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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1912)
I TUB NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-.JOUHNAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 8 , 1912. / VI Bond Company Now Organized , ' Off Icon ) elected : I'rouliluliU I' . M. liarrott , Noifolk , xlco president , T. J. ( l rxoj , Hchujlcr , secretary , IA. J KoenlKsteln , Noifolk , ti cannier , C. 10. I'uinhmn , Not folk | The Nebraska llondlng company was formnllx oiganl/cd In the HugluH * hall jesterdax afii'inoon , atid over fSfi.OOO worth of slock was subscribed for. Ho- sides thc < above named officers the fol lowing directors uero elected : Dan Gradj , Kulng , llatiH Sloinson , Leigh ; Arthur Rxan , O'Neill , Fred Paper , llloomfleld Ac c 01 ding to the mtlcles of llu or- potation , whbh were signed by every man picKpnl at the meeting , the per manent hcadipimteis of the bonding company xxlll bo located In Norfolk. The exact amount of the stock sub scribed for was ifsfi.aoo , and the ptesl dent , secretary and treasurer were ap pointed an executive committee with power to omploj solicitors , who will bo stiuled on the road Immediately to secure moio niembois and solicit moio uuhttciiptloiiB Oxer IfiO.OUO of the capital stock can bo see m td In Noi folk , oulsldo of the stock subscribed for by local thiuor dealers This statement wait Hindu by one Noifolk business man dining the mooting That the bonding company will get the nccoBsmy iLTiO.OOU capital stock and stint doing business within a xoij short tlmo was Indicated In minij statements miulo bj olficois and mem ber s j ester daj The mooting wan featured by much enthusiasm on the pail of Iho laigc representation of out of town liifiioi dealeiM who , when told the nature ol the organisation , loat no tlmo In sign IIIK up for stock Individually fron f 1,000 to Sfi.iwo On behalf of the Noifolk business men and citl/cns , President W. A. Wil /Igmau ol the Commercial club wel coined Iho liquor dealois to Noifolk it u no.it and Interesting address. He was followed bj C 10 Hiimham , vvhe welcomed the liquor men to Norfoll on behnlt ot the bankers of Norfolk. The mooting was called to order b' President P. M Han ell Aithur Rjan the tornpotaij secretary , had cliargi of the Hecietarj's desk , mid Immedi wtelj alter Iho call lor subscription : for stock , he found himself the busies man in the hall A featuio of the meeting was tin address of Attomoj Kane of Schnjlei who cnme to the meeting as a lopie Bpntallvo of liquor dealeis in th South Plattej oountrj Mr. Kane full approved of the artides of Incoipor. tlon and b > laws , which wore slgne und adopted The Nebraska Uondlng companj I now fully established In Norfolk , an the of fie CMS declare that the liciuo dealers all oxer the state will leap heiie'flt as the icsiilt of jesteidaj' movement , which was slatted locontl by the Noitbenst Nobiaska Liquc Healers' asfloe ialion The coinpan will do a general bonding husInoE within the state Maggie Davis' Second Trial. Hartington , Neb , Match ti The tas of Impaneling the juij In the Magg : Dux Is minder trial commenced toda It In Ihe opinion ot Ihe uttomej that the woik of getting a juij vvl consume consideiable time as tl juroiH will be subjected to most cai fill examination 1 > > both bides Hoth the piobeciition and the d feline xvlll tight the cabo to the llnls and both oxpioss themselves confldoi of vlctoij At her first trial Mrs Davis vvi convicted In Cedar counlj of Ulllii Inx Churchill , who , she claimed , lu vxronged her under promise of ma riage The mm dor occur led on No 2 , 1010 following her comic lion Mi Daxis was sentenced to prison for llf The supreme coint , how ox or , bccnui of what .tie1 hold to ho otioneous m misleading hrstinotions glxcn by tl judge xxho piesided al the trial , c dercd that she be gixon a now trli She Is a woman of .11 jeais and has daughter aged 11. ' SheIs man led , b her huaband lefl her long binco. Mrs Davis claimed that Church had wronged her under piomlso marriage Her former husband , it said , closet ted her manv joins ago , the time of the killing Mrs Davis v\ ; emplojed as a housekeeper at tl farm owned bj Chin chill Jail Delivery Made at Lynch. Ljnch , Neb. Maich li A yon man giving the name of Hull , h said to be a man fiom South Dalui whose rlgnt name Is Hi own , was i rested hole jester day forenoon the charge of having stolen thr hoises from Mr Muian al Koit 1U dall. S D. Tuesday night. TI horses wore found In the edge town , where he had loft thorn to cor Irr to get bioakfast U seems Hi he took three IIOIHPS , but only e two of them acioss to Nebraska , hi Ing left one on a sand bin In the M sourl river. The ow nor an ivod Inst night a took possession of the horses. II