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Xi i 5 - 9 J TAKES H15 OWN LIFE Van Faragc Commits Suicide This Afternoon A BIG D08E Or 0AKH0L10 AOID Tim Donilly HrtiR TuUcn n unit nt OClorU ViHtliB liriiBi Wn n CorpM tin Hint lloon In Pour HohIHi mill lrn imiiilniil lur SmiHt Tlnu lltn it Miiillmm From lrti1nj Dnlly Van Farago u printer about 111 years old committed nuioldo tills aftornoon by taking carbolic ncld Tho powerful poison was swallowed nt 2 MO and by oclock bo quickly did It act bo was load During tho past month youn Fnrngo has bocoino a fainlliur Ilguro upon tho Htrorts of Norfolk I in oiuno boro from Madison with A 1 Chllds for whom ho bad boon working on tho Reporter Imt slnco bo nrrivod in Norfolk bo has not boon following his trade For uwhllo ho bonrdod with 1 S Gulllngor mi oin ployooftho Timcs Tribuno Ho com menced on Monday to work as a solici tor for N 15 ltlatohloy tho piano tuner and sconied to be Kottltif along nicely Mr Hlatohloy saw him after 2 oclock today and ho scorned to bo In good Hpirits reporting to his employer what ho hud done during tho day and laying out bis work for tho remainder of tho aftornoon Tho list Intimation anyono had that there was anything wrong wits about 240 whon Judge Kelly heard a noise In tho hallway loading to his olllco in tho McOlury block which sounded like some one spitting nnd coughing Going to tho door he found young Fnr ngo just lying down who simply said Im dying Tho judge saw nn ompty bottlo on tho floor which boro tho label Carbolic Acid Dr Miiekuy was hastily summoned and bo used tho stomach pump vigorously but tbo would bo suicide had planned too well to bo thwarted and while tho doctor was still working over him bo ceased bis struggles and was dead Tho re mains wore taken to Sosslons Bells undertaking rooms where they are buing prepared for burial Young Fnrnge ha had periods of ill health for some time when ho would become very much depressed and threaten to kill himself Tho threat hud boon made so frequently that his frionds bad become acoustomed to it and thought it was only talk Sinco ho has been at work this week ho has ap peared to feel unusually well and when Mr Blntchloy last saw him bo scorned ty bo bright and cheerful Last fall bo went to California in liopes of bettering bis health but re turned in the spring not much im proved His paronts livo in Madison and the havo been notified of tho sad tragedy as has also Coronor Tonuor at Battle Creek Thero is no question but that tbo suicide was premeditated as in his pookot wns found n note ad dressed to his mother in which ho tolls hor that he is going to kill himself Tho noto is written with a pencil and is ho dim that it can hardly bo deciphered but enough can bo read to show that ho lias done just what ho inteuded to do FRIDAY FACTS F P Nowport of Croighton is in tho city It II Wade of Noligh spout tho night in tho city Steiubrochora shoe shop on oast Main street is being repainted M C Soars of Wisuor was transact ing business in tho city today Win H Mason of Homer transacted busiuoss in town this morning Mr and Mrs Parson of Hoskina vis ited tho city yesterday afternoon Mrs Dodgo of Madison is hero to at tend tho funeral of Nathan Oweu Tho two Missos Harlan of Tilden are guests at tho homo of 0 15 Doughty II J Vaudovort from Fromont has taken a position in Iviesaus drug Btore Mr and Mrs Win Leu went toMadi son this morning to visit friends a few days Tho county board of equalization will meet at Madison on the 13th of this month A Morrisons rosidouco on Madison Most any one can make a pill that may Acers Pills I arc the pills that wil j Nuf sed j k - iivonuo is roceiviug n haudsomo coat of paint Mr and Mrs Victor Seymour re turned to their homo at Lincoln this morning Chris Schuvlaud of Madison clerk of tho district court was a city visitor over night Mr and Mrs 0 II Hownrd nnd Mrs H N Way woro Stanton visitors in tho city yesterday Tho M 15 church is now undergoing that delightful process known as spring housecloanlng Dr Uomy and wlfo of Craig catno over last evening to attend tho funeral of Nathan Owen ltov 1 W Trosy of Columbus will bo hero on tho evening train to visit with ltov T 1 Mueller Mrs T F Moinmlngor and children of Madison visited nt tho homo of 0 B Burrows yesterday Hev and Mrs W It Phelps of Wlnside are Hponding the day at the homo of Dr Hodgetts Talcott Olnoy will return today from Cincinnati This will bo his tlrst visit homo for several years J P Wright rotumed last ovouing from Omaha where ho has been sorvlug as a juror In tiio fedoral court Mr and Mrs C A Ohnco nnd child ren of Wayno woro in tho city butweou trains today on their way oast Mrs McMillan is entertaining 15 lady friends nt ten at her homo In Tho Heights this aftornoon Mesdatnos MoBrldo and O H Roy nobis Misses