Tin : \YKIKLY : .i\\i AKY \ \
Will the Brewery Come ?
Will llio WUHI I'olni
\ btuwory nunc
io Norfolk ?
No miHwur can bo obtained to Unit
( | iR > Htlon today. The annual mooting
of directors VVIIH held at West Point
Monday , but no report will lie Issued
at 111 In thno regarding ( lie | irobablo
action aH to moving to Norfolk. In a
telephone message to The News a
member of the firm Maid :
"I don't Ilko to give that out yet. "
" ( H there HOUR' chance , then , that
lliw brewery will move ? "
"Well , " ho Hald , "that depends on
thu pcoplo tip there. "
"In it trno that a cash bonus wan
offered by anybody In Norfolk ? "
"That , wan Just newspaper talk In
the Went I'olnl puporH , " ho Hald. "That
waH not official. "
"Hilt Homebody In Interested hi thu
iimtttsr ? "
"Thoro arc certain eapltallHts In
lorcHtod , " ho Hald.
A Dakota Man Disappears.
Centervlllo , S. I ) . , Jan. ! ) . Mystery
Htlll inirronndH the strange disappear
ance of David Fulilborg , who maidenly
dropped out of HlKlit lawt Tuesday
night. Posses are dally Hcouring the
surrounding country for thu body of
tlio missing man. One theory IB that
Fahlborg wont to his barn and found
n thief trying to Htual a team of
horHcs ; that the thief shot him and
flud , leaving IIH ! body lying on the
Kroutul ; that Fuhlborg BOOH partly re
gained his senses , wandered off In
HID Htorm and perlHhed. Ills cap ,
with blood and hair sticking to It ,
wan found on the barn floor. Fulil
borg was to have been married thin
week to MiHH lOmily Anderson , the
daughter of a well known farmer near
Heresford , S. 1) .
Nellgh to Build a Sample Road.
Nellgh , Neb. , .Ian. ! ( . Special to
The News : The Noligh Commercial
club mot In special session last eve
ning at the law offices of Kelsey &
Rico. A good representation was
present , and the dlsciiSHlon at length
eontored exclusively on the road and
bridge ( piestion. Thesu two items
alone took up the entire evening and
It. was freely expressed that , much
had been accomplished 'during the
Hossion.
President llonsh. upon a motion ,
apiiointed a committee to formulate
a petition and present to the board
of supervisors at a later date of the
necessity of a new bridge across the
IClkhorn river west of this city. The
road to the river Is now , and has
boon for several weeks past , open to
the public.
Woslloy Mitney , M. 0. Remington.
N. U. Swell/or and S. I ) . Thornton ,
jr. , were the committee appointed by
the chair to draw up the proper pe
tition and secure its circulation for
two new mail routes out from this
point. It was so stated at the moot
ing that a number of farmers south
west and west from here are urging
Ihti matter strongly.
A committee of three was appoint
ed to confer with the hoard of super
visors , now in session , to have that
body take Immediate * action in re-
mini to ! ho condition of the second
bridge south of this city. The report
was made to the members of the
club that this structure is unsafe for
a heavy load of any kind to be con
veyed over. The committee consisted
of . .1.V. . Spirk. M. O. Daxon and .1. A.
.Minteer.
After much argument It was dually
moved and carried Hint the construc
tion committee , which consists of O.
A Williams , X. II. Swcltzer and S. 1) .
Thornton , jr. . secure the services of
Contractor I'ooth to construct one
mile of road , or to the old Habeoek
corner , north of Neligh. This will
be a sample road and if satisfactory
to the committee and the Commercial
club several miles will bo let for con
struction during the coming summer.
The meeting adjourned to recon
vene at the call of the president , which
will be at an early date.
Four Dead in Wreck ,
.Montreal , Cine. , .Ian. ; ) . Four per
sons were killed and five injured
when a train from Quebec crashed
into a train from Montreal at St.
Viiicont Do Pal station , about thirty
miles from here. Hpth trains were
crowded with passengers bound for
their country homes after attending
special epiphany services in both Que
bec and Montreal.
Fraternalists Meet ,
St. Louis , .Ian. 9. Uniform laws for
the regulation of fmternai institu
tions will be discussed by the federat
ed fraternities which began their
congress bore today. The fraternities
are opposing what is known as the
Mobllo bill which is believed to be
the destroyer of fraternal insurance.
1) . Adua Ilrown. of Phoonixville. Pa. ,
is president of the fraternities.
Meets Death In Elevator.
Pierce. Xeb. . .Ian. 0. Herman Pe
terson , aped 110 , was Instantly killed
at 10:15 : this morning while at work
in the Farmers elevator in this city
where he is an employe. Peterson's
coat was caught in the tumbling rod
ami he was carried up some distance.