was placed In the dtv jail , but ma his escape last night. It Is said had assistance tiom the outside , as lion bar was found thnt had bo used to break the lacks. Tills Is the booond prisoner to t away from the city officials hero the last Iwo xveeks La Crosse , Wls. March C Jo Phonlsh , under sentence of tvxo yen In Iho Waupun penitentiary for i tempted murder , and John Crovvli under two years' sentence for forgoi broke jail earlx today and escape The men opened three locks with ko they had made oul of wood. All Bids Rejected. Madison. Neb. March 0 Special The Nexvs1 The board of county co mlssloners met'yesterday and nmo other Ihlngs opened bids for rmikl needed changes In the countj con house and providing ono or tvxo ad tloiial office rooms. Tlio bids ranged fiom $3,600 to $2,700 mid Iho board1 felt compelled to tojocl all of thorn. It IK not Known what xvlll bo done. It may bo thnt the only alter native xvlll be to construct a vault adjacent to tho. present commissioners' room and mill ? ) ) that fet the office of the register of deeds and Iho commission ers xxlll I hen IIHO the buck loom of ( the countj dork's office- . Architect HIKt of Norfolk mot with the county maid. WILSON DOOM ORGANIZED. Lincoln , March 0 Supporters of , ov Wood row Wilson for the doino- ratlc piesldentlal nomination had a ntat < - fonforonco hero and effected a ptollnitnarj oigmil/atlon looking to Iho nd valuing of his candldacj , and lo bring about , If possible , the selec tion of delegates lo the llaltlinoio con vention pledged to him at the No- iruska primary election In April Ac cepting the Omaha Uoodrovx Wilson dub as the parent niganl/atlon , the condreiief elected the ofllcpis of that club as temporary officers of the state as follows .1 \Voodiough , piosl- dent Herbert Daniels , seciotarj ; U. 0 Green , Measurer OLD OFFICERS RC-ELECTED. Clkhorn Valley Insurance Company Holds Annual Meeting. Ail the old ofllcots and diioetois of the iiklminallex : Lite and Accident liiMinanco companj'eio re-elected at the annual moot Ing of the coruparrj , hdel In the companj's oftico Tuesdax altoinoon The officers icpoiled a heallhx Increase In assets , reserve , in- sin a nee Issued mid Insui.ince In foice I'liox declined themselves looking for- wanl to this joar as a big and uiiusu- alh stiong Insurance jear. ' 1 bo ol licois elected lollovv P. II. Sailor , piosiiknt , I H. M.ijbnd , xleopiesl dent and secretmj ; Jack Kocnlgbtein tiensinoi , Hint Mapes , counsel A FIGHT ON THE STREET. Walter Barnhart and Garfleld Mathei Clash Mather Kicked in Face. Waltoi Hainhait , son of Citj Attoi nex 11 P Harnhmt , and Gin Hold Ma ihci , a local biick mason and stone cultoi , caused much excitement 01 Noiiolk avenue between Pom Hi am Kltth htteots at 1 o'clock jostoida ; afternoon by engaging in a fist flgh which ended In Mathei going to tin sidewalk and joung Hainhait kicldiij him in Ihe luce. Mathei lay In an un conscious condition on the bldewall for a few moments bofoio lie wa picked up by Millci Mathei , a biothe and a bj slander. lie was taken t' ' a phjsld.in's office xxheie his Injuiie weio looked nftei Young Hainhait was ai rested , bu was leleased on his own iccognitioi Mathei was not soiiously hurt. On eul oxoi Iho ilghl oje and a foxv m nor biuisos include his injuries I Is declaiod bj some lhal tbo figh was stalled by Mather , xvho stmc Hainhait fiist. Hainhait mixed wit Mathei and in the clinch manage I0 to land a few jabs ovei Ihe oyc . which pul Mathei out Hamhart fo lowed up his advantage to the bldi walk whole he dollvoied a few blow and while Mathei xxas taking Hi le e. count on the sidewalk , Harnhait toot w Diked four times to Mather' e. lace. Plenty of spectators looked o fiom windows and City Attomc Hamliait waved fiantlcallj to his so I loin his office window fiom wblc place he got a v low of the eat lie pn i oedlngs A largo cloud gntlrorc and declared themselves loud ! against the woik of joung Hamhart foot. foot.The The fight between the two me dates back to last hummer dining tl land msli , when it is claimed Matlu id 'Jumped" joung Hainhait's stand 1 cation at South Noifolk ) 10r. City Attorney liainh.ut did not fi U the complaint againsl his son ar a the Iwo Matheis. Judge KIseloy toe ul it upon htniboll to file the complaii which was signed by Chief of Poln ill Maupiaidt The complaint chaigi of the men with righting , assaulting ai is wounding Young Dnrnhnrt , accoi paniod by his attorney , Hint Mnpc , weie the first arrivals in tbo com ls lie loom this morning and wanted plead guilty to the complaint , n cause Gai field Mather vxas-unable make Ills appearance , Judge nise.li ng refused lo accept the plea The ca nit will be tiled In Judge Klsoley's con itn nt' ! ) o'clock nexl Monday morning , the meantime Harnhart Is