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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1911)
f A Till ! XOKKOUC 'WBHKl.Y NKWS-JOl'HNAU KlilUAY , Al'Ol'ST 25 , 11)11. ) \ Matjeo Gives Long n Race. Omntiit , AUK. 18. Hurry Logg , of the Mlnnohnhnda Country club , Mln- iionpollB , was 2 up on Jorotno P. Magee - goo , Oinnlm Country club , and Ralph Rldor nnd 10. Howard Adams were nil square nt the eighteenth holu In the HomMlnnls of the championship ( tights of the trans-Mississippi coif tourna- incut when the curds wcro turned in at midday. A big gallery followed both matches. The quality of golf played was hardly up to that of the past two days , but Hensatlonal plnys by all four of the golfers were frequent. Legg was1 up on Mngco nt one time , but the wiry lltllo Omnhan took two holes and halved another at the end of the forenoon play , reducing the Minneapolis man's lead. The Hldor-AdaniB match sec-sawed during the morning play nnd the In- ldo turn loft them all square. Names Arc Wanted to Mall Books to , Don't you know somebody back oust , or out west , who would bo Inter ested In Norfolk an u placu to llvo and do business In ? If you do , won't you give the IWIIIOH ( o Secretary Hawkins of the Commer cial club ? The Commercial club will HOO that u Norfolk booklet , describing I ho city's opportunities , Is mailed , postage Vnlel , to nil names thai Nor folk citizens may hand In. Entire Family Has Ptomaine Poison. "There has been inoro stomach dls- eider In Norfolk during tlio past few weeks than over before In Norfolk , In the same length of time , " said a Nor folk physician at noon. Included In the list are a number of cases of pto maine poisoning which , though not serious , have been distressing. Four members of the family of Hen ry Cole , u painter , 1)03 ) South Ninth street , were stricken with ptomaine poison yesterday afternoon , as a re sult of eating canned corn beef. Mr. nnd Mrs. Cole and two sons were the victims. Mr. Cole nnd the elder son suffered most , having eaten more of the canned meat than the other two. When n physician was called , all four were very sick. A railroad employe named Haas , on the south side , was a victim of pto maine night before last from the same cause , and there are said to have boon other cases. South Side News. Mrs. Fred Bauer's sisters , who have leen visiting with her the past few < lnys , left for their home in Battle Creek last evening. Mrs. Hampton Nelson was taken suddenly ill Wednesday noon and passed away about 3 o'clock Thurs day morning. The deceased leaves a husband and seven children to mourn her loss. Mrs. Hampden Nelson. Mrs. Hampdcn Nelson , wife of En gineer Nelson of the Northwestern railroad , died nt her home , 901 South Fourth street at 3:15 : n. m. Nervous prostration nnd heart trouble wore the cause of death. Funeral services will take place from the family homo at 2:30 : Saturday afternoon. At 3 o'clock services will again be held in the Christian church. Mrs. Nelson was born on a. farm in Adair county , la. , forty years ago. In February , 1888 , she was married to Mr. Nelfion. To this union eight chil dren were born , seven of them living Orley , Nellie , Dorn , Charles , Grace , Blrdte , Harve. Mrs. Nelson after three years in Adair county went with her husband to Spencer , Neb. , where they liver for four years , thence moving tc Missouri Valley. After three years in this place they cnmo direct to Norfolli and have lived hero since. Fatal Wreck a Havelock , Neb. Lincoln , Nob. , Aug. 18. Running fifty miles an hour , a Rock Island freight engine today crashed througl : nn open switch nt Havelock , nine miles from here , and as a result Brake man Floyd Oliver was instantly killed riroman Carl Elser was probably fa tally scalded and Engineer A. M. Ful ler was seriously injured. The engine overturned and Olivei was buried In the debris. Eiser was scalded by escaping steam. All three members of the train crew live in Fair bury , Neb. Biplane Wing Is Demolished. Nellgh , Neb. , Aug. 18. Special t < The News : The second day of th < race meet nnd baseball tournaraen held in this city yesterday afternooi nt Riverside park drew the larges crowd ever In the history of Nellgh It was estimated by competent Judge : that the attendance was fully 4,00' ' people. The grand stand and bleach rs were completely packed , and