His head struck the ceiling of the ele
vator and his neck was broken. Death
was instantaneous. Peterson loaves a
wife.
Fire at Pierce.
Pierce , Xeb. , Jan. 0. Special to
The News : While the family of Webb
Hiley , a farmer living half a mile south
of town , were asleep at 4 o'clock tills
morning , a deefctivo flue caused a
fire which completely destroyed the
residence. The family escaped In
their night clothing and stiffen ! some
what from the cold. Only a little of
the furniture was saved.
Froze to Death in Holt County.
O'Neill , NeK Jan. S. Special co
The Nuwu : John Phcrson , an old
V
lliner In iMn county , llvlii" twelve
inlleH northeast of O'Neill , was found
frozen to death yesterday morning by
Claietico SlmotiHon. Plior on had been
living alolie In a little hut since the
death of bin wlfo several yearn ago ,
and wan of n peculiar disposition. Ho
owned eighty acres of land , mill re-
ftiHcd favors offered him by his neigh
bors on several occasions when In
trouble. Ills wlfo wan buried on the
hillside close to the cabin he lived In ,
and years ago he was name-.l "Wooden
Shoes" by the people of the surround
ing country , from the fact of MA wearIng -
Ing shoos made entirely of wood. The
coroner viewed the remains , and : ho
verdict was deathby freezing. Ills
remains will probably be buried be-
Kldo those of his wife.
Peter Horst Injures Foot.
Horrick. S. I ) . . Jan. 8. Special to
The News : Peter Horst , a prominent
business man of this place , formerly
of Hutte , Neb. , met with n voiy pain
ful accident at this place. While at
tempting to cross Herrick avenue
from one of his stores to another
across the street , he stepped on Home
lee that was covered with a thin Cuut-
ing of fresh snow. He fell , touring
the tendons In his left foot and ankle
in such a manner aH to render htm
helpleSH.
Gregory County LaFollette Club.
Ilerrlck. S. \ ) . , Jan. 8. Special to
The News : The La Follette ProgressIve -
Ivo Republican league of Gregory
county has Issued a call for a moot
ing to bo hold at Herrick on Jan. 112
for thu purpose of perfecting an or
ganization for the coming campaign.
lOaeh precinct in the county will
send two or three delegates.
Was 29 Below Sunday Morning.
At 11 o'clock Monday morning loli > -
graph and telephone comp-inlfi both
rei eived word in Norfolk that ; i tor-
rilic blizzard was raging in the Hose-
bud country , headed tills way. It was
sal-1 that at Winner a fifty-mile wind
was blowing and that the snow was
so tli'ck ' it was impossible to SUP
across the street.
At II o'clock the gale started in
Norfolk , and by noon the light snow
which had fallen during Sunday and
Sunday night was in the grasp of a
terrific blinding wind.
Schools Dismissed ,
All schools were dismissed at noon.
At tlie fire station extra men were
put to work , and preparations were
made to give quick aid in case ot
firo.
Railroad service is badly demoral
ized.
ized.Tho
The weather bureau forecasts snow
and sleet and a eold wave for the mid
dle of the week , followed by warmer
weather , with snow , tin- latter part of
the week.
The Northwestern road has several
stum-plows at work. From reports ro-
celved in the dispatcher's ott'ice in
Norfolk , the wind storm is general all
over this district. Trains are from
one to two hours late. Wire com
munication had not been effected up
till 2 o'clock.
Sunday morning was the coldest day
in Norfolk in thirteen years. The
mercury got down to 2' ' } below zero ,
the lowest point since February , IS ! ) ! ) ,
according to records kept by Dr. Sui
ter , the government observer.
Monday morning the temperature
was 1 I below zero. It was the fif
teenth coiiseeuthe day , siv > one , that
the temperature had been zero or
lower.
The barometer began fullin. ? Sun
day , indicating the peak ol th area
of high pressure had pnsbod. It
dropped from 110.20 to 20.10 Monday
morning.
The warmest temperature Sunday
was zero. About four inches more
snow was added to the thick blanket
of whiteness that already covered the
earth. The snow fell with compara
tively little wind , so that it was even
ly distributed over the ground. Not
In years has there been such sin even
covering of snow in this territory.
Loses His Way In the Snow.
Neligh , Xeb. , Jan. 'J. Special to
The News : Arthur Cathan , who is
employed at the .1. P. Haynes livery
stable , lost his way on his return to
Neligh from a seven mile drive to the
Joe Hoskinsoii farm southwest of this
city Sunday night.