li joung o lion of jail on , his oxvn recognition m ee his father will stand good for his a ni- peaianco. vo of Stlmson Leaves T. R. no Chicago , Mmcli G Henry L. Stii iat BOH of Now Yoik , secretmy of xxs iatot ; and the Roosoxolt candidate for gr IX- oinor of New Yoik In 1910 , last nig Is- declared himself for President Tn and said Hint while ho remained t ! nd bineoro friend of Mr. Roosevelt , 1 ull iould not support him for the pro de dentlal nomination. ho Mr Stlmson entered Piosido an Taft's cabinet last year , after consi en tatlon with Mr Roosevelt , and vvl the distinct understanding with t ! ; ot president that lie would bo bound In no way to take part In Ihe pollllc ictixitlos of the administration a speech before the Taft club of II hn mils last night , ho declared his boll irs that President Taft's administrate nt- represented the highest expression progressive republican policy. ry. " 1 am hero to speak for the renoi ry.Ml. . Inntlon of President Taft. " wild \ Ml.ys Stlmson. "I am now and always hn boon n progressive. " 1 am for Mr , Tnft because 1 I llexe bo bns faithfully can led o tn the piocrossH'c faith of the ropuhl in- an party ; thnt his administrate ing | Mauds for orderly , pminnnont prr ug j ross In our national covommont ; ni irt- that to refuse him the nomination i dlthe assettlons that have been rna < against him , would bo a blow to that progress mid would put n premium upon luiBly and unfounded criticism Roosevelt Blocking Progress. " 1 entered Into public llfo under tbo Inspiration of Theodore Rooso- xell. 1 inn a firm bollexor In tbo great national policies for which ho has fought ; and noxv leinaln his sin- eotu f i lend lint 1 believe thai those who aio fencing him , contrary to his original Intention. Into the arena against Mr Taft , are jeopiirdl/lng In stead of helping the ie > nl cause of piogiess In the nation. "Iho Introduction of such a contest at this time , drugging In , as It neces sarily will , noxv and personal Issues which are quite foreign to the great progressive policies for which the re publican party stands , cannot fall to weaken whlchoxoi candidate Is event ually nominated In June. If , ns n re suit , thai candidate Is defeated In Noxember , the government may be tin own Into the hands of a truly re- adloiiiiiy paity for years to come" Mr. Stlmson said that President Taft had devoted himself uncoasinglj to the cm lying out of constructive woik along progressive lines. The ad mlnlsttntlon vxas begun , he said , upon a plan that had "Iho thoioiigh approv al and dellboiato ondoi oment of Mi Roosexelt , " and to that plan Prcsl dent Taft had adhered rigidly. "Is It fair now to criticise him , ' asked Mr. Stimson , "because , In faith tully caiijlng oul this pledge of fein xo.ns ago , in per forming this vltallj useful though Inconspicuous woik , lie has not dominated the public alien tlon with dramatic display ? " Taft Redeems Pledges. Picsldent Taft pledged himself said Mr Stlmson , to a "progressive development" of the work that Presl de-lit Roobovolt had Inaugurated , am the "completion and perfection of tin madilnei y bj which the moral stand aids sol by Piesldont Roosexelt ma ; bo maintained " "To this woik Mr Taft has dovolei himsoll , " said Mr. Stlmson. "He thu de-libelately renounced moio strlkin ; methods of reform , and sot himself t the undianiatie and Inconsplciiou public sol vice which leaves oul al thought of a man's own aggrandl/e ment. "Ho has repeatedly , for example in god upon congress to place upo the classified civil service vlituall all ot the piooideiitial offices , a rnca1 t mo which would nt ono bloxv strik out most ot the onoimoiib politic : now PI of the president. "Tho lesults of this deliberate sol abnegation are shown iir the gief legislative and constructive accon plibhmonts of his term. Mr. Taft standards of administration , Ilk those of Mr. Roosevelt , have bee constantly toward purity and elevi tlon in our public service and ot public life. "With gioat patience , with in swerving courage , with absolute dl Intel estedncbs , iir these excilab times when men's minds are full < a readiness for criticism and a desli tor experiment , he has can led on tl bin den of administration and has caned nod 11 forxvnrd It will be a refle ion upon our own power of fal minded and candid judgment If v do not recogni/e the merit as we as the difficulty of thai achleveuiei noxv " Denounces Judicial Recall. C ei tarn reform methods of gover ment advocated by many of the pr giesslxes , and in part by Mr. Rees xelt , wore sexerely criticised by Al Stinibon. Ho denounced the iccall fudges ab dobtined to bring the com 'down into the xvelter of politics , " ai > aid that it was no lesl or a repnbll an's piogrobbiveness to require li support to bystems