th < buggies , carriages and automobile surrounded the ball field from thi right to the left , making It nocossar ; that ground rules were observed dui ing the two games. What is considered the most unfoi tunato event of the entire day was tha the blplano was not ready to make th ascension. Blakely , who is going t niako the flights , started yesterda ; morning from the park and In passim a tree one of the limbs caught one o the wings , completely upsetting th machine , but not injuring the avlato to n great extent , nor the engine There were at once seven experience men at work in making repairs th entire day. The management has th assurance that the flight will bo mad today. Of course , those men come her with the understanding that the make n satisfactory flight or n money , and up to this time they hav received no compensation whatever The contract calls for three flight for which the management of Nolle agreed to pay | 600. The excursion from Norfolk brougl seven packed coaches. There wer three extra passenger coaches on th morning train that brought goo crowds from Clearwater , Ewlni O'Neill"nnd Atkinson. There wn only one race with nine starters 1 the 2:35 : class , and the time of 2:14 : * was made by Two Steps , who won the race. 2:35 : pace , purao $300 Two Stops , b g , Combs 1111 Exclusive Bolls , b h , Westcn * dorf 2 1 7 2 Amby W , b g , Holmes 7 3 2 C Shady Lady , b m , Kay 3-143 Skldoo , b h , Colllcot G 8 C < 3 Grcoloy Hall , b h , Austin. . . . 4 C 3 d Time : 2Mj : , 2:15 : , 2:15 : , 2:20Vi. : Both games resulted In precisely the same score 9 to C. The llrst gnmo was called at 1:30 : between Atkinson and Royal. The gnmo nt times was Interesting nnd exciting , but the play * ors on both sides were short of "gin ger. " Klrkland for Atkinson was re lieved by Foreman in the first half of the fifth inning. Following is the Kcora by innings : Atkinson 00002211 0 C Royal 2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 9 Batteries : Atkinson , Klrkland , Fore man and Wilson ; Royal , McKay and Forsburg. lilts : Atkinson , 8 ; Royal , 8. Struck out : By Klrkland , 2 ; by Foreman , 3 ; by McKay , 4. Umpire , Peterson. The second game was called Imme- lately after the contest of these two 'anis ' was finished , nnd Crclghton and ollgh clashed on the diamond. When 10 score was S to 1 In the last half of 10 sixth Inning In favor of the visit- rs , people began to leave the grounds. I was a loosely played game from tart to finish by both teams. After nly two hits had been mndo off of nine , the slab artist for the homo oys , ho was taken out by the captain , ml Cole substituted , who received n ot liner on his finger that caused 1m to give way to Foreman , who Un shed the game. Following Is the jorei by innings : rolghton 20022210 0 0 oligh 00010022 1 G Batteries : Crolghton , Brandt and lulgrum ; Nellgh , Crane nnd Cole nnd Cole and Grand nnd Foreman and 2rnnc. Umpire : Charles Smith of [ 'Helen. May Probe the Harvester Company. W. II. Green , editor of the Nebraska liberal of Crolghton , passed through Norfolk this morning returning from Washington wliero ho was summoned iy Atty. Gen. Wlckersham three r'eeks ago. Mr. Green was asked tc ako all the papers and evidence he lad in his possession relating to the rganizatlon and operation of the In ernatlonal Harvester Co. Asked if ho expected a prosecution y the government of the harvestei rust , Mr. Green said ho was not or .ho inside of the department council ut ho was satisfied that the two mer mvlng the work specially In hand pocial Asst. Atty. Gen. Edwin P Irosvenor and Special Agent Josepl R. Darling have no superiors in theli lass of work and ho thought that un ess some terrlllc pressure was rought to bear nothing would keei hose officials from enforcing the \av \ , is they found it. Mr. Grosvenor was the junior coun ; el in the Standard Oil and tobaccr lases and ho prosecuted the bathtul rust very successfully. Mr. Darling s ono of the experienced men of the department , speaks the language 01 nearly every nation wo are doing busl : iess with and has been in all kinds o : nvestigation. Mr. Green says that Senator La Fol etto is the man of the hour in Wash ngton and that ho was very fortunate n being able to get a hearing fron ho Wisconsin senator of four houn when the gentleman from the badge : state was In Norfolk three years ago