several hits the Indians
cinched the game. Whipple for the
Indians pitched great ball. The score
by innings :
R. H. E.
Santee Indians 0-010 - 0 0 0 12 0 13 12 3
Spencer 0000100 01 1 66
Summary Batteries , Indians , Whip-
pie and Wabasha. Spencer , Tingle
and Adkins. Struck out by Whipple
16 , by Tingle 11. Umpires , McConn
and Johnson.
Verdlgre Beats Crelghton.
Verdlgre , Neb. , * Aug. 8. Special to
The News : In 'one ' of the fastest
games of the season Ruffle's Colts
were wallowed In the dust and made
to feel the sting of defeat. It is sel
doin Indeed that this fast aggregation
meets their Waterloo , but Schmidt's
champions have no favorites and from
the moment the umpire cries play ball
they go in to win. There is not an am
ateur team in the state of Nebraska
that has a license to beat Schmidt's
champions. The game Saturday was
one of the best ever played on the
local diamond. 'Perry Dunaway , the
hero of many a hard fought dlamont
battle , was in the box for the Colts
and the way Schmidt's champions
whacked the horsehlde in the last hall
of the first inning made the cold shlv
ers chase each other up and down the
spine of that gallant old sportsman
Huffie. Our champions took kindly te
Perry's delivery and before the clos <
of the first inning six champions chas
ed each other over the home plate. I
was well they did , for after this inninj
not a single or married champion eve
crossed the homo plate again durlni
the game. The' best that Crelghtoi
could do was to roll up four scores
and their efforts to do moro were fu
tile. Benter , who pitched for Verdi
gre , had all the rlgglcs and wiggle
necessary to keep Crelghton guessing
and when the final judgment was rer
dered the verdict by the public wa
that Hufllo's Colts had met their Wr
terloo. Score : Verdlgre , 6 ; Creigl
ton , 4. Batteries ; Verdlgre , Bente
and Barta ; Crelghton , Dunaway an
Pryor. Umpire : Chris Martin.
Atkinson Issues Challenge.
Atkinson , Neb. , Aug. 8. Special t
The News : The Atkinson Colts d <
feated the fast Bassett ball team her
in a very Interesting game of ball. Si
bin for Bassett was hit freely , whil
Kirkland for the Colts was invlncihli
The game was called at the end of th
seventh inning on account of rail
The features of the game were th
heavy hitting of the Colts , Wilsoi
Casey and McNichols hitting for extr
bases. Ducky McNichols poked out
three-bagger at the opportune tim
with two men on bases.
ig Score :
th Atkinson 1201010-
Bassett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Batteries : Kirkland and Wilsoi
Sabln and Curtis.
4. Atkinson has a chip on their shou
der looking directly toward Tilde :
Norfolk and Pierce. Would like I
to hear from the above named teams I
regard to games ,
or
idSpencer Taken up by Police ,
idh
: h Frank Spencer , who was found gu !
ty by the revenue commissioner at
Nlobrarn on the charge of Belling
liquor without n government license ,
was rcnrrested hero Wednesday by
Patrolman W. S. O'Brien on charges
of conducting a "blind pig" at his
boarding house on First street and
Norfolk avenue , and after pleading
guilty to the charge , was fined $100
and costs In Judge C. F. Elsolcy's
court. Chief Marquardt declared they
had at no tlmo thought of letting the
matter drop with only the action of
the federal officers. City Attorney II.
F. Barnhart was present to push the
case.
Spencer did not pay his line and
told the officers ho had friends who
would pay it. Ho was given until
Thursday morning to "mako good. "
Unless the fine is paid , ho will have to
go to jail , say the officers. Spencer
admitted ho had sold a half a gallon
of whiskey and a few cases of beer.
TOGO VISITS NAVY YARD.
Last of State Banquets to Visiting
Jap Is Planned.
Washington , Aug. S. Admiral Togo
visited the Washington navy yard to
day , inspected the machine shops mid ,
ordinance departments and watched
a company of marines at drill , Later
ho was scheduled to see the library
and the capital and it was expected
that ho would look in on hoth houses
of congress while In session.
The program for the day :
Luncheon by Assistant Secretary of
State Huntlngton Wilson and a Bight-
seeing tour in tlie afternoon.
Tonight the last of the four state
dinners given in ills honor will bo
tendered by Secretary Beekmau Win-
throp.
Tomorrow ho will continue his
Journey , going first to Baltimore ,
thence to Philadelphia , where he will
visit the ship yards.
"END OF WORLD IS NEAR. "
Seventh Day Adventlst Claims to Have
Scriptural Proof of That.