that had bei buceosbful In ceitnin slales. "II Ib mere narrowness and inli eiance to Insist upon a remedy whl lo h.ib proved effective in one place , id the necessary test of sinceie and i idk > telHgont leform in another , " lie sa nt It is even more erroneous lo male tidelitj to one of these schemes li cal government in one of the co id monwealths a tesl for what is prop n- ind apptopiiale In Ihe governmejil the nation at large. " Mi Slimson said thai Ihe rotere to dum had apparently worked x\ell Oiogon. but that In a fifty-year tr to in Now York , as applied to const ! llonal questions , if had been a fallu c "Should Ihe nalional republic rt paitj who lives In New York be reIn In out of this party , " he asked , "becan ut he doc lines to accept the roferendi ul as the best remedy lo cure the abiu of i opular government In his o' state ? "It only confuses and distracts dtag Into a national campaign Ihe pin injodleos and shibboleths which ha ir , mlsen In the contests of the dlfferc tales Mr Taft's administration mi lit bo judged by the attitude with whi fl I o has approached and Iho succe lie he has attained In dealing with the IIP national problems , and not accord ! to the views which any of us m 1 old upon these local questions nt M-ito machinery. " illThe secretary of war drew ntt < th tion to the Investigallons lhat ha . lie been made under President Taft , Ir In problems that bad been the subji of serious controversy for yeais. T In work of the tariff board , the Hadl railway securities commission , a of the Hughes commission on secoi in class mall matter , vxero typical , of said , of the methods sought by J Taft to ascertain facts. Taft Not Dramatic. ir. "I doubt If tbeie has ever been vo administration where so many vl questions of progiess were um ! 10 careful , scientific Investlgallon n ut scrutiny bv commissions of cornp Ic out experts , " ho said , in "There Is nothing dramatic abr ig- such a method : but a reform ncco ud pIMiod In the light of such carefu a < credited farts Is more llkoly to ile ' permanent This is the very essen of Mr Tuft's method as n lotormei " 1'iesldent Tnft has heon "most falsely xllllfled and abused" In con ncctloii with the tailff , said Mi. Stlm son , and has , In fact , taken the lepub llcan party out of the giasp of the special Intoi ests beliefItod by the tar iff and has made a pat I of Ihe to- publican progresslxe policy the doxvn- ward rexlslon of the tailff law schedule ulo by schedule "Is not this a tiemondoiis achloxo- ment In Iho dlicctlon of national pto- giess , " asked Mr. Stlm on , "to com pletely rescue his paity from the meth ods and Influences which , If uncoil- tioiled , would Inevitably tuin it Into a party of special Intelosts and to- action ? Is ho not right In standing to the utteimost , oxen to the oxerclso of nil of the oxocutlxe powers of ve to against the old ptivtlogo-bt coding methods of tailff icxlsloii employed by the democratic house of tepio- sentatlxos ? Is ho not light In Insist' Ing ex on against popnlat clamor that xxe shall make a clean break xxlth the past and that no tailff revision shall take place except upon these condi tions and after a scientific study by a non-pattlson board of exports. " Taft Has Done Things. Secretary Stlmson rex lowed the ad ministration and Its achievements He said that the president had out lined the system of tinst rofoim which , If adopted , would put the conn tiy In "a fair \\av of solving our Irusl problem and solving U light ; ' that In the corporation tax the piosi dent had "tin nod the flank of one o the most stuhhoin fortresses of loac tlon. " Ills Interesl In human xxel faro was evidenced by his devotion tc the progress of the Filipinos , sale Mi. Stlmson , thiough his activity ii behalf of the arbitration tieaties , his 1 of foils for adequate workmen's com pensallon and effective employers liability laws and his suggestions fo an indiibtiial commission. Miss Neva Peck. Randolph , Neb , Match 7 Speeia to The News : Miss Neva Peck , daiigh tor of Postmaster II. K. Pock , died a Paikvillo , Aio , Tuesday night aftoi : linger Ing illness of tvphoid foxoi Mr and Mis Pock auixed with the body Thursday noon. Miss Peck hai been In college at Paikxille sine- last September and was one of tweiitj students stricken with typhoid foxoi all the other cases making rapid ic , covcry A Presidential Primary On. Kansas City , Mo , Maich 7 The first congressional distiict prefer on * tial piesiderrtial urinrarv of the lli ! ) campaign is being held today in the e Fifth Missouri Cllstnct , wlile-b com prises Kansas City and Jackson conn tj * . Republican voters will oxpios < ir their choice among tbo piesidentia candidates mid two delegates to the national convention will bo iiislmctoc for the man they choose. A