Anna MoBrido and Ilolon Reynolds are spondlng tho doy in Plain view County Superintendent 0 W Crum catno up irom Aintusou msd ovomug in open the examination of teachers this morning Misses Clommlo Morrison and Ruth Olnoy oxpoct to attend tho Nntiounl Teachers association at Los Angeles Oal in July A largo crowd of young people in tended tho regular weekly dunco at tho hospital last night A very pleasant timo Is reported Hugo Asmus who has boon attending tho Fremont Normal school is oxpectod homo tomorrow evening to spend tbo summer vacation A grnphophono rafllo was bold at Kiesans drug store last evening E J Eppler of Hadar held tho ticket which drew the inaohino Misses Edna and Gilbortn Durlund who have been visiting in tho city for tho past wcolc returned to their homo nt Plainviow this noon Tho storeopticou to bo used at tho Ben Hur entortninment next Tuesday oven ing at tbo Congregational church is one of tho very best Tho famous limo light is used G T Sprecher nnd wife and M O Hazen and wife drove out to Cnmp Ses sions near tho Yellow Banks yesterday whoro they spent a pleasant day with tho families of P F Sprecher nnd L Sessious Tho caso of Ira L Hungerford against tho Times Tribune publishing company which was to havo been hoard before Judgo Bates in Madison today was con tinued on account of the non arrival of depositions Roruo Miller of Missouri Valley hotel proprietor aud manager of tho Elkhorn eatiug house systom spent tho night in tho city aud this morning inspected Cor poration gulch in company with mem bers of tho city council A number of f riouds made Mrs Fred Schelly tho victim of a surprise party last eveuiug tbo occasion being that ladys 44th birthday Tho visitors canto laden with baskets which con tained materials for a substantial repast which was served late in the evening Dr Tashjean aud Joe Pheasant drovo out last evening to invostignto tho re ported drowning of Fred Odell When they arrived at his homo six miles southeast they found him complacently eating his supper He strenuously de nied that ho had been drowned iu tho Elkhorn during tho day Mr and Mrs S S Montgomery of Chadrou stopped over yesterday to visit with Mr and Mrs 15 N Huntington They took tho noon traiu for Omaha today where they go to attend tho wed ding next Tuesday of Miss Sadie Ben uet who formerly clerked in tho store of Beeler Bros nt this place A now pleasure craft lloats on tho Northfork aud its name is tho Robin Hood It was built aud launched by Eugene Huso who is also owner nnd captaiu of the boat It is painted a bright bluo with white trimmings aud may bo said to bo a very creditable pro duction for a boy 13 years old Prof Lewis president of tho Morning Side college of Sioux City arrived iu the city on the morning train and after din ing with Mr aud Mrs M C Hazen went to Pierce where he is to deliver an address to the High school graduates this evening A few yenrs ago Prof Lewis was president of au Iowa college iu which Mrs Hazen taught music D P Owen returned at noon today from Deadwood where ho received tho sad uews of tho drowning of his sou Through a coufusion of telegrams the word came to him that both his sou nnd daughter were drowned aud he did uoc - THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 15 1899 know tho real fact until thle morning whon ho mot a man on tho train who was hero night before last and who gnvo hlni tho truth Tbo funeral of Nathan Owen will bo hold from tbo homo tomorrow aftornoon at 2 oclock Tho tcaohors examination opened this morning at tho high sohool build ing whero it is bolug conducted by Suporintondont 0 W Crum Tho ex amination will contluno until tomorrow night nnd on Monday tho tonchora in stituto proper will begin lasting all next wook The foaturo of tho wock outside tho rogulnr institute work will bo tho lecturo on Friday by Ed Amherst Ott professor of olooutlon In tho Drnko uni versity nt Dea Moines Tho city council hold n special meet ing last evening to talk with the pro perty ownors atrected by tho depre dations of Corporation gulch After going ovor tho caso In a preliminary way an adjournment was taken until 0 oclock this morning whon tho mayor six councilnion and soveral property owners drovo ovor tho ground in trouble and discussed tbo best method of taking care of tbo water No conclusion was reached Sydney D Robertson returned lost ovonlng from Lincoln whoro ho yester day gradnntod from tho law deport ment of tho stato university receiving tho degree of Bacholor of Laws This degroo eutitlos him to ndiuisslon to tho prnotico of law boforo tho supremo court as booh as ho roaches tbo ngo of 21 which will bo next Soptombcr Mr Itobertsou graduated from tho Norfolk high school with tho class of 07 nud hii9 tho distinction of bolug tho first Norfolk graduato to rocoivo a diploma