Mr. Cathun took Miss Murial May-
bury to her boarding place , in which
district she started teaching school ,
ami after leaving Miss Maybury start
ed on bis return trip. Owing to the
snow that was falling at the time he
became bewildered and did not reach
Neligh until after 2 o'clock Monday
morning , being on the road for eleven
hours.
Mr. Haynes was notified after mid
night that his driver had not returned
home with the team and ho immedi
ately started out four men in search.
Three farmers in the vicinity of the
Hoskinson home were also in the
hunt and had located his tracks ,
where he apparently had driven the
team in a circle for some time. Aside
from being thoroughly chilled Mr.
Cathan was in about his usual lu-nlth
Monday.
MENINGITIS SCARES TEXAS.
All Sorts of Public Gatherings are
Put off at Dallas.
Dallas , Tex. , Jan. 11. The menace
of meningitis in Dallas and other
cities of north and east Texas has
instilled such fear among all classes
of population that public gatherings
have been practically abandoned.
ICvon church meetings have been given
up ; society gatherings are rate ; sa
loonkeepers say fear of the menin
gitis epidemic has caused a serious
reduction in their trade , while wo
men's and men's club meetings
scheduled for the next ten days have
been postponed. The convention of
the Texas Ice Cream Manufacturer-
01 s association , which was expected
to In INK film delegates here Jan. 17.
has been put olf.
While the sluto board of health yes
terday found that epidemic conditions
have improved , there is no lotllp In
the light ( iKtilimt the malady. Phy
sicians now art * experimenting with
meningitis serum to check spreading
of Ihe disease.
Administration of this preventive
Is under direction of Dr. Abraham
rfophlaii of New York , who declined
lit go to his dying mother's bedside
I
yesterday , declaring he was needed
In Texas.
Custcr Wins Burton Trophy.
W. P. l.ogan , president.
H. P. Stone , vice-president.
C. I , . Anderson , second vice-presi
dent.
II. 11. Dlxon , secretary.
F. 1C. Davenport , treasurer.
K. 1. Custer , superintendent.
This was ( lie result of the annual
election of the Northeast Nebraska
Poultry association.
The members of the association , be
lieving that the show was hold too late
In the season this year , decided to
hold the annual show one month ear
lier. The first week of next Decem
ber was the date set.
This year's show was a success as
a display. The financial end of It ,
however-was not as good as It would
have been had not the cold weather
kept back many of the expected visit
ors. The members will about break
even financially.
.1. S. Mathewson , who was believed
to be the winner of the Burton cup for
the best display of birds in the entire'
show , found it necessary to hand the
cup over to 1-3. I. Custer , with whom
bo had had apparently a tlo score.
Mathewson had won the toss of a
coin. In a recount Saturday night it
was found that Custer really scored 50
jioints to Mathewson's , and consequently
quently the cup goes to Custer.
Following are the special prize win
ners :
C. H. Price , Stantou $5 for best
pen.
pen.W.
W. L. Houck , Fremont Chick feed ,
Silver Laced Wyandoltes.
M. IClius , Columbus Star Clothing
store hat for scoring pen of Rhode
Island Reds.
C. A. Neibur , Lindsay Killlan's
sweater for best pen of Anconus.
C. H. Price , Stantou Norfolk News
subscription for highest scoring pen
Rocks.
K. I. Custer , Norfolk Leik & May-
hew Huckoyo incubator for highest
scoring lien White Orpingtons.
H. P. Stone , Plntte Center Gem in
cubator by Coleman & McOiiinis for
member with first and best display.
Mrs. .1. 1) . Sturgeon Heeler's kid
gloves for highest pen in Asiatic class.
Hurt Alapes Kiosau Drug Co.'s
Mandy Lee special for largest display.
Standard Poultry Subscriptions C.
II. Price , Stanton ; C. A. Xeibur , Lind
say ; Mrs. J. D. Sturgeon , Xorfolk ; J.
S. Mathewson. Xorfolk ; II. P. Stone ,
Platte Center.
Martin Davenport , Xorfolk Xorfolk
Oil it Chemical company special for
best game birds.
Other Xorfolk Oil & Che.mieal com
pany special prize winners for highest
scoring birds of each class were : C.
11. Price , Stanton , American ; H. H.
DiNon , Xorfolk , ICnglish ; W. P. Xitz ,
Xorfolk , Mediterranean ; 1C. X. Vail ,
Xorfolk , Asiatic.
Other Xorfolk Oil & Chemical com
pany specials wore taken by 11. If.
Uixon , II. I' . Stone and Charles II.
Price.
II. IS. Dl.son , Xorfolk , gets K. I. Glis
ters $10 eggs for highest scoring bird
in Kngllsh class.
Dr. Crane , Tilden , gets II. U. Dix-
on's white orpington cockerel for long
est distance exhibitor in that class.