Wisner Man Shot to Death. _ Wisner , Neb , MarcliSpecial tc 0 The Nexxs : The remains of John Me 16 Kciule , son of James C McKcnzio ol this place , arrived this noon fron c" Pokotown , Mo , where he met lib i- death by being shot b.a . folloxv la ° borer Delails of the tragedy wen til meager Mr McKen/.le serxed three ut xears In Ihe regular HI my , Tenth in fantry , Co P , U. S A , fiom vvhlcl service ho was discharged with lion n- ors lie was born in Wlsnor and grev no o to manhood here He leaves a father four brothers and three slstois , all o Ir. whom reside in and near heie Th' ' Ir.of of funeral will be held from the new M is K church this aftpinoon id Icis Neligh Teachers Are Re-elected. [ is Nellgb , Neb , March 7 Special I 311 The News' At the tegular ineetin of the school hoard ot thib clt > , hel Ol- Ihe firsl of the week , the entire toip Olch ch of teachets were re elected for the ei suing jear It was goner ally under stood , how ex or , thai Miss Cochra Id and Miss Caxnnaugh did not wish t Idke ke teach another jear and weie not seel ot ing positions On account of Ihe big in- esleem In which the.x aie held b > Hi ier board they were unanimously electe of with the lest The follow ing is th list of the teacheis in thp high school jn- of this place. Charles A Molumai in superintendent , Li//io M Dlckej lal principal high bchool , Marian Cod tu- ran , latin and mathematics , Hstell re held , hlstorx and nnglish , Gertrnd an Alton , eighth grade ; Mrs Owe ad Housb , seventh grade , Orate Warne iso sixth grade. Loretta Wright , flft un grade. Mao Cavanaugh , fouitb grade Cb Mildred Thornton , second and thlr iv n grades , Grace Jackson , bocond an third grades , Perclo Cass kinderga tore ten and first grade , f.coim Shencfel lKlirderg.ilten and fiist giado , vo Set Father's Home Afire , rst' Lincoln , March 7 William Whit ch alter , the 1.-year-old son of a Dnrrkar ) SS minlbter , living near Goshner , Net : 'SO ' has confessed to Deputy State Fli ng Commissioner John C. Irouton llu ay ho has bet flic to the home of hi of parents six times lie said that tli acl was prompted 1 deslie to hid thefts amounting to $35 from his pa .vo onts and to "get oven" with his si ito tors who laughed at the style of hi ? ct haircut The boy pleaded guilty t lie the offense befoie the county judu oy of Seward county and was sentence ml to six months In jail , then beln id- ' placed on parole In each case Hi ho' ' boy was very active In putting 01 Ir. ' the flies which had been started h himself. an William Henry Remy. tal' ' Alnsworth , Neb. , March C. Died lor William Henry Rerny , at his lesidenc nd In Alnsworth. Nob. Sunday nftornooi et- March 2 , 1012. on his 08th blrthda : The funeral seivices wore held o ml Wednesday from his late resident mby a largo number of relatives nn lly frlpnda. bo The deceased was born near lliool ice vllle , Franklin county , Ind , Maich i 814. At the njc ? of 0 years Uls fnth- r's fatnllv moved to Unilhnlotuow lurnty. Ind , where lie loslded until he fall of l < isri , when ho came vxllh iU family to Ainsworth , Hrovvn conn- v. Neb , whore ho continued to insldo mill his death , except for a shot I leilod of time xxhen ho was at Grand unction , Cole , and at David City , Neb All his llfo. except two years it llmtsvlllo Ind. , when ho was In ho mercantile business , ho has been n farmer and slock rnisei , and a very Miccpssful olio lie wan matrlcd to Mlsn Anna Ma- llda INsox In Ilarthlomoxv county , liid , on Sept I , 1SOI To this union txcio bom six chlldicn , all of xxliom no alive but one They me1 Mis lr I'lanK L Crlo of Kock Sin lugs , Wyo , Miss Louie Homy of Indlmiap ills , Ind ; Arlhui liemy of Alnswoith. Neb. , Pi of 11 D Itonry , supoilntc'iid- nt of chools at Monlli I'llo , HI ; \\aldo lU'iny of Indianapolis , Ind ; Mis ICd Tinsel of Casper , W > o. The othoi danghtc'r was Mis lohn II Hot- ion , xxho died at C'land Jitnction , Cole on Pcb 7 , 11102. Ills widow unixlxos him. lie- also leaves to niouin his loss a ' topniothor , Mis Maltha Kemy of Hope , Ind. , and Ihioe biolhois C J. Homy of Columbus , Ind. , A II Homy Kokomo , Ind , and Hi G O. Remy of Alnsxxoith , Nob. Thoio xxeio also Iwelxe Kiaiidchlldien , eight of whom aio lixing I'ntll about eight yoais ago he was a man of scorning ] } jieifect health and of gient Influence in the county wheio he lived About that time he was taken seiiously 111 and though ho locoxc-ii'd to a coitaln extent , ho nox- ei logalnod his stionglh and had been an invalid exoi since' On Thuisdav evening , Kob 2' ' ) , 1012 , he was stiicken with apoplox.x at ( hesnppoi table , lioin the effects of which he did not inlly , jiassing peaceably aw.i.v on Sunday aflemon The deceased was a member of the Haptlst f lunch and had boon a com municant foi