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TIIK \\KKKIA NK\YS-JOlfTJXAL. KUMUAY. ] ) ! ' , ( 'H.M15KK' * . 1M1. ! W \ Tin ? circulation for November wan 1077 , showing tin Inn-cane of ; i80 ovur the circulation for October. Tlio av erage dally circulation WIIH 4:1. : Tlio largest circulation for ono day was 85 , The number of books borrowed by grown people WIIH aluiOHt twice1 thu number borrowed by clilldrun. Thu initiibor of "new" regular readers steadily Increases. There are 11 num ber of country people who are regular readers. Country readers pay $1 a year for a card. Wu also IHHIIO cardH for six niotitliH , three nioiillm or 0110 inoiitli'H time. Quito a number of people are tak ing advantage of ( lie evening bourn to road tlio porlodlcalH ( lint arc always to lie found on tlio reading tablo. Ev ery ono IH welcome to the IIHC of tlio rending room and tlio bookn. Thu library now IUIH four dally pa- pom : tbo Ouiabit Dally lice , Morning World Ilorald , Chicago Dally Tribune , and The Norfolk Dally Mows. Tlio library IUIH tlio following books on electricity : "How Two Hays Made Tholr Own Electrical Apparatim , " by Thomas St. John ; "Experimental Eloe- trlclty. " by Edward Trevert ; 'Elec tricity for Tvorybody. " by IMillIp At kinson ; "The. A-B-C of Electricity. " by Mendoworoft , and "Electricity of Today - day ; Its Work and Its Mysteries , " by ClUlS. II. OibHOII. Probably tinmoHt popular of tlio recent books of fiction IH "The Win ning of Barbara Worth , " by Harold Hull Wright. It IUIH never reiualned Dii tlio HholvoH over night Hinco It wa.s placed In circulation. Many consider It Mr. Wrights' bust book. Certainly It IH the most pretentious as far as tlio theme Is concerned. Another book that Is "out" all the tlnio Is "The Rosary , " by Florence Barclay. LITTLETON'S SPEECH SHARP. Martin , In Turn , Asks that the New Yorker Be Impeached. Washington , Dec , ! . A scathing de nunciation of the so-called American Anti-Trust leafiue by Representative Littleton of Now York , a democrat , was followed this afternoon by the presentation of a resolution by repub lican Loader Mann to appoint a coin- in lit ee of seven members to Invest- ! gate the attack on Mr. Littleton. Mr. Mann's resolution referred to the re- .spect In which Mr. Littleton was held sis a representative. The resolution was referred to the rules committee. A sensational development was a petition by Hondy H. Martin of the Anti-Trust league , for Mr. Littleton's impeachment. The demand was in the form of a memorial and was ac companied by a resolution. They were presented at the speaker's office by 'Mr. Martin and'ti committee while Mr. Littleton was on the floor of the house making an impassioned speech , denouncing Martin and "Ills antitrust league. Representative Gardner of Massa chusetts ( republican ) , a member of the stool trust Investigating commit tee , Interrupted Mr. Littleton to in dorse the hitter's statements. "Every word that the gentleman from New York has said as to his attitude on the investigation committee is absolutely true , " said Mr. Gardner , amid the ap plause of the house. Washington , Dec. 4. Both houses o the Sixty-second congress convened at noon today. Practically every mem ber of each house was In his seat. The galleries were crowded and hundreds of persons were unable to gain admis sion. sion.The The expected speech of Representa tive Littleton of New York regarding the steel trust was the sensational In cident featuring the opening day. Stephens Sworn In. The house will continue as usual at noon. New members sworn In were Browning of New Jersey , Alney of "Pennsylvania , Stephens of Nebraska , Taggart of Kansas and McKellar of Tennessee. President Taft's message to congress - gress will bo sent In Tuesday. BOAT EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR. 'Cause ' of Disaster Is a Mystery Five Are Injured. Pittsburg , Pa. , Dec. 4. Cnnt. K. A. Swanor and. four members of the tow boat Diamond were killed in the ex plosion of the boat's boiler while she was lying in the Ohio river off Avalon , six miles south. Five others were In jured , two fatally. The boat retloated and now lies at the bottom of the Ohio , a part of the after-deck exposed. The cause of the explosion has not been learned. Would Abrogate Treaty. Baltimore , Md. , Dec. ! . United States Senator , Ralnyer announced his intention of supporting the senate resolution calling for the abrogation of the treaty of 1832 between the United States and Russia. GOMPERS AGAINST IT. 