! Indianapolis , Aug. S. "The world
will come to an end within a very
few years , " declared Elder O. Mont
gomery , president of the Indiana Con
ference of the Seventh Day Adventists -
tists , during the services at the camp
'meeting ' now progressing here.
j "I cannot set the year , it may he
next year , it may be five years. But I
do know that it will come before the
death of the laut man who saw the
* falling of the stars on November 13 ,
11833. There are few people living
now who saw that phenomenon and I
jknow that the end will come before
all of them are gone. "
Elder Montgomery said that science
had been unable to solve the falling
of the stars in 1833 and that he has
I scriptural proof tliat the mllleneum
I would occur within the generation fol
lowing that event.
CONGRESSMAN APOLOGIZES.
Lafferty of Oregon Makes Abject State
ment at Demand of Father.
Washington , Aug. 8. S. J. Kubcl ,
chief clerk of the geological survey ,
has forced Representative A. W. Laf
ferty ( rep. , Ore. ) to apologize to his
19-year-old daughter for an alleged in
sult to the girl.
A Washington newspaper some time
ago published pictures of the officers
of the graduating class of a local high
school , among them being a portrait
of Miss Florence Kubel. A few days
later , Miss Kubel received a letter
from Congressman Lafferty , asking
her to overlook the unconventlonallty
of an attempt to make her acquaint
ance , and enclosing a clipping of the
portrait and a pass to the members'
gallery of the house. He concluded
his letter with phrases which aroused
the father's Indignation.
Accompanied by a friend , Kubel
called on Lafferty at his office , and the
Oregon member , It is said , made an
abject apology.
The day after this incident , Lafferty
left Washington and remained away a
month. On his return he was con <
fronted with the story in the office of
a local newspaper , and admitted Its
truth.
In a statement today , Lafferty de
clared the Incident had been stirred
up by political enemies , because he
has opposed powerful railroad inter
ests In Oregon and California. He ad
mitted writing to Miss Kubel , but de
clared that the Interview ho had witt
her father was a pleasant one.
Good Golf at Kansas City.
Kansas City , Aug. 8. Excellent goll
weather gave promise of some lov ,
scores in today's play in the amateui
invitation golf tournament which be
gan yesterday at the Evanston Goll
club of this city. Three flights o
thirty-two players each will bo form
ed after today's play. The slxteei
in each flight getting the lowest scorei
will remain in the game. H. G. Gwln
nup , champion of Oklahoma , arrlvei
late and is expected to bo a stronj
contender for the trophy. The tourna
ment will be played off by Saturda :
night
Kidnapers Make Threat.
Chicago , Aug. 8. "If we do not re
celve $5,000 by tonight wo will kil
your boy. " That was the word re
celved by Antony Moyno , whose (
year-old son was kidnaped Saturda ;
by two men and a woman. The fathe
i. of the missing child killed in self defense
fenso moro than a year ago a man wh
was reputed to be a member of th
black hand.
PARK MEN MEET.
Kansas City Official Says We'll See
Have to Buy Fresh Air.
Kansas City , Aug. 8. With mor
than a hundred delegates present fror
all parts of the nation the thlrtcent
annual convention of the America
Association of Park Superintendent
opened in this city today.
"Parks Are to Cities Wnat Lung
Are to Men , " was the subject of a
address at this morning's session b
Henry D. Ashley , park conimisslonc
of this city. Fresh air and greener
for the poor in cities to whom such
things are luxuries , was the speaker's
theme.
"Some say that the only thing Amer
ican Indians still own is Indian sum
mer , " said Mr. Ashley , "hut are wo
American pale faces much bettor off ?
Now that coal and water are controll
ed by the trusts , how long will it ho
before wo city dwellers have to buy
fresh nlr in congealed tubes and pay
dearly for what wo get , plus the weight
of the scales ? "
EX-SHAH WINS A FIGHT.
Rebels In Persia Win First Battle
Against Government Army ,
St. Petersburg , Aug. 8. According
to a dispatch from Astrahad , Persia ,
today , Mohammed Alt Mirza has won
his first light against the government
forces whom ho defeated at Damghan
at the northern foot of the Elbruz
mountains , fifty miles south of Astra-
had. The hattlo is said to have been
hard fought until the ex-shah's Turco
mans finally took the town by storm ,
capturing guns and ammunition , their
supply of which had been short. The
victory has greatly enhcartcncd the
followers of the exiled monarch.
Advices from Teheran state that
Mohammed All is , with another force
of 2,000 men , some 200 miles north
east of the capital.
21,000 Boys In Grain Contest.