many yoais. Motive for Ciime Mystery to Father. Valentine. Ne-b , Maich 7. "If this Inxestig itlon will only shoxv the niO' the of those Ixnchois h.id In hanging my box , I will be thankful , " said W II. Sellers , the aged father of Charles Selleis , In discussing the In. vest ( gallon now being conducted tci fuithor iminiie Into the atrodou ciinio committed neai Codj last Juno "Charlov was always a good boy. 1 lex PI knew him to harm anyone in ay lifp These stories they toll ol : hieats he made against Humco Mnr ihv aie not like him I can't believe 10 pvoi made them. Chailoy was not i hey xx ho PXPI- talked much about us affairs but I never know of bin laving any tumble with any of the poighbois 01 any ol the boxslic ; > ndied him The only fight I evei know him to have was with Ilarrj Heath That was two je.iis ago and : ho > were not on bad tetms long" All Parties Old Friends. Teais came into the old man's eye * as he continued "I have known al those boj s since thex WPIO babies , haxo known Kiinicp Muiphy all hoi llfo They 4weie all i.iisod In the same ncighhoihood , went to school to get her , exchanged woik on theii ranclies and I nexoi knew theio w.i1 any hmd feelings Whv they hniu my boy on a Sunday night and on ( hi Thursday befoio the Weed bo.vs wen at my tandi helping biand lattle Tin boys all plaveel and tumbled mount In the bunk house at noon and wiest e lid xxith each other and 1okod Th next night , Friday night , the whol eiowd was at a picnic- down on th Snake Eunice and Charley dancci togethei that night That doesn' ' look xery riiudi lilco she was afiali of him They toll me that the xor next night Kenneth Muiphy and Hai iv Ilpathpnt to Hutch lacks' rniic ! intPiiding to shoot thiough the wii clew at Chailoy , but tholi noive fal od thorn So the cowmdlv mirrderer got the Weed hovs to go with thei on Snndax niglit and thev finished m boy. I ran nexei understand It Thp diagged him fiom the bed and h thought they weie joking with bin They say now that they didn't Inten to kill him. only to sc.no him I eai not belioxp that or they xxoiild no have left him up so long. After the had him swinging fiom the pol Geoigo Wood thiexv his nuns abou M > e body nnd hung with all his vxeigli pulling fiom Chailey's necK "They can sav what they want t now , but I earnestly believe that the mount to kill him " A cmioiis f online of the affair an ono that has novel been mentioned I that the fathoi of Chailos Selleis ha boon married and divorced fiom Mrs Abigail Heath , the mothoi of Hair Heath , one of the murderers , tliu making the two bo.vs stepbrothers. Family Complications. lioth Mr. Sellers and Mrs Heat had chldren by former marriages an foi fear that thoio might bo trouhl among Iho chlldion as they giow olc or , they agreed to boparate after on vom of mm i led llfo They lernaine on uood teims and had always pi pectcd to Hxe together again aftf their ehildicn should haxo leache ( he ago of maturity. Per twelxe > ear ihev llxod ai > ait , each on Ihelr ow landi During all this time fiiondl icl.itlorib existed It vxas only I : 1110 thai a divorce was secured b ; Mr Sollois on tlio ground of dosoi tlon , they haxlng agreed that It wouli ho best to have a legal separation 01 account of property Interests. Another Interesting featuio , is tha a sister of Chmlos Sellois Is at th piosont time mauled to a brother o Harry Heath. While both gilevo donj ly over the tragedy , they liavo dc lorinlned to lot the fact thai th n brother of ono killed the brother n i o , the other , maUo no wreck of tlrol d rnarrlod llfo. Hut two weeks ago tin j first child was born of this union. < ' PiogiPSH on the grand Jury Inxestl S , gallon Is necessarily slow because o the gtoal amount of toaltinniiv ( o ho taken and the huge list of witnesses who haxo to bo examined. It la thought that a icpoif can mil he made befoie Iho middle of next week Bun-Ill Rcccl Dies in Chair nt Home. Itui rill Rood , a Norfolk pioneer fanner , died suddenly In his faun homo south of town at 7 lit ) \Vediiea- dav evening Mr Reed Buffered a stroke of pat ah sis hint October and diopsy followed. Ho was Hitting In a inlr talking with his wife and two ins when ho died mnldcnl.x Ho had ecu fooling much Intpioxod In health tiling the day. Mr Heed xvas one of the best known irmeis In this xleliiltv He was bom i Scrautoii , Pa , seventy voars ago , u Dec 21 lie moved to lovxu and In S71 ho located on a homestead near ils dtv. with his familx That homo- lead Is now known as the old 'Pan chill faun Twenty eight joins ago o moved to his present homo south f town Twelve children vvoie bom o Mr and Mis Heed , six of them llx- ng Thoj mo Prank Rood , Rait- on , W > o ; Mint Heed , Hobo , Nev , Jis Ida Mmphv , Ulrod , S I ) ; Will am Heed , Chmles Heed and Haiilsou toed , Not folk Funeral arrangements have not jot icon made Many Available Acres. Wilton. S. D , March 7. Special to I'llo News There me Imndicds of HMOS of faun laud In the noithvvost tail of Tnpp county that can still be eased on a ono-foiiith shmo lease 'or the coming season The Indlca ions mo good lor a ciop. Mrs. Mary Huxford. Neligh , Neb , Maich 7 Special to i'ho Noxxb Mis Maix lluxfoid , an ) ld losldont of Neligh , died at hel lomo lit an e.ulv hour jesterdax Homing ot a lingering illness She ivas 71 .MMis of age and u native of Veimont No arrangements have boon nado lor the Inneial , as those In hmgo are awaiting word lioin distant elativob Allow Children to Depart. Law i once , Masb , Maich 7 The po Ike made no attempt today to prevent vent the dopartuie tiom the eltj tc hlladolphln of a delegation of loitj ( hildien of sliiking loxlile opciativc' although the officers held up the p.uiy long cMioiigh to obtain the name ind addiobs of evoiy child making the tup The chlldion loft soon alter ' ) 'clock , accompanied by blx delegate' lioin the stiikc committee ot the In dust i lal Woikeis of the Woild COTTERILL ELECTED MAYOR. Seattle , Maieh f > Complete letuim 11 om vostoidnj's election lot m.ivoi vo George P Cottoiill : ! , ( : ) . Ilii.in C Gill , ; : i,01 ( ) , H majorItj foi Cottei ill ol ( Ji All socialist caiidiates lei office woio defeated James II Hind loid was i leu ted coipcnation ( cinnsel The mayoi-elect is widely known at the national head ol the "Independent : Oidc > r ol Good Templars" and as ; I inhibition speaker Practical jiolltl dans hole at Hist tlioiight Colleill I.ad no chance to win , because liefav 01 cd blngle tax , municipal ownoishii mid piohibltion In thc > hisl week ' owovor , the women and the clmicho' ' began to take an active part in tin 'amp.iign , as eiting that Gill's eloc turn would mean the lestoiation o uairhllns ; and a vice clistiid. Tlr vlMt ol William J. Hij-an to Sc > attl was also used to advantage by th ' ottcii'l ' foicos 'I ho single tax amendment to th i Mtoi was beaten decisively. T. R. CALLS IT TRIVIAL. Would Minimize the Importance c Perkins' Visit to Him. Minoola , L. I. . March 7. "I don' ' oo whj anjbody should be concorne ovii Midi unimportant things , " sal ( ol Roosevelt when ho i cached Mine ol.i toi jury duty today and xvas asl ed to say .something about the visl ot Gooi go W Perkins at Sagamor Hill lasl night. " \Vhj- , " continued the colonel , wit a bioad srnlle , "I'd see Mi. Rockefe lor , Mi. Morgan , Mr. Perkins and .111 Hill all together If they wanted t see me I'd see Gompcis , Mitchol Minns , the detectlxo and McNamaii if ho was par cloned and oul of jail. "I'll see anybody I wanl lo al an time. It they don't want It know that they have soon mo I won't tel II thej do want It known I will toll The clerk announced that the jui ois not engaged In the case on trie weie excused for the day , and Co Roosevelt returned to his automobile A Big Rally Sunday Night. A big Y. M. C. A. rally Is to b hold In the Auditorium next Snnda night Prod M Hunter of Llncoli formerly superintendent of the Noi folk bchools , will bo the prlnclp.i speaker Mr. Hunter will talk on th Y M. C. A. proposition. Kvoryono 1 abkod to bo present al Ibis mecllni Secretary J P Halley and a riumbe of pi eminent. V M C A. men fror Omaha ulll also be speakers of th ox onlng A feature of the rally wil be the illustrated lecture on the worl of the Y M. C. A. all over the woilcl Interiors of Y. M C. A. buildings , In eluding the entile gymnasium , will b illiistiated with the aid of film brought to Norfolk by the Omaha as boclatlon men. J2xeiy part of tin world xx bore the association Is dolni work will he presented on the curtail to the audience' . The admission I : free and the committee looks for i big crowd The last meeting of the solicitor ! will be held tomorroxv mid the rail : xxlll be the iH'ut move on the part o the committee. Iowa's Seed Corn Poor. Dos Molnes , la. , March 7. In ordoi f to Insure a crop of corn for loxva this jear the funnel * of the unite will find It Imperative to tent the wed' ( hat they plant , ate-oidinn to Iho delegates nttemlliiK the milhoilng of fnrnic rH hero. Iowa IH fac fn Hie worst proh loin In joars regarding Iho Hotoctlon of seed corn , flrov nay ami moved bv this necessity It | prolmblo that at leant 50 pen out of the farmers of the Htnto will make lout * Fully fit ) percent of the corn stored In the 11 HIM In all oodlorm of the slate will he worthless for need , It Is claimed by C \V Hunt of Logan , president of the association. Insanity Pica Strong Pica. Haillnglon , Neb , .March 7. With the Jtnv secured , the second trial of Maggie l > axls for the * murder of Ira Churchill , her former swoolhonil , In November , lit 10 , got Into full swing