from tho law dopartmeut of tho stato university Ho was tho youngest of tho 00 law class at tho university consist lug of fil mombors nnd his record shows that ho stood woll toward tho bend of his class This has required hard work on his part but that ho has not beon afraid to do and his parents and friends nre proud that bo was able to graduato with unusual honors for ono of his ngo Some of bis classmates were men from 30 to 40 years old SATURDAY SIFTINGS Miko Kennedy came up from Lincoln last evening Mr and Mrs L Gher were hero from Stanton yesterday Mrs Shut was a visitor in tho city from Pierce yesterday 0 E Cornish of Randolph was in the city on business yestordny Orrin Buckingham of Plainviow is visiting friends iu tho city Misses Mixer and Wints were In tho city from Pierco this morning Mrs Kueasel and Missos Idollo and Mollio Taylor of Battlo Creek svero hero yestorday Miss Helen Milnltz of Plainviow is visiting at tho homo of her uncle Ohns Biorsdorf Mr and Mrs J B Maylord rejoice over the arrival of a now daughter at their home last night Mrs O L Hyde is expected to return homo this oveniug from a visit with friends in Minneapolis Mrs Thomas Dugher and children of Wisuor are visiting at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs James Conley Miss Gertie OSullivau stenographer at tho hospital returned last evening from a few days visit with her parents in West Point H R Cobb and family departed this morning for his now field of labor at Park Rapids Minn where he takes a position on the Review Tho families of Messrs Sprecher and Sessions who havo been camping near the Yellow Banks duriug tho week re turned to homo life at noon Mr aud Mrs W A Moldeuhaur Mr and Mrs Louis Wachtor aud Fred Wag ner left at uoou for Bazilo Mills whero they will visit Mr and Mrs Charles Iauch ovor Sunday Mr Craven oue of tho now proprie tors of tho Norfolk steam lauudry ar rived with his family from Fairbury yesterday and will livo iu tbo Freythnler houso on Ninth street Rev A W Freso of Columbus and Rev J P Mueller of this place went to Bancroft this morniug to help celebrate tho 23th anniversary of the German Lutheran church at that place W II Dexter aud wifo go to Camp Leonard today to spend Suuday with Mr nud Mrs Leonnrd A party of youug people will go down in tho mom ing chaperoned by Mrs Elsio Desmond Superintendent OConner returned last oveniug from Lincoln where ho had been attending a meeting of the Educa tional council au organization composed of the heads of faculties of tho educa tional institutions of the state Frank Powers came iu from Hot Springs at noon yestorday whero he had been for a month taking treatment for rheumatism He visited his parents Judge aud Mrs Powers uutil morning when he went ou to his home in Omaha Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Carl T Seely of Madison was iu the city yesterday Tho duties of his office havo become so numerous that he has been compelled to resign tho mauagemout of the Madison Chronicle to M S Malcom aud 13 F Wood The Norfolk lodge of Knights of Pythias has recolvod an itivitation from its Stanton brethren to attond tho Me morial day sorvicos at that placo tomor row Congressman John S Robinson will dellvor ou address on Pythlanlsui at tho M 15 church at 230 iu tho aftor noon Sovoral of tho mombcrs of that ordor nro planning to accept tho invita tion A party of Stanton young pcoplo woro up yestorday to attend tho funeral of Nato Owen under tho improsslou that it was yestorday instead of today Helou Clark Ada Ellcuwood Gortlo Trout Rose Psotta Bortlm Mayor Olive Chaco Clara Foyorhom Erick Foyerhom and Ohas Whnlou Tho young folks woro nccontpnnicd by Mrs Ellcnwood Robort Bridge Sr whoso homo is iu Froiuout but who is Bpondiug tho sum mor with his sons Ohas S and Wm H at this plnco passod his 83th birthday yestorday Tho oveut was colobratod by tho gathering of tho two Brldgo fain lies at tho homo of Ohas S whoro they spent a qniot oujoyablo oveniug Tho senior Mr Bridge carries his years well and takes as nctivo an interest in tho affairs of lifo as ono ninny years his junior Charles Farago nn older brother of tho uufortunnto youth who committed suicido iu this city yestordny afternoon drovo ovor from Madison Inst evening nnd at 4 oclock this morning left for homo with tluj remains Coronor Tan ner camo down from Battlo Creek last night but ns thoro wns no dispute as to tho causo of tho young mans death de cided that nn inquest was unnecessary Tho funeral was held at Madison this aftornou A largo crowd of local sports gathered at tho Turf Exchaugo last ovouing where bulletins direct from tho ring sido of tbo Fitzsimmoiis Jeirries light were being recoived ovor u special wiro run into tbo building Excitemeut ran high especially as tho battlo progressed and it