'Refuses Sanction to Movement for Max imum Punishment of McNamara. 'New York , Dec 4. "I am not a hound ; I am not a hound ; I don't seek human life In punishment for crime. " This was the angry exclamation of Samuel Gompcrs on his return from 'Troy when shown a dispatch from Spokane saying the Central Labor council of that city Is planning a countrywide movement to obtbain the maximum punishment for the Los Angeles dynamiters. "I do not believe In capital punish ment under any circumstances , " he continued. "I do not believe the state lhas a right to tnfce human life. This m a very nnwlHo movement. 1 am HKiiliiHi It , It IH like thu populace In tin- Roman arena demanding with Its IhumbH down that the victorious glad iator plunge tlio knife Into his victim. " Cornered , "You must linve called me lute I bin morning , Kyi vena. It was it ! o'clock when 1 reached the olllce. And I hud mi important appointment for 10 o'clock , too. " "Why , 1 called you at 7:30 : , John. " "Was the clock right ? " "Yes ; 1 net It last night when yon came home. You remember I called downstairs when you ciune In and asked yon what tlmu It was. And you Hald 10 : : ! ( ) . The clock In my room wild 1ir 1 : > , so I turned It buck to agree with your watch , and. of course , 1 called you by the correct time this morning. " Buffalo Express. Prairie Chickens , The prairie clilekrn was once so abundant that In Kentucky , where the slave owners fed It to the negroes , they tired of It anil begged their mau lers not to make them eat It. It was commonly known as "nigger bird. " To llnd the prnlrlu chicken now one must tramp the Isolated regions of the west Even In Indian territory a hunter Is considered lucky If ho even gets n shot at one. I have heard the old set tiers Hiiy that the prairie chicken was once more abundant than the English sparrow Is now. Popular Science Montlly. | DO NOT BE A LEANER. Learn to Do Self Reliant and Strong and Original. Power Is the goal of every worthy ambition , and only weakness conies from Imitation or dependence on others , onys Orison Swett Mardcn In Success Magazine. Power is self de veloped , self generated. Wo cannot Increase the strength of our muscles by sitting In a gymnasium and letting another exercise for us. Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to bo somebody In the world. The mnn who tries to give nis chil dren a stnrt In the world so thnt they will not have so bard a time as ho had Is unknowingly bringing disaster upon them. What ho calls giving them a start will probably give them a set back In tlio world. Young people need all the motive power they can get. They are naturally Icaners , Imitators , copiers , and It Is easy for them to de velop Into echoes or imitations. They will not walk alone while you furnish crutches ; they will loan upon you Just hH long as you will let them. One of the greatest delusions that a human being could ever have Is that ho Is permanently benefited by con tinued assistance from others. Napoleon at Waterloo. The question , "Was Napoleon him self at the battle of Waterloo ? " docs net admit of a Hat answer. lie was not himself physically. The dread dis ease of which six years later he died was at work upon him , and the phys ical decay , while It in no way affected his mind , told heavily upon his will. It was , for Instance , observed that during his last campaign he was of ten found to be in a sleepy mood , that ho talked Instead of acting , that ho frequently asked for the opinions of others , a thing that he hud rarely been known to do before , and that he seem ed quite often to waver in his resolu tion , whereas he had always been not ed for the rapidity of his decisions. Mentally It was the same old Napoleon leon , but the great Intellect was sorely handicapped by the stomach trouble that was so soon to kill him. Now York American. SAVING MONEY. A Dollar a Week Put Into the Bank Is a Good Investment. "It Is mighty hard , " said an unfortu nate worklngman some time ago to the , writer , "to save up a thousand dollars by laying aside a dollar or two a week and then to take It out of the savings bank and lose It to a get rich quick swindler , as 1 have just done. " The poor fellow could work and save , but lie had not had even a kindergarten education In finance , else his story would have been different. He had never given a thought to interest and KO was absolutely Ignorant of growth through compound Interest and , of course , had never heard of that won derful process of accumulation known as "progressive compound interest. " One