llilH morning Innmillv IH the plea of Ilio acciim-d woman A hind fought legal battleIs antic I paled 'I IIP altnincxM on both Hides anpipparcd foi a tluhl to a flnbdi The Insanllx plea will bo tin- slicing * * * caul ol the dcfctiHct , and expel ) hull monj will he Intiodnicd to piove that Mis Davis WIIH ins me al the * time she "killed lid Chun hill The argument will he that she- was madeliiHinio hx the ci lie ! lleatme-nt she- received fiom tin- man whom Hhe loved and trusted , hut who folHonk lur fen a xoungei mil handsomc-i xxoinan Mmiv lotto H : ) f I'lidi'.u nirlil will hc > hit induced In sustain this contention "Woman In Casu. " i\ conspicuous flgtnc a1 the dial IH Mis Moon , the "xxoinan in Iho cam- , the * uldoued bildo of the man who was killed bx Maggie ll.uls on the lili ol Novc-mhc-r. Din Mis Chine hill xxas a month old hilde whc-ii her husband XV.IH killc-d , and the most touching appeal ol the piosec titlon at the first trial was with lole i once to Ihe beautiful voting vxldow Shoitlx altei Mamie Dux Is had been convicted al the fliut tiial , Mis Chinchill inaiiied again , and the appeal ot the state to the KI iof sti h ken hi Ido at ( ho fiisl tiial will probablx be mcidllled to some oxloiit al theHCI olid tii.il In tlilH conneitlon It mav , ho added thai none of llu lundH ol the- \ Chinchill estate will be- used lo pi OHO \ cute Mis Davis at Hie piem-nt trial \ / Cattle Stealing Is the Charge. Yx'ltton , S 1) , Maidi -Special leThe The News OlliioiH wi-nt out In the countiy and aiic-sled Tliomns Davh-s on a w.mant cliaiglng caltlo steal ing The- dial go is tlutt ten d.ivs ago D.ixii-s diovo off thieo he-ad of cows mil tliico yeaillng calves , the proper tj ol lee M.iulls , a homesleadoi It is said the stoik lias been lound and 'dc-ntilic'd ' 'I In ic- has boon consideia hie amount ol property missing In the - / west pait ol Ihe countv and It IK Ihonght that this aitost may load to mine. D ivies was lilac ed In jail , awaiting a piolimlnaij healing Antelope County Boys In Tiouble. Ne'igh. ' Neb , Mai en 7 Special to Tlio Nous Kiank Mat/en , age I'l , and ? ( ilon I low aid , nto 17 both laimei bojs xxc'ie .n letted 'I uesdav nlghl by Sin till Hemett foi slcaling n load ol com tiom lohn IlendiickH , who lives about eight miles north of Neligh The xoung ini'ii hi ought com to toxxn last 'liday and sold it to the Famieis Elevator company The load meas- nied IS bushels and IS pounds The bojs confessed to the taking of the com before allotted bj' the shci- iff. Tlioit healing w.is held joslorelay altoinoon hofoio Coiniiy Midge In giam SontPiii i xxas tu haxo boon pashed laU'i in llu d.ty but a Hta\ / was taken until some lime todax * It / Is icpoited that Mat/en will piohahl.x / soixo time in the ponitoiitiaiy , while / I low aid will be sent to the state ro foi in school Strike Immiment In Germany. Horlin , Mai eh 7Tlio outbio.ik ol a goneial stilko in the \Vost I'lial an distiieth on Maich II , K now 10 raided , ih a pi.ii thai ceitainty. Tlio loadeis ol the dnihtlan tiados unions who aie bittoi lixals ol the socialist u in Union's oigaiii/ntlons , continue to oppose a stilko , lint adviies indUate that they are losing hold on their foi- loxxois , a gioat piopoition ot xx'hom will make unninon cause vxllh the othoi nigmil/alions If they deride to stop work In xloxx' of the ton- Hiding attitude of the Kod.ilNt and Christian trades unions ( he I'nmslan goxeminent announced today that the fullest piotectlon xxlll be aecordod to non-stilkcis and that any disorders \v ill be snppiosscd xxlth an iron hand The coal owners In many ruKos haxe offered theii n > en n 10 per cent in iioaso In uages , but the unioiiB Insist on a 1" pouent liunase leidlng coal stocks fell ! t peicent and mote on the Donrso today "KIMMEL" TO DROP FROM VIEW Man of Mystery Won't Try Any Longer to Prove Identity. N'iles , Midi. March 7 A faiowoll note , written at St I onis. Mo , by the man uho claims to he nporuo A Klin inol , the missing N'lles banker and upon whoso Idontltx htnued the valid Itx of paxinent of a $ _ ' . ' , OUO Insurance pollc.x , xvas recehecl hoie by a man \vho hellexos the claimant to be Kim mi'I The note Indicates the Intention of the * claimant to drop permanonth on * of the sight of fi lends cone PI nod and that no fiuther effort IH to be made to prox'o that he Is Klmmol The , action of the Jury In locently brand Ing him as an Impostor locently tin- \ - niessod the "man of mxBtory" UNI BUILDING IS DAMAGED. i Museum of State University Gutted by Fire Specimens Lost. Lincoln , March 7. - Fire which broke out about 5 30 n. in In the mu- - ouin building of the slain nnlvorwltj did damagebotxvoen $5.000 and $20- and Included In the Ions are some r of tlio most valuable geological sped- i meiib In the country. /