The committee on rules have report ed favorably on n resolution whicl Mr. Green helped to draw , appointlni special committee of nine member ; of congress to make a thorough invea tigatlon of the harvester trust. Whei his committee Is appointed Mr. Greei expects to return to Washington to as slst the committee as a profcsslona witness. "While I was In Washington I pu n about two hours each morning fo three weeks at the department of jus tlco. The attorney of the Internatloc al , Edgar A. Bancroft , was also li Washington , and wanted to know wh ; they didn't wait for the report of th commissioner of corporations , as h had been Investigating them for thre years. It seems to me that he an swered his own question , as there hai been a three-year inquiry with nothlni reported or done , nnd It was abou time for a different move. " NO TRIP , SEEKS DIVORCE. Mrs. Franks Says Dream of Ease Wa Shattered When She Became Cook. Falls City , Neb. , Aug. 18. Maud Franks' dream of roses and Jewels an the glamor of Europe burst within week after she married Emll Franks when she was Installed as chief coo in a boarding house for her new hui band's seven children. Then came th washtub and the scrub brush and th cruel disappointment of a blaste hopo. All these griefs she relates in he suit for divorce filed hero recentl ; She avers that this sort of a life coi stitutes extreme cruelty to a worna of her sensitive nature , especlall slnco she says she was led to bollev her husband was rich. AS TO "MY ADMINISTRATION. " Roosevelt Writes Article In Outloo on Steel Investigation. Now York , Aug. 18. Ex-Presldei Roosevelt has an article on "Tho Stei Corporation and the Panic of 1907 , " 1 the Outlook appearing today. M Roosevelt discusses his recent appca ance before the congressional cor mlttee investigating the steel corpor tlon , repeating the written statemet he then presented and dealing wit some of the lines of Inquiry and h responses. He says : "On Saturday.August 5 , In cot pllanco with the request of the chai man ot the congressional commlttc investigating the absorption of tl Tennessee Coal & Iron company I the steel corporation , I appeared b fore that body. I had nothing now to which to testify. There was not a fact of the slightest Importance or of the slightest bearing upon my action which was not already known , nnd which had not been known from the time I acted ; and Incidentally I may .mention that tills Is also true as re gards Panama , the dealings of my administration with the sugar trust or any other trust , nnd as to my other action of my administration , nobody need feel either concern or hope as to whether anything done by my ad ministration will bo "discovered" for the excellent reason that there is nothing that was hidden. UNION PACIFIC IS SOUND. No Truth In Rumors of Dissensions Among Board of Directors. Now York , Aug. 18. President Lov- ett of the Union and Southern Paclllc railroads authorized the following of ficial statement : "Ordinarily It Is not the function of : i railroad executive to take cogni zance of stock markets nnd I nm es pecially averse to it , but during the last ton days , Union Pacific has been ' singled out as the object of such an ' extraordinary number of baseless ru- 1 mors substantially reiterated that it ' seems to mo duo our stockholders , I whom such stories are designed to dls- ! turb , that I should state that there arc | no dissensions whatever in our board ' 'of directors ; that the management I from fop to bottom Is perfectly har monious ; that a change in the dlvl- elont rate has not been discussed or in | any way considered , nnd nsldo from I some re-arrangement of nnd additions to our organizations as I some time | ago recommended nnd which in due time will bo made , no action has been ' taken or is contemplated out of the ordinary. " Battle Creek. Battle Creek , Neb. , Aug. IS. Special to The News : About COO people wore present Sunday at the dedication of the now Lutheran St. Paul's church at Buffalo Creek. Sermons were deliv ered by Rov. T. J. Vogel , the local minister , Rev. J. Hoffman of Battle 1 Creek , Rev. George Bloedel of Battle Creek Heights , and Rev. II. R. Bohlscn of Wlsner. The cornet band of the church accompanied the songs. It is a fine country church , 52x30 , a steeple Ixty feet high , with a large now bell , The structure cost a little over § 