1C. I. ( 'lister's white \orpingtois \ ;
took Sugar City Cereal Mills Hour
special.
Sick , No Work ; He Drinks Acid.
John Jilg , 21 years old , sou of Will
iam Jilg of Osmond , committed suicide
in a room in the Queen City hotel
shortly after midnight this morning
by drinking a portion of carbolic acid
out of a two-ounco bottle.
His death was not learned of until
after 7 o'clock , when he failed to an
swer to knocks on the door.
Coroner M. D. Haker of Tilden will
hold an inquest this afternoon. Will
iam J. Jilg , the dead man's father , and
William J. Jilg , an older brother , are
bore.
Suffered from Tuberculosis.
Despondency over the fact that he
was a sufferer from tuberculosis and
because be failed to get a position at
Gardner , Xeb. , are believed by the
father to be the causes for his son's
action.
Young Jilg arrived In Xorfolk at
midnight on the Union Pacific pas
senger train. lie went immediately to
the Queen City hotel and registered
and asked to be shown to his room.
X. F. Howe , the proprietor , accom
panied the man to an upstairs bed
room , and asked Jilg if ho wanted a
call in tlu ! morning. Jilg answered In
the negative , and llowo hoard him
bolt the door.
Fails to Answer Call.
At 7 o'clock this morning Howe
went to awaken Jilg. Ho pounded on
the door several times and , getting
no response , peered over the transom
and saw Jilg in a reclining position
at the foot of the bed. The man had
taken off his shoes , coat , hat , collar
and necktie. A two-ounce bottle lay
by his feet , which were on the floor.
Reaching through the transom ,
Howe unbolted the door and entered.
Feeling the man's pulse , he summoned
City Physician A. n. Tashjean , who
pronounced Jilg dead. The coroner
and parents of the dead man were no
tified. Other city authorities know
nothing of the suicide for several
hours.
It was believed Jilg took n drink of
the acid immediately after ho had
taken off his shoes and collar The
bottle had been recorked.
Had Been to Barber College ,
"John was a very quiet , untalkatlve
boy , " said the father. 'Tho last he
said to us at Osmond was : 'Well , you
people want to be good to yoiirsol\es , '
and then he went away. "A doctor In
Omaha had told him that he had con
sumption and had given him a quart
bottle of medicine. 1 told him to work
up toward the Colorado line , and be
sure to take modlclno and endeavor
to check the disease. He left Osmond
Friday to take a posit Ion at Gardnet ,
and I believe that he did not get It.
They were to pay him $ M a week , and
because of his despondency over the
Illness and not getting the position I
think ho did this. "
Young Jilg had just graduated from
a Sioux City barber school , and thu
Gardner job was to be his first posi
tion In the trade ho had taken up.
Some Gas Is Turned On ,
Some relief was experienced by the
gas company last evening and this
morning when they found It possible
to furnish gas to nearly every part of
the city except those located on Nor
folk avenue from Seventh street to
Fourth street , between which points
the company is endeavoring to locate
the big leak which has been giving
them so much trouble that it was nee-
usury for two days to turn off the
city's entire gas supply.
"Tho gas Is now turned on in the
entire district west of the tracks" IB
the report Issued from the gas plant
at noon. "The south side is being fur
nished. The gas Is turned off from
the plant to Fourth street. We have
not found anything yet , but wo are
trying to locate the leak which wo arc
positive is located west of Fourth
street on Norfolk avenue. "
BEGIN WORK ON DEBRIS.
Securities In Equitable Building Con
sidered Safe.
Xew York , Jan. It. Wreckers be
gan today the work of clearing away
the debris and ice which encases the
sale deposit vault in the burned j
ICquituhlc Life Assurance society
building. The various vaults In the
structure are said to be intact and
their contents of half a billion dollars
lars in securities are safe.
The work of wreckers was badly
hampered by the fact that the build
ing is in such a precarious condition
that the walls on two sides may fall
at any time.
The vaults of the Equitable Life
have been found to have successfully
withstood the flames though they
will not bo opened until they have
completely cooled oil' . Officers of the
society say there is no doubt that
$ ; iOO,000,000 Hn securities are unham
pered. It is announced that 110,000
policies on which the ICquitiblo had
loaned something between $70,000,000
and $100,000,000 had been found to
be unharmed In the steel boxes in
which they wore kept. Securities are
already being removed from the
vaults of the Mercantile Trust com-
puny. The leveling of the walls in
one side of the building was com
menced today.
Loses His Eye.
Paul Hrueckner , the young Hoskins
'
farmer who underwent several operations - .