dollar deposited in a savings bank that pays 4 per cent will amount to $2.19 In twenty years. This is sim ple compound Interest. Now , if you deposit $1 every year for twenty years , or $20 In all , the sum to your credit will have grown to $30.07. Any wage earner can put by $1 a week. That money deposited In a pav ings bank for twenty years will have Increased to $1,012. A deposit of $5 a week will have grown to $8,000 , and this at 4 per cent will bo $320 a year. There is no secret , no mystery , about this. It is as clear as the cloudless film , and the method Is just as clean and honest" Christian Herald. CALLS KIPLING A FAKER. Hero of "Rhyme of Three Sealers" Say * He Got Facts Mixed. Captain u. Knox , one of the heroes of Rudyard Kipling's "Rhymo of the Three Sealers. " who Is in the Chinese customs service as harbor master at Tonku , says of Kipling : "He Is not much of a poet. Flo got the named all wrong , and he put In a lot of things that never happened. I don't know where ho got his Informa tion , but he certainly got bli facts mlied. " FOUND SHE WAS A COUNTERFEITERS WIDOW. Woman on Deathbed Threw Light on a Mystery of the Early Seventies. Carrying since his death In 1882 a secret that touched on the life of her husband , Mrs. Mary Clancy , who has just died at the home of her nephew , George Ilasklns , at llolton , Mich. , on her deathbed divulged a story that back In the seventies puzzled the gov ernment secret service otllclals. According to her Htory , she was mar ried In 18158 In London to Robert Dale Clancy , a young engraver. Two years after their marriage they went to New York city , where Cluncy found em ployment In a large engraving estab lishment. He titled up rooms In thu basement of their home and .spent much of his spare time there. He told his wife he was making experi ments that would result In great wealth for them both , and she never was allowed to enter the basement ex cept with her husband. He had fre quent visitors-men who came late and departed before daylight the next morning. One night he came home very much excited and Informed Ills wife that they were to move that night. lie was Joined by three men , who assist ed In the packing of their household goods , and before day dawned large vans came and took away the goods. Clancy and his wife toi l the train for Philadelphia. Her husband never left the new home till after dark and seldom left nt all. Some men visitors came to see him , and they spent their time In rooms Clancy had tlttcd up In the rear of their residence. He al ways seemed to have plenty of money and never stinted her In any way. In 18S2 Clancy was taken 111 with pneumonia and , realizing that he was going to die , gave his wife instructions about the workshop. Ho told her where to llnd a large sum of good money , and never to her knowledge did she handle any money that was not genuine. He told her always to keep the little chest in the workshop and never allow any one to know what was In it. After his death , April i > . Mrs. Clancy was visited by a number of well dress ed men who offered various pretexts and threats In order to obtain posses slon of the chest. She refused to give it up , and it has been with her all these years. When opened after her death It was found to contain four plates from which to print money , many choice engraver's tools and paper like that on which money Is printed. One set of plates was for $10 sliver certificates and the other sot for fives. Mr. Ilasklns took the contents of the chest to Washington , where he turned them over to the government authorities with a full explanation. Ancient Stone Workers. Egyptian stone workers -1,000 years' ago had a surprising knowledge of what are considered modern tools. Those pyramid builders operated with solid and tubular drills and straight and circular saws. In handling the tubular drills , which were of superior quality , the skill of the artisan was so remarkable that the cutting marks In granite show no indication of wear of the tool , while a cut of a tenth of an inch was made in the hardest rock at each revolution. A hole through Loth hard and soft material was bored perfectly smooth and uniform. Her Account. "I should like to open an account nt this bank , if yon please. " "We shall be glad to accommodate you , madam. What amount do you wish to deposit ? " "Oh , but I mean a charge account , such as I have at the big dry goods stores. " Chicago Tribune. Explained. "Now they claim that the human body contains sulphur. " "In what amount ? " "Oh , In varying quantities. " "Well , that may account for some girls making better matches than oth er * . " London Opinion. The necessity of circumstances proves friends and detects enemies. Epic- tolas. THRIVED ON MISFORTUNE. A German Peddler Who Insulted the Kaiser and Got Rich. A Gorman hawker , Hans Bauer- mcistcr , retired from business , having amassed a little fortune. According tea a Paris contemporary , misfortune was the foundation of his success. The hawker's specialty was the sale of portraits traits of the Imperial family. Ills mode of haranguing his audience was something like this : "Buy a portrait trait of William I. , whose motto was , 'I have no time to be wearied. ' " "Who'll buy this Frederick II. , whose prayer was , 'Teach me to suffer with out complaining ? ' " "Do not fall to complete your collection and buy this portrait of our great emperor , William II. , whoso r.ivorlte phrase Is , 'Augusta , you pack your trunks. " " This hist always brought down thu audience , and In time the police , In another sense. Bauormelster was sen tenced to sixty days for lese majesty. He did his time and on release re started bis business. He sold his portraits traits with the old formula until he came to that of the kaiser , and then he said , "I have learned to my cost that It Is not lawful to repeat what he says so often. " The people were Just as well pleased , and the portraits sold splendidly. APPEAL TO AMERICA. Persian Council Telegraphs to Sister Parliaments of the World , Teheran , Persia , Dec. 4. The na- [ tiinial council IUIH tclcKraphcd an up- 'peal ' for aid to the American congress and to the sister parliaments of the wifrld. The assemblies at Ispahan , Tambrl/ and Keitnan and other cities have tel egraphed to Mr. Sinister , lauding his services and affirming their confi dence In him. SHONKA IN HIS LIST. Chicago , Dec. ! . W. H. Eckorsll. former star of the University of Chicago cage football team made public the following selection of an all western football team : Hoeffel , Wisconsin , left end ; Conk- lln ( captain ) , Michigan , left tackle ; Shonka , Nebraska , left guard ; Mor- roll , Minnesota , center ; Scruby , Chicago cage , right guard ; Radcmacher , Chicago cage , right tackle ; Wells , Michigan , right end ; Moll , Wisconsin , quarter back ; Roseuwald. Minnesota , left half back ; Saner , Chicago , right halfback ; Thompson , Michigan , fullback. CHICAGO POLICE SCANDAL. Other Arrests Are Likely to be Made During the Day. Chicago , Dec. ! . One witness , May Ward , who was brought back to Chicago cage from Pittsburg , Mich. , it was expected would be called to testify before the civil service commission today before the prosecution rests Its case against Inspector Charles C. Dor- man and Lleuts.V. . Ambrose and Thomas .1. Howard , charged with In- competency , Inefficiency and neglect of duty. Council for the policemen would not say whether their clients would be witnesses In their own behalf - half but It was the general Impression that at least one of them would tes tify. It was taken as practically certain that charges similar to those already Hied against the defendants and Inspector specter John L. Revere , Capt. Ber nard Haer and Lieut. John Hartley would be made today against still an other inspector , a captain and three lieutenants. GUILTY OF ASSAULT. Fremont , eb. . Dec. 4. After five hours deliberation the jury hearing the case of Fred .Mathlessen , charged with shooting Herman \Vasiner with Intent to kill , brought In a verdict of a simple assault. \Vasmer had found his wife In Math iessen's store one day last summer and had assaulted him. Mathlessen went Into a rear room and seized a revolver , returning and shooting Was mer. The bullet struck near the heart but glanced off and caused only a flesh wound. MONDAY MENTIONS. II. F. Barrnhart went to Butte. M. C. Hazcu went to Nellgh on business. Misses Erna and Rossella Filter were here from I radar visiting theii grandparents . Hurt Mapes Is at Hot Springs , S. D , , on business. Manager Johnson of the Madison county poor farm was in the city transacting business. Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Dean will leave Norfolk soon for California , where they will spend the winter. The Misses Emma Staack and Clara Schriner returned to their home at Syracuse , Neb. , after spending Thanks giving with Miss KHsa Filter. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert King , a son. Mrs. Gleason at 802 South Fourth street is suffering from an attack of the grip. Miss Olga Grauel has accepted a position as stenographer in the office of Mapes & Hazel. The o-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil \Vachter was operated on for adenoids and enlarged tonsils. Rev. Otto-Bcrgfeeder , pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran church , has pub lished a pamphlet containing three of his addresses in the English language. E. .1. Rix , who is spending the win ter at Riverside , Cal. , with his daugh ter , writes Norfolk friends that he likes the west and is having ; a "fine time. " Miss Carrie Thompson lias gone back to Newman Grove to take charge of her school , after a few days' visit at the home of her parents , Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson. Special Agent Peter Jolly of the Northwestern road is back on the " " Thanksgiving "job" after spending with relatives in Milwaukee. Mrs. Jolly remained with her relathos at Milwaukee , and may spend the win ter in that city. Jack and Dan Sullivan are winterIng - Ing at the home of their relatives at O'Neill. Jack has been In San Fran cisco for several months and Dan has been doing things In New York City. City.The Ad Club will hold a special meeting in the Commercial club rooms at 8 o'clock this evening. All members of the Ad club are urged to bo present at this meeting , which promises to be Interesting. Mr. and Mrs. L. Sessions have re ceived word that Mr. and Mrs. D. C. O'Connor of Hartlngton , formerly of Norfolk , will leave their home next Wednesday for Panama , to spend the winter. They have been urged to come to Norfolk for a visit enroute. : Mrs. Earl Blakeman and daughter Margery left at noon for Los Angeles , Cal. , where they will spend the winter with Mrs. Blakeman's mother. The baby is not very strong , and the fam ily physician advises the change. Mr. Blakeman accompanied them to Co lumbus and will Join them In Califor nia later In the winter. The condition of Ed Dlxon , who has been quite ill in Spokane , is said to bo materially improved. Mr. Dixon has never fully recovered from the effects of the Injuries which he sus tained In an electric train wreck at Spokane two years ago , and he re cently went to Spokaiiu for treatment. Ho writes now to his parents here , Mr. and .Mrs.V. . 1' . Dlxon , that he IB feeling much better than he has at any time In recent months. THACKERAY AS A TALKER. A Grand Oratorical Display That Did Not Take Place , Thackeray was terribly self con- ncloii.i and usually presented n very poor appearance when ho attempted to deliver n speech. "Why can't they get Dickens to take the chair ? " he grum bled when he had to preside at the general theatrical fund. "Ho can make a speech , and n good one. I'm of no use. They little think how nervous 1 am , and Dickens doesn't know the meaning of the word. " An amusing story Is recorded of the occasion when , with Mr. Fields , the well known American publisher , Thackeray traveled to Manchester to make a speech at the founding of the Free Library Institution In that town. The would be orator declared that , al though Dickens and Bulwer Lyttoti and Sir James Stephen were to pre cede him , ho Intended to beat euch of them on this occasion. He Insisted that Mr. Fields .should bo seated di rectly In front of htm so that ho should not miss n single word. Later , as ho rose , he looked at his friend as much OH to Hay , "I'll show you what speaking Is. " lie began flu ently , was excellent for two minutes and then In the midst of n most car- nest sentence stopped suddenly , gave n look of comic despair and sat down. "My boy , " he said when the meeting was over "my boy , you have acci dentally missed hearing one of the finest speeches ever prepared by n great British orator. " "Some Aspects of Thackeray , " by Lewis Melville. What He Wanted to See. It cannot bo denied that the saddest thing In the world Is a man trying to buy In a department store a garment for a woman. Discouraged before ho begins , a walk through acres of gar ments which are none of his business depresses him still further. Saleswo men are pitifully tolerant , even kind , but his sense of Inferiority grows. Ono unfortunate who tried to buy a sweater for a wife who was out of town did at last rebel Ills first nils take was In language. "Thirty-six chest , " ho said. "Thirty-six bust , " corrected the young woman. At last In a helpless tangle he bought meekly what ho was told to buy. Then she asked. "Is there anything more I can show you ? " "Yes , " he said solemnly , "tho quick est way out. " New York Sun. A New