4,000 , Meals were served in the old church , The latter will be used as a school house for the parochy. Clarence Hcrblson of the plumbing firm of Grant & Herblson of Norfolk Is hero this week with his men putting In a lighting plant of modern kind in Col. T. D. Prcecc's mansion on East Main street. George Simmons went to McHenry N. D. , Friday for a visit with his aunt Mrs. N. D. Evans. Mrs. J. F. Miller returned last weel from Dorsey , where she had beer nursing her sick daughter , Mrs. Her man Eyl. The latter is quite wel again. Mrs. M. Warnke and elaughter-ln law , Mrs. Bernard Warnke , visitor Sunday with the latter's parents , Mr and Mrs. Relmor Hintz , at Neligh. Mr. Dswey of Neligh visited In Bat tie Creek the fore part of this wool with his , Harry Dewey and family. Giles J. Hunter left Monday for Nor folk , where ho expects to make his future turo home. Tuesday night a boy a ten-poundei and the first heir made his appear ance at the home of Mr. and Mrs Frank Massman. Prof. E. D. Kcyl of St. Louis , Mo. has accepted a position as teacher a the Lutheran school here and is ex pccted hero with his family some time next week. Wednesday a boy , the second , wai welcomed at the homo of Mr. and Mrs George Klein. John A.yright and family returnee Monday from Excelsior Springs , Mo , much Improved In health. Rev. T. J. Vogel of Buffalo Creel went to Hot Springs , S. D. , Monda ; for recuperation. WAGNER OUT OF GAME , 3 May Not Be Able to Play for at Leas Three Weeks. Brooklyn , N. Y. , Aug. 18. Hani Wagner , the Plttsburg shortstop am leading National league batter , will b < out of the game for at least threi weeks as a result of an injury to hi ankle sustained during the first innlni of n game with Brooklyn. , Wagne tripped over second base after malt ing a hit. He pulled himself up lam and had to bo assisted to the clul house. Result In Knox County. Center , Neb. , Aug. 18. Special t The News : Official primary result in Knox county : Democrat for sheriff Vlasnlk 89i Smith 488 ; for county superlntendon Miss Nowberry 704 , Knott 441. Republican for county superlntei dent Cunningham 326 , Loncor 278. Increase Reward for Hesse. Lincoln , Aug. 18. Governor Aldrlc 'Increased the state reward for the caj turo of E. E. Hesse , alleged murderc of his wife and stepdaughter at T < cumseh to $400 , and added to this I the ? 600 authorized by the commii sloners of Johnson county. The las trace of Hesse was at Seattle , Wash from which place ho sent word to th Burlington railroad of Denver to sen him transportation. Ho had been fc many years in the employ of that roa < r. Thurston County. Fender , Neb. , Aug. 18. The mo : exciting primary ever held In Thur ton county resulted in the nomlnatla of : Democrats County treasurer , Tat by 348 ; county clerk , Vogt had no o ; position ; county Judge , Flynn , by 264 sheriff , Dorcey , by 604 ; clerk of dl trlct court , Almans , by 283. Republicans County treasurer , E. ' Crellln ; county clerk , Norton , by thr < votes ; county judge , Smith bad no o losltlon ; shot Iff , Young , by thirty-sev en votes. The interest was duo to the fact .hat the county seat contest had beeeu Irawn into the political contest , nnd was entirely In the democratic party. Republicans generally voted the dem ocratic ticket at the primary in order to express their sentiments In the county seat contest through their choice for officers. Hampton Wonts Fight. Butte , Neb. , Aug. 18. Sports Editor The News : Ed Hamilton of Butte , Neb. , challenges any fighter of his own velght In a six-round contest , any- vhero nnd nt any time. The report of the fight In The News of August 16th seems to bo changed o suit the pen of the person who sent he report. Fight fans , seconds , and referee , all glvo Hampton the best of .ho firot round by big margin. I lamp- : on had Sullivan at his mercy In the Irst round by a wallop to the jaw fol- owed by n terrific punch to the atom- ich. Hampton was outweighed nnd fought his fight from ten days' train- ntr , and these fighters were .very un evenly matcher , Sullivan having nil ulvanlagcs. Hampton's wind tired ilm out after the first round and Sul livan insisted that the referee count ten In a hurry. A Subscriber. Last Races at O'Neill. O'Neill , Neb. , Aug. IS Special to The News : Summary of the last day's races at O'Neill , ( track wet , slow ) : 2:15 : trot , purse $300 Mark On 1 1 1 King Woodford 223 Legislator 3 3 2 Time : 2:22 : , 2:25 : ; 2:2314. : 2:25 : trot , purse $300 Baron Bowles 1 1 1 Cardinal Woolsey 33-1 N. B 2 2 2 Victor J 4 4 3 Time : 2:20 : , 2:2P : , , 2:24Vi. : Attendance , 1,000 ; starter , S. J , Weeks. 