'
rations at Omaha lor an infected eye ,
has suffered the loss of the eye. Thu |
optic was removed last Saturday and
Hrueckuer is now in the care of a
Xorfolk physician. Several weeks
ago I'.ruockner was chiseling a stool
wheel. Some of the steel imbedded i
itself in Hrueckner's eye. All the j
mc'tal was removed with the exception
of one piece which was later taken
out with the aid of a giant magnet at
Omaha. The eye line-nine infected and
just recently it had to be removed.
Banks Elects Officers.
Two Norfolk banks held annual
meetings yesterday afternoon which
resulted only in one directorate
change. Col. S. S. Cotton , who has
been a director of the Norfolk Na
tional bank since it was founded in
ISSfi , has retired because of his age ,
and 1C. W. Hutz was elected to take
his place on the board. The Citizens'
Xutional bank will hold its annual
meeting Jan. I0. ! Following are the
officers and directors elected yester
day :
Nebraska National W. A. Witzig-
man , president ; C. A. Johnson , Fair
fax , vice-president ; W. P. Logan ,
cashier ; P. L. Huelow , assistant cash
ier. Directors , G. D. nuttcrfleld , chair
man ; A. H. Klesau , Hurt Mapes , Isaac
Powers , J. W. Ransom , C. A. Johnson ,
W. . A. Witzlgman.
Norfolk National C. K. Uurnham ,
president : F. J. Hale , vice-president ;
1C. W. Hut/ , vice president ; L. P. Pase-
walk , cashier ; Carl Wilde , assistant
cashier ; F. C. Asmus , assistant cash
ier. Directors , A. Hear , F. P. Hanlon ,
William Hutz , F. J. Halo , D. Muthow-
son. A. Degner , K. W. Hutz , H. 10.
Hardy , C. 1C. Hurnham.
New Officers in Trust Co.
At the annual meeting of stock
holders of the Durlnnd Trust company
the following officers wore elected :
A. J. Durland , president ; G. F. Dur-
land , Plulnview , vice-president ; L. D.
Nicola , secretary ; C. F. Hernard ,
Pluinviow , treasurer ; Hurt Mapes ,
trusteeofficer. . The directors elected
are : A. J. Durland , G. F. Durland , C.
H. Durland , Hurt Mapes , Frank Dur
land of Chester , N. Y. , L. H. Xlcola
and C. I. Bernard. J. H. Maylard re
signed as secretary.
In advising their customers of the
change in the official staff and of the
meetings recently held , the company
declares Itself now a " 'Durland family
circle. " The company only recently
deposited $10,000 in collateral with the
state auditor to comply with the trust
company law of 1911.
"The original articles drawn twenty
years- ago provided for a regular trust
( onipuny business , but until the act of
Itill there was no specific trust com
pany law , so that part of our article *
providing for management of estates
and similar trusts has not been until
this time operative. We have renewed
our charter until November , ! ) ; ! . "
New Families to Norfolk.
The Durland Trust company nas
paid a stock dividend of f > U per cent
to the holders of common stock. The
paid-up capital of the company is to
bo Increased to $75,000. G. F. Dur-
land and his son-in-law . .
- - , C. I. Hernard
of Plalnview , who have been added to
the official staff , will become active
members of the office force. The for
mer will continue in charge of the ex
aminations of loans , and the latter
will eventually represent the company
In the Helling field. L. H. Nicola , the
new secretary , has been with the com
pany for eight years.
Rounds Out Twenty-six Years.
With this new year the Durland
Trust company will have in reality
finished twenty-six years of success
ful business in Norfolk. The first
Durlnnd Trust company was organized
In 1880 , and the present company was
organized In I8 ! > 2 , having just com
pleted Its twentieth successful year.
Coal Oil Price Drops.
Coal oil , which only a few weeks
ago sold for 11 ! cents a gallon in Nor
folk , has taken an amazing drop. The
oil is selling for five and six cents a
gallon In Norfolk. The first drop for
it ; cents took It down to seven cents ,
and the announcement of one dealer of
the six-cent prlco caused another
dealer to make the five-cent cut.
TUESDAY TOPICS.
Mrs. W. A. Klngsloy returned from
Omaha.
Miss Alice Hoskins returned from
Stanton.
Dr. A. H. Ayres went to Cody on
business.
Rev. Felix Gebauer of St. Paul , Neb. ,
is here visiting with frientlH.
M. C. Hazeti , Jack Kocnigsteln , Hurt
Mapes and N. A. Rninbolt went to
Madison.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller of Cas
per , Wyo. , were guests at the W. H.
Hlukcuuin home.
P. M. Harret and M. W. Spencer
went to ICxcelslor Springs today era
a few weeks' vacation.