Way to Religion. A clergyman recently said. ' 'If 1 were to start a new religion , do you know what I would do ? " "You'd go out and preach , wouldn't you ? " I asked "I'd do something else first , " ho re plied. "I would go to the popular song writers , writers of words and writers of music , and 1 would get them to write songs expressing the spirit of the new religion. If we can only make people feel religion , If we can make them realize that It Is al ready there In their hearts , malic them love It , we can move the. world. " San Francisco Bulletin. Her Suspicions Aroused. "My father persuaded mo to take a lour-su In domestic science. " "And how do you like the course ? " "Well. It looks like ordinary kitchen work to me. If my suspicions are con tinued I shall drop the course and make father buy me a fifty dollar hat. " Louisville Courier-Journal. Buying Precious Stones. In buying gems always beg. buy or borrow a microscope and examine the stone carefully through the telltale lens. Flaws invisible to the naked eye which depreciate or entirely destroy the value of the gem will bo easily Recognized. < i EARL LYTTON'S BAD TASTE. A Dinner Speech That Called Forth Howls of Derision. 1 once sat at a banquet given In London by Wilson Barrett to Lawrence renco Barrett , says a writer In an English magazine. Earl Lytton presided sided , n curled , oiled , effeminate , su percilious fop. He had a Roman tragedy to ? ell to Wilson Barrett. That was why be came. He eulogized Wilson Barrett In a speech. "I believe. " he said , "that Mr. Barrett won some success with a piece called ( consulting his notes ) 'The Lights of Ixindon. ' I suppose it was the work of some dramatic hack. ' ' George Sims sat facing him and never said a word. Then his lordship went drawling on : " 1 next find on the list of Mr. Bar rett's successes something called 'The Silver King. ' Here again 1 know nothing of the authorship. The names of those dramatic carpenters do not Interest me. " At which Henry Arthur Jones glared and a flush came Into the face of poqr blind Henry Herman. "Finally , " said Lord Lytton , "Mr. Wilson Barrett has placed on his boards what lie humorously calls a Roman tragedy. I refer to 'Claudlan. ' attributed to one W. G. Wills , of whom I have never nnard" This was too much for the banqueters. All of them were personally acquainted with Irv- Ing's pet poet , the modest Wills. So they howled derisively. And Earl Lytton's tragedy , produced n month later , was a dismal failure. Her Dearest Friend. Maude I'm a little uneasy In my mind. Ned asked me to marry him , and I told him I might some day. .Vow , would you call that n promise ? Marie No ; I should call It n threat. An Indiscreet man is an unsealed letter. Every one can read It. Cham- fort. [ H. R. HENRY DEAD. Former Holt County LcyliUtor WAS Father of Plninvlew Editor. 11. R. Henry , a former inetubnr ol the Nebraska state legislature , panned away Saturday at his home , Mt. Vernon - non , la. , aged til ! years. The Iniinodl- ate cause of his demise was pneu monin. Mr. Henry was a resident of Mt. Vernon about two years ago. He for merly resided In Holt county and held the office of county treasurer for two terms. In the nineties he served two terms In the state legislature. He was a democratic member of the state legislative sessions of I',107 and 1901) ) , and In the latter he wn a can didate for the speakershlp. Ills suc cessful opponent was C. W. Pool. Mr. Henry Is survived by his wife , four sons and ono ( laughter. Leo \V. Henry , one of the sons , Is the editor of the Plalnvlew News. The body was shipped Monday to O'Neill for burial. Joseph A. Powell. Joseph A. Powell , formerly a Nor folk boy , a native of this city , died near Cambridge , Idaho , on Nov. lit ! , from typhoid fever , according to word ] that has Just reached Norfolk friends. Joseph Powell was born at Norfolk , Nov. 22 , 1S80 , and grew to manhood here. He went with the Second Ne braska regiment during the Spanish war. After returning homo ho went to the Pacific coast with his father , U. P. Powell. Four years ago he moved to Riverside , Cal. , where he re sided until last September , when he went to Idaho , lie leaves a widow , two little daughters , his father and three sisters to mourn his loss. Musical Comedy Saturday Night. Victor Herbert and Henry Blos som's tuneful comic opera , "Tho Red Mill" will bo the attraction at the Auditorium Saturday night , Dec. ! ) . Witli a record of one entire year on Broadway , New York City , at the Knickerbocker theater , and three months each In Chicago , Boston and Philadelphia , "The Red Mill" stands out as the most popular musical hit of the past three seasons and one that will prove popular for many sea sons to come , possessing all the ele ments of an enduring success both In story and music. "The Red Mill" marks the nine teenth complete musical play by Vic tor Herbert , every one of which has scored an undeniable success , and they have proved the vehicles for most of the distinguished musical stars of the present day. Henry Blos som , the author of the book and lyr ics , has already come to the front as the American Gilbert , each of his writings having , like Herbert's , proved immensely successful. Starting with "Checkers , " his first and only dra matic writing , ho rapidly followed with "The Yankee Consul , " "Mile. Modlsto , "The Prlma Donna" and "The Red Mill. " In "The Red Mill" ! Mr. Blossom has succeeded In telling I an unusually interesting story deal- In ; . ' with the adventures of a frisky pair of Americans who are "doing" Europe for the first time but who strike a snag in one of the email vil lages of Holland when their money gives out , and the most amusing complications follow , which lead them to assume all kinds of disguises. The , ' music of Mr. Herbert , which Is of the j whistleable kind and satisfies not only music lovers alone , but the masses , to whom song is one of the greatest delights , The large company has been care fully selected and embraces a cast of i rare individuality , headed by James I Crawley and William Moore , who In-1 terprot the two Americans , Con Kidder - dor and Kid Connor. Prices are COc to $1.50. Resort Doors Being Closed. | Only one resort in tlio east part ofi town remains open today. The others ' are closed as the result of an action ' begun by County Attorney James Nichols to permanently close them un der provisions of , the Alberts law. The resort now open , it Is reported , will close its doors within a few days. County attorney Nichols came to Nor folk Friday and began investigation of the resorts. Humors that he was planning a linal action brought keep ers of the places to a hurried packing and the doors were closed Sunday' ' night. | Ruby White , an owner of one of the resorts , is now at the home of her parents near Lincoln , it i.s said that after she had secured a divorce from her husband she had planned to close , her resort without any compulsory aid from the authorities. Clone Best , another resort keeper , declared that he had not hail his place open since lie had pleaded guilty at Madison last j week. Boy Killed by an Auto. Sioux City , la. . Dec. 4. Unconscious ; of Ills danger , George McNamara , aged 11 ! years , of Long Pine , Neb. , ! who had been In Sioux City for less' ' than an hour , was Instantly killed nt filfj : Saturday afternoon , midway bt- ' tween Market and Sioux streets on West Fourth street , when struck by Frederick W. Klaus' automobile. Death was due to a fracture of the base of the skull. The automobile was driven by Mr. Klaas. I George , accompanied by his brother , William McNamara , aged 15 years , ) arrived In Sioux City at .4:30 : o'clock ! and went to the home of their uncle , E. A. Bussey , 406 West Fourth street. The lads Intended to make tholr homo with the Bussey family during the winter , and were to enter the St. Bon iface Catholic parish school Monday morning. R. E. McNamnra , father of George and William , a farmer nt Long Pine , a few years fcgo was pat- trol driver on the Sioux City police department. jj Boys Were Racing. After greeting their relatives the } youngsters set out with Albert Busj j soy , aged 12 years , acting as guide , to. enjoy n mil through ( ho nolHhboihood utri'ctH nml nlloya before tlio eeviitni : iiuml. The return trip was made throiif'.h an nlley. When within a block north of ho ( Ihtssoy home a race wan suggested. Tlio boys , running at their highest rate of ttpeed , William and > < uini ; BtiNBoy leading George by seevral feet , reached the opening of the alley. The two leaders saw the approaching an tomoblle and turned to ( he side , but too late to warn George. The lad probably his only thought being of winning the race , ran ahead and was struck on the head by the projection of the right front spring of the car The body was thrown to tlio pavement several feet to the right of the place of the ( olllslon. One Juror Was Boujiht. Los Angeles. Cal. , Dec. 4. Further details were learned today of the al leged plot to influence the McNnmura Jury , the supposed