7,000 Want Claims. Minot , N. D. , Aug. IS. Seven sand persons , representing forty-foui states , registered up to 9 o'clock last night for homesteads In the Bcrthold Indian reservation. Guerrillas In Reunion. Blue Springs , Mo. , Aug. IS. In r grove on the outskirts of this town the steadily dwindling troop of sur vlvors of the Quantrell baud of guerrillas rillas , the famous border fighters ol the civil war days , began their annual reunion today. Of the seventy-five survivors of the band now believed tc be living , about fifty attended. The reunion will last two days. Rostand Victim of Auto. Biarritz , France , Aug. 18. Edmone Rostand , the poet and dramatist , au thor of "Cyrano de Borgernc" ani "Chantecler , " was the victim of a so rlous automobile accident near here and lies in his villa at Cambo-lcs Bains surrounded by physicians whe as yet have been unable to determine what the outcome of his injuries wll be. He Is suffering from serious con tuslons of the head and body , and I Is feared ho is injured Internally. Roosevelt Celebrates It. New York , Aug. 18. Theodore toosevelt celebrated the news of the birth of his first grandchild at hii lomo in Oyster Bay by suspending hli editorial work and taking a holiday Theodore Roosevelt , jr. , and Mlsi leaner Butler Alexander were mar rled hero June 20 , last year. HAS FIGHTING CHANCE. Dr. George Byers May Recover , Con dltlon Is Serious. Fremont , Neb. , Aug. 18. Word fron the bedside of Dr. George Byers ind ! cated that the Snyder physician win md his skull fractured In an automc bile accident yesterday has fightim chance for recovery , though his con [ lltlon Is very serious. If the fractun does not bring on an attack of nienin Ills , his physicians say , ho may pul through. Ends Life In Water Tank. Ponder , Neb. , Aug. 18. A daughte of D. Wichman , living about five mllei west of Ponder , committed suicide She took carbolic acid and then jumr ed into a large water tank. The fam lly had not noticed her absence untl a hired man led a team of horses i the tank and discovered the body. N cause Is known. She was 18 years 0 ago. - . , HOLDS R. R. CO. AT BAY. Iowa Farmer Sits on Fence , With Gur and Routs Train Crews. Dos Moines , Aug. 18. Sitting on rail fence , with a gun , L. C. Doran , farmer living near Boone , has put t rout the Northwestern railway systet and frustrated the company's effort to move three of its cars from Its spu track on the property. The spur o which the cars are set runs from th company's main line to a coal mln which has been abandoned. The con pany desired to remove the track. . gang of men , prepared to do the worl went to the farm but found Doran si ting on the fence with a gun. He to ! them to let the cars alone. A switch engine was brought Int action and then it developed that tl wheels had been chained to the track The crew and engine returned t Boone without the cars. Doran was made defendant In tl federal court in a replevin actlc brought by the railroad company. Tt company wants Its three cars , Its 3.1 miles of tracks and its 1,900 ties at its 7,600 spikes. Ewlng. The seven-room bungalow of E. ; Davles has just been completed northwest Ewlng , and Is decided neat and attractive. The archltectur design of the building la original at 10 was the work of Mr. and Mrs. Davii themselves. Mr. Davis and fami will occupy their now homo this week. Louis Fisher , who has been visiting his biother. J. L. Fisher , returned Sat urday to his home at Wahoo , accom panied by his father. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Billings have re turned from n visit to his brother in Oregon. Editor Benson of the Advocate has purchased a new typerwrlter for use In his office. Charley Appleby purchased a car load of cattle in northern Holt county nnd shipped them to Omaha Thurs day. day.Karl Karl Carter and James Hamilton , With their wives nnd Miss Ella Hamil ton , n sister of Mr. Hamilton , nil of Crelghtou , arrived In Ewlng Saturday and were the guests of Messrs. John May and E. C. McKay. Sunday the entire party and friends camped on the banks of Lake Slcvcrs. A fishing party from Orchard pitch ed their tent on the banks of the Elkhorn - horn Sunday. Mrs. IDavo Gemmlll nnd son Fay re turned homo Saturday from a month's visit In lown. Miss Lilly Appleby was thrown from n horse Sunday nnd narrowly escaped serious Injury. After several weeks' absence Miss Grayco Good bus resumed her posi tion In Loob's store. Seven applications have been re ceived by Postmaster Wood from par ties who want to run the new rural route , No. 2. A game of ball Sunday between the Ewlng Kids and the Frenchtown Slug gers resulted In favor of the latter by a score of 9 to 20. Miss Knthcrlne Archer of Imogene , In. , is visiting her cousins , the Misses Mary and Mildred Berlgau. Albert Rothlentner has built a new concrete engine house and made other improvements to his Ewlng roller mills. Mrs. John Vanelenberg of Rushville , mother of Mrs. M. T. and J. E. San ders , is paying her daughter a visit. Marie Carroll of Crelghton visited over Sunday with Miss Grayce Good. Ralph Butler and family returned Monday to their home at Dallas , S. D. The wife of Rev. Mr. Bishop from near Sioux City Is the guest of her sister , Mrs. M. E. Ward. Rov. Mr. Bishop was formerly a pastor of the Methodist church in Ewing. Quite a few Ewlng people attended he chautauqua meeting at Neligh last veek. Mrs. H. D. Beebe of Stoux City was he guest of Mrs. R. O. Anderson for everal days last week. After nn absence of six years Mr. nd Mrs. William Wunder and daugh- or of Park Lake , la. , are back on a Isit and are visiting with the family f Supervisor Slevers. James Grayblel , formerly of this Icinlty but now of Chlco. Cal. , was uccessfully operated upon at Roches- or , Minn. , for an abscess on the brain. lo is said to bo recovering nicely. Billy Larson , who has been working or several months at Belelen , return- d homo Friday. T. J. Loou was a business visitor at remont Friday and incidentally took n the aviation flight at that place. L. D. Montgomery , Oliver Conner ind J. T. Carson , three of Swing's > rogresslve farmers , have each pur chased silos , the same having been uiv oaded from the cars at Orchard Mon > day. The silos will have a capacity of 100 to 130 tons. This Is an Ion that reflects prosperity with a capital P. Tornado In Dakota. Pierre , S. D. , Aug. 18. A telephone nessage from Wendte , twenty miles west of here , tells of a tornado last evening which scattered the buildings on the Bentsch , Decker , Helm , Montoe and Ellis farms , some of them being arge two-story structures. Wants $5,000 for Kiss. Kansas City , Mo. , Aug. 18. In sup > ort of the suit for $5,000 which she > rought some time ago in the circuit court against Dr. Joseph D. Lowry Mrs. Dollle Baker has filed her depo sltion. Mrs. Baker merely amplifies he charges made in her petition. She says that on February 21 , 1911 , while she had her son at Dr. Lowry's o'ffict 'or treatment , he put his arm arounc her and kissed her. "He said I reminded him of nr old sweetheart of his who is dead , ' Urs. Baker testified. "When I toll lira to keep his hands off me , ho sale ho could not help it. " Mrs. Baker lives at 1610 Tremoni avenue. The deposition will be pan of the evidence when the case Is trlee this fall. Burns May Get Big Fee. Los Angeles , Cal. , Aug. 18. If tin city council approves a message sen to it by Mayor Alexander , William J Burns , the detective , will have recelv a ed $20,400.50 from the city of Los An geles for his Investigation of the ex 1 plosion that resulted In the arrest o the McNamara brothers. Burns al ready has received $13,000 from th city treasury and he figured that $7,74 still was owing him. Mayor Alexar der cut the amount to $7,400.50 an asked the council to approve it. Indiana Balloonist Killed. Mount Vernon , Ind. , Aug. 18. T. C Artwny , a balloonist , was killed at th county fair here when his parachut fouled on a guy wire of a pole that wa supporting the balloon frame. SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE. Volln has had a big street carnlva A postal savings bank is to be e , tabllshed at Mitchell. The S. S. Groom clothing store ( Yankton has been purchased by V W. Bouska. South Dakota has taken space I the land show to be held In St. Paul I December. John Boucher of Pierre has bee recommended for appointment aa midshipman. There was over $23,000 worth < claims for wolf bounties In