John Metz has returned from Sum-
rier , where he had been visiting his
cousin , Mrs. A. J. Thompson , whom he
had not seen for thirty-two years.
John Woerner is suffering from an
attack of the grip.
Mrs. Herman Mass is suffering
from an attack of the grip.
August Lundherg of Wukefiold has
accepted a position with the Xorfolk
Shoo company.
A special meeting of Mosaic lodge
Xo. 55 will bo held tonight for work
In the F. C. degree.
Karl Shields , a popular traveling
salesman , was called to Hildreth ,
Neb. , where bis father died Sunday.
According to reports in poultry as
sociation and Commercial club cir
cles , next year's corn show and poul
try show may be held jointly by both
organizations. I
The annual meeting of the A. L. j
Killian company directors was held in
the Killian store this afternoon.
James Killian of Cedar Rapids was
present at the meeting.
H. Rogers , who was found guilty of
'
petty larceny by a jury in Judge Kis-
eloy's court , was taken to the Madison
county jail Monday to servo thirty
days , the sentence imposed on him by
the court. j
The Norfolk Investment company ,
with R. P. Drake as manager , has
rented rooms on the second floor of
the Cotton block. The company will
open its offices hero on Jan. 15. I
W. R. McFurland , trustee of the
People's Department store , has issued
a notice of a trustee's bankruptcy sale
of the stock of that store. The sale
will take place here at 1 o'clock on
Jan. 19. |
The Union Pacific train duo here
at 9:20 : Monday night arrived in the
city at 2 o'clock this morning , preceded - ,
ceded by a snow-plow , the crew of
which reported many bad snow drifts
all the way between Columbus and
Norfolk.
Herman Maas writes from Roch
ester , Minn. , that his son Gottfried
Maas , underwent , an operation by the
Mayo brothers. It Is necessary , writes
Mr. Maas that his son undergo an
other operation before returning to
Norfolk.
Twenty-one men are .out of work
and three ice plows are almost sub
merged on the Ice of the Northfork
river as the result of the water back
ing up from the dam Monday night.
John Schclley , a local Ice dealer who
has been harvesting ice on the river ,
declares he will bo delayed for several
days in his work.
At the annual meeting of the German
Relief society , the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year :
Carl Schmledcberg , president ; 11. C.
Kralin , vice-president ; August Stef-
fen , secretary ; Fred Hollormun , as
sistant secretary ; H. W. Winter , treas
urer ; directors for three years , Henry
King , J. 1C. Haase , Fred Nordwig and
Fred Leu.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
near-blizzard of Monday was of short
duration , drivers for local stores , mall
carriers and physicians who found It
necessary to bo out In the storm re
port great difficulty In making any
progress In their efforts to travel. In
the open country the wind and snow-
were so blinding that it was utterly
Impossible to see or make any prog
ress whatever.
John Robinson , manager of the Nor
folk Fur and Iron company , reports
that furs are becoming very scarce ,
and probabilities are that higher
prices will bo asked for furs next sea
son. The heavy snow has been a
great handicap to trappers. About
1,700 muskrat and skunk 'skins have
been shipped out of Norfolk Hits sea
sou. RobliiHoii Is In receipt of u num
ber of mink skins which ho doclaroa
nro more valuable than over. The
company bus two buyers on the road.
Two Norfolk hunks hold tliolr an-
utial meetings today. The election of
directors and officers wore features
of these meetings. The Citizens' Na
tional bank will not hold its annual
Hireling until Jan. HO. Hank meetings
wore held all over this part of the
state since Monday , C. 10. Hurnhain ,
who returned Monday night from Hattie - '
tie Creek , where ho attended the Citi
zens' State bank meeting , went to Til-
don today to attend the mooting of
a hunk there. 10. W. Hulz attended
the meeting of the Farmers' Slate
bunk at Hadiir Monday.
COURT AT MADISON.
Brief Equity Session Held Jury Term
Next Monday.
Madison , Neb. , Jan. 10.- Special to
The News : District court convened
Monday noon and adjourned until Jan.
15 , Judge A. A. Welch presiding and
W. II. Powers court reporter. The
bllovving cases received attention :
Charles M. Thompson and William
I' . Hurry vs. Peter ( ! . Cooper and Win.
Cooper. Case settled and dismissed.
Carl Tews and Ernestine Tews vs.
William Gobler , equity action. Mo-
: ion supported by affidavit to strike
from the docket for failure to revive
iction sustained and case stricken
from the docket.
John Koenlgstein vs. Norfolk Indus-
rial company , equity action. Defend-
nil's answer as amended by intorlin-
ng to plaintiff's first amended peti
tion permitted to stand as answer to
plaintiff's second amended petition
this day filed. Plaintiff given two
days to reply. Set for hearing , Fri
day , Jan. 12.