began to appear that Jeffries wns likoly to bo the winner Considerable money changed hands Fitzsimmous being tho favorite at tho start Toward tho end however as high as four to ono wero otlered ou Jeffries Assessor S L Gardner has just fin ished listing of Norfolk city and precinct for the purpose of taxation Tho value of property inside tho city both real and persounl is assessed at 310034 while that in tho precinct out side tho city limits is listed at 201788 makiug a total of tho assessable proper ty in tho precinct 520842 This is an increase of over 18500 above what it was a year ago aud as the assessmeut was taken upon the same schedule nsed last year the iucreaso means that thero Is just that much more assessable prop erty in tho precinct than there wns a year ago A good crowd attended the smoker given under the auspices of Woodman camp No 100 at G A R ball last eveuiug Deputy G H Henning of Omaha was present aud gave a very in teresting address upon Woodcraft re citing nt considerable length the benefits accruing to mankind from tho work bo iug done by tho fraternities An or chestra was present which brightened tho evening with good musical selections Refreshments of ice cream and cake wero served followed by cigars A number of new applications to the W O W resulted from tho meeting It is understood that another smoker will be given after a few days The Madison County Old Soldiers as sociation closed a very successful three dayseucampmeut at Meadow Grove last evening There was a large attendance and all had a good time Not much was done Wednesday except to get tho camp located in a beautiful grove near town Mayor Simpson was elected commander of the camp but he was obliged to leave on Thursday because of sickness at home Then W H Widaman acted as commander during tho remainder of tho sossion The program consisted of re newing old acquaintances camp fires in tho evening and speeches during the day by members of tho old soldiers Tho chief address was delivered by Senator Allen yesterday afternoon At the bus iness meeting yestorday Mr McKay of Meadow Grove was elected president aud tho timo of meetings wns ohnuged to September A committee of five ono from each G A R post iu tho couuty was chosen to select the next place of meeting Tho funeral of Nathan Owen was hold nt 2 oclock this afternoon from the fam ily residence on South Third street con ducted by Rev W H Eaton of tho Bap tist church Thero was a profusion of floral offerings ono conspicuous piece being from the Dempster Manufacturing company of Beatrice for whom Mr Owen travels another from tho offico forco of that company one from Miss Winnie Owens classmates tho High school Juniors and another from the Freshman class to which the boy who lost his lifo to save a companion be longed During the morning the Jun ior class went to the cemetery nud draped the grave with flowers thus making of it a beautiful restiug place The pall bearers were Guy Alexander Howard Deeriug Ed Dixon Walter Bailey Clyde Hammoud and John Tan uohill nil close associates of the bravo boy A large concourse of sympathiz ing friends attended the funeral aud fol lowed the remaius to their last restiug place iu Prospoct Hill There is enough wear and tear on the soldier without the discomforts that come from having to use a strong laundry soap Common brown soaps when constantly used for washing the person are extremely irritating Ivory soap is the ideal soap for the soldier suitable for all purposes for the kitchen utensils for washing clothes and for the bath Ivory Soap is not easily lost for it floats COPYRIGHT 1099 B1 THl PROCTER l OAMOLC CO CINCINNATI MONDAY MENTION R E Tawney came down from Pierco yesterday John Wright is having his houso on South Eighth street repainted Henry Boveo has accepted a position as clerk iu Bnuui Bros store John Shannon the Hoskius cnttlo dealer was iu town this morning Arthur Brubaker returned last eveu iug from his visit in Meadow Grove G S Morton left this morning for Denver Col to visit his son William Mrs Theodore Long of Peuderis visit ing at the home of her cousin Charles Floros Lillie the eight-years-old daughter of L Vnuaht is quite sick with typhoid pueumouia Tho Drs Salter are todoy moving in to the new sanitarium on Koeuigsteiu avenue aud Tenth street Mrs Thomas Dugher and children who have been visiting in the city re turned to their home in Wisner yester day Miss Nellie Dingmau went to Fre mont this morning to attend the sum mer term of tho normal school at that place Miss Christena Luudquist returned to Wayne this morning to resume her studios at the Normal after n visit of a few days with her parents Mr nud Mrs C J Chapman and Misses Eva Roland and Effie Ball re turned homo this noon from a weeks visit with friends at Buffalo Gap P F Bell left this