the stal and only $13,000 with which to pa hem. The claimants had to accept n ire rata amount. The Slumnn & Commlck Grocery Co. of Watertown has filed a petition In mnkruptcy. Holly Hays , son of Mr. nnd Mrs. R. Hays of Colomo , was severely bit- en by n vicious dog. It Is estimated that 40,000 hunting Iconsos will bo taken out In South Dakota this yoar. The cornerstone of the now Cath olic chapel nt Sturgls was laid by Bish op Busch ot Lead. Improvements to the amount of $30- iOO will bo put on the government In- llan school at Rapid City. Southern Trlpp county Is excited over the talk of a now line of railway o bo extended Into that country. The grave of Padnnt Appl , a fa- nous Sioux chief of Yankton , is to ho narked by a pretentious monument. C. J. Wllkso of Clear Lake was killed - ed by gns In a well which ho was as sisting a neighbor to complete. B. F. Wlso and daughter Ethel and George Sllmpson and family of Avon lave started on an auto trip te > Ar- mnsns. Creditors of the Andover Farmers' Clevator Co. have agreed to noce'pt 50 lerccnt of their claims In cash and 50 lercent In stock of the company. Attorney General Johnson heilds that he legislature had a right to use a lortlon of the general appropriation In idvnnco of July 1 for the benollt of the nllllla. William Sayers of Piikwamm owed Samuel Uussenu on n note and In al- egcel to have forced him to cane-el It it the point of a gun. Ho lias been irrestod. O. A. Brlctsem of Brookings , Invent or of a detachable auto tread , was Ivon a reception , a feature of which was an auto parade in which $ SOOOU ivorth of machines took part. The temperature at 1'ierro wont to 104 recently , the highest record for the summer at that point. IT. Stone , a druggist of Nordon , has jullt a homo on a claim which ho as serts has not been filed upon. Ho Is taking stops to cinch his title. The land Is on the lake and Is valuable. Judge Elliott of the United States court has decided that Insurance poli cies In South Dakota up to the amount of $5,000 are exempt from the claims of creditors. The Charles Mix County Fair asso ciation is endeavoring to make the annual fair at Platte the leading coun ty agricultural exposition of the state. The premiums have been Increased In many departments and the list added to In others. Some line horse racing Is promised besides auto , motorcycle , wagon and foot races as side amuse ments. Two big ball games have also been arranged. Hon. Thomas Ster ling , dean of the state university law school and candidate for United States senator , will speak. Numerous vaude ville and acrobatic features have been provided , including the McDonald trick cyclists. The railroads will make excursion rates and will run special trains from nearby points. TROUBLE OVER SANDWICH. Mayor Friday Objects to Vender's Price of Ten Cents. / The mayor had trouble with the "hamburger man" last evening. The mayor only sent a five-cent piece for the ten-cent sandwich and the indig nant "hamburger man" threw the sandwich Into the street and the may or's nickel into the water on the side walk In front of the heated city official , who picked up the coin and walked away threatening the vender with ar rest. "My price for hamburgers Is ten cents , " said the hamburger man. It seemed too much to the mayor and he made his official capacity known to the hamburger man. "I don't care , mayor or no mayor , you pay what I ask. I've paid your price , now you pay mine , " said the sandwich salesman. The mayor called the chief of police and Special Officer Sasse came , too. The hamburger man was not "pinch ed , " but when the sandwich flew Into the street and the mayor's money onto the walk , the mayor walked toward the "red hot" with anger flashing from his eyes. "I'll put you behind the bars you , " ho said , but the hamburger man did not wilt and the mayor walked away with his money. "Sorry to hurt the mayor's feelings , but I've ' paid him his price , let him pay me mine. We all charge ton cents for a hamburger and there's no rebate for mayor * , " said the hamburger man "I get 'em for a nickel , " said Patrol mnn AVIATOR SUES MANAGER. Fremont Flyer Gets Into Court Again Aeroplane Is Attached. Fremont Tribune : A settlemen was effected last evening betweei Manager Manning of the Pacific Avla Lion company and the local avlatloi committee by which the aviation con cern