Herman J. Schmedecko VH. Setty
Schmedecko et al. Defendants given
power to file amended answer Instant-
or. Plaintiff excepts. Plaintiff given
leave to file reply to amended answer
Instanter. Case resubmltted on evi
dence uhovo taken.
Rasmus Neilson vs. the Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company. Dis
missed without prejudice for want of
prosecution , at plaintiff's costs.
C. R. Vail vs. Chris Noker and
Sena Ostergard. Finding for plaintiff
after deducting claims of defendants.
Amount due $1,127.10. Hoth parties
except. Agreed by parties in open
court that $ ! ) . ( ! ( ! may bo added to
amount , If any found duo plaintiff on
account ot money paid by plaintiff.
Total amount duo plaintiff $ liG.7 : ! ( ! .
Judgment for plaintiff against , defen
dant , $ lit.7G : ! ; and costs. Defendant
excepts. Plaintiff's lien prior to mort
gage of defendant , Sena Ostorgard.
Decree of foreclosure and sale as
prayed. Defendant excepts and given
forty days to submit bill of exceptions.
- J. Richards vs. Daniel Welch. Garnishee -
nishee in aid of execution cni tran
script of judgment. Settled and dis
missed.
Ralph T. Cain ct al. vs. Ross Caiu et
al. Partition. Report of referee ap
proved and confirmed. Referee or
dered to sell said premises , llond
fixed at $ S,000.
Hattie 10. Lindsay vs. James F. Lind
say. Divorce. Defendant ordered to
pay clerk of court $25 for suit money
Jan. ir > , 11)12. ) Set for trial Jan. Hi ,
1912 , at 7I0 : ! p. m.
Modern Woodmen of America vs.
Hannah Stroll ( nee Hryant ) . Demur
rer to petition amended. Defendant
excepts. Defendant given time to-
answer instantor on her application.
Henry T. Drown et al. vs. Sarah
Hrown et al. Partition. Referee sale con
firmed. Deed ordered. Proceeds dis
tributed , $2,000 thereof going to Sarah
Ilrown in lion of her homestead inter
est in the promises and balance as per
shares found and assigned.
The Xorfolk Lumber Co.s. . A. W.
Finkhoiise. Injunction. Demurrer to
answer sustained. Defendant excepts
and declines to further plead , and
elects to stand on answer. Judgment
against defendant for costs and mak
ing temporary injunction permanent
as prayed. Defendant oxcepts.
Olive G. Parker vs. Willis George
Hawkins. Damage suit in sum of
$25,000. Dismissed by plaintiff at
plaintiff's costs.
Mary G. Tollefson vs. August Peter
son et al. Partition. M. D. Tyler ap
pointed guardian ad litcm for all
minor defendants. Finding for plain
tiff. Decree confirming shares as al
leged and for partition as prayed. W.
L. IMckley api > oiiited referee to make
partition.
Jury assignments for week com
mencing Monday , Jan. 15 , 1912 , as fol
lows :
MONDAY.
State of Nebraska vs. Charles II.
Knupp.
Fred G. Coryoll vs. Mrs. Sarah
Smith.
Meadow Grove Telephone Co. vs.
ICd. Stewart.
TUESDAY.
State of Nebraska vs. James Gray.
State of Nebraska vs. Richard Wal
ton.
W RON BSD AY.
Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. vs. Wal
ter Planck.
R. M. Waddell vs. Henry H. Ruess.
Fred ( ! . Coryell vs. Jack Koenlg-
stein.
THURSDAY.
State of Nebraska vs. Kinil Rltter.
State of Nebraska vs. George Smith.
State of Nebraska vs. Albert Kurp-
Kowoit.
Earthquake in Hoskins.
The riimnr of an earthquake in Nor
folk last week Is confirmed by William
Hutz of Hoskins. Mr. Hutz declares
Hoskins residents are positive that
this section of the country was vis
ited by an earthquake last week and
to prove tliolr assertions they point
to cracked walls and ceilings In their
homes.
"I found that my own homo at HOH-
MIIN wan iitVecled. " say Mr. XuU.
"The pliiHterhiK \ # badly cracked and
'almost ' In every room ernclm have HI >
penred. My uoluhbor ban dlsotered
the same thing In his home This
could not have happened b > any ben\\
wind. "
I The report that an carthqitakt had
\lslted this portion of the county was
made here hist week when at least
live citizens declared they had fell
the earth shocks. One man repelled
( bat Ihe floor In a house had IMTII
'uioved several Inches by the shock
W. R. Jackson Dead.
Lincoln , Jan. 10. W. It. Jack.Him.
deputy food commissioner of Nebras
ka , died yesterday after a lingering
Illness.