morning for Grand Island to attend the Stato Undertakers association of which he is secretary Mrs Bell and L Sessious accompanied him The homo of Wm Peter on South First street was the scoue of a merry party last evening which was enjoyed by a large crowd of people both young and old Mr and Mrs W A Moldenhaur Mr and Mrs Louis Wachter aud Fred Wagner returned this morning from a very pleasant visit with Charles Iauch at Bazile Mills over Sunday The democrats of Battle Creek have secured Hon W J Bryan to deliver an address at that place some time during July The exact date has not been fixed but will be announced next week Messrs P F and G T Sprecher aud Mrs Thomas went to Schuyler yesterday morning in response to a telegram an nouncing tho seiious illness of their mother Mrs P F Sprecher accom pnnied them Miss Gehart who has been visitiug nt the homo of Herman Gerecke leaves this evening for Hot Springs S D where sho will spend tho summer She will return iu tho tall to teach in tho public shools of this city Mayor Simpson has received an invi tation from the people of Clearwater to deliver an old fashioned Fourth of July oration at that placo Tho iuvitntion has been accepted and tho citizens of that locality will not bo disappointed The Leader dry goods store nt Mead ow Grove was burglarized Saturday evening 0 S Evaus of this placo is one of the owners of the concern and his son-in-law H E Dunn was at Meadow Grove this morning helping to investigate tho matter D A Hale who is in town from Battlo Creek today says that never iu all the 34 years he has lived iu this country has ho seen better crop prospects than this season Vegetation of all kinds is following tho general conditions of tho country nud is on the boom Miss Winnie Miller who has many frlcuds in this city where sho lived many years is soon to bo married to Mr William Clark a prominent young business man of Lincoln The wedding will take place at the home of Miss Millers parents in Missouri Valley ou June 28 Young Paries another of thoe for whom warrants had been issued iu con nection with the stock yards affair put in nn appearance at Madison ou Friday aud voluntarily gave himself into the custody of Sheriff Losey He will have his preliminary hearing with the others on the llttb Information has leeu received that Walter tho 17-years-old son of W P Hnyhurst who moved to Pennsyl vania a few years ago recently suffered a stroke of pnrnlypis and thnt he is now iu a helpless condition The Norfolk friends of the family hope to learn soon that the young man is gettiug better Tho eight-years-old daughter of a man named Gauhlke living at Creightou died of hydrophobia on Thursday of last week Early in the week she had been bitten by a dog but as there was only a slight scratch on the hand no attention was paid to the wound On Wednes day she was taken sick and the following day died in violent paroxysms Mrs Desmond Misses Gehart and Dexter aud Mr L Pnsewalk drove out to Camp Leonard yesterday morning whero they visited during the day They fouud a nicely arranged camp and Mr nud Mrs Leonard are enjoying their outing immensely Mr and Mrs Dexter who are guests at the camp will remain two or three days longer Quite a heavy wind storm struck this section about 4 oclock yesterday after noon which a few miles southeast de veloped cyclonic tendencies At tho farm of Wm Machmuller his buggies and other portable possessions were scat tered all over the surrounding fields One buggy tried to go down a well but was prevented by tho fact that it was too big to fit R D Scott of the Battle Creek Enter prise is preparing a historical work of Knox county of which it is planned to print 10000 copies It will contain a history of the county from Indian times down to the preseut besides biog raphies of the prominent men who have made tho county what it is Ira L Hungerford formerly of the Timea Tribuue will assist iu the work The team of Hermau Hille who lives three miles southeast engaged in a furi ous runaway Saturday eveuiug Mr Hille was in the buggy when tho team started but was thrown out In their mad flight tho horses went through three barb wiro fences not stopping until thev had reached their own bam door Ono Actions of the Just Smelt Sweet The fragrance of life is vigor and strength neither of which can be found in a per son whose blood is impure and ivhose every breath speaks of internal troubles Hoods Sarsaparilla purifies vitalizes and enriches the blood gives a good appetite and makes the weak strong Run Down My husband iuas run down in health and all tired out Those excellent medicines Hoods Pills and Sarsa parilla built him up again Mrs H L Motvry Tcnvanda Pa lOCtCS SaUty hWillUi 032222 noou jnu cure llicrjlli tlic uuu Inliati umr uamanic m take with lloodi nd SanaiurllU v A a m i i iB