Madison , Wls. , Aug. 8. Twenty-one
thousand young people will compete
nt forty-five of the county fairs to beheld
held In Wisconsin this fall for $10,000
offered as prizes for the best exhibit
of grain grown by boys or girls under
18. This movement was started in
190C at the RIchland county fair when
300 boys entered the young peoples'
growing contests.
Near-Flght In Lorlmer Case.
Washington , Aug. 8. A personal en
counter was narrowly averted In the
senate Larimer hearing when Attor
ney Healy , for the committee , accused
Attorney Hanecy , for Lorlmer , with
having "the very purpose of confusing
the record and those who will road it. "
Hanecy shouted that he branded the
statement "as It deserved branding. "
Chairman Dllllugham , however , stop
ped the intcrceptaut.
NEGRO ASSAULTS LITTLE GIRL.
White Girl 14 Years Old , Is Victim
of Black Brute In Minnesota.
Aitken , Minn. , Aug. 8. A negro
named Wooster is held hero on a
charge of assaulting a white girl 14
years old , living near Malmo , a set
tlement twenty-five miles southeast of
here on Mille Lacs lake. In passing
a house the negro asked the girl , who
was alone , where her mother was and
being tojd that her mother was dead
and that her father was in the wheat
field , attacked her and fled.
The father started on horseback in
pursuit of the negro and after a long
chase brought the negro back. The
girl Identified him and the negro ad
mitted the crime. There is great ex
citement , hut mob violence is not ex
pected.
GATES IS NOT SO WELL.
Congestion of the Kidneys Gives Trou
ble to American Financier.
Paris , Aug. 8. A recurrence of con
gestion of the kidneys was experienc-
d by John W. Gates at noon today.
t was necessary to administer heart
timulants occasionally.
Last night his physicians said the
kidneys continued to improve and in
flammation in the lungs had lessened.
This gave some encouragement. At
daylight , however , the patient showed
unfavorable symptoms and Dr. Gros
was hastily summoned. He found the
financier suffering from congestion of
he kidneys and though he was able
: o afford some relief the congestion
returned toward the middle of the
day.
Killed for Wild Animal.
Seattle , Wash. , Aug. 8. Dr. Ber-
rand Muscott , 42 years old , a physi
cian and sportsman of Anacortes ,
Wash. , was shot and killed by John
Rogstead , a logger , who mistook him
'or a cougar. The doctor and his wife
were camping in the wilderness of the
Olympic mountains. Rogstead , who
: ias been working near the camp ,
icard a noise in the bushes , and sus
peeling it was a mountain lion , shot ,
; V party has left to bring out the body ,
Dr. Muscott came from New York.
Some Hail in Boyd.
Spencer , Neb. , Aug. 8. Special tc
The News : A heavy rain amounting
to an inch and three-quarters vlsltec
this section Sunday morning and even
Ing. In the evening the water fell it
sheets , doing great good to the crops
In some places it hailed , but noi
enough to do any damage.
Nellgh Teachers' Institute.
Nellgh , Nob. , Aug. 8. Special t <
The News : The Antelope count :
teachers' institute opened yesterday
morning in the high school building
for a five days' session. In order t (
enable all the teachers to attend thi
chautauqua both afternoon and even
ing , courses of study are only takei
up during the forenoon of each day
Supt. C. E. Ward stated last evenlni
that the enrollment for the first da ;
was 113 , the largest first day's at
tendance in a number of years.
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ADMITS HE TOLD A LIE.
Confession from Representative Becke
meyer by Counsel for Lorlmer.
Washington , Aug. 8. The first thlm
counsel for Senator Lorlmer did whei
former State Representative H. J. C
Beckemoyer , who claims ho was pali
for voting for Lorimer , was turnei
over for cross examination before tin
senate Lorlmer committee was t (
elicit from the witness a confession o
falsehood.
"When Charles A. White and DC
tectlvo Turner came to you to verlf ;
the story the Chicago Tribune was gc
Ing to print , you told them you ha <
not received any money from Lei
O'Neill Browne or Robert 13 , Wilson , / i
did you not ? asked Klbrldgo Hanocy.
"Yes , sir , " replied lieckomeyor.
"And In so doing you Hod ? "
"Yes. "
"And you know you were lying ? "
"Yes , sir. "
Bockemoyor said it was true thnt
ho voted for Lorlmor of ills own free
will and accord. Ho decided that way ,
ho said , a few minutes before ho voted
ed , nftor n talk with Representative
George Alshulor , who shouted "for
anybody who could beat Hopkins , "
Stanton Beats Columbus Boys.