frustration of which by llio arrest of Hurt Franklin , i detective of the McNamara defense. Is said to have been an Important fac tor In forcing a confession of guilt from the McNamara brothers. A signed statement was declared to be In the hands of District Attorney J D. Fredericks , made by Mrs. Robert I'1 Balii. wife of the first sworn Juror In the ratio , charging that $ r > 0 ( ) was paid to her by an agent of the McNamara defense to Influence her husband to secure a disagreement , If not an ac qiilttnl by the jury of James II. Me Niimara , then on trial for the fatali ties growing out of the Los Angeles Times explosion. "Yes. It Is true. " Bain himself Is quoted as saying , "and the mono } given to my wife has been given to the district attorney. " A statement by the agent In the transaction also Is said to be In the possession of the court. A preliminary examination of Franklin for the alleged attempt to bribe George N. Loekwood. a venire man , by the use of $4,000 , was sched uled to take place today , but a continuance tinuanco for a week was expected to bo asked for and granted. Other Jurors Tampered With. The two Incidents of alleged bribery those of Bain and Loekwood are believed not to Include all the attempts to effect the verdict of the jury which have come to the atten tion of the prosecution , and District Attorney Fredericks Is given as au thority for the statement that another sworn juror had been tampered with The McNamaras are to bo sentenced tomorrow , but the work of the prose cution hero to apprehend other per sons involved will go on as a corollary to the Investigation of the federal gov ernment , which Is believed to extend over a much wider Hold. More arrests and possibly more in dictments when the grand jury is Im panelled are looked for hero as a re sult of the confessions of the Me- is'amnra brothers. Burns Earns Rewards , As to the rewards which were of fered throughout California for the arrest of the guilty persons who de stroyed the Times building , Assistant District Attorney Ford declared he thought Detective William J. Burns was entitled to all of them , Including : those offered by labor organizations and subsequently withdrawn when the McNamaras weie arrested , if Burns cares to sue for them. A question has arisen as to the col lection of one $5,000 reward by Burns , as there Is an ordinance providing that no person in the employ of the city can collect a reward for the ar rest , and Burns was then employed by Mayor Alexander. There are other large rewards , however , not affected by that ordinance , which he will prob ably get. Lynch Discusses Case. Buffalo , N. Y. , Dec. 4. James M Lynch , president of the International Typographical union , attended a meet ing of the Buffalo local. Rnferriui ; to the McNamara Case President Lynch said : "I'nion labor does not encourage the destruction of property or the tak ing of human life. I have nothint' to say as to the- punishment of the Mc Namaras as I do not know ( lie dot.i"s of their confession. " Want Maximum Penalty. Quincy , 111. , Dec. 4--Quliu'y Typo graphical union No. ! " > 0 , one of the largest locals in western Illinois , in a meeting held yesterday denounced the McNamaras In emphatic1 terms , and by a unanimous vote Instructed the of ficers of the union to send to Prose cuting Attorney Fredericks the follow ing telegram urging the maximum pen alty for the dynamiters : "To Prosecutor Fredericks , Los An geles Quincy Typographical union No. 59 requests you to use your in fluence in having the extreme penalty inflicted on the McNamaras. It also hopes the investigation may be con tinued until all guilty persons , no matter who may bo connected with this dastardly crime , are brought to Justice. Arthur C. Garrett , secretary. " Would Help Victims' Families. New York , Dec. 4. A proposal that the $190,000 subscribed by labor un ions to aid the McNamaras In their defense be turned over to the relatives of victims of the Los Angeles Times disaster was endorsed at a meeting of the Central Labor union of Brooklyn. The McNamara brothers were severe ly arraigned , nnd the sympathy and support of the Brooklyn unions was promised to President Gompers of the national federation. Repudiate McNamaras. Los Angeles. Cal. , Dec. 4. The Los Angeles typographical union of the in ternational body to which James R. McNamara belongs , repudiated him nnd his brother John J. McNamara , secretary of the international associa tion of Bridge nnd Structural Ironworkers - workers , In resolutions ndopted here.