American Troops to China.
Washington , Jan. ' .i. A hutalllon of
infantry consisting of 500 men will be
sent by the I'nltcd States to China to
help keep open railway communication
between Pekln and the sea. This
force Is alt that Is required , In the
opinion of Minister Calhouii , after
consulting with other diplomatic of
ficers In Pekln.
At Home Either Place.
Oakdnlo Independent : The West
Point brewery has been tendered an
offer from Norfolk to remove to that
city , a good-sized bonus being held
out as a bait. Norfolk , being centrally
located and ambitious to becoming a
manufacturing center , is after all in
dustrles It can possibly secure. The
brewery would probably fool at home
in either place , us neither town linn
shown much disposition to embrace
( lie prohibition idea.
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.
William Xutz of I tonkins was hen
transacting business.
1C. G. Rust , a traveling drug sales
man of Emerson expects to come to
Norfolk and live.
Miss Augusta Macbmueller and her
niece , Miss Adinu JohiiHon , returned
from Pierce , where they visited with
relatives.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Nenow
a daughter.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Knur
ling , a daughter.
Mrs. Otto Sellin is threatened with
an attack of pneumonia.
Mrs. A. W. Finkliouso Is suffering
from an attack of the grip.
The Presbyterian Aid society will
meet with Mrs. Hallantync on Nor
folk avenue tomorrow afternoon.
Herbert. Cross was called to Croigh-
ton by the death of bis father , Joseph
Cross , a prominent Croighton citizen
The funeral of R. V. Shav. ' , post
poned because of the delayed arrhal
of relatives , will lie held Thmsd.iv
afternoon at 2:110 : from the home
of A. M. Leach on South Ninth stn-ct
Two sons are expected from Perl-
wood today.
The small burro belonging to Join :
Herman , which caused a near-panic or
Xorfolk avenue and Fifth street n
cently , is far from being dead as thi
n-suit of being bitten by "Pickles , '
the bulldog. The animal's wounds
have completely healed , and it is mm
able to make the usual trips Id tln <
city witli its young master , \\lio also
was involved in the battle.
The G. A. R. installation of oILo-i-
was hold last night. Following aif th >
new officers : F. X. Paik , post ruii
niander ; George Douglas , sr. . senior
vice commander : C. P. Hyerley , junior
vice commander ; H. W. Mills , i hup
lain : II. M. Roberts , officer of the
da\ ; II. C. Matraii , Adjutant : A. N.
McGinnis , quartermaster. They ha\c
changed tliolr place of meeting i < > I hi'
hall over Schenzel's meat market
.Miss Juno Powell , a pretty chorus
girl with the "Xowl > weds" compaiu
which played in the Auditorium Tm-s-
day night , was a caller at the polin-
station at 5 o'clock a. in. Miss Pow
ell declared that while she was doing
her "stunt" on the stage someone en
tered her room at a local Norfolk av
enue rooming house and stole a valu
able watch from her purse. Miss Pow
ell left her Sioux City address with
the police , who are endeavoring to
locate the watch.
Ice on the Norfolk river is now
fourteen inches thick , and , according
to ice dealers , the second cutting will
be at least nine Inches thick. The
water which backer up over the ice
and stopped the ice cutting for a day
was about two feet deep In some
places. The sudden shutting down of
the mill for the night was the cause
of this overflow. The icemen made an
effort to start the ice cutting again
this morning. Among those now cut
ting ice are John Schelly , Gcorno
Schwenk , George Stall-up and the Fail-
Store. About half the ice is alrcadv
harvested.
Beels a Candidate ,
Tilden Citizen : George N. Heels
of Norfolk was in town Tuesday. Mr.
Heels is being mentioned as n possi
ble candidate for state representative
It will be remembered that he was
the unsuccessful contestant for tin-
pluco in 1910 , and ho carried the
county outside of Norfolk. His de
font was attributed to the county op
tion issue which in that year was the
main political contention in the slate.
His attitude at that time was that
the people should decide the ( pi > , - . 'inn '
rather than have it placed at the dis
posal of i : ' : : mon of the house and
senate. This resolve on the part of
Mr. Heels alienated a number of nidi
cal prohlbltlon-ropubllcan votes m
Norfolk from the party nominee and
ho went rown to defeat. SinnUK -
people decided that question in a <
cord with his ovv'n sentiment. Mi
Heels Is looked upon In some quartetx
as the logical candidate for am > th < r
nomination. At this stage of tin- i >
lltlcal game , The Citizen dosln-- t < >
have it understood that this papei i
and will bo noncommittal until ib <
question of candidates Is settled < > r
the primary in April.