Stnnton , Nob. , Aug. 8 , Special to
The News : Stanton defeated the Co
lumbus Y. M. 0. A. ball team here by
a score of 8 to 7. Batteries : Soldol
and Hopper for Stanton , Boottchor
and Kaylor for Columbus. Base hits :
Columbus G , Stanton 9. Umpire ,
Pouchor.
Chance for Carpenters ,
Washington , Aug. 8. Constantinople
ple is about to rebuild the section re
cently destroyed by flro and has adver
tised for bids for the construction of
10,000 houses. United States Consul
Ravendalo , at the Turkish capital , nays
a splendid opportunity Is thus present
ed to American contractors , and botli
the departments of state and coin-
morco and labor nro Interesting them
selves In laying the matter before
them.
Army of Philippines Meets.
Detroit , Mich. , Aug. 9. Elaborate
preparations have been mndo for the
entertainment of the delegates to the
twelfth annual reunion of the Army
of the Philippines , which opens its
session in Detroit tomorrow. Two
hundred and fifty men are expected to
attend. The first session will bo hold
Thursday evening , Commander-ln-
Chief A. II. Anderson presiding. Of
ficers will ho elected on Saturday and
lolvlllo W. McManus , commander of
he Detroit organization , has been on-
lorscd for the post of commandor-In-
hlcf of the national body. Next Sun-
lay , August 13 , will bo the thirteenth
anniversary of the taking of Manila by \
he American army.
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Park Officials Talk of Roads.
Kansas City , Aug. 0. Delegates to
ho thirteenth annual convention of
he American Association of Park
iuperlntendcnts which began hero yes-
erday resumed business sessions to-
lay with the discussion of "Road Con-
truction and Maintenance. " Insects
affecting paiks were also to ho dis-
ussed at the forenoon session follow-
ng which the day was to ho given
ivcr mostly to recreation. At noon
tlelegates were to start on an auto-
iioblle trip through Kansas City , Kan. ,
'ollowlng which they were to attend
picnic luncheon at Budd park. This
afternoon the delegates make a fifty-
nilc tour of the Kansas City boule-
rnrds , ending up at Swope purl : , the
city's 1,300-acrc playground , where din-
; ier will bo served them at a rcstau-
ant owned and conducted by the park
department.
60 Horses Listed for O'Neill Races.
O'Neill , Neb. , Aug. 8. Special to
The News : The list of entries for the
races this week beginning Wednesday
and ending Friday , comprises the best
bunch of harness horses and gallopers
ever entered. There are sixty entries
and some of those are as fast as light
ning. The track is in perfect condi
tion and the best races ever pulled off
here will be seen. Everything is In
apple pie order and President Hall and
Secretary Ryan have everything ready
for the tap of the bell.
Six Horses Die In Fire.
Beemer , Neb. , Aug. 8. Special to
The News : Six horses were cremated
and another so seriously burned that
it will die , in a flre that destroyed the
large barn on the farm of Herman
Hide , north of Beemer. Four good sets
of harness burned , two sets of driving
harness , and six tons of hay. The
cause is not known , hut lightning is
blamed. The flre was discovered at 3
o'clock yesterday morning well under
way. The insurance was $500.
-Get Second Blind Pig ?
Emil Rltter , living one mile east of
the city on Norfolk avenue , was ar
rested Wednesday by Constable John
F. Flynn , who had a warrant issued
by County Judge William Bates , charg
ing Ritter with selling liquor without
a license or a druggist's permit. Two
barrels of brandy and wine were found
in the cellar of the Rltter home by the
constable , who was accompanied to
the place by G. A. Sires. The liquor
was brought to the city and placed in
storage. Ritter was taken to Madison.
Ritter is now under Indictment on
similar charges as the result of the
recent grand Jury Investigation. H. F.
Barnhart has been retained to defend
Ritter.
A. C. Daniel signed the complaint
which resulted in the Issuance of the
warrant for Rltter's arrest.
Rltter la alleged to be an old offend
er. Many men who are on the local
saloon "black list" are said to have
purchased much liquor thero. Neigh *
bors have reported many wild scones
at the place and during the work of
paving Norfolk avenue , two men wore
badly injured in a rough , free-for-all
fight at that place , it was said. One of
the men was thrown into the river.
Crops Near Fairfax.
Fairfax , S. D. , Aug. 8. Special to
The News : This section was refresh
ed greatly by good refreshing rains
which , though coming late , will ma
terially benefit both corn and hay.
Small grain is all harvested and
quite a little already threshed , some
crops going as high as 25 to 30 bushels
of oats to the acre , although most
fields are less than half a crop.
Owing to the extreme dry weather
corn near hero is very poor , having
started to "shoot" before the rains
came.
About the best that can bo hoped is \
' that the moisture will aid in develop-
s'lng the "nubbins. "