gets $300. Further signs of friction betweeei Aviator Charles Walsh and Manage Manning developed shortly after wliei Walsh brought a suit for $56.25 In JUE tice Johnson's court as his share o the receipts and caused an attachmen to be executed against the blplan with which he gave his Fremon flights. Hearing of the case has bee : set for Friday. Walsh and Manning met In front c the Terry hotel last evening and quarrel ensued between the men. Mn Walsh , wife of the man-bird , steppe between them In an effort to restor peace and several bystanders threa ir ened to Interfere. Walsh says thr Manning has tried to force him to pa for repairs on the blplano nnd to d duct the amount from his share of tli receipts. He says his contract wit the Pacific Aviation company provide that all expenses shall bo paid. Wals does not own any Interest In the I piano. Order of Hearing of Final Account la the matter of the estate of W Ham llnm-l , de > ccase > d , In the county com I of Mnill.son county , Nebraska. Now on the IfitH day of August. 1911. came Amelia Hugol , the executrix of said estate , and prays fen- leave to reMidor an account as siu-h executrix U Is therefore oieli > rod that the llth day of September , IIMI. at 1 o'clock p. m. nt my olllco In Mnellson , Nebraska , bo fixed as the time and place for ex amining and allowing such account. And the heirs of said deceuseel , and all persons Interested In said estate- , are required to appear at the time ami place so designated , nnd show ctuisc , If such exists , why salt ! account should not be > allowed. It Is further ordered that said Amelia Hagcl. executrix , give * notice ) to nil persons lntcrcntcd In said e > s- tnte > by causing a copy of this order to be published In the Norfolk \Veckly Nows-Jeiurnnl , a newspaper printed nnd In general circulation In salel coun ty for three weeks prior lo the day set for said heating. In testimony whereof 1 hnve > hereunto - unto sot my hand and nltlxcd m > olll- clal seal this loth day eif August , A. 1) ) . HUI. Win. llaicB. ( Seal ) County , Iudge > Notice of Sheriff's Sale. Bylrtuo eif nn order of wile > Issued ami directed to mo by the clerk e > f the district court e > f Muelltmu county , Neb. , upon a elccrco eif foreclosure rcudi-red by the dlHtrlct ( Miui't of Madison coun ty , Nob. , on the 22nd day eif June. 1911 , In favor of Ernest 11. Tnie-y for the sum eif $171.57 , with lnlere\st thereon from Juno 22 , MM I , at 7 per cent , to gether with $15.50 , costs eiC milt , and accruing ceists , in an actlem , wherein Ernest 11. Tracy was plaintiff and Webster Collnmor. ct al. , were eh > fi > n elants , 1 will offer the promises described - scribed In said decree and taken as the property of said defendant : * , to- wit : The northwest ipmrtor of lot two (2) ( ) . and the north half of lot three (3) ( ) , In block ten (10) ( ) , of Ilaaso'a Suburban Lots to the city of Norfolk , In Madison county , Neb. , for sale at public auction to the highest bidder for cash In hand on the 30th day of August , at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m. , at the east front door of the court house at Madison In said county nnd state , that being the building wherein the last term of said court was hold , when and where due attendance will be given by the undersigned. Dated this 22nd day of July , 1911. C. S. Smith , Sheriff of Said County. Notice of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation. Notice is hereby given that the Farmers Grain and Live atock com pany of Norfollc , Nebraska , has amended Article Seven of Its ai tides of Incorporation to read as follows : "No debt shall be contracted , nor liability Incurred , nor contract made by or on behalf of this company In excess of seventy-five percent of the paid up capital stock. " No further change has been made in said original articles eif incorpora tion except the amendment to Article Seven as above sot forth. Dated July 21 , 1'Jll. ' Herman Buettow , President and Stockholder. Attest : Obed Raasch , Secretary and Stockholder. In presence of H , F. Barnhart. ( Seal ) ' HELP WANTED. WANTED All parties interested in the Gulf coast , Texas , country to write us for information. Como to a coun try where two crops can be grown each year , 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. 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